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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-04-17, Page 2hay ed 1.Q e 'hail Me an, Editor, k' ie.dat Seaforth, Ontario, ev- uraday afternoon by McLean AFORTH, Friday, April 17, 1942 Provincial Road Grants The Provincial Government has ;drastically reduced the _ provincial road grants to municipalities and counties, which in the case of Huron amounts to some eighty thousand dollars: That there is great scope for the practise of economy on the part of the government, no an for a mom- ent doubts. • But there is great doubt concerning the advisability of slashing the road grants in this or any other county. No one favors a programmfe of ex- tensive new construction at this time, or perhaps, for some time to come. At the same time, it must be borne in mind that in a county system of roads there is always some new con- struction every year that is absolute- ly unavoidable. Provision has to be made for that as' well as for main- tenance. aintenance. Even proper maintenance of our present county road system can scarcely be carried -out if the govern- ment adheres to its present plan, un- less additional taxation is placed up- on the communities, and taxes are already too high. The same applies to every township in the county. _ Considering the fact that the gov- ernment collects by way of ear lic- enses and gas taxes from the people of this county, many times the amount it has ever returned in the form of road grants, the people have a.' perfect right to raise-' a loud com- plaint—and they will—at the gov- ernment's action in taking for itself, a+r other purposes, ' money collected by taxing the people for the building and maintenance of highways. If the government is interested in practising economy; it does not need to go out into the country to practise it.. Right at home in the Parliament Bulings in Toronto there is a field where the practise of even modest economy would provide more than enough money to restore all the road grants to their, former size, and even increase them. • Canada's New Speed Law Laws governing speed on our roads and highways were formerly enacted by the Provinces and varied ' somewhat in the different Provinces across Canada. - Now. there is to be a newt order. - As a step in the, Government cam- paign to curtail ,non -:essential use of gasoline and rubber during the war, an order -in -council was passed in Ot- tawa on Friday setting the 'maxi- mum speed limit, anywhere in Can- ' ada after May 1st, at forty miles an hour. Ontario's speed ...,limit has hereto- fore been fifty miles an hour. That, ,. one. would think, would' be, fast en- ough to please even the most hurried motorist, but 'since its ' enactment a few years ago, the speed tempo on Or highways has been stepped up to sixty and seventy, or whatever the. car would travel at and the motorist _,,could get, away with. Thatspeed was against the law, of. -. course, ' btit the fifty -mile rate ',Was,: in the past year or -two, as little ad- hered to as it*As when the old law of thirty-five Miles an hour was in force. Most motorists, in their own in- terests, will obey the new law.. In fact; -eves since the gasoline and tire restrictions have come into force,. t.ere has been a very noticeable de- crease in • the speed of cars on our highways, because speed is hard on gas' and hard on tires, and with no roplacelrnent4 the motorist knew it was either a question of slower. -driv- ing or putting the oar. up. And that 3r Will be "ostponed just as long as ables. tit there fire motorists who never d w of the road. These .abont. as Mach a " =fortynxle rate, AS Fot, e J trill t :e'y hat r : a le .ver rt Vol- instance, the new law ,provides that any motorist who violates any - ptOvision of the new regulations shall be liable for tie first fence to a, fine of not less than fifteen' dollars, or imprisonment fornot more than ten days, or both. For the • second offence the fine is stepped up to twen- ty-five- dollars and the imprisonment to fifteen days, or both. For all sub- sequent,offences the fine will -be fifty dollars and not more than two hun- dred, or to imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. And the date is May 1st and after, just the week after next. • What About the Disfranchised? As anticipated, the Ontario Legis- lature has voted itself a year's ex- tension of life. With that the great majority • of Ontario people will heartily agree. But . what about the six vacancies in the House and the six constituen- cies, Huron -Bruce, Kingston, Toron- to-Bell.woods, Cochrane South, Tor- onto High Park and Lincoln, that have been without representation, in the case of Huron -Bruce, for nearly three years? Which have, in. fact, been disfranchised. It is true that these constituencies may not lack. representation any more than some other Ontario rid- ings that have a sitting member and have bad for the past eight years. But that does not alter the fact that these constituents should have the privilege of electing a member whe- ther..ke represents them or not. From the Government standpoint the situation is, perhaps,' understand- able. It already has a very docile majority of sufficient size for any emergency and there is very little probability of that majority being increased by the holding of a bye - election in any one of the six vacan- cies And any way new blood is not wanted. It 'might have a demoraliz- ing affect on the well-trained morale of the Government supporters. Time was, and not so very long ago, when even a single vacancy un- der- present conditions, would have created violent protest on the partof the general public and, particularly- among articularlyamong the members of the opposi- tion. But, unfortunately, the Conserva- tive party, . while much • stronger in the countfy than it is in the Legisla- ture, lacks a real leader, and possibly does not want to force the issue. Time, they know, has already work- ed wonders for their causeandthey have aconfident feeling' that the Government already has enough rope'on hand to hang •itself. , Anclthen there is the C.C.F., which would place a candidate in every: one of •these . vacant constituencies, if they were opened. And the Govern- ment having had experience, is apt to.be much more troubled about that party than the -members of the Con- servative opposition. In the meantime, one -fifteenth of the people of Ontario will continue:' to be disfranchised. • Getting Ready The probability that Ottawa, Can- ada's National Capital, may undergo' a bombing by enemy planes, at least in the imniediate future, may not be very great. But, nevertheless, it is a- possibilityand Canadians all should be prepared for just such an' even- tualit That, apparently., is the theory up- -on p-on which the Government works, and. is now putting that theory into ac- tion. Last week it was made known that more than one hundred and fifty Ottawa buildings owned or rented by the Dominion .Government, are being equipped , with materials for fighting incendiary bombs, a n d blackout curtains have been installed in offices where essential services would have to be conducted during an air' -raid. Officials of the Public Works De- partment have had one thousand pails of sand placed in public build-. ings. Cans containing sand have also been distributed and more are being... constantly prodded:, In addition, one thousand scoop shovels,specially des-,igned -for deal- ing with incendi'a; ., , boinbs, have been°ordered acrd del ver. --t is,dail.. ex-. ..• y y Acted.,_ i lac nt o don curtains 'erhave been efencepolice e oak From The Huron Expositor April 20, 1917. A very pleasant event took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jar- rott, School Section No. 14 Stanley, on Friday evening, when they were presented with• a beautiful -41ladih lamp. Mr. John Rathwell gave a pleasing talk, expressing the regret at their removal. Mr. John Caldwell, of Hensall, re- cently disposed of a pair of heavy.. draft mares, three and four years gold, which brought the record figure"'fer these days of $600. Mr. Nelson Govenlock and Mr. Robt. Laird, of McKillop, left on Monday for Toronto to enlist in the aviation corps. Mr. August Guhr, who owns a half sectjdn of land at Viking, Alta., re- ceived, an offer this week frgm a Western oil company to lease hiss pro- perty for drilling purposes. oil. and gas have been found intconsiderable quantities. Easter Monday was, the scene of a pleasant event at the home of Mrs. John Beatty, Varna, when a number of friends and students assembled to do honor to Miss ' Annabel Foster, on the eve of her marriage. Mr. Andrew Archibald, of Tucker - smith, received word from the war of- fice on Thursday morning that his oldest son, Andrew William Archi- bald, hadbeen killed while fighting with the ,Canadian troops in France. Mr. James Robb, of Seaforth, has donated a sewing table to the local branch of the, War' Auxiliary, and Messrs. T. G: Scott and- Joseph Keat- ing have given a reading -lamp for Red Cross purposes. • Miss McKenzie, of Brucefield, , has purchased the home of Mr. Baker on Centre Street. Mr. E. Aldridge, of 'Medford., has purchased Mr. E. F. Merner's tug, the "Edna K." and fishing outfit and is having it asverhauled 'for use at" Bay. jieid- Mr. and Mrs. Wes.. Harvey and family have moved to their new home on the 3rd concession of Stanley. Cook Bros., Hensall, sold the fol- lowing parties 1917 Ford cara,`-during the past ten. days:' W. Jamieson Dashwood; Harry Price and Craig Bros., Hensall; Peter Lamont, W. G. Hess, John Becker, Jr.,•Dr. A. J. Mac- Kinnon, Ed. Kalbfleisch and H. F. Weseloh, of Zurich; William Rennie and Paul Cleve, of Bayfield. • Gordon McDonald, of Brussels, has disposed of the Currie,•buteher busi- ness to Baeker Bros., who.. are com- bining it with their shop. Messrs. Backer have retained John Currie, who is now with them on duty. • From The Huron Expositor April 22, 1892 Mr. John Harris, of,, tire ,16th con- cession- of Grey, is going to put up a fine ,bari -50 1 I- on the stone founder tion ,guilt for it' last fall. Thomas Newsome has the contract. A very pleasant congregational so- cial was herd in the basement of the Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, on Monday evening. Mr. M. Y. McLean was chairman and local musical sel- ections were given by the choir and by Misscott, Mount . Forest; . th•e Davidson,D Misses • Seaforth; Mrs. J. Scott, Roxboro, and Miss Barrett, Mc- Killop, and Messrs. James Scott,E:" McFaul and others. A very -pleasing address was presented t0 Dr. • McDo 1 ald; congratulating him on the honors recently bestowed on him at Montreal College, Miss Ewing was at the or- gan. Mr. Jas. -Lennon, one of the prolix i ing young men, is opening a law of- fice in Seaforth. Mr. Archibald Scott, of "Thornton HaIL;" Harpuu'hey, is having his barns torn down with the . view of rebuild- ing in more modern style. Mr. John • Crozier, of Leadbury, has purchased a new Steele elevating bin= der, without canvas, from Messrs. Brown & Menzies, Seaforth. Mr. James Cummings, 'of Tucker - smith, has rented' his farm on the Kippen road, south of Egmondville, to Mt. W. J. Hudson, for a period of five years for $3"25. • Mr.' John Day/ rend, of Tuckersmith, has made over forty gallons -of syrup this season. Mr. William rIhapman, of 'Nicker - smith, has been reappointed pathmas- ter for 1892. Mr. R. Ferris, of Hullett, delivered a !bull to Mr. Sydney "Smith on Mon- day last that turned the. scales at 2,250 pounds. • ( y Hatry B?,X4 ; "OWING, Tt1:E •DISHEI3" Why is it that a man will take such great pains to get out of helping his` wife do the dishes? On the other hand, why iso, it that a woman will seldom ever accept the offer of`com- pany when they volunteer to help her. with dishes after a meal These are two questions, which no doubt men have been asking themselves for years without arriving 'at a solution to the problem. There are times when Mrs. Phil gets up after supper and seems to actually fly through the dish -.washing, operations. The head of the house rocks contentedly' in the old rocker in front of the fire and •with his slip- pered ••feet on the damper and the paper in his hands, proceeds to thor- oughly enjoy himself. Glancing - up over the newspaper from, time to time to see how ,the task has pro- gressed, he volunteers to help about the time she has the silverware put away and ,has only the tea=pot left for drying. The dangerous times are easy to spot. Mrs. Phil will complain mildly about the amount of work there has been to do all day long. Patricia. .Ann was fussy . . . old Mrs. So -and -So called het up in• the middle of the afternoon and kept her talking for at least two hours ,... - the cream -man was stuck in the lanewy ° . . some- body came to call right after. dinner . . and so on. -Yours truly begins telling her of the chores yet tobe done in the stable. There's hay to be put down 0 for the !morning ° . . and grain to be bagged for `seeding operations . and possibly it would be as 'well to go over and see Neighbor Higgins about getting his extra horse, for cultivating with . . • or some such alibi which would be considered quite Plausible by a woman of less' experi- ence in such matters. There are time§ when it works, but usually Mrs. Phil just tosses the dish -towel in my direction and that is the "nd of the discussion. ` Last week we had company. There -were the usual ' amount of aunts, uncles and ccuilins from the next con- cession and allthe leaves had to be put in the extension table for the occasion. Thele was a volume of food and an enormou§ amount of dirty dis,,hes. As soon as the meal, was over the men adjourned to the front room and •a few went down to the, stable to look over the- stock. Some of the women folks started to clear the dishes away, but Mrs. Phil, much to my annoyance, shepherded them away off to the parlor. • We washed dishes and dried them away on into the small hours of the morning. ' Determined that there would not be another case of this take • place I kept on saying, "Folks like that enjoy doing dishes, so why don't you let them go ahead and do them." Clinking of dishes and rat- tling of silverware , - . and finally °Mrs. Phil says,. "We don't go •to their place to wash dishes . ' and don't put those good pieces of silver+in with the • everyday ones ° . .!" Last week Dr. Scott, Seaforth, sold to Mr. Robt. Winters a steer one year .and ' 11 months old which "weighed 1.310 pounds, He also sold to the same gentleman g.°•lyeiter one y ar and nine months old„ Which weighed 1070 pounds. Mr. WM. Hawkshnw, Seaforth, lies rented _his hotel to Mr. Wainer, Jr., of Exeter. Miss Lou Morley and 'sister, Aggie, daughters of Mr. Wm. Moxley, Sea - forth, left on Tuesday for their new home in Winnipeg. • • Mr. James O'Leary, who 'has been clerk in the Coin'nierciai'' Hotel here for a number of years, bas purchas- ed the Queen's Hotel in Brussels, and took possession on Monday last. Mr. Hugh Grieve has purchased tile, residence of Mr. James Stewart on Oodericb,.Street East. must remain on duty when the city is blacked -out for a raid, and in all other offices where it is known essential services will be continued re- gardless of what is raining. rom 'the .skies. - And that is only the be- ginning:- -gilming It '-Vo'tr liicc' to think about, but .the only time. we_ will have to think about ' such,. r' ara,tiin , now. 1 Other cities'in other co tries -ha • eb learned' that it sorro OUST A SMILE 0• - "What's this funny looking thing, dear?" "What do you think it is?" "I ' haven't any idea." ' "Well, guess." "Oh, I don't know. Is it a bird bath?", "No:" "Let me 'see. ,, Are these things on the sides handles?" "You're doing the, guessing." "How many have you?" "Just obs.'' "Then it., couldn't be a soup plate. Wouldn't' get one soup plate . . . or would you. Something for flowers?" -`w.ell .. . no." "Oh, I don't' know., Darndest look- ing ooking thing I've .ever seen.". "Give up?" "No, wait, a •minute . . . let's see "Time's up . . . "I know!" "It's - a present from Aunt Bess." "Right!" 0 F :pers 'Milk -Cans Reported Stolen Mr. Mel. Elliott;•of tllte £a]mesvilie. cheese factory, has .complained to police that at least six fivergallon milk cans have been stolenin recent days .from the various routes which serve his factory. Similar reports / have come from isolated parts of the county and ptr,.ice are making a check up. The :oss Of these milk cans is a. serious one. not only because of their increased value at this time but also because it is very difficult to replace' them, owing to the scarcity of tin.— Goderich Signal -Star, ' Expansion At Sky Harbor As yet Sky Harbor has no inform- ation as to when work wily commence on its new relief tra'niug field .in Goderich township. The present build• ing expansion is making good pro- gress and should ,be completed early in May. It is expected that the open- ing of the "double School". will bar marked by a formal ceremony.—Godes••• rich Signal -Star. ' Smelts Are Running "I hear your store was robbed. last night. Lose much?" "Some. But it would have been worse if the burglars had got in the night before. You seer-)'esterday I. just •••••.• finished marking down thing twenty per cent!" Mistress: "I thought you had giv- en the milkman up, Mary, but I saw you out with him again this eyen- ing." Maid: "Oh, I've chucked him all right, Mum." I'm just w.orkin' off a week's notice with him." • "So Hilda's broken Of with Tom: my. I wonder if she still keeps his love letters." "Well, as a matter of fact, they're keeping her now." • every - "Aren't you afraid, your creditor might see you at this expensive res taurant?" "It's the Safest "place. They afford to come here." s can't • • • • • • The smelts are running. First in- timation of this came on Tuesday with the tip-off fyom a well known aL gler that he had " filled an eleven - quart bakket in a very short time from a stream somewhere on the east coast of Lake Huron. He emphasiz- ed that the news was not for-publica t'on. Not long after information:. came that a' man hand landed,;; ;15tr' Pounds in less than an • hour in the - Bayfield River. Thursday such stor- ies were general and fist-ermen ;were - out in large numbers.--Goceriah Sig- . nal -Star. • Shower or Bride -Elect A surprise shower -was arranged for Miss' °Sadie Elliott by Mrs. Ken- neth Pickett last Wednesday evening, when thirty young ladies gathered to - honor the bride -elect in view of hes approaching marriage Miss Elliott, Who was surp'rised;' replied gracious - 17 to the • numerous 'gifts 'presented to her. . 'Miss Elliott has for the , past tour years been employed in the of- ' fice of the Dominion Brass Company at London, but friends' in town are always glad to welcome her back., She will reside. in London • afte: her marriage. The evening was spent in. social chat after which a dainty lunch was served.—Clinton NewiLRecord. ,Truck Flopped Into Ditch At James Hill,:•near the second of Morris; •a Hanover Transport went out of oontrol Saturday evening and toppled into the ditch, spilling. the• • merchandise • it was transporting' about. - Several of the company's other trucks `were brought here and the... load transferred - and thef'" truck and trailer put back on the road: Brussels Post. ' Lucky in Radio Draw Recently Mrs. Fred Oster sent her name into a radio' program that draws' so many lucky 'Winners each week. On tuning into the program, imagine her surprise to hear that her name had • been-, drawn, and she was, the winner .of. a' nice • crisp • five -dollar bill." Had she sent a wrapper . which. ! is associated. with the company spon- soring sthe the program, her prize would: have—been—doubled.-Blyth Standard. ' .Junior Choir At Easter Service A special feature .of the eleven o'clock service at Trinity Anglie n. Church on Easter Day was the firt ,appearance of the , Jhixior Vested" •Choir. They took part in the musks • of the service aid sang very sweetly the _ anthem, Easter Flowers:" Menk. bers of this junior choir are Boli, Yokes, Edward Watson, Bob Leggett, Gerald Augustine, John Nethery, Jean Streeter, Mavis White; Lorna Bray, - Jean Cartwright and. Doris. . Johnston.—Blyth Standard:. :- Narrow Narrow Escape? Agriculture carried On Bravely In Wart -me a. Under Hard Difficulties This is the 14th. in a series of articles on .conditions in Wartime: • Britai-n-.-.•and-_ _-paids_._..of-.. Europe, written for the weekly news- papers or Canada by their own representative, Hugh Templin, of , The Fergus News -Record. No doubt many readers of Canadian weekly newspapers would like Co know somethingof agriculture 3n wartime Britain) and how the farmer fares. Travelling with a group o editors of city papers, I .had not as much .opportunity to study farmin conditions as I would have liked', •bu I was able to pick up --a ,good deal.'o informhtion in' trips outside London. The farmers in Britain fill, justas as important a place as the soldiers dr the munition workers. One hears that said sometimes of Canadian farmers but while there •may be some doub in Canada, there is none in England and- Scotland. .• Before the war, more than half th food consumed in Britain was •im'port. ed either from Denmark and othe European countries, or from Canad and other places across the oceans Not only that, but some of the fodder fol animals was imported"and a larg part of the chicken and hog feed. f g t f t al e r a e The people of Britain must eat. All imports from Europe have been cut offs except occasional shipmenfe• of oranges 'error Spain and.- Portugal. All imported food must be brought from Canada or farther away. That costs Monby and lives. Shipping space is precious. .It cannot be used for animalfoods or bulky articles such as packaged breakfast cereals. And every ton of extra, food that -sin. be produced In Britain is desperately needed. Cost has become' a secondary consideration. I Farmer Farrherfro7 Told What To Raise' A le Months before the War ae- tually' started, a bonus of some $8.00' an ac -o was offered 't0 farmers" for every acre ow new land brought under cultivation. A Canadian, travelling in England 01' the .;iitiSt .time, .gets the idea that ever jr -aerie af.. land is in : use. there are' no uiisightiy fes' eteot-uef's. l>~or that "Matter, 'there are f+sw+ fences. Evidently *nod and -fencing .Matde'rial; ate atlari;e Mei ;So h g are titled. • • r • m. Most fields 'are smaller than in this country'dand the farms all look neat and tidy. But ,evidently there was much waste land.. not only on large - estates but on small farms. Swampy pieces have been drained; meadow§ - that were in grass for hundreds of years have been turned over by the plow and .actually millions of acres of extra land are cultivated. What the farmer grows on his land in wartime is not left to his. -:judg- ment. Every county has its War Ag-• ricultural 'Committee, ,• and these, in turn, appoint committees -in all dis- tricts. These committees are not made up of politicians, tut of work- ing. farmers,- land owners and farm workers. The agricultural colleges have been closed, and professors and other experts serve as full-time ad- • visers on these committees. • Every' farmer is interviewed every -year or oftener. He is told what be must grow. The committee may even go -§kr far as to give him a • plan of 'ME fields, telling him what to plant in each field. That sounds drastic, and is drastic, Actually, in practice, the system is largely voluntary, because , nearly 'all farmers are willing and- nxious• to ce-operate as a patriotic duty. They pride themselves that they still live in -a.democratic country and .tecauscs their . own neighbors are on 'the+ committees, the plan works largely as a voluntary co-operation, But to an outsider it looks rather' different. If a farmer will not co-o¢erate, the committee his power to force him to do so. If he is entirely incompetent to produce more, he nay be taken from 'his farm, A few fagged viduals have even gone to jail. Essential' Foods Come ,First If the British farmer does not pro- duce more, ineiry people Will go hun- gry and some • niay starve. Therefore. the .committees eoncenq'trate on the produetion of those f'ogas Which w Il go farthest toward ..feeding) as man y as pbssibie, and they ,try to cuta Wasf of all kinds. wheat . t and ,pow• tato produetiali ' ee ns to bane goer- ed. Oats are largely • grown and, a . - fa1fa seemed id ifti'e to be a ' crop, Phe growingfavoriar stetson last year rat; •excellent, Seith .a damp sumr'ner C iomtiti d 'rte Ptgo $) ,1 Mr. William Gould, of Hay; .town- ship, had a narrow escape one day last week. while engaged in cutting wood with a power circular saw oiit- fit,,1n some manner the belt came off and in trying to get the revolving belt out of the way with his foot, the belt caught the right foot and threw him. to the ground. He was dragged to- - ward the engine and fortunately his rubber boot pulled off freeing him before he was dfiawn into the revolv- ing, pulley., The boot WAS 'torn late. Several pieces and scattered in sev- eral-directioirs.-.-Exeter Tintes-Advor tate. New Pipe Organ At Trinity Church, In the vestibule of Trinity Anglican Church, Mitchell, there stands • the• replicaf,of a complete pipe organ. It. is about, eighteen inches high and 12 incher in width. The pipes; keys, stops` and bench seat are all there. The organ is "a clever piece of work-- manship and wag made by- Arthur• Straugh of London, the young'ikron of Mr. Edgar, Statigh• and the ,late, Mrs. Straugh of. Mitchell. ' The instri ment was secured through the energies of__ the restry clerk of Trinity, and is being used as an incentive to ards swelling the funds being raise to- wards securing a new• organ. A cash box anal a placard, of ordinary pins stand nearby. One pulls out a pini ' and deposits a coin i'ri the box.--sOl*. cheil Advocate. • Underwent Operation Mr. Edward M. Dignan Was ' taken suddenly jli-on-Easter-Su'ntlair with an acute °attaek of appendicitis and vas' rucked to 'Vittoria Hospital. L Otidol9, for an operation. Latest_ re- ports -State -ho i"ori:; getting along as Weil, as can be epet;ted. , Ming Drg• clan wtts at' Main Street, Chuxoll Sun- day evening and allo-ctitagjlie Service he called the d`cldiPiN and' ,' as cashed o11 tt6,the h of i1t' {i. ix .ii tiimes- Advooate;