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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1945-11-16, Page 2,: • • • Tam' t‘. ush eau* Editor. hei ab Seafortll Ontari0 ev- ay afternoon by McBean UbScription rates, $1.50 a year in dvance; foreign $2.00 a year. Single gopies, 4 cents each. SEAFORTH, Friday, November 16 No• t Needed A short time ago Hon. Humphrey Aachen, Dominion Minister of La- bor, announced that the wartime iiational registration would be car- ried on into the peacetime years, and the national registration cards • would still have to be carried by Canadian citizens. According to Mr. Mitchell, these registration cards have proven so invaluable that their continuance is a necessity. But the invaluable' things the Minister quoted were -that they help the police and liquor commission stores. We used to be rather proud of the fact that no Canadian citizen was required to carry identification pa- pers unless he wanted to. And we rather looked down on the people of other countries who were forced to carry registration cards, because we considered those other countries were police -ridden and lacked the privileges of a free country. But Mr. Mitchell's ruling looks very much like a fine example of how to regiment the public even in peacetime, when such things are considered entirely unnecessary. And his excuse is rather a poor one. Of course national registration would help the police. If it were not so, they never would have been compul- sory in Germany, Italy and Japan, and other countries in which police Aisles exist, or did exist before the war. However, we do not believe the people of Canada want to live in a police state, and don't intend to live in one either. Before the national registration cards came in as a war measure, both the police apd the liquor stores managed to get ong very well indeed without them. And - they could manage just as well again if they were- abolished. • • Mete is A Difference Recently the Peterborough Exam- iner, in an editorial discussion on the proposed tariff increases on steel tubes and DieseE engines, which were incorporated in the recent bud- get brought down in the House, said: "Protection takes many forms and the tariff is only one of them. For example, the preferential freight rates that are allowed to the Mari- times in order that Maritime indus- tries may compete on better terms with other' Canadian manufacturers, and the very large subsidies which Canada pays to Western farmers in order that they may keep going when things are hard. If that sort of protection is acceptable, what is so villanous about a protective tariff to assist a Canadian industry?" The answer is not far to seek: Any subsidy given the Western., farmer does not increase the price of wheat to the Canadian consumer. The low freight rates to the Maritime Prov- inces actually increases the competi- tion in those provinces, and the con- sumer gets the benefit. On the other hand, the high pro- tective tariff proposed for the steel tube and engine industries in Canada would give those industries what would amount to a monopoly in their held, and increase the price of goods most unduly to the Canadian con- sumer by depriving him of the ad- vantage of any foreign competition. • An Experiment In Roads We have noticed considerable com- ment tm a road experiment being carried out in. the State of Minne- •MO. Over in that State they have been making- successful use of "soil eement which consists of,twelve to *teen per - ceirlt. of ordinary. Mixed lith whatever' soil iieM nthe dtstrict !here the 'tees of Wayne ; , depth of six inches. This is top- ned off with an asphalt surface and a read emerges that is not only cheap but good. If this process stands up it will be welcomed by Many Ontario counties, whose taxpayers are clamoring for better roads, but who expect their _councils to provide them without any increase in their rates. Manitoba public works officials have recently been inspecting this process in Min- nesota, and they learned that the test road was constructed four years ago, and had come through two of the worst flood years in the history of that State in better shape than nearby asphalt highways. The rea- son given was that soil cement, the engineers claim, is all but proof against water. But, we believe, this process is not entirely new or unknown to Huron County. In fact the county roads in Huron are. generally recognized in Ontario as being the best in the Province, and many officials from other counties are frequently here inspecting them and getting facts and figures concerning their con- struction. ' Perhaps from the unlimited sup- ply of gravel obtainable, the roads ' in this country from the earliest days have been outstanding for their solidness and surface. But during the past twenty-five years or more Huron has taken a lead in providing the type of road that will measure up to the demands of present day transportation needs, and has done it with less expense to the taxpayers titan has been achieved. in any other part of the Province. • Thep Served A Good Purpose People are becoming very im- patient about the continued opera- tion of wartime boards and those who are at the head of them — the Bureaucrats. But the people should not damn them ,utterly, because we • certainly would have been Irma, • worse off without them. "For one thing they made a grand job of holding price levels down and •prevented the inflation that ran wild during the first war and for a few years after. And for another, we never lacked an abundance of food and other living essentials. There were times, of course, when some things were scarce, but, positively, no one suffered. We should remember that it was these things achieved by the war regulating boards—the bureaucrats —that made it possible for Cana- dians to enjoy by far the best, the freest and even luxurious living con- ditions in the world during the whole five years of war. Of course every one will be glad to see them go, but it is only fair to acknoWledge the essential part they played on our behalf. • Anything's Possible • Do you, remember only a few short weeks ago "how you used to wonder why an AA gasoline license used to keep your car in the garage the greater part. of the year, when the same license would permit your neighbor and his bigger car, to roam about the country at will? Well, apparently, the same wonder is concerning a great number of peo- ple over in Britain, where gasoline is still very strictly rationed. At any rate when Britain's gasoline ration- ing became the subject of a debate in the House of Commons the other day, Emanuel Shinwell, Minister of Fuel and Power, denied strenuously that black market operations were a leading factor in the shortage. A 'Conservative member rose to remark that Mr. Shinwell no doubt knew the facts betterthan any ' member of the Opposition. •"Never-. theless," he added, must say that a great many cars appear.to average 200 miles to the gallon these days." • Success In Shipbuilding (\From the Saskatoon Star -Phoenix) Many groups can take credit for the success of the Canadian shipbuilding program. Not the least of these is the working force of Canadians—at the peak 75,600 men and women—few of whom had much previous experience in the work. The management of the yards, too must have sur- matinted many difficulties in planning and direct- ing constrUctions on such a larger scale than any- thing Previottely attenipted. The Department Of IVIllnitions and Supplies in launching such a Pro- gram and carrying oat the initial organiaation 'Work tria seD Idh rittiet haVe seemed Verr bad When the Were taken but whish hale nOW'' teen PSitilIest Cenadialla mVOA ay he OW Of their ShiPbUild ic cord IA Ole War. • ea') 4 0904#, ***010. *OW llt*100.0014Volt: Xtar and t9vre retro kg& .44.11444444.s.. From The Huron Expositor November 26, 19;20 -Xbout five o'clock on Saturday af- ternoon last. Mr. George Bunsch met with a serious accident at the Can- eda Flax Mills. He was operating a machine when his left hand was drawn into t'he knives and so badly mangled that the first finger had to be amputated. On Sunday morning while returning from First Presbyterian Church, Mrs. J. C. Laidlaw had the misfortune to fall on the pavement near her home and fracture her leg at the ankle. Mr. Wm. Elcoat, who recently sold his farm in Tuckersmith, has now got comfortably settled in his home in Seaforth. Mr. Ed, Hinckley has returned after a trip to the Parry Sound District, and he brought home a fine deer with him. A most successful fowl supper was held at the Thames Road Presbyter- ian Church on Monday evening. It was the occasion of a farewell pres- entation to Dr. Colin Fletcher, who is retiring after 40 years in the min- istry. The gift was a purse contain- ing $1500. Walton Red Cross has contributed $100 to the British Relief' fund. Mr. J. M. ,McMillan, of the Back of Commerce, Walton, spent Sunnay in the Queen City. Mr. R. Blanchard, who has been visiting at the home of his uncle, Mr. Henry Cash, at Roxboro, has return- ed to his home in British Columbia. Mrs. Mulcahy leaves this week for Sacramento, California, where she will spend the winter with her sis- ter. The annual meeting of the Seaforth Curling Club was held in the council chamber and a very enthusiastic crowd was present. The following of- ficers were elected: Patron, W. D. Stewart, St. Paul, Minn.; president, John Beattie; vice-president, K. M. McLean; secretary, C. A. Barber; executive committee: R. J. Sproat, G. D. Haigh, R. M. Jones, W. E. South- gate; skips, W. Ament, J. Beattie, R. E. Bright, Geo. Bethune, C. A, Bar- ber, J. C. Greig, T. Johnetone, R. M. Jones, W. E. Kerslake, K. M. Mc- Lean, G. A, *ills, W. E. Southgate, Charles Stewart. Dr. Field, public school inspector, paid his official visit to Seaforth school this week.. Mr, Harold Frost returned last week from Parry Sound District, brigs -big with him a fine deer. Miss Crotty,, of London, was the guest of Mrs. John Dorsey this week. Sometimesbook publishers send me copies of books that they think 'farm people would be interested in. Most of them are pretty good, but really nothing to rave „about. The other week Longmans, Green & Company in Toronto sent along a copy of a book all about the early days in Alberta. It was called "Johnny Chinook," and it was written by a fellow called Robert E. Gard. I knew Bob Gard. He's a big soft - talking American fellow with a soft spot in his heart for the early his- tory of the Western Plains. When he was at the University of Alberta he collected these yarns about Alber- ta, which by the way isn't very old, so that the stories are still in the hearts and on the tongues of the old- er folks. It's a most interesting book and it moves along in that same, slow spok- en way of Bob Gard. In fact, it could have stood just a little pepping up in ;* ' P. 0"" ' • From The Huron Expositor November 22, MG The new Presbyterian Church was f opened at Whitechurch on Su day and a fowl supper was held on the following evening. .Mr. George Wren, .eif Chiselhurst, has employed Mr. Samuel Speare to erect a new addition to,his barn. Major Jas. A. Anderson, Seaforth's champion huntsman, was out in the northern townships for two days last week, and bagged five partridges, ten rabbits, one fox, an owl and a hawk. Mr. John Weir left on Tuesday for Del Norte, Southern Colorado, where be expects to spend the winter in the interests of his health. Messrs. Mullett and Company are putting a large furnace in the Queen's Hotel. This furnace will heat the whole house, and is the largest ever brought into Seaforth. Miss Bell, daughter of Mr. William Bell, of Tuckersmith, has been en- gaged to teach the junior department of S.S. No. 10, Stanley, after the Christmas vacation. Mr. T. F. R. Case has two farms on the Huron Tier Tleisioy spots, but nevertheless it's chock- full of the kind of stories that a lot of our youngsters should read instead of eeading about the glorification of war e'th past tenturies. That's some- thing I could never figure out. We faithfully keep all the human aspects of the history of the world and our country away from slur children. Fin- anciers are glorified and politicians are whitewashed into plaster saints, but the little folks with their rough and rowdy ways and big hearts are just glossed over. I guess it's because I feel so strongly about the subject that I wish more people would write more books like Johnny Chinook, and the people who lay down the rules of study for schoele would get some sense and let the youngsters read about people who really built this country. They're all in this book, including Paddy Nolan, the famous lawyer; Bob Edwards, the editor, and Father Lacombe, and dozens of others; JUST A SMILE OR TWO • Having chosen the cloth for a new suit and had his measurement duty taken, the young man said apologeti- cally to the tailor: "I'm afraid I shan't be able to pay you for three months." "That's quite all right," the tailor said amiably. "Oh, jolly' decent of you!" said the young man. "When will the suit be ready?" "In three months, sir," was lite answer. lYfiss Vane: "Some one told me to- day that -I was the handsomest girl in the street." Miss Speitz: curable!" Miss Vane: "What do you mean?" Miss Speitz: "Your., habit of talk- ing to yourself." • the p0 - "Oh, that's not in - rented his Roads one and a quarter miles east of town. Messrs. Oudinore and Stewart rent- ed the one on the north side ' and Mr. John McMann rented the south one. Mr. John Leatherland, an old Sea - forth boy and a graduate of the tail- oring establishment of Bright Bros., has started up a busirless in Sarnia along the same lines. Mr. John Turner, of town, has re- turned from a hunting expedition in Muskoka. , Mr. Wm. Hoggarth, who has taught in Hannah's school for the past two years, has been engaged to teach the Staffa school. Mr. Geo. Logan, of Brucefieid, has put a new foundation under his new stable. Mr. Robert Hoggarth, Chiselhurst, has not been successful in obtaining water in the well which he recently sunk. After digging to the rock, a depth of 33' feet, without obtaining water, he employed Messrs. Sparrow and Hogg, of Kirkton, to drill the rock, but after drilling 25 feet, the appearance of ‘the rock was unfavor- able and they thought it useless to go further. Mr. D. Roger, of Kirkton, shot a very large owl one morning lately. When its wings were spread it mea- sured four feet. It was taken to Mr. C. d. Sweitzer, Usborne, Who will per; form the duties of taxidertniet. Mr. James Reid, of Toronto, form- er school teacher of SA. No. 10, in Tuckerstaith, at - present renewing old acquaintances in the vicinity of Chiselhurst. lifts Malty. has been re-engaged assistant teas** in 'Olten pnli110 ��t apes in Picture With Royale), Friends in Goderich have been in- terested in seeing a former Goderieh Girl, Miss Diaaa Cameroa, in. a pic- ture published .a few days ago in the Toronto Globe and Mail showing Her ' Maiesty Queen Elizabeth inspecting° a unit of the Wonien's Division of the, Royal Canadian, Air Force in com- mand of Squadron Leader Cera4on. Miss Cameron, who has been over- seas since an early 'period of the war, is the daughter of Mrs. Cameron, of New York, and the late Judge M. G. Cameron, former member of the Leg-- islature for West Huron.—Goderich Signal -Star. Wild Geese Return During his lecture on "Modern Wo- men," the speaker expressed the opin- ion that it was the duty of wives to mother their husbands. Even he look- e,d startled at the terrific outburst of cheering. When things got quieter he ex- pressed his pleasure that his remark about wives mothering husbands had been so heartily endorsed. "Mother!" gasped one young lady in the front row. ','We thought you said 'smother'!". • A man was running along the streets, shouting at the top of his voice: "No! No! Certainly not!" A policeman stopped him and said: "Here, you, what's the idea?" "It's all right, officer," was the re- ply. "I'm a 'Yes' man on nolidays." Huron Federation Of Agriculture-FarmNews Hog Producers To Cast Ballots on Provincial Hog Marketing Scheme T.Tful0r the jurisdiction of the On- tario Farm Products Control Board, of which 0, V. Perkin, Qiall2WieSieller of Marketing for Onthrio, is Chair- man, a vote is being taken next month on whether a proposed Ontario Hog Marketing Scheme, under the Farm Products Control Act, will go into effect in the province. This vote 'which will be by ballot, is the out- come of a submission of the scheme to the Farm Products Control Board, which has made all arrangements, with the co-operation of the Agricul- tural Representative Branch, for tak- ing the vote. . The procedure governing the taking of the vote requires that all hog pro- ducers in each county must register with the County AgricultUrel Repre- sentative in order to be eligible to receive a ballot. On accouni of the large number involved, arrangements have been made for Agricultural Re- presentatives to open the registra- tions at once, and producers may register, either by sending their names, addresses and townships to the Agricultural Representative by mail, or by calling at his office. In order to have the details, of the scheme explained teethe producers, meetings are being held during the week of November 12th in every county of the provinces, dates and places of which r.dvertised in the press. Ai th e meetings, producers will have the opportunity of register- ing, and those who wjsh to db so can deposit their ballots at that time. The registration lists will be left open for a further ten days after the meeting, and the closing date for acceptance of ballots has been fixed at -Saturday, December 8th. Provision has ' also been made for sending to each regis- tered producer a copy of the scheme, a ballot and an addressed return en- velope. On the close of the voting on De- cember 8th, the ballot boxes, with the ballotannside, will be sealed and sent to the Farm Products Control Board for compilation of the result of the voting. As the Ontario Hog Produc- ers' Association has been agitating for a scheme for three years, a heavy Vote is anticipated. Counties, and found the comments of the co-operating farmers very refresh- ing and encouraging. The first stop was farm of Alfred Bagg, After five years absence, wild geese - are returning to their old haunts in. Huron County. It is thought that dur- ing the war years they were fright- ened away by the zooming of planes - which rose from the fields of the four airports, sometimes. rivalling in their. formations the flight of the geese. Several good bags'of them have been, reported recently.—Zurich Herald. Receives Word of Son's Grave Mrs. Frank Triebner, of Stephen. Township, has received from the De- partment' of National Defence at Ot- tawa a letter with several photo- graphs of the grave of their son, Trooper Edward C. Triebner, sent by Miss Denise V. Ooteghem, of Assen- ede, Belgium. The Canadian militarr cemetere to which the letter refers, that Edward's body has been remov- ed is evidently that which is being established at Odegem, some 10'miles east of Bruges.—Exeter Times-Advo-' cate. • Dr. Dunlop's Father Dies. Dr. J. G. Dunlop was in Wallace -- burg attending the 'funeral of his father, James Dunlop, aged 77, a well known farmer of Dover Towaship, who died, at the family residence on, Saturdb. Deceased. was a member of the United Church at Dover Cen- tre. Surviving are two sons, Dr. Dunlop, of Exeter, and Dougald, at; home; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph An- derson, of Chatham Township, and a brother, Charles, of Chatham. The • funeral service was held Tuesday af- ternoon at the Dover Centre United Church with interment in the River - at Wallaceburg.—Exe- l at the view cemetery made ,Said his deinepstratich geld was the ter best pasture he had ever had. At the Donhead RIMS, Richmond Hill, t ns the results of a pasture projec hillside were observed. In 1930, this steep hillside was badly eroded and was not capable of maintaining a single head of livestock. The land was broken, fertilized and reseeded to a proper pasture mixture, with the result that the 12 acres of fetid Car- ried nine head of .cattle and in addi tion, yielded one and a half- tons of hay per acre. This field, it was felt, Provided the answer as to how form- er waste lands can be utilized profit- ably. ,t At the Jessop Farm in Simcoe County, F. A. Lashley, agricultural representative, said he was very hap- py about the results obtained by us- ing perennial rye for a nurse crop. This gave an early pasture and a fine, vigoreps growth, the field being estimated by the experts to be about 50 per cent. perennial rye. At another Simcoe County farm, the co-operator said he plans to break and seed a 40 -year-old sod to the same mixture as on his demon- stration plot. He had an excellent stand of 'Ladino Clover, and hoped to harvest seed from it next year. The prize demonstration pasture of the tour was probably that seen at the Leitch farm in Dufferin County. It was seeded with perennial rye, all seeds being broadcast with a cyclone seeder. This plot showed a very fine balance of grass and clover with no bare spots' and no weeds. Poultry pastures were inspected at Scott's Poultry Farm. at Seaforth and Dr. Roe's Poultry Farm at Atwood. There Ladino and Orchard Grass are favored as poultry pastures, sown at the rate of, one pound of Ladino to six pounds of Orchard Grass per ac- re. It was found that Close clipping is essential in poultry pastures and Ladino has shown more resistance to the close clipping that has alfalfa. Dr. Roe also aid the birds preferred Ladino, and left alfalfa for Ladino at every opportunity, and further, he had had,,no difficulty with wintering over the Ladino stand, This tour provided the members of the committee with some valutable in- formation regarding the success of the pure demonstrations, and J. D. McLedd, Director, of the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Iltrancs, was highly pleas- ed . with what was observed and learned on the trip, DehornIrtet Cattle the annual loSS to the Cattle indUs- try li Canada due to horns has been. estiMated M Well over a mini= dot!: behopilog e attle is a great 'Mott -timed cm Page 3), * * * Inspection Tour To Demonstration Pasture Fields Some enlightening the results achieved information on by the derma- stration permanent pasture plots laid down in 4944 and 1945 was obtained by a group of members of the On- tario Pasttire ComMittee, and Officials of the_Provincial and Federal Dena* ntents of Agriculture, when they made at inspection tour recently of 001110 br these pita& Itt the Cotirse of the tour the party ',kilted farMs in ;Ircd,k, SiMOile; tvel#Orin, terth ehd Tinterf-Advenate, Celebrate 59th Anniversary, Congratulations go out- to Mr: and' Mrs.. Sidney Wilson, of Centralia, from a host of friends and relatives, who on Saturday. November 3rd, cele- brated their 59th wedding annivers- ary. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are enjoying good health. ---Exeter Times - Advocate. Organist Resigns At a meeting of the official' board' of the James Street United Churchi Thursday evening last, the resigna- tion of Mrs. Pearl Murdoch was ao- cepted to take place after Christmas. A desolution was passed expressing appreciation of her services. A com-- mittee was appointed to secure a new organist. A committee was also ap- pointed to secure plans and estimates; for a new lighting system and the redecoration of the anditorium.—Exe- ter Times -Advocate. to Open Dental Office - Major Arthur W. Irwin has receive- ed,his discharge from the Regal Den- tal Corps after serving over five' ' years. He will reopen his, dental of; fice in the Hydro building on Men - day next week.—Wingham Advance - Times. • Pearls in Can of Muscles? 0 Mr. Glen Tasker may have discov- ered several small pearls, although at' the present moment it is merely sup- position, as he has not yet had the. opportunity to have them appraised. Muscles are apparently a sea food' similar to oysters, and after the can had been opened, Glen was eiradin- ing one of them and discovered about •a half dozen objects that very defin- itely 'resembled pearls. Let's ' hope they are) --and valuable oilers at that!. —Blyth Standard. Large Numbers Attend Fowl Supper St. Joseph's Church hall was the scene of a very successful fowl sup- per, bingo and dance on Wednesday evening. More than 500 people sat down to a delicious Supper, featured by roast goose and chicken, served by the ladies of St. Joseph's parish. Mrs. Joseph Blake was head conven- er for the event, with assistant con- veners, Mies Moria carbert, Miss Eileen Tighe, Mrs. Lawrence Den- omme and Mrs. Walter Swinbank. Following the 'Supper a number of games of bingo were enjoyed- and this in turn Was followed by a draw for a 15-potind turkey complete with alt the trimmittgs, the gift of Mr. and. Mrs. T. J. Riley. Mrs. Bert litiller- (01011404 O Pap 2)., • Ir 4. 4 fl 4 .%)