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+iAFORTH, Friday, August 17th
As Peace Comes
Oiiiy erroneously had peace been
declared when this was written, but
in a matter of days, or weeks, at
least, a world filled with joy, will.
welcome the end of the war. As long
as we Iive, all of us will remember
that day, but there is something else
—something we must neverforget—
the work and the sacrifices that have
mace the victory of the` Allies 130S -
Even in our celebration of the
peace wer-Must'not forget the homes
that have had members upon whom
the burden of sacrifice have fallen.
in those homes are some who have
been away for years. Away from all
home comforts, and away from all
family fellowship and association.
Other homes where members will
some back crippled. and handicapped
for the rest of their lives; and still
ether members who will never re-
turn.
In countless homes the end of the
war will bring back with renewed
:sorrow the cost of life and suffering
of their members who paid the price
of peace. The peace that waspaid in
blood, sweat and tears; in death. In
those homes the rejoicing over peace
will be accompanied by bitter sor-
TAW.
All of us must share that sorrow
with them, in as far as lies in our
power, by paying .. every tribute to
the men who served, to the men who
died, and to the men who escaped
death, but who will carry their scars
to the grave.
And now we should direct all our
energies to the end that we will be
worthy of that great sacrifice by
bringing in a new -day when former
wrongs will be righted, and human-
ity will have -.a better chance in life
than it' has ever had before.
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The Value- of Newspapers
On Sunday, July 1st, a strike of
the Newspaper and Mail Deliveries'
Union forced the majority of the
readers of New York's dailies to get
along without their ' newspapers.
And the same condition continued
for some days.•
This strike was used as a medium
to discover just what value the aver-
age reader placed on his newspaper,
and the survey brought to life some
very interesting and revealing facts.
To the question, "Is radio com-
pletely filling your need for news?"
76.6 of those questioned gave a re-
sounding `.`No."
To the question, "What part of
the national and local news are you
missing?" 74.2 per cent. replied,
"Most of it." -
Of the women who were asked if
they missed the advertising in their
papers, 79.1 per• cent. answered that
they missed it very much."
It is many years since such a sur-
vey has emphasized . so completely
the necessity of the newspaper, as
well as the failure ofthe radio to
give a satisfactory substitution, and
the great variety of interests which
keep people bound to their news-
papers.
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The War's Casualties
Fearful as has been the slaughter
la this war, as far as Canada is con-
cerned, the ; casualties, particularly
in dead, and in'the number in service
in this war, compared with the nuirm-
ber,h action in World War 1, they
are not to be compared.
Canada, .suffered 103,409 casualties
1 Ax' • ivy and Air Force, in--
4ead and 2,365 miss-
ee 19 9 when the war, started,
e dth this year. To May 31st;.
r cuded'''9ii `t't `Ops
C u iii ' 'Were retic z
In the four .and a hal year of the
t Great War Canadian easvaltiea.
totalled, 109,Q92, including 62,817
dead. Intake into- the armed forces
up to last March was estimated at
more than, .,000,000, while in the last
war a total of about 630,000 Cana-
dians served.
The army, not generally commit-
ted in the European theatre until
D -Day, June' 6, 1944, had the heav-
iest casualty total of 80,195, includ-
ing 32,004 dead. The R.C.A.F. had a
total of 20,746, including 14;787 dead,
while the navy had 2,468 casualties,
including 1,927 dead.
No Limit To The Power
Perhaps you will not recognize it
under the proper name, "dichlorodi-
p,henyltrichloroethane," but it is the
magical chemical that has been cre-
ating such" a furore in the world of
late, and more commonly known
as DDT.
The chemical that will eliminate
fleas, flies, mosquitoesand grasshop-
pers, not to mention moths. Recent-
ly it was announced that bathers on
Long Island, New York, had a care-
free Sunday when an artificial fog of
this chemical destroyed all flies, sand
fleas and mosquitoes.
'In a Kansas experiment, 5,000
eattle were sprayed. Only half of
the animals in a given pasture were
given treatment, but all insects were
killed from contact with the treated
livestock, and scientists claim that
dairy cattle will give more milk and
beef cattle will quickly increase in
weight when treated.
Grasshoppers, too, are coming in
for a bad time as experiments show
that the chemical kills these farm
pests. However, the grasshoppers
will have a respite for the time be-
ing, as the cost, as yet, is too high to
be used on hoppers.
Getting nearer to the average
family home, it ha's been proved that
moths, which have carried on such a
successful fight for more than a fair
share of 'the family clothes and -wool-
lies, fall ready victims to the potent
DDT.
Dissolved in oil and applied to the
wool in the course of manufacture,....
DDT makes clothes permanently
moth -proof. By mixing it in ingredi-
ents used in dry cleaning, it can also
give a temporary moth -proofing to
clothes that are already in use.
Of course we will have to wait un-
til the war 'is over and full develop-
ment of DDT gets under way when
it will be available for general use.
But for all that, British scientists
are absolutely confident that they
have found the answer to the moth,
the fly, the flea and the. grasshopper
problem.
And there is no doubt in our mind
but that they have,_ for it is quite
apparent that there can't be any lim-
its to the power of something with
a name like that.
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And Sometimes Less
An observant man told us the
other day that most garden things
take from thirty 'to forty days to
mature,' but a rumor planted at a
backyard fence will spread through-
out the neighborhood in an hour.
And, sometimes, less.
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NEEDS NO TITLE
(Ottawa Citizen)
As The Evening Citizen's 'London correspond-
ent observes; to call Mr. Churchill "Sir Winston"
would sound odd to British ears. It would sound
odd to Canadian ,ears as well. But that is not
the only reason most people in Canada will be
pleased that Mr. Churchill„ "begged to be allow-
ed to decline" the Order of the Garter and the
ctnighthood which goes with it.
It is part of Canadian public policy to decline
titles, and so Mr. Churchill's action will strike a
responsive chord in the Dominion. And Cana-
dians will admire the man more for his determ-
ination
to remain a plain mister. But it is the
sort of thing one would expect Mr. Churchill to
do. His proudest boast is that he is a man of
the House of Commons, and the acceptance of
the Order of the Garter is the half -way mark to
the peerage and the House of Lords.
Reports say that Mr, Churchill has chosen to
lead the Conservative opposition in the British
C''ommons. His gifts ash a parliamentarian will
thus be reserved for active participation in the
many important debates that will come up when'
the new Flouse assembles and the Labor Govrn-
ment takes the helm. This role will enable hifn
to contribute to the diseussioifis -of policy In
manyllelte, and he will probably be able to do
this with afore • effectiveness as Mr, Oluirthill.
the member ter Woddfded, l$esex, that: as Sir
i t fort,
From The Huron Expositor
August 27, 1920
Miss Logan left Cbiselhurst on
August 7th for her native home in
Scotland.She came to Canada about
13 years•ago with her uncle, the late
John Templeton.
Majer R. S. Hays returned from a
Western trip on Saturday. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Hays and, Miss
Mary, who had been visiting in Fort
Frances.
Miss Mae McClinchey left on Wed-"
nesday morning for Toronto, where
she intends training for a nurse in
Wellesley Hospital.
Mr. Marshall Stewart has moved
his feed'and seed stock into the store
in the Whitney block, recently vacat-
ed by Mr. H. R. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. E, A. Fox and family,
of St. Catharines, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Greig this week.
Mr. Fox was a former accountant in
the Bank of Commerce.
Miss Mabel Turnbull rendered S.
Liddle's seeting of "How Lovely Are
Thy Dwellings" in First Presbyterian
Church last Sunday morning.
The Misses Cresswell were in Mea -
for this week attending the wedding
of Miss Winona Berry.
Mr. George Chambers, of Chisel -
burst, has engaged for the season
with a thresher near Zurich.
Mr. Thomas Murray, of Manley, col-
lided with an.- auto while on his way
'home from Seaforth. His horse and
buggy were badly shaken up, but he
escaped unhurt.
Mrs.. Henry, of Kitchener,. and Mrs.
John A- Norris, of Winnipeg, are
visitors ,at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Currie at Cromarty.
Rev. and Mrs. R. G- MacKay and
little son, of Alvinston, spent a few
days at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James. Scott, while on their
way to Bruce Beach.
Messrs Joseph Meidinger, Ed.
Snell and Joseph Etue, of Zurich, left
for the West to help harvest the big
crop.
The village officials of Dublin pur-
pose installing weigh scales.
The Misses Johnston, of .Buffalo,
and Miss Beth Barton, of Seaforth,
called on Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffery at
" Staffa on Thursday.
Mr. J. F. Moritz left Thursday for
his home in Cavalier, N,D., where he
will remain until after the harvest.
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From The Huron Expositor
August 23, 1895
During the thunderstorm last Sat-
urday afternoon the barns and out-
buildings of Mr. James Snell, Con-
stance, were struby by lightning, and
entirely consumed, together( with a
quantity of hay, 10 hogs, fowl and
nearly all his implements.
The , following have successfully
passed the different departmental ex,
aminations this year from Egmond-
ville: Entrance, Bella Cumming,
Gertie Van Egmend, Bessie Elliott
and Eddie Jackson; third class, Har-
ry Van Egmond, Willie Aberhart;
2nd class, Annie Prendergast, Joe
Miller, Bessie Gemmell; matricula-
tion, Win, Hill, Ada McKinley- and
Russel Hill.
Twenty-eight tickets were sold at
Seaforth station for Manitoba on
Tuesday. . Among those who went
were: L. Proctor, A. Cole, A. Hugill,
D. Rennie, C. Rennie, Thos. McMich-
ael for Moose Jaw; A. Currie 'and J.
MacDonald, for Salt Coats; H. Pybus
and A. Pybus, for Estavan.
.Mr. James Reid, of town, has just
returned from a three weeks' trip
through Algoma. He was much
pleased with the country. -
Mr. Hugh McCartney, of Brucefield,
has erected a neat brick house on
the site of his old home, which was
burned last winter.
During the storm Tuesday evening
last the residence of Mr. R. McKen-
zie, of Varna, was struck by. light-
ning. The fluid struck the gable end
of the house, shattering the cornice,
tearing off the eave troughs and oth-
erwise damaging the building.
Mr. George Davy wheeled from To-
ronto the Chiselhurst last week on
his bike. He called at Hamilton,
Brantford, London and Exeter.
Threshing has commenced and the
yield so far is excellent. Mr. Walter
Shillinglaw, Chiselhurst, threshed 170
bushels of oats from less than two
acres.
One of Mr. Jacob Weber's drivers
made quite' a commotion on John• St.,
just off Main Street on Thursday
morning. It was tied to a ,post in
front of Mr. Hugh Grieve's store,
when the rattle of the watering cart',
startled it, and it broke loose. Mr.
Weber wad Standing beside it and
made --a--grab for its head, • and al-
though he held pluckily to it he was
unable to stop the animal and it drag-
ged him aeros's the street, over the
ei'de' 'elk and' into d fence,
Mr. T, EAlit,e. has . rented his two
tames In ( fflop. to the Metiers.
'k ti (lnbr offdliO'ra tfth, and i1i ends
xtaini' td Oatott X7;"8` lits'.
Patricia Ann has been away for a
whole Week nQW. We zniss .her, At
first it seezned like such a'/ good idea
when her grandparents wanted her to
go and visit them. It would give her
mother a rest from having to keep an
eye on her.
The first evening it seemed strange'
for just ,the two of us to be sitting
across from each other at the table.
We never mentioned' it. The house
'was strangely silent, I found myself
turning the radio on full blast to 'sort
of fill the place up with a little noise.
That didn't seem to help very much.
We went to bed real' early . . . tired,
you know. I dozed off to sleep and
woke up to find that Mrs. Phil was
still awake. She was just wondering
if Patricia Ann was all right ... pos-
sibly she might be lonesome.
There was nobody to help me feed
the chickens the -next morning.- It's
funny how you remember little things
too. I was chuckling about the time
she had the baby chickensout in
the backyard dunking them in a pail
of ryater ., . . or bathing them, as
she explained quite gravely.
Even the dog seemed a bit pilezled.
He whined around the back porch and
seemed disappointed when I brought
his breakfast out to him. I noticed
Bi IwoJ ooyut.
there were no toys to trip over on'
the back stoop and tile sand -pile look-
ed sort of lonesome and neglected.
We went over and visited the neigh-
bors the second ' night. When we
came 'back Mrs. Phil stood looking
at the white .bed in the small bed.
ronin. I didn't say anything, but I
knew what she was thinking.
It has gone on 'that way all week•
There are no _paper dolls on the
couch. Nobody comes clambering up
on,, my lap asking for the funnies to
be read. I used to grumble about it,
but now it ... well, I wouldn't mind
reading them aloud at all. There
just doesn't seem much point in skim-
ming through them. Nobody asks a
whole lot of questions about the pic-
tures in the paper. I miss that too.
Mrs. Phil says the silence in the
house is deafening. She has been
working out in the garden quite,a bit.
When we are in the house the talk
seems to Veer around to things the
little lady used to do. Yes, we miss
her a whole lot.
I have •to dash norm. We're going
to go and get her. tonight. I have a
suspicion that things will brighten. up
a lot and we won't mind listening to
all the stories about the wonderful
things grandma and grandpa did for
her.
JUST A SSMILE OR TWO
A Scotsman who had a bottle of
Scotch on his hip slipped on the icy
pavement and fell. On rising he felt
something wet running down his leg.
"I hope it's blood," he said.
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Mrs. P.: "Have a good time at the
party, Eleanore, and be a good girl."
Eleanore: "Make up your mind,
mother."
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Barber: "Haven't I shaved you be-
fore?"
Sergeant: "Nope. I got -this scar
at Pearl Harbor."
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"Hello, Ruth, do you still love me?"
"Ruth? My name is Helen."
"I'm so sorry—I keep thinking this
is Wednesday."
"But you should love your enem-
ies." the preacher. told the Indian.
"I do. I love rum, whisky, tobacco
and women," grinned' the crafty red
man-
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Then there was the traveller who
asked a native of,a remote region in
Jackson County if he didn't have
trouble getting the necessities of lite
in that inaccessible spot.
"Yes, we sure do," replied the
mountaineer, "and half the time we
do get it, it ain't fitten to drink." '
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"I'm sorry," said the dentist, "but
you cannot have an appointment with
me this afternoon, I have eighteen
cavities to • fill." And he picked up
his golf, bag and went out.
Huron . Federation Of
Agriculture --Farm News
Value of the Herd Sire
The success or failure of any cattle
breeder is largely determined by the
bulls used. This does not mean that
the owner of a few registered cows
of medium quality should scour the
country for a $1,000 bull, but if' im-
provement is to be effected the bull
used must be superior to the cows,
says E. Van Nice, Dominion Experi-
mental Station, Scott. Sask. By pro-
per organization in most districts,
artificial insemination offers the own-
ers of small herds services of high
class bulls which they could not af-
ford to purchase. In the meantime
many owners of good herds, large and
small, will. be purchasing bulls which
may either improve or damage their
herds.
If there is any sort of yard stick
by which to determine the price a
breeder can afford to pay for a herd
sire, it is the number and general
type of the cows to .be bred. A real
good bull will sire a calf worth more
than a calf from the same cow by a
medium or poor bull (and many reg-
istered bulls are of the latter class).
The difference in value of such a calf
at 12 of. 18 ,months may easily be $50
in an average pure bred herd and in
special herds $100 or mote.
However, 20 calves at a .$50 differ-
ence means that the good bull has
made for his owner $1,000 more than
the inferior hull could have done.
Double the number of calves for a
40 -cow herd and mrlltiply by the num-
ber of years service the bull gives
and the value of the sire soars to
great heights. Perhaps a $300 bull
would improve certain small herds
while in other Cases larger herds of
excellent cows may demand the use
of the best bulls available, with the
price a' secondary consideration. It
should also be noted that the price
may not indicate the value of a bull
for soiare of the most famous bulls
have been bought at comparatively
low figures. The late James Doug-
las paid $710 for the Shorthorn bull
Browndale and later refused $7,000
for him,
As the price does not always indi-
cate the value of a bull and as so
much depends upon a wise selection,
an inexperienced breeder might' do
well to solict the help of two or three
honest friends qualified to assist in
selecting a herd sire.
Household Fly Is Puliorum Carrier
Experiments with the transmission
of pullorutn 'disease to poultry have
resulted. `in-.-li;n interesting ;feature,
States the .tlnual report of Shience
Service, Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture. It has been found that the
Organism may be transmitted by the
house fly not only mechanically but
in the body of the fly, where the
pullorum organism lives for approxi-
mately five days. Flies so infected
are carriers, and, finding their way
among healthy chickens,' are eaten by
the young birds whieh become infect-
ed from this source.
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Dairy Owner Fined
Recently George A. Drake, owner
of Drake's Dairy, New Westminster,
B.C., appeared before the police mag-
istrate at New Westminster and
pleaded guilty to .two infractions of
The Dairy Industry Act' and Regula-
tions. The first was for having in
bis possession for sale butter con-
taining over 16 per cent of water
and less than 80 per cent of milk fat.
He was fined $10 with costs. The
second infraction was for having -in
his possession for sale butter of
third grade quality in wrappers mark-
ed First Grade and he was fined $50
With costs.
The charges were laid by an officer
of the Dominion Department of Agri-
culture.
Plan Now For Seed For Crops in 1946
Though some of the 1945 crops
have been harvested and some are
yet to be harvested, it is not too early
to begin planning for the• 1946 crop.
Using good seed is one of the -best
ways- of lowering the cost of produc-
tion. There are several factors, such
as the stage of harvesting, storage,
cleaning, grading, germination, treat-
ing for disease and purity as to var-
iety, all of which have a direct bear-
ing on the production of good seed',
says J. Ritchie Cowan, Dominion Ex-
perimental Farm, Nappan, N.S.
Grain intended for seed should be
well ripened previous to cutting. It
should be stored under dry condi-
tient. Excessive moisture will cause
germination to deteriorate.
All seed requires a thorough clean-
ing and grading to remove weed seeds
and offal as well as all light and
shrunken kernels. There is a definite
relationship between plumpness of
the seed, and the size and vigour of
the young plants produced.
Sowing seed infested with weed
seeds is not profitable. A survey of
the seed• oats sown by a number of
farmers showed a weed pontent as
high as 2,200 weed seedg per pound
of grain. This means that 10 or 15
per cent of the Weight of geed sown
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Biggest Orowd Ever At Rage. Meet
Tfie annual civic holiday rate meet.
here went down in history aa a Ker
cord -breaker frond j?rrecticafiy every
standpoint. The attendance was the
largest in the history of. tide ipcal
meet; the racing was keen and finish-
es close. The feature event of the
afternoon was the free-for-all ,and all
eyes were focussed on the perform-
ance
erformance of the roan. pacing streak, The
Count, 2.0811,.. who was makinghis
first start in this country this year.
after a successful campaign, across
the border. It also marked the first
time he had met the fast pacer, Mc-
Kylo Cash.—Goderich Signal -Star -
A Near Accident
While bathing in 'the river me,
Thursday last, 14 -year-old Stanley
Falconer rescued Master Gary Coop-
er and his sister from what might
have been a fatal accident, as the
children had gone beyond their depth
and might have been drowned hada
Stanley not brought them to safety.
Deeds like these are worthy of notice
as all too many children owe their
lives to those who know where the
deep spots are and act quickly, when
others are ingrave danger.—Clinton
News -Record.
Observes 80th Birthday
A group of friends and neighbors
gathered on Wednesday, August 8th,
as a surprise party for Mrs. George
Cook, of Victoria Street, who cele-
brated her eightieth birthday that
day. The tea table was centred by
a lovely birthday cake, decorated
with candles. Happy greetings are ex-
tended to Mrs. Cook on this special.
occasion.—Clinton News -Record. ,
Fractured Arm
Frederick James, son of Rev. and'
Mrs. Jack James, has his right arm
in a cast having fractured it while
on holidays at Lions Head recently.—
Wingham Advance -Times -
Suffered Heart Attack
Mr. T. Thompson suffered a heart
attack on Wednesday last 'week while•
he and his wife were out motoring -
After a rest he was able to drive
home but heis now confined to .his
bed at home. Tommy's friends hope•
for his complete recovery soon,--
Wingham Advance -Times,
Underwent Operation
Miss Jean Austin underwent am
operation in Wingham General Hos
pital on Wednesday last week. Jean
has had tough luck recently as about
six weeks ago she sprained her ankle
while playing softball, and it is still,
quite sore. She is making satisfac-
tory 'progress following the operation_.
—Wingham Advance -Times.
Sgt .Campbell Arrives Home,
Sgt. John Campbell received a:
warm, welcome home by a large .gath-
ering of friends and acquaintances
when he arrived in Brussels on Fri-
day night after crossing on the Pas-
teur. which docked in Halifax. John;
enlisted in March, 1940, in the R.0--
A.S.C. at Hamilton. -He trained at'
Camp Borden before going overseas
in August, 1940. He went to France
on D -Day with the first invasion waver
and saw service in France, Belgium -
and Holland. He received a Mont-
gomery certificate. While overseas.
he met several of the home town_
boys.—Brussels Post.
Gifts For Returned Men At Saltfordl
On Wednesday night the members:
of the Saltford unit of the Goderich
branch of the Red Cross Society fit-•
tingly honored several re'w- eii men
who had been associated with the
life of the village before their enlist-
ment. Headed by Harry McCreath,..
representative of the Goderich branch
the delegation first called on Serge-
ants Ralph and Hector Kingswell at'
the home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Kingswell. Mr. Mc-
Creath, after a.short address of wel-
come, made the presentation to each
of a handsome signet ring. Both boys
expressed their thanks for the gifts.
and their warm appreciation of the
many parcels they had received front,.
the Saltford unit. Other returned
men similarly honored were AB. John
Mugford- R.C.N., and Lance -Corporal
Arthur Murray, son of Walker Mur-
ray, of Port Albert, whose wife, the
former Alice Dodkin, resides. fn Salt-
ford.-Goderich Signal -Star.
Logan Man Gored By Bull
On Sunday morning of last week
Wilbert McPherson, of the 14th con-
cession of Logan, was badly injured
by being 'gored by a bull. Mr. Me -
Pherson went to the field to get the
cows for milking and noticed a bull
n the field. He drove the cows to-
ward the barn and returned to the
field to drive the anneal back to his .
own pasture when it turned on him,
knocking hien, clown and bunting him, -
(Goiltiri7ii9i! on' Dago
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