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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-06-11, Page 2uronExp . tabhsl ed ISMO McPhail McLean, Editor. ed, alt Seaforth,-Ontaxio, ev- rsday. afternoon by McLean ubseription rates, $1.50 a year in ahce; foreign $2.50 a year. Single lees, 4 cents each. .advertising rates on application. EAF',ORTH, Friday, June 11,.-1943 Safe Home --- •-Prime -. Minister-. Winston Churchill - is home again, safe and sound, after his visit to the United . States and other undisclosed countries. It' was with a sigh of relief that every Canadian greeted the an- nouncement of his safe return, and the people of all the other Allied countries will be equally relieved. It is a venturesome trip from Bri- , tain to America by either sea or air, in- these times, ..for' any person, and doubly dangerous far 'the one and only Churchill, because there is not the slightest doubt but that Germany would sell its soul, if it ever had such a thing, to have accomplished his de- struction on either his outward or return journey. In fact, it is almost -certain that Germany did make one such. attempt when it shot down a transport air- craft, hoping that he was a passers= ger. A procedure which, if it did not violate an international law, at least violated an unwritten law between the two countries, that transport planes would not be molested ,by either. w, Mr. Churchill knows ' all these things and all the dangers he runs in these far-flung trips of his, but he knows too, that in the Allied cause they are necessary and for that cause he will take any risk. He is not only a far-seeing statesman, per- haps history will record him Bri- tain's greatest, but a bonnie fighter, and it is his influence and personality #atha,ve-; do-ne. more - than anything Ise to place the Allied friendship and co-operation on a higher, firmer basis than they have ever been be- fore. For that reason, and for many others as well, all the democratic nations will rejoice in his safe arriv- al again in Britain. Women On The Farm, We hear so much these days about the place women have taken in war work and industry, and the magnifi- cent job they are making of; it, that we have become a little inclined to forget or overlook the women on the farm. And it should not be that way. We should remember that it is the wo- men on the farm who have much to do` with furnishing the food that other women war workers eat, in'ad- dition to which they help supply our Canadian soldiers at home and - abroad. - The women on the farm do not, of course, spend long, well-paid hours in war industries and ,. airplane plants, but they spend a good deal longer hours and often for little pay, raising poultry, which after all, are only another variety of "wings," and mighty important to conserve the beef and pork supplies at home and abroad. In addition, - many farmers, busy from dawn to 'lark, trying to over- come the labor shortage, are leaving the care and feeding of livestock to Meir wives- and daughters, and a ._,grand job these wives and daughters are making of it too.This work keeps them at home, of' course, but nevertheless their hands are reach- ing across the seas tooffer beef and baeari, not only to our own, but to other soldiers of our Allies, and to the people of ;other Allied countries. Again our farm -women may not e i,ocked themselves out in- over- s and 'fashionable slacks to build In 'our war factories, but a Majority •psi` therm, particularly atghtersf have a pretty thor- o ledge of the tank's baby chi Are hard ha`owws ggifteits- ax ,F• ' fact amply demon trated on navy. a field in our townships today. in the recent war loan the use our women war workers made of their pay cheques to purchase bonds was 'hailed as a great achievement --and rightly so—but it should never be forgotten that it was the farm wo- men'sbutter and egg money that brought many a, rural township up to its quota. The women on the farms are serv- ing their country 'just as well and patriotically as the women in war plants and other parts of the service, and doing it the hard way, without complaint either. One rarely hears much about them, but they. -are win- ning battles just the same as those who turn out the guns, munitions and planes. • What Terms? Anyone who has been following the war news in the papers or over the air must long 'ere this have heard or read about Virginio Gayda, the Italian fire brand, who for years has been warning Britain and her Allies of their impending doom at the hands of the Axis might. Just recently Gayda asked this• re- markable question in the, newpaper Giornale d'Italia: "What are the terms Washington and London might ..be prepared to. offer us in exchange for `uncondi tional surrender'?" The answer, of course, is a very siinnle one. The conditions of uncon- tional surrender are that there are no conditions. That fact was demon- strated in the American Civil War -. by General Grant who made the term "unconditional surrender" im- mortal. • When asked by a Southern Com- mander at Fort Donelson in 1862 for terms, Grant's replay was: "No terms except unconditional and im- mediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to 'move immediately on your works." This is precisely the answer that Italy or any of the other Axis powers will get if they ask for terms, and they must be fully aware of it, if they have ever heard of Casa - Italy must know too that she is in immediate danger of attack,' as ev- erything , points to the fact that British, American and French' forces propose to move in the very immedi- ate future against, that country's works. • Gave All Thep Had Wel have often wondered what our young Canadian airmen feel like under their first bombing raid over enemy territory, Possibly some have a similar experience to that related by Lieut. McChesney, an American pilot back from fourteen months of aerial fighting iii" Australia against the Japanese. The lieutenant said: "We were sixty miles from Rabaul when We lo- cated a Jap transport and decided to Arop our load on it. "We were so inexperienced we tried the recognition pirocedure on the ship, flying low and flashing our lights. It was silly ; the transport couldn't have been anything but Japanese, and it answered with, a thousand rounds of tracer fire. "We made three runs. On the first, the bombardier opened the wrong doors and threw , out cots, mosquito nets and pineapple juice. On the second, he was so excited by the tracers he didn't drop anything. On the third he unloaded all , the bombs and the bomb bay gasoline tank, too. We rolled the ship round a bit, but it didn't score a direct hit." This crew certainly gave, all they had. But -they learned fast, as the Lieutenant said, that when he left Australia in -May, his plane was the only one remaining intact out of the original unit of sixty planes that started for Australia nearly a year and a half before. r Hints For Victory Gardeners An English gardening expert is the authority for the statement that "Slugs won't eat your young lettuces if the latter are ,sprayed.- with amix- ture of -soot and soft soap." - We wouldn't eat it either! Years Agone Intanl60.O0 Stain* Flaked From Th. Hum oposaor of Fifty and Mileeet r five Year. Ago. 6/ From. The' Huron Expositor June 16, 1893 The Goderich council• has under consideration the building of a bath- ing house on the beach for the con- venience of the citizens and visitors to the circular town. While o;i'ating at a barn raising at Mr. Morriso 's., 12th concession, Ifs - borne, Jahn, Melville was struck by a beam and: knocked off the frame- work to the floor below, breaking his arm in..two 'places and also splinter- ing a .bone in his leg. During the past week Mr. Arthur Forbes,- ofatown, hm added to his y al- ready well-equipped livery establish- ment, a pair of handsome black car- riage horsed and several new and. fashionable 'vehicles. Mr. Henri- Scarlett, of McKillop, has sold the 50 acres of land which he owns, ort the gravel road, near Winthrop, to Mr. H. R. Lethorne, for $2,025. On Monday last when men were digging gravel in the pit on Mr. Jas. Moir's farm in Usborne, they unearth- ed a skeleton of a -full grown man. It is in a wonderfully good state • of preservation and is supposed to be the remains of a "Noble Redman" of the primeval days. On Wednesday last Mr. Malcolm McTaggart, on the Bayfield Road, near Varna, had a valuable young mare fall into a well, breaking her neck. On Thursday of last week as Mr John Scarlett, of McKillop, was un loading gravel, he was standing on the tongue of the wagon when one of the horses 'stepped forward and Mr Scarlett fell through between them One of the horses kicked him and the wagon passed over him, inflict ing a severe wound on his head and injuring his legs. - Wm. M0Dona1d and Jack Smith formely of town, spent Sunday here on their .way home from Galt where they had been playing football as members of the Windsor team. Mr. Harry Campbell, Seaforth, re ceived a bad fall from a bicycle on Tuesday evening. He was riding a high wheel when the tire came partly off. Mr. Hugh Chesney, Egmondville was unfortunate a few days ago as to have his handsome driver lamed by getting her leg through a culvert at Brucefield. Mr. John McMann, of town, ship ped nineteen horses to Buffalo las week, and°'sold sixteen out of his stable. This week he shipped eleven to Detroit and sold five outof his stable. • Olr o Lazy Meadows (By Harry J, Boyle) lel • • It eeems as • if the Commander -in - Chief of the mosquito forces told his pesky henchmen to all go to Lazy Meadow this. year. No matter where you go on the farm there are simply clouds of this biting creature. They also seem to be much hungrier than usual, gouging- in and drawing like mad until they look fit to burst. From The Huron Expositor June 21, ,1918 One evening last week as Mr. and Mrs. Johgs and Miss Winnie, of Bras sels, were driving home from Walton they upset in a ditch by endeavoring to get out of the way of an auto. Miss Winnie had one of her arms severe ly wrenched. While filling his car by the light o a lantern at the farm' of Mr. of Mr John. A. Smith, where he had been doing some work, Mr. Peter Kropf of Zurich, had a narrow escape from being severely burned. In filling up the tank the fumes caught fire and he was burned on the hands. On Friday last Pte. Peter Buchan an, of Hensall, arrived home as an invalided soldier. He had been in France for a year and a half unti wounded in November last. The Citi zens' Band was out to greet him. 1VIiss Verna. Graves who has been spending .some time at the home of her sister in Detroit, has returned to town. Mr. C. L. Willis; editor and proprie- tor of the Stettler, Alta.. Independ ent, with his wife and two children, was here visiting with his mother and brothers this week. Miss Margaret Ross, of Brucefleld, was the guest of Miss Norma Jeffrey during She week, Mr. A. J. Smith, of Carrington, ,N. D., visited friends here this week. He is an old Hullett boy. Word was received this week that Lieut, Clarence Garden, son of G. F. S. Garden, •of Kitchener, and former- ly of Seaforth, had been killed in a flying accident in. England, He was a nephew of Messrs. Adam and James Hays of -town. At the annual meeting of the Red Cross last week in Walton, Mrs. Dris- coll was presented with a life mem- bership certificate in recognition of her great work. Mr. John Scott and Mr. A. Rapson, of Constance, now sport a Chevrblet car each. While Miss Verna Adams, of Kin - burn, was cranking her car, it back- fired, striking her On the forearm, and straining it and bursting a blood vessel. Mrs. Gemmell, of Brucefield, enter- tained the Kelly Circle of ;that church on Thursday last. Forty-seven mem- bers were present. On .Thursday evening last a pleas- ant time was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hulley, when a num,- ber of friends gathered to do honor to their son, Harvey, previous to his - departure overseas.' They.- presented him with a purse, o1 gold and• a *etch. Mr. Leonard Leaning read the ad• dress- and Mr. WM. Leettaing made the presentation, I see by the paper that the scien- tists have a reason for the extra big crop of mosquitoes. They have a theory that concerns the amount- of rainfall this year and then the sud- den heat. The rain just couldn't get away very quickly because the ground was saturated •already. This meant that the mosquitoes ba_d very fertile ground for laying their 'eggs and the hatching waa taken care of by nature. It sounds reasonable., ' One mosquito can be as bad as a dozen or a thousand at tunes. Take for instances the times when you are just falling off to sleep and- you hear his motor as he glides `down to at- tack. That one mosquito can keep your nerves at a frazzle. If you get up and light the lamp he'll be no- where in sight, but just as soon as the darkness comes again . . . Mr. Mosquito will be back for his fun. • Mosquitoes always seem to do their best by me when I go to a •berry patch. I can swat and swear and thresh around like a bull in a bram ble but they just hover around in a cloud, 's;varn:ring in to excavate on ,my hide as soon as I start back int the picking. What makes me mad Is to, see someone else • calmly pricking away without ever being bothered by a "skeeter." My niece was up from: the city one summer and she had a bottle of some kind of preparation for keeping mos- quitoes away. One, day when we were going to a church pit c down on • the - river flats and I waCs complaining , bitterly about it, she gave me the bottle and told me to rub it, all over the hide that was exposed. I didn't pay much attention to it at first but I began to notice that the mosquitoes were certainly not bothering me. There .was something strange about the fact also that the people seemed to be shying away from 'me. • Mrs. Phil finally told me that I smelled as if T had tripped on an angry skunk. The only thing I could do then was to get over behind a grove of willew bushes and try to wash away the nasty stuff. By the time I got the preparation off,,, the picnic was over. The mosquitoes' made up for lost time on the way home. • They say that tobacco smoke will keep mosquitoes away. I've sat on the front veranda with a pipe and simply beclouded the night air with smoke. The mosquitoes didn't seem to be the least bit perturbed by the vile, belching smoke. It may have' made them dizzy, but somehow they couldcoast through' and land on the - 'vulnerable places" in spite of it. Without being too pessimistic I would say that mosquitoes are one o of nature's pests that man simply can't seem to do much about. . ;TIME 11;194 l'..Seenjo Ake e COantyPaper Joined the Navy Elwell Webster has joined the Roy- al Canadian Naval Reserve as an arti- ficer. Prior to enlistment_ he was al. member of the Hydro staff here at the Hydro station in Lower Wingham ant4 before that conducted a machine shop here. —c Wingham Advance -Times. ' Just a Smile or Two "Dad, would you say that a thing! is lost if you know where it is?" "Well, then, your watch isn't lost. It slipped out of my hand when you gave it to me to hold, but it went right down to the bottom of the lake." • "So that rich bachelor didn't pro- pose to you after all, in spite of all you told him about your ,ability in the kitchen?" "No, he had to eat dinner at a rest- aurant where they advertised home cooking!" "What did father say when you told him you were going to'take me away from him?" "He seemed to feel his loss at first, but I squared him with a good cigar." • "What's that building?" asked the stranger - "That's the asylum for the blind," said the native. "Go on, you ..can't fool me," said the stranger. "What's all .them win- dows for?" Teacher: "Well, boys, late again this morning! What is your excuse, Sack?" ' Jack: "I was dreaming I was go- ing. to Ireland, and '. I thought the school bell was the steamboat's • sig- nal to' start." - Teacher: "Were you dreaming too, Joe?" Joe: "No, teacher. I was just waiting to see Jack off." • The terribly bored Captain was escorting a Dear Old Lady through the camp, answering question. after question. Said the D.O-L.:- "See that chap .over there? What does the crown and three stripes on his arm mean?" I The Captain, new thoroughly fed up, replied:, "Oh! The crOwn means he is married and the stripes mean he has three children." • The next man they met had the three stripes but no crown,• so the Dear Old Lady naturally slapped his face. Huron Federation Of.:; Agriculture --Farm News ' FARMING FOR WAR THIS IS THE PROGRAM, ETC. The subject of our discussion today is shipping turnips—a crop that is grown generally around Blyth and Exeter, but this year due to the back- ward spring and the strong demand, will prove attractive to many more farmers. Of course, •turnips have al- ways been grown for livestock, feed- ing purposes but it is the object of this broadcast to focus attention on shipping turnips as a cash crop. "Rutabaga" is the trade name giv- en the ,Sivede turnip grown for table use. In Ontario it i known as the common table turnip. Many farmers Who grow suitable varieties have found it profitable to select some of their Swede turnip crop and sell it for table use. Several.•thonsand cars of rutabagas are shipped yearly from Central and Western Ontario farms. These roots, grown in Ontario, .Have an enviable' reputation in both Can- ada and the United States. The buy- ing public, •however, is becoming more 'discriminating each year, consequent- ly growers must give their best at- tention to production of roots of still better quality. Consumers are de- manding Turnips of uniform size, smooth, globe -shape, + bright purple top and small neck. They must be free from insect injury, , bitterness, water-cpre, hollow heart and growth cracks. It is at once apparent that special care is necessary to produce such roots and place them on the market. ' • Today we are fortunate in having in the. studio• with us, Mr. J. J. John- ston, Dominion Fruit and Vegetable Inspector, London, who is in chftrge of inspecting all, turnip shipments from this district to the U.S.A. each season. Shearer: 'What extent is the ship- ping turnip business, in Huron , and what is the outlook for the marketing' of shipping turnips in 1943? J. J. J.: Production of table tur- nips has increased considerably in Huron County during the past 5 years. It is .estimated that 550 acres were grown in the county in' 1:942, and in dications point to a substantial in- erease in acreage in 1943. The pres- en( market Outlook is very bright, particularly in the United "States, where the recent rationlag of canned tegetabies and malty other food pro, ducts haS stimulated'an increased de- mand; for our Canadian turnips; Shearer: How would .you. recom- mend to, prepare land for shipping turnips? J. J. J.: The following practices are recommended for the production of Rutabagas of good quality: In the crop, rotation, rutabagas usually fol- low a hay or pasture crop but it is not advisahte to sow them on land which has been in grhts more than two years, due to possible injury to roots by wire -worms and other insects which may harbor tri the sod. Fertile' sandy loam and clay loa soils are most satisfactory. On the lighter types of soil which have fess moisture holding capacity, there is us- ually more' injury ;ram "water -core" in the roots, especially in dry sea- sons. Shearer: How would you control water -core •and black rot of turnips? J. J. J.: Black rot caused wide- spread loss to turnip growers last year and seed treatment -or control of this disease is strongly recom- mended. The organic mercury dusts such as Semesan are cheap and eas- ily applied to the seed before plant- ing. Recommendations by Dr. Berk- eley, of St. Catharines, are published and pamphlets are obtainable where you buy your seed. For further par- ticulars consult Mr. Shearer or your local " inspector, Eldon Stanley, at Clinton. As to watercore, practically, complete control of this disease was obtained on several farms in the Guelph area last season by spraying with a solution of borax. This method shows excellent promise of being a cheap and effective means of eon - trolling, watercore. For further par- ticulars write Dr. J. D. McLachlan, Dept. of Botany, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, or communicate with Mr. Shearer or your local inspector. J. J. J:: What fertility recommen- dations have you for turnips, Jim? Shearer: Well -rotted. manure may be applied in spring but fresh manure should be applied At least a year previous to planting: For best re- sults, commercial fertilizer should be used with barnyard manure. ' Under general conditions, •apply ten to 12 tons of manure per acre plus 125-250 pounds of 242.10, 0-12.10,' or 2-12,-6 dominercial fertilizers, or where sails are known, to be low in phosphate, • (0o101110 on PAgt 3) 11 Wedding Cake 57 Years OId The wedding cake, on display at the Bridal Pageant in Wesley Willis Church last Wednesday evening be- longed to Mrs. Robert Pearson, Rat- tenbury St., and is 57 years old.— Clinton News -Record. Takes Position At London Mr. Ray Dobbyn left last Wednes- day afternoon for London, where he has secured a position with the Civil Service Commission, with duties te- commence at once. Many local friends will wish •Ray the best of luck on his new job.—Blyth Stand- ard. Tires Ciit on Car r The tires on the car owned by F. Duncan were badly slashed bysome- one on Tuesday evening. It happen- ed sometime between 10 and 10.30 o'clock in ,the evening when the car Was parked in front of Miss F. Mc Naughton's, where Mrs. Duncan was visiting. Mr. Duncan was down town. Noticing that one tire was flat, Mr. Duncan hunted up a pump to file it and then discovered that all his tires. had been badly cut, some deeply and at least four' inches long. County Constable • Fox is. investigating. -- Brussels Post. A Moving To Exeter 1jr. and Mrs. Jack Delbridge have. moved to Exeter from Usborne into the residence on Albert St. recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hod gent. Mr. and Mrs. Heodgert have moved into the residence • they.- re- cently purchased on Station St. Mr.. Delbridgeis at present engaged with. the Tuckey Transport. — Exeter" Times -Advocate. Takes Position in London Miss Lillian Finkbeinee, who ha:s•• been employed in the Exeter Central of the Bell Telephone Co., has accept- ed a position with the Bell Company in London and commenced her new duties this week. Mrs. Gerald Skiq,- rer has taken a position on the local switchboard. Miss Helen Rowe is al- so employed at the Exeter Central.— Exeter Times -Advocate. • ' Centralia Man„Scalded ' Mr. Thomas Smith, of Centralia, an employee at the Sapnrock Creamery, was badly scalded Tuesday of last week when some hot cream came in contact with his body. Mr. Smith was taking a pail of hot cream from, one of the vats when something went. wrong and the cream splashed, some ,of which went under -his clothing. He was scalded on the back and 'chest. Dr. Fletcher attended him. He is, im- proving nicely and eepects to retiara to :work shortly.—Exeter Times -Advo- cate. Fractures Hip in Fall - Mrs. Charles Mikel 'is- confined to Stratford General Hospital, with as fractured hip sustained when she stepped outside the door of her home and fell. 3lrs. Mikel is blind and ap- parently had attempted to go out without the usual assistance of her husband,,•who was down town at the time the accident occurred. • She was able. to get back into her home- --Mitchell Advocate. ' More Trout Placed in Streams Under the auspices of the Wingharn Fish and 'Game Club, David Fortune - placed another truck load of trout in the streams of this district last week. This is the third consignment to be received by the local club this year. The club is making a determined of-• fort to stock the cheeks of this dis- trict but they are meeting with some difficulty as they are not getting the support of lame fishermen, The club reports that many 'undersize'd trout are caught and not thrown back into the stream. If this practicecontinues: it will be impossible •for the club to make headway in restocking. The en - operation of all is requested in this, regard.—Wingliam Advance -Times. Wet Weather Handicaps Farmers Believe it or not, more rain fell in this district in May, 1942, than in the' same month this year, when there was a precipitation of 4.751nehes,' 1t was not much more, however; just a decimal of one .:per cent., according to airport records. It is much easier to .believe that rain fell in 25 of the' 31 days in May of this year. The weather -is not by any means a popu- lar subject hereabouts these days. Quite a bit of seeding was accom- plished last Saturday, Sunday' and Monday, ' but Tuesday's downpour again put a stop to it and Wednes- day' morning's deluge vied with that of ;Tuesday, • May llth, when floods were caused. The rain early Wednes- day morning was particularly heavy in 'North Huron. Water flowed across roads in many places. Creeks, al- ready swollen, rose' still higher and' Seeding operations were halted in- definitely. Some farmers are througn: -- ,(Cottittnnott on Pam 8); ' - • , 5