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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-03-08, Page 2t. •ext PubUsb0d at, cry 'Vhl*sday a; oes, Onh mto,. ev' moon by McLean Subscriptig a rates, $L50 a Year IP advance; foreign $2.:00 a year. Single copies, &cents each, Advertising rates on:application Aiitherized es Seemed Class Mail, Post office Department, Ottawa. . SEAFORTH, . Friday., :March . 8th Show A Little Courtesy Over the week -end we had a touch of spring. The banks of snow piled , along the streets and highway : in town.. melted into pools of water, which partly covered the .pavement. A.s the , sidewalks are not .plowed_an ._ _ winter, pedestrians have to use the road ' pavements, ; and picking one's way over • and around the pools of water is a,. process that can not be hurried. ' For that reason, motorists should show a little courtesy. Under the cir- cumstances, the pedestrian has just as ..much right on the pavements ;as._. the motorist, but at the same -time they are at the motorists' mercy. It is unsafe, to dispute the right of way with a car or truck, and too many motorists take advantage'' of that fact. Already many pedestrians have had to scramble up the snowbanks to avoid a shower of water thrown up by a speeding caror truck, and more than a few have been soaked and had clothes ruined by the same;,careless lumen ;behind wheels. It shouldnot be that way now, or in the future, because summer is not here yet, and there will be many other days before it does arrive, when the .streets will be in just the samecondition as theywere over the week -end. Making an example of a few care- less or reckless drivers would help of course, - but when pedestrians are trying : to scramble to safety, it .is next to impossible to catch a car number, and unless a driver is known, the walker just has to take his or - her ducking and let , it go at that. . For the most part it is callous in -- difference on the part of the motor- ist, but . we -believe ; a real check-up and .a few charges laid would go a long way to clearing up an intoler- able situation. Or, if every motorist would mentally change, places 'with every pedestrian he ;f meets on the streets duringthe spring thaws, we believe common courtesy would make them show much greater • care and 'watchfulness, when they are driving: • 1. Growing Old Ontario farmers, all through the war, performed one of the most stu- pendous efforts in the- Allied Cause. They produced. And they did it un - der conditions that . hampered • no ' other war effort ..to anything like the same degree. They are still doing it, but the On- tario farmer is getting old: We need . a new generation on the land. We noticed recently statistics that gave the average age of farmers in Sas- katchewan as 53 years. And there is every reason • to believe that the av- erage of Ontario farmers is that, or more: Saskatchewan... reports '4,000 over 70 years of age, and 1,000 over '68. Would not Ontario's record be •-- very similar? - •- These men may be said to have reached the retiring age, but many of them are not retiring because they can not afford to. And many more were' unable to retire because of the war and the demands it "made upon 'agriculture. But in) a very few years age will force all these . men off the active list. The question is: Who will replace •' - them? ' Farming is a job 'requiring long hours and hard physical work, Arid mostly through the .war years, farming in Ontario had_ been done by -' old men and women, That situation . r Serves warning that" we' must bring 'back to the land younger men Who ..,,. Are botsraet" al '. and .'coal tent'. p ay a mora sons who have served in the different'serviees, both at home and overseas, ar'e back, or' soon will be ba. s, to replace their fathers .on the Tarin But too many are looking' for easier jobs that will pay much better wages. The. world :_has learned the_ hard way that there never can be, too Much food ;produced, •and the present world situation which has reached the ' starvation point in many coun- tries of the world, is proof enough, if any is need, of what happens when men leave or are forced off the land. Canada is one of the greatest pro- ducing nations in the world, and On- tario one of its greatest producing provinces, vvith thousands of acres of good rich°. soil. Consequently it has a duty an ,) esponsibility to `all the world to see that these acres do produce. Ontario and Canada need a lot of young ;new farmers,, and they need them now. • Might Apply To Both In discussing child' delinquency, the Municipal World, of St. Thomas, which for many decades las devoted its columns to municipall problems, and is known in every Ontario mun- icipality, made a very startling sug- gestion when it said: "Recently we heard some rather startling figures about the number of children who do not attend any Sunday School. It seems also that juvenile delinquency is considerably -- higher among those who do not at - ,tend. "Why,then, shouldn't attendance at Sunday School; like attendance at public school, be made compulsory - up to a certain age? Let the child attend some Sunday School ,within a reasonable distance from his home, and require him to produce at day school on Monday evidence of his having attended Sunday School. There might be some objection at first, but . we think that in ''the ,long - run the beneficial - results . to the in- dividual pupil, and his community, would more than justify- the :effort." There is no doubt but that •, the moral part of youth education is just as important, or even more so, than any other in the 'forming of useful and - progressive - citizenship. And, possibly, on that basis, the govern- ment could enact such legislation, the result of which would possibly be a better future world than the one of today. - • But human nature being -what it is, r in that event, we can foresee a good many parents, after having their day of rest sadly broken ,b-- having to get up and get 'their chil- dren off to Sunday School, raising a.,•. healthy. protest. And their claim would be that their --sacred right ` to . bring uptheir children in ignorance of Christianity was being ignored and violated. - There is, however, much More to this proposed compulsory attendance at Sunday School than that. If it is a good and desirable thing, for boys and girls to attend ''Sunday School, wouldn't it be -just as good and de- sirable in the interests of better Citi- zenship to pass a measure compelling-,, parents to attend church ? 'Comps Compul- sion ' in that case would seem to be just as fully justified as in the other. • Bring It Along Britishchemists searching for a .domestic by-product to replace na- tural waxes which are imported from. South America, are reported to- ^"' have found a real one. ' The new discovery is "April," a by-product of "margarine, coal and other articles, available ingreat quantities in that country, and its chief secret is that it does not react to heat until it is subjected to 280 de- grees centigrade, as compared to na- tural waxes at 92 degrees. ' It is claimed for the new discovery that shoe polish made with "Abid" will'shinfor weeks after one ap- p`lication,° and paints and wall paper -will retain their 1 etre longer; cos- meties will keep their charm, and graxnaphone records will play more naturally; and carbon paper will last fourtimes as long. There are...a -lot of other claims for it tod, but -if it will keep. our ,shoes shining for weeks with ane nppliea- , tion, we are all for it. Bring it along..._. r.• From ' The Huron 'Expositor .March - 18, 1921 Mr. George Parker, Cebiinarty, or- ganized, a wood -bee on. Thursday af- ternogtq 'last in Mr. T. Drover's bush, When a. band of willing workers cut Mrs. MelCaig's wood supply for next Year. . •Messrs. ,Lorne ' Speare and Stewart' Robertson, `Cromarty, went West this, week to work for the suiprmer, . M. John wn, McKillop, who; lives two milesDofromeyDublin, had;.t ie misfortune to have his house burned on Saturday night about 10 p.m. Mr. 'Wes- R'arvey, of--1ppen, has taken the agency for th11e Gray -Dore car. •- Miss Emma Dickson, of Hensall, has taken a position in the Blne Front store with Mr. J.' W. Ortwein, gen- eral merchant. One . of ' .the severest - electrical stormsto visit . Seaforth in some years occurred .:shortlyafter seven o'clock Tuesday evening... During the height of the storm the .bell *-tower on St. Thomas' Church was struck. Mr. Deem had hiss hand on the bell rope when it struck, but he was uninjured. Mr. R. A. MacEwan, of Stratford, has engaged with Mr. C: A. Barber as foreman'1 the Seaforth Creamery for the coining season. Mr. Walter Cole, who has been man- ager of the Canada Flax Co. here for the past Wo years, has accepted a position Toronto. A plea ant evening was spent by about 40 young people last Friday when the choir of Stela Church wa entertained to an oyster supper at th parsonage. An interesting feature o the -evening was the -presentation o a signet ring from the members of th choir to Mr. F. Stagg, who is leavin for the West. ' Mr. 'Cecil Oke has sold his farm o the North Gravel Roar, north of Sea forth, to Mr. Kellar of Stratford. - Members of • McKillop council an a number of friends assembled at th home of -Mr. M: Mural i `on Wednes• day evening, whena presentation w made to Mr. Murdie. The football meeting held in th G.W.V.A. rooms on Monday "evenin was well attended. The following offs cers were elected: Patrons, Thoma Stephens, Keith M. McLean, . H. Cresswell; Chas. Stewart, C. P. Sills Frank, Sills; president, C. P. Sills vice-pres., Foster. T. Fowler; sec Ben Johnson; managing committee Dot, Reid, Wm. Wright,' H. R. Scott The frost coming out of the road has made them most impassable dur ing.the *tat; week. • From The Huron Expositor March 13, 1896 Mr. Joseph Jelenaw, " of Drysdale succeeded in capturing' 17 dozen fis in.. two nets last week. He sold thes for a nice sum. The school bell has arrived at Drys dale and in the course of a few day will be sounding its joyous echoes' fa and wide. Mr. Alex Stewart has returned from the Old Country, where he had been with a load of horses.'He experienc- ed a very stormy voyage on the way over - 'Miss Grace 'McFaul left for Toron- to on, Friday -Where she will remain for a short time,, previous to a con- cert' tour in the west. - 'Lieut. J•. G. Wilson was at Point Farm on Monday, attending the 30th anniversary jubilee of the volunteers in commemoration of the Fenian Raid. . Misses A111e McDonald, and Bella. Bethune were . appointed • delegates from First Presbytdfan ` Church to attend the Sabbath School convention held in Hensall on • Wednesday • and •Thursday. ' • Mr. David Mahson, of Tuckersmith, has sold his farm, just west of ;the Red Tavern, to Mr. J. Alexander, who. has recently come to' this country from Scotland. The • price paid lows $5,500. - Mr. Wm. Graham, of Brucefield, re- turned from Liverpool on FridayIast. The voyage on "The Ontario" was a very stormy one. At one time he fear- ed he had bid a long farewell to Brucefield. Ten horses, eight cattle and 30 sheep were thrown overboard on the voyage over. On 1; `riday,.,,morning last, abotrt 5 a me the frame dwelling ofMr: Ralph Keddy, of.Usborne, deputy.reeve, was totally destroyed. by 'fire with ah the s e 1 f e g, n d e = as e g S w. • • s h e s r Contents, except the organ. ' Misses Mary and „Sarah Fee, Zur- ich, left on Monday for Milton, T1.D,; also Wm. Deichert arid two of -his sis- ters -left Wednesday for Dakota.. .Miss Annie GIass, of Leadbury,has gone to teach school in Manitoba. Mr. Hugh Grieve,' of town, has de- livered a carload c1f binders. to farm- ers in this -Vicinity already, and has several more large orders. - Mr. Angus 'McLeod has sold his farm on the 4th concession of McKII- lop to Mr. Jas. Hol$, of tine same to'wtrship. The price paid was $5,800. Of late considerable competition has been going on among those who are :hauling logs- to Jas. Lockhart'>i new, sawmill on. the 9th concession, McKillop. But on Sfitfjtrday all re- cords were brokett by john A. Hinch- ley and Robert Gr4a'e.. these gentle- men bawled til on tithe each, 4,485 feet of Togs, taking them three -guar ten, ..of a mile through the bush to the astir: They are'the dlampibfl's •for the l present tithe att3'way:.' (By ,Brace ff>itcl3ison, in • ilo?in>stpQg Free Pites) '(peobserves, with some congern,. -thet.••the experts are about to re -make the Women of North America. A new •model• is coming out, The designers have 'been working overtime. The style factories have all .been. retooled. Reconversion• of industry may lag, bat the reconversion of woman is go- leg ahead on schedule. A11 this is anneenced,by Mn Harry Conover, bead of a"' famous' American` model agency, who is pretty, alarmed• about it, as well he tnek be..liaving spent many years designing women, Mr. Conover sees .his 'lifework attack- edby- other designers _who are chisel- ing in on the business. Mr. Conover designed the streamlined and lavish- ly curved 'model which has been gen- erallyaccepted. for the last decade. Now he sees it threatened . by a new invention which be calls the "emaci- ated, ill-tempered 'women who will be hard to live with." • Mr. Conover,. may" well 'be over- whelmed In the-- battle between what he describes,. in the technical lan- guage, of the trade, as the "well- rounded bundle and, the •matchstick:" But he is ready to go down fighting for his "ideals. "Compared with this impending struggle of the curve against the angle, the competition of. Ford and Kaiser for the low-priced car market will be a mere sham -bat- tle. and the strike at -General Motors „will not look• very important either. Fdr women,, of.... course, have always been more interesting than ears, ev- en if you can't drive them so easily, and they often •lack brakes. But, humbly and respectfully, l wish Mr. Conover and his competi- tors would just go `home„__to,....their wives and forget about it all. Now I know that in the present. age of enlightenment every man mn t read the seine boeks'`and accept the same political theories, unlit two edu- cated minds look as similar as two automobiles' on. the road and are guar- anteed to produce the, same 'mileage and performance. We have given our inner lives over to the designers who do our thinking for. us. But, I .kind of •• wish they would .let' us .,choose our own wives. For Yon 'tan live with al- most any kind of mind inside your head but it is .very difficult to live with some.. kinds of wives inside'your home. • • One is Inst ip admiration at” the, skill of the designers -in changing the• female-'forn into any, shape they fan cy, accomplishing more in one season of new fashions than the Whole hie logical process of evolution in a mil- lion years. But..they- seem ' to have ignored one simple and obvious fact, namely,. that men„ for whom all . these, new designs are greeted, ..are not gen- erally looking for ebeauty, ••either ern -er- ect err angular, ' This 'cap be profited ;ngatbemetieally by an easy calculation -of the .untold millions of women who acquire hus- bandsnot one in ,a hundred is beans' tiful, is thin or stout, is a round bun- dle. or a 'matchstick: She is just a woman, a creature which •the design- ers- have entirely' overlooked and fol gotten, But someone loves `her and works for her and she is •reasonably. happy •even if she isn't a new model. In fact, it' is the new models, with the perfect Chassis and the brightest chromium, which are Most frequently turned in as unsatisfactory. The best- Ioohing ,ones are always 'losing their husbands as all the Hollywood static, tics demonstrate. The home of the designers,' the .design -ridden United States has' -more .divorces than any other nation. "- Man asks but little in the age of enlightenment. He uses whatever cars the designer gives him and the same, clothes as his neighbor and the same food. He takes his politics froth any prophet in the' headlines and is ready to wear the second-hand, cast-off in- tellectual garments of any mind which can make enough noise. But, haying fought a war for' freedom, he ought to be allowed to choose the kind of wife . that suits him, of any design or, usually, of no design at all. It' is not in' the Atlantic Charter, rI knori;'and •no"political party is -sup- porting it but I would think it rather important; as important,' as example, as the .national budget, full employ- ment, the tariff and collective secur- ity, for none of these things is any use to a man if he 'has the wrong, wife at home.' .And in the end he will insist on picking her himself. Mr. Conover may know better and have superior` taste but men just won't lis- ten to Mr. Conover. In fact, I kind of wish- Mr. Conover would talk to Mrs. Conover' and realize that there is no .real future in his business. :Jusr A SMILE ORTWO - She: "What is that big thing?" He: "That's a locomotive boiler:" She: "W:hy do • they boil locomo- tives?" - He: "To make the engine tender." Hardup: "Darned if I understand banking." - Cashdown: "How so?" n . • Hardup: "They'll lend you all the money you want as long as you can prove yt,,, don meed it," • -"-How is your garden getting along, old man?" • "Well, if the green things are vege- tables, it's fine, but 'if they're weeds, it's terrible. "Doctor," said the patient, "I'm afraid my wife is going crazy.'! "What seems wrong?" ,asked the doctor.. "She wants to buy, a goat." "Let --her' buy a goat." "But she wants to keep it in the house." ' - "Well, let her keep it in the house." "But a goat tsinks." "Open the windows." "What! And let all my pigeons out," • Father: "Didn't I. see you kiss that boy you dated last night?" Daughter: "He feebly attempted to kiss me and mother told me I should always help the feeble." Huron Federation Of • • Agriculture- Farrn.News 'Urges Farmers To Order Help Now In view of the probability that it will still •be difficult for farmers to secure experienced help this year, due in part to the expansion of peacetime activities in other industries, Hon. Humphrey Mitbheil, Minister of La- bor, is urging, farmers all over Can- ada to place their 'orders for farm help at once. with- the nearest local Office of the National Employment 'Service or nearest Agricultural Ser- vice. By indicating particulars of their requirements to the local agen- cies dealing ..with farm labor, farmers will be able to help the 'Department' of Labor; the National Employnient Service, and themselves very consid- erably. ]ndividual letters,,.'are being sent by the Minister . of Labor to all farniers with reference to the shortage of farm labor during . the war and the possi- bility of a dearth of experienced farm workers this season. The ,latter urg- e�s,far:mers to employ labor that may be available now, and poihts out that not only will increased winter 'work help to, reduce the farmers' labor requirements during the busy spring and summer months, but will go a long way to ensure 'that the farmer will haven efficient and steady help' the particular operations at times when 'efficient needed. . familiar With of the farm help is `most Questions Fading Bacon Industry In the bourse of a review in the February issue of _the "Economic Annalist" of the wartime develop- ments in the Canadian live stock and meat trade, H^*K. Leckie says that, in view of the great expansion of the ,livestock =industry in Canada in response to wartime de'tmaards, the question eaturally.• arises--„, where ro Weego o from .hete .4 41114 not- ,production eventually return tti pre --•aver levels or.. oat ,part of the wartit ae increase be . maintained?- , ! These are questions, says Mr. Leckie, whit:h'at the moment are of vital concern to the entire. live stock industry and meat. trade. Turning first to the possible future of the bac- on hog industry, it is not yet clear what volume of export. bacon Canada may count on -'"shipping in post-war years; -although alt figure of. 450 mil- lion pounds has been -suggested. On the supply side, the level of hog pro- duction which can be maintained de- pends on a' number of factors, in- cluding the supply and• Price, of feed grains, and labor, the, attractiveness of -competing products and the gen- eral reaction of farmers to hog pro- duction prospects. From the demand side, while it does appear likely that the United King- dom will continue as the chief, export market for Canadian bacon, yet the quantities which she may' be in a Position to accept depends, in' turn, on her home production policies, the opportunities for reciproca!•trade, and several other factors. Moreover, there .will certainly be' competition in the bacon trade which Canada will have to meet on the British Market. One fact, however, has been proved in wartime, namely; that Wiltshire sides can be produced and handled in Canada in large volume and of good ,quality; provided there is an adequate suPplyeof feed. grains and'a favorable hog -feed margin If Canadian bacon is to retain an important place in) the world market, it will be essential to maintain a proper• balance between the live stock - and 'grafi;growing in- dustries. This may involve the pase- ing on by the grain farmer ofsome of the benefits„gf mechanization in the form of lower 'feed. costs, an conse— quently hog production costa `to the li4e-stook producer. In recent years.' farm fn'eohanization lana.-ende ' benefit thea grain fatmer ore -than ,m en the li'vestoClc producer. (Continued on Page 3) per. Spine Fractured in Fall Frgrn Roof • Harold' Knight, of 1711Q, is iu'�A1ex- andra Hospital ,suffering frata.;Cgneus- sion and a double • fracture of 'the spine as a result of a 25 -toot fall from the roof -peak of his .houee pt Nile ;on. Friday afternoon: Re was engaged'in ereoti4g an aerial -on the loop:-orei}is home when he slipped. and 411 to- the almost bare •terpgz 1 belpw, l<1[e, was brought by ambulance to Alexandra Hospital, -.where he'""was attended by Dr. J. -M. Graham. He yeas at first in, a -serious condition, but is now believ- ed to be beyond danger, although he will be cbnfined to the hospital for several months. �- "Godericis Signal - Star. - Receives Mate's Certificate John .Murray, of Bayfield; -who has been attending the navigation claw§ at the Owen Sound Collegiate, receive edehis first mate's certificate after - having tried his examinations last week. John is the son of Mrs. Hazel: Murray and the late Donald -Murray,. of Bayfield. He has been residing in Owen Sound the last three winters, keeping ship on the grain freighter Capt. C:• D..Secord of the 'Mohawk Navigation Co.—Goderich Signal -Star:: Found ,411. on Highway ti:a 1^ Wien' a colored gerti'eman about 70 years atif age was, picked up in a serious condition on No. 4 Highway near Hensall on Saturr'ay, he, was. taken to a doctor's office and County Constable John Ferguson was called. The man said he, had been looking for work and. had suffered, a dizzy spell. ,He was taken to Goderich and a charge of vagrancy has been laid,— Exeter Times -Advocate. •' English Bride, To Arrive, in Blyth Mrs. Scott Fairserviee and her lit- tle son, Allan, ,of Middlesboro, Eng- land, will be among a group of British war brides and children expected to arrive in Halifax over the week -end. She will be met at Toronto by her husband, who is now a member of the Sarnia police force.. They are ex- pected in Blyth shortly, where they will visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Fairservice. Mrs. FaIrservice is the- former heformer Jean Byers, and on January- 1, anuary1, 1944, she was united' in marriage to Scott Fairservice, who was then , serving overseas with the R.C.A.F. Scott returned home on June 30, 1945. Their little son, Allan, was born on September 25, 1945,—Blyth Standard. ' t Attending Good Roads Convention The. following 'left on Tuesday' to• „ attend the -Gdodi Rous Convention in Toronto: John : W. Henna,- Mayor, anna,-Mayor, F. L. Davidson and Council- lor Murray Johnston of town; Reeve- r Walter Woods and the clerk, W. R. Cruickshank, from Tuftfberry, and' Stewart McBurney, road superintend- ent of East `•._Wawanosla.—Winglram. Advance -Times. - Purchases Dental Practice Capt. R..K, `McGill, son of Mrs. R. McGill and husband of ..the former . Miss Ruth "Eicknrier, who has been in the army since his graduation, has purchased the •dental practice of Dr. J.. H. Hockin, town, and will take over the practid'e as soon as' he re- ceives his,-discharge,—Mitchell Advo- cate. Surprise Party For'Hosiery Employees Mre, Clara ” Bennett opened her home en Friday ,evening for a sur- prise birthday party for- two of the girls who work. in the sewing de- partment of' the Richmond Hosiery. The evening was spent in progressive euchre, the prizes going to Mrs. Or- 1 val Phillips and Miss Kathleen Mar- • scliel.. Then Mrs, Bennett and Mrs. Phillips presented lovely dugs anti • saucers to Misses Gertie•-Coombs and Nlargayet Ferguson eh:ch making a suitable reply. A delicious lunch. was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Mae Larkworthy,.Mrs. O. Phil= lips and Mise Mona McDonald.—Mit- chell Advocate. Receives Medical Degree We join thio wally friends of Mt. Fred W. Hess, ,youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hess, of town, who was successful... in ' passing his final' exams 'in the .Faculty of:,Medicine, University of Toronto; and now wia be known as Dr. F. W. Hese. Dr fleas was a recent visitor- in. Zurich with his parents, having;just return- ed from. a motor trip to Florida with some other friends and students 1)r. Hess is taking his Intership at ,the Western. Hospital, Toronto.—Zurich Herald. Bayfield Agricultural Society Meets The directors of Bayfield Agricul- tural Society met at the home of John Howard, Bayfield, on Tuesday, Feb. 19th, the president, Alfred Warner, In the; chair, Applications for the post of secretary -treasures' were read and Charles Gemeinhardt, Bayfield, was appointed, • John Howard was i❑=' strutted to bond the secretary -treas- urer in the sum of .$1,000,,ir compli- ance with "the Agrieultural Societies Act, 1,939, Edward Wise, Clinton, Jun- ior Farmers' Chub, watt welcoined as a director 01 the society, The report of the striking k ng co>Ytmittee was read and adopted as foltow's, the,first nam- (0011t3nded on i;'aa