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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-10-25, Page 2Roc ii 31l 9 at eith. Mc haAl of eazi, Editor. rablish;ed at $eafe th,'Ontario, ev- rY TillarSda.yafternoon by McLean noT, SubSerip ion rates, $1.50 a year in 'Crake.;. foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates, on application. $EAFORTH, Friday, October 25th Time To Get Ready Huron County is to have the _In- ternational, Plowing Match in 1942. That may seem a long time ahead— and it is. Many things „'will happen before 1942 rolls along, perhaps some Of the most important events in the history of our country. .But we can look forward to that time with --ev- ery confidence. For that reason 1942 is not too far away to start preparations for the International Plowing Match, which will be one ,of the most historic, if not the .most historic event in the history". of Huron County. Already the organization work for this great International event is well under way, and in very capable hands too. But from now on work will be intensified because the com- mittees in charge know full well what is before them, and Huron County has never failed yet when it set its mind on accomplishing any- thing, great or small. Year by year the International Plowing Match is establishing new records in number and variety of en- tries and classes, and above all, es- tablishing new records in attend- ance. In four days last week, it is re- liably reported that' one hundred and ninety-five thousand people at- tended this event at St. Thomas, which is some seventy-five thousand more than were in attendance in any previous year. All of which means that in four days of 1942, Huron County will be failed upon to entertain strangers to the number of four times her whole pc• ululation. And in anyone of those days' strangers to the number of t"tt, ice her population, `and in all pro- bability even' a greater number than that. , fact, the average resident of Huron has but the faintest concep- tion of what is before them, and of the tremendous responsibilities that will rest upon the shoulders of the " ,officials , in charge,_ and the perfect organization machine it will be nec- essary to set up in order to handlnf such a gathering. However, it has been done before in other places, and we confidently believe will be done again by Huron —even a little better and a little more perfect, if the people in town andcountry will • extend to . the of- ficials their whole hearted co-opera- tion. It is the .biggest task Huron has ..ever set her hand to, but even so, we will bank on Huron County. And now is the time to get ready. • A Danger To Be Met In t • recent outbreak of hog cholera in Western Ontario, the farmers of this part of Ontario have a crisis on their hands, and a dan- ger that has to be met and over- come now, before it reaches any more serious proportions. Hog cholera is not • a curable dis- eate Still worse, it does not affect single aninmals. When one hog is attacked, it seems to be only a mat- = t',er of ,hours, orat ,most, days, be- ' Ore ;all • the hogs on a farm are sim- afected and from there it -.. _., .._ : hole. districts. eond time this year rag made its ap- Ontario, and Alen, in the Of It, NA on the l r:� Ii^15'l, i 1i part of the authorities apparently al .ped out the disease. But t is an. Easy disease to carry, and, appar- ently,it has been carried back to us a'gain, There is only one method to be employed with this disease. When a hog is infected it has to be slaughtered and then burned or bur- ied, and buried deeply too, and only drastic measures taken at the first can gain the upper hand. To town and, city dwellers, hog cholera is merely a name, but to a breeder or farmer who has experi- enced it on his farm, or even in his vicinity, it 'is one of the worst scourges that can visit a farm in any community. In war timeit is even a greater calamity. At this particular time, and for some time to come, Canada, in large measure, is not only the granary.. of the British Empir-e, but its -greatest source of meat supplies as well, and, consequently, this is no time to fall down on our production. • • Who Rules France? When King Leopold of Belgium surrendered his army to Germany and left the French and British in a desperate hole, his name was re- moved . from the order of the French Legion of Honor by the Frenchwar- time government of , Premier Paul Reynaud. Last week ' t h e announcement Game from Vichy, the present seat of the French government, that King Leopold had again' been re- stored to this former great French honor. The announcement, it is true, came from the French Government at Vichy, but .as the news of the change came over the German radio, one could be, excused for wondering at whose instigation the restoration was made, or who " really rules France. • The Ford And The Ford Family: It is a -bit queer when you come to think about it, what a difference a little utility car has made between families. Take the Fond family for instance_ The American Securities' Commis- sion recently reported that three members of that family -Henry ,Ford, his son, Edsel, and Edsei's. wife, Mrs. Clara. J. Ford—own all the stock in the Ford Company, and in so doing rank as the wealthiest family in America. Nor is that hard to believe, con- sidering the fact that on December 31, 1937, the Ford Company . stock had a value of $624;975,000, and we doubt if it has shrunk much in value since that time. On the other hand, that same lit- tle utility car has put a great many other families out on the road,; others into the poor house, and still more into the cemeteries. But even so, what would the world have done, or whatwould it continue to do, without that same little utility car? • A Real Coal Bill We are told by the Mines and Re- sources Department of Canada that new waterpower installations in this country during N1940• will. develop -more.- than 325,000 horsepower of electric energy. This increase will bring Canada's hydro development to more than 8,600,000 horsepower by the' end of this year. But what is shill more interesting is the information from the same source that it would take 40,000,000 tons of coal annually to produce the power Canada's rivers provide by water just rolling along through the turbines in the power houses. Wouldn't that be a real Boal bill for Canada to settle ' eve ' year, if she could? And to which would b have to ; v be added thepyof thou - sande a hen r sande of Tien to handle that coal., But our rivers just roll along and spare us' all that,: Are we le`?' gone i1 Os.fer of Intoresting Krems Picked From The FluronE.,xpositor of Fifty and Twentyange Yeara. Ago. '. From The Huron Expositor October 29, 1915 Pte. Stewart Knott, of Brucefield, was arming; those in the casualty list this week. He «had been in France but a short saline. It is estimated that 142 tons of Dutch set ond!orks were grown in the ,district auri'oU,ndling Zua'ieh. the past seastou. Mr. Fred: Faulkner has takes a position, our the Dominhon. Bank staff here_ Mr. Walter Haines, who has been on the Dominion Bank staff here for several years, liras been transferred to Dresden. • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart were in Deriver, Colorado, last week where Mr. Stewart attended the ticket sell- ers' convention held; in that city. _ Mr. S. T. Holmes received a 'wire from p.tt wa_.x ,n_ Tuesday -announcing. that his stn, Mr. Charles Holmes, had beet wounded while= fighting in the trenches in France - The Roll of Honor Committee have to date •succeeded in procuring the -names, and addresses of 53 Selaforth boys -who have. enlisted. The Express Company have recent- ly presented 1V,Lr. M. McKellar, their agent there, with a new, truck for use. at the station. Dr. •F. J. R. Forster Strattord, has been n recently accepted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Mrs. Forester int tends going with him when he leaves. Mr. - H. R. Scott, D.D.G.M. of the Oddfellows' Lodge, was in Clinton on Twesdan attending to -+official duties. There have been 78 cars of auger beets • sthipped from Seo,forth station this year and the end is not yet. Mr" Joe •Grummstt has purchased a MaxweI1 car from they local agent, Mr. George Bell. The Collegiate Institute branch of the Red Cross Society ked a success- ful afternoon tea and sale of home- made cooking on Saturday last and realized nearly $40" A little daughter of Mr. A. P. Joynt, about six years CI age, had the misfortune to fall from a wagon and break her leg. A special meeting of the members- of embersof Fidelity Lodge Independent Order of Oddfelloets was held last Friday. Vocal and instrumental selections were rendered by George Israel;• Dal- ton Reid"' and Earl Van Egmond. A ve; y pleasant and unique feature was the presentation -of a Past Grand's .fewei to each of the following Past Grand -s: Janhe5 Beattie, Wm. Sclater, John.. C. Thompson Alex ..Davidson, Dr, F J. Burrows, John A. Stewart, A. D. Sutherland, Charles Aberhart, John -R.. Archibald, Edward-JMale; J. $- Thompson, Dr" F. Harburn, H. R. eeett, Ctharles,. Layton, M: McKellar, L. T. DeLacey, Reinert Smith, Charles Clark and Frank 11Veliend-, • Lazy Meadows .: tin' .Harry .1: Bents • "STOVES" • We're back im the ;stove season again. Already .the parlor stove. is called upon on certain occtastons to d'is'pense a (little warmth for the bene- fit of visitors. ` Soon it will be open ating regularly along with the ki'tehen range. As: usual, rile head of the household is called upon to be the official morning starter for the stovers. It was always one of the pet griev- ances of my father, that no matter how Fre tried, he was always called upon to light the fires. Now and again, from his bed, he would an- nounce in a casual voice that could be heard 'at least a rifle away, that he wasn't feeling very weld. This would cone at about five' o'clock In the morning , . . 'accompanied- by' a very loud an prolonged serines, of groans. - There- wolu•Idt:. -be -a Lead-,.sal- ence then for some ....time, during which everyone pretended steep. Ex asperated at last, he would say, "I could die in an ice box of a house and nobody would venture to light a fire." Still no sound until my mother would say, "I'll light the fire." "No," °he would roar. "Phil, you get up and light that kitchen fire night now!" There was no tooling about that tone,. and se with my overalls half on ° and half off and my shirt trailing, I would hipety-hop on tie cold floor down the stairs and into' the kitchen. First of all there wasthe vain hope that someone had put a maple or beech Bleck dri the stove before re- tireng: A bed of coals left from such a block would tie an excellent start for a good fire. No'such luck! Them, there wou-Ld come the padnfirl time of remembering of being told on the previous night to get kindling " " and 'of ho -w it had been neglected. Papers and' ashes and wood by the time that fire was going there would be a trail from the back kit- chen door to the stove. Once I re- member 'of being particularly bard up for something to start the fire with amid; I tried several hendtels of such a stubborn fight too have the straw. When Father came down and lyoys dight the gres- OMOMiiiiimmintiniiintanit Imasco :JUST A SMILE OR TWO:. opened the stove lid . . a gust of fine white ashes flew up into his face. Mother was "death" on coal oil. When, 1 Lit the fine, the first thing she wouLdl do upon entering: the kitchen door would be -to. Off' seeletciously, If there was the least taint of coal' oil in the air She 'would glare at me and say: "If I catch you usimtg eoal on 'to start that' fire again, I'll tan -you." The question of who was to light the fire developed by time into a regular duel. If any of the boys were oonsfrained into doing it, they Would manage to upset the stovepipes or else smote up the- Mouse .so badly that Mother would say, "If I have to light the fines myself in order to see that it's done right, it seems a mighty funny thibtg to me." • The parlor stove was in the • room dinntatiyr_below_aur bedroom. Father used to retaliate at bur ebenanrgans in avoiding the ordeal of 1ighting the fire by keeping up a continual din as he workedaround the fine, Shortly after the kitchen fire could be beard roaring up the cbimmey he would shake down the parlor stove. "Clank- ety-Clank-Bang!" Thein the stove door would slam several tunes. The orna- niental top and the lid on the top of the uptight stove would be removed and slammed into , place - several tunes.. 'The pipes .would be tapped to knock the soot down opt of them . the damper would' serape and turn and 'squeal and growl into place , . the ash bucket would clung into place . . . and 'as a final touch all the doors on the stove would be given a resounding clank. Then the flames would start and the pipes would begun to tfcc :: with the heat. We would feel guiltyeike as we hud- dle;.l around them dressing to go downstairs,. I could never understand why father obpected to lighting the.....fire sro strenuously!. However, as the Fall,. mornings grow chillier, each Fall I begin to understand why, he put up. From The Huron Expositor October 31, 1890.. Mr., F. L. Hamilton, blacksmith of Cr-omrarty, met with- a serious acci- dent reoenttly. He was engaged in trimming a Doree's foot when the knife slipped and penetrated his eye. It remidered him triable to work; On Tuesday evening last Mr. Wm. Barrie, who lives in Morris, about a mile from BrusseIs?, while feeding his stock, left the Lantern hanging in the barn and went to feed his horses in the stable. On going .upstairs again in a few minutes he found' -it in a mass of , •flames. The lossie estimat- ed at , $4,000, and the insurrance•'car- ried. was '$2 5004. Mr. Peter McQueen, of TJsborne, has sold this farm, Lot 30, Con. 4, to Mr, Henry Homey for $5,500. The social in the Thames, Road Presbyterian Church on Monday eve- ning , was well ,attended and was a very enjoyable affair: The minister, Rev. Mr.- Fletcher, gave an instruc- tive history of Thio recentvisit to the Pacific Coast, while Mr.. Bishop's ad- dress on a ,recent trip to the Odd Country was both humorous and; in terest!ing. - About six o'clock on Saturday eve- ning last a span ,of spirited young horses belonging to Mr. Robert Mc- Millanr, Jr:, of r-2VIcKillop, near Rox- bore, ran away. Thee were tied . in front of Messes. Wilson .& Young's store, wizen something frightened them and they ram -until they came Ito Roxboro bridge. They wlent through the bridge but Went over a bent about four feet high. One fell down and they were caught by one of Mhos. E, Hays' sons, Not much damage was done. Mr. William- Bbirnles, of Brussels, intends selling' his new brick hotel in Wa]'t'on by anotion on the 14th of November. The. squirrel hnnit'tsn� Morris on Fri- day Iast resulted` in a victory for Captain Bowmian and his men. Mr. War. Carnsoehan, of Seahordh, met with a very serious accident on Friday evening least He was assist: ing to load a care with egg boxes for Mr. D. D. wilcoy and was standing on a wagon alrihgztde the ear waren an engine passeid near the horses and they suddenly tanned around, upset- ting the buggy.- Mr. Carntochan was thrown, off midi when found, bad a very badly broken' log. ' Mr. Mos. Rrfnctle, of the 14th con- cession of Hibbert, had a sale on ',the 22nd and things eel& very well, cows going as high, as $44. Mr. Henry Brown, of Wimdlretsea, was wielding the haman'er. • Mr. Robert Duncan, of Mitchell, one of Sevforthhs pitimteer businessmen, is at_Iynesenrt in town. Wm. M. Gray and, Mrs. Gray and Muses Willis and Mary' Copp are this week representing the S'eatorth • Meth. odiet Church at the Provincial Sao - day Schierl Con> t nrtion being held in Bramitt0ra. . Itne. Wnv. Oamip$ell, Of Htteentithey, left for MUokeka 4ik' Wednesday on his :auntalrthvntdnga p-edtt1Ott • George (laiS t & fernier etudenut Of the Seeferth C'd'lfiegkat, tnstitutet has delict e`niga illi- teach for lihe y'ea;r! 1891 t howl itt Me lt op iaw daidneted AtieWa.r. o Clinton Man Hurt k ..t i Two were, injured' in a Meter col* noon on • NO. 8 Highway, two miles east of Goderieh Monday afternoon_" John C, Redd, ;relprecenttative of thre Canadian Industrreis, Limited, °bat- ham, travelling west allegedly ",cut le on a -hill, applying' his brakes suddenly to a'v'id .a collision with an- other oar gang east. His oar skids ded broadside down , the hill for a distance into another car driven be �7. P. Mariifield, R.R. No. 9, London,. who" suffered a:""-fnaatured knee cap_ Mr. Reid suffered nuts, about. the head and fate. Traffic Officer (Julp, invesbiigatted.—G1Lnton News-Recond,. Local Firm Subscribes $25,000) Among subscriptions to Caneda'sr non-interest bearing certificates is that of the Goderiot Salt Gomtpany. Limited for $25,001):. ` Total_ subsariip _ tions to these certificates issued for.' war purpos-e-e, were $2,766,502 to Oct, 1st, from 291 individuals anid o'rga'n izations.—Goderdch Signal -Star. Appointed Pullman Agent MraG, H. Browtn, who has been act- ing as the uptown ticket .agent of the C.N.R. since the enlistment of Mr. "Bud" Sturdy, - has had ' his ap- pointment to. that position confirmed. Mr. Brown 'has also been appointed agent for the Pullman, Company and is now in a position tc supply Pull- man tickets to any d,estirnation : on the C"N.R.—Goderich Signal -Stara "There's •that fellow who sought A - stranger was inanddng-^ori:"- the for years to get a political job,' .platform:of a small railway station etc h "Well, what'd e do now " when the Northern express flashed "Nothing—the got the 'job!" past. Into the -whirl of dust raised • by the train, leaped- the sta.tilo'nrmas- "Do you enjoy novel reading, Miss ter's dog and tore madly up the track: Prim?" in pursuit. - "Oh, yes very much. One can as- iDoesa your dog Often do that?" sedete with people in fiction ,that asked - the stranger of the stationnnas- one wouldn't dare to speak ; to in real .ter, le life "Yes, sir. Beery time the express • passes, . the dog is after it like a - Bill: "What about the dollar you here." owe me?", "That's queer,"-'comented the Tom: "it's, your bmp birthday on • Fri- stranger. "Wily does he de it?" day. I'1L bning it to you with my con- "I don't kir-," replied the dog's gratulation." owner, scratching his head thought - Bill: "You just bring the money, fully. "What worries me is what' he's and I'll congratulate myself." W' going to 'do with it wihenAre gets it" .. British Coasters, Carry On (By "Taffrail" Famo Writer 0 • British t Naval •, Of the 6,772 steamers and motor - ships of 100 tons and upwards regis- tered under the British flag at the beginning of this- year, no fewer than 4,247 are of less than 2,000 tons. Many of these are vessels of the coasting. type, pr .those used innee- mal times for the shorter voyages to the Continent., Britain's larger ports specialize in the import and export .of certain com- modities carried by oceangoing steam- ers from and to the uttermost parts of the world. But the, smeller coas- tal ports, used by small vessels, play a most important part in what may be termed the secondary distribution of Britain. The coasting vessels coil -Oct car- goes at the greater points and dis- tribute them to many smaller ones. In Great Britain, where on part of the country is at any great distance from the sea, a large part of the pop- ulation can be supplied through one. port or another My -dying only a abort haul by either .raid or road. The coasting trade is entirety responsible for the low rates existing between port and port, and, from and to towers within a considerable radius of those pmts. Even In time of war much British coasting trade still continues to run. One may instance the distribution of coal from the coal -producing districts and ' of the huge quettities,' of food and other materials trona the term - tot ports where tit is lantded, from overseas, British coastwise trade lees -ens the burden on Britain's 11 rd:1y-worked'• i'aiiiways, and diminishes thr iptevit- able , delays of soi^ting' 'and shunting. One coanparatively small ship will carry the gdods ,that could only be ?handled be a fleet of lorries using int - ported "petrol. - For the "carriage of geode in . belt, and, in spite of Ger- man erman - aircraft, sultmardnes- mut -mines, the distribution by sea, over 'a con.- sederable area is slid) `swifter and a tore econorndeat than by' read or rail. The debt tiitat Brittain. owes to the.. Merdhtaint Navy `and to those who Man it ifigeasrutiy- reesorglndzed. What, 1e not, as often teai1'ietl its the great pe ttce'mtoge of tike $nitlsh tvien chant Nat/ hat is ntad,e. 110 in the tett% ships 'plying between the various smaller ports of Gieat-Britain. Their names, like those of .the tramps, which ply further afield are not. known Like those of the liters, wbica. carry pas-, sev,gere. British coastwise nee.mmett are scow enduring the fult fury 6P the -Gem- man aircraft attacks on,• Channel and East Ceastt convoys. These ere the men in the ships' mounding what is .popularly . known as• "Hell -fire core ner," who daily risk being bombed, machine-gunned or perhaps mined'.. Protected by the Royal Navy and the •Royal Air Force, they carry ,..on unperturbed, taking the risks of war merely as additional 'hazards to the, ordinary risks of peace. They were not trained to the use of Weapons', er for the rigours of battle. Skilful, rugged, 'unflinching, stolid and perhaps' a little unimaginative, British coas,t'vVise seaMen enjoy none of t'he glamour of publicity, or the glory of ribbons, and gold -laced uni- forme. Ong cannot distinguish them ashore, except • perhaps by the silver badge with the naval crown and the lettere M. N. (Merchant Navy) .worn - in their buttonholes. They are 'sim- ple men carrying on their normal Li:Mee-time Robs• in the midie of the frightfulness of the -fiercest war that Britain has ever known. - They are also carrying on a great tradition, that of the Elizabethan sear men who sailed from every 'little Port in England, when, in 1588,, the Ar- mada sailed up -Channel and Britain was threaatened with invasion by the Duke of Parma'at array in Flarndierisr "God, blew, with His winds and 'tlh y, were scattered," was the plena leg- end used ,on theArthada meidals beaming' the effiy .of Queen Mae - beta. England gave .thmanktt to the Almighty for, her deliverance; but no smtall need • of. gratitude was-• Wee doe' to her team's -ix • Withoirt theins. -,•thee country would . have b teth frost, , It le iihe came toothy, those tho~i- sands of British cdnVtva*:ise seaadfemr caarrying tissrentI i oculi e u itt4elr ionttal fronartort to." Pet w'oriiid: haste to be ns iled hierolesr . Yet to &Scrilbe theta by amyOther tern wulld err on .the stde of undter-state- znent. Spoke From England Pte. Glenn Keehnie, upon. arrival' in England Last we-ek with a group of wireless operators, was ,privileged to, speak on the air, and although beard. by some residents in Blyth, unfortun- ately his parents, Mr. and Mire. Sam. Keehtnne, did not hear the broadcast.. =431ytth Standard. • Flax Threshing Commenced Threshing of the oil flax crop of the Gordon Flax Company commence e3 'Wednesday, Mr. Sam Alcock is doing the work. H® reported the - straw somewhat tough, but there, seemed to be a very good, „yield of need. The fibre mill has .not as tee commenced operation)—B!eth Stand - and" Reeve McNeil At Airport Reeve George McNall -1 asp taken m. position as 'guard at Silty Harbor Air- port, with duties commencing last Monday,.. For the present he is trav- elling back and Earth and this week has been on duty from six at night until the next unerring,—Blyth Stand= and. Lloyd Dark Improving Mrs. Dark 'arrived home from To- ronto, after accompanying her son to To,ront'o General • °Hospital and reports Lloyd's ,condition very favorable. She was called home owing to tibe death of her father, Mr. William Wilkinson, of Brussels. — Wingham Advance-- Takes dvance-Takes Over Wroxeter Practice • Dr, F,H. Scher -k; of Toronto, has taken over the home and practice of Dr. I. P. Oam,pboli" He expects to arrive on _,or "about October 16th.— Wingham . Advance -Times. Hospital Auxiliary Name' Officers - The annual meeting of the Woe mien's .tluxilaary_eta—WinghamGene.-- al Hospital was held in the council. chambers on Friday •afternoon. The !reports' for -the Fleur showed that the organaziationi enjoyed ons of the most successful years an its history. The following-- were elected to office for- th'e ensuing year: Hon presidents;• Mrs. John- Gibbons, Mrs. John Wil- son, Mrs" John. A. MacLean; presi- dent,. Mrs. J.• W. McKibben; ist vice Pres., Miss, W. M. Connell; 2nd vice -- Pres., Mrs. R. L. Stewart; treas.., Mrs.. Richard Ciegg; eorrespontding sec.,, Mrs., w, -•.,,J. Greet; convener of buy- ing committee, „ Mrs. Norman Fry; convener `,of sewing committee, Mrs.. W, 11. French: Wingham: Advance • Times. Hand Amputated in Cutting Bcon- On . Wedmtesday • afternoon ' whila' silo filling ,cm, the harm of Mr, Johnr Lovie, of Stephen, j.Vir, Noble Scott - right hand in .. the outing box. Mr- hodS,,cott was brought to the office of Dr. Fletcher and: later was reinuowedi to Victoria Hospital in Landon. Het had been feeding corn into the -cut, titng box when -hie bland was caught. in the rbllem and &Betev ,unto the: knives. Mr. Stott, who hast 'bee'n silo,: filling for Years ',recenrtly • replaced'' hie cid' Machine with a new one, -- Exeter TiinesrAdvocatte. Dies of Shock From Motor Aceldent'. Prank Barr, hero in Ctornarty 38 years ,s:go, and a son of Mrs. Mor- gtr 4 Barr,. Stratford, and the late • John G,. Ears, died early Wednesday inanaing- from shock following a Miner oar accident at-Seeibnch's Hall onNir. 8 thereat' 1V1onday, evening.. The- oar lett the road and went into the dlitoh, The tither said he was bl idet` by oncoming •Idgltia. -'He oom- iylainied- of Might otlybi in Iiia WI/ rids irlotiriert sui "eretk a slight i avis 1. injury and other at*airflamitg of the: Mbntitlted on Page $)