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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1945-06-15, Page 2,r7 141..104 • Ere, kditor. 'Seate, Ontario, ew ay afternoon by McLean V.AFORTH, Friday, June 15,1945. „King Government Sustained Oanada has spoken, and by its de- "Sn. the Government of Rt. Hon. • M'aeicenZie King will return to Ot- -71kiwa-to -carry on -the nation's busi- Imps for the next four or five years. It is true that the Government's majority has been considerably de- • creased, ,but considering the fact • that he will have a clear majority over all other political parties, after • five years of war and the burdens and abuse that war and war restric- tions heap upon a government, the people's decision as recorded on Mon- day, was a triumph that history has seldom given to the leader of any political party in. Canada or any •• other country. Mr.Bracken, Ieader of .the Pro- gressive Conserative Party, was elected in Neepawa, Manitoba, and for the first time since he assumed the leadership of his party tnearly Three years ago, he will have a seat •in Parliament and will head the largest group in .opposition. In Ontario 'Mr. Bracken failed to sweep the Province as Mr. Drew did the week previous, and the Liberal showing after such a landslide. was • one of the leading features of the . election. The Liberals 'also made • gains in -the Eastern Provinces', while holding their own in the West. And while ,they will not have the solid block of Quebec, votes behind them in the new parliament, the independ- - ent Liberals elected in that Province, now that the war is over, will un- doubtAly give them strong support. Another leading feature of Mont day's vote was the almost complete elimination of the C.C.F. in Ontario, and the Eastern Provinces. In the West, haviever, they largely main- tained their Strength and their party will have 21 members in the House. Alberta still stands by Social Credit, , and will have 13 seats, 1put nowhere elSe in Canada did their bid make any impression. ' • The Reason For some weeks past the large de- mand for advertising space has left all too little room for news, editorial' and other matter in the columns of The Expositor. This has been disap- pointing to our readds we know, from correspondence and oral com- ment directed to us. • We would like, however, our read - ars to know that it has been equally disappointing to us. Starting with • the 'National Red Cross campaign,' there has followed through the Vic- tory Loan and election campaigns, a demand for advertising space un- precedented in our history. In fact; -we have omitted advertising in re- • cent weeks in order to give more space for news.• _ During the wartime conditions of ,the past five years, the weekly papers • have each been allotted a quota • of • newsprint, which has been so strict that most weeklies in' Ontario have either cut down the number of pages or run only half the usual number • of pages in one or two editions each month. The Expositor, however, has each week printed its full eight pages of home news, and in doing so, it has absorb„ed its newsprint quota to the full. There has been no margin left to work on. Cohsequently, in recent weeks, it has been impossible, to en- large the paper to accommodate the recent election campaigns. • We ask that our readers will give us credit for doing our possible best under unprecedented circumstances. With the close of the election cam- • paigns, conditions will be back to •Vormal and we will be able to give the regular Space that this paper 'has saways given' to the home news, and • ether articles. • The Selling Of Gasoliri e •thig.of the wartime restrie- sale of ,gasoline has not inthe service Stations he' old order ok day ;‘ * 1, to t1le CencluOon that yvarthne reatOetions 'were so' s in the TiatOre a blessing i duse. That aUb.4euia*1s. of the a,s coneuM,- Jug, public can be met Nvithin reason• - able hours of sale. That keeping op- en round the clock is not only en- tirely unnecessary, but is a loss of money, „ when the overhead expenses and additional working hours of exn- ployees are taken into consideration. We notice that in Hensall, Wing - ham and other places 1n this and - other counties, garage and .service station owners have petitionedtheir councils to _pass bylaws regulating the hours when gasoline May be sold. The hours these bylaws state vary. Some set the hour for closing on week days, except Saturday, at 7 p.m., and Saturdays at 10 p.m. Some prohibit Sunday sales, and ethers provide for the keeping open of one ,place in a village or town to accom- modate Sunday travellers. Whatever the outcome, the war- time restrictions have demonstrated clearly that all the needs, if not the demands, of the gasoline buying pub- lic, can be filled within reasonable - hours of the day and night, and it would be folly on the part of service station operators to revert to the old order: And now, when the public has be- • come completely accustomed to ob- serving reasonable hours in which to make gasoline purchases, would be an excellent time for operators to keep them on the right track. Treatment o f Prisoners of War • It - has been said many times, and with great bitterness, that the. Allies are foolish and weak-kneed in' their treatrhent of German prisoners in this and other Allied countries. Possibly the recent disclosures of the atrocities committed in German concentration camps has much to do with this feeling. It should be realiz- ed clearly, however, thatprisoner of war camps are not concentration camps, and that for the Allied coun- tries to treat their German prisoners in any other manner than they have been doing, would have been violat- ing the pledge they took at the- • Geneva Conventionl'and would have resulted, as well in the endangering of the lives of thousands of their .wit servicemen who were prisoners in Germany. The report of the American Red Cross states diat 99 per cent. of American prisoners of war in Ger- many, are alive and are .now on the way home, and that applies as well to Canadians and other Allied troops. It is true that the German treat- ment of our people varied, and that in the last hectic weeks some Allied 9 prisoners were compelled to undergo forced marches of hundreds of miles and at times were near starvation, but the War Departments of all the Allies have on record countless in- stances where the German knowledge of the Allied treatment of German prisoners has saved the lives of hun- dreds of Allied men. - The most recent instance of this fact has been confirmed by returned prisoners who state that German ' army commanders refused absolute-, ly to carry out Hitler's orders to execute 'all captured British and American airmen in retaliation for the bombing of German ities. To lower the standard of the treat- ment of German prisoners in this or any other Allied country would not only be the bre4ing of an interna- tional agreement, but a lowering of our standards of civilization. 0 • Trip To Europe Just back from an eight-week trip to Europe, Representative Earl Wil- son, of Idiana, said last week he hoped every member of .Congress would be given a chance to "see, • hear, feel and smell what -went on in German-occupied countries." - There is no reason, he said, "why they couldn't go over during the suminer recess. The cost would be What about a similar trip, for our new Members of Parlianient? If the cost for such a trip *for Congress would be, negligible, it Would be even more so for our House of.Commons. Whatever the cost, it would nOt be any more thai the cost of the cease- • l'eS8 flaw of useless talk that .con- soles many wee4s: of therusual set+, • *in of the Muse ofrnmoni, and the, results miiht have t far-rea ig Tifilfiant o s ,deehiOn'on our LfgU' • .'*erestthe *terns vicked from: Expostrat; of 43t7 11104 twitatrAvos Tea= LSO, From The. Huron :Exploiter June 18, 1920 ,Jean Murdecie of Bruceaeld, is this week visiting friends in De- troli. She went by boat from Gode- rich. The excavation commenced, last week for Blyth's Memorial Hall, and it is:expected that the cement work will be underway in a few days. Mr.,,Amos Townsend, Tuckersinith, had a bee last . week, moving and raising 'hie hay shed. Meors, W. M. Cooper, James and Robert Dayton, J. Straight, J. Mc- Clyaitont and W. L. Nellie, Kippen, took in Use Greyhound excursion from Goderich to Detroit. John Ferguson,' of Constance, had a very successful- barn raising Mast week, and when completedhe will have first-class buildings. Mrs. Miller Adams and 'Miss Verna Adams, of Constance, left this week for Springville, Iowa, where they will spend their holidays with their uncle, - Prof. G. W. Dyke, 'Mr. Everett Rivers, of the Univers- ity of Toronto Dental College, . is home for the holidays. es - Miss Sadie Thompson and Miss Florence Beattie visited friends in St. Catharines this week. Mr, Frank Coleman, Tuckersmith, sold a two-year-old, filly to Mr. J. W. Bayley, of Hullett, at a long figure. This colt was sired ley Mr. G. W. Notts •hore and is an extra good ewe Mr. Andrew Boa, Hensall, a divin- ity student at Albert College, Belle- s, Vile, again distinguished himself dur- ing the past term by taking valuable prizes, being first in elocution .arid sermon -preparing and delivering. Mr. Harold Scruton, of Hensall, has entered as a junior on of the office staff of the G.T.R. at that village. Seaforth markets were: Potatoes, $5; *heat, bus., $1.95; butter, ib., 50c; eggs, doz., 46c; barley, bus., $1.10; •-flour, cwt.. $7.90; bran, ton, $64; shorte, ton, $70. 'Miss Margaret Stewart, student nurse at the Memorial Hospital, Nia- gara 'Falls, N.Y.,. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. 3: P. McLaren, in Egmondville. Doing the offertory period of div- ine service in St. Thomas' Church on Sunday evening last, Miss Minnie Merrier sang the solo, "Peace Be Your Dreams." kiss Margaret Edge played the accompaniment. • Misses Mary Edmunds and Miss Helen Dickson are home front the University of Toronto to spend their, holidays. 111M-,;pydney Deem has leased the resIdence of Mr. Jas. Hays on Gode- rich St. Mr. Heys intends moving to Egmondville. • From ' The Huron Expositor • June 21, 1895 A peculiar occurrence happened on the farm of . John Cochrane, near Hillsgreen, a week or so ago. A steer mysteriously disappeared and . could not be found for about a week, when one day its head was noticed pro- truding out of an upstairs window of any enspte'house. Sixty tickets were sold at Seaforth station tart Saturday for the excursion to the Model Farm at Guelph. Messrs.J. F. Coleman, James Scott and J. S. Roberts are neving electric lights placed in their residences. Mr. Chas. Aitzel, of Seaforth, has leafed Fach's Hotel in Brucefield for a term of three years, and takes pos- session on July lat. Mr. Robert Scott is having a fancy brick fence erected in front of his residence on Goderich St. Mr. B. B. Gunn is moving into his handsome new residence this week. His former residence on William St. has been leased by A: K. Chittenden. The cornerstone for the new church at Dashwood was laid -on Sunday af- ternoon last. Mr. Geo Kaercher, of Dashwood, has sold.lxis blacksmith shop to Mr. Henry Guenther for a -handsome sum' The moons, are now busy at the house of Mr. lh lVfcMordie, Kippen, and in- a •few months he will be the possessor Of the finest farm, buildings in the neighborhood. Mr, John Thompson, Seaforth, has in his posseiesion a document which is a curiosity in its, way. He received it in some papers which were in his brether's possession in Fergus. It is dated: Perth, Feb. 1, 1369, and Is over 500 years old. • • The Huron football team •went to Berlin on ,Sataerday to play a final match with ;the Rangers of that town for the championship of Western On- tario, and were stieceirefill by a score of 2 to 1. The Herons will now play Off, home and home games, with the Toronto Hurons. Tbe home team will likely win. • Mr. Jas. kcMbald, of Seaforth, has leased the Wm known as, the Carter farm on the Huron Roed.• Mr. Jas, Grieve, of the 2nd of Tuck- ersmith, hits had a stone wall and stabling plated Under his barn this spring. Messrs,. ItartfY, Epeare, H. Robb and D. Stepliteeetirie of town, are attend - lag the Grand - Ledge of the Canadian, Order ef POiteSters in Sitrallton-thie Week. Or. It*. 'Ittetta, e1te,ht, the a4jIt 1 Ont0i40 Utt 'Ott 'VitidL • ,164ditY '4A011160 14,0Stt4 • #44„ from they§V,1046,0#'W'ht9 ii3Osr 00%4 Sant Siai ' • e1 .„ • By Way 4. Boyle I was lining the mower knife the agers on farms and the only ,answer other flay in the driving shed.' It was, raining as usual and a, perfect kind of .a day for'a, job like that. The rain was warm, and not of our reins this season have been a bit on the chilly side, There's nothing quite as depressing as a cold rain and this time of year. By the same token a warm rain sort of relaxes you and gives, you a sort of lazy -daisy -come - what -may attitude towards the world Patricia Ann was having some fun on a pile of empty grain bags with three kittens while old Tabby watch-' ed with a careful eye to see that no harm came toh her family, The Col- lie pup was stretched out under the fertilizer drill . . half asleep, but keeping a careful eye on, the cat in case any fun developed. The hens were huddled in the lee of the straw stack where the cows had rubbed out a sort of shelf or roof. The old sow was wallowing in mud. and seem- ed. to be about the happiest of all our. barnyard inhabitants. Ed. Higgins came over to borrow something. He really wanted to have chat, Bill Thomson, the drover, came along in his car. He didn't seem fussy to buy anything. They sat down on the tongue of the fer- tilizer 'drill, and started smoking. Conversation 'drifted from the elec- tions to the weather and back to the '.elections and it just about took in everything you could imagine. There were no ',arguments, just friendly con- versation, suited to a warm, rainy day on the farm. Somehow or other the talk veered around to the size of farms. Then the main topic came up. Ed. Higgins is a great believer in the family size of farms. Bill Thomson believes • that there are *too malty bad man - is to 'hate big' farms and a lot of the present owners eheuld: be working for a good manager. He calls them factory farms, although I've heard them called by several names. ' It's a great argument. Ed. be- lieves that one hundred and fifty acres is the 'size for a man to own. Bill says' we should have thousand - acre farms, and that the owners of the present ones, should be working on , a salary basis. I must confess they had some pretty 'good argu- ments. Ed. maintains that farming is a way of life, and that our pres- ent farms contribute a lot of things beside....food to the titles. Cities; ac- cording. to Ed., would die out in a few years if it weren't for tne young folks who come from the country. He says if farms get like factories, then the people will change too and you'll ruin the country by Dialling every- body feel and act just like city dwel- lers. Bill started naming off the 'peer farmers in our district who he claims would be • working for other people. Taking out the odd ii.aan who is just plain lazy or not cut rut for working on a farm, he says most other fel- lows have a certain thing they want to wprk on. One man is good with poultry and another with machinery and so on. He wants the country- side to hum along producing food at top speed under careful direction of men who know how to get produc- tion and make money. The conversation went on Over most of the afternoon.. They didn't convince each other a particle, and Ed. went aWay without Whafthe want- ed to bOrrow-and Bill didn't even look at the two steers he wanted to buy. It was a good afternoon for talking. • JUST • *SMILE OR TWO "So, that's the bay," said Uncle John. "Yes," said the proud father. "I hope you'll ,bring him up to be a eonscientious, upright ,yourig man." The father shook his head. "I'm afraid that'll be rather, difficult," he replied. "Pshaw!" snapped Uncle JOhn, "as the twig is bent the tree is inclin- ed." et.„.., "Yes, but this twig is bent on be- ing a girl, and we are inclined to let it go at that." 0 An old 'lady who bore her years remarkably well was asked by a child, if she was young or old. "My dear, I have been evens e very long •time!' she replied, • Young Private Jones slunk on to the parade ground ten minutes late. • The sergeant glared, then • said, with icy sarcasm: "So you have de- cided to come on parade. We were afraid you '.had signed a separate peace!" • "What's the fundamental difference between a man and a woman?" "A man will pay $2 for a '$1 article be wants, while a woman will pay $1 for a $2 article she doesn't want." • Actor: "I always aim to be the character I pray, so I should like real food and drink in that banquet scene." Theatre Manager: , pose yqu will want that act Where' you off." "Then I sup - real poison in bump yourself Huron Federation Of : Agr,iculture-FarrnNews Poultry Parasites A 'satisfactory egg yield and a healthy situation in the poultry flock are hardly likely to prevail where un- clean and unsanitary conditions are allowed. As rule"tbe germs and parasites responsible ' for outbreaks of disease and epidemics are :bred and thrive in dirty surroundings. The responsibility usually can be traced to poor management, states W. T. Scott, Head Poultryman, Dominion Experimental Station, Harrow, Ont. ' The common body louse and the red mite • that so often Make their appearance durilig the warm weather are a constant menace to poultry at this season.. Fortunately their pres- ence can be readily detected and they can be ,destroyed if prompt and ef- fective measures are taken in tine. At frequent intervals the roosts and nests should be carefully inspected as it is here that small clusters of these tiny grey or red 'insects may eirst be found. A careful examination of the birds, particularly under wings and tails, may also disclose the presence Of body lice. These ,pests are .likely to increase rapidly under careless and slovehly conditions and if the vi- tality of the flock should be lowered to any extent by their ravages, it may require considerable time and care to bring the 'birds back into lay- ing condition. The total extermination of red mites may be a somewhat difficult task if tile premises become badly _in- fested.„ and a thorough clean-up 'aed saturation will be neceesatys with least two applications by -bmush or spray, of a mixture of one pound 'of Pprethrum powder and two gallons of coal oil. If the mites have not pene- trated too far into the rear of the fixtures and partitions a cheap and effective, though more messy meth- od, of control is a mixture ef' equal parts of old crank case oil and coal oil. If bodys lice are :deteeted on the birds one of the most effective and toting ,Measures that has been 'M - ed. for .clekeisifig at Ma' Donilitiott EXperitnental Station at tarroar is ail application" bf bite ,olirttilent, a per.: den abaft the dee �l a, pea ter earl bird is. eMekred. between idels thilicS` ii,hd'(11*(44 Ott fitbfkit 'Otte the hes•e .rhe teat rot1nd the ant, head,- tad ,:undei ',,enth, tiring. Pine 'nintinent tee* beentIntat tity drttg - • • - , , • • • 1r ' r ' r'. store but it is poisonous, so shoulti be handled carefully. A pinch of sodium fluoride or ,flow- er of sulphur scattered through the' feathers while holding the bird up by the legs is another effective remedy. * * * illegal Advertising of Potatoes For • ' Seed Purposes The average crop of table: stock potatoes is far '-erom suitable for seed purposes, and in addition, due to the widespread distribution of a serious potato disease, bacterial ring rot, throughout many of the table stock producing areas of Canada, it is now even more impotent that potato growers be encouraged to plant certi- fied seed rather than table stock. .. For a number of years a regulation has been in effect under the Destruc- tive Insect' aiid Pest Act which reads as follows: • ,, "No person shall sell, offer, ad- vertise, expose or have in posses- sion for sale, any potatoes in any manner or form described 'or desig- nated as 'seed potatoes' or potato eyes unless such potatoes or potato eyes have been produced ,in accord,- ance with the procedure and stan- dards determined and prescribed hy the Minister on the recommees dation Of the Advisory Board." Eaph spring ft is, noted that a num- ber of potato producers have carried advertising in various publications to the effect that they have potatoes, for sale for 'seed .purpoees, Which are not actually certified seed potatoes, there- by violating the regulation in ques- tion. * * * Vegetables For U.K. '$10,500,000 Deal Under the terms of an agreethent Just completed, the British Ministry of Food will purchase 746,700 bliebels, of Canadian, dried white :beans grown in 1945, and such additional quanti- ties as may be stade available, from the Special Products Board, the Do- nainfon Department of Agriculturik has' announcedi The British Ministry will also pur- abase from the Board from the 1946 erop, 4,375 long tons of dehydrated Dotatoes and 2,250 long tons of de- hydrated cabbage, carrots, turnips and beets. The -Ministry agrees...to tiara& an additional IP pet cent, of. these products If available, ,Total value of the .beansand dehydrated • (Oontinued on Page 2) " pers Made 42 Ocean Tripe Flying Officer .Arthur Here, With the R.C.A.F. Ferry Counnand; 1 at present' on leave visiting • with • hie aunt, ,Miss Minnie Her, and ether relatives. Arthur as a ennVigatorg has made forty-tivo tripe aerOfiiitbe ocean, both to Europe anti In the - East and has had 'some very thrilling experiences.—Exeter Tiesee-Advocata, Receives Degree Mr. Gillies, of the Exeter High School staff, is to be congratulated on having secured -his Bachelor of. Pedagogy degree from the College of Education, Toronto. Mr. H. L. Stur, gis, the principal of the high school. was successful in -passing his exam- inations on the History of Ede:cation from the same college. — Mester Times -Advocate. Plans Funeral Home 0 "•',I * Mr. E. R. Hopper is making planss for a post-war funeral home in Exe- ter and has •purchased from WE?: Sandy, Elliot the home en William Street, now being occupied as an apartment' t house by several airforce families. It was formerly the home of the late- r, David Jones. It is a large and, com- modious building with attractive sun- k roundings. Mr. Hopper intends mak- ing additions and alterations when. s building materials and conditions are - mere favorable. An apartment wilt be fitted up in the second storey and' an up-to-date funeral home with, k modern improvements will be fitte& up. The building is adjacent to his " present" Terniture business and 19 in., s a central and attractive part •of the- town.—Exeter Times -Advocate. • Business Change Mr. Percy -Manning has leased the. garage, formerly , managed by Mr, 4 Peter Douglas, from the McManus: Petroleum Company, of London. Mr. Manning hae-, the °agency for Dodge. , ane DeSotnars and will cary on. general repair work..—Clinton News - Record. Makes Good Fireman' Rev. Jelin R. Thompson, young ister of 'Trinity Anglican Church, St; Thomas,' might just, asewell belong to' 9 the fire department.° Saturday •when ,, flames destroyed a great part of the Grand Central Hotel in that city, he went into the burning building and helped carry out furnishings and valu- ables. Theo he returned to carry au4 hold hose ,lines.- But this wasnt 'his first lire. A few weeks ago when the Brownlee Drug Store, about a " block from the hotel, was gutted', Mr. , Thompson performed a similar see - vice. Rev. J. It. Thompson is a son', of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thompson, Goderich Township. —'Clinton News-, Record. Jein's Staff of Ingersoll School Mr. John Cook, eho for the past Sr. ear" wo a student at the Stratford Normal School, has accepted a posi- tion on the staff ,Of one, of the Inger- 4 soli 'public schools. — Clinton News - Record. f • Wins Red Cross Quilt The Red Cress quilt which has been on display in .Chellew's window, was, drawn for on Tuesday with Mrs. Rin- toul making the draw. Mrs. Chelleve was the winner. Twenty-five dollars, and fifty cents was realized from the quilt, which was donated 'to the so - deter by Mrs. Thomas Colson.—Blyth ' Standard. Son in Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Roland' Vincent re- ceived a ;letter from their sere LAC. 'Ray Vincent, informing them that he was back in Canada- and was a pat -4 lent in Christie Street Hospital, To- ronto. Ray has been overseas almost • a year and, a •half. Ray is not in, the best of health, and will be in I the hospital for ten days. Mr. and Mrs, Vincent and Mrs. McCallunC& went to Toronto on Thursday—Blythe) Standard, Buyer At National Holstein Sale • R. L. Marshall, Pordwich, bought ,'' a pair of Two-year-old heifers at the. National Holstein Sale, held on Mars 30th at Brampton. One was purchas- ed at $600.00 from W. A. Wingrove, " Campbellyille, and the other at $535 from Duncan McBane, St. Thomas.— Wingham Advance -Times. Honoured By Friends An enjoyable time was had' last Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Gordon Leggatt, when a 'shower was held in lionour• of Miss Vein Thompson, bride of thi7 week. As- sisting the hostess were Misses Jean iVIcKague, JeanSharpin, Ann Van -4 Week and Leila Leggett. The bride- to-be was presented with red and. , white enamelware attractively arrang- ed on a vole deceratedcwith pink and white streamers. GameEe'and contests were enjoyed, after which a daintsil lunch was served by the hostesses.— Wingham Advance -Times. Suffers Severe Burns Mrs. Aylmer Stewart, of Usborne, suffered severe burns at „her horo,e1 Thursday afternoon' of last ireek when her clothes took fire. Mrsd Stewart Whczengaged in housecleal-. Ing and had 'patieed , to „partake of "Ix ttang eei S•he .a lid on the', (05):ithitpid dpi Page 3) . •