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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-02-27, Page 5r 21y. 942 - enan. uaumemwmww,amw .._•...w,rat, The Week At the Seaforth Collegiate Institute (By Ken Keating) Grades XII and XIII - Forwards: Betty Matthews, Fergus Bell, Janie Moffat, A4iyvonne Moore 2, Mary I:Ma- can; guards: 4e�trix .Sandford, Hazel Anderson, Win fred Russel. Grade • XI --.:Forwards: Joan Mc- Master 2, Beth Campbell, Annis •Dun- lop, Kathleen Holmes; Guards -Jean Hurford, Marjory Golding, Marguer- ite Westcott. Score -2-2. * * * Miss Pat Bechely, who has been i11 during the past' week, returned to school and to cheer herself up she brought a very colorful plaid skirt. * * * A rather Unfortunate incident 'took place at the S.C.I. this week when some bright, practical joker took an- other nother student's coat and hat from the • cloak room and hung them on the. light bulb over the ;basement • stairs. When they were discovered some .time later, they both had a large bole burned in them. Not only were the clothes damaged badly but if they had remained there much longer the school might have been set on fire. * * * All the different forms have been having tobogganing parties this week and the home economics rooms has come in very handy. * * Clinton vs. Seaforth: Clinton -Ful- ford, Stewart, Snell, Roy, Fulford, Proctor, Howe, Spiett, Pollard, New- man. Seaforth-Harrison, Southgate, Casson, Hicknell, Scotit, Dale, Jamie- son. Score: Seaforth 28, Clinton 14. TUCKERSMITH Oh that the women of our distrid't had what Nellie McClung calls that sixth sense, the sense of urgency, which prevails upon us .to' go throwgh the attic or basement once more, at least, and get into piles for the sal- vage collector those papers and mag- azines and cardboard boxes so 'badly ,>aeeded• at present for the making of -cartridge containers. We may" have %decided last year to • do this very thing, but it still remains undone. Let's do it now. -MARTHA. Well, Old Man Winter decided not •to let us off without a few good blows which filled our roadsso no cars•can get through now until some digging is done in a goad many spots. Mr. Giff. Crich celebrated another milestone last Wednesday when some 'of his friends spent a very enjoyable ' evening with him. Mr. Alden Crich has purchased the Frank Glew farm on No. 8 Highway, and gets possession at an early date. Mrs. Frank Crich has so far' recov- ered from her recent attack et pneu- moniaas to be removed from the hos- pital to her mother's home, that of Mrs. W. Rogerson. • We hope for an early recovery. The Victory Loan salesman, Mr. W. Crich, is having his own time getting through the snowbanks on the back sideroads. The Tnckersmith Ladies' Club will iMarch meeting oWednes- day, e n s - .'hold he ee n W d e txg day, March 4, at •the home o8 Mrs. • Leslie Lawson. Roll call will be "Ways and means of economizing on sugar." Come prepared to quilt. The regular meeting of the weekly Farm Forum was held at the home of :.• 'Mr. and 'Mrs. Frank Upshail, there being 26 present, under the convener- ' ship of Bob McLachlan. The discus- --Bions- were based on "Will the_Soil Last?" after which the secretary, Mr. W. S. Broadfoot, closed that part of the meeting by inviting all to his home for the March 2nd meeting. After a few games of euchre Mr. . David Popple movedi• a vote of thanks to the Trost and hostess and the. meet- ing was closed by 'singing the Nation- al Anthem. linplements On or Off in fess than n minute OP 4 4,1 /4t4m2 with FORD TRACTOR Ferguson System • With the new Ford tractor, Ferguson system, you 'waste no time in mriking lengthy impie- lment changeovers.. or Fergu- son- wheel -less implements, in- cluding -the row-eultivator, may be attached or detached by one man in less than a min- ute witout the use of tools. Front and rear -wheel tread adjustments also a simple, one- matt�noperation. J'fYere are other things about the new Ford tractor with Fer- guson system of hydraulically controlled wheel -less imple- eients that will amaze you. Come in and see it. Demonstra- tions gladly arranged. Don't miss this Chance to see the really new mechanized farm equipment. J, F. DALY Wu011.4ES USBORNE The municipal council of Usborne township, met on Saturday, Feb. 14, with all the members present. Min- utes of 'January 12 were adopted on motion by Hodgert and C'ooper•....-No- tide w.as received from the Depart- ment •of Highways that no capital ex- penditures 'oft account of construction work will • be, eligible for 'subsidy in 1942; filed, ,The.,. council received a ptitition from' seven ratepayers in a, S. No. 10, requesting that a union schoolsection be formed with five properties in; Hibbert township, own- ers of which have so petitioned their township council. The petition was accepted and. approved by the coun- cil and the Clerk was instructed to notify the. public school „inspector. Bonds held .by the municipality on account of municipal officials were inspected as required by the Muni- cipal Act and were deemed suffici- ent. Th.e ,.council decided to prepay the estimated 1942 county rates to the county treasurer and to accept the discount amounting to $583.33. The Clerk Was instructed to im- mediately call for tenders for grav- elling in three parts: lst, Tender far power to drive the township crusher;. 2nd, Trucks; to draw from bin and spread it on the roads, tender to be by the yard; 3rd; An alternative ten- der to include crusher, power, labor and trucks also •b the yard on a flat y rate. All tenders to be on forms pro- vided by• the township and accom- panied by the required bond in each instance. The Clerk was authorized to arrange "time for opening tenders with the district engineer and to ad vertise the time accordingly: The collector reported $1,780 of the 1941 roll still uncollected. He w'as instructed to proceed with collecting. The following by-laws were passed: No. 1, 1942, confirming appointments and fixing salaries; No. 2, 1942, ap- propriating money Inc road expendi- tures; No. 3, 1942, authorizing neces- sary borrowing during 1942 at the Bank of Montreal for current expen- ditures. A resolution was passed calling on all citizens to support the Victory Loan to the "fullest, possible extent and--to-deeorate-.-windows and places of business during the campaign. Re- ceipts were reported amounting to $476.18. Accounts were approved and paid as follows: County rates for 1942 (prepayment $14,000), Oa, - 416.67; road superintendent's vouch- er, $236.63; Local Provincial Plowing Match committee,'grant, $100.00; 'other expenditure, $55.65. Council adjourned to meet on M.ri car 14 at 1 p.m., or, at the call of .the reeve for purpose of opening tenders'. -A, W. Morgan, clerk. H.ULLETT Mrs. Joseph C. Hughes passed away at•her.:iho.me, 'lot 18, concession one, London township, in her 85th year. 'he was 'born in Hullett township, uron. County, the daughter of the late Charles and Mary Stewart. Her husband predeceased her nine years' ago. Surviving are two daughters and one son, Mina, Amy and Elmer. Funeral services were held at the family residence. Rev. F. E. Clys- dale, of the United Church, officiated. Pallbearers, were Charles Stewart, Charles and Austin Dexter, Thomas Adams, Wilmer Smith and Gordon Hughes. Interment was at Birr Unit- ed cemetery. WINTHROP The Red Cross meeting warheld in the church • last Tuesday afternoon. The meeting opened with prayer by the president, Mrs. Eaton. The re- port of the last meeting was given by, the secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Robt. McFarlane. .The ladies have quilted 12 qui'ltst inJanuary; two quilt tops and one quilt were donated; four . quilts weie quilted that day. There is Still a great dennand for workers. Are you doing your bit? Miss Helen Blanchard and Mr. Gor- don Blanchard, of Stratford, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Blanchard recently. Miss Joy Perham, of Seaforth, spent the weekend at her home. Mr. Haas, the mil,iman, received a bad gash on the side of his head, -caused' by a lever slipping. Mr. Ralph Davidson has returned home, having received his discharge froni the army. vasestmeantilmesemdeisimilen ST.AFFA , Personals: Misses -Doris and Jean Smale, Seaforth, with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Swale; O. W. Reed in 'Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Nor- ris in Fullerton with Mr. and Mrs. T. Marshall;' Mr. and Mrs. A- Jeffrey and Spencer and Rev. W. ,E. Aids - Worth and Norman Bushfield in Lon- don; Mr, and Mrs. K. Drake 4n Kit- chener; Mr. and 'Mrs^ Ande Earl and Mrs. WidIiam'^•bad.le, Whalen, with • Mr. -and Mrs. A. Jeffrey; Mies Marion Drake in Farquhar v,*itb Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller, Kenneth Cline in Lon- don: 4Y -'Death of Jamey Laing Thie district: was saddened on Sun= day; Feb. 22, by thesudden death of Mr. James Laing, which occurred without warning his ; hoihe that morning, Mr. Laing was one Of the oldest and deservedly esteemed resi- dents of the district, and although he glad not been well for some time, his •sudden 'passing came as a . great shock to his family and the commun- ity. The deceased wasson of the late Thomas, Laing and, Elizabeth Cuthill, natives Scotland, who carne to Canada . pioneers in the early days of this country and, set- tled •on the eleventh concession of Hiebbert township, where Mr. Laing was born 74 years ago. In 1895 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary McLachlan, of Cromarty, who prede- ceased him three years later, but he is survived by one son, Mr. Thomas Laing, on. the homestead, and three grandchildren, Hazel, Robert and Gordon Laing. He is also survived by two sisters and one 'brother, Mrs. James. ;Scott, Cromarty; Mrs. Neil Gillespie and Mr. John C. Laing, Sea- -forth.. Mr. Laing was a member of the Presbyterian church,' and for many yerars a member of the session of eternally church. The funeral was held from hie late home, Lot 14, Concession 10, on 'Tuesday: and was very largely attended .byefr{iends and neighbors, whose floral tributes were very beautiful. The services were conducted by his minister, Rev. Peter Jamieson. Interment was made in Cromarty cemetery, the pallbearers being six nephews, Messrs, James Gillespie, Thomas Hodgert, Thomas L. Scott, Kenneth McKellar, John and William McLachlan. • ZURICH 'Phe concert held in the Town Hall on Monday evening in the interests of .the local Victory Loan. camipaign was well attended. The program was given by the pupils of the schools, Mr. Jefferson, of Clinton, was the speaker. The Department ,of Highways is making, ar.rangement.s. for the con- structien of a new culvert in the. big swamp. The old one has to be re- placed on account of the,found'ation giving away. Mr. Finnigan is in charge of the work and a temporary culvert is being built at present to be replaced by a permanent one in the spring. An interesting event took place at the Parsonage of the United Church in. Paris, Ont., last Saturday, when 'Rev, 11 Geiger, uncle 'Of the groom, performed the. ceremony which unit- ed in marriage Miss Beatrice Mae, daughter .-of Mrs. Mary -Manson and the late John A. Manson, of Stanley township, and Mr:- Newell R.. Geiger, son of the late Rev. and Mrs: •-A. Gei- ger, formerly of this village. Mr, and Mrs. Geiger wily_ resid.e-on--the- groom's farm north of town. A shower was held at the home of Mi-. and Mrs. Henry. Flaxboard on Tuesday evening In honor of their daughter, Mrs. Harold Thiel, who is ,a recent beide. Many van: able and useful gifts were received by Mrs. Thiel. " Mr- and Mrs. Louis ialbf!eisech have moved to 'town and are .residing with their son-indaw and _daughter, Mr. and-lMrs, 1T -'Oar. Brokenshire, The farm on the 15th concession, Hay, has•- been taken over by' Mr. Edward Kallefieisoh, their son, who has hired Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Pepper -of, near Staffs. " Mr. 'Geo. Armstrong,, reeve of Hay, is attending theGood Roads Conven- tion being held at Toronto this week. The moving, picture show given in -the hall the other• -evening -tamer -Tie auspices.of the Massey -Harris Co., by the local agent, Mr. O: Klopp, was well attended. Rev. Mr. Brookes, of Hensall; 'gave an address on the Vic- tory Loan campaign which was high- ly interesting. Mr. Henry •Schil•be, w'hos'e farm on the '15th concession, Hay, has been taken as part of the St, Joseph air- port, is arranging to move on to the 160 -acre farm, •'Ibt 14, con. 15, Hay, which he has 'purchased from dfr. Dennis Corriveau;- who is giving up farming.h Messrs. Ivan i albfleisch and J. W. Haberer spent a:'few days at Toronto last week on business.. Zurich Town .Elan was the,nscene of a delightful patriotic concert with the presentation 01 a pageant, play and choruses 7iy 'she'scholars of Zurich and surrounding schools . Mr. Gould- ing, of Exeter, directed the choruses. He is the music teacher for various schools in that district. The proceeds "fol- the concert, amounting to $42.00, swelled the Red Cross treasury con-. siderably. A quilt made and donated by Mrs. J. Battler and Mrs. Fanny' Bender was raffled off, the proceeds amounting .to $29.40.. Phillip Masse drew the lucky' number. HENSALL (Continued from Page 4) Mrs. Edith McMartin, of Barrie, is visiting with her mother, Mrs, R. Bonthron, and sister, Mrs. L. Simp- son. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Varley are getting nicely settled on the J. D. THE INTERNATIONAL Hugh Hill, a dairy Harmer from. the Goderieh district, is the man who holds the purse -strings, for the Inter national Plowing Match to be held October d,3, 14, 15 and 16 in Hullett township. Hugh is a man who is first and 'foremost a farmer Tall and muscular from contact with plenty, of hard work, he wastes. 'few words.' ' When he has an opinion to express. he does so with a,- minimum of frills. His language is plain and forceful. Hugh Minis- a man possessed of a good deal of ability in; holding an •audienee. •He has that -knack of, de- livering a message '?la a way that people like to hear.. Put him in a smoky convention, hall or at 'a formal banquet and• he does equally well. He strips alai the unnecessary fixtures from- his address and gets down to "brass tacks." • .. 'That is the way in which be" ie at- tacking the problem of putting on the International Plowing Match during wartime. Satisfied that the 'Ontario. government believes that the Inter- national serves a very useful purpose in wartime, he plunged into the ;work of putting the whole affair•on a strict budget. Each item of expense was neatly catalogued and each source of • rev- enue was stacked i}p beside it. He traveller! to St: Thomas and inter- view -ed' -the various committee mem- bers of the Elgin' County Internation- al match, Then he went to Peterbor ough and compared notes there. Ai ter that lie talked with secretary -man- ager J. A. Carroll,. of the Ontario Plowmen's Association. piling his information and' drafter a budget, he presented it to the e cuh tive of the Huron County 131 r .ing Match comity {tee. They went into session and attacked the budget from all angles and when 'they finally re- tired from that session the budget was considered as nearly perfect . as possible . . . and incidentally it *',till maintained..,..general structure set up by the practical farmer from Colborne township. Hugh Hill is a breeder of pure-bred Guernsey cattle. People are often guilty of calling him an Ayrshire breeder, but he Aust laughs it off- He appreciates 'Guernseys 'test of an and feels certain that the day is not far off wheXI•people in Huron County will swing over to Guernseys • from. some of the other breeds. He n 25 -,head of Guernsey cows milking at' the present time. Trans- lated into terms of work, such, as milking and caring for the cows and the raising of sufficient feed for them. it represents a staggering total. The shortage of labor has affected him justas ninth as any other farmer in the county. Yet be is looking ahead to the International Plowing Match in Huron County- as •being- -the great est in the history of the Ontario Plowmen's Association. "Naturally the raising of the money for tube match is a real job," says Mr. Hill; "but I have mighty good assist- ants on the directorate. We'll get the Money to put this match over in a .real bang-up way. What we ask for is the loyal co-operation of everybody in Duron County." . Gemmell farm in Tuckersinith, which Mr: Varley recently rented. Reeve E. R. Shaddick, Mrs. Shad - dick and Judy are in Toronto this week where Mir. Shaddick is attend- ing the municipal convention being held at the Royal York. - Joyce Broderick. E1e nor Cook and 13111 Mickle were among the prize winners at the annual ice carnival held at Exeter. Mrs. Stewart McQueen, accorirpan- ied by her daughter, Jean, spent the week -end with Mrs. McQueen's sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. J. DeReid, Bruce St., London. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mitchell was the scene ;'of a delight full, social evening, Tuesday, Feb. 24• when members of the Boundary Red Cross workers met to honor 'tine of their meml'ers, Mrs. J. Oke, wiho with her -'husband are shortly leaving the community to take up residence near St. Marys. The guest -of -honor was presented with a kitchen stool, Mrs. Jack Dolton reading 'the address and Mrs. S ewart -McQueen presenting the gift. •Mras. Oke graciously thanked, those present for the lovely gift. Cards and games were featured dur- ing the evening and a delicious lunch - Greater Production in (Continued from Page 1) No: of tractors that did custom •work for neighbors in 1941 No. of tractors that will be available in 1942 for custom work Amount of tractor machinery of following items on hand: Plow' 103, Cultivator 82, Disc '37, Orta=way 'Disc 17, Row -crop Machinery Combine 4, Grain Separator 34. No. of fertilizer drills No. of drills with. fertilizer attachment ' No. of milking machines No. of grain grinders No. of cream separators No. of farmers requiring new .machin• -y in '91'2 a MISCELLANEOUS • No. ,of farmers with Hydro at present 76 No. of 'farmers w'ho would. install Hydro if avalaable 92 No, of farmers with sufficient Seed grain for 19t2 212 No. of radios - " 244 No. of farmers taking a daily' •paper 166 Weekly paper 254 Farm magazine 270 Number •of phones 272 Number of ears 261 Number of trucks 11 No. of farme'rs who'think that 4flarm mites should bye' based, On test of 'production, ,piu.s areasonabl"b profit. No. of farmers who would be willing. to keep a,yeeord of the cost of producing some farm product in 1942 • 17, New Spring Suits_ In Boys' and Youths' Sizes Boys' Suits Snappy new Tweeds in blue grey, green, brown and air- force. • Made with long and breeches or two longs. Coats are single or double breast- ed styles, mostly with sport backs. Trousers have pleat- ed fronts like dad's. Sizes 6 to 16 years. f2.95 WITH TWO TROUSERS Youths' Suits Smart Tweeds and Worsteds in the popular drape models like the men's suits, with two pleated trousers and vest Better bring that young man in now for his new Spring suit. They're going to be "plenty scarce" before long. Sizes 33 to 38. 19.95023.50 WITH TWO TROUSERS. •JUST IN ! New Sheer Blouses SPECIALLY PRICED -T --.. Lovely quality Sheer Blouses with dainty lace trims, jabo ef- fects, agotting and pleats owe just plain tailored styles if you wish. But they're all new and ultra smart. Personally bought in Montreal. They're real value at $1,98 ALL SIZES INVEST FOR VICTORY! BUY Victory,Bonds NOW! rr. -NEW STYLE onp Horse JACK'ETS dust landed! These new pony horsehide jackets for Spring "'are a real knockout for style. Contrasting trims and pipings, full zipper front ' and zipper pockets. Full silk lined, and many with bright contrasting -- knitted collar, cuff and bottom that are the new hit for Spring. See these new Jackets. They're at last year's price, and a nicer garment. 12.95 SUEDE $10.9'5 to W1 1 n0u' ADVANCE SHOWING Ladies' Spring Coats 13.75 28,50 s Come into the store right to- day and see the new Spring Coats for Misses and Women. There are Swagger Coats, Raglan and:. Baimacaans,PoIo Coats, and, of course, many new fitted dress' styles. The cloths are strikingly different, and the feature for this season is Tweeds, in gay checks, and small weaves- Tweeds from Scotland and England, and lots, of Harris Tweeds too. Polo Cloths are again pop- ular and we have them in many 'shades and new novel styles. There's, the dressy coats, too, in darker shade all -wool coatings in fitted or box styles. with high neck or shirt collar --neck lines. Choose from this''wonde`r- ful; shov'ning now! $13.75 to $28.50 New Skirts 1.•)'-' SPRING New'•all-woof herringbone Shep- h. •d Cloth - and Alpine mater- ials in gored or pleated styles. New pastel shades and darker .t noes loo. $2.98 Stewart Bros, SEAFORTH LISTEN TO,' "HOUSE OF DREAMS" CKNX FRIDAY NIGHT -9 TO 9:30 SPONSORED BY STEWART BROS. immomensimmesaweezionsegiliallale eon served. Schools Are Closed 49 Hensall public and continuation 50 scisools were -closed Wednesdal until March 9, on orders of Dr. D. G. Steer, medical officer of health, as two cas- es of scarlet fever were reported in 99 the village. The Victory Loan con - 34 cert, sponsored by the Junior Red 4 Crose of Heiman public school, sche- 80 duled for Thursday• evening, Feb. 26, 256 has been postponed until a later date. 78 The Star Club enjoyed a social eye- " at the it irie of Mr. and, Mgrs. Laird and as a result of the meeting wasble to .hand over the second' donation to the Red Cross Society. The club is compos(,1 of the follow- ing •girls: Doris Buchanan. Elaine Cook, Betty 'Mickle, 13." Jinks, E, Vett- ner, Elaine Carlisle, Joyce 'Broderick and Juntr Kennedy. Mr. Geo. Otterbein, of -Kitchener, spet the week; end at his home here. M os Mabel Workman is conned 260 to 'h r home through illness. PO. Lloyd • Brock, of Kitchener, 147 sliefi't the week:en.d in tovrn. • Mrs. Hamden, of Exeter, spent a few days with Mr. • and Mrs. John Farquharson. Pte. H. S.male. of London, pent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Smale. Pte. G. Allan, of Camp Borden, vis- ited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Allan. Pte. Ray , Foster, R.C.A.F,C., Kit- chener, visited with Mr. and Mrs. A. Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gould and Don- ald Walker, of London, spent the week -end with .Mr. and Mrs. Georg* Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Green, of Grand Bend, and Pte. B. Green, Toronto, spent the, week -end with Mrs'. J. Tay- ldr. Gwen Voth, daughter; of Mr. and Mrs. Gus 'Voth .had her tonsils, re- moved in Harper Hospital, Detroit, on Thursday. Dead and Disabled Animals REMOVED PROMPTLY PHONE COLLECT: SEAFORTH 16 EXETER 235 s DARLING AND CO. OF CANADA, LTi. r,. I;