The Huron Expositor, 1946-12-27, Page 2ith 11+1reLean, Editor.,
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SEAFORTH, Friday, December 27
m
We Wonder Too
The Hanover Post says: "We won-
der why neither ,the High School •
Board nor the Public' School Board
give , any report of their work • at
nomination meetings. The latter are
an elected -board, just as is the coun-
cil,,and we think it only fair to give
candidates an opportunity to voice
their platforms, and members to re-
port what, has been. accomplished.
They are one of the 'largest spending
bodies in the town and -their reports
.would be just as interesting, and one
'would think more so than some of
the council reports."
We have been wondering at the
same situation irl Seaforth.. Not that
the members of the boards "as well as
prospective members, are not given •
,an 'opportunity to speak at the nom-
ination, meeting each year, .because
they ar.. But why do the members.
of, the board not take advantage of
that opportunity?
• Schools, and everything pertain-
ing to, their management, are, natur-
ally of intense interest to every par-
ent, and usually are. They should be
of equal interest to revery other rate-
payer, because that is where •a con-
siderable • portion of• the tax ' money
they contribute, is expended. And,,
usually, a considerable interest is
manifested.
But ''too often school 'b'oards view
themselves as . closed corporations.
What they do. and say about about •the
schools and their, management is • •
looked upon as their own business
and not ,that of .. the, general public.
And that is very far from the truth.
- _ It is not asking too much that at
least once a year, the chairman
• or a member of either of the scliool
boards, give a resume of 'the school
affairs for the year, and the nomina-
tion meeting is the time and place.
forit. We are not even hinting that
school boards, our own in particular;
are lax or extravagant in the man-
agement of school, affairs, but they
are the custodians of large sums 'of
tax money, and the people who con-
tribute that 'money , should be given
a full report of that custodianship.
We would go still further and say,.
as ' we have clone on other occasions,
that a full report of every board
meeting' should be made available to
the local papers for • publication., ^
There are occasions that' arise, -at •
times, which if reported, would not
prove in the best interests of -either•
the schools or the town. • Naturally
these reach a decision in committee ,
of the whole, but that;decision'should .•.
be made available to the'public, along
with salaries, repairs, cost of upkeep
,and general management.
And the simplest, safest and most
economical' way to convey this infor-
mation
' to the ratepayers is to -make
it' available to the town. papers; . 'the
same as is done by the town council.
•
Thep Want To Know
.It would seem that the women of
the Local Council of Women in the
City of Winnipeg are getting fed up
with the mysteries of things as -they
;sire..: At any rate,_ the_council_recent•
-
ly passed a resolution ' which they
Plan to present to the Department of
Trade and Commerce at Ottawa,
asking -for the setting pp of a Bureau.
of Home Economics.
And . the first thing this Bureau
should set its hand to is to insist on
good containers of standard sizes.
Then there , is the question of tex-
tiles. The 'wbineri • want it plainly
stated on the tag whether the goods
are made of fibres of pulpwood , kim-
hied' milk, or soy'beans. Too often,
'she : calm, the • hay,' en "aineff .
e a- nt GYhI(e
r'm li: �nd`e ' the . •: too.., ..
'the
• rssure ,of
the
ri�.'o Vit
t es,�t that Att 'ere; ..
they *ant that full dire i is
to use and este be added to the tag
too,
With children's clothing;when
they can get it, of courses the wo-
men want "uniformity as to finished
measurements rather than age, and,
correct labelling." They claim with
a good deal of truth, .that it is bad
enough when children grow out of
their clothes over night, without be-
ing forced to buy new ones of an un-. ,
known' size. .
Then they feel the same about
their own clothes. They .want the
dress they buy to actually be a thirty-
six and not a thirty-five or forty. So
they demand "uniformity in sizing,
establishing a standard of measure-
ments . for all sizes in all classes of
garments."
' With shoes the women want to '
know what 'size it is they are wear-
' ing. They are, they claim, complete-
ly fed up with a Tong line of code fig-.
tires that tell .them nothing. They
want the shoes to show a plain 3, 4,
5, or, if some very few wear larger,
from there on.
No doubt • all these' 'things' are with-
in the powers of the government to
grant, and it would seem a small
'price 'to pay to remove the irritations
from women's lives. They are, they
claim, quite capable of dealing with
and settling all the big problems of
life—including men. It is the little
things that get them down.
•
Pioneering By Air
A recent press, despatch says that
.to Canada has come the first. "pion- •
eering" by air. '
Off ' a Trans -Atlantic 'Air. Line • .
;plane ,.from England recently _ at
Montreal stepped the Alan Huntley
family, of Kent, England, whom the
air line believes is the first known
family -formally to emigrate •to the .'
Dominion by air.
Mr. Huntley, "a ,43 -year-old farm-
er, his wife and two daughters, now,
are inspecting farm sites in Eastern
Canada with C:N.R. agricultural of-
ficials: 'Later the Iuntleys will go. to •
British Columbia to explorepossi-
bilities'there in the truck gardening,
.fruit growing; and mixed and dairy
farming industries.
Less than -.a hundred years ago,
When the British pioneers settled this
County of Huron, it took 'them any-
where froril six weeks .on to cross the
Atlantic, and possibly. as- • many
months to fight their way through
the bush, even after they had reach-
ed Toronto or Hamilton.'
Weeks and •months have' become
hours and days, but are the descend=
ants' of those pioneers better, 'hap-
pier or more competent citizens?
• •
A New Retail Trade -
A ' slot machine- manufacturer
across the line be'li'eves' that the peo-
ple of his country who already get
away '.With some 94,000,000,000 cups
a year, would drink' 'a lot more if
they could get it by simply pushing
a button.
Consequently he put ap automatic
coffee vendor on the market last
week. From piped in water and pow- ,
dered coffee, the machine makes an
electrically heated brew *for five'
cents, and its four buttons serve a
cupful ,with cream' or sugar, both, or
neither. 54
This new coffee dispensing slot
machine is the'- newest in an indus-
try that' grossed over five hundred
million' dollars la's't year. These ma-
chines now sell thousands of items
Iike gum, hot 'dogs with mustard,.
golf• balls, perfume and insurance'
policies. And in the immediate fu-
ture there will be machines in apart-
ment and , office ' buildings selling
milk, butter and ice cream; and gaso—
line
in automatic gas stations.
But the king of. all slot ,machines
is one made in •St. Louis, '.which r'e= "
jects counterfeit coins and slugs. At
present in the factory 'is a ;machine.
In Course of construction, • that, will •
sell fresh meat and fish at odd,prices, ,
like a pound of fish for 38 cents; a
soft drink dispenser that will take as
large a coin as a quarter and return
20 cents in change.
In -fact slot machine manufactur-
ers confidently predict 'that in ten
years or less' time, the automatic
vending industry will be one of the
n'ations•'top ' retailers, with a gross
business of three billion dollars a
year,
The present retail business � ss w:ll1
hayetn.
itsadvertising
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If it
Jl�i,
doesn't want to .be tramped an..
Interesting items picked from
The . Expositor of fifty one-
twenty-Jive
nd-twenty •Jive years ago.
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From The Huron Expositor
December 23, 1921 ,
'Regae. Bros. have purchased the
farm of Mr, Marshall in Morris Town:
ship and will get possession in the
spring. ,
The Seaforth 'Bowling and Curling
Clubs held a very successful euchre
in the Town Hall on Thursday even-
ing when about 20 'tabl'es Were in
play. Mr. Adam Haya won first prize;
a ten -pound goose; -a alae-potund, chick'
en went -to Major R. S: Hays as se
and prize, and the consolation was
won by Dr. C. Mackay.
At the' Perth -Holstein ' Breeders
consignment sale held in Stratford on
Thursday of Last week, Mr. J. A. Arch
iblad, well-known Milstein breeder of
�Seaforth, topped the sale for both, fe-
males and bull. ,
1Vtr. Thomas E. Hays, of• town, cel'e-
b'rated his 83rd birthday last week.
Messrs, Garnet Chapman, • Aubrey
Crich, Russel Bristow, Harvey ,Bu
rows, E. Rivers and E. Merrier, of the
Toronto Dental School, are home 'for
the Christmas ,holidays. ,
Mr. Charles Clark, of Windsor, is
spending Christmas with his parents
Mr. and leis. R. L. Clark.
Mr. Nelson Hays, of New York
spent,• -the week -end with his father
Mr. T. E. ,Hays.
Mr. Charles $togdill, of Toronto
spent the holidays with friends in
town.
Judge J. A. Jackson, of Lethbridge
and his daughter, Miss Ethel, o
Branksome Hall, Toronto, and Messrs
H. M. Jackson, Toronto, and F. C
Jackson, Montreal, are spending the
Christmas holidays at their home it
Egmondville, .
At the regular meeting of Malloeh
'Chapter N. 66, G.R.C., held in the
Masonic Hall, Seaforth, on Monday
evening last, .the .. following officers
were installed for the coining . year:
'I.P.Z., Ex. Com: J. F. Ross; Z.,'Ex
Com. C. A. $arbor; H., J. G. Mullen;
J., H. Edge; S.E., Ex. Comp A. Bar
••ton;• • S.N., George Hills; P.S., W. E.
Southgate; J.S., Mr. Treleaven; jani
tor, Ex. Com': H. Jeffrey. •
Mr. Clarence 'Bennett, of Walton
has disposed_of his business t9 Mr
'John Clark.
A very pleasant evening' was. •spent
at, the home of Mr. and Mrs John
Sholdice on the 6th concession of
Tuckersmith, when' a'='number of
friends came to.wish them well in
'the married life upon• which they :had
entered. They were presented with
a' handsome silver tea ' set.
Mrs. Alex Kerr, of SeafOrth, has
bought• the Areold, garage from the
Golf Club ard. had;"the same moved
to her premises in town on Friday.
last. Mr. Hugh Wright had the.job
in hand. ..
Mr. John Marshall, of Walton, has
bought the 50=acre farm belonging to
Fred ;.Jackson on'the. '12th concession
of McKillop.
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'From -The Huron Expositor
December 25, 1896
Mr. Harry 'Parker, of Hensall, who
has been an assistant at the station
for some time, had the misfortune last
Week to have his 'fingers injured,i'a'hd
has returned to.his`-home in Wingham
for a time.
' The carload of .'apples shipped to
the Old;Country market by Messrs.
R. B. McLean, James 'Cooper, R. Mc-
Mordie, John, McI evin, Andrew Bell,
James Mustard and Peter Grant, of
Kippef, arrived safely at the London
market in good condition and found a
good sale, giving the owners a neat
profit, of 80 ,cents : a barrel.
Mrs. William Smith, of ..Fessender,
N.D.,. formerlf cedes, Maggie Sproat, of
Egmondville, is visiting friends here
and expects to remain for the win-
ter,. .• ;t`
11¥r. and Mrs. Robert . Turnbull, of
McKillop,. have removed to town and
now occupy therr, comfortable" new
cottage, corner of West and James
Streets..
At an ' entertainment held in S.S.
No. 10, Stanley, en Tuesday evening,
a presentation was made to Mr. Me-
Lauchlin, of a handsome' Bible and
travelling ease, as a 'token of esteem,
on the eve ,of his leaving the school.
The pupils of S.S. No. 10, Mcl;{il-
Iep, where Mr. Albert: Lawrence is
teacher, made' him the ' recipient, .of a
handsome shaving set . and compli-
mentary address, -
On, Friday evening Iett Chief Mtn
Stewart of the Seai?orth, Fire Brigade,
entertained the members to a supper
at The Queen's Hotel. , At •the conclu-
sion of the meat the tables `were clear-
ed.. and the remainder of the evening
was. spent in musie; Speeches , and
mirth.
, Mr!•James Baird, of Brucefleld, who
has been :attendttle Ana Arbor Medi-
cal College, is now spending hos .holi-
days at his home.. here.
Mr: William Bethune, of the 'Steam-
er Manitoba, and Mr. Norman McLeod
of the United ienp:ire, are home for
the winter, season. '
Among those who were home 'tor
the Christmas tbolidays were: Thomas
Wilson, Chicago; James and John
Hogg, T-oronto, F. .Clarkson' Prince -
'ton;" H. Clarkson, Drumbo; J. McKin-
ley, Sara Dickson, aril J. Jackson, To
-
ionto University°;` ed Beihiiz e", To-'
Lento Medical School; Leo Killoran,
Cornwall; George Anderson. and Miss:
Iergus' Campbell, Windsor; James
Armstrong, Detroit,, Dental College;
Miss Smith, Toronto; Miss .Jessie
Bethune, Ayr; Miss Minnie Mackay,
Aylmer; Miss Grace McFaul, Toron-
to; Wm. Govenlock, Ingersoll; Miss
Annie Killoran, Brockville; Mies B.
Ballantyne, Cred4ton.
Mrs George McTaggart, citeesemak-
er h Seaforth, lead a narrow escape
from a serious aceldent tecently...when
a horse kicked liim in the face; one
Cork of the shoe hitting .hint on the
chin and the other on the uose.
A'meefring for the'pttrpose of organ.,
lung a. _ eltb'y hltili•. in eetorth %v: e
held In ' the ,Ydueen°s ;Hetet ,Mon
when 'the' !,'ti'iowlfig . ofiit;ere '.we;te' e
tseted:; Hon:.. `pros:, ' W:. O. elleld;....11.
vies pres., A. YOlin :• iir'eililq,,, Orr,
J"aelison; t�fCu�rt'es.,• �. ;>ri +e�e�� B
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eta 4re'ag4 W Y.:'h?w �I i rt
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ryhcl wort*. •aiat;
- When one hears_ of two, hundred and
twenty-three men huddled together in
double -tier .bunks 'on one deck for a
.trans-Atlaniko crossing, the , picture.
hardly seems to' fit this age of peace
and...pyogress. Add to this that they
had fourteen wa's'h bowls, exactly
three hot, water tape and three lean-
dry
awn
dry tuba for their •daily toilet, and it
just doesn't make sense, But unless'
, you have enough priority or pull to
-book passage on one of the few luxury
liners at present,. operating, that is
what you are likely to get; maybe we
c- should say lucky to get, because when
one has to go, well, one has to go.
This particular shippitrg line was
very • fair about it, though. All pas -
Seegers had to agree to,..accept what-
_ ever was offered—at normal peace-
time fares. So, carrying a passenger
list of seven hundred odd, they
shouldn't have .to complain about op-
erating at a loss, The .minimum •os,.
entertainment,. was provided but, in
fairness, one "must commend the din -
r_ ing-room service.. The bar (no, the
canteen) was well. stocked with
smokes, , clloeolate and one brand of
soft drink. _
As. for the passenger Iist, it surely
was as 'varied as any group of seven
hundred people' could be. It ranged
all the way from those who were
making that long-delayed visit to rel-
atives in the •Old Land to sse how
they had survived the last few dark
year's, to those hoping to re-establish
former business relations,. refugees
from almost every country in Europe
p going back to see what the war had
left of 'family or familiar places and
disappointed, disgruntled or deceived
war brides returning home,
.Few, .it seemed, 'really had -wanted
to make the trip. Being rather an ad-
mirer of the people who carried more
than their share for so long, 1 happen-
ed• -to mention something of. this to a
casual acquaintance, when he sudden-
ly
uddenly • blurted ,out: "That may .be al-
right, but you can't 'sell' England to
me 1 "• Oh, well, •I didn't own the
country and, since there was' a slight
Israelite• atmosphere about, while all
I could boast. was a . Scottish grand-
father, I probably wouldn't have •made
a preft.anyway. .
Peacetime Changes Slow
•
England is still the , same England
so many Canadians knew, much the
sante e year andel half after the war's
end,. True, the boat train, had a very
comfortable restaurant ear—serving
fish -paste sandwiches and tea. It did
have a her, though, so perhaps things
are brighter. than • they seem. ' And
the way a whole shipload ' of passen-
gers'- baggage was sorted out and got
under way to its proper destination
•
(By Gordon C. Steve t)
..was a small miracle to behold.
That cotton netting that was varn-
ished to the windows of: the under-
ground trains to ' prevent the glass
from splintering in case a bomb ex-
ploded nearby. -has disappeared. One
no longer has to peer through a• nar-
row slit: to read the names of stations
and even the "Five Pounds Fine For
Smoking" signs; j,the non-smoking
carriages have go So things real -
1 •
y'are getting back .to normal.
'The "ugly brick, alr, .raid shelters
have gone from Trafalgar•Square but.
Eros hasn't come back to Piccadilly
Circus yet, ' Oh, well, ittook him tee
years to retusn after the end- of the
• First Great War, so there's hope yet.
One mustn't get too anxious.
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The Roosevelt Statue
.Speaking of statues, the emphasis
at the Mordent is on raising funds for
a monument to Preisident' .Roosevelt.
This.,will• eventually stand in Grosven-
or Square, near the American Em-
bassy and the .site 'of the U,S. army
headquarters in Britain. Donations of
not more than five shillings each are
flowing in and are accepted froi'n Bri-
tons only. ,It is a grand gesture of
appreciation and the campaign was
launched by radio speeches from
Prime Minister Attlee and Winston
Churchill.•
Headley Heath To National Trust
Headley I,Ieath, well known to thou-
sands of Canadians as a wartime
training ground and the pre -invasion
quarters of.the Canadian Arney, has`
just been turned over to The .Nation-
al Trust for permanent preservation.
as a public park. In the area is the
large house, Heaoley Manor, that
served as headquarters for tire. Prin-
cess Louise Fusiliers •of Halifax when
they were perfecting'the technique of
flame -throwing lo 1943. Near Head
'ley Heath are Box Hill, Mickleham
Downs, White Hill and Walton Beath,
all of which are trust property and
are being built up as parkland.
Those Morrison Shelters -
There's a new racket here now,,
People who were issued' with Morri-
son shelters,, those heavy metal things
that 'looked like' tables and were used
as tables, but' under which one duck-
ed for Safety when the air-raid siren
sounded, ,.must• be careful what hale
pens. to them these days. As soon as
it Was announced they 'would :be col-
lected by, the local authorities, racke-
teer truckers commenced calling at
homes, saying they were "from' the
Council," and began' carrying' off shel-
ters. •Since they can be of little use
except as, •scrap • metal, it seems ra-
•ther a shaky 'way ee making a liv-
ing.
C Pussy Willows - 1n Q.ecemba'
While. out for a -stroll oet Thursday,
Dec. 12, Mr, Kitchener Finnigan, of e
West Wawanosh Township, picked; a
bouquet of pussy willows. --T Blyth "
Standard.,
Eighty-five Years Yezene '
Mrs. Williaxa •Stothers observed lien
85th, ilirthday and was entertained- at
dinner wjtb other° 'members 'of her
family at thr home of her daughter,
Mrs, Frank Jolles. Mrs. Stothers 'is.
enjhyi.ng good health, doing .)ler own
Work and • attending church service
regularly at Erskine Presbyterian ,
Church and other local meetings.—. "
Clinton News -Record -
Received Two. Pairs of Chinchillas
. Mr. Marry Wells last .week received'
two pairs of South American• Chin-' t !.
chil]as from Newmarket, Virginia:.. 1
They were flown, .by plane to Marton,
'then by cat' to Wingham, and rare now ,, i
on .ei bition•at his ranch on Mill St°
.Mr. Wells is the only authorized rane
cher this side. of Stratford for the•
Dominion Chinchilla Ranch at King-" t
stone.-Wingham • Ad'vance-Times.
Observes' 100th 'Birthday
Congratulations to Mr. T. K. Pow-
ell, •who ,on Saturday, Dec. 21, cele-
brated his '100th. birthday. A 'native,
of ,Sgmersetshire, England, he came,
to Canada at the age of eight years.
and over 80 years ago the family thov-
ed to Turnberry,, and cleared thee" •
farm on the 6th of Turnberry. For r
the past 20 year he has resided in
Wingham with his' daughter and son- r
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wilson. We
etegeet that Mr. Powell has been con •
-
fined to his bed for the past seven
"weeks, and was this year unable to
receive his' many friends, who annu-
ally call to offer congratulations, but ►.
sincerely hope that he may sufficient-
ly recover to enjoy life in the second: t•
century. .Wingh'am Advance -Times.
Officials Feted. By Reeve r
At the close :of the council meeting . ?
Monday evening, 'Reeve B. W. Tuckey
was host to the members of . ther coun-
ell and the officials 'together with the
editor of the Times -Advocate at a de- ,
ligbtful chicken* supper at Retheree
Restaurant. Expressions of apprecia-
tion were made and Reeve Tuckey ex-
tended the' season's greetings and best ,
wishes for a successful 1947.•—Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Hospital Given Baby incubator
• Five •new-born 'babies owe their
livesto the fact that, Win,gham Gen-
eral Hospital has alt E. '&' J. Baby .
Ineu$ator.' This very fine apparatus.
was eiresented to the .hospital about •
three weeks ago by the John •Gornyn
Currie Estate, of which •Mr. W. A. Gal-
(Continued on Page 3) i
(Continued from last week)
His own thirty-five dollars with
which he had come to New York, bad
been reduced ta only twenty, in ;spite
of the jealous guard he kept over it:
Working on 'his stories; he often neg-
lected his bread and butter stuff for
the newspapers and• hats. to draw an
cccasion dollar from the" bank.
Eighty-five' dollars-, then, was what he
h.ad at the end of five months in New
York upon which to attempt to build
a nest in' the metropolis for Helen.
But: before the nest could be feather-
ed •eyed on the tnstaiment plan, Hel-
en's fare to New York had to . be paid.,
She might even have to have a stilt.
. She never said anything in her
letters about clothes, but , he knew
how much she was earning.
He sat 'for a long' time, held fast in
his chair by a sic, dizzy feeling , . .
Twilight had come and gone'and Vow
night was spreading her black, heavy
wings over the city,. ' . .
' He went down into, the street and
lingered long at the, table in the res-
taurant, paying no heed to the annoy.-.
ed'.igok 'on the head waiter's face,
which seemed too.' say: "Why don't
you pay your trill and .go?"
At last he went out into the street
again•� '
They sky, which had been bright and
starry when Witte' entered the res.
taurant,was now Ieaden. A wind was
rising the dust from the street and
seeding it up in clouds. He strolled,
aimlessly.
A.,fine rain began to sprinkle. Un-
consciously he welcored it. He in-
creased his pace. • The more the rain
penetrated his clothes, the further it
seemed to remove him from_ the tor-
-n'rentleg thoughts which had held.hira
fast that afternoon and the early part
of the evening, since he had received
the cheque' His, troubles now seemed
remote, as if they concerned some
one else, not him. He forget the pet-
ty worries of the -'day and feasted life•
eyes on the scenes in the streets, ., ,
The city was teeming with stories.
Some daitewhen he had made
his name be would force the editors
to accept the stories he was now see=
ing—not„"make ham look for stories
that they want ... .Some day, some
'day— All hie life he had been liv-
ing with that "some day” in view,
and still the words- seemed as 'full of
freshness and hope to him as ever.
At Broadway and Forty-second he
was'eaught 3n •a whirl of humanity,
which, hi spite of the rain, had no
thought of cutting its pleasure short.
Ile walked briskly; and presently found
himself near • -":