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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1944-03-31, Page 2or it M+i tean l±iiditor. ed at, eatbrth, Ontario, eve- 'Ursday afternoon by McLean bscription rates, $1.50 a year. in. vance; foregin $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. r ' . --Advertising rates on application. $, EAFORTH, Friday, MVIarch 31, 1944 It Applies To Canada Too In broadcast` on Sunday, Prime Minister Churchill had this to say to the people of the British Isles: "Now I must say that one might have expected His Majesty's Govern- ment overnmentwould receive inaity compli- ments upon the remarkable progress they have made, not only with the, war but with the preparation for the social welfare at the armistice or peace. "However, there is a large number of respectable and even eminent peo- ple who are not at, all burdened with responsibility who have at best a lot of leisure on their hands and who feel quite sincerely that the best work they can do at the present time of hard effort and anxiety is to be- labor. the Government with criticism and condemn . theni.. as unprofitable servants because they are not, in the midst of this deadly struggle, ready at any moment to produce foolproof solutions for the whole future world as between nation and nation, as be- tween victors and vanquished, as be- tween man and man, as between capital and labor, as between the state and individual •and so forth and - • . so om" Those words, as we say, were spoken to the British people, but af- ter reading f-ter,reading Hansard, and one or two Ontario newspapers in particular, and . listening to some Canadian speakers over a term ;.of some months, or even years, one can not help but think no words could be ut- tered which more accurately describ ed a small but very vocal minority of the Canadian people. • Like A Lion It is .a few days tqo 'soon to say that Marchis going out like a lion, but it is ;safe to say that during the, early part of the week it 'showed every intention .of doing just that. We had a very mild winter, but we are not having an early spring. March, for "the most part, hap been very cold, and over the , week -end manyinches of snow fell. But un— doubtedly doubtedly it is all' for the best. "The snow will make moisture and act as a blanket for thegrain crops, so that when spring really does come, 'the growth" will; be,"unchecked. We really need a good harvest this tear, and if the weather man does his worst now, the possibility is that we will have a propitious seed . time, which will go a long way towards a bi mper -harvest. Who Is The Idiot Now ? Chickens , have a habit 'of coming 'home to roost. It was only. a few short months ago that Hitler was complaining that he had no enemies who were clever enough to test his military skill. On September . ,30, 1942, in his Berlin address to the German people, he had this to say: "If I had an opponent of adequate scope—of real military size—then I could actually calculate approximate- ly -where he wouI:d `attack. But if sone has before one military idiots, in such a case one can not even guess where they will attack." It was only a year and a - ialf-since that boast was -rade, but since then the "military idiots" have driven Hit- ler's armies a thousand miles across Russian territory; have chased his armies from one end of IsTorth Africa the offer, and into the sea; have •tatkenily, and landed in Italy. y have, oceupid` Naples; thread.. and upied.--airfields - taw :being used by the he he Balkans, firs us our heaviest reverses;' That: is riot a bad record for a bunch of atmil- itary idiots." Nor -can we'see how it will fain.- prove the morale of the German .peo- ple to have their great Fi hrer force . therm to the conclusion that. at the height of his power a year and' a half ago, he 'did': not know what he was talking' about, or the only other alternative conclusion, that his own.. militarypowers are so poor. that "military idiots" can out -general and out -fight him. 4 • Rubber Will Be .'Plentiful The people of this country were just beginning to get rubber con- scious when war was declared. Even at that, time, the use of rubber had expanded ' by leaps and . bounds. It started with the automobile, of course, but it had already found' its ,way to the farm. Tractors were on rubber, and so were wagons and a few other farm machinese and if the war had not in- tervened,. practically all farm ma- chinery would have been running on rubber. But now, of course, there is no such,thingas- a rubber market, except for military purposes. - After •the war, however, there is every prospect of a far greater pro- duction' and use of rubber andat a decidedly cheaper price, because there will undoubtedly be very keen competition between the manufac- ' turerss of raw and synthetic rubber. Speaking in the House of Com- mons a week or so ago, Mr. Howe mentioned this " very fact when .de- scribing - Canada's, new synthetic plant at Sarnia, a rubber industry on which the Government has spent some $45,000.000, and. which is only now coming into production. The United States also has a sub- sidized synthetic rubberindustry, older and .much farther advanced than that in Canada, en which has been spent some $750,000,000, and :whose production has now reached 800,000 tons a year. a .. There are some people 'in both countries who look upon the manu- facture of synthetic rubber as a' war industry only, because they, hold the belief that its manufacture istoo costly to compete with the raw ma- terial. But, apparently, this opinion is much more widely held in Canada than across the line., Mr. J. L. Collyer, head of a •large American rubber c inWany, has al- ready declared that the • synthetic is a permanent rubber industry; and he. says that after the war, consumption of rubber in ten years will have reached 2,000,000- tons a year, com- pared with , 1,300,000 tons in 1941. This consumption, however, will only be possible if rubber prices are kept low and steady, and tariff pro- tection is.. not imposed. In fact, he goes as far ' as to say: "The syn- thetics will take care of the increase in competition with natural rubber." But very contrary to this opinion is that held by Mr. Knorr, an 'econo- mist of Stamford University, who says that in the near future, after the war, natural Hevea rubber may be produced. profitably at -four cents. a pound, compared with 22 tents per pound in 1941. Perhaps it would be as. well to' let the two sides argue thequestion out to suit themselves. What concerns... the people Of Canada is the fact, and a very agreeable fact it i loo; that afterthe war, rubber is going to be decidedly cheaper, as well as rubber goods of alI kinds. • The Chaplain Was Right Embarrassed and humiliated by the protests of a number of United States clergyman against the . bomb- ing of German cities by Allied. air forces, an American army, -chaplain Wa-s moved to make the following re- ply in the Army's own paper: "If wishful thinkers could have an enemy bomb eonle streaking . down into " their nicely feathered nests some night, their Pacifistic. ideals would turn to, re'alitie's --like those, in Loudon and in other cities, which have experienced German pound - the chaplain was right. There is the same need today as in the days when. "men of God" went out with the arniies of Israel,to �ht the in- - der ow'to throw...ofthe yoke of the for' all: the 'world's wen ploycd to restra rs xx futuued. 11.44*O ilt 'tt9ma ; NCk d From The Harem Eicpositor of Fifty and T ntyStee Years Ago• From The -Huron-• Expositor April 4, 1919 Mr. C. Fritz; of Zurich, has shipped some 625 muskrat skins this season. On .Saturday' evening' last an im- mense--crowd--gathered at Hensal sta- tion to welcome home Pte. >rl•obert Caldwell, who early enlisted with- the 1618t Huron Battalion. Her suffered wounds overseas, but -same home looking remarkably well. _ice Monday the same crowd gathered to welcome home Pte, Ernest Steacy. Messrs. J. and C. McDonell, of Hen - salt, have sold their jewehry busi- ness to Mr. W. C. Montgomery, of Seaforth. ing the eoal dealers' et:Invention 'in Toronto this 'vreek. The following soldiers returned to -Seaforth from, .overseas ..thcs. week: Lieut. W. •Murdie, .Sgt. Fred Larkin, Gunner James Stephensort, Pte. aW. Claude Pettersop, son of Mrs. J. Patterson, of Own, left /Mr' Coaldale, Miss Olive Seigel, of Mitchell, spent the week -end in town. . Donald. Keslake, young son of Mr. and Mrs: W. E. Kerslake, who has been ill for i'couple of,sseeks, is now The Fire. Brigade wound up their euchre tournament •on Tuesday eve ning. Mr.. D. Parker Won the first prize, a euVglass• bowl; John, Smith second, a Watch fob;• and 'Mr. T. -Bak. er, the consolation. Mr. J. Fisher, a graduate of The Huron. Expeeitorshas written st. very fine article on -the homecoming of the 58th' Battalion to Toronto. Ile took a •:coltrae in •Chatham Business 'College and is a very, elever young man, • Th'e sewing table, donated..by Mr James Robb for- the Armenian Fund was won by Mrs. Robert Devereaux 'The amouat realized was $18.50. • been employed in The Bell Engine & Munition Plant for the .past six years left this week with his fardily for Misses Gertrie Crich, Florence Deem and Mary Smiltie,"of 'Stratford Normal pchooli spent. Sunday in ‘.8ea Dr. J. T-L'McFaul, of Toronto, visit who is not -enjoying good health.. A horse•hreeders' club was "organ Med 'in Seaforth ,recently, with the followiag offieers: President, John Scott, Roxboro; vice-president, Ben Snell, Constance; secretary -treasurer D. F. McGregor,' Tuckersmith; Direc tors: At Wright and George Dale lett; James Carlin and D. J. O'Reilly From The Huron'„Expositnes• ' ' April 13, lies Mr. J. G. Sproat "h'as taken posses sion of his new farm in - McKillop, and the• Messrs. Black have removed. to the old Sproat 'homestead on the $"M concession. s . Miss Mary McFadzean;. formerly a dressmaker at -Walton, hag moved to Seaforth, into.the . rooms over Mr. Goods' store, lately occupied by Mr. Speare. Mr. William Welsh,, the enterpris, ing contractor and .planing mill pro- prietor, of • Hensel., .bas be en awarded the contract for the wood-. •work of the new 'Methodist church, and Mr. R, 'Cudrnore has'tbe contract for the stone and 'brick work. The church `will cost $'4,000.' • • • On Tuesday of last week,. -Mr.. John G. Sproat, who is moving from • his present place on the- 3rd concession of Tuckersmith, .had a very success- ful sale. On tbe following Thursday Mr. John McNaughton also held a clearing •sale, and -it too was very succes's'ful. At a meeting of tbe Seaforth Jun- ior Beaver Lacrosse Club, held -in the Quee'n's Hotel on' Monday evening, the following officers were elected: President, Harry Jackson; vice-presi- dent, William Beattie; secretary; Jno. Rankin; treasurer, Andrew D. $uth- 'eriand; captain, P. Mulcahy; tom- mi.ttee, George Boyd, John Jackson, John Oughton and R. Winter. - It is reprted that Mr. Thos. Daly, Seaforth, who has purchased tbe Ful- ton property in Egniondville, intends fitting up the building formerly used as a wagon shop for a store, and will open. out a stock of groceries _ and crockery. p . , ., The Carnival of. iN1'ations -•wan a successful affair in! Seafor`th hall, and the costumes were •both beautiful and elaborate: The national dances , by Messrs. W. McLeod. and -Wi31ie Hays; the national songs by Mr's: K: Mc- Lennan, Mrs. W. Somerville, Mrs. Taylor, Mr. W. G. Willis and Mr. .T. Jackson were touch enjoyed. Miss M. Bennoch played a violin solo, and Miss Florence Johnson and Miss 'Ew- ing played the solo. ;aci rimpanjments. Mrs. Taylor, of Sratltroy'`-.Mr. T. 0. Kemp, Miss -Campbell and Miss Wil- son had the affair in charge. • The Broadfoot & Box Furniture C. has. -purchased• the furniture-abusiness and stock of Mr. J. S. Porter, ,and. in- tend carrying on a 'retail business, Mr. Wm.. Scott. cif "Toronto, form- erly a pupil 'in the Seaforth Collegi- ate .:institute.has passed the anal ex- aini.nations at the Ontario Dental Col- lege, Toronto, au,if has beeit granted the degree of L.L.: 'MU -Robert Willis has bought the stock of boots and si>4bes belonging eo th . •.late. -Thos: -Coventry- - and_ :..MY.. Retry Willis will eottfiS 'an -treat ,Mit- chell to sell it off. • . Tha Oddfellovits Q. have moved into thej' i * hall a' ove, Mr. Scott's store MISS Lizzie Rose, q`of the-Ooinmer- elai College, Londo ISMS Bethel iVi:1 es MIA - , t in- lblr, et~ viietelon to Jamieson of Parrs #fie O'Neill and Mis Ciiftnttitl, apent the 7t trttceielld • ...a . 61104in leaving A f''iirxiaco jieW,pretnitiegiMillie •« Seai'drtit, ate, 'b doing the .b •fit was one of those gray days . a • March ,Sunday, when' the world seems a little grim and your nerves sort Of. tighten up- on you. • Noise bothers 'you and you feel like going out and kicking ata post or some- thing equally foolish and futile.' The paper, usually a Sunday ,;.afternoon treat, just, _. doesn't hold ,.any fascina- tion: There .doesn't seem to be any ' thing on theradio., You plan on ly- ing clown but you know You can't sleep. The rest of the time you sit around_and brood. That was' the way of it last Sun. day. The sun was shining in fits and starts but never enough to warm the air up, The •wind was _bitter cold. It seemed to' blowing off an iceberg somewhere in•the next township. The fire in` the base -burner was going pretty well,' but the heat didn't seem to help matters any. Patricia Ann was curled up on the sofa reading the funny papers. •Mrs. •Phil• was working in the kitchen... ,I was, staring out the window with my snood getting worse all the time. Tab- by was curled up on the outside,of the window. Elven her tail was still. Tabby was in bad •humor too. I sup- pose she wanted to get inside where it was warm. '- •Then • I saw her perk up. Her head came up and the tail started its us- ual pendulum movement . '. , to 'and fro . . to and frcn" . , as ifsehe had suddenly spotted• • a mouse, . I looked all over the back yard and then saw what she .was looking at. It was a bird .. a bright vested. robin.. The robin was back. He sat up on the post looking the place over as if figuring out whether he would take up residence in our neighborhood again or not. The day didn't seem • *Harry in Boeta to botherhim a bit. I suppose it, was foolishness, but Tabby seemed happy to see hien, Ile skipped out of sight MO to'retur . in `a moment or two with a small crustof bread and then proceeded to eat his lunch. After lunch he saited-rdown to a small pool of water that somehow or other ilad reg! fined froze.. 'Tabby didn't cake a •! ave • to stale hiliL There was , a busy tapping sound on the telephone pole augt;,when l!' look. ed up there was a. woodpeeher•'' ham- mering away quite: enthusiastically. He regarded Tabby and Sayself for;.a '€ew. 'moments in a rest .Period •and then went back to work with att. vengeance. Evidently` his work on the telephone pole was only a warm- up, because he zipped over to a dead apple tree and got down to -business in earnest. Gossipy..little sparrows Ianded on the telephone -wires and chattered away. Trust them to find the piece of suet that was •hanging in the pine tree. W1ien . T craned my neck around there was a pigeon from the barn sitting 'on, the veranda steps. She pranced around quite daintily and then strolled off out of sight. It may sound funny, but I forgot my black mood, m promise something.The Thesebirds grayseedayedtos will soonpass away and Spring will be here. The leaves will be,,,;pack.on the trees and there'll' be plenty of birds around.• When the green grass comes and the land warms up, a fel- low just won't have time to gef a bad humor. Besides, who on earth could cherish bad humor with living, growing things all around. him? Life will soon be back to Lazy Meadows, and .we'll be at the Spring planting. JUST , SMILE CSR TWO Clerk: "I have received a letter from a firm asking' for a reference for that man. Smith who used to work here." Manager: "Tell them he is a rogue and • a thief, and that anything he knows he learnt from us." • Mother: "Good gracious, whatever is the matter -with Fido. His fur has all turned green." Betty: "It's all right, mother ; uncle says he is a nasty tempered little wretch so I have distempered him." • "Do you know that Mr, Softman I was joist speaking to?" asked a guest at a tea-party of a; woman standing next to her. "Oh, yes," was the reply. "I suppose he says those 'sweet things to all the women he meets?" "No, he never says theta to me." "Indeed! and you know him." "Oh, yea—I'm his wife!" Kitten, Was Too Curious • Harvey Grpves of Victoria Stfieet bas ar pet kitten that 9aame .`close to losing all of its nine lives on Sunday. 141r. Sctiofe, •Harvey's „grandfather,, re- moved the ashes from the stove In ,the kitchen and left . la,.o.aals door •op- en. The -kitten jumped into the ash. pit and when the Pan was put -back in. apparently got into the pan un-• noticed: Some -time -later -Mr Sch'oge attended the fire and the hot • coals. fell on pusay She reified quitea di>i' tuxbance and was quickly released; +but net until her coat was very much . burned.. Apparently the eat is not. much the worse of the experience ex- eo t .SO. the spoiling of its permanents wave.—Wingliam Advance -Times. Navigation Season Almost in Sight With the Close • approach of spring, activities St the waterfront••are being stepped up and the harbor presents a Way scene. The Willianl Schupp- ia.• discharging. her cargo: df *nog a> ,tilwA,. -: Western Canada: elevator Mid in-:the,' of the winter •fleet to unload goad . deal of pairing to refjtting still remains tort:be.:doffea:on ac a .ei' the vessels of e• .fleet X11 s y. the winter a large number -of men • have beeti,.engaged in such work; in- deed, it has' been a record season in: this respect Crews of C.S.L: ships are under order to report, on March 213th, but it is not expected that the vessels will get away before the mid--.• ,die' of April, though ships. are• already moving on -the lower lakes. There is; still a field of soft. ice along the shore and as min as this disappears the .. commercial. fishermen will get their' , nets out.—Godericli Signal -Star. Vault Opened After 85 Years. An unused vault at Gordon Wong's restaurant has for years taken up a. "' space about ten feet square, and no- . body was able to unlock it. Deciding that he needed the s.paee,.Gordon got in touch. with John W. Locking, a • lock expert of Owen Sound, who • came to town and after several pours' , work•.on the rusty mechanism open- ed the vault. Papers found in • the - vault indicated that it had been used - by the people who •built the C.P,R- • line" to Goderich 'over 35 tears ages and evidently it had never been op- ened since that time.. Mr. Locking makes a business of unlocking safes and•has had some interesting experi-• ezcees In this work.—Goderlch Sign•a1- Star. Visits ,Mount Vesuvius A letter from Sto. Arnold Doak,. to his mother, Mrs. Wm. beak, of town, reveals that ,Arnold' '► took part' in the landing .of, troops at Anzio, :in Italy, and in his subsequent • sight-seeing made a visit to Mount'. Vesuvius, which even then (his • let- ter was Written February 20th) was giving advance. rumblings of the viol- . ent '-eruptions which is now devastat- ing the country about.=Goderich Sig- nal -Star. .A commercial trayeller put up for the night at a small country inn. In the breakfast room the_ follewing morning 'he was asked .by the land- lord how he had enjoyed the cornet - playing in the 'next bedroom during the night. "Enjoyed it!" was the reply. "I should think not, indeed! Why, I spent half the night pounding,on the wall to make that &inlet luztatie "I'm atraid there's been a misun- derstanding," said the landlord stiffly. eThe cornet player told me that the person 'in the twat room applauded him so beartily that he played every piece he knew five times ever." Huron Federation Of: Agricuiture--FannNews: Turf Fertilization A recent change in the regulations of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board revokes a preVious order which prohibited the use of fertilizers con- taining chemical nitrogen on golf courSes. lawns and similar turfed ay, eas. This does not mean. however, that the wholesale use of. fertilizers: for such purposes iS eneduraged, be- cause the need ,for the 'conservation of fertilfzerS fol. the Production oS food is still great. The supply of fer- tilizer which' is available fors turf should be used judiciousty and for the main purpose of preventing costly de- terioration of valuable turfed .ereas. Lawns which are at present in -a vig- orous, healthy condition will probab- ly continue to be satisfactory,for the •duration with little or ne fertilization. If; however, the sod is thin and poor or a turf which has previously been satisfactory, shows sings of deteriora- tion, it is desirable, te apply fertilizer. Under normal circumstances it is recommenped that complete fertiliz- ers contatning all of the necessary nutrients and particularly high in nit- rOge,n be applied to turf. Under pres- ent conslitions, hoWever, it is neces- sary to make the best possible use of the fertilizing materials which are available? keeping in mindsthat the chief deinand of established grass is fOr nitrogen. Phosphoric acid and pot- as,h are also necessary. although the latter Is rarely deficient, except on -sandy or anuck pails. The manufac- turer's recoAnendations as to sthe rate cif applicatidn of the partietilar fertilizer used should be followed. The, best time to make the spring application of fertilizer is SUS befurS active growth begins.' Fall treatments should be made in late August or early September. If the' grase- is green at the time of treatment the fertilizer should bp watered in immed- iately after application in order to plevei t burning at the foliage. — The fertilizer program may be sup- plemented by top -dressing with rich tap soil or compose, In addition to supplying a certain. amennt of plant food this practiee helps te fill small depresslons in the lawn surface and Provides a mulch for the young grass Oats tn Poultry Feeding The use of oats in poultrY feeiliag has given, ececirding to, some VOC'ent experimenta, goad restilts either fez' yriung growing chicks, OT for mature birde, For the chick§ the .addition of oats--to---the- mation--prornates_bettex. 'growth Nand ttroreL ra.pid feathering. ;Whole -Osta added -in the -grain...mix, dare VoUld help to prevent cannibal- -lam and featiterajleking, meting We' bird of the -poultry yard. When Oats fortis 4 part ,of the ration, mortality is reduced, and fewer eases of slin- 20 te-,25. per eeet far both grainsand Meal Illikatres atatee L, The' of oda •turkey --Satter Production Beliniv Last year Butter prOduction-Iii Ontario is still running considerably below thd same period of• last year, says the reoort: for February of the Creamery Instruc- ters of the Optarie • Department of Agrieulture. This Was Particulart? true in Eastern Ontario,, where pro- duction was tow and the demandcfor,. storage butter from -day to day have Veep' taking.. the available supply ita somewhat, as there was an increase in Abe number of ,patrons shipping mew irt the tatter part of FebrUaty- In the London .area, where prOdifc- .Wee IT OF sal"fl" the decreaSe is attrilinted target. to epriae vote. in. tiro StratfOritdAatoleel Omitinue s. has been greeted bis release with the airforce and has iiecepted a position as pilot with 'the Transcontinental' Airways. ,Flt. Lieut. Howey, Ben, of Mrs. L. F. Howey, of town, rettirneil from Overneas in Febrzary of last year after s,pending over a year in England where he piloted one of the big Hudson bombers. He was award- ed the Distinguished Flatus Cross in May, 1943, haying been reaponsible for the destruction of four enem,y' ships having displayed outstanding ceurage and devotion to duty. He was a member of the "Demon" squad- ron of the Coastal Commend. We congratulate bim en bis new appoint- ment—Exeter TimesAdvacates Relieving At No. 16 School Miss Edith Lackhart has heen re-, lieving for Mrs. Laaghlin at No, 16 •Schteal, East Virawanosh, this week. Mrs. Lockhart was involved in a mins or accident recently whet she was thrown from a vehicle by an unruly horse. She received no injuries other that, a shaking up.—Blyth Standard. , A veyr enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Roy Dow Friday nieat when the Leaguers entertained to a "boa' „social. troltinole Was enjoyed during the ev- enitig, followed by the sale of boxea auctiOneed by Mr. limier. Over $66 Naas realized. The League very ken- crrously handed over the whole, sum to the coinniittee for everseas boxes." A. pleasing event took place during PridhaM were presented with an ad- dress, mir,or and end table. The addreSs weal read by Margaret Chris- tie and the presentation matte by Wesley' Russell and Murray:Christie. ent for. the gitts.--Mitchell Advocate. On behalf Of the peopie- of ' this to starry 3', mvio on hie,appeititmetit • Oasts. Harry' joined the Staff of the adeaateltat 00 national. proton.