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The Huron Expositor, 1943-09-10, Page 2cs osi or: 185 itewilt Edditor. eafomode, ex- ars ay afternoon by 1V. cUeaxi exiption rates, $1.50 a year in lklce°,foreign $2.50 a year. Single lea; 4 ants each. 1c yerttising rates on application. APORTH, Friday, September 10 Conserving Fuel We are told that the fuel situation is going to be acute. That it will be necessary for . every private house- holder to practise economy along fuel lines as they have never prac- tised it before: That public offices and public buildings must lower the temperature of these buildings far below what has been customary in other winters. In fact, that clothes insist be used as a substitute for coal That is the word of the Fuel Con- troller, and if any person really knows the coal situation, he is cer- tainly in a position to' le that person. We. are assured that there will be enough to go round, to keep us from freezing—if, . there is no hoarding— and the Controller says there will be im hoarding. That those who have more coal on hand than he thinks is above actual requirements, will have to share it with those less fortunate. Speaking of ways ' and means of fuel conservation, Mr. Russell T. Kelley, head of the Hamilton Adver- tising Agency, bearing his name, who comes of Huron blood, and who has recently been' appointed to assist the Fuel Controller, has made a few suggestions as to how fuel could be saved by churches. These are some of his suggestions: Eliminate some week -night meet- ings and hold the rest on consecutive days, say, Monday, Tuesday, Wed- nesday. Plan joint meetings, two churches holding all meetings in' one ehureh one month, and in the other church ..the next month. Hold choir practise in small rooms or in the private houses of choir members. Shorn Sunday services where they have been running over an hour. Keep temperature below 70 degrees. 'Use cheaper grades of fuel; if pos- sible. Have heating plant repaired and put in'good. condition. Shut off heat in unused rooms. Seaforth, for several years, two of the largest churches • have held united services for the holiday months of the summer, and we be- lieve this plan worked out most suc- • cess'fu11y. At least we have never heard anything tp • the contrary. Consequently it might be reasonable 1x ask if these and other churches would be uniting this winter- to save aeoal. But aside from the: question of un- ion church services, there can be no question of doubt but there is what might be looked upon as a great ex- itravagance -in the use of fuel in the average church in either town or vil- lage. It does ..not seem altogether reasonable that with an acute short- age of fuel, a ton of coal should be consumed to provide heat for a mere handful of people -just because over a term of ye'ars they have been ac- customed to hold a. meeting on a par- ticular day in a particular place. • Free Public ,S'ervice The town of Palmerston is, appar- ently, inhabited by citizens of ad- vanced ideas. For some weeks the Weekly Observer ' of that town has been running an advertisement pub- lished by the Palmerstone . Zone Pub- lic Health Department proposing that Pa1me`ston provide free public health service to all .persons resident -Within the corporate ` limits of the tower. C;ornmenting on this service, the Collingwood Enterprise -Bulletin has 'this to say, editorially: "b the town of Palmerston a free bltiichealth service to all residents index consideration. • It is to M- e hospitalization and medical belittling 'maternity, surgical, � nidal;, ,'dind asteopathetic provide it at an esti; easetax bill of, ;15 ee=,i M ,. s'a � � td lY -ed, some receiving it ars too radical' for application, and others welcom- ing such a ,sclie* a as a step towards insuring a better post war world. While awaiting further action a lo- cal cal zone public health department is' open to suggestions and recommen- dations. Radical, it surely is, but as the Observer agrees, it is worthy of serious consideration. In fact it might be pointed out that the Pre- paid Hospital Care Plan of the On- tario Hospital Association; with its 220,000 members., is aiming in the same direction. Its adoption is good for any group or. community." We agree viith the Collingwood paper that the idea is radical. So much so, in fact, that we believe the average town will be content to sit on the sidelines for quite some time, watching to see how the game turns out, before they take up the same game themselves. At the same time it should .be pointed out that it was only a few short years ' ago that the idea' of policemen, of hydro, of street light- ing, of pavements ,and a hundred or more things, were at the time con- sidered justas radical, and some of them more so. Today they are com- mon necessities and tomorrow will, without a doubt, see a public health service in the same class. Its adoption would, as the Colling- wood Enterprise -Bulletin says, be good for any group or community. • Doing Without The wartime restrictions and this business of doing without are play- ing hob `in many places. And those that touch the stomach, the pocket and the pride of appearance are, un- doubtedly, causing more .heartburns, more grumbling, more discontent with peoples and governments than all the others, because as long as hu- man nature remains what it is, it will always be the other fellow who should do without and who should pay It should be encouraging to know that there was a time when doing without was the common lot of man. As the Hanover Post recently point- ed out, our forefathers did without sugar until the 13th century, with- out coal fires until the 14th century, without buttered bread until .the 15th century, without potatoes until the 16th, without tea, coffee and soap until the 17th, without pudding until the 18th, without gas, matches or electricity until' the 19th, without canned goods until the 20th, and We ha\re had automobiles for only a few years. Life is tough, of course, and we need a great deal of sympathy. But. after looking over that list we have come to the conclusion that it might be a good deal tougher --and un- doubtedly will be before this war is over. • Adjustable As a great inventive genius, Thos. A. Edison was called upon to pass judgment on thousands of inventions by obscure but ambitious craftsmen. Most of these creations he found either unworkable or impractical, of- tentimes both; but there were rare occasions when he was able to offer a word of encouragement to an anxious petitioner. One day a bright young man suc- ceeded in obtaining access to the Wizard of Menlo Park and, opening a tiny box, revealed to him a newin- vention. When the vi's'itor had de- parted, Edison remarked to one of his -assistants, "Harry, when I saw what that young fellow had I was. obliged to tell him that I believed he had something." "What was it?" asked the assist- ant. "An engagement ring," was • the reply. • "An engagement ring !" exclaimed the other. "What's so unusual about that, Mr. Edison?" "It was adjustable," he replied with a smile. • Kick On Ration Book (Vancouver [Province) the ration authorities ate giiing to Rhear plenty about the absurdity of retellring the a°etentiom of tine old ration book just to uu'e up a few nnerc- vit°ed meat 'rations. matron book • three should and &Mid easily have been +dev'leed• :to stinersede rf tion book two absoli1tely and iii ret lately. done Interesting items picked from The E,rpefiitgr ' of 'fifty and twenty five years ago. a '' From The Huron Expositor September 13, 1918 ifer of Mr. James Dallas, of Tuckersmith, sold over 400 bushels of wheat in Kippen for which he received $800.00. Mr. Dallas and' his son, Pte. Russel Dallas, are good farmers. Master Jack Jarrott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jarrott, of Egmondville, had the misfortune to fall from a hay loft last week and break his arm. Mr. Henry B. Edge has been award- ed the contract for placing a cement floor in•_the Egmondville bridge, and work commenced on it last week. Two rinks of Seaforth bowlers, composed of Fred Robinson, W. D. $right, Col. Alex Wilson and Dr. F. J. Burrows, skip, and John Broderick, Dr. `Charles Mackay, J. E. Willis and W. G. Willis were in Stratford on Wednesday attenddng the.- one -day tournament of the bowling club there. Mr. J. J. Merrier, 'M.P., has pm -cheer- ed the Woollen Millis property from Mr. H. B. Edge and will turn it into a flax min- „ Oa Friday last Miss Dorsey receiv- ed an official wire from the, war office stating that her brother, Pte. Joseph Dorsey, had been admitted. to a mili- tary hospital suffering from gunshot wound in the knee. Mr. N. T. (Muff also received word that his son, Pte. Earl Cluff, had been severely gassed and was in -a hospi- tal. Mr, and Mrs. 'J. M. Best received a cable message on Sunday last from their son, Sgt. J. #I. Best, that he had been wounded' and was in a military hospital at Herne Bay, England. On ,Monday Mr. G. A. Sills receiv- ed word that his nephew, Raymond Carpenter, had been admitted' to a military hospital suffering from gun- shot wounds in_ the leg. Ptes. G. McGregor,"Percy Diehl and Walter Moffatt, Brucefield, have .ar- rived safely in England. Mr. and,. 4Virs. W. A. Crich, Mrs, H. Jeffery and daughter, Miss Norma, and Miss Dorothy Wilson motored to London on Wednesday. Mr. Phillip Harris, of town, has sold his residence on Main St. to Mrs. Geo. Henderson, of Brussels. Mr. Moffatt, of Kippen, of the grain storehouse,,,,reports that during his 30 years he has never received eo much grain at this season of the year as he has this year, having taken in over 2,00 ,bushels In one day. An important sale of property was made in Dublin last week when Dr. Michell sold his residence to Mr. D. McConnell, of Cromarty: . From The Huron Expositor September 15, 1893 A painful aocident happened to Thomas Harvey, Hay Township, on Wednesday last while threshing at Mr, George Penhale's, 3rd concession, •Steplien. He was throwing sheaves from a scaffold and in some way slip- ped and fell through, :breaking his arm between the elbow and shoulder. Messrs. Murray Gibson and John Aikenhead, of -Stanley, are attending the business college in London, .when they , will take up the study of book- keeping. :>i - .Master Themes, Baird, of Stanley, had the misfortune to break his col- iarbone,.lately while running in the playground., A disastrous fire took place on the farm of .Mr. Peter Morrison, a short distance eat of Chise'.hurst, on Thursday of .last week. The large barn was struck by 'lightning and the building and all its contents was de- stroyed. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Papst and Mrs. M. Y. Mc- Lean, of Seaforth, and Miss Graham, of Egmondville, leave for Chicago to view the sights in the White City. Mr. H. Smith, of Tuckersmith, threshed for Mr. H. Carter, 800 bush- els of oats in a little over two hours, and she did not know he was being timed. • The Misses Annie and Mary 'Mc - Ash and Maggie; Hamilton and Messrs. Thomas Ward, Sr., S. A. Moffatt and Geo. and Jas. 'Mitchell, Varna, started for the Industrial Exhibition at To- ronto on Monday. Mr. James Murray, a graduate of The. Expositor, is here at present on a visit to his mother. He has been in Chicago for some time. The Rand went to .Mitchell on Thursday morning with a•>'four-in- hand driven by Mr. Arthur Forbes. On one side of their outfit they had• a streamer with the advice, "Mowatt For Ontario," and on the other she, "Laurier For Canada." Over 200 tick- ets were sold at Seaforth station for [Mitchell. Large numbers from this neighborhood also .drove.down to hear the eloquent speeches of"the leader of the Liberal party. Mr. John McMann has sold 150 tons' of hay to Mr. John Copp for $5.50 per torn, It is to be baled and shipped to the Old Country. Mrs. Robert Fulton, of the 'Washing- ton Territory, but formerly of E5'' mondville, arrived, at the parental ho•.ee on Friday night. Miss Jennie •Soole, of Toronto, is vie`iting Mier brother and other friends in town. .Chinese Patient (on telephone) : 'Doctor„ what time you, lixee teeth for Me?" Doctor. " Two thins'. -alp: right?" tihinese:' 'Yes 'too i kui.. all right, brit What time yellOff?'' • azy .Meadows (ay Harry J. Bpyfe) We are now coming into the season when the hens begin to be a sort of nuisance. Hens are for the most part Workers but they lack the brains Of many other creatures on the farm. A. hen can work, like a trooper all day digging worms, scratching for food and trying to pick' holes in all the ripe tomatoes, but she doesn't know what to do when night comes, The older hens are, of course, trained to go into the henhouse, but the young fowls and, the pullets take a lot of persuasion. They will seek out a cold, windy, branch • of a tree in the orchard or along the lane fence in preference to the clean safety. of a roost in the henhouse.. I'm certain it's not adventure in their blood be- cause hens haven't even"the sense to be adventurous. The evenings are rapidly getting shorter now and the hens in the .first dusk wander around vainly looking for a place to sleep. The older ones will pick through the chaff in the barnyard and the wheat sprinkled on the gangway and then sedately walk into the henhouse. The younger ones head for the trees, however, and there's no -sense in trying to head thein off. If you do, they'll run squawking all • over the front of the farm taking a lot of the more sensible ones with them. After supper when you've settled down to your pipe, newspaper and stockinged Meet warmth and comfort from the fire in the kitchen range, somebody brings in the alarm. I feel almost like a sailor •snuggling into his bunk just as somebody shouts the alarm that a sub is in the vicinity. There's no submarines on our farm, but a vagrant fall breeze often brings a suspicious hint of a skunk in 'the neighborhood. Mrs. Phil may recall having seen an evil weasel slinking around a stonepile sometime during the day. Then you have to light the lantern and gather up a Air of bran sacks • and strike for the orchard. A half. dozen sleepy pullets blink at you from the limb of a plum tree. They squawk in indignation as you jam them without ceremony into the sacks and go on" to the next tree. One thing about them, they are too sleepy or stupid to pay any attention to the squawking of the disturbed ones. You feela•a little like a thief as the hens persist in squawking and stop to lis- ten. A hound bays on a far off ridge a horn boots solemnly on the road across the river and then you see a glimmer of light in the neigh- bor's orchard. You hear hens raising a fuss and it eases your task to know that Neighbor Higgins is probably cussing as he goes about the same job, anxious to• get back to the com- fort of the kitchen on such a chilly evening. The hens and pullets are dumped without ceremony in on the henhouse floor.° They mope around' ;for awhile and straggle off to the roosts. Some of them struggle around and don't even bother to get on the roosts. I think hens are stupid . . . a lot,, of the time. ® Just ,. -a smile or Two . A huge elephant and a by mouse were in the same cage the zoo. The elephant was in a" particularly ugly and truculent mood. Looking down at the mouse with disgust he trumpeted, "You're the puniest, the' weakest, the most •insignificant thing I've ever seen!" "Well," piped the mouse in a plain- tive squeak,.. "don't forget, I've been sick." i.. The Youngster was being chided for his ;low grades. As an alibi he said, "Well all the boys at school got C's and D's, too." "All of them?" 'he was aked. "How about little Johnnie Jones who lives down the street?" "Oh, he got high grades," the youngster admitted. "But you see, he's different. He has two , bright parents." • Counsel (cross-examining a farm- er) : "Now don't- quibble!.. Do you understand a simple problem or not?" 'Witness: •"I do." "Then tell the court this: If 15 men ploughed a field in five hours, how long will 30 men take to plow the same field?" .t...' "They couldn't do it." "Why not?" "Because the 15 men have already ploughed it!" Huron Federation Of: Agriculture --Farm Nevus Form Committee of 21 to Study Farm • Problems Three hundred and seventy-five del- egates to the Ontario farm confer- ence at Toronto on Friday last adopt- ed unanimously a recommendation to for"m a permanent committee of 21 members to serve in an advisory ca- pacity to the Ontario Department of Agriculture and with full power to investigate farm problems. The twenty -cine member committee was formed on an amendment by W. G. Nicholson, of Port Elgin, and Gra- b.= Edward, of Brantford, that the Junior Farmers' organizations of the province be represented. Original re- commendation was for a committee of 18 members representing various farmer producer groups of the prov- ince plus two members appointed by the Minister of Agriculture to serve Northern Ontario districts. Adoption of the committee report was moved by R. J. Scott of Toronto, who headed the -nomination committee meeting Thursday night. H. L. Cr•aise of St. Catharines seconded the amend- ed report. Ten of the • original 18 farmer -pro- ducer groups named are to he select- ed from the Ontario Federation. of Agriculture and affiliated commodity groups and associations. The ,remaining eight members will be chosen from other farm bodies. The provincial organizations from which the 10 will be chosen are: the Women's Institutes of Ontario; Unit- ed Farm Women of,•Ontario; Ontario Cheese ' Producers; ^, Whole Milk Leagues; Concentrated Milk Produc- ers; Beef Cattle Producers; Hog Pro- ducers; Field Crops Associations; As- sociation of Agricultural Societies; Plowman's Association; Beekeepers Association; Fruit Growers, Associa- tion, and the , Vegetable Growers As- sociation. One member will be chosen from the Ontario Agricultural 'Council and a similar .number from the Flue Cur- ed Tobacco Growers and the Poultry Industries Committee. Three will abe appointed from the Ontario Livestock Association, which is•• -comprised of the cattle, horse, swine and sheep breeders, and two members will be appointed from the Special 'Crops Association;• which in- cludes sugar •beet, corn, bean and bur- ley tobacco gro' ers., Establishment of sueh a permanent committee was reQo amended at the opening session Thursday by .ieuten-' ant Colon ei George A. l)rOW, Premier of -Ontario as- a ste in ifn, l -b p the meiatation of his gd e%ii.nient'•d ''agr"i• cultiuirai parley set -fort+h; lat tike{^ tz.-; point Progressive • Conservative pro - grant for the August, 4th election. Premier Drew promised to make such a committee "official—with the full powers of the Public Inquiries Act." He hoped no government, re- gardless of party, would withdraw this .all-out support of the proposed farm - ere' organization, and foresaw "not months, but years of work" for the committee, The Premier praised Britain's 'war- time agricultural organization as "simple and efficient," and urged that the Ontario plan be modelled after it. He said success of such a system• lay in the decentralization • of its admini- stration. Thomas P. Manson, liaison officer between the British ministry of agri- culture and the agriculture commit- tees of 10 Scottish counties, who had been called to the 'United States to advise on organization of its 6,300 counties, .. gave the assembled Ontario farmers a picture of what their Bri- tish counterparts were up againae in wartime and what had been accom- plished by their organization. Mr. Manson said the British minis- try of agriculture had. appointed— "they were not elected" -committees of farmers in each cbunty in 1938, and they began to function immediately war began. He credited their organ- ization with assisting;in raising agri- cultural production to an all-time peak. Farm Survey Group Named For Province Premier Drew on Friday prpmised furl co-operation and support of the Government to 'a committee of On- tario agriculturists who are to con- duct a survey into the farm situation in the Province and report back to the Government. v The committee will have power to conduct a full inquiry, collect` evi- dence and obtain expert information on farm problems. It was chosen lby a large 'gathering of farm organiza- tion heads and others at the Ontario Agricultural Conferetrce which had been called by • the Government and which ended Friday night. 'Drew, in • announcing :third, fourth and fifth form high school stu- dents would he given an extra two Weeks' holidays in. order that they Might assist in harvesting crops, ap- pealed to all pupils to lmolunteer far Sarni, work during the extra two weeks, .06nunittee members chosen 'are: E bW'ard 'G'raise, l ineoln lSoiiilttjr'; tM:. 1t2: ttbbiiYniz rr lcri• tb t , vv. 1Vl'aittgblYtw -..,,; (udiltintte+ed Orsi Page t) 9t, jitbe 1 CountyLapers Farm Sold Mr. Earl Bentley has sold his farm adjoining the village, to Mr. Maitland Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Bentley intend moving to Galt in the near future.— Blyth Standard. Morris Farmer Injured Fleming Johnston, son of David Johnston, 1st concession of Morrie, met with a painful' accident on Sat- urday afternoon. He was moving a seed drill and the tongue struck him on the face. A local doctor was sum- moned who made him as comfortable as possible and he was later taken to Toronto to consult a specialist:_ Wingham Advance -Times. The Sport of Kings - - The race track on the farm of Mr. Frank Andrews, Clinton, which has been let run . wild and also used for the planting of grain, has been re- novated by several of our townsmen. It has not been used for the sport gf kings fob the past forty years 'but has now been put into very good shape. Every fine evening a number of the horsemen may be seen exer- cisipg their horses, and they put on a fair show of speed. There are five or `six horses now and it is rumored that a number -of other citizens are looking for $200 worth of goad horse- flesh, on four substantiae legs.�Clin ton News-Recrd. Lake Above Normal Water 1n Lake Huron at GotArich port, now 3.8 inches above normal, covers .the greater'part of the bath- ing beach anis; has marooned shade trees and pillars of the beach pavil- ion, originally built well back of the waterline. The water is ,the highest since 1929.—Clinton News -Record. Familiar Name on Overseas Quilt The name of the local M.P., L. E - Cardiff, caught the eye of one of our Brussels boys, MeL Thompson, who is ' now serving with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, as he stood be- side a hospital bed "somewhere in England." The name was one of those among other familiar ones, on an autographed quilt that had been made by an organization in Blyth. As those who made it intended, this. quilt is now doing duty overseas as this story testifies. -Brussels Post. Entertains At Corn Roast A delightful evenin& •was spent at, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Scrimgeour wheit their granddaugh- ter, Miss Nancy Cameron, .Brussels, entertained a group of her friends to an old-fashioned corn roast around a. roaring .bonfire. Afterwards dancing. was enjoyed until nipe o'clock. At- tending were Mr. and Mrs. R. Je Cameron, Murray and Nency, Misses Mary and Jean Wilton, Mary Van Norman andLillian Gibson, Brussels, and Keith Merritt, Howard Wallace, Lloyd Tasker, Bill Murray and Ray Dob'byn, Blyth.—Brussels Post. Graduated As Pilot Officer Mrs. Alvin Lindenfield•, of 'Zurich, Mr. and Mrs. E. Lindenfield and Arn- old, of Exeter, and . Mrs. Norman Floody, of Windsor, attended the Wings Parade at •Crumlin Air Observ- ers' School on Friday at which time LAC. A. E. Linden•field •graduated as a bombadier. He also received his commission as pilot officer. — Exeter Times -Advocate, Arrives.' Overseas Mrs. Alberta Bender, Toronto, re- ceived a cable last -Wednesday, in- forming heti that her son, Lieut. Ed- win E. Bender, • had arrived safely overseas. Ted, as he is better known here, was born in Blyth, receiving his earlier education in public and contin- uation schools here, later graduating " from Westervelt Business College, London. -Blyth Standard. Fractured Arm qAt Petawawe Saturday morning Alvin Stacey fell over the ropes of a tent and Ianded on "a board duck. walk, breaking his arm. He was taken to the cannp hos pital where the injured member was placed in a east. He was;able to make the trip back home leaving Petawarwa with the Battery Saturday evening. It will be awhile before he will be able to use the injured arm.—Wing ham Advance -Times, a4. - Won Shield Five Times Since this shield has been up for district competition, 1934, it has 'been won by a Wingham rink five times. That is rove times in nine competi- tions. Jack Mason has skipped, the rink each year. In 1934, 1935 and 1937 it was won by Art Wilson, H. Sherbondy, D. Rae and J. 1Vfason. In 1942 it was wonby the same rink as above.--Wingham Advance -Times. Deedaliefe • of River proceeds'' The equipment brought to town last Friday to commence the dredg - , ing . of the River Thann*es that after- noon has been attracting consider- able attention,the huge crane being constantly et work throughout the day. It is tinderstood that 4100 ya;rd'u or se of deposit will be refnWed. Vfork began, at the- ra;iliva3t bridge at the fent of t.,,Geo ,& Street, ,anted• al- ready there IS a h '`e' file on one tide a the'ri Wer .t,...•. .. 'he res lir b to , t to 'bet broil ,(Cgfi,tintxe$•oh; g'ag'e •3) +1 j ji Ir A 4 r