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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1944-07-21, Page 2•ti 1:6 • • „ ,.„ fished 1860 ail McLean, Editor. *boa at Seaforth Ontario ev- hnrsday afternoon by McLean ascription rates, $1.50 a year in dvance,• foreign $2.00 a year. Single copies 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. SWORTH, Friday, July 21, 1944 Tell The People Speaking of whatever success has -been attained by the C.C.F., the Ot- tawa Journal gives pointed sugges- tions to other political parties when it says: "If the leaders of the old parties want the support of the mass . of the people they must go out and talk to the people. Democracy just can't be carried on, and political par- ties can't be kept alive, when politi- cal leaders adjourn discussion. That —adjournment of .discussion --- is what has happened in Canada. What should ,come is a revival of the old, Sound "practise of public men going out into the country to meet and talk to the public." There is no suggestion with great- er Point that could be made. If all the people of Canada followed close- ly the proceedings of Parliament through •Hansard, the papers or radio, there is not a question of doubt but that the electorate would be a most enlightened body of men and women. But, when only a frac- tion of a. decimal of Canadians go to that trouble, it is not at all surpris- ing that the average man or woman forms his or her impressions of gov- ernment solely upon what is heard on the street, or what some enthusi- astic politician preaches in personal contact with those he comes across, or makes a personal effort to con - That is where the continuous and incessant activity of the C.C,F. has created -much of its success. War has been a ,much more serious busi- ness to the two old political parties than politics. They have decided, it would seem, to postpone the presen- tation of the other side of the ques- tions So fluently propounded_by the Socialistic party, until after the war. The answers are certainly there, be- cause to suggest that no one else has ever done anything to improve the social welfare of the people, or that , no one else is capable of learning from the difficult situations of the past, is ridiculous to the extreme. These are things that the people should have been hearing a great deal more about in -Very recent years, and*no one could have greater ability in the telling than the leaders of these parties and, perhaps, more par- ticularty, the men who represent those parties in the House of Com- mons. In recent years the business of Parliament has increased to such an extent that sessions now extend to six months of the year, when a member is, or should be, in attend- ance. For that reason, personal con- :- tact with his constituents is far less • frequent than it was at one time, and ' the C.C.F. has been enabled to get away with far more than they would have if we were living in peace tunes. But if the two old parties are wise there will be no further adjournment of discussion, and one of the most ,eftective methods of meeting this in- cessant socialistic propagarida, and effectively answering it is, as the Journal says; for the members to get out into the country to meet and talk with the people. 0 • Sound Advice There are sonie people across this •Canada of ours—too many, in fact -- who have kotten the idea into their minds that ,wlien mace ponies, with . it will tothe au end to all our trou- hiesand vocgtions. That we will be living in a happy,land Where a pathr- 'nal goltagetit Will relieve us of all on prsnai ontiibilities and most' � r d werk, in order to live. OW 1I1 Me �1gfttd f not rebt ej 1�i* 14 x4oiibt 4h un of thia, a -1VIontreal neWtapaper, L'InfOrmation, makes Kline timely remarks ,which• contain much' sound advice, It saw "If we are not careful, we will .get the general impression that after the war almost everybody will live on the Government. Social security is an excellent thing in itself, but we should not imagine that we will.not have to work to live. Furthermore, we must not, as a Senator remarked recently, lean too heavily on the "professional.' planners," who have never done anything except tell other people what they should do. All these social security plans will have to 13e financed with money, and gov- ernments do not make this. They take it out of the pockets of the tax- payers in the form of loans or taxes, and often both together." It is rather odd today that the man who complains most loudly about the crushing taxes imposed upen him by the government, is the• man who most loudly proclaims the doctrine of government paternalism. Forget- ting or ignoring the fact that with- out the money raised by taxation or borrowing, the government would not have a single cent to spend on him or anything else. At present the government is car- rying on the war and business of the country with money secured by both taxation and borrowing, and it is about 'a fifty-fifty process. It might reduce the taxes by borrowing more, and It might continue that process until taxation was eliminated entire— ly. But government's ability to bor- row is precisely the same as the in- dividuals. It lasts just as long as the credit of either remains good. To postpone the .evil day, any gov- ernment could, of course, expropri- ate the wealth of people and corpora- tions as one or two political parties promise if given the reins of power. Again, however, these people and parties forget that all the wealth of the people and corporations of Can- ada would not run the war alone for any length of time, let alone provide a free paternal care of its people. Certainly after the war Canada should be a better place to live in. If not, the war has been fought in vain. It -may even be a land of milk and honey. But—that milk and honey will only be attainable to those who strive and straggle,for -it. Make no mistake about that. • Where Does It Caine From.? .A newspaper the other day said: "Where Gypsies. get gasoline enab- ling them to roam the country, is something that interests an AA -card holder." We were reminded of that situa- tion over the week -end, by watching the cars at a lake resort. There were hundreds of them, and most of them carried AA stickers on the wind- shield. And yet the majority of these ears travelled hundreds of miles every week -end so the ownerscould spend their off time at the lake. Perhaps these owners used their gas coupons exclusively for this pur- pose, and walked the rest of the week. And again, perhaps they didn't. Take any main street in any town, on any day of the week.' Only the odd car has a high category gas sticker, but they roll along day in and day out. How do they do it? We are not critical, or envious, or angry. about it- all. We were just wondering. • • What Did He Think Of It? On his recent visit to America, Gen. "Charles de Gaulle came from - Algiers to Washington in less than 24 hours flying time, and his plane • took time td circle over Boston, 1\lew York and.Washington before it land- ed there, so thdt, the French, Leader could get his first view of these American cities. • We wonder whit he thought of them? At a stop in Newfoundland, the party arrived too late for the regu- lat mess, so the commanding officer, Lieut. Colonel Maxwell, took Gen; de Gaulle to his house, put on a chef's - cap and eooked bacon, and eggs, While the two chatted in the kitehon. - • We Wonder what he thought of• that en de Gaulle flew to -Canada too) t a and -4-deb Xnteiefit ' items pied from The V,41:0;!ditor of fifty and twenty-five *ears ago. From The Huron Expositor July 25, 1919 , Mr. Guhr has started his dredge in tlie 3Maitiand. River at McGregoVs in Hullett, and has been doing splendid work. Weston Bros., Hayfield, have tbe contract and started to buildthe handsome ,summer residence for ,Mrs. Stott, Detroit, on the lake front. Sgt. W. T. Hay a and Mrs. Hays, both of whom have recently returned from overseas service, were visiting at the home of his father, Mr. T. E. Hays. Mr Mr. W. R. Smith has purchased a ••Chalmers car from the local agent, Mr. E. H. Close. Misses Ella W. and Mabel E. Terre bulla Olive Rankin . and :Jessie Kerr have successfully passed; their School of Faculty examinations at Toronto. Mr, J. M. McMillan has been ap- pointed Manager of the Walton branch of the Bank of Commerce, and Mr. Joe Brown returns to his old position as accountant in the Sea - forth branch., Miss Whitlock, Stratford, has been engagedsas teacher. of S. S. No. 10, Tuckersmith, Broadfoot's .corner. A reception was held at the home of Mr. •Jas. Scott, Cromarty, Thurs- day evening last to welcome home Pte. Thos. Laing and Lieuts. Howe and Mahaffy. A fine impromptu pro. grain was given and a delicious lunch served. John Kaiser, Brucefield, has bought a Studehaker car from' Mr. Lavis, of Clinton. Ptes. Walter Moffat and McGregor, of Brucefield, have returned home from overseas. Miss Kehoe has sold her, residence on the corner of Gouinlock and Cole- man Streets to Mr. J. J. Piaanery. Miss Harriet Murray is visiting friends in Galt. Mr. John Dorsey has purchased the interest of his partner in the, groc- ery 'business they have been carrying on in .the Campbell block, ,,and will continue the .business ,himself. Misses ,-Helen and Mary Tweddles Miss Russell; Mr. Jack Russell and Mr. Jack•TweddIe motored up from Tergus and are the guests of Mr. • and Mrs: J. A. Wilson. Mr. Alex Foster, Zurich, has been awarded the contractfor four cement culverts' id Kay Township. While riving along the Salable Line on Sunday. the -buggy driven by Mr Alex Alex Chall•tawas• hit by an auto and badly smashed. The occupants were uninjured. •• • • From The. Huron..Expositor July 27, 1894 Mr. Alexander Stewart, of Seafortn, has shown us a dirk •knife, such as used by the Indiana long ago, which he made himself from the original steel. • Addie Stevenson, Odie Kennedy, Maggie Charlesworth, Aggie Kyle and Frank Jacksow, Egmondville, have *succeeded in passing the entrance ex- aminations from that school. Mr. D. D. Wilson, of town, has sold the oatmeal mill to Mr. Walter Thompson, the former proprietor. • Mi. Eldridge Kellam and Mimes Wilson, Galloway and Doble, of the Methodist choir, and Messrs. Walter Willis and Harry Beattie left on Fri- day' morning on the Sarnia choir ex- cursion. • New Bell telephones have been placed' in the Town Hall, the water- works and ha Mr. E. D,awson's liquor We're waiting for a thundershower and it's a hot and tiring thing to de. The newspaper haS been predieting thundershewers for the past three day, but we've had nothing more than a 'dozen, drops one evening. Ws hot and dry and the air is sticky, making it hard for any living thing to breathe. If we ,sion't soon get rain thecrops may suffer. It looked this spring as if nothing on earth could step us from having a bumper , harvest, ,but ' the strawberries' in our neighborlidod took a peeking and as a matter, of fact we haven't had anything but a handshower since the strawberries were in. The women in our township are certainly "concerned aboot the raspberries. We have several . big slashes where fha,n's greed triumph- ed over common' sense and timber companies stripped the land of every- thing,, leaving only brush. The berry bushes have come up in abundance, but it's a small compensation for the fine stands of timber we used to have. The ground is getting belie 'dry. We've had a good year for the hay, but I'm wondering about the second cut. Mrs. Phil has been busy each evening with the sprinkling can, car- rying water to the garden and I must say it has stood up to the hot spell in fine style. Our front lawn is get- ting splotched with brownish tinges. • The -treatable with this hot spell is that we hayen't had ranch. breeze. You can stand hot • air if it moves around enough, but when it sthnda still that's a different matter. I was rirt,' .00 117, naMit 11°Y-10 ter we went to .10ed. The' curtain were hanging as straight and Ling as the wall of the house, and the hot air seemed to be thick enough to cut into pieces. The. 'whole house was quiet for once . . not, even ecreak, I sunrise the mice were just staying in the one spet, fanning away in a desperate attempt to keep eoel, A. lonely old owl let out an occasional "Toot:ta— bs:OW!" The dog thumped his tail once or twice on the porch floor . . . stow and lazy -like, ,-! 21 1944 • • imynpers. Heetts Clerks On behelf of tbe Osktille of this coM- oinnity we extefld. conmittilatione to 1yir. C. R. Copland, of London; a ft°iornilieacttpli*relisladiaenitel$1a4filit'‘e"ph:natl lec ietio; Railway Mail Clerks' Federation at their recent anottal7 meeting at Ot- tawa.—Winghara Advance -Times. • Some Tall Corn Mr. A. W. P. Smith has some eorn. We Tolled and tossed and turned in his garden that heats anything for the pillows trying to get cool spots. 'height we have- heard of so far this, We talked about a number of things, the 'most attractive being that on the subject of ainconditioning. It seemed 'such a grand idea to haste the house kept down at a comfortable tempera- ture. We almost had ourselves con- vinced that one of the first post-war things for Lazy Meadows would be an air-conditioning unit for the house: Sleep was beginning to come to both of us when I just remeMbered if we could control the temperature of the house, we couldn't do much for the crops . - . and in our financial scheme of things the crepe' are all important . . . but my eyelids got too heavy and I slipped away off to sleep. The one night of the year when I could have welcomed good dreams about icebergs and ice -floes, 1 had to go and dream about the blast furnac- es in a steel mill. The next time I'm going to read, about air-conditioning before going to bed in place of read- ing about the ways of making molten just thinking of that last evening af- steel. 1.NST A SMILE DR TWO Aunt Mary: "Whyare you taking a black dress to the seaside?" Jean: 'Well, Fleury isn't a very good sesimmeasiou know." • Pte. Sylvester: "Some achieve greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them." Pte. Leduc; "You're telling me— I'm wearing army boots, too." • As two men stood chatting on the street, a third, known to both of them, passed by. "What's wrong with Jack this morning?" asked one. "He seems worn out and worried to death." "He's been contesting hih wife's will," the Other told him. wife's will? I didn't kilo*. she was dead." • "She isn't!" was the brief seply. The young man went into the shop and said to the cashier: "I wish to pay the last instalment on the per ambulator." The smiling cashie handed him his, receipts and, asked: "And how is the baby?'' •o"Oh, "I'm feeling fine, thank you,' was the reply. • "Eternity is So vast-oWhos Can com prehend it?" said the speaker. "Perhaps," said the little man in the back rciw, "you never bought any thing on the monthly payment Praia.' • "How, come you didn't turn out?' demanded the sergeant. "Didn't you hear the bugle 'blow reveille?" "Honest, sergeant, I'm afraid I'm going to be a .flop as a soldier. I don't know one dern tune from an ether." r : Huron Federation Of . Agriculture-FarmNews Fertilizer Mixtures Foe Sale During the 1944 Fall Season The Fertilizers Administrator has approved of the following fertilizers to be manufactured and sold- in On- tario for the Fall season of 1944:- 2-12-6; 0-14-7; 4-12-6 and 20 per cent Superphosphate. Fertilizer materials in such amounts as will make up any of these miktures may' also, be used. It will Ise noted that the 2-12-6, which during thg past season was lediiced to a 2-12-4, has been replaced. This is due to the improved situation with respect to potash 'supplies: Addition- al potash may be procured if evidence as provided by soil test or by recom- mendation of a competent Govern- ment official that any specific soil or crop is in need of greater amounts of potash than is provided in any of the approved Mixterea. This infor- Mrs. W. J. Dawson and son, Doug- mation should be forwarded to the las, of Detroit, are visiting Mrs. A. office of the Regional Supervisor ef Sutherland, Fertilizers, 86 Collier Street, Toron- Among those who left from Bruce'- to 5, Ontarioaawhereup‘on' a- permit field on the Sarnia excursion were may 'be secured for the additional Mr. Jas. McDonald, Miss -Taylor, Miss potash required.. Laing and Mr. and Mrs. Ketohen. Fertilizer , mixtures approved for About 25 applications were receiv- use in the Spring will be ,announced ed for the position of teacher for S. later in the season. S. No. , 6, Hibbert. Peter McNaugh- * * :et -, ton, of No. 3 school, was the choice. Seeding Hay Crops in Fall .kr. Thos. Hendersott, of McKilloo, For many years farmers on the has sold his 50 -acre farm to Mr. John Prairies were unsuccessful in at - Dodds. Mr. Henderson has bought. tenaptee at regrassing, but, by imitet- 100-acre farm from Mrs. Sutherland ing nature, a solution has been found in Thillett for $5,500, and will move and 'has. proved -efficient for' more than there. • 10 years. Hay crops usually start The trustees of S. S. No. 7, 'Stan- 'dropping their seed in late summer ley, near Hillsgrben, have re-etigaged and this protess goes on till early Mr. John Easter for 1895. winter and even later. Mr. Henry Monteith, of the 2nd Seeding of grasses may be started 'concession, L.RA., Tuckersmith, has when the summer heat is on the the honor of being the first to de- wane, which is toward the end of liver wheat of this seasson'e growth August or early September, points out at the Seaforth market. This wheat G. D: Matthews, Superintendent of was delivered in Ogilvie's, Mill on the Dominion ExPerimettal Station, Wednesday,..Tuly, 25th. Scott, Sask. This date is more sa- Robb Bros. had a rather bad rune,- cessful if penetrating rains are' re. way on Friday last. Mr. John Robb ceived. Such plants, become wellbs- teas oitt in the country with' the de- tablished before winter and avoid livery wagon attd after driving out mutts of the possible insect datiaage. of MraGarrow's plaee ort the Roxboro Seedings made in the latter part of road, was shutting the gate when the .September or early October often horse took fright and started on the hoard fine hair-like.growth appear he - rub. A short distance off he Wheeled fore winter but, without fisediag roots suddenly, leaving the box and springs established, they- have quite a strug- on the roadside Mad finally Mashed gle the neat sprig with sometimes into.a barbed vire'fene. many' plants net surviving. Seedieg's "IVIr Y. A. Stecaesit has disposed of Made in the latter' part of October his stare property, and ,besiness in invariably do not germinate MAI Kintnarn to Mr..AtidrOr, efsllaborne. ' early spring and •frequentfy emerge • M±`. Vino TOWdri Atte :Veteran and -before ge6d1ng can be started. EaTly popttlar, threther oj had or late falishaef given better iitinedi4 plirchesed ate resolbs dials mid,f4 aOWitign ftsr new ir&elad 13 'Mb deParater. beetiIg giaag�ttthe Itiaitied; er the seed. Seeding oh. fallow has too often resulted in loss of plants by the action of the wind. The great disadvantage is weeds, present during the first year and fall seeding of grasse's is best adapted for extensive 'areas M• the drier parts of the prairies. These results apply best to crested wheat and reasonably satisfactory with ,brome grass. However, pecu- liar as it may seem, fall seeding is not so satisfactory with legumes. It cannot be recommended for sweet clover as results from spring seed- ings have been much better. With alfalfa, early fallseeeding does not al- ways work but late fall seeding is quite dependable. * * C.S.T.A. Holds 24th Meeting Delegates to the 24th annual con- vention of the Canadian Society of Technical. AgricultUriata (C.S.T.A.) ,which was held recently in Toronto, voted in favor of changing the name of the society to The Canadian Insa- tiate' of Agriculture. They also en- dorsed a resolution it -establish a system under which greater recogni- tion can be giVert to members of the society, in, a professional capacity, acknowledged within the society and recognized publicly,. . But before these changes can be made effective there is a considerable amount of reutine work ,to be done in, connection with defining the new classes of inembers—juniot rceember, member, felltiva- associate, and in de- ciding the qualifications for these clasSes. Then the changes must for - malty be incorporated in the by-laws of the Society. The change in name must be approved by the •Secietary of State .,before it cart be legally adopt- ed. • Several addresses were given dur- ing the convention. Prof. Roberti Rae, Agricultural Attache, British Embas- sy, Washington, D.C., end Agricultur- al AdvisOr ft; the Itigh- Commissioner for the United Kingdolu to Canada, spoke on "The Technical Agricultu let in British Wartime Agrictilture." L. A. Wheeler, Director, Office of Foreign" Agricultural Relations, Unit- ed States Department of Agricultiffe, was the Principal speaker at a bate ctuet given tee the delegates by the ohiari Government. His subject was''"Pbstwar PrOspects intertaSC tiontil Trade in Agricultural Pro,- "'tts." 1)r.B,, 8, Arehibald,-; Direetor, 13°- 13104On kitVerinielfral Patina, speaking , "oh the .00600UM Po'str' WerkS Wit lag, ndatiitr*A.; Abts Veek Vali 01660f5-, teNtiirWs 004i43 69'dr PrOginin;' 'IOW fa, be 014.7.04'464501' 200.; 4;•"$' *40i 13* 6::410a0 'Se4,11,P10. Ailb0, That etitiential. 'Abe, 4:-;60;t0,0tu 10,4' ,,Y001,ta: S 44.6."%totor., tt itg,,isdd6M0 tite • ' 4#00 $1,f year. On July Oth he measured a, stalk and 'the height was exactly 7 feet 6 ,inches. The way that corn is growing it would be a safe bet to say that it was all of 8 feet in height by now. Note—Mr. Smith measured the corn stalk this Wednesday. morning 1 and since Sunday it ,has grown 7 inch- es,,the height now is 8 feet 1 inch.— Blyth Standard. A House Vacancy Once again the white flag- is flying • from the 'masthead at the County Jail. The "house" has been empty since last Friday, when the last prisonerwas freed, and the corridors, cell blocks and cell are being given a thorough airing. This has been al- most an annual event since the out- break' of war and the "depression" in crime set in.—Goderich Signal -Star.. Section Honors Teacher The ratepayers of S.S. Na 1, Mor- ris Township, assembled at the school house on Friday, to honor Miss Cath- erine McDonald, departing teacher, who has resigned and will take upl teaching duties at S.S. No. 6, Mc- Killop Township, following the holi- day period. A large crowd attested to the pOpularity of the teacher. The evening was spent in playing games - Just before lunch Miss McDonald was; called to the front, and With the schoolchildren gathered in a circle about her, the presentation of a 22 - ,piece teas set and a pair of silk em- broidered pillow! aline were present- ed. Mary' Phelan read. the address; and Jimmy Wilson and Alvin Wallace' made the' presentation of the dishes,. and Margaret Craig presented the pil- low slips. The presentation of a purse of money was also inade,by Ann Hol- linger. Miss McDonald was agreeably surprised by the event, and fittingly replied, thanking,the section for their kindness.—Blyth Standard. Receives His "Sparks" • J. Neil Jones, of the R.C.A.E., sone of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hubert Jones, has successfully completed .his course at No. Wireless School, Montreal, and on Friday last at a graduation cere- mony received his "Sparks." He was one of ten members of tli%Sgraduating class to be chosen to take' a Special! course at No. 1, I.F.S., Deseronto.— • r Exeter Tinies-Advocate. Contracts Let For Paving It is announced from Sarnia that contracts have been awarded by the Ontario Department of Highways for the placing ot an asphalt gravel sur- face asn the Blue Water Highway be- tween. Forest and Grand Bend and between Bayfield and' Goderich. The contract for the Forest -Grand. Bend section, 22 miles, ,has been awarded; to the StormContracting Co. of To- ronto, and for six miles of the Bay- fteld-Goderich section to the Brennan Paving Co. of Hamilton. It is ex- pected that work will begin at Grand Bend within a week or. so.—Godericht Signal -Star. Moves The removal of pc," Lt. (Ilr,) W. Wallace from doderich, he having been posted to Melton, with the clos- ing of Sky Harbor, again creates a serious situation in, this town, espec- ially for those who were Dr. Wal - lace's patients, and generally for the entire community. Goderich now has but three doctors, all of Whom are. already greatly overworked, the same situation that existed when influence was brought to bear on the Govern- ment to haVe Dr. Wallace Oosted. to, Sky Harbor and allowed it dO part- time general practiaing, It is under - Stood that nothing is being done, how- ever, "We'll just have to work that much ign chsharatde.rs,t"arand doctor said.-oGode- rte; To Teach At Markdale Miss Norma Coutts; daughter of Mr, and Mrs. R. A. °putts, has accepted a position on the staff of the Mark - dale high school. She Will teach his- tory and English. Miss Coutts gradu- ated this spring, frOna Western Uni- versity, recereing her B.A. degree.• Wiegham Advanee-Times. FistOffs Follow 'Citizen's Curiosity There was a bit of an altercation Friday evening Of last Week. outside the big tent on Main Street in Which' spgeial services are being held by the. Gospel Tabernacle. According to re- ports Mae of the neighbors; intent ort 'fleeing, what was- going on inside, peered throtigh. .a alit ill the cativae rind *as accosted by a son of the min - later and hot WOrds desveloped into a light that attracted the Worshippers andd goodly Crowd:that gathered ont4 One -nay la to the efeeet tha1. the young Man was Invited into th6 "ii441.1i64111811g1X6tr:tttu iatht CO (0iiti1titted �i,P400 .• 0 4 A A 4 • To Malton 7 5 4 41 4 4„• 4 • • 4 I 4