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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-07-31, Page 2robEltpOsil or Boa:wow, mot • ,4"hailaLsean, Sbed at Sea (*tato, ev- uralay afternoon by INIteLean 14' •IINT.T.41•41II/W040 Advertising rates on application. ••••1•••=.014,.......1! Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in ance; foreign, $2.50 a year. Single copies, 4 cent/ each. SEAFORTH, Friday, July 31, 1942 • Our M.P.'s In a recent editorial on the sub- ject of -our Members of Parliament, the Saskatoon Star-Pheonix says: "The obvious thought is that to -day -members either give less personal at -- tendon to their Constituencies, are less in direct touch with -those they represent, or that the larger popula- tion, its concentration in small areas, make such personal touch impossible to the same degree as formerly. But it also suggests' that the individug-* member is becoming less important in public thinking and the issues which must be decided more import- ant." And there is more than a little truth in those statements. For some • years it has become very noticeable • that many Members of Parliament are giving less personal attention to their- constituencies. Of course the duties of a member, particularly in the Federal House, are at the best heavy and very often onerous, and at the same time demand his atten- • tion at Ottawa for at least half the months of the year. But his is, or , should be, an all-time job, and he still has six months to cultivate his con- • stituency. • • 'Not so many years ago a Member of Parliament was the most import- ant man in his community, a position he held regardless of the political party he represented in the House. He was consulted on all the issues of the day, large and small, and his summary of events was always re- specte, if not always concurred in. And usually he was deserving of the high place he held among his con- stituents. • Mini" Mat day a Member of Par- li'ament was very human. His posi- tion did not place him beyond the reach or approach of others. He was a man among men and very much one of them; He did not rule and direct from Ottawa or Toronto, • or try to. He did not consider it suffici- • ent to show himself only on special occasions, but he travelled the high- • ways and the concession roads until . he knew every one in his constitu- • ency, and what is still more import- ant; until every constituent knew him. That was the way he gained the confidence of the people, and that was how he was able in no small • measure to form public opinion. He was known not only as a member, but as -a man in a position to have first hand information, therefore, his opinions were worth something, and moreover, they knew the man. Those kind of members were call- -- ed politicians, of course, but it was good healthy politics they played and it was in the best interests of the country, the way they played them. Far better than shunning their con- stituencies entirely and leaving the people to form unenlightened opin- ions of their own. The average member, and particu- • larly the member of a rural constitu- ency, can be of vastly more benefit to his own people as well as to *the country at large by travelling the concessions than he can by taking up rte time of Parliament in futile talk and useless debate. , • . R is only given to few men to be - 'come leaders and to form . public •opiiiion, but if. those opinions are •just -and right and in the best inter- • ests of the country, the smaller mem- • ber can convey those opinions more ,1early and convincingly to the peo- ple in his tiwn constituency than any Ober person, 6r can be done by any Other -means. What About Huron? of the intense pressure 1m ii:,010upon the Oita* ' the teMperance fore,. 4u#'o.:Psrk i :114tior " asued to the press over the eek -end by Pre - Mier M F Hepburn. XII ads staternent tb Premier is quoted as saying: "The averment shall •aelbere to a policy of local op- tion and shall continue to provide the machinery with which any mun- icipality can close its beverage rooms or verkdor steres," Well, what about Huron? This county Voted itself dry under. the Canada Temperance Act back in 1914, and.its right to remain dry has been upheld by every court in the land, including the Supreme Court of Canada—but Huron has beverage rooms and plenty of them, every one of which was placed there by Mr. Hepburn in the face of the court de- cisions. Consequently one could not blame the Temperance forces very much if they failed to place much confidence in Mr. Hepburn's local option laws 'as a means of reducing Ontario's •drink bill. • No Manpower Shortage The shortage of manpower, which is casting its shadow over Hitler, has apparently no counterpart in China, according to Gen. Cheng Tseh-jen,. the Chinese Director of Conscrip- tion, who said China would call two million new soldiers each • year for the next three years. And, the General added, that al- though China mobolized a large number of men in the first five years of war with Japan and was planning to call up six million more, those in the service would total less than four per .cent. of the nation's population of more than four hundred milions. • There Are Lots Of Them We saw a statement the other day about a fellow who has a, heap of counterparts in this country. The statement was as follows: "That fellow you heard fussing the other day because his office isn't air- conditioned was reared in the coun- try and slept in an attic where the snow came in through the chinksr At that .he is no worse than the fellow we heard complaining about the lack of,. facilities in the small town house when the creek was the only bathroom he ever saw until he got a job in the city. Or the people who are so bitterly complaining about the way the coun- try is being run, and how much bet- - ter they could do it. Or how the war is being waged and how much bet- ter they could do that job too, when the only run they had ever made •was to a free meal, and the only war they ever waged was against mak- ing an honest living. But we suppose there are lots of • that kind of people in every country. • 0 • A Mean- Trick Adults, who had a greenback for every dime the youngsters could raise, outbid boys and girls for fifty- four bicycles at a police auction sale at Columbus, Ohio, on July 24th. That was rather a mean trick on the part of the grownups, but we suppose the gas and the tire and the car war restrictions 'have caught up with thein, and they figure that ev- en a bicycle is better than walking. • How Beef Ring in Grey Works • (Belleville Intelligencer) Farmers up around Proton Statien way up in Grey County, seem to have solved the beef short- age problem. In fact they solved it 35 years ago. It's an old Proton custom. In the hot summer months from June to Sep- tember, the agricultural lads in this section of the province care not. what happens to beef prices. Fluctuation worries them not Shortage is -a thing they have yet to suffer. The answer is simple. It is called_the Swamp College Beef Ring. This is composed of farmers of the district, each of whom cpntribute a beef "critter" to the ring when his turn comes. The members of the ring hold varying shares aceord- ing to their needs. A full share demands one beef steer, usually a fat two-year old animal, each year. A half-share owner contributes a beef every two years, a quarter -share' holder every four year, etc. The beef is killed and cut up by a central farmer who delivers so Maty pounds of beef ac- cording to shares, every Wednesday morning to each member. The cuts are staggered so that repetition is eliminated until the normal turn rolls around. The steak is cut up each week In- to as many parts as there are members, and these portions are delivered with the weekly cuts. The farmer -butcher keeps the hide, and Is Paid weekly by the farmer contributing the beef. If a farmer eats more beef during his allotted time than is contained in the beef Steer contri- tinted to the Ring, he is "fitted" the ,difference In InOney. if the steer he contributes is ,naore than kis share over the allotted t)erlod, he is paid a financial bonus. The organization IS Perfect. And! that Is .the reason tebiy- tiie Proton: Statinn rural, population has no Worries When '11eVePiiier headlitiet setind WartingS, o beef Shortage,. Or 'Mine litintnatitina. It, la a Anther pre& 0. ita orgaililations eat dit The pita' et 'The biketititied Nidding is •teen in the igatitig.IWthe-1)*St. thirtY-ifie -. • ,,•• ; cone Vicked from The' c0Sitor Of fifty and tweidaAye!Years ago. From flip Huron Expoilthe August 6, 19:17 A band of Mexican gypsies, who attempted to camp on the outskirts. of Wingham last " 'Thursday night, were ordered to move by Police Chief Cullen, who considered them undesir- able neighbor. They were quite up- to-date, having live automobiles in- stead of heroes and vans usually to be found with these wandering bands. Miss Ferguson, the popular and very efficient teacher at Stella, left last week . for her vacation. She in- tends spending a few weeks in Tor- onto. Mr. Alex Rankin, of California, vis- ited his , bothers, John and James, of town, and his sister, Mrs. Robert Hawthorne. • It is 33 years 'since he left Seaforth, andthis is his first visit to the old home. Mr. John Chesney, formerly sta- tion master at Stratford,has been appointed special constable by the Grand Trunk for the City of Strat- ford and vicinity. Mrs. Allan S. 'McLean and two sons left for Toronto on Wednesday morn- ing, where they intend to make their future home. Pte. Carmichael, who was wounded in France last fall, is here visiting his mother, Mrs. Carmichael, on John Street. The following were 'ticketed on the Home Seekers' Excursion to the West this week by. W. Somerville: Mr. and Mrs. Arch. Scott and Miss Clar- issa, to Edmonton; Mr: and Mrs. John G. Grieve and Mrs. -John M. Govea- lock, Winthrop, to Edmonton; Henry Hamilton, Walton, to- FAimonten, Miss Margaret Carroll, of Seaforth, to Edmonton. Despite the Sunday storm which seemed to preclude all chance of a successful celebration, one of the largest Crowai Which evergathered in the county attended the Blyth Old Boys' Reunion. Two tragedies occurred in Mitchell over the week -end. Francis Riddell, seven-year-old boy, was • drowned in the Thames River on Sunday night, and on Saturday afternoon the seven- teen -year-old son, of Tos. Nelson, of Fullarton, who came to Mitchell for a load 'of coal, on the way home fell from the load and suffered a broken neck.. Mrs: Finlay 'McKercher and daugh- ter, Helen, of McKillop, are spending a few days in Toronto this week. Miss J. Veitch, of Plattsville, who has been the efficient teacher in one ofthe junior departments of the Zur- ich .school for several years, has signed her position.' • 'Old Biddy is at it again. She is the most •inconsistent hen the world has ever knoWits;Eabli"year we -watch her diligently. for Some sign of brood- iness . . . and she fools us. She'll walk arounnjookiiig at us as' it we were some kind of foreigners with no right in the barnyard or henhousel We begin to feel' guilty: After all; She has been a faithful hen . . . as. old as the hills, but sort of a hose. hold pet. I'm sure none of us would enjoy soup, made trent her old car- cass. •Probably it woUld be too to411 anyhow. Then Biddy disappears. ("Y' ou don't notice her at first . but 'sem& day or some evening somebody happens to say, "I haven't seen Biddy around lately. I wonder if she's hatching again?" Then we begin the annual search as to 'where she May be. For years she used to set in the little alcove under the steps going up- stairs in the horse stable. However, she seemed to get tired of that late- ly . . and besides we were always certain, to find her there. On occa- sions she used to get up in the old buggy, back in the far end of the driving -shed. Once we found her nesting under the sheep -pen in a. bun- dle of dirt and straw. She also used to try and nest in the straw stack in the -barnyard.- 'Then last week one day we saw her strut across the barnyard, stopping to take a drink at the pump, from a lit- tle overflow puddle: She shied her wings down to the ground and brood- ily cussed the dog when he attempt- ed to ruffle her up a bit. ' I watched her carefully. The only way to do with Biddy is- to get her and either move her and the nest or else cover her carefully with a bushel. basket or some such, device. You see, the mother instinct in Biddy only gees so far. After the first few.chickS hatch out, she loses interest and is certain to drag the first half -dozen or so off to some other hiding place, leaving the half -born and unborn chicks to perish n3iserably. I simply wasn't going to let that re - old hen put anything over on Me. She seemed to sense, that I was watching .because she just steed and watched me out of one eye for some time. • I tried to look off in the other direc- TWo Rune For the Brigade The firedepar,tm, 'Wit had calls in tile early evening ef. Thursday and Friday last. The first was to the -garage of Goderich Motors on South St., where tion, taking care to let my eyes dart car onwhkh Mechanics 'had -been back as often as possible. She jug, pecked at a fly on,,a weedileaf attar, kept on watching. Sir Timotily, t1i red, bull, let out "a, terrific snor't about working took ifire. it was smothered by,Ahe tin tie firemen arFived a ciw1. minutes later. • On Friday the ShaV.. lugs in the• 'boiler room of, the afiMV,hing and tilrnAl! a:WaY tolndGoaeitAckma4.414,0.:Atis:49..;.1.410 ,1347.0, Ont. I forgot about Biddy ,MOMenri but the firemen made short work oil 4rily and When I came balk she was b40. ..4ShetWas awi off'1.0 warm up the eggs and 1 was completely W- iled. Biddy has been getting away with her special brand of tricks for several years now. She always seems to get the best of us. Wily . . . 'provoking . . . and a candidate for a soup pot, she has escaped, I.think, for only one reason: We had a healthy respect for her wiliness. Mrs. Phil often ac- cuses Biddy Of being lazy On the job. She says that Biddy waits until she is coming into the henhouse, jumps up on a nest where one •of thel other hens has laid an ega- and then takes credit for it. To make a long story short . . . Biddy didn't get ,away with her skul- duggery 'this year. Last night I was standing at the cow -stable door after milking staring off into space . trying to remember something I was supposed to dowhen I heard a sound like -little chickens. I waited and lis- tened and sure enough . . . Biddy comes poking out from around ' the corner of the horse stable with five chickens. I pounced on her and found that -she had her nest in an old woodefl box under a pile of burdock stalks which we had cut and piled up 1,o dry before we burned them. There were six more eggs, partly hatched and so Biddy was clamped back on the nest with %barricade in front of hdr and this morning she is the proud mother of eleven dandy chicks. She's strutting' around now taking full credit and forgetting the fact that at one time she was ready to 'desert six of them! a blase whiela might haye rea,sched serious ,proportions. Little damage was done,—,Goderiph ,gal -Star. • Lever - Nogodoski In a lovely ceremony in St. Thomas Anglican. Church, St. Catharines, Car- olyn Anne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter •Nogodoski, 'of St. Catharines, became the bride of Norman Norris Lever, only only son of Mr. 'and Whs. Nor- man Lever, of Clinton. Canon Weav- er officiated and Mr. Bernard -Munn. was at the organ. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a floor -length gown of white sheer. Her three -quarter -length embroidered veil was arranged under --.a coronet of or- ange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of Sweetheart roses, baby'e breath and fern tied with streamers, entwitied with lilies. Miss Bertha Welsh, of St. Catharines, was maid of honor, and MISS Lucy Nogodoski, the bride's sister, was bridesmaid. Leading Aircraftman Bruce Bartliff, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, St. Thomas, was best man. A reception was held later at the home of the bride's parents in St. Catharines, and Mr. and Mrs. Lever left for the Mus- koka district, the bride going away is, a tailored blue and white 'ensemble. On their return they will reside St." Catharines.—Goderich Signal -Star. , Gas Ration Sticker • Reports from different -localities in- dicate that there is a movement on, foot to have the government issue stickers or labels to be attached to the windshields of cars showing the gasoline rationing category the own- er has. The reason back of this is that there is a 'feeling a number of people have procured a greater num- ber of units than they are really en- titled to, and if they -were forced to display their category the eral Ohne would soon demand a reclassi- fication.—Brussels Post. From The Huron Expositor August 5, 1892 The contract for the erection of the stone wing wall at the Egmondville bridge has been awarded to Mr. F. Giltteridge, Seaforth, at $9.25 per cubic yard. _ • It is stated that Mr. Julius Duncan and Mr. J. H. Pyper have leased the • store lately occupied by Mr. C. W. Papst and intend starting in business here. Mr. John Robb, of the 2nd conces- sion of Tuckersmith, 'has added to his already capacious outbuildings a new bank barn with stone stabling under- neath. Mr. Alexander Stewart .and family and •Misses Lizzie and Aggie Smith and Mrs. George Scott are having • holidays at Goderich, enjoying the lake breezes •.and driving ' about through the picturesque roadways ad- • joining the circular town. Last Friday evening the people of School Section No. 10, Stanley, held a lawn social rat Mr. John Gibson's in honor of their popular teacher, Mr. James Grant, who has recently sev- ered his connection as'te,a,cher with that section. The guests were enter- tained with sweet music on the or- gan by Miss McIntosh and on the vio- lin by Mr. Reid. They...presented Mr. Grant with a gold watch chain and charm: The hotel at Holmesville was burn- ed on Wednesday night. The reflec- tion of the fire was plainly visible here. The building belonged to Mr. Knox, and it was occupied by Mr. James Mude. Mr. Albert Hart, of Own, met with a painful accident on Tuesday even- ing. He was working at Mr. Mcin- tosb's new ., building in McRilloiti • when he fell off the scaffold to the ground, a distance of 20 feet, miffing and bruising his face and injuring his. leg and arm. •• • Mr. George Dickson, youngest son of Mr.. Charles 'Dickson, of McKillop, Is at present spending his holiday( here. Mr..Dickson„ has been in Chi- cago for two years, where he has a good situation as stenographer and bookkeeper. Mrs. 'John Dorsey, of townhbeing, unable to continue the extensive hlacksiolthing and carriageltiaking business of her late husband, has Sold the shop to Mr. Lewis McDonald, of • Walton. Mr. John Beattie is having erected on his farm adjoining the town, a neat batik barn .with et,One stabling tinder It. When. Paintedand lInitihed, it will be one of the 41eateSt Wild:bags in the county. • ' . During a stortn, Ugh:tit-big Struck the • home of Mr. George Gale, of 011ibeity ' and. completely deStreYed o#6 ettd Of it. All the Windowiktithe *mad Were broken by the slx4eV'itid 400 mei& 'ber ot the lithilleitO•for'Wit,ine *ere attained and' PialitiSid:' ., :9,.:ii,4., :,..;,,,,•.r. :;., • . , ,,.,,It.,: - • !..4..,,., , , :JUST A SMILE OR TWO: A clergyman was always being pes- tered for tips by a local loafer. Hav- ing exhausted all possible excuses, the loafer one day announced: "You will be glad to hear, rector, that I have a job . . . But it is on a steamer at Saint John and I have no money to get tb.ere." "Let me see the letter offering you the job." • Putting his hand in his pocket the loafer said, thoughtfully: "It was a telegram." "Well, let me see the telegraro." Quick as a flash came the reply: "I can't; sir. It was a reply -paid one —so I had to send it 'back." • First Guest: 'Wonder why they call this hotel the Palras? I've nev- er seen a palm anywhere near the place." Second/ Guest: "You'll see them befero.--YOu .go. It's a pleasant little surprise the whole staff keeps for the guests on the last day of their stay." ' • "Who owns those ferry boats I tripped over coming down the stairs just now?" The landlady gaire a fierce look. "Ferryboats, indeed!". she, gasped. "I'll have you understand they are my shoes." The boarder gulped uneasily. "Did I say ferryboats?" he hastily asked. "I meant `fairy boots'." . • Mrs,, Andy Press, who writes a fun- ny column for her husband's news- paper, was quite startled the other day after she had asked in her col- umn, "What has become of •the old- fashioned storekeeper who used to give away a cigar when you paid Your bill?" The' telephone rang and a voice said, "I'm still here. Come in and pay your bill." Can't Make British Quit :By Bombing Buildings ; 4: Iron Fences Disappearing • • • (By :Margaret Butcher) READING, ENGLAND.—So the en- emy is taking a new line with us now; Braedeker Bombing. How futile it is! Somebody's psychology has gone wrong over there, I'm thinking. We love our old buildings, but I can't imagine us caning ;Halt!' just in or- -derto retain a certain, established arrangement of stones and bricks and timber, can you? We may be a sen- titnental people On the quiet, but wp aren't insanely sentimental, I hope. And SomehOw, in my more fanciful moments, I can almost hear them pay- ing—Exeter Cathedral, and the Ro- man Baths and York Minster—"Look here, people, don't,,mind us. You go ahead. We never expected to stand for ever, you know. And there will be chunks of us left, no matter what they do." • Yet it gives one a queer, unhappy stab this kind of news, quite apart from worry about, friends. It all seems too outrageously improbable. I know York; I've lived near Exeter, and I spent my growing up years in Bath. Who could have dreamed of such things happening? Bath: prim, demure and comfortable, lying there in.that green cup qf the hills. ' It's queer: there is 110 p1ac 1 can think of as 'home.' I was trying to do so the other night, but that place doesn't exist. • Perhaps it never Will, though I'm still hoping! But Bath, perhaps comes a little near it, for / was a 'student 'there. • We were hap - • y and Miserable in turns; vie work- ed and played hard; we began • to Irwin ourides tnere1. pur argtintents, vieW.• We Made ' torts Of pictures in our Mins about the Wine' . ; . but •ne-erti Pittlii& liko 'Oath today, With • ita air SOUS. apody direr thoiight of that 06 ho* P eased I tetta itt.Atttra.that Bath; like . .1 those other bombed towns, could take it' and as well as any! A trace of civic pride there, I think; don't you? Old Days in Bath Bath folk must have rubbed their eyes sometimes in the old- days, I'm sure. For instance, when we were to be seen, early on a chilly morning, running in a batch through the beau- tiful little park, training for our forthcomin paper -chase — with me, not to be outdone, .panting along be- side the six-footers. I expect they thought we were all mad. Then they were forever coming, upon u.8. crouched on sketching -stools, our ear- nest faces smudged with paint . or charcoal, perpetuating those old mon- uments. We were so untidy, too, I remember. There wasn't much tittle or chance to be very tidy, what with working twelve hours a day, stru.g-, gling feverishly for scholarships, and getting through the prolonged agony of examinations -,and feeling just a little .111 for weeks at a time, in out anxiety. But it was fun. In Bath -L- in a famous old building that is now largely rubble, I hear—I 'went to my first real 6,0TM-up ball. Into the room' I swept (2 trust) in ,my first real ball gown with a fish -tail; 'secret- ly terrified of tripping Over the thing, despite hours of 'secret practice! Llfe seemed to open, up that, night,. and I wondered what was ahead. Well,. I knew now . . , some of it. A:nd it's been 'a great gam k No enemy can take that away, at least. There were lots of parties" and datees after that:' for One learned how to get clean, and behave nice everybody else, tinder pretishrei' 'Maybe llath, when it shakes delft, again, will be as cor- rect As r. ette't doubt it. There are things 112 Bath evert tdore raonu-. tiontal than the- niontiments,. bolleVo ' (gentinined eni'Pago • r , Storms Did sitiViuch Damage The. storms on Friday and sSuncia3r did considernWe damage to the crops, in this distrift. .On Friday the storm wasaccompanied by hail which was very bad in the north portion of Turn- • berry and part of Culross. On one - line the hail stdnes cut the leaves off the cabbage plants and did a great. deal of damage to the grain crops. Sunday . the storms flattened mucrr grain throughout the whole district. The heavy _rain accompanied bT strong winds was general throughout the district and whole fields of grain. were laid flat. — Wingham Advance -- Times. Chimney Struck By Lightning On Sunday during the electric storm the chimney at the home pf' Mr. George Mason, formerly Miss - Margaret Anderson's house on Cath- arine St., was struck by lightning. The belt made quite a wreck •of the chimney but did n� further damage. The charge. apparently jumped from the chimney to the soil pipe ground- ing in this manner.—Winghata Ad- vance -Times. - Pea Pack Completed The Exeter branch' of Canadian Canners finished their pea -pack on Wedhesday at noon. In spite of the. early wet weather the crop this year has been a good average, in- fact a little better than average and the quality is equal to that of other years., In about another week the factory will begin the canning of golden wax beans, of which there is a goodly acreage in this district. Mr. Fred El- lerington- has 47 acres in one piece. With favorable weather the croP, should be pretty fair. The beans are hand-picked and will require quite an army of wdrkers to gather the crop. -Exeter Times -Advocate.• • Receives Commission • Congratulations to Pilot Officer Le- roy Scroeder, son of 'and Mrs. Wm. .Schreeder, of •Stephen, who on Friday last at the Hagersville Ser- vice Flying Training School, received( his wings. The same 'afternoon he received his commission as a Pilot Of - fleet Leroy received his education. at the Exeter high school. His bro- ther, Pilot Officer Gerald Schoeder, received his wings and commission justtwo weeks' previously. Mr. and Mrs. Sehoeder, Earl, Jim and Reg,'. Mrs. Wilson Anderson and Harvey Louie attended the wing§ ceremony Leroy spent the week -end witil hire parents.—Exetef Times -Advocate. Fire in Zurich What might have made a bad spreading fire occurred on Tuesday afternoon at about 3.30, when the fire alarm was given and the little barn en the property owned by Mr, Hugh Thiel Was all ablaze. The barn is iodated betwek the Hess wagon shop and IMrs," B. Itaberer's barn and wag in 'a dangeteds position-to,let go an the fiatxtet, Were- potitg out • every; .. • , , (CIMitint10 On Page 3) 1 A r'