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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-09-12, Page 2• t SEPTEMBEit 12, i947. IRON EXPOSITOR EStablished 1860 Ohail McLean, Editor, _ iSbed at Seah fort, Ontario, ev- Tltursday afternoon by McLean Members 9f Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign $2.00 a year. Single Copies, 4 cents each. Authorized as Second Class Mail, • • Post Office Department, Ottawa ,SEAFORTEI, Friday, September 12. Might LowerThe Tax Rate There has been, 'we understand, a proposal in Vancouver, B.C., to close "up all the "stores. on its principal busi- ties.s street every Wednesday, in or- der, to give the merchants and em- ployees an added holiday each week. That ,situation is not afall peculiar to the Western -Provinces. Almost every city and town in Ontario is being faced with the demands, not only .of the employees, but by the merchants themselves, to greatly curtail the selling hours in ,all places of business. . Within reason, we would say this is a good thing. But are we not car- ., rying it a little too far? At the pres- ent time store -clerks rarely have to , work more"than a 44 -hour week. Not of course 'as good as a 40 -hour, five-day week., but not too bad at -that • To still Shorten the selling hours in stores would very greatly incon- venience the public, and before very long the merchants themselves would begin to feel the pinch', because the "take it or leave it" era of the war years is not going to last forever. lil contrast 'to this movement in cities and towns for shorterstore hours, the' sign on a country store window. is worth noting, particular- ly as regards Sundays: "StOre Hours . • "Mon., Wed., Fri8 a.m. to 6 p.m. • "Tues., Thurs. . . . 8 a.m. to 11J p.m. "Sat. 8 a.m. 0,41 p.m. "Closed Sundays" In the meantime the small village • and country stores are getting a new lease of life and making -some money too, by keepingtopen to cater to the local farmers and the tourists, who have learned by unpleasant experi- ence that while the cities and towns have really some beautiful displays of much wanted goods,. that 'avails nothing when the store doors are kept locked., In fact, if the cities and towns are bent' on having a four or five-day week, business is bound to move to -'the country, and village and town- ship fathers might 'do well to con- sider the installation, of parking meters around the country- stores. It might help to lower the tag. rates. • , Not,For .Sale . Following the first Great -War speculation in farm lands was at, fever heat. Consequently when the slump came shortly after the close of the war, Many a returned man found himself' loaded up with a high- priced farm on which he could earn no dividends. And at the same time, many a farmer who had' sold his land at a high price with the intention of retiring and taking life easy, found his high-priced farm back on his hands again. During the years of the recent war •and_ since, although all the products of the farm are selling at record high prices, there are few farms being • offered for sale, and even fewer .pur- chasers. The years of, war and since have • been a period in which demand ex- ceeded the supply, both at home and abroad, which has resulted in high prices for everything the farmer can produce. 'In any other, business where earnings were constantly on the increase, that business would be •sure to find read),' and even eager buyers. But due to the great shortage of farm labor at wages a farmer can- not afford to pay, and the increased cost of everything he has to buy for his business,.farm acreage is not in- ' 'creasing, but is gradually decreas- ing. • The cause is that the farmer, as veil as the prospective purchaser, " ,t1 • ,,, I knows right Well thatpresent lijgh paces will not continue until the end of time, and neither one intends to be caught out on a limb as he was after the first Great War. The *farmer today is not worrying about increased production. He is' leaving that for some one else to worry about. Nor can you blame him much. His life has never been a bed of down, but now he is doing very well indeed. And he is content to leave, •well enough alone. There seems to be much sense in that too. • Outside Farm Labor Anyone living in a country dis- trict knows the impossible farm labor situation that has existed for the past number of years, and there has been a keen agitation to have outside labor brought in to help on Ontario, farms. But apparently outside labor is not all that might be, desired. The Bowmanville Statesman states a case: A party of 14 men, most of their names ending in "ski" or "skoff," were brought down from Saskatchewan to work in that dis- trict. • The first statement of these men was that they worked only eight hours a day, and wanted lunch and teaThetween meals. When the farm- ers objected to these terms, the men threatened to quit. And they did quit. Information comes to us too, that the Polish ex -soldiers brought • to Canada as farm laborers, 'quite early picked up the tricks of the labor trade. They had all agreed to work in Canada for $45 a.month—at first a princely sum to them—butwhen they found some farm laborers over here were getting more, they raised bitter murmurs and even threats, and even the demand for an eight- hour° day. On the other hand, a subscriber , recently told The Expositor that they had had a Polish ex -soldier on their farm for nearly two. years, and they could not wish for a more apt or will- ing worker. That there were a dozen or more Polish farm hands in the dis- trict, and that they were equally sat- isfactory. At least they were satisfied until a fellow countryman ble-w in from • Montreal and started stirring up trouble by telling these foreigners what simps they were to keep their • agreement on hours and wages. There, in a nutshell, is the cause of all foreign farm, labor trouble— the agitator. What the government ,should do is to round up`every one of these' agitators and ship them back to their native land, 'without accepting any reasons or excuses. Then it should gather the members of the foreign legion into a confer- ence, where it would. be explained that it was either a choice of car- rying out their agreements or going back to Poland at their own expense: It is more than possible that that would effectively cure the most of the dissatisfaction. • • A Snail's P -ace What do you mean by a snail's pace? Well, here it is: A test snail, completing a marathon on a plexi- glass treadmill at the University of Maryland, plodded 22 feet and one- half inch in 11 hours and ,00, min- utes, without stopping to catch its breath. , The College fish and wild life lab- oratory is conducting a research on snails, which prey on Chesapeake Bay oysters, in an „effort to slow them up still further, because the snails are still too fast for the oysters. • ' Shortchanged An Associated Press despatch from San Francisco last week said.: "The Steinhart Aquarium had -or- dered a batch of humuhumunukunn- kuapuaa. "When the shipment arrived Dr. Robert C. Miller, Aquarium, Direc- tor, lifted the lid and peeked in— "Why !" he exclaimed, "these aren't humuhumunukunukuapuaa at all ! They're humumumuhiukole !" He was glad to see the tiny trigger fish, just arrived from Hawaii, and put them on displpay even if he was shortchanged seven letters. And he reordered the 21 -letter kind. • htterlaatthil iltegeal *died tram T'ho EMPOlittOr Of 010 sad twentiliVe yealta a. From The afutton Expositor • September 45, 19222 The Young People's Society. of Brace.field held their annual picnic at Hayfield on August 29. They -went in a truck, leaving Scott's.store..:at.,9a30 a.m. Among the prize- winners were William Landsborough, Isabelle Sou- ter, Jean Fotheringham, Rosa Broad - foot, Irene Snider, Lela Stackhouse, Elinor Snider and Ross Chapman. Af- ter supper a twilight service was held oh the beach in Which Misses Anna Haugh, Irene Snider and Rev. Mr. McIntosh took part. Mr. Robert Bell, of The Bell -Engine Company, left this week on a business trip to the coast. Mr. T. S. Smith shipped a car of very tine heavy, horses from Seaforth station to Montreal. This is the sec- ond shipment he has made two days. Harvey Burrows, Aubrey Crich, E. Rivers, Garnet Chapman, •Russell Bris- tow and E. Werner, who have been spending their holidays at their homes here, have returned to the dental rchool in Toronta„. Mr. Harry Charters left last week on a trip to the West. Seaforth Highlanders Band will furnish the musical program at Brus- sels Fall Fair this year. Miss Margaret Pollock, the famous spiritualist medium of Blyth, is visit- ing friends in town. A keenly contested two-ball••mixed foursome was played Wednesday at. the Seaforth, golf club, 'and at the end of the round there were three equal scores. This situation forced a play- off, resulthig-ain a tie for Mr's. J. G. Mullen and Mr. Thomas Dodds, with Mas, T. SWin Smith and Mr. Downey in second position. Miss Martha Reid is visiting with Hamilton friends. Hundreds on Friday last viewed the products and liandiwork of the pupils of Stephen Township at the annual school fair held at Grand. Bend. It -was a decided success; Robert Penhale, of Hayfield, return- ed last week from a business trip to the West. • Robert McMprray, of 'Hayfield, has moved into his new cottage which he built this summer. James Dignan last week celebrated his fiftieth yearin the blacksmithing business in Exeter. Sixty -dive years ago he learned his, trade in the same place that he now owns. He also worked in"Lond•on, Tillsonburg, Ham- ilton and other places. . Mrs. Archie D. Rowcliffe, of Hen - s011, was in London last week visitinc, her husband, who recently underwent an ,operation in St. Joseph's Hospital. Miss Myrtle Crich, of Tuckersmith, left last week for Leamington, Where she has been engaged to teach School. Mr. E. McQueen, ,of Hensel', has been making improvements to his neat dwelling in the way of reshing- ling the roof. -, • • . The -Grand Trunk has shipped to Hebsall several carloads of crushed stone, which will be spread in the yard at the station. • •From The Huron Expositor 0, September 10, 1897 -Mr. John /3eattie, of Hullett, has purchased lot 33, concession 10, Mc- Killop. The price paid' was -nearly $4,000 in cash. • , • • The Methodist Church Epworth League of Christian Endeavour, Wal- ton appointment, has for it officers: President, Rev. A. C. Tiffin; 1st vice- pres.. J. W. Morrison; 2nd vice -pros., Miss M. Swallow; 3rd vice-pres' . W. Stafford; 4th vice-pres., Miss M. Mor- rison; secretary, Miss L. Barrows; treasurer, Miss S. Dennison; organ- ists, Miss Dora Kinney an Miss Mamie McCowan. Miss Emma McIntosh anda.Mias. Coots, of Brucefield, returned -home on Monday from Bayfield, where they spent the past month. Quite a number of the Varna, vil- lagers went cranberry picking at the big marsh in Hay Township this week• and came home loaded with berries. They report a large crop and several mosquitoes. One day last Week Miss M. J. Scott, teacher at S.S. No. 5, Usborne, was presented with a handsome fruit re- ceiver, a• birthday gift from her pupils,. -Miss Eva McMichael, Miss Edith Britton and, Master Bert Anderson, of Constance, went te Seaforth to put*, sue their studies at the Collegiate In- stitute. The new bridge on the 4th conces- sion,. near Lumley, is nearly Com- pleted, and when finished will he a handsome structure, reflecting credit on the contractor. Milton Buchanan, a Goderich 'Col- legiate student, won the first position in moderns languages at the• recent university. matriculation examina- tions. He is a son of Dr. Buchanan 'of Zurich. Miss Jennie McDlarmid,, daughter of Angus McDiarraid, of ,the 'Huron Road West, graduated as a profes- sional nurse in Detroit on Friday. • Mrs. Welsb, of Ayrshire,' Scotland., is here visitingaber brother, Mr. John Weir. Miss Mary •Ferguson, of ,Egmond- ville, left on Thursday for Bay City, where she has secured a good posi- tion. Mr. John Leatherland left town on Thursday for Sarnia, where ,he has secured a position. Mr, James Laidla'w had the misfor- tune to sprain his ankle 'on aThurs, day. Mr. Fred Beattie, an old 'Seaforth boy, who has „ been employed with Jackson Bros., Clinton, has purchas- ed a gents' furnishing and tailoring business in Herman,. Mr. John A. Jackson, of Egmond- vine, has returned; home from the military school in London. Mr. J. C. Pollard, son of Mr. Rich- ard Pollard, of Leadbury, left on Tuesday for the Northwest. Mr. Wm, Knechtel and Miss Alice Dundas, of Leadbury, are faking in the Toronto Exhibition this Week. , • • PHIL' OSIFER LAZY VIEADOWS Can there e,ver be a feast like a threshing dinner? I'll bet there are people in this world, constantly on the search for a meal to be remem- bered, who cannot find for money what we farmers get every -year at my Aunt Martha's place, The thresh- ing dinner is -the- high spot in every year of 'operations on that farm. Theold dinner bell clangs on the back of the kitchen. The machine toasts and settles.,off with the .belts coming .to a slow, slapping stop and the 'machine idling' down and sudden- ly stopping. The men come down out of the mows. The feeder jumps dowii from his.,platform . . . the separator man emerges from the dust carrying his long oil can . . . Uncle George comes. out pf the granary and says: "Well, come on boys! I guess we'll see if there's anything to eat." On a bench under the maple tree at the back door there will be a row of wash basins with a cake of soap beside each one ,and towels neatly stacked up. Hats' are tossed off- and there is a great splashing 9f water. The white towels are soon stained. Aunt Martha appears' at the side door ---,her ample' frame covered, by a clean, starched gingham dress with a clean "pinny" as she persists in call- ing her aprons. "Come in here, men. I think it will be cooler than the kit- chen." The great table for twelve or thir- teen men is spread in what she calls the back sitting room. • She's had the doors closed and the blinds drawn all Uy Rant3 Maki aaaaarg, day and when you go in, it does feel cool and refreshing . . something to be appreciated after standing in a. dusty mow for several hours. The men ,slip, into the, chairs. Jim O'Leary blesses himself' . Sandy MacPher- son bows his headfor a grace . lot of the men just start reaching . . . because the food is on tbe table. There are the great plates, of sliced meat . , . fried, bome-cured ham . . . cold sliced roast beef . . . platters of ripe, red, sliced. tomatoes . stacks -of home-made 'bread .. Aunt Martha wouldn't think of giving the thresh- ers baker's bread .. . and fresh buns, still hot from the over . mounds of white, mealy potatoes .. . . pickles that almost break when you bite into them . • fresh cream and butter brought in from the cellar . . , and the tea cups seems to refill itself be- cause .Aunt Martha and a couple of the neighbor women just hover over that table. Men -don't talk. it a threshing table . . . just nod or grunt ,for something to be passed . . . the fresh corn on the cob . . . the _buttered beets or green peas . . . and then comes the dessert . . . apple and berry. pies cut in four pieces . . . fresh chocolate cake and the perennial dish of pre- serves .. and the men eat rapidly and well, and then get beside the house and smoke . , . content and ..happy because they've just had a master- piece of a dinner as put up by Aunt Martha. : JUST A SMILE OR TWO: A shy lad wanted to marry the girl but he felt he would choke if he tried to mention the word "marry", or "mar- riage" to htr. So, after giving much thought to the problem, he asked her in a whisper one evening: "inl•ia, how would you like to be buried with my people " • "I can't promise you anything," said the salesman to the disgruntled vet- eran, who slammed the door oa the Way out. "What did he want?" asked the dealer. a • . "Oh, he wanted to know if he couldn't turn in the 1946 model which he hasn't received, for a1947 model!" • She was fat and over forty, but still kittenish. , The young man she had cornered at the party was thinking hard for some excuse to escape. • At last he inurmured:' "Do you ie - member the youngster who used to tickle you under the chin at school?" "Oh," she exclaimed., gushingly, "so that's who you are!" "No," said he blandly. "That was my- father." An old darky approached the min- ister: "Pahson, suh, Ah wants you all to pray for me." "Well, Rastus, what's wrong?" "Suh, ah's get_ a floating kidney, Sul." "But Rastus," replied the minister, "I can't pray 'for physical things like that; I only pray for sipiritual things." • "You all can't pray for •a fioatin' kidney.? Den how come you all pray- ed laSt Sunday fo' de loose livahs.?" • Uncle Joe: "1 hear that Your mother doesn't have trouble making you practice on the piano any more." Billy: "Oh, no: You see the neigh- bors hate to hear me,.and now I think it's fun practising." The old man fishing from the river bank landed a pike about two feet long, but threw it back. Later he caught a large roach. ' This he also threw back. Five minutes' later he caught a small perch and put it into his bag. As he rose to go a fellow -fisherman asked him why he had thrown two beautiful fish back and kept a small one. ., "Well," he replied; "mp frying, pan is only nine inches wide!" 0,014 EQUIPMENT COMFORT *CONVENIENCE *FREQUENT SCHEDNE oN.1 S 'a* Seenin the County Papers P• Old Well Gavot' In Miss Jean Lam -puma narrowly es- caped injury Monday afternoon when an old well on her mother's proDertYo Whitehead St., which had been. filled in, and no one knew was theie, caved in. Miss Lampman happened to be Ion the grass when the cave-in took place and was thrown into the old well. Her scream attracted Miss Bet-, ty Cooke, who was 'there at the time, and she was able to secure some air- men who were living on the street, to get Miss Lamp:pan out of the welt without injury, although she did have a Record. prettyrhad scare.—Clinton News R- New Grobery To Open Clinton's newest grocery store will open Saturay. It will be owned and operated 'hy George E. ' Rumball, a Clinton boy -with 17 years' experience in grocery business, in the stand on Victoria St., opposite the pest office, formerly occupied by Glennie punch_ • He recently bought the building from Ross Fitzsimons, Mr. Rumball was born in Clinton, second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. El. Runiba11, and attended Public school and 'Collegiate Institute. herea-He star -ted as a delivery boy at 11 years of age and -full. time at 16. He served three years in the 'Royal Canadian Navy, being discharged in September, 1945, and returning to the grocery business here. Mr. Rumball was married to Miss Allee Lawson,. Detroit, and they have two children, Gloria, five years, and, Elaine, nine. months'.—Clinton News -Record.' °d An old landmar'k ori -Exeter's Main Street I is Landmark mbeing Bre: razed Razed.itndi n its place is being erected a modern gar- age With five apartments above—Old- er residents will' remember' the build- ing as the feed barn for the old Com, mercial Hotel owned by the late W. Hawkshaw. It was in the days, .before auto 'transportation when farmers came to town with their horse-drawn vehicles and would have the horses. fed and watered for 15; cents, while they partook of a substantial meal for. a quarter. Offen they stayed to im- bibe some of the -beverage dispensed .over the .bar of the hotel: There were times when -Some of the owners stay- ed with the horses' to :sleep off a de- bauch after having imbibed too freely, —Exeter Times -Advocate. Wholesale Business• At 'Whigham Sold The 'wholesale tobacco and confec- tionery business Of Miller & Co„ Wingham, changed hands last week wben it wag purchased by N. D. Cam- eron of Stratford, who took immedi-- ate possession. The business was es- tablished by Mr. "Wally" Miller 26 years ago, and later the first name was changed to Miller & Co. "Wally" was a familiar figure in Blyth and other centres, as he called regillarly on many of the town merchants. He intends to manufacture and package potato chips and popcorn. Later, when sugar is more plentiful he will also manufacture candies.' Mr. Miller was present at the Blyth Lions 'frolic Standard, withnahrisna popcorn acaine. 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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SEPT. 14 Full Information at Terminal, LOW FARES F4105M SEAFORTH Single Return 'Toronto $3,40 $6.50, London ' 1.80 3.30 Stratford .70 -1.30 Kitchener 1.55 2.85 Guelph 2.00 3.70 Hamilton 2.70 4.95 Owen Sound 3.80 6.85 TAX INCLUDED SEAFORTH TERMINAL: SUPERTEST STATION. PHONE 362 • ",; 'Jr", • 1' a 1 • • • • .,, , „ • %","