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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-03-05, Page 20 MUFOti EXPOSITOR Established 1860 Keith McPhail McLean, Editor. Published at Seaforth,. Ontario, ev- ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in advance; foreign $2.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Advertising rates on application. •kuthPost Ar Office Department, Classized as Second Ot Mail SEAFORTH, Friday, March 5, 1948 Setting A Good Example Morris Township Federation of Agriculture is setting an example that should be followed by every other branch of the Federation in Huron County. This is the decision of Morris to place a sign at each end of every concession in the township on which will be plainly marked the name of the township, the concession and its number. In addition, the Fed- eration will endeavor to have every farmer have his name plainly paint- ed on his rural mail box. To any stranger, and in fact, to others in that township, this plan, when completed, will prove a boon and a time saver. Every stranger trying to do business with the farm- ers in a township knows full well how hard it is to locate a man's farm, and the time he wastes before he accomplishes his mission. Of course it is easy to ask direc- tions, and it has been our experience that these directions are freely giv- en. When, however, these directions 42sually contain the statement that "John Doe lives across the road from Bill Jones, over on the sixth," and the statement is accompanied by a sweep of the arm that covers half the horizon, that information, while it may fully enlighten a native, does little more to enlighten the stranger on his way than the flare of a single match would on a dark night. With signs plainly marking the concession number at each end of the road, and mail boxes marked with the owner's name, however, even on the darkest night that instruction would be definite, and all that any man, however great a stranger to ;the locality he might be, could or should require. There is a point about having the owner's name being plainly marked on his mail- box too, that should re- ceive consideration, because it would undoubtedly lead to a face-lifting on all concessions. Every man likes to live up to his name. Consequently he doesn't want that name to stand for the most rundown farm on the con- cession. Once his name is posted on the mail box for both the home and travelling public to see, the great majority of farmers will make some effort to improve appearances. He believes he is just as good as the best man on his line, and it would not be long before he set out to prove that fact the public. M. • Township Federation has At an e ' . r. hat should be fol- lowed by every other township in the county. It is not an impossible task. All it needs is a little thought and organization with the authority of the Federation of Agriculture behind it. More than that, it would place Huron in the position of setting the pace for every other County in the Province. • Juvenile Crime And A Remedy Juvenile crime . is not new, but its increase has become alarming, not only in the larger United States, but in Canada. Consequently a recently published article by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the United States Feder- al Bureau of Investigation, offers some comments on this subject which should ooncern just as deeply our people as those across the line. Mr. Hoover said: "The criminal is the product of spiritual starvation. Moral traditions are subject to his scour and he declares war on socie- ty." Pointing to the alarming in- crease in the number of major crimes by boys in their 'teens, Mr. l foover continued: "After review- ing the thousands of case histories which. have poured into the F.B.1., 1 rim firmly Omitted 'that there are two taetaro in our outlook which if not eheeked' welt p lu ge WA headlong z tir nrnal deeaden~e.T e first is e of the home. itself as the o tional ifference towards evil in - flume in our life which are beyond the immediate control of parents." Mr. Hoover readily agrees that the home is the first place where children should expect to learn re- spect for authority, discipline and honesty, but at the same time he acknowledge$ the fact that a sur- prising urprising number of parents today are entirely untrained in these obliga- tions. And for the children of these homes, and all homes, he recommends the Sunday School and its influence. He writes: "The children of such homes need help and the Sunday Schools can do much and are doing much to bring God and religion into the starved souls of these youngsters. Our Stt day Schools are not sending forth children who easily succumb to life -wrecking temptations. Instead, the boys and girls who have gone to Sunday School have been well pre- pared for the entire span of life." Coming from a man who is pos- sibly in closer touch with this prob- lem than any other on the continent, these words of Mr. Hoover are worth study and consideration by all Cana- dians. • It Made Quite A Difference The Committee in Parliament now investigating prices and profits does not have the sanction of Mr. Cold - well, Leader of the C.C.F. In fact, he went so far as to suggest that the committee was only set up to try and cover up the profits made by the big corporations and to keep the real facts from the public. We think he called it a "paint job." Well, Mr. Coldwell can do a pretty fair "paint job" himself. And he re- cently proved it. Speaking in the House early in December, Mr. Cold - well made a lengthy speech attempt- ing to show the outrageously high profits made by Canadian corpora- tions, but included in his list two large American companies. Perhaps this was an error, and per- haps the error was drawn to Mr. Coldwell's attention. At any rate, early in February he mentioned his mistake to the Members of the House. And in doing it he timed his speech very nicely. It came at the end of a long, tedious afternoon ses- sion, when the galleries were empty. Mr. Coldwell's correction was: "I put a list on the record on. Decem- ber 9th, but, in error, I included two United States companies, with Cana- dian names. I think there are twen- ty-six other companies on that list, so the inclusion of those two make -no difference to my argument." Well, perhaps it didn't make any difference to Mr. 'Coldwell's argu- ment, but it made a very substantial difference in the facts, because in his list, including the American compan- ies, he assured the House there was an increase of profits of $9,696,000 between 1945 and 1946. But when the American companies were left out the actual increase was $2,208,000, a very substantial difference. In Mr. Coldwell's opinion, howev- er, a mere error of $7,488,000 in his quotation of profits does not amount to anything. He always can produce figures for every argument. • Draw As Required There is such an absolute dearth of building material and foodstuff is Great Britain that the Government has a system of permits and controls and priorities. But like everywhere else, the country folk in Britain have learned from experience that often the government's attempts at farm- ing from London are ridiculous, like the case of the one cow establish- ment which asked what it could do with surplus milk. There is a government order that cow's milk can not be sold except un- der license and through a recogniz- ed milk distributor. This is a reason- able attempt to prevent evasion of the milk ration, which is 'two pints a week for each person. But, apparently, the situation sometimes becomes complicated, with a one -cow establishrent, In this in- stance the official answer to the ques- tion of what to do with the surplus Milk was: "Don't draw off more that you need." And that was an answer that made both the cow and its owner blush for shame at such a il, simple-minded government af'h > and wonder how he got there, THE HURON SIPQ$.I'.• Years Agone =It ff. 5 x,94' Isttar'.MIM . Woe Picked From The Huron lispailbor if Fifty and '11Vlroillt ev. Yurs Ana From The Huron Expositor March 9, 1823 Stewart ,McIntosh, formerly of Sea - forth, who for the past two and a half years has beep superintendentof the garage and a fleet of over 60 strucks for Silverwoods Ltd., London, has sev- ered his connection with that com- pany and on leaving the employees gathered and presented him with a set of military brushes and a safety razor set. Mr, J. Bachus, of Toronto, is the new accountant in the Dominion. Bank, to succeed F. L. Downey, who was recently transferred to Walker- ville. Rev. David Ritchie, of Cromarty, at- tended Presbytery on Tuesday in Stratford and was elected Moderator for the year. Messrs. Wm. Rion, of Hullett, and. James Evans, of Beechwood, direc- tors of the McKillop Mutual Fire In- surance Co., were in Toronto attend- ing the convention of the Provincial Fire Insurance Companies. Mr. Wm. Smith, who has been vis- iting his father, Mr. Robert Smith, in Hullett, has returned to his home in Milestone, Sask. The stag euchre held in the club rooms of the G.W.V.A. was a most enjoyable affair, despite the small crowd. Messrs. Con Eckert and Jas. Hughes were the prize winning part- ners. John Beattie annexed the prize for lone hands, while Dr. Grieve and James Hincbley carrier] off the booby prize after a strenuous effort. Mr. Angus Kennedy and Miss Doro- thy Kennedy, of Hamilton, are here this week owing to the illness of their mother, Mrs. Alex Kennedy. Miss Ada Galbraith, Bayfield, has returned after a visit to Stratford. Mr, Frank McGregor, Bayfield, has gone to Flint, Mich. Mr. Thomas McKay, of Manley, had rather an exciting experience. While crossing the Johnson drain the ice gave way and he almost disap- peared and or•ly for the assistance of Mr. John Holdan, he might have lost his life. The following is the report of S.S. No. 7, McKillop, for February: Sr. .IV—Harold Tomlinson. Jr. IV—Archie Somerville, George Love, Arthur Mc - Gavin, Alex Clark. Sr. III—Elma Hill, Eva Scarlett, Effie Balfour. Jr. III— Billie Thamer, Grace Somerville, Sr. II—Ross Driscoll, Arthur Balfour, Or- val Holmes, Jr. II—Dorothy Somer- ville, Dorothy Driscoll. Sr. I—Helen Somerville. Sr. Primer—George Tay- lor, Grace Perdue. Jr. Primer—Wal- ter Somerville. Wallace Shannon. Boys' prize, George Love, no errors; girls' prize, Eva Scarlette, no errors. —E. M. Little, Teacher: At the evening service in First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, on Sunday fast, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mul- len sang a - beautiful duet, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," with or- gan accompaniment by Miss Margaret Edge. .:•961`9%• a 0 From The Huron Expositor March 11, 1898 The following were ticketed to dis- tant parts by Mr. R. J. McDonald, C.P.R. agent, Seaforth: Miles McMil- lan, to Vancouver, B.C.; Wm. Doug- las to McGregor, Man.; W. D. Mc- Lean, to Ottawa; Wm. Coates and wife and Miss Crawford, to Portage la Prairie; Mr. Beacon to Lander, Man.; Mr. J. Best and Thomas Mc- Donald, to Brandon, Man. The carnival at the skating rink on Friday was a success. One costume, or rather a combination, made plenty of fun. Mr. Dave Stewart was rigged out as a bear, while Mr. Arthur Forbes as an Irishman, led the bear around on a chain. The prize winners were as,, follows: Character, Mrs. W. W. Meredith, tambourine girl; Olive Laidlaw, Japanese; ladies' comic, Miss R. Dickson, Topsy; Miss Clem Case, Mother Goose; gents' character, J. Leatherland, Knight; Walter Pick- ard, Zulu; gents' comic, Dave Stew- art, hear; Ted Case, tramp. Miss May Boole, daughter of Mr. Charles Soole, has secured a position as milliner in Marine City, Mich., and Miss Maggie McDougall, of Egmond- ville, late milliner in Wm. Pickard's store, has secured a situation in Nova Scotia. Her place will be taken by Miss Sweet, of Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gilmour, An- drew Moffatt, Itobert McCartney, John Gilmour 'and Miss Fletcher, alt of whom have been spending the winter with friends in Brucefield, left on Monday for their respective home in the Prairie Provinces. Mr. E. PIewes, of Brucefleld, leaves tl is week for Manitoba, where he has purchased'a farm. The members of the 33rd Battalion Band met in James. Stewart's restaur- ant, Seaforth, on Thursday evening of last week and presented Mr. Arch. Barton with an address and handsome three-piece silver water service. The presentation was made in recognition of his service in the band for the past 15 years. There was quite a -stir in town, es- pecially around Dick's Hotel, on Tues- day last. The cause was the delivery of two carloads of horses purchased by Mr. Trotter, of Winnipeg. Mr. Wm. Somerville has rented dun ing the past week, the premises in the Commercial Hotel, formerly occu- pied by Logan's Bank, and will re- move the telegraph and express office there next Week. Mrs. Geo.'Sparks, of Stanley Twp., has rented Miss Bella Sproat's eot- tage in Eg riondville and will move in- to the village in a few weeks. Quite a phenomenon in the shape of a small rainbow, was distinctly visible in the sky ort Monday morning, Some said it wail caused by the reflection of the sun an the les. Mr, Ben Makins, formerly of Sea - forth, has Started a Steam laundry in Mitchell, . Ben Kearciter,Sam 'tears -her, tac- ob Edisto/for, I. Miller, 1110o Itearclt- er, ;Morais;Mora and LIIsie »elehert, ofZui'ieii, ; left lila Tttesday for CaVa:, tier", With OW REHABILITATE 4.60 MILLION CHILDREN IN WAR RusNECI AREAS A — s maw. PHIL OSIFER of LAZY MEADOWS V By Barra J. Bo)Ie Gasoline Found At Arena With the number of fires reported. in publicb}tildings recently, the find - Ing of a cream can containing gaso- line in one of the ventilators at the Wingham Arena, is causing some con- cern. The police have been investi- gating but a;e still ata loss toknow how it got thlere.-Wingbam Advance, Times. Oh, but they make a lot of noise! you chastize one, the other will come From the time that Michael tiptoes i to the defense. rt . o, si.r, you just can't do into Patricia Ann's room in the morn- ing and pulls her hair, while she's' still lying in bed, until they are both, chased to bed again that night . . there's noise all the time. First of all, it will develop that Patricia Ann wants to sit in a certain' chair. Then Michael suddenly feels that no other chair hi the house is quite as attractive as that one. I -Ie clambers up over .the side and tries to nudge her out. She boosts him on to the floor. He yells a-nd makes an- other attempt to get in the chair. She screams because in trying to get in the chair he has grabbed a handful of her hair as a sort of handhold, I sup- pose. One of us has to separate the battlers. They retreat looking very angry at each other. One goes upstairs and the other fol- lows. There's an argument. Yet, in the next five minutes the two of them will be downstairs sprawled on the floor looking at a newspaper or a magazine. Then, one of them wants to turn a page and the other doesn't agree with the idea. Whamm! They're at it again with resounding cries. The strange part of it all is that if Minister Visits Air Stations Hon. Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defence,' visited the Centra- lia and Clinton Bir stations on Thurs- day last. He said one of the main points in his inspection was the need of living accommodation for married personnel. "We plan to build 1,600 homes on- military stations across Canada and some of them may be designated for Clinton and Centralia," the Minister stated. Mr Claxton con- gratulated the commanding officers and staffs on the good work they were doing.—Goderich Signal -Star. Fine Program At Lions Carnival The Lions carnival at the West St. rink on Friday night last drew a large crowd. Numerous performers from the Stratford Figure Skating Club presented a brilliant program of fig- ure skating, waltzes and comedy numbers; and the ice was the set- ting; for a petty picture of color, music and skill. A group of skaters from the Kitchener Granite Club also took part in the program, among them being children of Mr. and Mrs. L. Bender, formerly of Goderich. Wayne Graham, 7 -year-old Stratford skater, was enthusiastically encored; and a pretty scarf dance was performed, as Sunday afternoon is a time for rest an opening number, by Colleen Col - and quiet. I always try to sneak in a vin, Mary Moss, 'Rosemarie Gordon and Gertrude Coles. "School Days," a sleep in the front room somewhere about three o'clock. The good woman humorous skit, was skated by Lenore Fraser and Mary Ross. The solo work goes off to bed for a nap. The chit- ofdreu are named and threatened and Mary MacPherson was outstand- cajoled and bribed. We go off to ing, and Walter Thomas, formerly of have a snooze, feeling [hat hilt Goderich, in top hat and tails, was undisturbed. num- gone C•r-a s h! One or the other hasbe ber. Prizes for lucky numbers wire warmly applauded in a comedy gone into the pantry and knocked the won as follows'.Turkey, "Kip" White; preserving kettle off the hook. It electric toaster, Mrs.' George MacEw- may be just a row over a comic book. an: electric iron, John Campbell, Bay - On one occasion a water pitcher was field; cord of wood, Miss Jean Irwin; knocked from the table. They were electric heating pad, • Miss Phyllis Playing house and the water pitcher Martin; bag of flour, 'Miss Barbara Was the chimney on the table. How often we've said, "Dear heav- ens! If a person could only get a lit- tle rest from the noise!" Last week they went off to visit with the grand- parents. If my wife has said it once, she has said it fifty times: "This house seems like a morgue or some- thing without the children around. a memorial to the late Mies K. Mac - Maybe we should go and get them. Fouls, who for so many years was the After all, Ma and Pa are getting pret- ty old to put up with children of that faithful and efficient secretary of the age " school board. — Exeter Times -Advo - I miss them myself, tate: Griffiths.—Goderich Signal -Star, Makers Donations Rev. Ernest Grigg, of London, while in Exeter last week, made a contribu- tion" of $100 to the public school trus• tees and a like contribution to •the Exeter District High School Board as Huron Federa-tion Of Agriculture--FarmNews Early Chicks Give Best Egg Prices Those farmers who ordered early hatched Chicks a year ago are' still cashing in on them. The pullets, hatched last January and February, came into lay in late summer and were producing 'A' Large eggs by the opening of the fall period of premium prices. They have continued to pro- duce eggs throughout the fall and win- ter period of high prices. Proof of this is in the quantity of eggs which the Special Products Board has been able to buy for the U.K. Ministry of Food. Purchases by the Board are away ahead of last year. From September 1 last up to January 21, 1948, the Board bought 1299 cars of eggs for export. In the same period of a year earlier, Board purchases were only 730 cars. Actual- ly,the difference is even greater than this, as this season many shippers following Special Products Board re- commendations have managed to load an additional 20 cases in the longer freight cars. Of all the producers who have bene- fitted by this tall and winter period of premium prices, those who have done the best are those who bought their chicks last January and February. Early Records of Canadian Farming Oranges and lemons wereprobably the first fruits to have been planted in Canada, at least they were in Nova Scotia as long ago as 1610, when a settler's son planted seeds of these citrus fruits "which grew shoots a foot high in the space- of three months." It is probable, that apples were planted at about the same time, though there is no direct reference to apple trees in the Maritimes before 1633. In an interesting paper Arthur Kelsall, Superintendent, Dominion Ex- perimental Station, Kentville, N.S., has sketched some of the early his- tory of Canadian agriculture, which had its beginning around the Nova Scotia coast, A type of agriculture had develop- ed before the arrival of the white man and corn (maize), beans, squash and sunflowers were grown by the In- dians. The Indians' peace -pipe was not the tobacco of today, but probably the leaves of the wild low -growing plant, Lobelia infata, which contains, an alkaloid similar to that of nicotine in tobacco, It Is possible they even cultivated this plant, which Vow has the common name Indian Tobacco. Jacques Cartier in 1584, commented on' "a wild wheat like rye; Which seenis to have been sown and ciiltt- vated." This was probably wild rye or Indian wheat, and It seems, likely that the. Indians cultivated it as Well as harvesting it front its wild state. First Arrival of a the Though the first person to estlablish peririanent settlement did not arrive. until .1604, the pevviotks hundred; years had 'w'itf eased"ntteinpts at cgleitiza tion by English, French, Portuguese and Spaakards at various points in both Canada and the United States. Cattle and ;wine appear to have been landed at Canso •and Sable Island as early as 1518, and again in 1550 and 1583, but historians differ as to the fate of the animals. There is some evidence tbat descendants of these animals were found on the Island early in 1600, though one authority claims that they were from the wreck of a Spanish vessel, which had for its objective the establishment of a set- tlement in Cape Breton. The cultivation of 'agricultural crops goes back to early days. Jacques Car- tier sowed turnip seed in 1534 some- where in the vicinity of the present city of Montreal, but no settlement was established. Probably the first wheat field in North America was planted in 1604 at what is now the town of St. Stephen, N.S., by a group of French settlers under Poutrincourt. By 1606 there is reference to the sow- ing or, wheat, barley, rye, hemp, peas, cabbage, radish and flax at Port Roy- al (now Annapolis . Royal). These crops suggest the beginning of vege- table gardening in Canada and the culture of crops for cloth and rope. In the same year the erection of fenc- es, sheds for hogs and the enclosure of fields and the erection of a' water mill for grinding feed Is reported— undoubtedly the first mechanical in- dustry in North America. In 1610 horses, cattle, iron ploughs and var- ious seeds were imported from France. Early Mixed Farming • Death Claims Two Nonagenarians Two of Exeter's nonagenarians have passed away. Mr. Thomas Hawkins died Tuesday evening at the Melvill•- Inn where for the past five years he has practically made his home. He was in his 95th year and had been ailing about two weeks. Early Wed- nesday morning Mr. John Cove pas.'i- ed away at his residence cit Sander; Street. He was in his 91st year and had been ailing for several weeks.— Exeter Times -Advocate. Church Closes Successful Year The annual meeting of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Blyth, was held on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 19. Rev. L. C. Jorgensen, Interim Moderator, occupied the chair. Reports from the different departments of the church. showed a most successful financial year leaving a bank balance of over $200. Generous gifts to the Presby- terian Church, Blyth, from the estates of the late Mrs. Young and Mrs. Ash- down, were very much appreciated by all the congregation. A bounteous supper served by Mrs. Jack McGee, Mrs, Will Morri•tt and Miss Norma Daer, was greatly enjoyed. — Blytb Standard. Undergoing Bone Grafting Operation Something approaching mixed farm- ing must have developed by 1613, for the writer •Lescarbot reports a pirati- cal raid in that year by British set- tlers from Virginia, "They went off," he writes, "to a wood a league distant from the said habitation to capture a number of swine which had been driv- en there to feed and eat acorns, and from there to a meadow where the horses; mares and colts were usually sent, and took all. Then they went to the spot where the piouglhing was going on." In 1634 a seminary was established' at Lequille, south of Port Royal, to educate Indian youths in the Chris- tian faith and to teach them European methods of agriculture. Though the latter 'objective was not achieved, it Is probably the first record of an agri- eiiltural school in North America. Land reclamation, and the construc- tion of dykes, had' an early start too, for writing of Port Royitl. at about ,the same period an early anther Says: "There Is a great extent of meadows which the tide overflowed and Which D'Aulnay de Charnisay caused to be made dry." Care At Farrowing Saves Pig Losses Saving the litter of early spring 1)10 entails particular care and at- tentiaii: irdin before farrawirig Until tilMi i. e'0„ Pggs lI i haM A wants-1''1111es. ' Stanley Watt, who has been confin- ed to Stratford Hospital since he was hurt when the Stacey Eros. Creamery horse ran away and he made an at- tempt to stop him, sustained graver injuries than was at first thought. The shattered bone in the left arm was giving considerable trouble, so it was thought advisable to remove him to Western Hospital in Toronto where a piece of bone from the leg will be grafted into the arm to strengthen the injured member.—Mitchell Advocate. Sustains Fractured Hip Mrs. McDonald, who resides witic Miss Lawrence en St. George Street, hurrying to catch a bus last Satur- day afternoon, fell on the ice in front of Lloyd Fawm's home, fracturing her hip. She was taken into Mrs. Fawm's and later removed to Stratford Hos- pital.—Mitchell Advocate. - , Visiting Skaters Delight Audience Wayne Graham, seven-year-old child skater. Walter Thomas, comedian, and Shirley Nutter were 'favorite per- formers at the skating carnival pre- sented by the Kitchener -Waterloo Skating Club, assisted by skaters' from the Stratford Skating Club, at the local arena on Saturday night of last week. The carnival, sponsored by the Brussels Lions Club, was the first venture of the kind to be held 1' ere for a nuniber of years. The col- o'- I costumers and fancy skating de- ligh ed the 'audience. The scarf dance, graceful Waltz and for trot numbers were particularly pleasing. Lion Presi- dent ifugh Wilson welcomed the Iarge audience present, definite 'post- ponement and cold weather. Dr. Spel- man, of the Kitchener -Waterloo Club, spoke briefly. The carnival was an' outstanding event as entertainment' and financially, the net proceeds be- ing well aver $200.—Brussels Post. Stud Building Mr. A. i1.. 11uVea, fait and mink rancher, sold the large brick builiiing in which lie has housed his mink for several years, to the western Pout - dry. oWn- t' blinding auf d y. This bn ld ng ruse f r ed by the Western routldr'y.—wing- after rveansng �yiisg t'hi8 Dowd, a rr •