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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-03-12, Page 2• 1 I 1 • I / , , ,• v • xpoisitor Stablished 1860 McPhail lylayaila Editor. 1$ 4d=at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- tiraday afternoon by McLean • " railligaisx,11.0•••••• •Sillorieription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign $2,50 a year. Single •COples, 4 cents each. SEAFORTH, Friday, March 12, 1943 • Mr. Hepburn Resigns Mr. Hepburn's resignation as Pro- vincial Treasurer, although it could not be said to be entirely unexpected, was, nevertheless, one of the political highlights of a decade, removing, as it has, one of the outstanding Cana- dian political figures from public life, at least for the time being. Just what led to the resignation is an inside story that has not yet been told, and, perhaps, never may be. But it is no secret that since his retire- ment from the Premiership last fall, his unstable conduct in the Provin- cial Cabinet has created an almost impossible atmosphere for the other Members of the Cabinet in which to either live or carry on business. In fact ever since the party caucus at which Mr. Hepburn asked, if not actuallydemanded, the resignations of all the members of the cabinet so as to precipitate a snap election, with Dominion interference in provincial affairs as the issue, his position in Toronto has 'become untenable. And it was the flat refusal of the other members of the ministry that made it so. • For nearly eight years as Premier of the Province and leader of the Cabinet, Mr. Repburn dispensed high • and low justice, brooking no interfer- ence, or even suggestions of the pol- icies he laid down. But there is a limit to human patience and human endurance, even with Cabinet Minis- ters, and that limit was apparently reached when Mr. 'Hepburn's main policy became the vilification of Ot- tawa and the defeat of Mr. King at any price, fair or otherwise. Behind the personal beliefs, of the members of the Ontario ministry when they refused absolutely to com- ply with Mr. Hepburn's last demand, made once too often, there were the • views and beliefs of their constitu- ents which have been becoming more • vocal in recent months until they reached •a chorus of protest against the ex -Premier and his Ottawa pol- icy. In fact, any one who lives in &rural constituency, knows full well that the. Mr. Hepburn of yesterday is not the Mr. Hepburn of today, in public opin- • ion. Far from it. Before Mr. King became the obsession of Mr. Hep- burn, no public figure in Ontario pol- itics held a greater position or wield- ed greater sway than he. But that day is over in the country, whether Mr. Hepburn realizes or believes it. And he, alone, is to blame. It is unfortunate both from a party and a Provincial standpoint. Gifted, as few men aregifted; popular, as few men have known popularity, he carried an appeal that met with a response, equal to any accorded that of any public figure in Ontario's political history. He held 'Ontario in the hollow of his hand,,and all he had to do to retain that position as long as he chose, was to continue the pol- icy with which he started his political life: - The •reasons why Mr. Hepburn choae otherwise are believed to be many and varied. Too much power gained too soon and too easily; too much money made too easily and too .fast; too much praise for one of his years to keep a just balance of actual things and values. Or it may have been , none of these. • Whatever it was, Mr. Hepburn would appear to be out of the Lib- eral party aid out of political life as far as Ontario is concerned, at leakt for the time being. But Mr. Hepburn has, always been looked upon as un- predietable, and With some cause too. Hisrecent ,pronormeement that he Nsionidasu,pport Mr. Bracken, the new leader of the Progressive-Conserva- tite Patty, reay be a straw to show ,htivay the future Wind is go- , to bloW or again he may just be kite. , 14Ii NEair; 6" lifader; but • • nm. IV1ARCII 12;1943 what Mr. Bracken's opinions of Mr. *-944"'''''''"''''''17""' = flophrafil have been since his bit* castigationa: on that gentleillare4 Cci was on the Sofres report; or what. they ay,,, noW, may be some- thing else agal#4 It would be inter- esting, too, tollaar some of the opin- ion&of some of Mr,. Bracken's party stalwarts. But those 'things are for the future. In the meantime Mr. Hep- burn haid,�i Olen been ast:- ed for his resignation. Unafraid Recent" British bombing of Berlin and other German cities has brought from Berlin promises of reprisals yet undreamed of by the British peo- ple. Considering that Britain is only thirty miles from German airfields, one would consider those muttered German threats to be very real in- deed. But, apparently, the British don't "scare" very easily, because they are convinced that they have been through worse bombings than Ger- many can now send 'against their new and immensely strengthened de- fences. And, what is more, the feeble At- tempts of Germain raids recently ov- er London and, other parts of the country, go a lone way in support- ing their confidence. • Just Another One Toronto, ' Eastern and Southern Ontario suffered the worst blizzard of the season over the week -end. Street car and bus transportation were brought to an abrupt stop in the city, and train 'service was dis- rupted. At other points east and south, snow filled the roads to a depth of four to six feeti and cars had to be left where they stalled in the snoW. To us, it was just another blizzard, and not such i bad one at that. The Stratford bus and several transports were stranded in Seaforth over Sun- da, and No. 8 highway was closed to Stratford -and not very open to • Goderich. Fortunately the plows were able to open it Sunday afternoon, as it is the only road we have, as roads north and south have been lost in drifts for some time. , • • Whip ? "Why is it;" asks the St. Louis Star - Times, "that the average person can distinctly hear a clock tick across the room, yet can't hear the radio from a distance of eight feet if it -isn't turned up to hog -calling volume?" Why, we don't know, but we do know that is one of the reasons, if not the main one, why one rarely hears nowadays, ' particularly where youth is concerned, a softly modulat- ed voice in ordinary conversation. Why youthful conversation is car- ried on in a piercing shriek that clearly penetrates the brick fronts of office buildings on main streets, when school is going in or coming out. Have you _ever noticed it? , • • Scotland Started It Scotland and .its people are given credit for a 'few things and bitterly blamed for a good many more. So we are not greatly surprised to learn' that Scotland is responsible for the first highway tax, which was in effect some four centuries ahead of our modern gasoline tax. In the early sixteenth century, the Canongate was one of the first pav- ed streets in Edinburgh. It was also the main street of the medieval Scot, tish capital. Soon after the paving of the Canongate was finished, James V. of Scotland in 1535 issued a pro- clamation governing all traffic on the newly' paved street,tand the law applied equally to private and gov- ernment owned vehicles. Empty carts and wagons using the Canongate were compelled to pay a tax of one-half penny every time they travelled along the street. Load- ed tarts and other vehicles paid a tax of one penny to "repair and maintain the causeway." History does not record whether the, ancient tax was actually 'used to repair the roads, or whether, like the modern .gasoline tax, it was just an excuse to provide an ample supply of spending money; but either way, it Was the Seth that originated the scheme'. And the Stuart king who starte0 it was a Tory too, Fikom TIHwonEilieiitin- IM6001p,15.„ 1916 The auctioneiele of. farm, etoerk and implementii, held by Mr. Thos. Dick- son, McKillppe qn, Tneaday, was one of the most dieeetessful ever :held in the district. One brood nare brought $255, and twe yearling colts, $127.00 each. Mr. John '. Reikbeil, Zurich, met with an unfortunate accident on. Mon- day morning ok' last week. While de- scending the 'back porch steps he slip- ped on the icy boards and fell heav- ily on his hip. Mr. J. F. Day, local Ford dealer, has disposed of a handsome covered one -ton truck to the Seaforth Cream- ery Co., whleh. Mr. Barber will use on the road thee summer. • Mr. George Leonhardt, of Manley, is moving on to the farm which he recently purchased from Mr. William Barron, knowneas the Rosa farm. Mr. Win. Manley, of Manley, is busy getting out timber for the erection of a new driveshed. • Mr. Con Stuernagel, of Manley, cap- tured a Jive coon, which he has on exhibition. Mr. Jas. Hays, Goderich St., last week received from overseas the med- *I•aWarded his son, Corporal }toward kayo, for bravery on the field.at the battIe of Vim Y Ridge. Cpl. Hays en- listed with the Princess Pats and has been in France for .three years. In November last he was severely wound- ed by the bursti'ng of a shell at Passchendaele, and has been in Duch- ese of Connaught Red Cross hospital in England for some time. A successful drawing for a quilt took place in Egmondville last week, the fortunate *inner 'being Miss E. Cresswell, who has since donated the quilt to the Belgian Rehef. Miss Ella Chesney, teacher, accom- panied by her cousin, Mr. W. B. Hor- ton, of Alberta, spent a few days with friends in Niagara Falls and Buffalo. The auction sale of Mr. John Fell, of Hibbert, held recently, was a ,re- cord breaker for high prices. One cow brought 9200, another 9185; a 15 - months -old heifer was sold at 9100, Mr. Jones, the auctioneer, said they were the best cattle he had ever sold. Mrs. W. Sclater and Mrs. John Fin- layson, Seaforth, spent the week -end in Galt visiting with Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Kruse. Mr. John Pinkney, of town, was in Montreal this week with a car load of horses. The Misses Cooper, Church Se, have purchased the residence on John St., at Present'occupied by Mr.. John Henderson, from Mrs. Rudolph. Mr. and Mrs, Alex Campbell and daughter, Miss Belle, have moved in- to thehandsome residence on High St. which he purchased from Mrs, A. D. Sutherland. , • From The Huron Expositor March 17, 1893 'Mr. Hugh Stevenson bias purchased the Lee cottage from Mr. B. B. Gunn, paying $850 for it. Mr. Peter Daley has purchased a couple of building lots- from D. D. Wil- son and has let the contract to Tyer- man & Sperling for the erection of a neat frame residence, Mrs. W. D. Bright has a cala lily in -bloom which is quite a curiosity. The flower grew inside of a leaf and when it •ernerged from its covering the leaf was found to be a beautiful clear white, just the color of the flower, except that the edges were green. Two rinks of junior curlers, skip- ped. by F. W. Tweddle and W. McDou- gall, beat two senior rinks skinned by W. 0. Reid and A. Yorbeteen, Wednes- day. On Monday Mr. Conrad Eckert said to Mr. John White, Mitehell, 'four Poland China pigs seven months old, that tipped the beam at 1,150 pounds. He received 6% cents live weight for them. The auction sale of farm stock en the farm pf Mrs. John Thompson, near Kin.burn, on Tuesday last, was well attended. Cows ranged in price from $118 to 956; 'steers went as high - as $65; sheep from $9 to $22 per pair. The auctioneers were J. P. Brine and W. GeDuff. Mr. , 3. E. •McDonell, Hensall hard- ware merchant, is having the interior of his store tastefully painted and otherwise improved. On Werhaesday evening last Mr. Charles Stewart, the popular leader of the town band, was presented by "the boys" with a handsome silver ice pitcher and goblet, accompanied by an address, expressing their aP- • • eadows Harry masimiummonsinows., Now:that hire& men. have become -Oswald was a character I picked up an alMost lanknewn, quantity it might in town'. one Saturday night during a be a geed time to reflect on them. particularly busy harvest season. Os - I've often Word if we used hired wow ware a map,- ,Ty4pr- hat, 30,,,• Mak men as fairly as we might have. It things out for hifileelf and he usually was a simple matter of keeping theN, kai1 tp think the:DI ellte for' the hard work season ands then, tail and it took him th lougetfinWte promising them board and tabaccofor gpt his thinking started and stoppedi the chores in the winter time‘ That with the repult theit 1.1e.emier,t0 seems like hardly a fair thing to do. do a thing yoltriielt rathe tell On the other hand, there is .the fact hire tep do it. He never would that farmers in general weren't male- after eleck 'andrlineiMely,' fell ing enough money to pay a decent 'asleep at setae time or another dur- ing the afternoon. He oace started to tell a story at suppertime and at ten o'clock we all went to bed and he still hadn't got around to the point of the whole thing. He worked two weeks, or I should say resided at our place for fourteen days, and left one Saturday night still complaining about the fact that he hadn't been born of rich parents. , ' Ernest was an energetic individual who breezed in one day and announc- ed that he was going to work for us He was a live wire alright but .he broke more axe handles and • whiffle trees in a month than I could pos- To the whole neighborhoodhe was sibly have done in ten years'. He al - known as "Uncle Charley." He had ways wanted to be doing something: at various times worked for almost . . . the hard way. Just when a everybody in the country. He was not fellow was settling down for a quiet given to gossip and I fancy had, he snooze ora bit of dreaming, he would wanted to, possibly he could leave come 'along with some fool idea. given us all an earful about our var- These are only some of the chaa-ac ious neighbors. His only corament ters. We've had a lot of them here would be something like this . . . at Lazy Meadows. Quiet, ‘hard work "Mrs. Higgins is a great hand with ing fellows who were willing to work a lemon pie. I always says if you long hours at small pay. They were find a woman who knows 'ow to make interested in the farm and would a good lemon pie, not 'too 'tart and work just as hard as if they owned not too sweet, you've got a gud wo- an interest in the place. They seem man," Those 'for whom he had little ed to fit •into the family and we hated or no use he would resignate in the to see them leave. They minded the following manner, "Mrs. ,.Smith .is a children and ' milked • the cows and kindly woman in her way, but she's worked and then one- day moved no 'and for cookin'. I always says on to another place. One of the that a woman who can't 4boi1' pota- things that has to come is that far toes without burnin"ena shouldn't mers will be able to pay a steady year be a cook at all." round wage for their hired men. wage the year 'round. There have been some strange char- acters here at Lazy Meadows and some mighty good ones. When 1 was a boy we had an elderly gentleman wham all seemed to think must have Indian blood in his veins, he was so dark skinned -find yet who claimed Lancashire as his native heath. In times of temper he would bawl lids words out in a meaningless jumble of profanity, but ail would be topped by a creamy icing of Lancashire dialect. At other times he had a normal Can- adian accent. ;JUST A SMILEOR TWO. Teddy had just started kindergar- ten. The other day he came home and said, "We had an air -raid -chisel today." After somequestioning, his mother said, "Oh, you mean an air-raid drill." He answered, "Yes, knew it was one of the tools Daddy uses." • "You must pay for the boy," said the conductor, while the six-year-old tried to shrink in his seat. "He's only three," said his mother tartly. "Lumme; he looks older!" exclaim- ed the conductor. The mbther threw out her hands helplessly. "Can I help it if he worries about the war?" "Did you tell her that what you said was in strict confidence?" "No, I didn?t want her to think it was important enough to repeat," • All the wordy skill of the dealer was called in as' he tried to sell a broken -winded horse to a reluctant customer. - After a trial trot round, he struck an attitude of admiration and ex- claimed: • "And hasn't he got a lovely coat?" "Mebbe," said the customer "but I don't like his pants." learned to talk • "Has your baby yet?" "Talk! We're trying to teach him to be quiet now." A COUNTRY EDITOR. SEES WRITTEN SPECIALLY FON THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS OF CANADA JIM GREENBLAT, Editor of till SON SWIPT CURRENT SASKATCHEWAN RATIONING We who think in terms of fifty chickens and four cows can' hardly conceive the magnitude of the task in planning and distributing the mil- lions of Number 2 Ration Books, which you w111 have when you read this. "This rationing is something • • which. affeets about 12 million people inr:04F-0 "me Then there had to • be directives to those who would do the actual work in cities and towns from ,Bydney, N. S., to Victoria,q B.C. Just imagine the confusiet---not to even think of your own feelings', if you had come in from the farm on a blustery day and some inefficient, if patriotic, volunteer worker got your card all balled up. ut all this had been taken care of while you sat out hours in. every the winter around the pot-bellied day," quietly said stove. The Distributing Chief, appoint - L. B. Unwin, Can- ed by your own Local Ration Board ada's rationing chief had definite instructions on every tiny in his Montreal of phase of the .operron, and so did the Other volunteer workers who are Fust a Tittle back- doing, or did, .sOmetihing which is twthground l o Whyf it looks ing without remuneratiOn. That's the seMrvneUil" their contribution to the war effort. to Just think,of it: all theie folks work - r to me that these home front for you. It means a big wartime Jehs are saving to the taxpayer, too. • L. B. UNWIN b e i n g efficiently MrUnwin told of the different sets hgndled. It sounds of Conditions which had to be provid- e little, Horatio Alger. At 51, Mr. tin- ed Tor in distribution for urban, and win is vice-president in charge of preciation of his ability as a leader 1 finance -for the Canadian Pacific,•,and and musician and his qualities as a president of their growing Airlines. good fellow generally. • He came out from Kent, England, at The Women's Foreign. Mission Sseisixteett and in 27 years reached hi`s ciety in connection with the Presby- present job. He was a railway clerk. tOriart Church, Seaforth, at their reg- at Chapleau itt 1908. He won the MW - War meeting, presented Mrs. John tary Cross for ,bravery in the first rairley With an elegant silver fruit Great War, starting out as a buck basket and set of forks, prior to her private, ending as a Maim'. He now leaving' for Carberry, Man. The fare- serves without cost to his country. well words were read by Mrs. S. Dick- Tall, unobtrusive, baldish; astronomi- son and Mrs, A. D, McDonald made cal figures, big jobs, he takes in the presentation. • stride. The Toronto Weekly makes the fol- Local" Boards In National Set-up lowipg complimentary reference to a You wondered why your Local Ra- Seaforth young lady, the daughter of tion Board was set • up, with its for -a - Mr, D. Johnson: "An interesting ev- time inactivity. Now you probably' eut too place at Moulton Ladies' know, It was, all part of a• nation - College last week, When Mies Pier- wide scheme to. do a tremendous job ence Johihion, a ptipil 'Of Mr.. A. S. arid' the least dietUrbance and at a 'Vogt, gave a piano reeital, Mies john- reetiernum f cost to the taxpayer, son played her Cuthbert; with ctifiaid- There were wheels revolving within erable k111, and deserves Credit for 'heel, policies to, be determined he: her painstaking 'work. fore ktr. trnwites crew.. got tofu. I rural centres. That was ,Iyorked out beforehand, with leeway given by the local distributing chiefbecause he imew local conditions better than the fellows in Ottawa or Montreal. , The Story Behind Ration Books lo you know that the Kink's Print- er started delivering ration books to the administration .between January, 20th and 26th at the rate of a million a day, withthe distribution, Domin- wide, set for February 1.9th to March 1st. You know yoursell- what was in each hook, They were itt cartons of 1,500 books each, branded in 50's. There had to be jyrovisibie I was told, for additional 'sheets in regulative quantity, of course, for underground soft coal =hunt and diabetics. Just imagine tlie detail involved, and 'dill in this set of Montreal offibett with its clatter of typeWitters and ringing (Cotithrued on )Page 8) • fierItice atatIon: .Robbed' 44, r The milkinan proughtrliral Arm teir ilat*, R.49riifirieaetr. ,§•R14,1,' ay morning: lie was telloetnat fou- rs had .vielte* his, eerie* •stetiou teo store 4444 the night; attd that, • had better look around. Me. Birltie. found tla4 gineai .ht a aide.dOOr Olt`e the serviee•, station/Ana. hrOkt and the night Latch snapRed from the. inside. He found hie hank register - broken open and between ten and fif- teen dollars in silver carried away. He immediately telephone Chief Con- stable Ross, who has the case in hand. —Goderich Signal -Star. New Organist At Knox . The position of organist and choir- master of Knox Presbyterian Church, which has been vacant for some months, has been filled by the appoint- ment of Alfred H. Mortimer, ash° comes from Cobourg, where he held a similar position in the Presbyterian. church. He will take over his new position on Snnday., Before going to Cobourg Mr. Mortimer. was organist and choir director in Parkdale Pres- byterian Church. He Is a Great War veteran and ,Is married with three children. Since Mr. Wilson, the for- mer, organist, left to go to Guelph.. Mrs. W. F. Saunders has given excel- lent service as choir director, and the organ has been in the capable charge of Miss Eileen. Bogie and Mrs. Alex Straiton.—Goderich Signal -Star. This Chef Well Travelled James Fortier, popular chef for, the - commissary firm of Crawley & Mc- Cracken at Sky Harbor for the past two 'years, hap returned from a month's holidays spent in' Eastern Canada, recuperating from an illness. Mr, Fortier has had an interesting career. He was born in New Orleans and has worked in cities as far north as Fort Churchill, at the time the har- bor installations were being built. He made one trip as chef on ,the Nas- copie, government supply' sl•ip, to Hudson Bay, while his duties also have taken him to some of Old best hotels in Canada and the luted States. "Big Jim," as he is familiar- ly known to hundreds of student pil- ots atd employees of Sky Harbor, is shortly being transferred to another training school, likely Windsor, and the scores of friends he has made in Goderich will be sorry to see him go. —Goderich Signal -Star. „ • • Bad Business Four motorist in Goderich and nearby Colborne' Township have been, deprived of the use of their cars by the Jilting of their gasoline ration books, Provincial Constable F. Fox said.' The books had been abused, it was said, by loaning them to friends and the fact that some were found in Possession of loose coupons notbe- longing to the owner's" book. Circum- stances have been reported to the Oil Controller with • whom -prosecution rests. --Zurich Herald. Hockey Fans Had Thrilling Time Taking their lives intheir hands when they ventured out into a bliz- zard that made visibility a complete blackout at times, six hockey fane from the business section of Exe- ter motored to Seaforth-Friday eve- ning of last week °s1 to be dis- appointed when the Exeter-Seaforth 0.1.1.A, intermediate gan,cr was cans. celled owing to the storm. The, high- way was in good shape but whirling snow prevented the driver from see- ing for any distance and at times the speed of the car was reduced to a crawl. Having set their course they refused to turn back. Arriving at Sear forth Lahey spent the night at a hotel and arrived home about eleven o'clock Saturday morning. They Sot stuck three times on the return joursey and not far from home they e• perenced a flat tire that required ci angiug itt lo W temperature and as usual when needed in extreme circums'arr es, the jack was a little old and rusty,•—Exe- ter Times -Advocate. Over 1200 Ration Books Distributed The distribution of the No. 2 ration books were completed here Wednea- day afternoon, as Mr Morritt Morritt and his staff of volunteer assistants waited in their accustomed elaeos, in the base- ment of the Memorial Halt from a to 6 p.m. In spite of the fact that a last minute rush was expected, today turned out to be very quirt. In the four days that were tillottral to their distribution here the staff inroad out 1,245 books. Mr. Lloyd ill,rel4laufer acted,as distributing deputy Inst gat- urday afteruoon, and those wflo volun- teered to help on that date ‘:vere Mrs. Oster, 'Mrs. Brown, Miss Woodcock, Miss A. Rogerson, N. P. Garrett, 3. A. Gray, A. W, P. Smith, F ElIicitt and, Miss M. 'George. On Wednesday Mr. Gordon Elliott served as distributing deputy and the staff was as follows: Mrs. Brown, Mrs, Oster, Brs. Bray, Miss Woodcock, E. Scrimgeour and F. Elliott. Anyone who has not now secured No. 2 ration book will hays to send to .Ration Headquarters 'at Witigham.—Ittlyth Standard. • Post -Nuptial 'Presentation About forty relatives and friends from this community and ',norm at- tended the reeeation on Tuesday eve- ning at the Bose of Mr. and Mrs. prod Bileriagton In' honor of Mr. and Mrs. ToM, Merit/Stoll (Dee Doris (oontinued roti Pap 3) • " r: •••••, ee•..,•.,e, , , 4 • ? A r r . 4 . A 4, A ,f IV 4, I • f • • ,1 4 44 •