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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-04-11, Page 1• Eigaltr-etebtA Tom• . whops ''Number 41.39 TUCKERRIITH BEARS .., SEA`ORTH, F'RDA' . Sa RONI FLOODS, - STRIKE DJ.s; RIC ,L r n IAP Large Areas Under Water As Spring 'Breakup, Ar- rives Over Week -End. E. H. & B. 'BRIDGE. OUT, Damage amounting • to $30,000 was suffered bye. Tuckersmith Tokiinsiiip bridges and cirivei'ts over • the week- end, eekend, according to Road Superintend - Oat Robert Dalryn3Ple, when the sud- den Arrival, of warm weather released avalanches of hood water and ice against theta. 'Moat of the damage erase from the collapse of the S$4foot 'Bz•oadfoot bridge on the 2nd conces- sion, west of Egmondrville. The.Broad- • foot ..bridge collapsed under the pres- sure ,early Saturday evening. Trairic on many concession roans came to a standatiu baturday ' aha • ; unday as, melting snow and heav, rain ,turned' them into impassatlle 1 mud.. Rising rivers, overflowing their • banks, inunduated hundreds • of acres. In some eases where roads were pass- ' able, bridges .were under water. • Seaforth escaped more easily ,than • many, communities„ but in Egmond- ville and the south end of, the town Water covered a large area to a depth of two feet. The Lions Park was un- der water, as the ice in, the river -broke up, Basements of many resi- dences throughout the town were Blooded. A 'bridge en the London, Huron & isruce, between Milton and Bruce - field, collapsed Sunday. Trains from • -London . are running as far as Bruce- field, where passengers are transfer- - red to taxis, ,Since there' are no facili- ties for turning at $rucetietd, the trains must back to London. • Asporticineot a culvert south of Kip - pen, on No. 4 highway, collapsed Sat- urday. Stratford Plant To Open Here A new branch factory in Seaforth to•°manufacture gloves, . will be open- ed by the R. M. Ballantyne Ltd.,. of retratford, knitting plant, it was an- nounced in Stratford Tue-sday by plant atanager Ferri C. Walker. .representatives of the Stratford firm were in Seaforth on. Tuesday in- terviewing 'prospective. female ems ployees and it isi1inderstood about 20 girls had been tentatively hired. After Tuesday's interviews of appli- cants for jobs It was decided to go 'ahead with plans for :the branch fac- tory. While arrangements for accom- Modation bed.been been completed on Tuesday, compiieations aria.ing Thurs- day made a change in peon's neces- sary. •.. ear. walker was in Seaforth again Thursday arranging. for other accommodation: l;.aek of female labor is one of the chief reasons the Stratford plant has ,found it necessary to olien a 'branch factory in another centre, Mr. Walker said. • Injured :While Getting Water When she fell while getting a pail of water from across the road when the well at',, her residence "became wooded, Mek. Henry! Weiland, Eg- monavlile, on Saturday suffered 'a !badly 'dislocated elioulder and inyur- ' ed eye. She was removed to Scott .Memorial Hospital, but .had recovered sutrlciently lo 'be able to return to her home on Wednesday: d -• • Ir the tipper picture, is shown the 88, foot Broadfoot,bridge on the second • concession of.-Tuckersmith, 3% miles west of Eemondville, 'which :collapsed when breaking ice and ,flood waters in the Bayfield River crashed against it early Saterday 'evening. The bridge, which took with 'it long •distande. tele- phone elephone cables,, was carried down stream and is lying iti the river badly twist- ed. Below•is 'sheen a Section of the road south of Dublin after flood waters had washed. over the highway, leaving large ice floes scattered over .the road. The area is where three Hibbert' township drains, the Liffey, 'McGrath anti. Cook unite to form the source of...the Bayfield river a mile and a hanfl south of Dublin. • VIS o r k m en s Compensation Available For Farm Help Distribute New Phone Directory Containing a record number of new angle revised listings, the new tele- phone directory for Goderich, Sea - forth and vicinity is )low being dis- tributed; according to •J. M. Goodwin,. Bell Telephone manager in this. dis- trict, who said that 1,145 Copies are elated for sta..sorioers in this com- munity alone. • Because •of the 5,300 new and chang- ed listings in. the Meek, Mr. Goodwin stressed the impoittaii'Ce of consulting it before telephoning and; urged sub-, scribers to bring their 'memo and dells. pads up-to-date •to avoid calling wrong numbers. • The circulation .of the new' book,. which has a buff -colored. eover to dis- tinguish it readily from the old one, will be greater.than that of any pre- vious editiolt. The new directory, largest in the community's history, re- veals an increase of over 70 tele- phones in Seaforth alone since the publication. of the March 1946 book. As usual, the directory lists suns scribers in Atwood, GoderiCh, Listowel and other commmunitiea in the district. Seaforth Women's Institute - R e c e r d s i Pioneer History (The .Seaforth Women's Institute, through its Historical Committee, headed by Mrs. PaUL'Doig, during re- cent months has recorded the history . of pioneer' farms and' institutions of the area. The stories are being' pre- pared in such a manner that they can be preserved and thus add in no small measure to the historical data of the county.' It may be that certain his- torical information, through lack of knowledge of the project, has not been made available to the institute., If this should be the case, interested parties may, obtain full information by contacting Mrd. Doig, R.Re4, ,Seaforth. The following , article, taken ,from the Institute collection, is the ninth, an aan series which will appear ifs The rerFtpoeitoii.• History of Si. James' Parish, Sea - forth, Ont., Huron. County, as read by :nen. leather E. F. 'Goetz, Y,r., en October 26, t920, at the annual dioce. Sian conference, London: "Gather up the letters of the pest, gather up the traditions, gather up the peilnphiets, gather up the recordis that are .so essential for the fullness of our Catholic- hds'tory and surely the Catholic people have no reason to be asharned, but eery reason to be proud of their glorious traditions," are words mot mine, but wiltich t propose to in - !Corporate in my. History of Seaforth Parish. I have no. apologies to. offer for my meagre infarreation than my desire, coupled with that of mesuper- tors in London diocese, to rescue from,. oblivion, if not destructive things, touching upon 'Catholic activity in this fair portion of our diocese. In the near future all of the early pioneers of 'Seaforth will have disap- peared and with them, if they have not been personally interviewed, much that was caught from their life—and which I respectfully submit for our mutual instruction and 'edification. The history of St. James' parish is stmiLar toi that of every parish 4n winch 'a cathedral, church or, chapel lifts, its cross -crowned summit to the great dome of Heaven to proclaim saliaa'tion to the iiiilliffer; -And"--d e Dense the blessings of our holy, 1.011' glens to mankind. The flourishing incorporated town, of Seaforth may well be described as one of the most preeperous arid pro- gressive ot a section of country where prosperity and progress were the or- der of the day. Many years ago the spot which now marks the e±lstenee of this centre of teade and industry, was a dense «nd,alanost impenetrable xorest 'echoing back the scream of wild fowl and the croak of reptile, the only inhabitants of which has since (Continued on Page 4) Estimate Cost Will. Be 40 Cents Per $100 Coverage • Up to $1,000 Maximum. Kenneth Betzner, .of Waterloo, tori directors, of the Otitario Federation of Agriculture; that farm workmen's, 'compensation now is •available on a group basis to cover farm families and their hired help. . Labor Minister Daley is reported to havesaidi the Proviii'cial Government would enable townships desiring- Co experiment with group compensation coverage for farm people to do so. Mr. Daley said' "anexperiment ov- er a period of five to ten• years might lead to 1'egislation putting all' farm- ers under the act." • •• Cost is figured at about 40 cents per. $100 coverage, with a maxihum of 11.000 coverage for men and $500 for women. Hospital care costs un- der the scheme will be borne by the Compensation Beard. Mr. Betzner-.told the directors that when the necessary . by-laws -Were passed by township councils desiring to-experiment—at the same time pro- viding the Coiupensation Board `with figures for actuarial studies every farmer on their rolls would be requir- id to carry the protection foe' his family and his employees•. • . SYNODICAL SOCIETY, W. M. S. TO MEET REAM PR C ROD�iCERS i. OR IN VOTE E F T- S,.A H The first meeting .of the Hamilton and London Synodical Society, of the Womens missionary Society tw.L.) �a'f the Piesbyterian Church in Canada /will be held in 'Knox C'hurc'h, Strat- ford, April 14-16. The election and installation of of- ficers fficers will take place Tuesday morn- i'ng, followed, by .a round " Carole con- ference' led by i1Iss Frieda Mattbews, Toronto. general field secretary. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. A. E. Toombs, isiisstonar•,y on furlotigh Rram India, will be the guest speaker. In the eve- ning Kev, w, Scott -Duncan, St. Marys, will ipeak. ant tlia speaker at the closing session Wednesday after? natal will be Mrs. A. R. McMurrick, 'Toronto, a east president of the Dominion Council of the W.M.S.- MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION The Seaforth and District Minister- ial Association will hold its. ,regular meeting on Monday, April 14, at 2.00 p.m. at' the 'Manse of First Preeby- terian Church. The paiper will be pre- set -tett by the Rev: W. J. Patton. Meeting Discusses Proposed Cream Mar, "eting w. . Schemi A meeting ot the tiliron County cream producers ;,held in Carnegie Public Library ,here Jueettey night, discussed the cream producers mar= ketirg scheme, outlined in the Farm Produots Marketing Act. Jerry Doerr was ie • the chair, while Russell Bol- ton, Huron Federation -u£ Agriculture eresluent, -'and wet, known distraet termer, gave an interesting talk on the marketing scheme, stressing the value of. the creamery lnnustry to the province. Although most produc- ers are in favor of the scheme,1he felt that the vote .may not carry because of lack of interest in tee -meetings. and that a continued interest is nec- essary to make such a plan last. Robert . McKercher endorsed the propgsal and gave ,,,examples of She value' of co-operation, the ease with which businessme i. can 'bargain with united producers.' LeRoy Brown,: ag- ricultural representative, .explained the special procedure of voting. The meeting ended with balloting and in- formal discussion on some of the Prob- lems confronting dairymen .today, such as the oleo -margarine question. • Chamber of Commerce to Meet The annual meeting of the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce will be held in the council chamber on'Tuesday eve- ning, April 22, at 8 o'clock- The meet- ing it'll! Sear reports rrom coronet - tees and elect officers for thecoming year. .AT LEGION DANCE Ted Pudney, his clarinet and ' his orchestra of London, will be featured at the Easter dance be- ing sponsored by the Canadian Legion Fri&ay night, April 11. Lunch for the occasion is being sensed by the Seaforth Women's , institute; - • Z o err aria: Board -Considers Means .Of Relic th-ig a Crowdinig. By. Construction of ' Addition. ESTIMATE PATIENT .COST PER ' DAY $4.73 • Scott Memorial Hospital had an op;` erating loss of $4,969.49 in- 1946, •int. was disclosed et .the annual melting of the board heft; in the hospital resi- dence Tuesday evening, when the re- port of the auditors was- presented to -the meeting. Revenue...totalled 85.9,97, .and expenditures amounted'to $38,829.46. Increased cost of material and labor Led to the loss shown, it was explained. ' The report disclosed that patients' accounts' receivable total szan9(.bb, of which $6,811.41 le' reserved for bad debts. In the. opinion of th.e auditors, this reserve is not sufficient to proe vide for the uncolleetable account ' contained in the- total.' k Chairman James 'M. Scott presided At the meeting, which also received reports from the standing committees. &o analysis •of the use being -made of the hospital pointed to the rieceso sity of increasing accommodation.. Sn" January, 1947, 93 patients were treat- ed as compared to 74 in the same period in 1946. Patient days in elm same period in 1947 were 735, and in 1946, 651. • The meeting was informed, arrange- -ments could'be made for the purchase of a portion of the hospital building as Port Albert Airport which would serve as an addition to alleviate the crowded condition which. bas obtain: ed. During 1946 the hospital,' which is rated at 21 beds, had an average, dleily Isopulation. of 21..14 ;patients. The,meeting named a. building ,,coni-. mittee to study the means whereby an addition could be provided and testake, the necessary action to obtain: Port Albert building. ' Treasurer M. McKellar, pointed put the cost per patient per day in 1946 was $4,73. The total, patient days were 8,211. aDuring 1946 there were 614,,,pattients admitted to the hospital, 158'• births and 29 deaths, Officers elected be, the board are: Chairman. James 'M..Scott; vicecheir- inan, Harold Finnigan;, secretary, P. '1). :McConnell; treasurer, M. mc.Kel- lar; house committee, H. _.Finnigan, (chairman), -Mrs. F. Kling, Mrs, J. B. Russell; A. Y. McLean; 'finance tom= mittee, M. A. Reid (chairman), Edgar iiutson, ii. MCliellar. Y: D. incenn- nelt; property committee, Dr. Ee A. McMaster (chairman), G. ti. Bright-, call, N. R. Dorrance, R. '1leGregor; building committee, G. C. Brightrall, Dr. E. A. McMaster, R. McGregor, N. R. Dorrance, A. Y. McLean. • , Hold Special, Dublin Services aced -_ay- ani Easter..deap• ser- vices were held in St. Mary's Angli- can Church with, usual Easter music. The Rector. Rev. -C. F. L. Gilbert; gave the Easter message.' ,The Ladies' Guild mei:at the home of Mrs. Albert Rock on. Monday for their monthly meeting. The president presided over the devotional,and busi- ness period. . Lenten envelopes were called in. The• ladies spent the after- noon quilting. after which_ lunch was served'• by the hostess. Miss Jean Costello, London, 'visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cos- tello. . • • Misses Mary Margaret and Theresa Ryan, of London. spent Easter vrith• their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ryan. „ Mr. Joseph O'Rourke is spending' a cotple of weeks with. his daughters in Toronto'.. Mrs,, Thomas .Flanagan has return- ed to •her home after spending the wipter monstbs in Toronto. Francis Flanagan and Gilbert. Mur- ray •were in Toronto. Angela Rowland and Bert Gallant. of Windsor. visited' with Mrs. *Winne fred Rowland, • Mrs, Harold Smuck, of Kitchener, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Molyneaux.• Miss Mary Murphy-. of Welland, .is visiting 'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Murphy. ' Eileen; Jean and Lorraine Jordan, of London, spent Easter with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jos,geph Jordan, lames Ncwcotnbe,. Montreal, spent Easter with MIrs, Newcombe anti Mr. and Mrs. William Stapleton. • Champion "Home Brews': Banquet SPEAKS HERE • Members of the Home -Brew hockey team, who won. Seatorth's only hockey championship this year, held a ban- quet and social evening on Tuesday, when members of the team reviewed the year's activity. At a business meeting following, it was decided' to enter the W.O.A,A. again next winter. It is expected a gathering will be held at a later date, when Torry Gregg, 'W.O.A.A. President, will per- sonally present the team' with a tro- phy emblematic of the intermediate 'A' Champlonship, Hon. Douglas Abbott, Minister of Finance, who addressed the annual meeting of .the Heron - Perth Liberal Association held in Cardno's., Hall Wednesday even- ing. It was Mr. Abbott's first vis. it to this district. Minister es Budget. , kresenta NEXT • FREIER`` Declaring it . was AAs 1lieY was better off .with the tiwoV4.!"ty tem, Hen. Daugie si ,A1T'bott g4,14etier ,4f. Finance in the 'Dominrion Governmeal decried• the tendenge 4owaede 'a nuiti- plicityU of, parties. The experience ef: every democratic coutiery!, tlen -salcb substantiated ••hrns opinion.. ' • Mr. Abbott, an his firstvisit to On ° district, addressed, she :annual aneen ing of ••the Hniron Perth 'Liberal Assoc- iation in Cardno'a •H'a1l Wednesd""er evening. In the afternie ,the nidi : exeeutivemet with the ]..%.rifer,.:,fp* ' lowed by a. dinner. in the: Qileen's Hotel. ,Albert 1iai*tieison : Gurie ,- riding president, was - enaarma a .. of the Meetings. ' • Necessity of•:tightening party organe. izatioa was stressed bythe speaker. °'I don't think . ower -emphasis can be , placed," Mr. Abbott said, "on the rte- cessity of sound, efficient; local organ- ization. rganization. Under our system, that is the `crux of sound •.political activity: Dur- ing the war we let our political or- ganization get rather rusty. ,Lt Mur local organization is not Motioning smoothly and efficiently, the future of Gilt• poetical party is going to ne jeopardized." "I think a good many people in the country are anxious to have the bud- get brought down, so that they will 'know what plans to make," Mr: Ab- bott said. "I am in a position to bring in 'the budget the moment the debate on . the emergence legislation is eom ,pleted ; -"Even. on,. the" most• optimpstic' 'Gee surriptlon,' he predicted, 'it doesn't seem likely to me that the business of this session canbe completed before the end of June the earliest,_or per- haps by the end of ally,'" ."It's the fellows in the polling sub- dnvi'sions, the people who work be- tween. elections, who make it possible for people like Mr: Golding (William Golding of Seaforth; M.P. for Huron, Perth) and myself to sit in Parlia- ment and endeavor to serve the conn- • try," he said. 'The audience which. heard Mr: Al]- of very b twas possi-blry •listening to the • next Prime ennister of eanactP., it was suggested b3- Wilfrid P. Gregory, of Stratford. vice-president of the Perth Liberal Association. '•W -e are very pleased' to have this opportunity very pleased to have this opportunity of hearing the Minister of Fihi:ance so close to home," Mr. Gregory. said. wI think it is almost: an open secret that he may be • mailing this country as ?Time Minister." • After calling for three cheers. and a tiger for William Lyon Mackenzie King: Mr. KalbSeisch said: "The only sorry thing is that age is .beginning to iseigh; on him -;but we •altinoow that there are a .few .good yearsin him. yet . Election of officers for the Huron- , Perth Liberal Association was defer- red at themeeting, at the suggestion of Benson' W. Tuckey, of Exeter, who pointed taut that the pending .redistri- bution• of seats in the House of Cora- mons onymons may affect, the riding boundar- ies. At present the riding consists of South Huron, as far north as the. township Doundary, between .e'tantey and Goderich, plus the North Huron, Townships •ot Hullett and A!Lebaltop, and the Perth township's of Hilbbert and Fullarten. Mr. Abbott- was introduced by Wil- liam Golding, M.I',,, who described, the Minister et Menace as one -off the brightest' young men that we have in connection with any of our parlia- ments in the Dominion of Canada to- day. He holds the highest position in the•Government with the exception (Continued on Page" 5) TOWN WILL HAVE SOFTBALL • TEAM Athletic Ass�aciation Meet- ing Makes Preliminary ":Arrangements. A special- .meeting of the Seaforth Amateur • Athletic Association was held in the 'Town Hall, Seaforth, Wednesday night anti formulated plans for the 'coming baseball season. W. T. There:president of the associa- tion, was iti, the chair. L'he meeting decided that, softball would be played this year, and B. F. Christie was appointed chairman of the baseball committee and '•business manager, with Bill Smith as assistant business manager, and. Gorden iviwr as coach. This year's committee will consist of the manager, assistant man- ager, coach, captain and equipment manager, ..the last roamed. ••to be 'ap- pointed by the rest of the committee. The team elect the paying captain. ' The question of insurance for eche players was brou;it up by Thomas Beattie, but no aceihn wase taken be; 'cause it was shown, that the 'coat would be prohibitive for such a small team. 'The possibilities .. of improvements' to the baseball diamond were discuss- ed, but no action was taken pending •a meeting with the Lions Club nark Committee, who operates the diamond. • • Dublin Firm Has Hibbert Contract • Hibbert Township council met on' Monday in regular session with 'all members present and Reeve Joseph Atkinson presiding. -She Olerk "read( the ,minutes of the previous meeting which were adopted as read. The re- port on the Parsons municipal drain was read and a resolution :passed to adopt the report. ,Tenders were considered on the dif- ferent 'bridges and culverts a>yd.•Looby Construction, of .Dublin, was awarded the contract to build tnese reneges and culverts for the sum of $4,182. Additional Care Required For Early Hatched '' Chicks (By C. M. Huntsman), • By- planning work wen. much non essential work may be avoided and essential4'work with the poultry flock may be cut in, half. Plan an having brooder pens and laying pens large enough to house - flocks of sufficient size to be handled econoniically. Have the 'pens in a convenient location as, it is necessary to visit there several times each day, Where 'buildings at'e 'scattered or lo- cated a considerable distance from the main buildings, plan on using them as summer range houses. Much travelling between buildings and op- ening and closing of doors will be avoided if the •above plan is followed. . By having bins or barrels of feed pieced eoneeniently •about the poultry buildings one can easily cut in ball the time required to feeds the. birds. Plan otl carrying water to the flock by pipe line, hose line or by barrel or tank on skids 'or wheels. (Always use covers.pn b„at•rels or tanks). Any, of these method's of carrying water to the flodk will tut the work by more than half and will do so without giv- ing the attendant the aches and, pains produced by the pail or bucket meth- od, " Moreover, the bird';3" are more likely to have an abuutient supply of clean water. ,• After cleaning douses plan on 5prayieg or painting the fl:oors;• welds, nests and perches, etc., with equat Parts used Motor oil, coal oil and creo- sote...,, This not only acts as e'disin- fectant, a control of mites and, helps . to preserve wood acrd• metal parts of 'buildings and 'equipment, but ,will re- duce the .next cleaning operation by almost half, •A light coat of coarse sand makes for 'easier 'cleaning of dropping ,boards and floors. Plan on Seeing a deep litter in the laying pens. It not only reduces the supply o? litter needed annually but • niore than cuts in half the labor expended on litter management, . By spending a few minutes eatelfing • holes itt wire netting over windows, on partitions and under perches, one„ m.ag. Sere hours teeing to. cacti „birds. w, h esca.pe ,througih� oneh holes. • Better 9tii1. replace all light weight wire netting with a heavier wire or slats,( and reduce to a mintinaum the work of repairing. The extra cost -of .•, such wire 'would' be more thee offset by the preventing of Loss of birds by enetnids. (This is the bast in a series of six articles by members of 'the staff of the =•'O.1Ttaido Agricufturai, -College, 'Guelph, dealing in a practical 'lvayt' with m'atteft of interest to poti'Itr9' raisers if the deigand for more eggs, . earlier, is to be met).