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BEAFORTH, Friday, July 16, 1948
Where Are The Going ?
It is not often that we forsake the
by -ways for the doubtful pleasure of
travelling on the highways, particu-
larly on week -ends. Consequently
we were somewhat amazed at the
number of cars and people that in-
fested the highways over the Ameri-
can holiday week -end. .
There seemed to be Aillerican cars
from every State in the Union. That,
of course, was to be expected. And
we hoped their occupants saw what
they came to see of Canada, and had
a most enjoyable trip.
But what amazed us were the thou-
sands of Canadian cars, or we should
say Ontario cars, because we failed
to notice one from any other Prov-
ince, rolling along the highways. In
fact, there were so many that it was
plainly evident that automobile traf-
%c has entirely outgrown Ontario's
highway system.
We have just begun to talk about
two-lane highways, when we should
be talking about four and six -lane
highways, if our Ontario highway
system'is going to provide even mod-
erately safe driving conditions for
Ontario motorists and their visitors.
It makes one wonder where all
these people are going, and why.
Few of them seem to have anytreal
destination ahead of them. They just
seem to want to keep moving, and
moving in a hurry. There is a con-
tinuous stream of cars, and drivers
cut out and in as if their lives and
the lives of their passengers would
meet an untimely end if they didn't
reach the other end of the Province
by nightfall.
We have heard that there is plea-
sure in motoring, but most of these
people were not on pleasure bent, or
they wouldn't have been on the high-
ways. Nor would they have been rid-
ing three to a seat with the odd
baby or the f tmily dog thrown in for
good measure, e saw more hot,
tired -drawn faces that Sunday than
we believe we have ever seen in one
day before.
But, we suppose, if people want to
spend their week -ends going no
where in a tremendous hurry, and at
great risk to, life and limb, they have
a perfect right to do so. We don't
complain, neither do the oil compan-
ies. We saw a five -pump stand take
in $25 in less than five minutes. And
there was always a line-up of wait-
ing cars.
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Prime Ministers Should Have
Official Residence
During the last week of the recent
parliamentary session, Prime Min-
ister King told the House that he
thought Canada should provide an
official residence for its future Prime
Ministers.
Mr. King should know whereof he
speaks. If he had not been a bache-
lor and had not had the use of
Laurier House as a residence, it
would not have been possible for him
to' have carried o-ut the official calls
upon his hospitality .with proper dig-
nity with the income he receives as
Prime Minister and a Member of
Parliament.
As everyone knows, the Prime
Ministers of Great Britain not oj�ly
have No. 10 Downing Street niain-
tained for them as a town residence,
but Chequers, a large country house
and estate, is also at their free dis-
posal- • The Whitehouse, the official
home of the President of the United
States, is a national symbol, and
there .are p ; 'aces in many European
nd South American capitals imain-
ined ;as residences for their leaders
fat Cali
more important place among the na-
tions of the world than she has ever
occupied before, it would seem that
the time has come for our country
to provide and maintain a residence
for its Prime Minister in every way
worthy of the dignity and the im-
portance of that office.
One of the first measures consid-
ered at the next session of Parlia-
ment should be the establishment of
an official residence for our future
Prime Ministers. The expense would
not be noticeable in our present na-
tional budget, ,and itwould fill a need
that will become very apparent when
Mr. King ends his long term of of-
fice.
- Mr. King said that it was the gen-
erosity of Lady. Laurier, and other
friends, who made possible the
house and furniture suitable to meet
the needs of the office, but no Cana-
dian Prime Minister of Canada
should be dependent on private citi-
zens to provide these things;
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Socialism On the Out
It seems rather strange that the
Socialist C.C.F. party in Canada, in
recent elections, made some headway
when at the same time the Socialist
Labor party in Britain is fast losing
ground. •
In spite of the fact that it has had
a long list of successes in by-elec-
• tions, the British Labor party has
steadily been losing strength. Social-
ism, as it is practised by the Labor
government in Britain, has become
unpopular, and there seems to be no
difference of opinion on this fact over
there.
In a recent issue of the New
Statesman, a decidedly left-wing
paper, it was noted that there was a
decided swing towards private own-
ership throughout Europe, t h e
Statesman saying further:
"Recent public opinion polls pro-
vide evidence, which cannot be light-
ly dismissed, that the floating vote is
still drifting away from the Labor
Party. The British people—and, to
judge by last week's referendum, the
Australians too—are not in the mood
to accept uncritically a further dose
of nationalization as a sufficient pol-
icy for Labor's second term of office.
They will judge a Socialist program
on its merits, and the test will be
how far it provides security from
want, opportunity for initiative, and
a chance of peace."
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New Canadians
Some miles this side of Toronto a
Sunday or two ago, thele was a large
sign reading, "Ucranion Society,"
placed in the corner of a field on a
farm on No. 8 Highway. In that field
and farm we would say at a moder-
- ate estimate, there were over 5,000
people.
But that was not the half of it.
From that farm into Toronto there
was a stream of cars coming almost
bumper to bumper, with a bus at
least every hundred yards, and every
car and bus was filled to capacity.
Possibly the occupants were not all
Slays, but certainly most of them,
judging by their features were not
Canadian born. To a resident of a
country district, thesightwas a most
interesting one. The citizens of our
Western Ontario districts, are, it is
true, not native Canadians. They are
the descendants of our English Irish
and Scotch ,pioneers. But they are
Anglo-Saxons, and we do not look
upon Anglo-Saxons as foreigners.
,But these Slays were Europeans,
and in feature, most of them were
easy to distinguish from the run-of-
the-mill Canadians. Some appeared'
to be newly arrived immigrants, but
hundreds of others were, apparently,
judging by appearance, clothes and
speech, Canadian -born.
Whatever they were, they were out
I in their thousands, and while Canada
may be their new home, they have
no intention of forgetting, for the
present, at least, the customs and
tongue of their mother country.
Nor can they be blamed for that.
We have heard the fear expressed
many times that these European im-
migrants will not assimilate Cana-
dian ways and thought, but if Cana-
dian authorities and Canadian peo-
ple use judgment, patience and kind-
ness; we see no reason why these
people will not rnakee Qod Canadians.
But what really- !prised us was
the .numbers coming from one city
41,611.
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From The Huron Expositor
July 20, 1923
The following graduates from Sea -
forth Collegiate Institute have suc-
cessfully passed their examinations
at the London Normal School: Mal-
colm Artastrong, Evelyn Adams, Eliz-
abeth Barton and Elizabeth Keating.
The annual Scotch doubles tourna-
ment of the Seaforth 'Lawn Bowling
Club was held on Wednesday after
noon and was favored with perfect
weather. In the evening the Seaforth
Highlanders Band played a number of
selections on the green. Hairy Stew-
art and John Beattie, Seaforth, and
W. A. McLaren and W. 'O. Goodwin,
Hensall, were the finalists for the
Free Press trophy. In the second ev-
ent two Seaforth rinks met in the fin-
als, namely: C. Holmes and T. John-
stone and G. D. Haigh and J, M. Best
Haigh and Best drew in five shots to
win the trophy.
Mr. Frank Cudmore has joined the
staff of the Canadian Bank of Com-
merce.
Dr. R. R. Ross, Mrs. Ross, Miss
Gretta Ross and Mrs. James Ross re-
turned on Friday after a week's motor
trip in the Niagara district. While
sightseeing Mrs. James Ross had the
misfortune to fracture her shoulder.
Miss Kathleen Burrows has suc-
cessfully passed her examinations in
household scienceat the Ontario Col-
lege of Education, Toronto,
Mrs. James Morris, of Hibbert, was
seriously injured on Wednesday eve-
ning on being thrown from a buggy
in a runaway. She was returning
home from a neighbors when tee
horse became frightened and bolted.
In their own laneway the horse ran
between a post and a tree, upsetting
the •buggy. She received a fractured
skull and slight hopes are held cute
for her recovery.
Mr. Bert Speare, District Plant In-
structor, of London branch of the Bell
Telephone Go., and a former resident
here, has been promoted to the gen-
eral plant staff at Montreal,
Mr. Arthur Scott and daughter,
Jean, of Windsor, are visiting Mr.
Scott's father, Mr. John Scott, at Rox-
boro.
Mrs. Reuben Gotch, of New Or-
leans, La., is visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Day -
man, in McKillop.
Robert McMillan, G. T. Turnbull,
John Laing, Wm, Hartry, W. H. Tre-
wethay and W. Morrison were in Ex-
eter on Wednesday attending the Hur-
on County Temperance convention.
Mr. J. F. Ross has sold his cottage
on Goderich St., at present occupied
by Mr. M. J. O'Neil', to Mr. Worden,
of Staffa.
Mr. J. J. Cleary, with his mother
and sister, motored to Toronto last
week, and while there had his car
stolen.
The celebration of the 25th anni-
versary of the W.M.S., Cromarty, was
held at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Jas.
Hill• Staffa, on July 10. Mrs. David
Ritchie gave the address.
The following pupils of Mrs. M. R.
Rennie and Miss Greta Laramie, Hen-
sel', have passed the examinations of
the Toronto Conservatory of Music:
EIeanor Snider, Blanche Mustard,
James Mustard, Vera Smith, Erma
Broadfoot and,Dorothy Broadfoot.
We have a milk house here at Lazy,
Meadows that we're proud of. My
grandfather quarried the stone for it
from the river bottom, hauled it home
and built this house in the side of
knoll tinder a big maple. No matt'
how hot it gets outside, that mil
house seems to keep a temperature
where stuff such as butter and eggs
and milk will stay fit. It's also a
smart place for a fellow to pop into
for a cooling drink of buttermilk on
aehot day.
The other day when we came up to
the barn with a load, I asked the hir-
ed man if he would like a drink of
buttermilk. He turned out to be a
fan of buttermilk, and so we hitched
the team to the barnyard fence in
the shade of the willow and walked
up to the milkhouse. Mrs. Phil came
out with some cookies and we sat
down on a couple of boxes and pre-
pared to enjoy ourselves.
ZINGG! I heard, the sound and
then felt the sting. A hornet had
bombed me, He did a smart job of
it too. That I will give him credit
for, and I upset my glass and start-
ed smoking the air with blue
language. • Investigation proved that
we bad a nest of hornets in the milk
house.
Mrs. Phil announced that until it
was disposed of she simply was not
going into that milk house. The hired
man poked at it, and we had a regu-
lar army of mad hornets after us. At
suppertime I wrapped a towel around
my head and wore gloves and manag-
ed to get the butter and meat out of
the milkhouse. I was followed to the
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From The, Huron Expositor
July 22, 1898
Miss Alberta Doble, sister of Mrs.
W. D. Blight, leaves next week for
Germany, where' She goes to perfect
her musical education.
Misses Aggie and Kate Cowan have
gone to Sarnia to visit their brother.
Mrs. L. L. McFaul has returned af-
ter a visit to Belleville friends.
Dr. F. J. Burrows has purchased
the property of Mr. James Beattie, on
;Goderich Street, and intends remov-
ing the present building and erecting
a residence and office on the site.
Mr. James McKie, Varna, the vil-
lage blacksmith, while riding a wheel
on Monday last, fell and broke his
collar bone.
Sunday afternoon Jacob Howald, of
Zurich. 23 years of age, and his bro-
ther and other young meta, went to
the lake to bathe. Suddenly the
young man was seen to struggle and
sink from view. Mr, Riunie Durand
attempted to rescue him and in so
doing nearly lost his own life. He
was the son of Bartol Howald, •brick -
lay er.
Mr. R. B. McLean, of Kippen, who
was in the Old Country, has returned
home much improved in health.
Miss Bella Sparks, of Hensall, who
has been learning telegraphing with
Mr. H. Walker, of Blake, is home at
present on a visit.
Mr. J. E. McConnell, of HenseI',
while in the south, visited Tampa and
saw there assembled 60,000 soldiers.
Mr. J. O. Rose has just returned
after a pleasant trip to Collingwood,
Meaford and Owen Sound.
Mr. Harold Cherry, of Chicago, is
on a visit to friends in town.
Mr. George Murdie's heifers were
shipped from here on Monday. There
were 40 head and they average 1,303
pounds each, and were sold for 41/2
cents.
While out bicycling the other eve-
ning, Mr. W. R. Counter met with an
unfortunate accident. A dog ran out
in front of him, and in making a .,kick
at the brute, • he lost his balance and
fell, spraining his left arm. " :.
Miss Wilson has received a letter
from her brother, Harry, who is with
the American troops at Manilla. He
says the first man he met on landing
at Honolulu was. M. R. Counter, for-
merly of Seaforth.
The following are the names of the
players with their scores in the sinal
game of the Javan bowling tourna-
ment in each match: Prfmary match:
Seaforth, J. McMichael, F. Iiolmsted,
J. S. Robert, E. C. C6letn tit, skip, 15;
Goderich: W. Legate D. 0. Strachan,
P. Jordan and bt. • Shannon, skip, 11;
'Consolation match: Tkrid,an, M, J'.
Kent, T. Biaeketiaes d' 1V et,htigilil, A.
?arflett, skip, 155;` Seaf"iirtk `'W`
T(eid, .1 -antes seat, iv, lElay'e .
Walt' skill, 14,
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back kitchen door by the hornets.
One of them got into the house and
we almost wrecked• the kitchen in
trying • to swat it doivn.
Strategy seemed to be, for us to
try and eradicate the creatures at
night: The hired man assured me
that hot water,, was the only thing
that would kill them. The nest was
ticking on a loose piece of screen-
ing: We •boiled a great pot of water
andnaneaked it into the milkhouse. I
stood for at Least five minutes, im-
mobile and scared Billy of those little
creatures, before I had• enough nerve
to reach up and grab the thing and.
duck it, into the pot. It was a suc-
cess for the ones that went into the
pot, but the nest broke, and at least
half of it rolled onto the floor and I
Ped around the house like a whirling
dervish.
Our next move was to try and
smoke them out. We managed to
each get stung and set the milkhouse
on fire and spoil the better •part of
a can of cream by this device. s
The next day we plotted while the
hornets flew around wildly, ready to
pursue anybody who came in sight.
Mrs. Phil, tired of our poor efforts,
appeared with a veil around her bead,
heavy gloves and a long linen duster
that had belonged to ' my grand-
mother. Armed with a fly swatter
she disappeared into the milk house
end we waited for the worst. She
appeared fifteen minutes later, tri-
umphant, carrying the battered nest
and said: "They're gone now!"
Neither the hired man nor myself
said a word.
;JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
In an English political oration: "I
was born an Englishman, I have lived
an Englishman, I hope I shall die an
Englishman."
From the back of the hall, in an
unmistakable accent, came the ques-
tion: "Mon, hae ye no ambeetion?"
A fine example of tact is to make
your' guests fee: at home viten you
wish they were.
•
Sambo and Rastus were having
their supper. A large tly was buzzing
around Sambo, and Rastus endeavor-
ed to shoo it away from his' friend.
"What sort of fly am dot?" asked
Sambo.
"Dat's a hoss-fly," replied Rastus.
"Dey buzzes round jackasses mos'ly."
"Is you inferring Ahs a jackass?"
"Ah ain't inferring nothin'," replied
Rastus, "but you can't fool dem hose
flies."
Henpeck, safely out of his wife's
hearing for once, was letting himself
go. To a friend, who complained of
some domestic difficulty, he said
grandly: "My dear boy, we never
have trouble of that sort in our
house. If I sap a thing is to be done,
I insist upon it being done,"
"And is it?"
"Of course," replied Henpeck, "er
—even if I have to do it myself!"
The magistrate addressed the pris-
oner charged with shopbreaking.
"Do you mean to tell the court," he
said sternly, "that you broke into this
grocer's establishment 'merely' to get
a nnund of bacon for breakfast?"
"Yes, guv'nor. "
"Then please tell the court what
you Were doing at the safe."
"Why, I was shoving in the two an'
fourpence!"
Child Suffers" Skull Fracture
,Donna Barie O'Brien, four -year-olds
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
O'Brien, R.R. 5, Clinton, was report-
ed to be making a favorable recovery
from serious head 3hjuries, suffered
when a hay rack fell on her In the
barn. She suffered a fractured skull..
An operation was . performed Wednes-
day night Last at Victoria Hospital,,
Lon,don. The small .girl was playing
in the barn when the accident hap -
_leaned. There were no eye -witnesses,
It is surmised that she was climbing
on or through the rack, which was
standing on edge.—Clinton News -Re-
cord.
Dog Causes Injury To Young Lad
Gordon Charter suffered severe
head lacerations last Friday at his
farm home, East Wawhnosh, when he
was suddenly' and viciously attacked
by the family dog. Gordon and the'
dog were together near the back step
of the house when the dog, a Collie,
suddenly turned on him and before
he was rescued by his mother, had
inflicted several severe head injuries.
Fortunately Mrs. Charter was close
by in the kitchen at the time. The
lad was brought to Blyth for medical
attention, and several stitches were
required. The dog was quickly dis-
posed of. --,Blyth Standard.
• Floodlights Near Completion,
The floodlights in the Agricultural
Park are nearing completion. We un-
derstand that all that remains to com-
plete the job is the balance of the 1500
watt bulbs. Altogether there are 1e
fixtures, each one requiring a 1500 -
watt bulb. Eleven of the 17 were lit
for the Sunday night band concert.
Those at the concert were favorably
impressed with the lighting effect
produced by little more than half of
the fixtures. --Blyth Standard.
Chip Off the Old Block
Mr. and Mrs. Launce Battersby.
Nat, Isabelle and Lola, of Hamilton,
visited with relatives over the holi-
day. Nat, eleven years old, is fol-
lowing in his father's footsteps as a
musician. He has won several hon-
ors at musical festivals and is at
present guest soloist with the Hamil-
ton Symphony, playing a French horn.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Injured in Fall
Mr. Roy Bereto, of Detroit, was
; taken from Grand Bend to St. Joseph's
Hospital, London, Sunday, when X-
rays determined he had. a fractured
• spine. On Friday night, Mr. Bareto
was painting his cottage at the Bend
when he slipped and fell off his lad-
der from :five feet up. The fracture,
I however, was not determined until
Sunday. Dr. Ferguson, of Dashwood,
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in INDUSTRY; Canadian railways for example, are
using more and more „aluminum in
freight cars and passenger coaches.
in the HOME• loo, more and more articles are
• being made of aluminum — washing
machine tubs, for instance.
The reasons? There are many! Aluminum is light, strong,
easy to keep clean. It is durable, cannot rust. It is
economical because, through research and large-scale
production, the price has been reduced 25% since 1939.
Today more than 1000 Canadian companies are fash-
ioning aluminum into countless useful and beautiful
shapes — as varied as buses and aircraft, garden tools
and vacuutu cleaners.
Tomorrow its advantages will be adapted to make still
other articles which are lighter and more attractive.
Next time you go shopping, notice how many things
,are made of aluminum.
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last year found its way to 48
other countries, the (trrgest buyers
abroad being the United King-
dom and the United States. Our
production was so great that,
after Canadian manufacturers
had been supplied, we still had
8.5% left for export — a valu-
able source of foreign exchange.
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