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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-08-30, Page 21". '!4 exposit ! 1 Established .46 eitlh McPhail McLean, Editor. Published at Seaforth,. Ontario, ev- ery v gyp QThursday' afternoon` by McLean ros. .... Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance ; fereign, $2.00° a year. Single copies,, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH, Friday, August 30 The Registration The registration of Canada's.. man- power and women power was 'effect- ed in three days last week, and turn- ed, out to be net such a personal and inquisitive business, as a great many people were rather inclined to be- lieve it would be. In fact, many people rather dread- ed the experience of having to fill out a registration card, butall found thlat experience much more simple and impersonal than had been ex- pected xpetted or even hoped for. This registration was, perhaps, one of the most -urgent and neces- 'nary steps that Canada has under- taken since' the beginning of the war, and when the Bureau of Statis- tics gets through with :the work that is being passed on to it by the var- ious Registrars the people of C.an- adawill know a lot more about themselves than they ever knew be- fore. All in all it I was a tremendous un- dertaking, and .its successful comple- tion was made possible' onlyby the voluntary assistance given by the people at large, who responded so nobly to the Government's appeal for assistance in making a national survey.. • School Reopening The. _great controversy over the question as to whether the schools would reopen next week 'or have the opening delayed until the middle of the month, and ' in :the case of High Schools, until October, seems to have subsided as quickly as it arose. • Under some circumstances and conditions,.Mr- Hepburn's sugges- tionthat the reopening of all schools be delayed, would havebeen a most • practical and helpful one, but it was only a °suggestion and there was no compulsion on the part. of any school' board' to . obey it. ` It would seem that the great ma- jority of the school boards do not consider that either the educational welfare of the pupils or the farm labor situation would in any way be benefitted by delayingthe opening of the schools. • Consequently the great majority of secondary schools and all primary ones will adhere to the statutory opening date. • Flying NOW And Later We have .been asked many, times what will become of these great fly- ing fields that the Government is building all across Canada, when the war is over. " Will they bb left to run to seed, to rot and decay, even though they re- , present millions upon millions of dol- lars, or will flying have advanced so far, by that time, that they will, or at least a great many of them, be needed for commercial aviation pur- poses? That is a pretty hard question to answer, but in the light of history we are rather inclined to the belief that commercial aviation in Canada Will . before a great many years, re- quire not only all the present . air- dromes, but also a great many more. -- An far : as the average : citizen is concerned, flying to -day is pretty mach in the samestate as those days not so very long ago, when everyone �wa,s debating whether he would learn to drive the . new' ahorseless car- riage . or whether° the• fad would petered out ,before the driving as aeeorn fished. o -da . 'the', automobile plays per- most, important part in the of,tour daily live& Aviation. , and not 'a too distant day, will occupy a similar place in our lives. • The United ,states air lines are al- ready carrying nine thousand pas- - sengers daily, and it is confidently expected that in less than a decade they will be carrying one hundred thousand passengers every day. As the States go, so will Canada, pro- vided, of course, that Hitler does not win the war. In the light of that not improb- able, but most unlikely, latter and most unexpected and unpleasant ev- ent, what Canada would do about aviation is something else again. Both the possibility and the proba- bility then would be that the people of Canada would do exactly as they were told, and hasten in the doing too. • Fire Costs Money In these times of war and conse- quent high taxation, the •people of Canada might do well to examine their yearly fire bill, or in . other words, the amount of money the Canadian people lose through fire of one kind and another. In fact it wouldn't .take much ex- amination of our fire losses to come to the immediate conclusion that fire costs money and a lot of it too. At times, of course, fire losses are not preventable, but over 'a period of years it is quite evident that Cana- dians, comparedwith people in other countries, must be a very careless people. In 1939 fire Iosses cost Canadians over twenty-foUr million, six hun- dred thousand dollars, and during. the ten year period, 1929-39, the Can- adian fire losses ran to the, imposing total of three hundred ' and eleven million, six hundred thousand dol- lars. Just how careless the people of Canada are in the matter of pre- venting fires, is shown clearly by the fire record of other countries. Canada's per capita fire loss over the last ten year period averged three dollars and thirty-six eents, while during the same period the loss in the ' United States was ten cent,. per person less. Compared with Europe, the whole North American Continent , would appear to be populated with a very careless people, as is shown by the fact that England, densely populat- ed as she' is, suffered a per capita fire loss of only _seventy-one cents. And still better is the record . of France which during the last ten year period suffered only to the .ex- tent of fifty-five cents; Italy, twen- ty-eight cents, and in Austria, only seven cents per person. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: • 'Non -Productive Outlay ('Goderich• Signal) We are not at ,all impressed with the point advanced in support of the unemployment insur- ance nneas+ure, that the contrdbutione of employ- ers arid employees, amounting -le four or five million dollars a m+°nth cam, be used to help ,fin- ance •the vva,r The insurance nneas'are' creates no wealth; •the four or five million dollars will mere- ly be diverted from one pocket to another, and if it is put into the insurance fund it cannot be paid to the government in income or eaccess' pro- fit taxes, or used by employers and employees to • buy war certificates.. Not only does the measure create no wealth, it will add .to 'the. ?non-produc- tive expenditures of the country through the cre- ation of a large new branch of civil service en- gaged in the administration of, the act. The Hoover Food Plans (Kansas City Star) The plans of Ex -President Hoover to set up au neutral agency to supply food to the peoples con- quered by Germany carry a humearitarian appeal. But 'th,& • question le not so sitalisles it might seem at Mast thought. Germany has been confiseatiang the food in the conquered territories, If she" eau continue toe do this with the assurance that ge'ueroua Americans will make gohfi' the deficiency, she will have no- oomplished her primary purpose of breaking the British blockade. Yet this: blockade is Britain's main reliance for winning' the war. The Nazi a]nbition to dominate Europe and then the works has plung'ed,.'the continent into misery. It is forcing the United States to a program for national defence that will be a heavy` burden on this country for, generations. Now ' it is proposed that the' United Stats, •shall . eli,eve Germany of the obligation of -i+eedin+g the finepies ,who are the Wenn a of icor fOggree:s,ttin. The burned -tate question to be 'considered, is whether• siuch hhini'an1tarian aatioru would give vitenatd to Geffflainey in Winmi the war. If it WOiild, the :Meat' question whether the causer' of bitcnnsmdity-, and of Anteriaan security, would not be better seined, by ref ts1 g .. such aid, ddstres�sr fag eel stets a fti woulct„ be. From The Huron Expositor September 3, 1915 Mr. Albert i3t1iemi+ngtou, . of Uaborne, has 'purchased the George Moir farm of 240 acres . on the 4th concession. Miss- Marjorie Andrews leaves flea - forth foe North Bay shortly, where she will attend Normal School. 11dr. Smith, a horse buyer wine has been here for siome time, shipped 28 horses by express on Tuesday after- noon. They were shipped to Mon- treal and 'the`Q apress charges au this car amounted to $172.00. Mr. John Murray, who has been a salesman, in the MacTavishv store here„ has moved to Ingersoll to take a position in the Northway . store there. The Bell Engine Co. added two large drills and two lathes to their shell -making equipment at the foun- dry this week. They also comment- ed shipping away the shells. Mayor Amen„, John. Beattie, R. Jones and Scott Hawthorne were on a fisting' expedition to Holstein this week. Mr. A. E: Forbes, of town., has been appointed general manager of the Dunaaville Engine Company. On Saturday evening. when picking plums, Mrs. A. Robertson, of Crom- arty, oven+ -balanced and • fall from a ladder, fracturing her right wrist. In response to an appeal for fruit for the soldiers,},the ladies of Crom' arty and district contributed. 200 quarts of honey, marmalade, jelly, et'. The people of Clinton have sub- scribed $574.85 towards the purchase of a machine gun for the 33rd Regi- menta. Mr. W: R. Jowett, of Bayfield, threshed a field of fall wheat which yielded 47 bushels' per acre. Mr. Arthur Bierling, of Dashwood, met •with a ,painiu1 and unfortunate accident on Tuesday evening of last week. He was working en Andrew Turnbull's farm; west of Dashwood, and .i,A, some manner slippedand fell onto another building with the result that his st'oulder was badly fractur- ed. Some of the farmers in the vicin- ity icroity of Seaforth engaged: in drawing inn of their oats on Sunday last. `r This has occasioned son's.; adverse •oomm meats.. There was a lot of grain in the fields on Sunday last ready to be put into the barns, and the wea- ther looked threatening, and we think the people were justified in their ac - ti o'n. Miss Ethel .Kerr has gone to Drum.- bo rumbo to teach in .the school there. Mr. Wlalter Murray, who designed and did the workin connection with the addition to the verandah. on Dr. Burrow's residence, has completed the work and 4t' is a credit to his taste, as well as to his skill ae a workman. 't' ' Miss Maggie Peck, of town," has gone to 'Thorold where she will teach school Mrs. Oscar Neil is • giving a tea in aid of the Red . Cross Society on Fri- day,. September 3rd. • From The Huron Expositor September 5, 1890 Among the .big feats . of harvest work now going the rounds of the press, the good .. work recently per . farmed by Mr. Rich Graham; Howick, deserves to be put'on record. He cradled a 12'a.cre field of heavy oats on Mr, Wm,. Evans' farm, Lot 2, Con. 10, in a .clay 'and a halite . Mr. Johristor , who has taught with Much success and' satisfaction to all concernedat the Red School, Tuck- ersmith, for about two years, intends retiring at New Year's and .Mr. T. G. S'hilinglaw has been engaged to teach in his place. ' Mr. John Fairley, of the ,post office grocery, can grow good plums as well as dispense cheap groceries. He left a plum in this office which measures six. inches one' way and etc inches the other. Messrs. Charles, Al ander and John A. Wilson and J. S. Roberts are at Ottawa this week attending the shooting match of the Dominion Rifle Association. . Mr. David Sproat has sold his resi- dence in Egmetedville to Mr. Hugh M. Chesney for the sum of $1,200. On- Wednesday night 'last week the store of Mss:. •D. Weismulier, of Kip - pen, Was entered by burglars and goods to the value of about $50 car- •ried off. HP The contract, of putting the hill in front of Lot °90, Conceseiom 7, Mor- ris, in a proper, state of repair, Was let on Saturday evening last by Coun- eflior Kirleby. Mantels McCauhey se - eared the contract at $18.00. .. test Saturday night Robert Bow - en's barn on thee lath concession of Grey was totally destroyed by- fire. He 'had beeu drawing in peen up un tiI 9 p.m, and left two loads on the barn floor, which were destroyed, to= gather with most on his crop, $300 worth of pine Im ober and ail his farming implements. He had only $500 insurance 'on the building. _ Mr. Samuel 'Lamport, of Crediton•, dnas started a menagerie in. connection with hie barber shop and has new a collection of . animals, The Ball IOleetric Light Co. are put- ting in the electric ti htsi in Brus- sels. D Strachan,, R. Wall and G. A. Deadgnan, of Brussels, left on Tues-, day. for Manitoba. James Clement. of the 7th conces- sion of Monvis, thee retern'ed to Sea- ford; to resume his studies -at- the Collegiate Institute. ' The Harvest Horne .'Dicnin, ° under the auspices of the Kipper Circuit Methodist Church, was held in 1GI+r: James Cooper'/ be litital groyne on Monday last. -general mnalcal selec- 'dome were giveem b the eli'ohs • of Kippen and, i3ettl: . Miss Itutherfotet, of Galt, a clever and it ofieirent arniis't; fs waw° in slur of t'h'e mantle and; reel m tk g de i perttiieniit at E. >t et caapi' y Seatortle. Phil Dar '►• 1 di , (iLamyMeadows • - �sr. OlarrY J ate)- •• "CHILE SAUCE" Summer has gone ovee the peak! You can see it . . . and fuel it . . The eau's rays seem to bo. tese Warm- ing . and' the breeze more chill- ing . °. .- and the harvest fields be- gin to `look stripped. . . . and: the Leaves of the trees seene to serape in place of rustle : . , and you wear your smock to do the chores . in the morning.. And then of course the meet accurate sign of all is the fact that Mrs. Phil has 'started making chile sauce. The preserving kettle is' hauled' out and the every day sugar sack apron firmly anchored with a business -like bow and then "pickling' operations are under way in earnest. Gleaming sealers are brought forth and their tops unscrewed and ali neatly; array- ed on the top shelf of the back of the stave. Rows of tomatoes that were neatly laid out on bhe bottom pantry shelf yield their smooth, hides' to nthe boil- ing water and the paring knife and come out of the operation looking like 'bu'ndles of red velvet laced with red veins. Silver skinned onions' age held at a respectful arms1ength, and tears stream copiously as they are de -hided and chopped into minute pieces. All go into tthe kettle. Then comes the 'secret, little form- ula such as chopping celery . . . a red or •green sweet pepper . . . the little added touches that make folks exclaim -next winter . . . "What ev- er do you do to make your chile sauce so good?" . . . and the lady of the household fidgets in a pleased way and says, 'Why nothing at all, you have the same necdpe I use:" The batter of vinegar and sugar is poured over the- contents orf the ket- tle. 'Men comes the 3nyeterious tdt- -tle bundle of spices wrapped up in, a cheesecloth bag to be' popped down into the . depths •of the kettle and with., a half swist, of the great spoon thel "chile :sauce to be" is hoist- ed over the main lid of the stove for its 'simmering process'. There's something about the odor of cooking chile sauce that rivals 'de- scriptio'ns, on a chilly day. Coming up nein the bantye tangy smell of warm vinegar . . . and cooking on- ions . . , and spicery. . . reminds a person of the days when as a boy he would ,sit patiently waiting for the chance to dip a piece of bread into the kettle and tineas. atro4+lhog as' quiek- Iyas poeeible into the back wood+slaed to avoid detection, 'enjoy the_ tastiness of fresh -mead* chile' sauce on bread. Sooner or- later he was -bound to be caught . . . and with a cuff on the lug dispatched to some task such as Piling wood or digging potatoes far dinner , . , but the thrill of fresh "chilly" sauce was worth it. On; plotting day like this the din- ner may be just a trifle late and in a... rather absent -caudad way Mrs, Phil timatee getting it ready . , , plainly thinking about the chile sauce all the time. Usually, just after we sit down she -ladles a little into a 'cup cools it slightly and thea sips. There's a tense moment or two and then' we know ..that tore chile sauce is done as for a fleeting sec- ond a smile comes and goes and ,she Starts into the buainelss of filling up the sealers. The chile sauce . . "Ploppety plops" into the sealers and one 'by one they are filled, and lined up on the free end of the ,table. The kettle ins tilted and then scraped and .the last sealer filled and a dishful left over set up to cool off for supper - time. Mrs. Phil straightens up from her work and with the back of her hands brushes wisps of hair that have tum- bled umbled down over her forehead. Then with an odd little tighten here and there( on the. zinc rings • . . . site slumps down 'Mee chair with the tow- el .that she's used 'to wipe the sealers off and frankly admires. her own +handiwork "They look good," I usually mutter, trying to think of something new and anginal to 'say that would really ex- press how well the gleaming sealers. of speckled 'red chile sauce really do look . . . and thinking of the thrill of spooning them, out over golden - brown fried ham • on a frigid day in the winter that's bound to come. JUST A SMILE OR TWO: "Has the depression in agriculture hit you yetr "It certainly has: I've sent the wife back to her mother, the three children to the Orphans' Home, and I've sold the - "I say, old man, that's too bad." "Yes, and if things get any worse I in efraid I'll have to sell my car." • McGinty: "I've a terrible cern on the bottonh of my foot." Pat: "That's a fine place to have it. "Nobody can 'sten on it -but you." • "Is your wife having any success in learning to drive a ear? ' Wall, the road. is beginning . to turn When she does." A weld -dressed woman walked into the milliner's shop and asked for the manageress. "I see from your adver•- tis'ement," she said, "that you have just received two thousand hats from Paris." "That is so; madam." "(Good," said the woman, as she re- moved her hat. "I wish to try them on!" • Two Chicago women, visiting New Orleans, saw their first Spanish moss. They pulled some off the .trees and discussed it at length and finally one co'neluded 'the' conversation by say- ing: lit must be some of that 'Mardi Gras we've read about." ' Queen Elizabeth • • Way Opened The formal,opening last week of the Queen. Elizabeth Way will put, .int° operationnthe first link in a 1,000 mile.chain of high-speed express -high- ways with which the Ontario govern- ment hopes eventually to crisscross the province. The road -building program calls for the construction of trunk roads from Windsor to„..the Quebec )border and from Toronto north to the fringe of the great tourist playground of the lake c&untry. The work butlined would have taken to 1960 to 'com- plete but the war has changed all that and it is doubtful now when the project begun with the Queen) Eliza- beth Way will be taken. up anti com- pleted. The province has anntounced a wartime economy policy which per- mits no capital project. The . 73.mile section between `"To- ronto and Niagara Falls will be for - trinity op'e'ned at a •simple Cerensony at the Henley $ridge bear St. Cath- urines, T. B. . McQuesten, Ontario Miniistefr of Hdglhways will conduct the ceremony which will be attended by the Mayors of Canadian cities' a- long th'eroute together with the Mayors of Buffalo and Niagara Palls, N. Y. The :opening coincided with the start of the Canadian National Exhibitlote The opening 'le an event of later - national ' ini,portanee since it makes avatlabI'e for the first time a safe aed swift entry to Ontario from the bor- der cities of northern New York State. The importance of the new entrance Is emphasized by the fact that 70 per cent. of all visitors to Canada 'frim the United States come to Ontario and half of these enter through the Nagana, Peninsula. The new road will Carry them without de- lay through the rich., or htt.ril country of ' tore Niagara, ddstrbdk' to Taronto where many of the tourist autos wilt fan out through the north •country whdchu attraete th msatuds each year. Capaeity Alma&t Lim Itlese The ti affie `Oapaci'te ;cif the lie * road Is a;tniost -utlldinited, It „aloes' the place of two odd -style constructions which together `wee.' inadequate. Bot- tlenecks. are done away with on this new divided highway. The improve- ment is especially noticeable at the entrance to Toronto from. the west where a vexing problem existed for years in the form of a narrow ap- proach to the city. This has been replaced with a fourinaile "freeway.” There ane no intersections for this, distance and traffic can speed safely and swiftly to and from' the city. This section of the road from Toronto to Hamilton - (the new road •passes through; Burlington, , suburb of, Ham- ilton) will be called. upon to carry as many as, 35,000 ,to .40,000 vehicles on a busy day. The ,highway in divided into two lanes of traftit with a landscaped garden area between. The garden area is 30 to 50 feet 'Wide., Each lane in '23. feet wide' -an 11 -foot driving space with a 12 -foot -passing lane. There is no, grade steeper than $ per cent. and no curve its shlarper than two degrees. This is in' direct eonr train to the old; lakesbore route to Hamilton. There were 140 curves, 'some of thein as siharp lis, 25 degrees,, along this road which had an 18 -Foot pave- ment. At ,the time of its construe - tion,, during this last war, the buiid- era were severely criticized for their prodigality in :building an '-18-foot roadway. It was argued, that a sir gle lane. was saifficient and that meet- ing places for pars could be built ev- ery very half mile or SO. Slime the Queen, Elirabetiv Way is+ built upon entirely new right-of-way and makes use. of none of the exist. Ing „^owls there la' ample room .for expansion and crossings'. A'lI existing croe:singe are dlesigned 'fbt safety and speed venial 18 eioverlesente or semi - cloverleaves• along the route. The new 'bridges 'are told . taMie structures, The govsnYneta Itis rfght-otWay for 160 feet ea either side of the read in moat lila -end at points Where teentinsted este Page 7) instructor At Windsor , Franck Vines, youthful . Goderieb. aviator, has taken a posits ,. with the' Windsor Flying; t b b • as instructor, commencing nisi duties an 'Monday ala; this week , I?rai}k" hoe) leen flying for four or five •yea;rs, since he was fif- teen years Of age, and was known as., Canada's ysun+gest pilot, Throughput his career he has often been coma mendedr for his eteadinese and his. strict adherence to 'the rules of safe flying, and he should make an ideal instructor. He visited with his 'par- ents hem' at the week-end.—Goderich Signal -Star. Purchase Residence Dr. E. S. Steiner' has purchased from Mrs. William Penihale, her fine briok residence on Huron Street. Dr_ Steinergets possession) October 1st. He will have part of the resddenee fitted up for his office. For the. pas fifteen years Dr. Steiner has had his office and: resilience on John St. Mrs. Pemhnle intends making her - home with her daughter, Mrs. William Smith, of ForesL—Exieber Times -Ad- vocate, ' Bones in Hand Fractured Mr. Wallace' Seldon is carrying' his right ,hand in, a sling, On Friday of Last week while' working at the grain elevator at the station. his hand was caught in a " pulley while work- ing with a 'belt. Two bones of the hand were fractured.. Dr. Fletcher at- tended him.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Arm Fractured . Mr. William, Carrick, of the Lake Road, while ,endeavoring to hive' a. swarm Of bees from a tree Wedaaes- day morning ;toppled from a chair that . had been placed upon a table and in falling Landed on his shoal der, fracturing ,his arm, He was brought to the office of. Dr. Fletcher who reduced the fracture. — Exeter Times -Advocate. To Train As Nurses. Thirty-six student, nurses will •en- ter Vicente Hospital an September' loth to .start •a four months' proba- tion beginning a three-year course_. Among them will be Maes Betty Ho- garth and -Miss Dorothy Traquair, of Exeter, and Miss Jean "McNaughton, of R.R. 6, Parichill: Exeter Times Advocate, Receives 'Acclamation as Councillor W. E. Willis will finish the 1940•• term as . councillor 4a place of Harry Bowler who resigned' when he joined His Majesties Forma W. E. Willis, a former coun,cidlor, and, W C. Kerr, formerly reeve, were both nominees at, the nomination ,meeting held • in the council chamber on Monday .ev- ening of !this, week. Very few rate- payers turned out for the meeting and little enthusiasm was shown'. Reeve R. J. Bowman ached as chair- man. W. C. Kerrwithdrew in favor of W. E. Willis, who will finish the unexpired term .of Mr.• Bowler.—Brus- s,e1s Post. Cars Crashed On Prairie Bridge Two cars met almost head on at the centre 'prairie bridge south of the town about 14:30 "Saturday evening. A Chevrolet coupe, driven, " by Jack Boyle, was, coming into Wingham, the• car is alleged to have struck the side of the bridge and so deflected in front of Telford Co'ok's car. Mitre. Cook was the only person injured and she re- ceived a cut over her eye that was, not serious' :and her glasses were broken. MerkIey's• • wrecking truck towed the Boyle car to, town, it be- ing quite badly wrecked in front. The other car came to town under its own power, the working paitt,s were not damaged,;--Wing:ham, Advance -Times. On Orange.ille Schooi$taff Mies Norma E. Coiutts, .daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Coutts•, has re- ceived an, appointment to the 'public ., school staff at Orangeville to teach' Grade V. For the past two years' Miss Coutts has been teacher at Holmes' school, Turnberry, and for flour years prior to that time taught in Hullett near Auburn. — Wingham Advance -- Times, i• Return From Horsy Ernie Robinson, ants Layton; ,Bray, wto local young men, who left here someesix weeks ago on their trusty four -Cylinder motorcycle for an ex- tended trip, returned /alit week end, and report a very enjoyablie hOLklay. Much of the holiday: was spent at the Bray cottage at Ottawa, .and while there the boys filled in their swallow, ,tion for entry Into the Air Force. They are to return to Ottawa the end of this month for their medical exam- ination.—Blyth Standard. H ig hways4 Oiled Any .hope that tho Blue Water high- way would be hardsnrfaced from Dunlop to Port Albert this year went aglimmering onl Monday of this week with the 'arrival in Ged,e:rflch of art Ontario Department ,of Highways oil- ing crew. Three tank cars of oil had already arrived at Meneset railways siding and, the gang went t6 work ap- plyhbg the dust -layer Monday after- noon. By Wednesday night the road to tho southerly top of Port Albert (bd:ll, over 'seven miles, had, been cov- ered, The- .highway; through to Kia- earddrae . he to he sitollarly treated. Some weeks ago repsvesientathxrns' were (Cloalnined timi Page 3) Cr