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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-08-20, Page 2or (•1 ti[i• Maan, tdtor. ..ea.fortb, Ontario, ev. afternoon by McLean at, • tiOn Tates; $1..50 a year in liore*$2.50 a year. Single ''-Cents each. AiNertising rates on application. ;SNAFORTII, Friday, August 20th • The Recent Vote—And Wily Sufficient time has now elapsed since the Voting in the recent On- • tario election for statistics on that Tote to be made available, as well as some of the reasons for the results. • 'While the Conservative party, un- der the leadership of Col. Drew,. elected the largest party following in the Legislature, the total vote of ' his, .party was somewhere nearly two inm•ired thousand less than the same party polled in 1937. Nor is there any evidence to show that Mr. Drew .received support, to any extent, from the Liberal party voters. — The statistics also show that the liberals received some four hundred • thousand less votes than in the pre- vious election, and that over the Province the total vote •cast was -three hundred thousand less than in the election of 1937. Evidence is abundant, too, that the Liberals were the chief contributors to the absen- tee vote as well as to the great in- crease in the C.C.F. returns. The chief cause for the ousting of the. Nixon Government has likewise been revealed by the statistics. There is no doubt whatever that the at- tacks of the Conservatives and C.C. F. upon the war policies and the manner they are being, carried out by the Dominion Government was a leading—Pactor in the Ontario elec- tion. The playing up of this issue seems to have convinced thousands of Lib- erals that they had, or imagined they had, a grievance against Ottawa, which resulted in a protest vote, not in favor of the Conservatives, but al- most entirely for the C.C.F., or they did not vote at all. In fact the chief cause for both the absent vote and the switch in voting on- the part of these Liberals was displeasure with the Ottawa Govern- -merit's drastic measures to enable • Canada to make an all-out war ef- fort in keeping with the efforts of the other Allied nations. These protest voters would, of • course, be the first to disclaim any •such intention on their part. But ac- tions usually speak more clearly than - words. They want Canada to live up fullto her war obligations, but at the same time - they want war without any bother to themselves, and they want victory without pay - Ing for it. To their way of think- ing, theirs is the special exception that 'proves the rule. Of course strict controls are necessary if Can- ada is to make an all our war effort, but their particular easels an excep- tion. In their minds, and according to their way of thinking, they should not be subject to these controls. • There are special reasons why their sons should not be drafted into the War, or into some essential war work,wor frozen on their present jobs. Special reasons why there should be no ceiling price on their ,,- products to limit their profit, and a hundred other annoying rules and -regulations to limit their freedom th do exactly as they please in this world, even if their particular world is st war. Then there is the matter of taxes. if they are favorable to a govern- ment, whk shouldn't that govern- • ment. favor them? Just because *sages are high and incomes from the •farms and other sources are stead- ily mounting, why should the gpv- ernment take an ever increasing ount away in taxes? All are fully eat that the Government must 6 111011q to prosecute the ,war ef- d run -the country, but at the e a government that claims elk friendcould surely fix favor, and get their e 0116 6186. trail that a prophet 4.103. wn ,6* 4r4ted„ th recent Ontario eleC-, tion, ,bnt is ' being demonstrated-rev- eTy day in this country. The Cana - (ban POVernment's contribution to the war effort is acknowledged in every Allied country and around the world. The highest tribute that can be paid, is being ,paid by newspapers, magazines,' the radio, and by the * leading men in every Allied country. In fact, if either Canada or its gov- ernment, as the agent of it people, was falling, or ever had fallen down - on its job of' an all-out war effort, the British Prime Minister and the President of the United States would not be holding the Allied war con- ferences in the Canadian city of Quebec today. Only in Canada, by .Canadians, who for purely personal or political reasons, are belittling the govern- ment and trying to create disunion, has there ever been any doubt cast about the real part our nation is -playing in this war. • How It Was Arranged • The London, England, Telegraph, in its issue of August lith, is respon- sible for the statement that the forthcoming Allied Conference to be held in Quebec City, was first dis- cussed between Prime Minister Win- ston Churchill and President Roose- velt in a trans-Atlantic telephone conversation ten days before. At that time Mr. Churchill hur- riedly suinmoned his -War Cabinet in the early morning hours. It will be remembered that that sudden call raised great speculation, both in the Old Country and on this side of the Atlantic, as to whether Marshal Pietro Badoglio, the Italian Premier, had sent a peace offer. The Prime Minister, during a luncheon at Buckingham Palace on August 3rd, received the formal per- • mission of King George to leave England, and Mr. (Churchill's last public appearance before taking his departure for Canada was in the • House of Commons on August 4th. • Bible As A War Guide The cOrporahof an Australian unit completely lost in the jungle of New Guinea, last week released this story: "I was idly turning over the New Testament and happened upon a pas- sage in Acts 16:13, saying: 'And on the Sabbath wq went out of the city, by a river side'." It was Sunday. The lost unit ac- cepted the Bible advice as a guide to- • safety, and they were saved. • Soft • The position of Cabinet Minister used to be looked upon as .a sinecure. Big salary, many perquisites and lit- tle work. That was, of course, before wars became the fashion. In these days cabinet positions' are something else again. Little pay for a twenty-four hour day's work, plus abuse for work done. There is, however, still one easy job in the Cabinet line. We noticed the other day that in -the new Italian Cabinet, formed after -the firing of Mussolini, there is a "Minister for Italian Africa." And that, we take it, is the softest snap in all Europe. Dam Buster At a press conference in Quebec last week, some one asked Wing Commander G. H. Gibson, R.A.F. hero of the raid which Wrecked the Mohue and Elder dams in Germany, if Prime Minister Winston Churchill calls him by his first name. Commander Gibson smiled a bit sheepishly. "No," he said. "As a matter of 'fact he calls me Dam Buster." WHATOTOIPPERS.,.$0: Waiting Patiently (Prom 'TM:4ml° 'Saturday (ight) At St,' Thomas, Ont,,,,Mr.tHephitri, introduced Mr. Hackett as a Kivanian. Vire/ wait the title filtit‘ When,Mr, traeltini intred414601ilt. ,a,PregrehinVe bolulettaititt. " 1 1 eeeereer"erree 0e ¥400,411.F lAciEed from The iti•PQAU'.1r• Of fifty and twentriiie yeare ago. 21 From The Huroh Expositor Anklet 23, 1918 Lieut. Frank Scott and Pte. Cleve Dei of,13rtissels„ have paid the supreme eacrifice, while Pte. S. Ament of the same town has been wounded: Ptee. Scott Davidson, Wm. 'Wal- ters, Hugh McGregor, Russell Dallas and R. McBeth, o Brucefield, are home from London on harvest leave. The following were ticketed from Seaforth on the Western Harvesters' Excursion this week by Wm. Somer- ville, G. T. Railway and Steamship agent: Leo Stephenson, Constance; R. E. Coates, Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. George Strong and Andrew Moore, Mr. and Mrs. .Mullaly, James Arm- strong, R. F. Jones and Cyrus Atkin- son, Seaforth, and Robert McKay, Tuckersinith. Miss Helen M. Carswell, of the Sea - forth Collegiate Institute, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. D. Carswell, McKillop, won third place in the Province, win- ning the Second Edward Blake Schol- arship in General Proficiency, Be- sides this scholarship., ,Miss Carswell won' the Third Edward 'Blake in Clas- sics in Modenrs; Second Edware Blake in Cleseres and Mathematics and the First Carter Scholarship. Mr. Robert Archibald has sold' his farm in McKillop to Mr. Tomlinson, of St. Marys, who gets possession on March 1st. The T. Eaton Co. of Toronto ship- ped into Seaforth by • express on Thursday over six tons of their fall catalogues for distribution from Sea - forth post office. Mr. John McMillan, of. McKillop, has sold his farm to Mr. Medd, of Exeter. Miss McPherson, of Wingham, has been appointed to the staff .Of the • Seaforth Collegiate Institute to fil the vacancy caused by the resigna on of Miss C. B. McKinley. On Sunday evening the handsome red brick residence of Mr. Reid, oo the Hart arm, west of Waithrop, was bertied4o the ground with all • the contents. The bank barn on the Colbert farm, just south of Egmondville, was burn- ed to the ground along with the drive - shed on Tuesday evening. The farm is leased by J. J. Merner, M.P., who threshed in•the barn that day, and it is supposed a spark from the engine was the cause of the blaze. A, J. -Joynt, df Egmondville, receiv- ed word that his son, George Leo Joynt, of the infantry had been admit- tedto an Australian .hospital with a gunshot wound in the right leg. Word also came that F. McCAiley and Jos, T. Anderson were listed as wolinded. Mrs, R. L. Clark also,received word that her son, Charles Richard Clark, had been admitted to hospital suffer- ing from gunshot wounds in the leg. • From The Huron Expositor August 25, 1893 James Turnbull, Robert McDowell, George, Dietnes -and Wm. Shortreed, of Walton, have gone to Manitoba. James Snell, of Hullett, left for the World's, Fair on •Tuesday last with. three fine horses. This, makes four animals sent from Londesboro. Mr. and Mrs. James Smillie,. who for the past.nble years have beeu so- journing in Australia, have returned to Canada and are now staying at the home of Mr. Smillie'sfather in the Township of Grey, near Walton. Miss Grace McFaul, soprano soloist, left Seaforth today for New York. She will- sing in opera this season with Frances Wilson in New York, .Bes- ton, Washington and Philadelphia. Mr. AdamHays, of town, has pur- chased the livery stock and business of Mr. T. Welsh. He also purchased Mr. Welsb's residence and 5tab%s. Mr. George •nderson, formerly a teacher in the Collegiate in Seaforth, and who is one of the cleVereet and most popular young men, has, secur- ed a good position at Ganonoque high school as mathematical' master Monday morning last the new post office in Brussels was thrown open to the public. It is a two-storey brick, 22 by 40 feet. The downstairs is all finished in ash and looks tip-top. The stonework was done by Jainee Kelly, and David Lowry did the brickwork and plastering. Among the successful students from Hullett who paesed the entrance ex- aminations this • year; Miss Mary Wheatley, daughter of MT., George Wheatley of Constance, is deserving of special mention. She obtained the highest niarks7-534—of any wh o wrote a•t Seaforth, and •stanas Very near the head of the list in Huron County. Shea Bros., of Hillsgreen, who have been conducting a successful sawmill business in that vicinity for the past three years, are removing to' Muskoka where they have Purchased consider- able timber land. Mr. J. C. Cairns, of Varna, took pos- sesSion . of the post office and store' last week. He secured the able as- sietance of Mr. J. C. Wanless in the arduous task of unpadking the new goods and decorating the store. Miffs Ella Smith hawbeen appointed to the vacant position in, the Seaforth pUllic school. Mies • Smith hat a. test class eertificate and has proven her- self a mot succeseffil iseteher. Dr. Elliott, of ilthenfield, left 011 Way' for Ohltage; Where, he Will begin his medical •Pritetiee In that 4 citee •• MeQUeen ap John Sindair, tf Htneelleidy attended' the bin`sfee zione# .(11Oderiektitaf leek, !!, azy flit), Harry DoYk) A child on the farm gets an educa- tion long before the school bell starts ringing. It is the kind of eduction that stays with them for life . . . the kind that makes a good foundation for their later adventures, trials and tribulations. • Just watch any- little • boy or girl on' the •farm for a day, oe so ani you'll see exactly what I mean by an education. Patricia Ann is full of questions these 'Jaya about everything on the farm. First thing in the morning she has tee -make a trip over to the orch- ard where we have the youlig ohick- ens in coops with their guardian mothers. I know that'She confounds our feeding plans by taking. along. a little something for 'them.. The ,re - suit is that every time she appears the chickens are willing and anxious to follow her all over the place. She asks questions about the chick- ens . . questions that would con- found the authority in the country. She Wants to know the rea- son for everything. Where do the chickens come from . . . and where do the eggs come from. Why do they grew feathers? Why does the Old hen make that funny "clueleing" noise? It's quite a task to try .anl answer those questions as they pore rolling out. After breakfast she has a session with the six kittens. _ Old "Graypuss" presented us •with six recruits for the Mouse Army Of Lazy Meadows, but I sorely fear that we ewill be over- staffed with that many. .Plans are now being drawn up for removing the surplus hut it's going to be a dif- ea.dows n ' ficult task. Patricia Ann is learning to count ,and she can certainly go up to six. If three of the kittens sud- denly disappear I knovrthat she will demand an investigation., ' She is quite fascinated by the hors- es, knowing that Barney is a bay and Nellie is a black. Once or twice she has had a ride on the back of Bar- ney who' is advancing in years and who doesn't mind having a youngster around, In fact he seems to be a bit flattered by the attention. A horse buyer made me an' offer for Nellie's colt and I was thinking of taking it. Patricia •Ann who had apparently been interested in her meal, looked up and said. with all the wisdom of her almost four years, "I wouldn't sell that nice colt. Nellie wouldn't like it." The arrival of little pigs or calves is something which has to be an- nounced to Patricia Ann as soon as, possible. Then she frets anci "'fusses until you take her down to the barn. She is quite jubilant about the little pigs but never wants to get in the pen. The calves are a different mat- ter entirely. We have to escort her in while she pets the gawky fellow. Usually • she names the calf on the spot . . . some fierce name that she heard someplace or other. By observing and asking questions she's building a great education. She's learning the story of nature and the farm. 'Whether she stays on the farm whenshe grows up or goes into some other type of work . . I think the things she's learning now will al- ways stay with her. MEW' Putting The War First In his Guildhall speech, Prime Min- ister Churchill referred to the bonds of the free The strength of such bonds, he implied, lay in the fact that the free Were willing to be bound. Critics of the Doniinion government's war labour policy have complained of delay in putting into effect in this country an all-out compulsory labour transfer system. Such critics over- look the fact that in a democratic country such as ours, mandatory or- ders by the government will not ae- complish very miich'unless they are backed up by the Wholehearted co- operation of the people. • Would the employers and workpeo- .. ple of Canada have subbaitted to com- pulsory transfer of labour a year ago, or even six months ago?' They would not have submitted then as they are submiting today for the simple reason that the need for such action was not SO clearly apparent. For the present shortage of labour has been a fairly gradual developinent Our huge war industries did not spring up over- night; they were built up by degrees. Recruitments to the armed • forces were along • progressive lines. Sol- diers, sailors and airmen would have been of little use without guns, sides and planes to go along with them. It was .better that men should not be drawn too rapidly from industrial em- ployinent into the armed forces. Then, too, people had to get used to the idea of being moved around by government order. It should be re- membered that ,we did not have in this country the psychological prepar- ation which comes from falling enemy bombs, as in Britain for example. Today, however, compulsory labour transfer; orders are being issued by the' Minister of Labour in rapid suc- cession to fill a growing need •not on- ly for lnore labour power, but also for more labour in the right place. These oeders, as the Minister has stated, impose obligations both on employers and on employees. It is now illegal for' any employer in the industries covered by the orders to retain in his employ any workers in a category designated under Mobiliza- tion Regulations, Without a special permit to do so from a Selective Ser- vice officer. Also, it is illegal for men in the classes' as defined from time to time to remain in such employment with- out special permits. It is not to be expected that such orders as these will be popular. But they have become very necessary and they should be obeyed with as good grace as possible. In an all-out war we are all' being forced to do things which we' to not like. After all, to be drafted for essential work in a vital industry at home does not be- gin to compare with the sacrifices which hundreds of thousands of ,our young men have voluntarily made in Order to serveeia the various battle fronts. Huron Federation Of • Agriculture--FarmNews The Dominion Bureau of Agricul- ture said Friday in its weekly live- stock market report that all western cattle markets except Winnipeg were down 25 to 75 cents during the week. Announcement that lambs weighing under 75 pounds cannot be slaughter- ed during August resulted in these lighter weights being excluded from buying operations, but a "goodly num- ber" of lambs showed up on all mar- kets and were bought at generally'ee- duced prices. • Calves and hogs were firm sellers throughout, although no definite change in price was shown. ,Despite a fairly good increase in- re- ceipts at Winnipeg, the .cattle market presented a reasonably good perform- ance. Prices held well, with best grass steers at $11.50-$12.50 and all god stocker material taken at $10.25, to $1.00. At Calgary, where prices were 25 to 50 cents lower, good grass steers rated $11.25111.75. Edmonton was decidedly slow, with best grass steers $11.75. Prince Albeit had anodd top eale of 112 on *ere; 'Moose Jaw; $10.75-11.50 and $11.75; Regina, $12; Saskatoon, $12.00. Dairy Cattle Exports Export .of dairy cattle to the United States for the week ended August 5th totalled 919 head, compared with 351 head in the corresponding Week last year. This placed exports to date, this year, at 26,224, compared with 13,552 in 1942. Calves continued to kelt well at all market oentrea and Winnipeg paid $13.50 and $14 for choice veale. dal- garY up to $12; Edmonton to $13.56; 'Prince Albert $12.75; Moose jaw $12; Regina 318; Saskatoon $13. Hogs were firni sere and prices maintained their p eirious Winnipeg paid $15.75-$16 for the -bas- ic grade; Calgary $15.40; Edmonton $15.40115.60; Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Regina and Saskatoon $15.50. Hog gradings in the Dominion for the week ended July 31st were 105,- 150, against 87,153 in the correspond- ing week last year. ' Lambs were generally sold at low- er price levels this week. Winnipeg paid $14 for top quality; Calgary up to 312.75; Edmonton up to $13; Prince Albert, $13; Moose Jaw up to $13; Regina $14, and Saskatoon $11.25- $11.50, with a small lot at $12. A sweet ydung thing grabbed a taxi downtown the other day and said to the driver, "To the maternity hospi- tal and never mind rushing, I only work there!" * * * EGG QUALITY THAT COMMANDS HIGHEST MAR:KET VALUE Why are some eggs larger than others? Why is the yolk 'in some eggs large and highly colored while in others it is pale and small? Why do eggs evary in shell shape, in hatch- ability, in brief, why do the eggs from one farm grade high while from an- other poultry plant they are placed in the lower brackets ,at a decreased price? Professor E. S. Snyder, Poultry 121e- ., partment, O.A.Ce Guelphl, ^answered these questions' id' detail at Ontario's Wartime Poultry Production Confer- ence, and with colored lantern slides iliffstrated in an interesting manner the explanations he was giving. Professor Snyder wove his story around this theme: "The condition in an egg which results in the Mai- ,(410/8"atid On Page 3;), An Odd Accident An airplane and ' •ae autotnobiltr were in a peculiar accident last Thursday on .the sideroad: 141.11;0 from the 8th concession of •Colborne. at Loyal. ..A. training plane from Sky Harbor clippe4 the top of a telephone. pole, felling it and spreading the wires, entangled in the undergqar of the plane, across the Toad. SinTeltan- eously, an automobile in charge of John Bell of Gederich, drove:into the taut wires and considerable paint was scraped from its body, but noth- ing more serious happened. The plane got' to its base safely, with some of the telephone wires danglinie from its undercarriage. — Goner-len Signal-Star. Improvements Made Extensive improveruents have been trade in the transport sheds, known as the Thiel livery barns, in V -ie way of changes in the interior. The vs est end has been practically all put in ' doors that can be opened to accom- modate the three. large transports. side by sine. Arrangements are also. being made for reloading thein ia their stalls. The office has also been' renovated With new walls, floor and an outside.door to the west has been put in. Truly it has been made into ee` a very convenient place. — Zurich' Herald. Property geld Victor Jermyn has sold liis eloper- ty on •Blanshard Street to Maylore Thiel, of Fullerton Township. It was only a couple of yeiis ago that Mr_ Jermyn bought this place which was occupied for years by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Horn. Mr. Jermyn intends iak-'• lag up residence in Downie towrsbre this fall.—Mitchell Advocate. Beautiful Roses On Sunday we had occasion' to eel! for a brief spell at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Scrimgeour. While - there we were shown a 'beautiful bou- qpet of roses which were the product of this year's planting. The bashes' were purchased through the local" Horticultural Society, and Mrs. Scrim- geour was justly proud of their splen- did progress.—Blyth Standard. Gets Shield or Punctuality Mrs. Albert Norman .is very proud of a bronze shield won by her son, Ordinary Seaman Clifford Norman, one of four given out to his class for good conduct, also fbr never being -- late for a parade for any of his other duties during his training' course of two months. He has since been moved to Cornwallis., • Nova Scotia, where it is no doubt he wilt be keeping up the very fine reccrd:. he has set.—Mitchell Advocate. Clever Horses The St. Marys Journal -Argus -teie• of a farmer a few miles northwest of there who has a smart horse whicb. he has trained to. pull the.. hayfork without a driver. Dobbin trods along at an even pace until the fork trips. and drops its load he the mow' and • then he retraces his steps and waits fur the next load. There are usually four bundles to each load of hay. Once in a while: there are five. Dole- b'n cannot understand this, aul when! a bundle is needed the farmer has to - give him a personal start with .it. The extra trip; it seems,- upsets the, bright nag's sense of mathematical. proportioniBrussels Pot.• • , • Stationed in Africa Mr: and airs. D. Ledict have receiv- ed a letter from their ,sorf, Preston,. from Ncrth Africa. The letter was: received last week: and he states that: he is well.—Winghara 'Advance -Times_ Three Sons Now Overseas Mrs. Thomas Irwin received word that her son, Gordon, of the Ordin- ance Corps, had arrived overseas. With the arrival of Gordon overseas Mrs. Irwin now has three sons serv- ing in Englaild., The 'other two boys,. Howard and William, are , with an ack-ack battery over there. — Wing - ham Advance -Times. Fractured Skull At Elevator The condition of Leslie\Smith, elei• vator employee who suffered `ti frac- tured skull in a fall last Friday, is reported as improved. The injured man was hurried to Toronto soon af- teil' the accident for an emergency operation. There we're no -eye-wit- nesses to • the fall, but it .is believed that Mr. Smith suffered a dizzy spell while either descenling or ascending the short emir:Way to the gear room. He alighted on his head on a con crete floor, where he was found soon after: Dr. aallovt, who was called, estimates the man could not have fallen more than four or five feet.— Goderich Signal -Star. Last of the Schooners J. T. Wing, • last three -Masted schooner on the Great Lakes, put in- to this port Tuesday at 9 a.m., towed by the tug Sohn R. Stover. She had a cargo of cedar posts from -the north shore and was bound for Detroit, her home port. She had bypassed. Gods - ,rich harbor seVeral idles ,when a gale blew up and it was deckled to turn back. Her skipper, a, Nova Scotian, Proathitied on Pape . • • iP‘ •