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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1944-02-11, Page 2ra e+'at Seaforth;"nt'o, ? slay afternoon. lay ` cLean a ti! 5r 17 bsc'ription rates, $1.50 a year in vance; foregin $2.00 a year. Single Ales, 4 cents each. 8JAFORT'H, Friday; February 11th-, What 13 The Matter With It ? We have heard frequent coin- plaints in- recent weeks about this pent winter weather. it seems it is unseasonable, unnatural, 'un- healthy' and a lot of others things thai-doi not follow, in the wake of . an .. . old`-•aShioned::.winter. By old fashioned, we presume these people mean a cold winter, but why they continue to call cold win- ters old fashioned, is a little beyond ifs, as it has been beyond many others over the space of a few cen- turies. It is claimed that winters are get- ting warmer, and there maybe some- thing in this claim. To find the -facts, howyer, one would have to compare the weather, winter by winter, for some centuries back, and this as far as we know has never been set out in tables. In the seventeenth century, be- fore Canada'sreal day had dawned, Pepys recorded that in the winter of 1660, there was no cold weatherat all. 'This, apparently, so disturbed the ,worthy :Britons that Parliament ordered a Fast Day, to pray for more seasonable weather, the kind., they . had been getting being that of sum:- mer. um=mer, Apparently the prayers availed much in: time, because the winter of 1683-84 was so cold` that the Thames -River was frozen over' so solidly that great Fairs were held on the ice. That winter must have been old fashioned.: enough to suit the most particular, ° But we do not need to delve back into the centuries to locate an old- fashioned winter for this part . of Canada at least. Take, for instance, the winter of ,1942-43, when there ,was . twenty feet of snow; when for days at a time there was not a road, or even a highway open to traffic, and the thermometer was down to zero and below for weeks at a stretch. If : that was not an old- fashioned winter, what is an old- - fashioned winter? One would think that the memory of that winter would still be so green as to discourage any . complaint about the winter we am now having in this year of graces 1944. But, ap- parently, some people either lack the faculty of remembrance, or it is just the cussedness of human nature that makes them complain. Proclaiming a National Fast Day to pray -for Members of Parliament would be in order at any time, but we don't see much, use in asking Parliament to deal with the weather. In the meantime, to quite a few of us, there is nothing the matter with this winter. It is quite all right—so far.• . A. The Post -War Car We have been reading and hearing so much in recentyears about the wondersof the post-war cars, that we.. were beginning to vision it as something possessing the speed of a Spitfire, the resisting ' power of a truck, the comfort of a hotel suite and the lightness of a bicycle. . , In fact, we were getting so far be- yond the bounds of possibility, that the automobile makers have had to take a hand in order to bring us back to earth again. These , point out that the day -of light metals, . with which these dream cars were to be made,. is still a long .way off.. That aluminum;rs too high-priced to compete with steel. That even if that were not, so, thenature of it 'Would prohibit' it in the use �f either lrtody - -of --fenders: Imagine : what aluminum fenders would._ .Jie 1ike f - ter they had been rubbed together, and -plasties which we have heard so- i0b abo -t•.reeently,,, while they".,are;• wondexful things are -not yet just ca ° bodies t th m ufador tops.s. �rs ac yda car Will we';c .now. ft a n,ay .halve a h ter ilClotor, . it may be .., econQm al' tQ p-r–depieia.' ly MI the kid of gas. we may be a li't'tle more co m orta1ble- B>;t it will not resemblethe artists' dream of what a car should be. Not at all. All of which is a very good thing for the peace of the world. Given a new set of tires and a lick of paint, your old car will stand inspection in any company. Since cars ceased to be manufactured, and their sale has become a thing of the past, the old car was. just as good as any one eises, and it will not hurt anyone to have it remain that way for a few years longer. • Groundhog pay Wars may, come and wars may go, but Groundhog Day goes on forever. No matter, what world event may fill the . newspapers on, any. February 2nd, there will always be 'a para- graph on the groundhog. It has al- ways been that way. It. always will. Regardless of snow, rain or sun shine, he crawls up out of his winter home, where as far as you, or anyone else knows, he may have been sitting in a comfortable arm chair, like a good many war strategists we know, and sizes up 'the weather. He doesn't" take a vote or a Gallup poll. He,, just 'looks about. If his shadow shows, he crawls back into his hole, and the public says: "Six more weeks of winter!" :a He is sometimes right, He' is very ,often wrong, but it doesn't make a particle of . difference, because no one ever ---thinks to check up on him. He is just a sign that spring will come soon, or even sooner. • Words In The Right Place This interesting story comes out of Alberta, where many other inter- esting things, concerning govern- ment, have happened, but none other, as far as we c know, having such a happy ending. A year ago a foreign born • farmer sat down -in his home one day -and wrote ,a letter. He addressed it to "Most Powerful of- Princes, King' George VI, London, England," He _said: "I have a --request to make to ' you, Most Powerful " of Princes, concerning' the - state of the road in our district." He carefully" explained that his district had been settled for about five years and comprised a community of about twenty farmers. "I, too, live on a farm," he said, "and . we can not make things go because the road is so bad we can hardly leave our yards." Stating that a petition to the local '--.department of public works had not brought even an acknowledgment, he. asked .the King to "please_say a few words in the right place concerning our road. If you do not help us, no- body will.: Please do' not look upon my request with disfavor. I bow to Your Highness, and I . kissyour hands." The letter was mailed and arrived..:..,. in London, but did not. reach the King. It was handled by the Bureau of Transactions, which sent it back' to Ottawa ; and eventually it bounc- ed back to the Works Department in Alberta -having made the complete round trip to England and back. The farmer finally received an - acknowledgment and regrets'that the department had . "little funds for road work, in your - district." But the trusting appeal to the King must have struck a responsive chord some where along- the line, for the road was eventually repaired and the farmer's letter to his -King was not written in vain. • The Farm Is Coming Back According tostatistics kept year by year by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, the agricultural eorn- munity has been coming back in an unbroken record,- since it plumbed the depths :immediately following the depression. The year between September 30, 1942, and ' September 30, 1943, has been the best of the ten-year period, - Over this period, eriod, the farm cash in - Come has tripled. At the. same time costs have risen less than fifty per cent thus the- netfarm farm purchasing power has- doubled since the de -res-- si i ,days of .198& Pigkii4 From aaitar of, Fifty and Iva Warms Ago.' From The Huron Expositor •February 14, 1919 Three daughters of Mr..Alex Ross of McKillop, alI graduates of the. Sea - forth Collegiate, are rapidly coming to the front in the teaching .profes- sion. Mrs. Charles Campbell, has been engaged to teach in the Leam- ington -school, for this year and next at a salary of $725,, with superannuar •tion paid. Mies Olive M. Rose has been engaged as principal of, the pub- lic school at Cut Knife, Sask., at a salary of $1,300, •and Miss Pearl Ross is assistant principal at Estwan; at a salary of,$1,100: Sgt. John; Petty, who enlisted with the Irish Fusiliers of . Toronto, and Who served a ,•'couple of years or so for his King and Country, visited with his parents, Dor. and Mrs.. L, Petty;, of Hay Township. Arnold, the young: son: `of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Turnbull, of town, had the misfortune ter fracture his leg,above the •ankle while tobogganing on Sat- urday Jest. A 'young son of Mr. John Smith fractured his collarbone while :play- ing hockey at the -rink 'on Saturday morning last... Pte. Joseph.. Kelly, son of Mr. Root, �rY'L Kelly, arrived home on Tuesday from overseas. Pte. David Stewart, who has , been in France for over two years with the 7th Canadian Railway Troops, . ar- rived home on Saturday night. , At a congregational meeting held in First Presbyterian Church on. Men - day evening last, Mr. A. T: Craig, of Loudpp, -was appointed organist at a salary -ads $700. Pte. Aldimer Troyer, son of Mrs. J. Troyer, returned home from overseas on Thursday last. He wentsoverseas with the. Huron Battalion. At the organization meeting of the Seaforth Collegiate Instite Board, Mr. John MacTavish was elected chair- man; Win. Somerville was --re-elected secretary -treasurer, and; the following trustees constitute the board: Dr. F. J. Burrows, Wm. Hartry, R. S. Hays, J. M. Best, A. F. Cluff, John Mac- Tavish, John Finlayson and Geo. As 'Sills. New Hamburg hockey team met 'iS„eaforth in the Palace Rink en Tues- day night. The score was 8-6 for Seaforth. .The fallowing was the local line-up: Goal, McGeoch; defence, D. Reid and Hoffman; forwards, Sills, Thorne and Reg. Reid; substitutes, O. Dick and Hoffman. 1 From The Huron .Expositor • February 16, 1894 • Building operations are booming on the 'second And thrid concessions •of Hi r'bert, where there are' four ,new barns going up next si mni•er. Messrs. Cassidy, W. Aikens, Feeuey and Moore each are 'building new struc- tures. B. B., Gunn, Seaforth, intends erect- ing a new brick residence next sum- mer on a lot near the residence. of gr. D. D. Wilson... • The Misses Telfer and their brother of Avonton, Perth County, are thus week visiting with -Mr. Robert Turn- bull in McKillop. - Miss- Dora W.'ilson, who has been on a visit to Mr. Seigmiller's family in Alleghany City, Pennsylvania, bas returned. Mr. John Steet, of the 'Golden Lion Store, is, we are glad to learn, pro- gressing favorably after a serious ill- ness. Mr. John Elgie,'of Hensen, had the misfortune a few days ago, while cut- ting wood, to badly cut his -foot, the wound requiring a large number of stitches. Mr., R. M. 'Ross:, one of Brucefield's most enter•prisiag young farmers, has just purchased from Mr. W. J. Hig- gins a thoroughbred bull calf eleven months old. On Friday night last during the •thunder storm, a whirlwind caught the buildings of Mr. D. Robertson, of Varna, and carried half the roof off and piled the shingles and boards in heaps in the field . Mr,• and Mrs. William Stanbury, of the Ldndon Road,-: Stanley, celebrated their . silver wedding „on' Friday eve- ning.' . A meeting of the Seaforth Colleg- iate Institute football VIM was held Wednesday evening, when the follow- ing officers were (sleeted:. .Honorary- president. Mr. Passmore, BA.; presi- dent,' Mr. Chesswright, B.A.; vice- president, Sam Dickson; secretary - treasurer, W. Elliott;, • captain, J. Jackson; cotnmittee, H. Morrison, T. Brownlee and W. Prendergast. The 33rd Battalion 'Band 'has en- gaged Miss Emma Wells, the four voiced vocalist and pianist, assisted by :Miss Jennie Ray, vocalist, and Bell and Xylophone, .soloists; to- give an 'entertainment end4r the auspices of the• band in the near future. Seaforth Was represented at the fin- als for the .Ontario Tankard curling in TOronto this week by Messrs,, A'. Young, J. „Lyon, J. Tuner, W. Pick- ard, J. Weir,,r. J:.Sv iloberts, 'Vll', 0. Reid.. and A. Wilson. Seaforth was drawn . against Pete00o in the first round. Wilson;hh,s:'been oliiliged' to Itgtfl Ms ice from2sthespoildµili wage ons the fipast weekt refffittda..' o►e, tib slMYi te'r tb'See ' it„gai(fis';ii><rotinti, 7 :a,, A,•;�� ; j Have you ever felt like yelling' `i don't mean yelling about the high taxes, but just...yelling far the sheer thrill of it. Yesterday when I step- ped outside the house to go down and do the morning chores, 'the sun was waging a duel with the fusty hang,. over from the night before. By the time I was through choring it was. fairly warm ori the sunny side of the barn and by noon the air was quite warms for a January day:, The eaves were dripping a little and there Were some cheeping spar- rows . flitting around the driving -shed„ It was one of those ,days when you do feel as"if Spring is holding a pre- 1,vietw of the Wage'lo cen}e. The air is soft and warm in place of brittle and .gold. - The •dog :chases the rooster and the pigs• grunt away.in a ebprus from behind • the pig -pen • do'or; as if wanting to get outside into, the. sun- shine. The cows mill around the old strawstack and the•. team, of `bays whinny earnestly, as if pleading , for a chance to get a run down the lane way and back. Even Sir Timothy, the Second, the red hull, snorts and paws around with a great rattling of chains. I suddenly wanted to yell. Et was the same feeling the one you get driv- ing -through a big swamp in winter- time with a load of logs for the mill. Boys yell, but men have certain feel- ings and a fear of being called crazy, so they whistle or sing very loudly. A boy'will.hoot and holler and listen for the •echo. I've had the same- feel- ing sitting 'in„ the ante -room of some of the bigger 'financial -institutions, in. the city. Solemn -faced; young men wearing black clothes walk by you, talking about rates of interest - and you wonder why young men should look so devoid :of'happiness. Then you see old..men, looking severe., • ><:7 t Bayle Carrying. little Oasee. of 'papers- also going by: The answer, comes to Sou like a flash. The young Men . imitate the old men, and when they get . old there's another class of -young men coming along to take their place, . so it's just an endless: chain. I've a,lwe,yiswanted tq. yell out or do some- thing that would, break this chain. Someday I'm going to yell . . . just to see if the old men would stop.look- ing like undertakers and the _:young men might even smile . . . just for a few seconds. I've .also had.• is .desire .tdi ye11 in the Spring when, we're 'boiling sap back in the bush. A- fellow doesn't nc tice it when he's busy hauling sap or building a fire,' but when the pan is bubbling and gyre stand ontnifIS •the shanty door and' 1}ear thes eraws cawwing . . . -it s, a di>( spent matter. In that ease your. bioOd starts bub- bling a little, faster'tanti y'Qp eenfie the power of natere getting ready for the fullbloom. of Sprng: • Actually,according to a ,book I've been reading you 'should yell when you want to. Not doing it, gives you the start of a sense of frustration. I've- been thinking however, that it might cause oriite a sensation in, the township. If I went , back the land yelling and yipping at the top of my voice it would certainly give the neighbors something to - talk about. Thinking about this is what kept me from letting out a real war-whqop. , Just the same, 'however, I looked around quite carefully and let out a couple that couldn't be heard much past the house, I saw Mrs. Phil come to the window •and look: out anxious- ly and then hail from the kitchen door. She..wanted to know if there was anything wrong. I said "No" meekly,. and she went back into the house looking sort of puzzled. • • ST ' A BMILE OR TV70: He leaned over the garden fence and beckoned to his neighbor. "I say, old man," he said, "I under- stand that you have Jones' rake?" The neighbor nodded. "Good," said the first, "if you'll let me borrow the rake occasionally, I'll let you use his roller whenever you want it!" • "What do the three balls in front of a pawnshop mean?" "Two to one you don't get it back." • ,. Father: "Johnny. don't you know that it's wrong for - a little, boy to fight?„ Johnny: "Yes, Dad but Billie doesn't know it and I'm provin' it to him," Mother: "Robert, I'm shocked to hear you using such language. Do you learn it at school?" Robert: "Learn it at school? No, Mom; it's me that teaches it to the other boys!" • . I heard two girls talking in a bus and one said: "Do you think Alice can keep a secret?" "Oh, yes," the other'one said. 'sShe never tells who told -here- -••----- • "'What were those unusual green's we had tonight, Cook?" "You remember, ma'am, you; said those 'geraniums in the' garden looked so lovely you could eat them?" "Yes." "Well, you have!" :. Hur�n Federation Of 7, Agriculture --Farm r ews Suitability of Western Grown Seed. Grain For Eastern Canada For many years the belief has been more or less commen in Eastern Can- ada that seed grain grown on the Prairies for seeding in Ontario, Que- bec and the Maritimes is .not likely to be as suitable as home grown seed. How this -idea originated or upon what it is based is not, definitely known. It is probably a safe conjec- ture, however, that Western' grown grain brought East for feeding has been tcleaned up and used for• seed without any regard as to the variety. Not only would such seed likely .be mixed With a number of different varieties but these varieties would• .probably not be as suitable for East- ern conditions 'as are varieties com- monly grown here. In order to obtain reliable informa- tion on this roe ion, the Cereal Divi- sion, Experimental Farms Service, Ot- tawa, initiated.a; comprehensive test in 193:g -with one variety of .wheat (Regent), one inriety of oats (Van- guard) and one variety of barley, (0. A.C. 21). states Dr. L. H. Newman, Dominion Cerealist. p0 In the seed eats experiment the variety Vanguard was chosen chiefly (because this variety seemed to be widely adapted bath to Eastern Can- ada and Weitern Canada. It is also resistant to stem rust. Seed of this variety which had been grown at Ot- tawa for • some time was sent to each of the following 'farms: Beaverlodge, Alta.; Ilaiombe, Alta,; Brandon, Man.; Ste. Anne de la Pooatiere,. P. Q., and Nappan, N.S. Thig seed was grown at :'these•• stations as well as at Ottawa in 1938: In- the spring of 1939 each, of these farnis, ii:ieludin.g the Central Farm, sent each of the other Farms bg tire list, enough• -seed, to surra primer 't°eats- tai yeer.'"'1 h is in 1939, each Farm compared its own home grown seed of Vanguard with seed of the same 'variety brought,in that 'Spring from, the other five Farms. This. was continued systematically during the yeai-s 1946 and 1941, and the rigida -Obtain-ed for -Warded to the Cereal Division for study and colli pilatl on. A-riticalum:tii illation of -these data indicates clearly* that -fa thin tiarticul r ':test there Were n6 :mots: n% ttiOre . s in yfied between the he plots 00 40'0 . 'fret* , teed °'eelning from'•the different" sjirces mentioned. The same results were obtained in the ..ease of wheat ands barley. This, information will be of 'inter- est this year to Eastern farmers who have to buy seed gratin and who may be considering the use of seed grown in Western Canada. On j.heabasis .of this experiment, they need not hesi tate to secure the variety they want from any 'point in Canada ptoviding it -comes to them as registered seed Coming in sealed saclis following Government inspection, they will be sure of what they are getting. Thus, the seed of varieties which' do well in Ontario such as Vanguard, Ajaa, Banner or Victory might be secured from the West without hesitation. Vanguard,. and. Ajax are resistant to forms of stem rust commonly found in the West and appear to be equally resistant to -.-the rusts which prevail in Easfern Canada. Similarly, ' Baa-• ner and Victory may he expected to occupy about the same position in relation to .other varieties in Eastern Canada .as they do in the West. A lot,of very fine quality feed oats are'-comfhg to .the East this year .but the variety is practically never known. . It is too risky to . u'se this grain for seeding purposes; no 'mat- ter how well it may be. cleaned and graded. It will pay Well to give a little extra for seed of known variety and which bears a guarantee as, to its general purity as well as vitality. Seeding Time The importance of starting plants early enough in the Spring by sow-' ing seed indoors in window boxes or in hotbeds cannot be oyer emphasiz- ed if the best results are to beS`ob- tained from the plants of those 'crops that should be produced.,,,:by—i:hat. means, ..states T. V. Ritchie, Division of_ Horticulture, Central Experimental Farm,, Ottawa. As a rule, from .,six to eight weeks prior to the time,- when •such plants can be set' out in the, field Will be about the righe time for soWing .the' seed, when seed is sowsi° Barrier, than this it Is difficult to produce Stocky, vigorous' plants Without 'gte- ing many extra- transpiantings :or .situn. jest ng the plants to aeVere eheoiting in an. d ort' to pl'event excessive . growth. (Coibtirititid on . ` e 8) , ,pore • Big Mill Running 'Again • Things are humming again.' at the - Western Canada Flour Mills after a shutdown of several' weeks for re- pairs 'tn—the plant. Operations re- commenced on ]today morning and all departments are again running, with a full staff. — Goderich Signal "' Star. Bid Farewell To.Beverley Richardsolti - A number of his school chums gathered ;at.; the station, on Saturday Morning' to bid farewell to their friend, Beverley Richardson. Duncan, Mandeson, on behalf of the group presented-. Beverley, with a bill fold. Whose present. were Bialy Rapp, Bet- ty., Laurie and ,George CouSibs, Peter $redia, Edwin ken-, John Wilson and Duncan .Jamieson; ;Brussels' Post. Reported` Missing • Sergeant Robert' Becker„ R.C.A:E„ n'avig'ator, of New ' Hamburg. whose ' mother was the former Hazel Brown- ing, of Exeter, has been officially re- ported missing in action overseas, ac- cording to word received by relatives. 'lie is a nephew of Mr. Percy Brown- ing and Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hawkins, of Exeter.—Exeter Times -Advocate.. Four, Carloads of Wood For Exeter There.is going to be a'lot of buzz- ing around this'beaut'fui burg before .the balmy days of spring 'blossom forth and the `benign hre-z,s beget better weather conditions be'lad by by gum! Eighty cor's of wood or four carloads arrived in Exeter Mon- day and the demand was so'areat that only part of the orders received could be filled. The wood was ordered by:. the municipal council and was!, ship- ped in from Northern. Ontario. In this connection the council has shown the way in up-to-the-minute• financing. A receipt for* ;the money paid in ad- vance had to be shown before the wood could be lifted from the car.. On the other hand, as is often the case, the problem was to Measure Out the same quantity of wood- as what had,been paid for and we un- derstand he .municipality will be out. a few cords, the pureharsers getting good measure. The wood is in four - foot lengths- and the merry tune of the buzz saw can be looked for.—Exe- ter or;Exe-ter Times -Advocate. Statistics For Brussels Witu a 'population of 730 in -.1.94$, Brussels had 12 marriages, 15 births' and 22 deaths.'. The average age at which death 'occurred was, 70 years,, .and ranged; from a How of to a high of 96 being distributed as fol- lows Over 90, 1; 80 to 90, 5; 70 'to 80, 6; 60 to 70, 6. 50 to 60, 2; 40 to 50;2,—Brussels Post_ Attending O.- A. C. Mr. Howard' Wallace; soil of M•r. and Mrs. Irvine Wallace, of Blyth, left on Monday afternorn for 'Guelph where he will commence a dairy •_.,- course of . three, months' ,duration at' the O.A.C.—Blyth Standard. Three Sons in the Service Mr. and Mrs. E. Fitzpatrick,et Clinton, former residents 'of Wingham have' three sons ie the service: Pat G. Fitznetrick, is with the troops in • Italy; Joe Fitzpatrick is 'at No. 5 Radio School, Clinton, and Ed. M• Fitzpatrick is at present stationed at Woolsley Barracks, London.—Wirig= ham Advance -Times. „ Inauguar Meeting of School Board The inaugural meeting of the Col- legiate Institute Board for 1944 was held at the, school on Wednesdays night. The members are the same as last year: P. $, 'MacEwan, W' iV Couithurst, Chas. K. Sanders, Munro (Auburn), H. 'M. Ford and' G; L. Parsons. Mr. Munro a -as elected - chairman for the year aped Mr. Ford' vice-chpir•rnan, and committees were' appointed as follows: Property, P: J.." MacEwan-, 5 W. A. Couithurst; R, D:. Munro, C. K, Saunders. Finanse, L. Parsons . (chairman),sand all the other members of the board, Mr. L R. Scott is secretary -treasurer.. It was decided to hold the regulaiC monthly meeting on the first Thurs-. day or Friday of -the month at 7.30 o'clock. The estimates for 1944 were prepared for submission to the town,. council—Goderich Signal -Star, ' • Light On Post Office Clock • At the request of the Wingham' Utilities Commission 'the light has again, been turned on at the post of- fice clock. • The° commission received' permission from the Power Control- ler to illuminate the clock. They al---•. so requested that the stores, be again' allowed to: use 'their window lights,. hut permission was hot ,received for" this.--Wingham Advance -Times„ 1, Hoed Presentation . The Bethany Sisters of the -Adult Bible Class'til the Evangelical 'Church met . in the class room. on Sunday morning where they held their annual election of.. O , -tiers; *hick resulted as 'i'ollows: President Mrs.. E, F. Krtieger; vipe•pres., Mrs. ,J. W. .Mer, net; sec., M'.rs. 'D..Oswald asstat i e-. eec"- 1Virs WY....E'off pan, .,„,treasurer,, l. ' fid. 3. Geiger. After -the busille�, ...,.,s tri.nsaction:s"•aiere'N'aompleted' ` fe'iw • dingo. woi-do wee spoken by .1Vfxs (Coftitiiilted Ott Paso” 8 8 r.' • 4 4 r,. e 1' p