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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-01-23, Page 29� $iTOR Wished 1860 eib ; Le `:had, McLean, Editor. `bled at S6aforth, Ontari s v 'htlrsday afternoon by 1 cLea Members of ' anadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in advance; foreign $2.50 a year. Single copies, • 5 cents each. Advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH, Friday, January 23 The Huron Election The Provincial riding of Huron is to have a by-election on Monday, February 16, to fill the vacancy caus- ed by the unexpected and lamentable death of Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor, the former member. There is no doubt but that the elec- tion announcement came as some- thing in the nature of a surprise to the supporters of both political par- ties. Neither one, however, has lost any time in placing candidates in the field, as Mr. Thomas Pryde, of Exe- ter, was chosen on Wednesday last as the Government candidate, and, on Friday at a nominating conven- tion held in Hensall, Mr. B. J. Tuckey, also, of. Exeter,' was the unanimous choice of the Liberals. Both candidates are widely known and prominent business men of Hur- on, and both have had considerable municipal and political experience. Mr. Tuckey, the present Reeve of Exeter, was the unsuccessful candi- date in the Provincial election of 1943, while Mr. Pryde, a former Reeve of Exeter, was defeated in the. Federal election of 1945, by the pres- ent Liberal member, Mr. W. IL Gold- ing, M.P. A winter election in a riding like Huron, is not a thing to be lightly undertaken, or without good reason.. At both nominating conventions held two days apart, the weather and roads were such that only the hard- iest enthusiasts could venture out. But Mr. Drew, in his election an- nouncement, said he did not feel it right to deprive the electors of Hur- on of the opportunity of being repres• ertedin the coming session of the Legislature. Hence a winter elec- tion. It is nice for the electors of Huron to learn that they are too important to the Legislature to hold a session without them being represented, and it is nice for Mr. Drew to know that regardless of the condition of the concession roads, the electors in three of the largest towns in the riding will'1; have no trouble in getting out to vote.' • Not Our Definition The Edmonton Journal says that the Dominion Meterological Division has taken time off to work out a definition of a blizzard. The divi- sion's minimum qualifications for blizzards appear at first sight rather mild—a wind of 25 miles an hour, a temperature of less than 10 above zero, and a visibility of less than half a mile because of snow. Well, that is not our definition of a blizzard. That is pretty much the kind of weather we have been hav- ing since early in December. Last night the thermometer registered 10 below zero, and at the present mom- ent the wind is well' over the 25 mile mark, and the visibility is not 100 yards. But we haven't heard anyone about here talking about blizzar yet. They are still to come. And we can't say that we are looking forward to them with any anticipation either. Last February we had a week with- out trains, or busses, or cars, or trucks, and the snow was piled up 12 feet high on Main Street after the ,amerchants. had dug themselves out. We called that a blizzard. So it was. But then we don't have the kind of zero weather that Edmonton has. The kind that you don't feel at 40 below. When it gets down to zero here, you can't help but feel it. • Sorne interesting Figures "? a oiniinjon Bureau of Statistics gives some • very interesting figures tl*at�eoi tarn a good deal of informs- o? `'aid give to reader a better ow of the Canadian scene, For example, it states that salar- ies, wages and supplementary labor ineuarne increased from 2,476 million dollars in 1938, to 5,113 millions in 1946. Personal savings in the same pe'r- iQd rose from 192 millions to 1,107 millions. On the debit side of the ledger, total personal direct taxes, including income taxes, succession duties,and other miscellaneous, rose from 125 millions in 1938, to a great .• total of 781 millions in 1946. The record noted too, that corpor- ate profits after taxes rose from 375 millions in 1938 to 637 millions in 1945, an increase of only 70 per cent., but the gross value of manufactured products rose from 3,338 millions in 1938, to 8,250 millions in 1945, an in- crease of 147 per cent. • Mr. Bracken Is Warned When the Montreal Gazette; that long established oracle of the Con- servative party, talks about party af- fairs, it speaks with ,considerable authority and its words are general- ly looked upon as true. This is what The Gazette recently had to say of Mr. Bracken: "Unless he provides the official opposition forces in the House of Commons with more imaginative and inspiring leadership during the new session than he has been able to produce in the past, the rebellion smouldering in the ranks of his followers will be fanned up to new heights and the drafting of a successor will be only a question of how and when. It now seems certain that any failure on Mr. Bracken's part to capitalize to the full on opportunities offered by the present session will be construed as proof of unavoidability, of change. And there is evidence that Mr. Bracken is, himself, aware of this fact." The Gazette went on to say that Mr. Bracken promised his followers a fighting session before Christmas, and it was a fighting session. "But when it was all over there was some question -about the effectiveness of the battle." Having gone so far, the Gazette went still further and was good en- ough to discover and point out Mr. Bracken's successor in these words: "The weight of party opinion is heav- ily in favor of Premier George Drew of Ontario—assuming that he should choose t6 run. It , is believed here that he could, should the need arise, be persuaded." Most people, in Ontario at least, will agree with the assumption of the Montreal paper that Mr. Drew could be persuaded. One Man In A Million Thomas V. Kennedy, Yonkers, N. Y., City Controller, who refused to accept a proposed $800 pay increase last year, now has rejected a $1,800 increase voted by the CommonCoun- cilfor his 1948 salary. "I know the financial health of the city has not improved sufficiently during the year now ended to. war- rant granting such a large increase to its controller," Mr. Kennedy wrote City Manager Robert Craig Mont- gomery. Mr. Kennedy, we would say, was one man in a million. But we admire him. • Who Gives A Hoot, Anpwap ? A recent Associated Press de- spatch from London, England, says that the British Admiralty has loan- ed bird watcher, Eric Hoskins, spe- cial equipment to enable him to find out what kind of a face an owl makes when it hoots. The equipment consists of a black searchlight—an infra -red device de- veloped during the war so that troops could see in the dark without being seen. / Mr. Hoskins has a spot in a tree in Sij.ssex for his nightly observations. Unseen—he hopes by the owls,, he'll watch them by telescope. Hobbies are good for men, they say, so we wish Mr. Hoskins every success in his. But to us, and per- haps to some others, the whole thing sounds like .a lot of hooey, because who eves a hoot anyway, what an owl's face looks like when it hoots! Years Ag9ne lotarrMtjn* Ito* Ploko4 From The Hu rdn Kop. sltor of Fifty #nd nvwdyMlvs •Yuri woo..-" From The Huron Expositor January 26, 1923 Mr. B. W. F. Beavers, Exeter, was elected Warden ' of Huron for 1923. He is one of the senior members of the county Council. Reeves Grieve of 'Seaforth, Mc- Naughton of Tuckersmith, McQuaid of McKillop and Armstrong of Hullett are in Goderich this week attending the January session of the "county council. Mrs. George Brownlee had the mis-I fortune to break her arm at the wrist. Jean, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart, had the misfor- ' tune to •fall down stairs of her hoxhe on Thursday and fracture her collar -1 bone. Mr. George Jackson leaves for Cali-, fornia on Wednesday. C. Aberhart, A. A. McLennan, A. D.1 Sutherland, L. T. DeLacey, H. Jef- rey and J. .G. Mullen represented Bri- tannia Lodge at the dedication of the new Masonic Hall in Hensall Monday evening. Dennis Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Andrews have returned to Port Colborne after attending the funeral of their another, the late Mrs. Walter Andrews. Niro, W, Devozaux leaved Oil; ' ali clay to visit friends io Windsor. be Will . be accompanied by ltl'ra,. 11 oI n ASA raof fitiicago, wino "has been her guest for the past two weeks , From Th'o Huron expooitor Januar 28. 1$98 Allan George has sold the Wa1ten brickyard to Jol>,n Govenlock, 'a grin of Roiat. Govenlock, Mclillop, Miss Alice Sage, of Walton, broke the record on \Wednesday of last week: by wheeling from Walton to Brussels and back. Joseph Ward has sold his farm on the 5th concession of Tuckersmith to Mr. Win. Dobie, of Egmondville. Mr.. James Robb treated his 'club - swinging class to a sleigh ride to Clinton on. Friday evening, where the girls spent a short time desporting themselves at the skating rink. Mr. Wm. L. McLaren, of Cromarty, has purchased Mr. Bell's farm. Mr. R. A. McKee, of Leadbury, has been on a visit to Walkerton and oth- er points north of here. Mr. John O'Loughlin, Leadbury, purposes erecting a dwelling house and barn this coming season. The three lower rooms in Seaforth public schools have been closed for the past week on account of some cases of diphtheria. The sickness is in the homes of W. R. Smith, John Dodds and A. Hammett, but all the, patients are doing nicely. D. D. Wilson, Seaforth; Peter Doug- las, Stanley, and Henry Doyle, Steph- en, have been appointed license com- missioners for South Huron by the Ontario Government. Qur''Putnir here at' 1.aoy ' Missile4as satble'n4 •thou go back to tiie warmth: lhaas haanwo dleo` dweans Hcandvleed. ouTht iosf paau'the stable, WHAMlie! The wire slipped .. lts! Of dry wood that 1 had put UP over the nuts flew off the ends of the bo and the blanche eplitThat 'was bad' the granary . but that's quite a, enough, but my kande., went down oath few years ago. Two bolts. go through the knuckles on both were bashedi the handle and are supposed to hold against the pump. Did that • ever it for pumping purposes quite firmly hurt? Let me . tell you, I howled. in the metal part.The stock kept . hollering arpundr The 'bolts during the years have and I. had to turn in tp.tix the un worked loose on occasion,, and have handle. Do you -think T could get been tightened up again. About six those cows to go back in the stable?' months ago it turned out, however, No, sir! They came out to be water - that the thread was gone on the .bolts ed and seemed determined to stay so that the nuts kept working loose, until they did. The business of hav- Then the handle, split one day and it Ing the pump handle broken is en - was wrapped up in some baling wire ough'in itself, but to add to that the that happened to be handy in the stock were nuillin around. driving shed. I finally found . piece of w^antling I was positive that the matter of \ that would serve as, a temporary ban - the pump handle had been settled. dle and stuck it in the metal clamp The wire, although Mrs. 'Phil sug- , and wrapped some wire around and gested that it looked terrible, seem -I started pumping. The wholle appar- ed to hold the handle in firm position. atus slipped out and I slipped on an I then forgot all about the nuts that , icy spot • and went skidding off the• came loose and the split in the wood-; pump stand. After a couple more en portion of the handle. I bad starts I managed to get some Yesterday% I went out to pump wa- I water pumped. This was a real as- ter for the stock. 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