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The Huron Expositor, 1943-06-18, Page 2-‘44seer:eees !.! !fig TKR., • 74, r'e • ee eeseseeee'ee TUNE 18 1943: 4 on Jpositor stablished 1860 lyrePhail McLean, Editor. e4:1,at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- rsday afternoon by McLean ORTU, Friday, June 18, 1943 - After All ! After all the severe winter. After all the late spring which established a record for tardiness. After all the •snow, the rains, the floods and the cold. After all the fears that we would have neither a seed time nor a ,harvest. After all these things— this part of the country, at least, has rarely shown greater promise of an abundant harvest. • In spite of the labor shortage, the seed has been sown. In spite of most inclement weather during much of the time, the seed" has germinated. And the weather of the 'past two weeks has worked miracles on the face of the land. There are some low spots where water still lies; some parts of sonie fields that have been scalded, and some spots .where winter wheat has been killed, but on the whole an 'ainazing 'change has been wrought in general crop prospects, and after all .we are, at least, away to a good start. We have been given our promised seed time, and should look forward with even greater confidence to the harvest. And what a harvest it will be, even if only half the promise is fulfilled, because bumper market priees are awaiting everything the larm can produce; For An Efficient Generation • On July 1st next, thousands of children in Montreal and throughout the Province of Quebec will now come under the new Quebec law which makes education for„ children compulsory. The new law makes school attend- ance compulsory for all those under fourteen years of age, and culmin- ates fifty years of agitation by advo- cates of education for the young. Free instruction throughout Quebec will now be, of equal standard with the Other eight Provinces of the Dominion. Speaking of the new law in the Legislature recently, Premier God - bout said: "We will teach the chil- dren the duties they owe to their fel- low citizens. We will abandon road - building, bridge building, aye, even agricultural development. If need ti be, we will neglect everything else, but we will prepare for tomorrow a more efficient generation." • Teaching Penmanship I* The teaching of penmanship in either public or secondary schools would appear to have become par- • ticularly conspicuous by its absence, if one is to judge by results produced by the average boy or girl, when they put pen to paper either by way of correspondence or examination pa- pers. Of course penmanship is not as im- portant as it once was, but it is still important enough to be taught, and still more important that school pupils be able to convey their thoughts on paper as intelligently and legibly on examination papers as by oral means. At least that is the opinion of a - high school teacher of English, who after his patience and persuasive powers had become exhausted, issued the' following ultimatum to his pupils: "Put holes in your e's and o's and 'dot the i's somewhere near the right "place; also make your n's different from your u's. Otherwise papers will not be accepted unless these five letters are treated fairly." And it -worked. tf the average pupil was allowed to talk as careless as he or she writs, the result wound be an untelligible Mumble. But while there seems to sehools,_an attempt to prevent OSS mistakes in grammar, there is eVidently ,' very little• objection ex- ' preS,Ked,,,to persistent carelessness in andt3piting.Iiz fact, one ,some- ,A4,46114rs if it was not looked as a distinction to have a style sting that Was not to un - t rtiVvi'g is there 's more than a little truth in that statement. Enough at least to adviSe school pupils to wait until they are famous before they squash their signatures clown into a scratch or scrawl, because by that time they will have gained enough sense and experience to understand how utter- ly foolish it is. • Nothing Yet British Air Marshal Sir William Welch, chief of personnel with the recent joint staff mission in Wash- ington, declared that the present bombing on Germany "is nothing to what we are going to do." Speaking at the official opening of the Air Force Club's new headquar- ters in New York, the Air Marshal, who was the air commander during the landing of Allied troops in North Africa, said: "The total weight of bombs drop- ped (on Germany) in February and March, 1942, was 2,000 tons. The to- tal weight of bombs dropped in Feb- ruary and March of this year was 21,000 tons. 1 dAre not predict what we shall 'drop on them this year. They asked for it, they deserve it, and they are going to get it!" • Quite True A newspaper said the other day that it's not the baseball games that bother the modern "office 'boys"; it's how to get away before Saturday af- ternoon for an appointment with the hair dresser. • And. that is not nearly as silly as it sound: In fact, there would ap- pear to be a large element of truth in it. Nor does the application fit the office boy alone, for the farm boy would appear to be about ,as fully hair -dresser conscious as his town and city cousins. Now that the days are getting longer and the weather warmer, the hats are coming off, and the handiwork of the hair dresser is seen on every side. • There was a time, quite some time ago, we admit, but a time when a curly-h-eaded boy, or one with even a wave in his hair, kept his hat on, under all possible circumstances, to hide the girly trick that nature had played on him. Judging by the Saturday night parades, however, another day has dawned, and from any masculine point of view, a very poor looking day it is too. We are not blaming the hair dress- er. She has done her best, but that best is not good enough—not nearly good enough -4o trade for a healthy self-respect that used to repose un- der every real boy's hat. • " Priceless" An American tourist on a fishing trip in Glengarry County, happened upon a decrepit spinning *heel 'in the home of a venerable Scotehman, Donald MacTavish, and asked him to name a price. The old man 'slow- ly mulled over the idea while °the American waited 'expectantly. "I'm thinkin'," said MacTavish fin- ally, "that ye no ken yon bit o' junkie is verra dear tae me. Ma gran'- mither, when she was but a lassie in Dunfermline, wur-rked her bonny fingers nigh the' bone tae buy it, an' she told ma mither: `Kersty, I wudna thocht ye shud ever pairt wi' it.' " The tourist, quickly contrite, apol- ogized. "I'rn no blamin' ye," said MacTav- ish. "It's no for a stranger tae knaw that every nicht I have sat an' look- ed on th'-wheel, thenkin' o' ma mither bendin' over it at wur-rk, an' her mither before her, till I can see th' heather an' th' hills like when I was a laddie in Dunfermline. Th' auld wheel'ig as a pairt o' mysel', and tae let it go wud be like tearin' ma auld heart oot." "I repeat I am very, very sorry," said the thoroughly pentinent Ameri- ca"Had I known of these sacred associations I would never have made the offer." "Ah, weel, let it Oass," said the old man with 'a sigh; "but after what I've been tellin" ye, ye can see I wudna be justified in letting it go for less than six.dollars an' a half.", In Canada, every Canadian has a "priceleis" keepsake. See that we let no politician or group of politi- cians,. talk us out of, it for six dol- lars and a half, even" if money does talk, and appears to wield a greater appeal e'en' day. ,.„ , 7 Years Agolie illeterOstlete item. Picked From The Hurons 114,9011tOr of Fifty and Teitterteenif• Veer, Ago.. From The Huron Expositor June 21, 1918 Among' the Soldiers who returned from overseas last Friday were two' Huron boys, Pte. E. J. Huller, Clin- ton, and Pte. P. J. Buchanan, of Hen- sall. The following are now Ford car owners bought from Cook Bros., Hen- sall: A. Mousseau, Hensall; S. Whit - mer, Zurich; Wes. Harvey, Kippen; Dan Oswald, Zurich; Sandy Swan, flhiselhnrst; A. Noakes, Kippen; C. Campbell, Hensall; W. Edighoffer, Zurich; W. Chapman, Heniall; John 'McDougall, Cromarty; S. Koehler, Zurich, and Wm. Buchanan, Hensall, a Studebaker roadster. • Mr. G. F. Rogers, who was connect- ed with the Seafortb. Collegiate Tnsti- tute as teacher and principal for 13 years, and who has been at the ,head of the London Collegiate for the 'past five years, has been appointed hip school inspector for Ontario. Miss Weatherill, of the Collegiate' staff, •has resigned her position here to accept an appointment with the Galt Business College. • Mrs. A, McGavin, Mrs. J. B. Thomp- son, Mrs. C. Layton, Mrs. T. G. Scott and Mews. M. McKellar and H. R. Scott were in .Hamilton this week at- tending the Grand Lodge of the Inde- pendent Order of Oddfellows. 'A large and enthusiastice reception was tendered Pte. Pat Nigh,, a re- turned German prisoner, on his ar- rival home on the six train on Mon- day evening. He' was captured at Vimy Ridge nearIP'two years ago and aince that time he had been a pris- oiler of war itieGermany. • Mr. Joe Payne and wife of Kansas, are visiting his sister, Mrs. John Kais- er at Brucefield. They made the trip from Kansawin a Ford sedan and took eight days for the trip, taking in the sights as they went along. Miss Catherine McGregor, of Bruce - field, who recently finished her first year at Toronto 'University, took first class honors. She i a pupil of the late George Baird and does credit to his faithful training. Miss Allin, of the Seaforth Colleg-. late Institute, has resigned hor posi- tion and left for' her home in Burling- ton. Mr. J. F. Ross, principal of the Sea- for4Collegiate, is presiding over the departmental examinations in Blyth this week. The plans ofegreBert Van Egmond, of Regina, have been accepted for the new extension to the Saskatchewan Infirmary at Q'Appelle, Seek. The contract price for the new buildings is' $206,000. Mr. Van Egmond is an old Seaforth boy and a son of W. D. Van Egmond of Egmondville. • From The Huron Expositor June 23,1893 A valuable mare belonging to Sam Moffatt, Varna; met with a bad acci- dent. She had been rubbing her head against 'a fence and ran a 'large sliver in her nose. The bicycle club races on Wednes- day evening were not so well attend- ed as on previous occasions, but there was good sport and plenty of it. The first race, which was for boys under 15, had six entries, and was won by Keith McLean, with Douglas Wilson second. The two-mile Class 13 race was won easily by W. D. McLean, with J. Abell second. Mr. and Mrs. John Reinke, of Tuek- ersmith, and Mr. and Mrs. L. Reinke, of town, left on Monday to spend a couple of weeks in Chicago during the great show. !'Ir. Orville Jones and Mr. A. K. Chittenden left for California on Mon- day on a business trip. They will spend a week in Chicago en route and take in the World's Fair. 4 Mr. John Copp, of town, has a con- tract with an Old Country firm for 1,000 tons of hay at a good price. Mr. George Murray, of .town, had- a chest of tea fall or his foot on Wed- nesday, breaking a couple of his toes. Robert B. Scott, of Harpurhey, has already picked over 60 quarts of strawberries from his garden, all JE:) them much over the ,average in -size and of a very superior grade. Mr. John Malone, of Beechwood, has had a handsome new barn erected on the west half of his property. It is one of the finest barns in the town- ship, and was framed and raised by Mr. Thos. Newsom, of Brussels. While the stage driver, Mr. W. J. Clarke, of Varna, was returning Sat tirday night the axle- of his wagon broke, hitt fortunately to further dam - 'age occurred beyolid a short delay. Ott Friday9 evening last a pleasant and successful social' was given by the Young People's Society of Chris- tian Endeavour .in the basement of First Presbytetian Church, Seaforth. There was a good. program and ft in - 'eluded a reading by Dr. Campbell; in- trumental by Miss, Ewing; vocal solo, SolneTville'l Quartette by Messrs. Ed. Cherry, Dickson,' Calnpbell' and McTavish, and a debate between Jas, Watson. and R, Mercer and Harry Beattie and Allan S. McLean, Peer Seaforth boys, Vetere. W. Govenlock, H. Creesteell,,,T, Stephens aid J. W, Livingstone played on the Canadian football teata, which Was vietoriout by a. -score Of 1,0, after at Very .stubbornly onteoled math, tdayed AC nitwit, , ,.... , . • • Osifer of r Liazy Meadows (By HarryJ. Boyle). .00 I must confess to being lazy enough to still enjoy doing _nothing. That's especially true On a hot summer af- ternoon such as we had last Sunday. The whole thing came to mind when we were driving home from church. Coming through the ,village we saw the golf linksand practically all the male population seemed to be out there walking and sweating in the hot sun. After chores 'and dinner Mrs. Phil and , Patricia. Ann went to bed for a little snooze. I picked up the news- paper, my glasses and the old rocker off the veranda and went out under the old chestnut that stands on the front lawn. .It was sizzling hot in the sunshine but the breeze that came sweeping up over the Big Hill and around the corner of the house was certainly ppleasant. The news- paper lest its attraction and .I set-, tied down to an afternoon of "d•oin' nutnin':u 'It was very pleasant. Even the flies seemed to be lazy. After a few attempts to battle with the breeze they settled down to doz- ing in the sun on the sheltered front veraeda steps. A pair of robins gave up trying to corner a fishworm and retired to a nest in the old pine tree. The horses were all crowded into the shade of the barn and" the cows af- ter a 4rip to •the little creek retired to the shade -of a tree to chew their cuds and switch flies. The world seemed to settle down to a lazy,' hot afternoon. The Hig- gins boys trudged off down their lane - way to the river for an afternoon of swimming and lazying in the sun. The hired man from across the road 1 strolled down the road towards town with smoke from his pipe swirling up lazily into the hot air. The Sunda afternoon discussionclub on the ho- tel steps would be complete when he arrived. Politics, religion and people would. be considered and then after a lunch at the Chinese cafe, the hired maii would come home, his weekly recreation finished. Peter Jackson came up the road un- hurriedly in his horse and buggy. He Makes a trip every Sunday afternoon over.to the "other nlaee" to salt and count the cattle on grass. For a ttme I had a notion of hailing him and going along for the ride and the talk but gave it up in favor of simply Slaying pat. The afternoon sun burned its way down the blue -grey sky and I had to move the rocker once. Collie dozed on the grass at my feet, shaking his ears every so often to warn the flies to etay away. Patricia Ann carne out rubbing the sleep out of her 'eyes and started digging in her private excava- tion. A car whizzed •along the road sort of disturbing the general air of peacefulness. The 4.15 train bleW at the crossing on time. A boy full' of energy went down the road whistling, probably on his way home from swimming. The placid afternoon began to get a little more strenuous because people were going home from the circuit Icturch and they all waved. That meant waving back. It got a little tiresome, so I went around to the back of the house. There were some chickens . . . half feathered . . . as if they wore bath- ing suits . . wandering around rather hopelessly. The cat was doz- ing in the sun on the kitchen window sill. I guess I dozed off to sleep. When I awoke the sun was standing just over the rim of the hills and Mrs. Phil was calling me to supper. I got up . • . completely refreshed after an 'afternoon of simply "doing Just a Smile or Two : "It's a bottle of. hair tonic, dear!" "Oh, that's very nice of you, dar- ling." "Yes, I want you to give it to your typist at the office; her hair is com- ing out rather badly on your coat!" - • I • He'd waited patiently at thee, post office ammeter for many minutes while the two assistants conversed. "Her evening cloak was a wonder; it was lamb. edged with fox fur, and wide sleeves of printed Oriental sat - Then -the worm turned. Rapping on the counter, the customer said: "I wonder if you could provide me with a stamp in royal blue and a per forated border all round the 'tout en setable, delicately treated an the re verse with musilage? Something about two cents, please!" • The thrifty wife had persuaded her husband to buy a small cask of beer instead of going, each evening to the local pub. When he had drunk the first glass his wife said, "Now, John lad, you can reckon 'you've saved a penny." "You're right, lass," replied John. "I'll draw another one and make it two pence we've saved. At this rate 111 'soon be able to buy thee a fur coat." Huron Federation OE: Agriculture--FarmNews: FREIGHT ASSISTANCE TO BE CONTINUED The free freight assistance policy on western grains shipped to Eastern Canada and British Columbia fqr the feeding of live stock is to he con- tinued, Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced recently. This policy• was introduced in October, 1941, and in Jun, 1942, was renewed to continue indefinitely. It Provides for the pay- ment by the Dominion Government of the transport -Elton charges on feed geA:ads from Fort William -Port Arthur to destil'ations in Eastern Canada and from Eiimot ton and Calgary to British • Columbia points.. From October 20, 1941,. to April- 30, 1943, a total of $14,287,268.50 has been paid' against claims for freight asSist- ance by the six provinces con6elthed as follows: Ontario, $4,929,642; Que- bev, $5,434,805.90; New Brunswick, $078,277.50 ; Nova Scotia, , $1,309,- 049.10; P.E.I., $320,266.40; British COlumbia, $1,315,267.60. Mr. Gardiner also stated oats and barley continue to be governed under the price ceiling regulations. Thi'e means that the price of these grains cannot advance 'above the ceiling levels et as of the basic period— September 15 to October Ii 1941. * * * Ottawa, June 8.—While egg produc- tion in Canada •is now higher than ever before, the :increasing depend- ence of Britain and other United Na- tions on Canada for essential food, requii'es' an appeal to the people of Canada to reduce their 'consumption of ,eggs during the next few 'weeks,' said Agriculture Ministet. Gardiner to- day. He stated that while shipments of dried .eggs to Britain to date had been up to schedule it is necessary during the remainder of the high pro- ducing season to acquire large quan- tities for future drying, ifthe agree - rent with our lilies for 1943 is' to be met. Mr. Gardiner said he was of the opinion that Canadian eprieurniftion of eggs tau he considerably reduced be- cause the rate of such consumption is now the higkeet ever recorded. Careful consideration had been giv- et to cOm5u1sOry procurement of eggs to meet the J943 agr'eetnent with Britain but the' difficulties involired in, a' pteduct prochleed .atid ItiarketM sa,vadtty 0.9 egga had led tb dem. '•'(} ,j ',14 sion against this apProach. "We feel sure, however," stated Mr. Gardiner, "that the public will respond goner - ouster to the appeal to reduce'the use of eggs to a very minimum during the next few' weeks's' Producers will not be adversely af- fected by any reduction in clornestie consumption because the Special Pro- ducts Board, the egg buying agency for the British Ministry of Food, will continue to purchase all supplies available. * * RECORD PRODUCTION BY BRITISH FARMERS The further development of War - Ulna agriculture in the United King- dom along the lines 'of still greater self-sufficiency Lies been one of the major achievements in 1942, says George R. Paterson, Canadian Animal Products ' Trade Commissioner i Great -Britain. • Notwithstanding ,the increased drain on manpower by the armed forces and industry, British agriculture once-. more reached new heights in production of foodstuffs. In 1939 domestic production provid- ed little over 30 per cent of the food requirements of .47,000,000 people in the UnitedKingdom. For 1942 it has been estimated that over 60 per. cent of the total food necessities were home grown, and it is fully expected that at least ,another 10 per cent can be added in 1943. The important acreage increases haVe been in wheat and other coarse Veins, potatoes, vegetables and sugar 'beets. It is estimated. that -by 1942 an ad- ditional' 6,000,000 acres had been add- ed to the pre-war cultivated areas. This is roughly an addition of 50 per cent to the pre-war acre -age devoted so cultivated cropt, including hay rotation. It was generally .regardeT that this was approximatel3r the limit of cultivation, but recently the Min- ister of Agriculture called for an ad- ditional 750,000 acres in 1943. Farm tractors' have been. increased In nth -Ube -Fs until about 120,000 are now working, as compared with about 55,000 ein 1939. The ultilizaltion of park land, commons, golf courses, grazing lands, marsh fa-nds and other areas normally non-agricultnral, has been thoroughly • investigated. Snell areas have been farmed her the Conn- ty tWar Agricultural Executive Corn - &Melee Ripe Tomato We were invited out to see the first epe tomato of the season this Wed- nesday evening. Chief at Pialice3. A. Cowan informs us that Mrs. Cow- aepidited iteWednesday, and anyone who doesn't believe It can call at his, home where it will gladly be display- ed. This certainly is a record. for thie year. Most ef us have been afraid to set out the plants for fear of frost. The ripe tomato mentioned was prob- ably well advanced before it was put in the garden.- There are several oth- ers formed on the vine. --Blyth Stand- ard. Located in•Wingearn County Constable Charles Salter has taken up residence here. He took ov- er his duties here last week, and is at present living at the Brunswick Ho - tet, but we understand that he will shortly join the ranks of the bene - diets and take- up residence in the - J. H. McKay apartment, We welcome Mr. Salter to our community. Mr. Salter received his appointment fol- lowing the resignation, of Constable Bill Gardner to join the provincial'po- lice.—Wingham Advance -Times. Tacks Strewn On Main Street Mr. Chris. Luker, caretaker at the Exeter post office, deserves the, thanks of many motorists for a good deed done Thursday evening of last week. Someone, maliciously or other- wise, had dropped 'some tacks on the pavement .just outside the post office. They were fairly well scattered. Mr. Luker's attention was called to them. and with. broom and dustpan, he gath- ered them up. 'There were enough to fill a small box. It was around six o'clock in the evening. We 'haven't heard of any tires being puncture& but there were enough tacks scatter- ed around to give quite a few motor- ists a .nasty headache.—Exeter Times - Advocate. Unique Tree Abloom With Roses We've just seen a beautiful sight, a tree of miniature deep pink roses, at the home of Mrs. Thomas Stone- man. It was well over 20 years agos that Mr. Stoneman acquired this tree from a nursedy, known as Paul's.' vr ne. thorn tree. It bloomed profusely for years and this year again has put forth its blossom in, splendid array, with myriad groups of very tiny full - petalled roses against a background of peculiarly shaped green„ leaves , The tree 'is agingand iteeniass 'of bloom is diminishing but it is cer- tainly worth seeing.—Mitchell Advo- cate. Clergy Changes in Huron Presbytery Changes in pastoral ehargea theoughout London Conference of the United Church of Canada recorded in the final draft presented by the set- tlWent committee at the closing ses- sion of conference are' as follows: Auburn, Rev. H.e.J. Snell;"/Bayfield, Rev, A. S. Colwell; Ethel, to be sup- plied; Fordwich, Rev. Hugh Moor-- house; Holmesville, to be supplied.--. Clinton News -Record. Retires FromC. N. R. For ferty-three years a railroader, first with the old Grand Trunk and later with the Canadian Natio*, Ad- am Barrow. well-known townsman, was retired on„pensien et the endeof - May and is now resigned to sitting' back and taking life easy, although he admits it is going to he a hard thing to do after working in the atmosphere of rumbling erains, clanging bellei and tooting whistles her so long.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. Six Treetop Working on One Farm The Gordon Flax Company is tak- ing advantage of the present • finer weather to try and rush to comple- tion the sowing of the 1943 flax crop. On Wednesday six tractors were busy on the McGee farm at the 'northern extremity of the village. The com- pany has the entire farm under lease. —Blyth Standard, Some Fields Will Not' Be Planted A week ago there were many far- mers in the Lakeshore district who had no seeding done. Since then the' weather has faired up and no douot a good deal of work has been accom plished. But the season hes got so late, that it is useless to sof some crops and d one farmer. told us he ha changed his plans and was going to sow flax and buckwheat. 'A certain amount of idle' land on many farms throughout/the district will be quite common this year. . Fields that could (Continued on Page the County War Committees for this Increased productivity and general ef- Aciency, - says Mr. Paterson. Unen- cumbered by red :tape and clothed With authority, they have approached their problems with directness and understanding. They have not hesi- tated to •advise, prescribe, •and, where necessary, to evict, in order to reach their goals. Their achievements speak for themselves, and it would not be surprising if' some similar -organize- bons, with modified powere, were not demanded by British farmers in the post-war period. It la unlikely that a return to the pre-war state of • apathy' towerds British agriculture TOG much credit Minot be given to Will be permitted, , 7 4 • I .15 1' 't 4 4 - 0 4. ft