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MAK 09. 1943'
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hail' Mee, Editor.
is"hed at Seaf ortb .Pntar'iQ, ev-
ursday afternoon by McLean
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SEAFORTH, Friday, March 5th
Not Even Second ,
Quite recently the Toronto Globe
and Mail gave considerable 'promin-
ence to a quotation from the Brant- -
ford Expositor in reference to the
enviable financial condition of the
County of Brant, which is now free
of municipal debt.
"This remarkable and gratifying
achievement," the Toronto paper
quotes the Brantford Expositor as
saying, "gives Brant genuine distinc-
tion in that it,thus becomes the sec-
ond county in the history of modern
Ontario—Perth was the first—to put
`paid' to every One. of . its bills."
The Globe and Mail is rather noted
for making some peculiar andsweep-
ing statements, regardless of facts,
but we are somewhat surprised that
the Brantford paper would s� com- .
mit itself without knowing or first
obtaining the, facts.
Perth was the first Ontario county
to gain -the distinction of, being debt
free, but it was shortly followed by
its adjoining neighbor, Huron, which
paid off the last of its debentures in
1941, and has since been free of iany
kind of debt, although it has since
made large contributions to the war
arid war purposes.
Brant County is not, -therefore, the
second county in modern Ontario to
gain the proud position of being free
Of debt, and it might surprise some
other counties to - hear the claim
made. -
But 'sneaking of modern Ontario,
where Mr: Hepburn says it is impos--
Bible to budget the finances because
of the . depredations of Ottawa,it
might not be a bad idea for -the Ex-
Premier
xPremier to turn the matter over to
the councils of a few counties like
Perth, Huron and Brant to show him
how it could be done.
It would be a demonstration in the
management of financial aflairs:sore-
ly needed for quite some time, by
the government of this Province.
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Don't Ask Too Much
The Government has , laid down
certain restrictions governing the
buying and selling of commodity
goods, and as the • days go by there is
every possibility that these restric-
tions will be increased and continued
for the duration at least.
The Government doe's not do°these
things because it wants to or likes do-
ing them — no other government
would either. They are done simply
because they have to be done if the
people of Canada are going to pull,
their share in the war effort.
And, what is more, the Govern-
ment is enforcing these restrictions
too. Evidence of that is appearing in,
the daily and weekly", papers of the -
Province with increasing frequency.
A Chatham department store recent-
ly pleaded guilty to 'eight charges
laid by the Wartime Prices . and
Trade Board for violation of :the Con-
sumer's Credit "Regulations. The fine
for each offence was one hundred
and fifty dollars, or a total of twelve
hundred dollars in all.
An Eastern merchant, instructed
to raise the price, of butter two cents,
only raised it one. Later he was or-
dered to reduce it two cents, but in'
Order to even up the deal, he only re-
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Awed it one cent. For all of which he
paid a fine of twenty-five dollars and
costs.
Yon can be fined -twenty-five • dol-
• • lars 'now for burning or destroying a
' f nit basket or an orange'box. Don't
forget thatthe next time you are
looking for handy kindling to light a
fire,
these :regulations are an incon-
eine ee to every householder and a
1110a ce as well, but don't fool with
y .t eeausetthe.Boa °ds responsible
to ore ' hem`re naw
wllr be caught of
no leitarithe ter l
far:rietioA„
Of any one of theta.. •
And what is,still 'more impor, nt,
do not ask yourmerchant to do ]any-
thing that, these: regulations say he
must not do. Your merchant is your
friend, and you would be taking an
unfair advantage of him. Don't ask
too much.
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Like A Lion
If there is any 'truth' in the saying
that if "March comes in like a lion,
it will go out like a lamb," the clim-
ate' at the end of this month should
be much more agreeable to live in
than the one sample we have' been
living in since last November.
There is no doubt about the Lion
when the newly ploughed out roads
were filled up again. Monday, March
lst, was a mean day, even for March,
and one can not' make it any stronger
than that.
There was a cold, wild wind ac-
companied by a" snow storm . that
made visibility very poor in town,
and abolished altogether at times in
the country. It may be better by the
end of the week, but right now there
are no roads north or south,' and ev-
en the- highway will be closed in ` a
very few hours unless there is a
change, and there is not even an indi-
cation of that yet.
Oh, well! A little coal came in last
week, and anyway, the days. are get-
ting
longer.
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We Agree
At its recent session the Bruce
County Council went on record as
being opposed to the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation carrying
cornmercial programmes on Sunday.
Some people may look upon Bruce
as a pretty stiff Scotch Presbyterian.
county—and there is quite a bit of
those ingredients in it too. But at
the same time there are thousands
of Canadians far ' removed from
Bruce County that will heartily en-
dorse the 'recommendation ' of that
council.
As a matter4of fact, we believe a
large majority of Canadian people
are of that opinion, and 'if, as suppos-
ed, the. Canadian Broadcasting Cor-
porationis owned by the people,why
should not the wish of the majority
be respected.
"Business as usual" is a very good
motto to follow some times, but why
a few favorites should be allowed to
push the sale of their coffee, beer, or
what have you, over the Canadian
radio all day Sunday, issomething
that is not easily understandable .ev-
en in war time, and might readily be
dispensed with to advantage.
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Conscription Defeated
Many people are under the erron-
eous impression. that both Australia
and New - Zealand= had long ago
adopted a policy of conscription for
their home troops. The facts are that
neither one has ever had such a pol-
icy in force, and as far as Australia
is concerned, it would appear that
that Dominion would not be 'likely to
have one even in the future.
An Associated Press Despatch
from Canberra, Australia's Capital,
on Wednesday last says: "A bill
from the Senate Opposition, designed
to remove all restrictions on the use
of Australian militia men overseas,
was defeated to -day on the first read-
ing in the House of Representatives.
The rote was 34 to 29.
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Right Pronunciation.
We have heard so many different
pronunciations of the name of the
illustrious Chinese lady now in the
United States, arid soon, we believe,
to visit Canada, that we have been in
a fogof doubt for' some time. But
now we know.
The Associated Press ' announces
that reporters in Washington, last
week asked Madame Chiang Kai-
shek how she pronounced her name.
With the graciousness which
Washington has (come to expect of
Mme. Chaing, she gave two versions
—English and Chinese.
The reporters didn't get either
very well.
But apparently you'll be on safe
ground if you pronounce Chiang like
' this: "Jeeahng " The "'ee' is verysten close-
lyshort, so that unless you
the word sounds like' "Jahng."
Kai and Shek rhyme with eye
and neck. ,
i , �,..... well topractise it a
�t irr<ll�ht� be as "GV' p
little before you meet her in Ottawa
WS spring.
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From TheieHuron Expositor
Matfett • 8. 1918
Mr. Peter nal , ay, of Constance, is
now settled in #pis 'new home on the
farms of Mrs. S. Dorrance, which he
has rented for a term of years -
Mrs. A. S, MieLean-has disposed of
her ,home on e'arvis St. to Mr. S. J.
Spencer, to whew it had been leased
for some yearn;;.
Mrs. Jos. l,H gg, os McKillop, has
donated a beautiful star quilt to the
Red Cross Society, whish is now on
display in one of the windows in Mac-
Tevish's store.
Mr. W. Carrell, who last an arm ov-
erseas, and who has been in one of
the military .hospitals in 'Toronto,
spent the weei -ead with his sisters,
Mrs. J. McOlinchee and Miss Carroll.
Mrs. Mackay, Goderich St., had the
misfortuee tofall at her home a week
ago and fracture her arm. '
Mr. H. Stewart has purchased the
residence on Wesw St. in which he has
been living in from Mr. West.
Mr. James 'Kerr, of McKillop, has
purchased the cottage on Centre St.
from Mr. Henry Edge, at present oc-
cupied by Mr. C. L. Williams.
Mr. John Evans, Dublin, has rented
the blacksmith shop lately occupied,
'by Mr. L A. Hannah, and is prepared
to do all kinds of blacksmithing.
Miss Madge Stewart has accepted
a position as milliner in a store in
Aurora for the season.
Miss• Maude .Porter, of Hensall, had
the misfortune to fall on the -cement
steps recently, and in falling fractur-
ed one of the bones of the knee.
Mr. Frank Bean, Hensel', has sold
his dwelling property at the west end
of the village to.Mr. George Douglas,
of Zurich.
The managing board of St. An-
drew's ,church, Kippen, held a wood
bee in the, ibush of Mr. Robert Dal-
rymple on Tuesday, when a goodly
number of strong-armed workers were
on hand with 'saws and axes and a
good many cords of woods were piled
up.
A very pleasant .evening was spent
in Egmondville Church ,on Monday ev-
ening
vening wheh the Sabbath school, the
parents and teachers met to spend a
social hour and to present Mr. McNay
with a chair, who has been the super-
intendent for some time. The chair
was presented by Misses Vera Hudson
and Rhia
The four -act drama, "Within the
Law," which met with such decided
success some weeks ago, is being re-
peated in Oardno's Hall on St. Pat-
rick's Day. • ,•
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Phil Osifer of
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Joints Provincial Police Force
County Constable Wm. L. Gardiner
:has "1ained 'fie prQYi'aoial pylic. a f4;00,e
and 4isverr fcw Ki, ,chener larch
to take once hie duties ,here, > ` P
Gardiner` aid' Billy will remain into
fore the ,.p esent at least., Since.
ap�o nt, hent as ia. Huron County ,
etable'Mr. Gardiner has been loc
ineeeeegleam.. It -was about° ave yen's
ago poet 'he ca' e here and. d'arin4 :.li I
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stay here has made many friends` wh.•
wish him the best of luck. He wad
faithful in bras duties and the people
of this community will' be sorry to
see him go. We understand that he
has been granted six months' leave
9f absence by the county.—Wingham
Advance -Times.
Is This Spring?
As a result of theexceptianaily •
nice weather we are having one would
think that spring was very near. But
we do not want to become too en-
thusiastic about 'it all, as there are
still some cold weeks ahead; truly
this is the last week in. February, but
March usually has many a "blow" in
its system and this year which is so
Much inclined to irregularities, will
likely be no exception. Owing to the
mildness, of the weather, the huge
banks of snow hive . somewhat de-
creased in size and practically all the
roads' are now open for auto • !traffics
•—Zurich.Herald.
Lazy Meadows
(ty Harry J. Boyle) •
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In this township we're getting to
know our neighbors a whole lot bet-
ter than weever did before. In fact
we've discovered that they're all pret-
ty good fellows and that thee'r"e will-
ing to lend a. hand with work or play
at any time.
City folks living alongside of. each
other for years never seem to get ac-
quainted. "the children may play to-
gether but the old folks sort of build
a shell around themselves and they
don't bother to get acquainted. I've
known cases in the city where people
havebeen living on the same street
for, years, had a nodding acquaintance-
ship and didn't know each other by
name for a matter of twenty year's. 1
went to call on a cousin- in one of
those beehive city apartments one
day and rapped on the wrong door.
The man came out and I asked him if
he knew where Oswald McInnis liv-
ed. He just shook his head and clos-
ed the door. I tried next door and it.
was Oswald's place. He had lived
fifteen, years in that place with the
same neighbors and they didn't know
each other by name.
City people of course figure that
such a thing doesn't exist in the city.
That's where they arc'entirely wrong.
Back a number of years ego when the
country was being settled people were
neighbors -for miles around. They us-
ed to get together and `have work and
Way together. Then we started buy-
ing cars . . . and how we used to
love to let the miles click up on the
speedometer.
The village stores didn't carry.the
variety of the town stores so we went
to town. The orchestra playing for
the ,dance in the township hall was
too old-fashioned so we drove into
town and did our dancing there. The
From The Huron Expositor
March 10, 1893
Mr. S. McCool, 'of the 9th concession
of Hullett, marketed about 640 bushels
of wheat during the past- few days,
which tested about 63 pound's to the
bushel.
The auction sale of Mr. John Crich,
Tuckersmith, was well attended and
the stock and implements brought
high prices.
Mr. J. Merner, Zurich, has bought a
fine matched team of greys from a
party near Crediton.
Mr. Robert Nicholson,, of the Gosh-
en Line, has a lai$b forty days old,
which weighs just 40 po$hds. •
On Thursday , eve'ning • of last - week
a large number', of the friendsand
neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Avery, Stanley Township, gathered at
their home to spend an evening be,•
fore their departure for Harpurhey,
,and presented each of them with an
easy chair.
Mr. Edwin H. Johnson, hardware
merchant .of Brandon, Man., and bro-
ther of Mr. D. Johnson, of this town,
was married in Brantford on Thurs-
day to Miss Etta Preston, editor of
the Brantford Expositor.
:Last week Messrs. Scott Bros., of
town, disposed of five organs; two
pianos and three horses.
A gentleman who took the trouble
to count the pitch holes between Win-
throp and Seaforth, says there are
375, and some fully three feet deep.
The members of the Methodist
Church choir, Staffa, drove to Sea -
forth.. on Tuesday to get photograph-
ed, prior to the -departure of snore of
eV, members for Manitoba. •
Air. Henry Horney, 'son of James
Tierney, of Winthrop, who resides
east' of the village, met with a. moat
painful accident on Wednesday of last
week. He was chopping in Mr. John
stop's bush when by a Amis -stroke, he
let the axe" fall on his foot, cutting
and mangling four of This toes so bad-
ly that :three of them had to be am-
putated ,
In the great storm on Sunday, Feb.
19th, Mr. John Eckert and his sen,
Fred, of Manley, while returning home
from Mr. B. Downey's where they. had
been visiting, suddenly entered/ a
snow drift and having a very spirited
horse, it began to plunge. They found
themselves left on. • the snowibank
without any horse. They retraced
their steps to 'Mr. Downey, and re-
mained until the etorm had abated.
East Sunday afternoon John Outhill
of Grey, arrlyed home from a Visit of
nearly four months with relatives and
friends in Scotland and England. He
came over on the Allan Line Steam. -
Ship "Mongolian" to Halifax. They
were five days overdue and were amt.
lowly looked for. There were 600 pas-
sengers on board. '
Mr. Geo. Turnbull, sMeKlllop, ship-
ped a lot of splendid -horses froni there
en 1i'rid'ay to the 'old Country'.. Mise
Turnbull also left for Nein York and
will `jol;n her brattier ier in the old land.
movies were fashionable.. and so much
better than a local play so we a 1
went to the movies in the town. Our
neighbors were all doing the same
thing, so we didn't have much time to
see each other. -,
People talked about mechanized
Farming, so we bought a lot, of ma-
chinery. Then we started getting lit-
tle sawing machines and threshing
machines of our own and we grumbled
if we had to exchange work at a 'bee'
or anything of that nature. Our way
of farming was changing and we
thought we didn't •need the other fe -
low.
The war has clipped our wings. The
tires are getting frayed on the car and
the gasoline ration doesn't allow too
much driving around. A lot of our
machinery is getting past the point
where it can be much use, because..we
spent too much time tearing around
and too little time in looking after i .
Taxes and war savings eat up a lot of
our money and somehow we don't get
as much kick out qf "jitterbugging" as
we used to in an old-fashioned square
dance.
We've been having meetings to se
howwe can help each other out in
this year that's coming. The new Le -
low who :moved in two years ago to
the old McGuire place on the eideroed
is a pretty decent kind qr a chap.
We're going to pool our a,chinery
and our help this summer. Our wives
are making up boxes for the soldiers
and sailors. They seem to get along
pretty well. • , •
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Tonight we're going to a dance at
the township hall. leld -Peter Wilson
is going to play the fiddle and his wife
the piano, and we're going to hav
fun.
No Skating Accommodation
Previous to therecent thaws the
young people of town have been en,
joying some skating in the open air
in the flooded flats just east of the
village. It es regrettable that no pro-
vision is made by the village for this
all, important winter sport for our
youth. Unfortunately Zurich is behind
other villages in size and even smal-
ler in not providing some accommo-
dation for skating in the winter. By
anotlher winter surely those }n auth- _
ng this -
Herald.
WRITTEN""SPECIALLY FOR THE
WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS OF CANADA
JIM GREEMBLAT, Editor of the BUM
SWIFT CURRENT 'SASKATCHINFAM
FARM MACHINERY
Even the person living in a city,
apartment is indtirectlyl interested in
°the fact that it takes farm machinery
to produce the necessities of life. Ad-
ministrator 11, H. Bloom had some of
the answers for me in Toronto. First
let me bass on the information that
our tentative allocation -for 1943 is
25 per cent. of the 1940 tonnage for
farm machinery aind 1S0 per cent. for
repairs, ` That's not as bad as it
sounds when one considers) that the
Russians• foend, it possible to produce
materials'. in factories six months af-
ter they had been blasted • to rubble
by the Nazis, and retaken., That takes•
ingenuity and improvisation. The Can-
adian farmer cart do 'thee too.
Why is 1940 taken as the (basis?
Because that was the last normal year
in the implement."business, and the
period Used by the United States also,
from whence we have some depend-
ence for materials. Things weren't
so serious in this line in 1942, for
when the smoke had cleared away' a
healthy business shows a statistical
reality. Between implements and re-
pairs we had a 96 per cent. overall
tonnage manufaetured or imported.
Why Materials Are Scarce
But ,there's a different picture for
1943; ,,helves are bare and no eleven.:
tory to speak of. You on the garM,.
we in ,the towns have got :to •.,get it
into our noodles ,that.marterials Which.
go into farm maehilnery •also go ditto
the machinery for lalling Mavis and
Jars.
As the administrator ' a»plat 1tt
and Ott minded reatonblk lit 6014
ority should do something a'
line. What think ye?—Zuricf
Roads Tough For Mailmen
Postmaster Tasker informs us that
local' rural mailmen are having diffi-
culty traversing their routes these
days, due to, very bad road conditions
on the concessions. This may be -a
gentle hint to boxholders in the
country to do something to help mail-
men• deliver them the mail, such as
cleaning out around the pail box, so
as your mailman may -have easy acct
cess to your box, and making the con-
cession passable eon, hi, ';ahgrse and -
vehicle; and, oh' yes, there's the mat-
ter of leaving coppers in the mail box
for postage on a.letter or parcel. This
habit is strictly taboo, and the mail- 411,
man only lifts them for courtesy sake.
He doesn't have to! -Blyth Standard.
Fishes For Fun—Not For Fish
If you stand on the bank of Lake
Huron overlooking the harbor, and
with the aid of a pair of binoculars
happen to see a lone fisherman fish-
ing through the ice, you will know it
is J. E. (Ed.) Mason, who has been
trying his luck for several days now
without success. He took material to
the' waterfront to build himself a
shanty, hut this week's thaw has held
up operations, temporarily,so he cut
a hole nearthe breakwater. But nary
a nibble. If t'her'e is one thing that
Mr. Mason would sooner ro than hunt,
birds, it is to fish, Time was when
.there were plenty of shanties on Lake
Huron, off this port, but .fis,hing
through the ice hereabouts seems to
have found a place in the "lost arts:"
—Goderich Signal -Star.
have been simple to make an order
stopping importation 61 not more than
25• per cent. gross weight. But there
were other considerations. ,For one
thing they curtailed exports drastic-
ally. Yes, they ]pave .to export a ser=
Min amount yet—.to Nein Zealand • and
Australis,' who have some basis, of
argument that they are rependent en
us in that •'they also ,have to produce
the food to keep thein alive. Just like
ser own city apartment dweller, they
are Interested in machinery. .
Then the adaninistration made a sur-
vey clear across Canada, discussing
the situation with deputy ministers of
agriculture, experimental station sup-
erintendents, the supply board- and
others to see what types and varie-
ties were most essential.. That's a
good approach, isn't it?
In -Western Canada, for instance,
they ' found they' could do without
threshers. More, and 'wanted combines
increased; they could • cut out , dttug
",harrows for a. year but wanted one-
way -discs. Asa result they were able
•able to order varieties eliminated in
the West from. 473 to 73; from that
:many to 117 in Eastern Canada. Walk-
ing plows, as an example, will come
In only five kinds' as con pared to 52.
1943 Compared To 1940
Mid here is . another practical ap-
plication .of the survey.. They Will
allow zaaniufactutre . of . 75 per, cent–of
of
1340 output of cream? separators, With
couthiuea down to 33 per cewt.,
Still, like' the lineal= simile, (Meted
above, satisfactory, Grabi; drillsn r' four
the 'iresfi'tw1l,1 beS-tYri'tlit r>:Gtia! bpi 1'
per cent. Of 14)40 but 30 per pent, for
(dOntltmet ''ott, Page 3)
Inducted in Toronto ;4
Rev. J. P. McLeod, .a former' Unit-
ed Church -minister of town, has been
recently inducted into E.mmauel Pres-"
byterian Church, Toronto, and also,
Rev. James K. West, of Monkton, has
received a call to St. Thomas.—Brus-
sels Post..
Ankle Injured
Mrs. T. G. Creech had the misfor-
tune to slip and fall at her home on
Monday, suffering a possible fracture
of a bone In the -..left ankle. She'trile
be laid up for some time in cense-
q,uence.—Exeter Tames -Advocate.
Takes Course At Sea
Mr. and Mrs. W; G. Medd have re-
celved wor,c from their son, Capt.
Bruce Medd, Who is with a field artil-
lery battery in England, stating that
he lias had a most interesting experi-
ence while taking • a three weeks'
course at sea. He spent some time
u
o , a battleship; also a cruiser and a
Canadian destroyer. He was selectedi
with another Canadian to take the
course and they were` the only two in
khaki among the blues and were treat-
ed quite royally --Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.
Squador Leader Honored
The officer personnel of No. 12 E.F.
T.S., Sky Harbor; Wednesday night
tendered their chief flying instructor,]
Squa,diron Leader S. L. King, a compel-
mentary dinner in the officers' mese
and presented him with a beautiful, ,
set of deeNnesre and a silver tray bear-
;the
ear-
',the ina`eriphion, "From the Offi-
cers of No. 12, E.T'.T•S" The reason
for the happy event ie, that Squadron
Leader King la to be Married on, Sat-
urday of tis week to Made, June Me.,
Adatnr. of "r itata, Sinte ebitiing 1.0
Sky I3arbor the chief flying ensue
On.
(Continued -Paige 3)
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