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„It7)0013TH, Friday, August lOtla
Harvest Help
A recent survey of the farm help
Avalon has revealed the most ser-
ialla shortage of farm help during
the harvest season that has develop-
ed since the beginning of the war.
The shortage not only applies to the
ordinary farm harvest, but to the
fruit and vegetable farms as well, as
the Farm Service boys' and girls'
camps, from which a large portion
of help is usually secured, are far
from being as well populated as in
other years.
The already seriousi shortage will
become even more acute after the
middle of August, and particularly
so in September, when the schools
open. To in some measure meet the
emergency, the Ontario Minister of
Education has announced that school
boards will have the authority to
close grade or secondary sofiools for
a period not exceeding four weeks,
ta permit pupils to help in harvest
work.
In an effort to further meet the
shortage the Minister recently made
the following announcement: "Pupils
who are enrolled in schools or grades
which are not closed and who during
• the summer holidays were employed
in essential work connected with the
food supply, and whose services are
required further, are asked to re-
naain at their work during Septem-
ber."
Any boy or girl, man or woman,
giving four weeks' service, will re-
ceive free transportation one way
from home to the place of employ-
- ment. And those who remain until
the end of the season, approximate-
ly October 15th, will be paid trans-
portation both ways.
In this district, although the crops
of all kinds are above the average,
the season has been an' unusual o-ne.
Spring was very late, but once the
crops were in, the continued mois-
ture and favorable weather brought
them on with a rush. Consequently,
the'wheat and barley were ready for
cutting before the hay was in, -and
the oats were crowding the other
three. •
That is what has made the labor
situation on the farm so acute, and
there seems to be no remedy in sight
as far as skilled or unskilled labor is
concerned.
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County Health Plan
We are in complete accord with
the Ottawa Farm Journal when it
says: "For years farm and rural
organizations have been deploring
the lack of proper medical health
and hospital facilities in most areas.
The Ontario Department of Health
is now offering such a plan to county
councils, and it is rather interesting
to watch the: action. In some cas-
es the plan has been accepted with
little delay, while in others council-
lors quite evidently want more time
to think things over and get public
reaction. Nobody would think of
turning down this plan cold; there is
• too much at stake, and the Province
very generously offers to pay half
the cost, which is considerable.
• "We would suggest that the ap-
• proach of the Department of Health
has been wrong. They have not pre-
pared either county 'councillors or
ratepayers in advance, have made
little or no attempt to arouse public
opinion and get behind the plan.
Again it is the old story of starting
at the top and working down, and
• quite frankly, we don't like that idea.
We believe that any idea, no matter
how good for the people, should be
• sincerely wanted by the people it ig
• to benefit.
'No great movement, and this
•eats plan for Ontario coxes very
�iy to being just that, can be a
ete sUccess, unless it comes as
41st.the -deerted.. frAonta thhiebs :ingt:jeF,
e a of Gov.
bite VOW MUCh reeent yews.
The 14 no need to force thia
health plan, On the peaPle Of Ontario,
It should blained futhr thrall&
the Pres and radio, talkeli over with
variatl§ Pahlic bodies and, in general,
a sdlid body of plIblic opinion arous-
ed in its fOor before it is presented
to councils for a final decision. It
would be found that the plan stands
a better chance of getting a good
start and working smoothly if this
were done."
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What V -E Day Meant
We all know the feeling of relief
that swept over us, in Canada, on
V -E Day: The war in Europe was
over. Our boys—the survivors—
would soon be home again. There
would be no, more fighting; no more
killing; no more volunteering; no
more conscription. War restrictions
would soon cease. We would be at
peace again.
That is what it meant to us in
Canada, but we are only beginning
to understand what it meant to the
people of the British Isles, in addi-
tion to those feelings, after we read
some of the letters written in Bri-
tain after the war had ended.
Here is a quotation from one: "I
have had a lovely time dismantling
the air raid shelter, stowing the gas
masks at the back of a cupboard,
taking down the blackout and empty-
ing sand bags and fire buckets. No
need now to leave the bath water in
• the tub overnight lest it should be
needed to put out incendiaries. I
• still can't get used to being able to
switch on lights without drawing the
curtains. Now that the rockets
have stopped, I shall be able to sleep
-in my own bed, instead of the shel-
ter."
After living for five years under
- those conditions, is it any wonder
victory meant so much in the ordin-
ary daily lives of millions of British
people.
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Just In Time
There is no doubt but the -Allied
feat of putting German planes out
of the sky had much to do with
-shortening the war, but discoveries
made since the German surrender'
would leave One to believe that they
accomplished the feat just in time.
• The Allies have found a German
warplane which 4as propellers in the
nose and tail and easily runs away
from our fastest fighters. The plane,
which did not see action, was near-
ing the •'productioa stage necessary
for combat, when peace was declar-
ed.
About forty of the plades, some in
flying condition, were seized by the
Americans at one airfield. Others,
partly • destroyed, were found at
other fields. The plane was built by
Dornier, and was designated the
D0=335.
Flight tests by pilots showed the
cruising speed to be 450 miles an
hour above 25,000 feet altitude. Its
top speed is considerably higher. Us--
ing only the nose engine the plane
made 350 miles an hour at 19,000
feet.
In a test flight across France, the
German plane landed forty minutes
ahead of a P-51 Mustang, supposed
to be escorting it.
Another feature of the 'German
plane, which a group of visiting
aviators inspected at the Riem Air-
field, near Munich, is its versatility.
It can be used as a fighter, bomber,
night interceptor, or reconnaissance
plane.
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• Electoral Reform
(From the Ottawa Citizen)
In the Ontario provincial election, 53 seats
were won by candidates with a .minority of votes.
Results would make it appear that there had
been a landslide to the Progressive Conservative
party. Premier Drew's candidates romped home
with 66 seats. The Liberal party elected only ten
members. The C.C.F. were reduced to six. When
the total votes cast for the parties throughout
the province are examined, however, it is seert"
that the majority of the electorate actually voted
for other than Progressive Conservative candi-
dates.
Oil. Bridling in Alberta
(From the Edmonton JOUrnal)
The present year promises to be a record one
so far as oil operations are concerned. Quite
outside of the established field of Turner Valley,
etme 50 new Wells are now in process of 'cent-
Pletion and Many others are planned. Most of
theist are located in Alberta. WorkIs Under way
In the- Conral, PeIncess and Taber distriets of
telltheasterti Alberta, and in varieue districts
eleing,the ftiOthille. A time field (et juniping
Ponnct, northwest f CalgarY, le °dial -tiered Par-
Phtill0" Pronitain44, 01;„#Deolat ititereet tO Ed-
thh tett the &Ong Inlet *Amy 43, te
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• From The Huron Expositor
August 20,, 1920
Reports from the department of
Physicat the 0.A.C., Guelph, show
that the' montleef July was an eiCep-
tionally cold month, in fact the maxi -
MUM CM record for the past 33 .years.
John Bradley, of IVIRchell, aged 45,
while playing in a football game be-
tween Mitchell and Seaforth teams on
the recreation grounds here last Fri-
day eveeing, became exhausted and
was -taken' to Dr. Hugh Ross's office,
where he expired about ten minutes
afterwards.
An aeroplane passed over town in
an easterly direction about 7 o'clock
on Sunday evening.
Mr, William Weapon of Egmond-
vine, has purchased from Mr. E.
Dinnin, what is known as the Leath-
erland farm, the price being $10,800.
Mr. Aaron Erb, of the Bronsoil
-.Line, recently -delivered to Mr. Wm.
O'Brien, produce dealer in Zurich,
two Rock hens that tipped the scales
at 19 • pounds. The heavier one
Weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces.
Mrs. Milne, who has been spend-
ing the past year at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. T. S. Smith, in Sea -
forth, left on Wednesday morning for
her home in Scotland. She was ac-
companied as far as Montreal by Mrs.
Smith.
Mr. Milton Chesney, who has beexl
accountant in the local branch of the
Dominion Bank for some time, has
been 'transferred to' Orillia and left
this week for that place.
Mr. G. A. Sills leaves en
morning on a trip to Prince
Sask.
Miss Cassie Everett has accepted a
position as milliner in London.
Miss Olive Taman and Miss Annie
Stew -het leave on Friday to visit
friends in Buffalo.
Misses Irene Carbert and Kate Eck-
ert have returned to Toronto to re-
sume their duties.
The following students took part
in a -concert in aid of the choir fund
of First Presbyterian Church choir,
and directed by Mr, A. T. Craig:
Misses- Mabel Turnbull, Mary Croehy,,
Frances Winter, Evelyn Greig, Doro-
thy , Kerslake, Pearl Patterson, Mary
M. Bell, Mary Habkirlt, Mary Stew-
art, Minnie Merner, Janet Cluff, Har-
vey Buerows, Gerald Stewart, James
Stewart and Charles Boyd, Walton.
Miss Helen Carswell, of Toronto,
• is' a gtiesti at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. JamesKerr.
ar4 a quiet Sunday atter a week Of
Mixed weather, We had two or three
smelters. and then, just when every-
thing seemed to be well linderWaY, it
rattled. Today it's threatening again.
The air is humid. Mrs. Phil is busy
trying to find some old packages of
seeds in the hoes that by putting
them in slow she might make up for
some of the ones that haven't fared
so well because- of the weather,
I've been violating the Sabbath by
painting he front porch floor. I
should say repainting it, because that
porch floor is rapidly becoming the
most painted thing in the whole com-
munity. It was drizzling rain one day
last week and Mrs. Phil was busy do-
ing down cherries. She suggested
that it might. not be a bad idea if I
wanted to help to paint the front
porch floor. He bought the paint in
the Spring and never seemed to get
around to doing it.
I don't mind painting if the area
isn't too big, so I went at the porch
floor with a vengeance. It looked
pretty good . . . all shiny grey bhie,
and so I went looking for something
to put across the front steps . . .
which would keep the folks from
tramping on it. I was only away
about five minutes and when I came
back a big old rooster was standing
square in the centre of it, having
foot -printed it plenty.
I had to leave it that way, figuring
Friday
Albert;
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an finishing Up when It Wasn't ra 11. -
Mg• and the front eteps could be done.
OflFriday evening .it started to rain
a bit, so I painted the porch floor
again. This time there was no fool-
ing; the gate to the front lawn was
tightly Welled and I pur-the eetep.-
ladder across. the front steps. I was
Net going out the little gate when.
the front door opened and Patricia
_Ann walked out into the centre of
the floor, followed by the clog. -
Kneeling on the front • doorstep I
reached away oue with the brush to
cover up the damage. Somebody op-
ened the kitchen door and the draught
brought the front door slamming
against my feet and I went off bal-
ance . . . sprawling out across the
floor and ruining the front of my ov-
eralls ... well, messing them up any-
how.
This morning I decided to undo
what had been done. The front door
was locked and I put the key up lie -
hind the clock. I examined the fence
around the front lawn and secured
the gate with a piece of wire. Then
I went to work, keeping a watchful
eye out . . and it almost happened.
Just when I finished, one of the cats
slunk in under the fence.I put the
boots to her . . . in a hurry.
The poteh floor is finished, and I'm
maintaining a guard over it today un-
til it sets.
Genre TO 4140'114n'
Sqdn. IAdr, Alvin Ileeleee.berry, the
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youngest son of Mr and. MM. Rrece-
BosaeriberrY, of Grand Bend, recently
returned from overseas, making the
trip in a Lancaster bombee. pe en-
listed in London With the g,013a,ro th •
August, 1941, and trarieferred to •the
R.C.A.F, in F:ebruery, 1942. He,, re-
..ceived hie wings in .0cteber of that
Year. He went owl -seas in January,.
1945. Alvin reports for service in 4
the Pacific after spending 30 days
with his wife and young daughter at
Grand Bend.—Zurich Herald.
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JUST A SMILE OR TWO
A modern youth seated himself in
the dentist's chair 'to have a tooth
extracted. He wore a wonderful
striped silk shirt, and a more .wonder-
ful check suit. He also wore the
vacant stare that so often goes with
both.
"I'm afraid to give him gas," said
the dentist to his assistant.
”why
"Well, how will I know when he is
unconscious?"
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Constable (to a gentleman stagger-
ing home at 3 a.m.),: "Where are
you going to at this time of night?"
"To a lecture."
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Sadie: "That husband' ef mine is
a worm if there ever was one."
Daisy: "Yes, I just saw a chicken
pick him up."
"What .are you going to give your
husband for a birthday present?"
"Oh, a hundred cigars."
"What did you pay for them?"
"Nothing! For the last few months
I have taken one or two from his box
daily. He hasn't noticed it and will
be delighted with my tact in getting
the kind he always smokes."
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Patient: "Doctor, I feel like killing
myself. •What shall I do?"
Doctor: "Just leave it to me."
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She (ending a quarrel):
now why a woman is often
bird."
"Yes, because they
the • lookout for
ei
called a
see
He (smartly):
are always on
crumbs."
She (quietlY):
worms they pick
"No, because of the
up."
From..;The Huron Expositor
August 16, 1895
Mr, Wm. Scott, of Brueefield, ship-
ped 12,000 pounds of wool to •Lawr-
ence, Massachusetts, last week.
Mr. Jacob Weber, of Egmohdeille;
has sold the Carlin farm oxi the 2nd
concession of McKillop, which he has
owned for some time, to Mr. Thomas
Lane, of Tuckersmith, for the. sum ef
$4,500. .•• .
Mr. John G. Wilson met with a
painful accident on Monday. While
handling nails in the cellar of Reid
& Wilson's hardware store, a keg fell
on his right foot, smashing his toes
badly.
Mr. Sam A. Dickson left on Friday
last to visit friends in Manitoba.
Mr. James D. O'Connell, bookkeep-
er for Reid & Wilson, is spending his
holidays with relatives in Brooklyn
and New York.
The trustees of Broadfoot's school
in Tuckersmith intend holding an en-
tertainment at the opening of school
on August 23rd • Among the attrac-
tions will be comic singing by G. B.
Scott, Seaforth.
Mr. Thos. Dinsdale & Sons, of
Zurich, purchased a fine new
separator last year from' the cele-
brated company of Clinton, and this
year they have a fine • new Leonard
engine.
On Thursday evening last a very
successful lawn eocial was held on
the lawn of Mrs. Secord,, Varna.
Music was furnished by Seaforth
Brass Band.
Messrs. Robert Ferris, Thomas
'Nellans, Jr., and John Watt, -jr., of
Harlock, left for Manitoba Tuesday
on the excursion.
Mr. Neelands, the genial editor of
The Hensall Observer, had the mis-
fortune to get his fingers badly bruis-
ed in ,a press. '
Mt. W. Prendergast, wife and child
leave the first Of next week for To-
ronto, where Mr. Prendergast will as-
sume the tiaties devolving upon him
as inspector of the publiC •schools for
Ontario.
Twenty-two tickets were • sold at
Seaforth station on Tuesday for Mani-
toba on the laborers' excursion. It Is
estimated that 1,500 people left tin -
ion Station, Toronto, that da.
Mr. WillIaM joevett, Of Miatillen#
near Leadhure, etellted ionic Preen
Akomo„ on Alitetifiae,, "liehiglig, with
• httli a illittlbat o aWiMlita ,Of giratt
tgoWii. on he Otti* *fr.• *1040
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Huron Federation Of
Agriculture-FarmNews
Late Summer Egg Production
To dispose of the bird that has ceas-
ed to lay is good practise in mid -sum-
mer of the year, but if the culling of
the flock is carried too far it may
prove to be expensive, says W. T.
Scott, Head Poultryman, Dominion Ex-
perimental Station, 'Harrow, Ont.
To some extent the overhead invest -
Railway Man Fractures Back
E. J. Thornton, of Stratford, reliev-
ing for a week as a yard employee
with the C.N.R. here, suffered .a frac-
tured back when he fell between two,
cars near the Goderich elevators on
Wednesday afternoon. He is in Alex-
andra Hospital, where he will be -
confined for some weeks.—Goderich
Signal -Star.
Wins Pigeon Triop.hy
The Goderich Homing Pigeon Club's
last race of the season for old birds
was from Montreal and was won by
Ernest Peachey's entry. Peachey
birds else' were second and fourth
and Pitbliclo's was third. Peachey is
the winner of the club trophy. The
series of races for young birds will
begin on August 12th, the first race a
to be from Stratford.--Goderich Sig-
nal -Star.
Parties Fete Fannie Lavis
by the Ontario Research Council to,
Dr. E. G. Hood, Chief Dairy Research,
Dominion Department of Agriculture,
for immediate action.
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Wide Demand For Canadian Potatoes
Inquiries for Canadian field crop and
vegetable seeds leave cone' e from al-
most every country of Europe, and
nient in labor, buildings and equipment since V -E day the office bf the Plant
remains the same and when this is not
utilized to the utmost, then the margin
of profit is proportionately reduced. .
The prevailing demand for poultry
meat has encouraged heavy culling of
the poultry flocks, but the old axiom
4.`You can't eat your pudding and have
it" was never more true than it is in
the present situation of good prices
and a ready demand .for fresh eggs.
A falling off in egg yield is to be
expected during the hot season but
many birds that moult or cease to lay
might continue in profitable production
if given a little extra attention during
this critical period.
Before the grass. on the range be-
comes tough and fibrous it should be
mowed or if the birds are confined to
the house or to small yards that have
become bare, then some green alfalfa,
clover, garden waste, or lawn clippings
should be provided. ,On the range the
supply of earth worms and fnsects may
become scarce and it may be advisable
tq. step up the meat scrap or fish meal
portion of the maSh mixture. If skim-
med milk or buttermilk is available it
can be used to advantage at this time.
As the season advances the utility
of the concentrates that form a valu-
able part of the mash mixture assumes
greater importance in maintaining con-
dition and a moistened crumbly mash
fed once a day will improve its palata-
bility and encourage the birds to eat
Inore.
The importance_of a constant supply
of fresh,. cool water to drink should
not be overlOoked and the house clean-
ing job should be thorough or an infes-
tation of lice and mites may be ex-
pected and the egg production serious-
ly affected.
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Ice Ci'eam Sweetener
The question of what method or
methods are available to permit the
flee Create. industry of Calieda to enter-
Nne retittetiot In PrOduetieli reatiltifig
from lessening Pie annitint. of .s.4gar to
•bii need, as teek- ,gtiVerhteteiret '-oret et,
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Protection Division, Dominon Depart-
ment of Agriculture, has been receiv-
ing requests from .4everal parts of the
world for Canadian Certified seed pota-
toes. By intensive work, Canadian
scientists have improved the quality
of most- of the imported seeds, so
that today Canada, formerly a minor
factor in vegetable seed production,
is an important producer of virile
seed.
In the /demand for potato seed, his-
tory is repeating itself. Louis XVI
of France (1754-1793) offered a prize
to any subject who could find a crop
that Would produce large quantities
of food on a small area. A man nam-
ed Parmentier came forward with
the potato and demonstrated that
huge quanlities of food Could 'be pro-
duced from one acre.
From the 1944 crop, Canada export.
ed about three and one-half million
bushels of certified seed to the Unit-
ed ,States, Uruguay. South Africa,
Cuba, Venezuela, Bermuda, West In-
dies, France, Dominican Republic,
Newfoundland,' and even to Iceland.
Most of the Canadian certified seed
potatoes exported are grown in. the
Maritime provinces.
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World Hog Numbers ,
number of hogs in the world
reached an all-time peak, estimated at
294 million at the beginning of 1940.
Since then sharp reduction occurred
in a number of enemy-ocbupied coun-
tries, but resold nanebers of hogs in
the Vetted States and Canada helped
to offset declines elsewhere. At the
start -of 1944, North American hog
numberreached the record level Of
99 million head, but by January, 1945,
this figure had been, reduced to 74
million and Might conceivably be
still further reduced by the, end of
1945, unless the present trend • Is
Cheektifi., says thirreut eview,t)f
.Agrictilettrel Condltione 'in Ca.nada.
Continental EUrepe „prior to the war
.aocountdd pr cent Of
The
Miss Fannie Lavis is being much
feted prior to her wedding to •Cpl.
Wesley F. Haddy., R.C.A.F., on August
6th, in Ontario Street United Church.
Some of those who entertained for
Miss Lavis ' have been: Miss Elma
Dinning, Clarence Ave., London, en-
tertained Girls' Club, a miscellaneous
shower; Mrs. L. D. Elgie, Emery St.,
London: entertained at a tea and
shower on Wednesday; a number of
the office staff of the Goodyear Tire-
& Rubber Co., honored the bride-eleCt.
with a crystal shower and _presenta-
tion.—Clinton News -Record.
Will Resume Teaching
Flight -Sergeant Norman Sinclair is;
home from Debert, N.S., on a three
weeks' leave, after which he returna•
to the release centre at Toronto,
where he expects to be released 115
timeto teach school in September_
Norm has served with the R.C.A.F.
for the, past four years, and has ac-
cepted a teaching position at Rich::
mond High School, near Ottawa.—
Blyth Standard.
Returned Staffa Man Honored',
Honoring LAC. John Morris, re-
cently returned from two years' ov-
erseas service. a group of friends as-
sembled at Staffa „Hall on Friday'
night to welcome him. An address
was read by George Coyne, and- the.
presentation of a purse of money was
made by Michael Doyle. An hour of
dancing followed, music being sup-
plied. by the Ryan -McQuaid orchestra -
Lunch was served. LAC. Morris has•
volunteered for service in the • Pacific-
area.—Exeter Times-AdvOcate.
Left For Australia
Mrs. Keith Colby (nee Shirley Pen -
hale), a war bride of Sgt. Pilot Col-
by, of Melbourne, Australia, who was
a graduate of No. 9, .S.F.T.S., Cen-
tralia, left Saturday _for Montreal eri
route to Yob]. her husband. At Mone
treat a party of Canadian brides will
gather and proceed to New York and
thence to their port of embarkation.
Mrs. -Colby was tbe guest of honor at
a handkerchief shower„ at the home
of Miss Gwenneth Canni Wednesday
evening of last week. A social eve-
ning was spent followed by refresh-
ments. Mrs. Colby, a popular young
lady of town, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther J. Penhale, will have the,
best wishes of a host of friends for
her future happiness.—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Will Continue To Teach
Miss M. Pridham, who resignerb
from the staff of Mitchell lublic
school at the end of the school Year,
has been prevailed upon to continuo
her duties here by the inspector and
the local board. It is difficult to ob-
tain experienced and efficient teach-
ers at this time, and the co-operation
is appreciated.—Mitchell Advocate.
Parsonage Painted By Volunteers
The parsonage of Victoria Street
United Church sports a new mantle
Of paint, in a color: scheme of white
and 'apple green. '''The project was
carried through by the voluntary
work of teen of the church. Roy Lee
and Ross Mills Were much..in evi-
dence, and with the assistance of
Harvey Webster, William Mew, Chas.
Breckow, Jr., Geolge •CUrrell, Isaac
William Peters, William BroWn-
lee, Wilbert Hodetinott, .red W11,-
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