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The Huron Expositor, 1943-12-03, Page 7, • • ifR The meek At the Sea1orth Collegiate Institute (BY Dorothy Smith) At long last the dance date baa been settled, For .a while, the situa- lion looked gloomy, but now a ray of hope breaks .through: It has 'been decided to hold the ilance on the 14th el' December. Don't forget that the ex -students of five years are invited. to attend. The following poem liar been writ- ten by Maxine McBrien in aid of the Red Cross dance: Come on, kids, let's 'dance and jive, We'll show the world that we're alive, Don't let our dance become a lop, Just send it booming over the top. Write to. your beau that's in the -Army, Tell him one nite will never harm, me, Even though we're far apart I have to give the Red Cross a start. No matter, girls, how you're dressed, Just make sure you look your best; .And for goodness' sake 'don't be shy, You'll have .an. airman with the wink of your eye. And to the boys with little to spend, Why not treat your best girl friend? And..hose that stili: remain a civy, Still- send some girls almost dizzy. It's just a, quarter, 'please remember, Make, it a date on the 14th of' De- cember, - To come and dance at the S. C. I., There will be fun -it won't be dry. To ex -students of the past five years, Stop, look and open your ears, You 'all have the chance To take, in this dance. ' So, with help from all of you, We'll show what the S,C,I. can do. Tuesday afternoon the students got -an unexpected and welcome holiday, when the teachers went to Goderich for X-rays. Farmers Do O e t Hurt On Farms (Continued from Page 1) The story, as 'told in the papers, in- cluded many fractures of the lower limbs and spine and too many fatali- ties. There were three cases of flying off the handle. In two cases the axe han- dles flew off. In another case a farm- er got mad and killed his neighbor. Thirty per cent. were caused by machinery in, motion.. Farmers are attracted by machinery for rapid movement.:. always allures. The rhyth- mic swell of the watch spring and the mill wheel tumbling -round catch the eye more than quiet pastures. Ev- en a girl that dances well has more partners -than a maid with a wooden leg. The tractor accounted for one-third of machinery accidents. It raced for- ward, backed up and turned over of its own accord.' It 'fractured legs,, ankles, 'hips and ribs. The tractor has to be handled like a frisky mare. Half, of the a 'machinery accidents were blamed on threshing machines and combines." Quite often in an at- tempt to adjust something askew, or to oil the machinery, -a hand was pushed in'and caught. A loose sleeve often drags an arm with it. There were two hold-ups. One far- mer lost some shin' off his nose and three -dollars.' ' A 'rural ' 'merchant, whose family' •eenducted a general store for Seventy-five years, ' states that in good 'times a farmer carries forty dollars 'in his pants: when be goes to town. I In' poor times he just doesn't go. Robbery is not important among farmers. Farmers like politicians fften tumb- led down. They' fell from scaffolds, through• trap doors, out of lofts, down ladders and into ''Wells and cellars. Four were up on' branches and one minute later were in the shade -of the old, apple tree , .', with' fractured legs and backs. Others just fell. • Power 'Companies who do a lot of climbing tell' their employees to crawl up carefully. The Air Force teaches its men to fall and bump easily but instructions to- farmers about crawl- ing up or stepping down safely are all too rare. v Burns are mostly from `tubs of boil- ing water. Thirty years ages -the big pot for boiling lye, the brass kettle for apple butter; and the Saturday af- ternoon_'tub for the hired girl were -perilous' environments. On such afteiyaoons 'the boys were sent to the barn. The hired man took to the fifty like a gentleman and tha 'woodshed door was lockdd Once the water was too hot tut the scar doesn't Show. - The local doctor will ' try to stop pain and- avoid scars when"treating burns. He must also treat. • shock which may hurry in immediately, or perhaps a day or two later. An ointment for treating burns is valuable medipine in any farm•cup- board. JPannfe.;aeld';prepparations are good and cold strong tea is not bad. The family doctor can 'tell about new preparations using, .cod „liver oil, Sulfa drugs and various dyes., In shock the patient's face is wet, his forehead is icy and clammy and his pulse is like the faint ticking •of a watch. This condition, must be treated by plasma Which is the clear but very needy part' of blood. Local Boards of Health can arrange for Plasma or at least hard a ready list of blood donors. Domestic animals caused "ten per cent. of the 1in-juries, ' One- disconso-• ° late boar bit a farmer''s leg and it re- quired ten stitches. -Probably he dreamed of the black forest where his ancestors' .prong-like tusks pushed aside young trees like he now shovles away Scotch thistles. The bull was in nine seriius squab- ibles.''lie carried one man around on his horns. Threw another into the air. Geed a third, and tossed a fourth into a'manger. He bruised the others, and frightened them all. That 'same bull, mentioned often in Hansard, makes news when he gets loose acrd mad. Even the meek cow trampled, kick ed and horned.'her owners and during the same period a lady was struck by a ram and both legs were broken. The reporter didn't say whose:, The gray mare is not more docile than she used to be. Eleven out of every hundred injuries were" caused by horses. They kicked, trampled and ran away. One lad was bit on the nose by a filly, but the colt can be excused for human females often do the same. One runaway was not reported in this series but was told to me with the greatest secrecy thirty years ago. Beneath an elm 'his shoulders cover- ed more than 'half the buggy seat and she was eighteen. They didn't re- member whether the sunset was flash- ing red like indignant rays over Lake, Huron when day is gone, orlong fin- gers of quiet purple above Lake Win- nipeg. It was just night in June. His hard brown fingers moved across the buggy back and round her shoulders and they forgot. The reins dropped. Maud's bit lay - snugly against her lower teeth. She. dreamed she was in clover up to •her spavins. Suddenly a firefly shone and Maud tore through' the spruce swamp like a dive bomber. And only the britchin' was left when they caught her. Three weeks later they were mar- ried. The harness cost the lad four -- teen dollars for- repairs and parts. He paid the doctor fifteen dollars and a couple of hags of potatoes. The lic- ense was five and he slipped the min - later two. Nervous unreliable horses are dan- gerous. People continue to fall 'off wagons like they did in days of 'Caesar. One was hard to forget. A blue-eyed lad threw pebbles at a white Collie as he rode. He sat on the reach near the linch in. The wheels struck new gravel and the boy, fell. He had a fracture of the spine, with the front ends of the vertebrae squeezed to- gether. - The crippled lad might have become a great counsellor in his community. Farm accidents should have pre- vention, treatment and compensation. Prevention is accomplished by educe - Con, discipline, awards, the reporting of accidents and routine inspection of danger spots. Education involves first aid. First Aid lectures tell people what to do when someone gets hurt. It also helps them to appreciate how` tragic and expensive an accident can be. A fatal injury to a farmer may mean poverty, lack of education for the children, and a string of Catastr'oph; ies that tumble's down through genera- tions. First Aid classes may be. organized by Public Health nurses which every municipality may have. That nurse is a vanguard (often a pretty 'one) of civilization. She is hard to retain for nearly all nursing studies lead to the altar. She can save her salary in fifteen minutes by preventing .a serious infection. "How did he get hurt" is always asked. The answer is for'rural schools to teach accident prevention and he won't get hurt. A board with a sharp nail must be turned down. An oil can witbna long snout i6 better than a short one and a loose sleeve. Moving parts must be left alone. -Trap doors, cog wheels and cutting knives -should have guards. Practically every' accident in the series , studied could have been pre- vented. Mechanical training is a great pre- ventive. Trained mechanics don't'get hurt. Limiting mechanical devices to any- thing with a wheel that goes round, a catalogue of farm products listed,, over__ 70. Thee included 'kitchen pumps, motors, tractors, corn cutters and' combines. More mechanical training might work wonders at rural schools'. Such training is now well carried out in secondary schools where boys with memories of sore • backs and sun burns decide they are definitely called to the ministry or medicine. .A forge,. drill and lathe might have a front place in' the rural school. A' post-war Wyandotte, due to ad- vanced Aero mechanics ... and some co-operation on the part of the hen, may lay an egg on Monday and it can be iii. the stomach. in India on Wednesdaye,' In it a world of,, z>3ie- chanYes The beat, 'treatment of accidents is, the first *bent. The tied doctor is; often tent) otd rllyy' the patient 'p>srnianenti'y' tftit of br'eati3 'Vann lie' eta fG"Std Rued e?A 71140:,) *Or , l:i faUL 11.494, ,T., Gkc Wright. I,. FleMberger, ROY AfgfellIgle, MOS Hubert, Arthur t olding, Tilos. ]r earn, ey, Elwin 41'dison, Dloyd. Dungey. Louis Nigh, Hurten Muir, Gordon Muir, Allan Reid, Ira Weedlinark, Jas A. 1VIacDonald, C. H., Baynes, k'ranis O'Reilly, Leonard Bolton, Frank Mc- Grath, Russel Carter, Leo Kelly, Sam, Townsend, Mrs. Myrtle Baynes. • R. R., 'BEAFORTIV---Reg, Rintoul, Donald Hewitt, Harold Jackson, Joe Anderson, James lush, Bert Haney, Gordon Reynolds, Jas. Carnochan, John Murphy, Joseph Malone, Mrs. Many Rintoul, Mrs. Bert Haney, Jean McMichael, Mrs. Paul Doig, Mrs. Percy Little 2, Mrs. Arthur Riley 2, Mrs. Wilfred Coleman 3, Mrs. Hugh Chesney 3, Mary Thompson 2, Mrs. Jas. T. Scott 3, Mrs. Geo, Eaton 3, John Pethick 3, Theron Betties 4, Ar- thur Anderson 4, Arnold Lamont 5, Irvin Trewartha 5, Joseph Kale 3, Vincent- Lane 3, Michael • Murray 3, James Carlin 3, Mrs. Dale Nixon 2, Arthur Varley 2, Gordon Blanchard 5, Angus Kennedy 3, Harold Rice 4, Jas. Hogg 2, Warden Haney 5, Peter Simp- son 3 George Blake 3, Evelyn Mc- Michael 2, Lorne McCracken 2, Ross McGregor 4, Sam Scott 5, J. M. Scott 3, Francis Coleman. EGMONDVILLE-Mrs. Alex Lillico 3; Edward Brown, Ronald King. • WALTON-Geo, Smith 4, Walter Shortreed 2, Silas Johnson 5, Douglas Ennis 5, Jas. Ritchie 3, Wm. Leeming 3, Campbell Wey 2, Robt. McClure 3, Willis Dundas 4, Hiram Blanchard 5, Mae Smith 2, Ruth McClure 3, Mrs. Jas, Coutts, Mrs. John Shannon, Ivan S'hantion, Wm. Manley. KIPPEN-Mrs. Grace Broadfoot 2, Edmund Storey 2, Robt.. McLaughlan 3, Wm. Kyle 4, Lorne Hay 2, Arthur Traquair 4, Mrs. Alex Alexander, Mrs. Robt. McLaughlan, Warren Schilbe, Glen Slavin. HENSALL- - Mrs. Jean Boyd 3, Beryl Pfaff 3, Eldon Jarrett, 4, Thos. Sherritt 4, R. H. Middleton 5, Mrs. H. W. Horton 3, Helen 'Moir, Mrs. R. A. Orr, Clayton Horton; Dr. A. R. Campbell. STAFFA-Gerald Agar 3, Francis Colem"an, James Phillip. BRUSSELS -Ray Houston 3, Mrs. Ray Houston,' Mrs. Lillian Spivey. LONDESBORO-James Neilands 5, Oliver .Anderson. CROMARTY-Filmer Chappell 2, Thos. Laing 3, Robt. McCaughey 2, Mrs. Filmer Chappel, Wilma Hamil- ton, 6 Mrs. Carl Stoneman, Percy Wright, Benson Stoneman, John Wal- lace, Lloyd Sorsdahl 2. BRUCEFIELD-Aldie Mustard, Ross Scott 4 ` Wm. Pepper, Sr., 4, Eva Stackhouse. 3, Mrs. A. S. Mustard 3, Kathleen Elliott, R.N., Austin Digging. BLYTH-Jack 'Bryane 3, Stewart McCall 4, Ernest Toll. DUBLIN -Clarence Ryan 3. VARNA=-Mervin Johnston 3. gets there. Indeed, many' still think of him as a sympathizer with a death bed 'manner rather than a scientist with a bedside manner. A St. John- :Ambulance group in every school section and a Victorian Order Nurse in every large. munici- pality will pay dividends. Farmers should be compensated when injured. The Ontario Compen- satien• Board, with 28 years. experi- ence and over a million and a half cases. on file, estimated an accident costs about a hundred dollars. Severe accidents to Canadian farm- ers would 'cost a little over five mil- lion dollars. This, cost would be .shar- ed by about •672,000 'Canadian farm operators. ,Those farmers should have compensation for themselves and the hired men whenever injured with all doctors and hospital bills paid for approximately' $7.30 ' a year, plus six per cent. administration costs. This, of course, allows nothing for reserve. Compensation Boards have large reserves for' some -industries could have three thousand accidents at once. . A large'rederve is not necessary for not many farmers are ever together .at once although now that horse rac- ing is back, fall fairs are better at- tended 'thaethey used to. be.- Eighty- five cents a month from each farmer in Canada would provide a fine com- pensation scheme. It is not necessary to wait for the Health Insurance Act, which goes in- to committee, down to the house, and gets everybody up in the air before being enacted. The machinery is al- ready available in, the form of Eight Compensation Boards in the Domin- ion who would carry out the details. The levies could be collected by the municipal councils and it should take about one month to get going.' Accidents should be separate from sickness. They are easier to define and easier to control. A broken leg Is 'a 'broken leg' but a broken down person is an indefinable physical wreck whose diagnosis often cannot be established before his will is pro- bated. 'Insurance companies who are wise on this subject keep them sep- arate. Accidents under the' Compensation Board are well treated for these Boards insist on supervision and fre- quent consultations. • In 'time of war when butter, beef and •brains are rationed it is tragic that there should be so many disab- ling end costly injuries. • Intensive study o' prevention of ac- cidents and the care of those who get hurt 'on the farm"mtght well be car Hod out • by sehoois, ,young farmer groups, .mnnietl ai . councils:; tedera- tions and colleges of agriculture. PP. fy Tv 120 epflll*t$ 11O Will take aa a b? gat Virhe .C>2alxenge wot the Open 'P lor,9 . One of the aprjrising.si its -of this week was thatof a'wan doing come of his'' plo gbing; in tide snot, GU;: White b t h nflt #e&t(n nogg (the teraperature•..half way trete 'freezing to the aero point lteoe ed some fifty miles north, , ..y.,r,,,. In view of the ruler sd Ghritmas. trade Miss Margaretcdonald has; been engaged by ,Mr. pam.'m to assist in the.'store. • Mr.. and Mrs. Homey, with Mrs. Arnold Gackstetter, WAo is leaving for a, visit to 'St. ThoWas, were -at Exeter on Monday. VARNA, ' The autumn thankoffering ,meeting of the Goshen W.M.S. was held at the home 'of Miss Hein in Varna with Mrs. Richard Robinson in the chaise, The theme, "The Bible, the Founda- tion Stone of the New' Order." The meeting opened by singing the hymn, "The Spirit e Breathes Upon t h e Word." Mrs. Richard Robinson and Mrs. John Armstrong read responsive- ly the program in the Missionary Monthly. The Scripture lessons were read by Mrs. Ben Keys, Mrs. Wm. Hayter and Mrs. Elgin -McKinley. Prayer was offered by Mrs. Henry Erratt and Mrs. • David Stephenson.' The hymn, "Come, Ye Thankful Peo- ple, Come," was, sung. The president, Mrs. Russell Erratt, then took charge. The minutes of the last, meeting were read and 12 members answered the roll call with a verse with 'the word "Glory" in it. Peace was 'the teat 'word chosen for the December meet- ing. A duet, "Near To the Heart of God," was sung by Mrs. Elmer Keys and Mrs. Russel Erratt: Mrs. Gard- iner, of Egmondyille, gave a very in- teresting address on the pitfalls in life. The meeting closed with prayer by Miss Hern. Lunch was served and a social half-hour was spent. HAYFIELD Mrs. Robert Watson and son; Ed- wards, having spent 'the past four mouths with her mother, Mrs. Ed- wards, left'on,.Monday for their home in Saskatchewan. - H. R. McKay, of Sky Harbor, and Pte. Ella McKay, of Windsor, spent the week -end at their -home. Miss Ann- Drouin an Mrs- Mullen, of Detroit, were week -end visitors in the village. • ' A dance was held in the Town Hall on Friday evening of last week with' the largest attendance of the seas'on- The Monk orchestra, of Goderich, was assisted by Mrs. John Barker at the piano; Mrs. Thomas, the' banjo, and James Lindsay, the violin. The net peoceds of $27.00 goes to the cigar- ette fund for the boys overseas. Nominations for' trustees of the village were held on Monday when Wm. L. Ferguson, Leslie Elliott and James Robinson were elected by ac- clamation- - Mrs. Moore, 'wife of the Rev. Max Moore, of Birmingham, Mich., spent the week -end with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Colwell, at the Parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson and Son, Walter, of London; spent the v4eek-end with James Robinson. Mr.-' and Mrs. Wm. Scotchmer re- ceived word last week that their son, Thomas, was missing overseas. -Mr. and Mrs. Archie Armstrong re- ceived word on Monday that ttheilr son, John, was missing overseas. Miss Jessie Metcalf, of Detroit, spent Saturday and Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Metcalf. Mr. A. E. Erwin attended the fun- eral, of the late Mrs. :Anne Topping at Wiarton on Friday of last week, Miss A. M. Stirling is visiting with friends at Port Elgin and Toronto for three weeks. Venison and 'bear meat have been tasted by many of the villagers the past week. ' Mrs. Edwards' had a' new furnace installed in her home last week. • CROMARTY Mr. Frank Scott and bride were vis- itors atthe home of his_ parents over the week;.end. °Frank is 'now station- ed at Camp Borden. - The scholars of N. 6 and those attending the' high school ,at Mitchell are greatly privileged when. a com- fortable bus calls in the morning and takes them to 'school. This means of conveyanes makes it more comfort- able in the early morning to get to school. Letters have been received from Italy by the parents of Wilfred Scott and others, that he is well and has met with Canadians over there, and the heat is: "Yes, hot" He was pleased to meet with some boys from the''homeland. Mrs. James Scott received word on Sattirday that her daughter, Mrs. Mc- Kay, who urderwent a serious opera- tion, is improving nicely. We hope for the best. A heavy snowstormn fell on Friday and Saturday. We have had already , "mast two weeks of_ severe' winter weatlher, "Farmer .Blunt," asked the collegd student who was working as a farm hand during his vacation, "do you think I'll ever . become a successful agrie1ilturiat•?" "•Wn +lltt ioU1 may," doubtfillly>• re - Plied Pail `dfi l tint, `But you'll never be a farmer!" .ay;;'d ••-da :d. ; .# 'tj;;i d +ix d 3 •;i # 1`< "A WELCOME GIFT" House Coats • Quality Chenilles, Quilted Et"atins, Poplins and Bright Floral Prints. Colors include Rose, Torquoise, Blue, Wine and Flowered Patterns, PRINTS $2.50 CHENILLES $5.95 POPLINS $7.95 Quilted Satins $9.75 WeetVeCr I GIVE HER HOSE Rayons, •-•Lisles, Bern - bergs and Mesh types. All new Fall shades. Due to the scarcity, only two pairs to a cus- tomer. 79c to 1.25 et e- , i -,.f, ,d, HELPFUL GIFT SUGGESTIONS HANKIES Single 5c to B5c HANKIES Boxed 35c to 75c GUEST TOWELS All 25c =1.OB Qualities to BRIDGESETS Plain and Fancy .1,.95 to $7.50 GLOVES Knitted or Kid 89c to $3.00 CH ENI LLE BED SPREADS $9.95 to $15.95 STEWART RBOS. Use of Wood 'In„ Wartirrne steel minesweepers. But what is also important, orders. were planted for a number of wooden patrol• vessels and wooden minesweepers. ,Many of these are already riding the waves. Inva- • sion barges are being constructed of plywood covered with metal. Five years ago almost any Cana- dian would have bet his bottom, dolt lar that wood was a "has " been." "Steel," -he would have' said with a gleam in his eye, "is the stuff today,'' Five .years ago 'wood was giving way to the lighter alloys and high strength steel components. True, it was re- garded as useful, but belonging to the past rather than tp the ,present or to the future. The wartime shortage of metals, however, played, into the hands of wood. Canadian engineers, found 'to their amazement that wood was ready, willing and able to do more jobs than they had ever dreamed. Today, ships, planes, pipes, and count- less other war materials are made from Canadian wood. One of the United Nations'- fore- most fighting planes has a wooden fuselage. That plane' is constructed in Canada from Canadian pine and birch veneers, Planes, made of wood, are lighter, and a great deal more rigid than those constructed of metal. No rivets are required -in construc- tion and less reinforcement is neces- sary. Airplane experts claim that as a result of these combined advantag- es, the plywood plane is smoother in the. air. Being more streamlined, it causes less resistance to air currents. Canada's now substantial navy of more than 600 ships, is being still fur- ther strengthened by the addition of a number of frigates, corvettes and Wood is being made into pipes as well. More than 700,000 feet of wood- en gripes are 'being used for airport drainage in the Dominion.. At the North Bay, Ontario, 'airport, a lamin- ated -type wooden drain is being used. The war has unquestionably speed- ed 'research on wood and adapted it to new uses. Many of these are of a war character, although the major- ity have a broad peacetime applica- tion. Cans for paint, oil and gaso- line, acids and beer, hand' luggxage, automobile body parts, refrigerator shells and replacement material for structural steel and concrete in low buildings are all in the blueprint stage for the post-war era. In the Dominion, woodpulp textiles are be- ing substituted for wood and silk. Bombing sights, shell noses, timing gears are all made of plastics from' wood. The most important substance in wood is called cellulose. It is actual- ly the "bulk" of the wood. Holding Bian Lovely all -wool ' esti bound Ayers and Keri,. wood Blankets in •green,. blue and rose. Makes a wonderful gift. Ayers Blankets $8.50 Ken'woed Blankets $10.510 WILVOCCOVIP- GIFT LINGERIE S PYJAMAS ! Ae Rayon Satin ' •$ids NIGHTIES .Crepe and Satin.. $2'25 PANTIES N, eA to' Rayon 79c $1 0 and Satin .... to . SLIPS Ran and yoSatin , .$1.19e, -„t.4 $2,,95 BED JACKETS SatinRayon 1 U Q1• 7, i C' or . , • to $ fibres of cellulose together is 'a mys- terious cement called "lignan." It is a sort of super glue that grows right in ,with the cellulose. Nitro-cellulose' comes from Canadian forests, being the chief ingredient in smokeless gun - powder. It is also used dp.' the maim-. facture of photographic films, lac- quers, artificial leather and celluloid. Every ounce of this ccrnppusi 'uail& by the Canadian and British armies' is produced in Canada- frose tianadian wood. Even before new cars, were taken off the market and became a. thing of the past, the automobile Abad no. less than 131 plastic parts, ranging'. from the -steering .. gear to the accel- erator. The refrigerator had 40' plate- tic liastic parts. The possible post-wair us- es of plastics are almost,llimitless, To Canadian and Aanerican soli) a tists, wood is proving a fertile source of new products and unique new raw materials. With 'this added import- ance, Canada's 200 'million or more forested areas take on added signift- . cance. Canadian •wood, during thin war, 'has come through tests with fly- ing colors. It has.proven, to even the most sceptical, that the original trust in its durability, strength and ver- satility is more than well-founde& Dead and Disabled An IREMVMOVED ;OMPTL ` PHONE •COLLECT: SEA1='Ol3'1"W 15 tr5itd'i"eti '2$8' DARLING AND C CANADA, (Essential 'Wa0 Inde) , a