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The Huron Expositor, 1950-02-24, Page 2il; 8 blishcd 1$60 Y, 1VfeLean, Editor Plibliabed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ` '1iursday afternoon by McLean roa... Member of Canadian 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. Authorized as Second Class Mail •Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, February 24 investigate Old Age Pension Program Decision of the Federal Govern- ment to explore the entire field of old age pensions brings to bear on the highly contentious subject an over-all scruting which in the past has not been possible. The investi- gation will be in the hands of a joint committee of the Commons and the Senate, which will ' be established early in the session of parliament Yktich , commenced last week, 4 Under the proposal announced by Health Minister, Paul Martin, the committee will be responsible for: 1. Studying present legislation and considering how far Canada can go in expanding its pension scheme. 2. Examining pension legislation of other countries with the view to possibly adopting some of the better features. 3. Considering practical prob- lems involved in abolition of " the paeans test or setting up pensions on a contributory basis. 4. Taking a look at the possible constitutional difficulties in amend- ing present legislation. Involved in the payment of old age pensions are- two factors to which full consideration must be given. These are, firstly, the extent to which responsibility is divided be- tween federal and provincial govern- ments, and secondly, the cost involv- ed if the basis of granting a pension is to be enlarged. Coupled with the latter is the capacity of the economy to absorb the additional cost. At the present time the old age pension is forty dollars a month at age seventy, with the means. test. Of this amount, the Dominion Govern- ment pays 75';'; -,,or $30, while the Province concerned pays $10. On this basis the cost to the Federal (Government is about one hundred million dollars annually. If the "means test was eliminated, it is esti- tilted this cost would he increased each year by at least $1''5,000,000. The decision to set up a committee to look into the problems surround- ing the granting of old age pensions represents a step forward. Until all aspects of the pension question have been properly evaluated, it is most difficult to reach a proper decision andplan a proper pension program. It is most important that the infor- mation which it is anticipated the committee 'will obtain and assess is available as the basis for future ac- tion. This is particularly the case should the constitutional difficulties which now stand in the way be clear- ed at the Dominion -Provincial Con- ference, which is scheduled for Iate this. year. On the work of the committee and the action taken` as a result of the information it may be able to bring to light, will rest decisions„ which conceivably will be felt by every Can- adian—not only those who may be in receipt of a pension, but also those who, by the taxes they pay, make possible the money with 'which to finance the pension. program. If the committee, over and above alf else it might do, is able to ad- vance in the minds of the public the . thought that all pension plans, in a - sense, are contributory --since it is the people who pay for them in one vv,`another—it a y or will have served a useful purpose. Municipal Problem ane .of the ina'or difficulties in the � a ip l and a tinig of lbeal Alan es tl tlay IS that aili'itost the 6(Atte eppen to the �{% r ,'fit`,:within .the expenditures it is called on to make are gov rned to a great extent by its population. Putting its finger squarely on the problem, the Midland Free .Press in a recent issue says: "As welfare and security benefit legislation is extended, and educa- tional expenditures rise, our present methods'of local taxation grow more and more out-of-date. "Over half of present *municipal taxation relates directly to services the cost of which is governed by the size of the population. Yet over 80 per cent of our tax money is raised from property levies which have no relation to population. In addition, the taxing body, the municipal council, has little or no control over the level of expenditures for services determined by popula- tion. "If this situation were to arise in a private business, the boss would be driven crazy and bankrupt in short order. "The same danger faces our gov- ernments unless there is an immedi- ate and wholesale revision of our taxation methods." • Fateful Decision It was a hard decision President Truman was called on to make when on his shoulders was placed the re- sponsibility of approving or reject- ing a plan to provide for the con- struction of a hydrogen bomb. When he decided on going ahead with the project, the effect on the world was such as to give pause to even the . most heedless. To the average indi- vidual, a bomb many times more powerful than the uranian bomb, was something concerning which he was unable to think clearly. - But what other course was open to Mr. Truman? As long as it appears to those democratic countries oppos- ed to war that Russia has the means of developing a hydrogen bomb, and that, to further its own ends, would - be prepared to use it, then democ- - racy's only defence is to act first." Until a satisfactory plan is evolved for world, control of atomic energy, the duty of the President was to see to it that his own country was able, as he himself put it, "to defend itself against any possible aggressor." It is well for the sake of the peace -lov- ing democracies that the President was prepared to accept his responsi- bility in making the decision.that he did. • Way Must Be Found To Bar Dangerous Drivers • (London Free Press) Fining a London motorist $50 for driving a car while his license was suspended hardly seems an adequate means of barring dangerous drivers from the highway. The blame may lie more on the law, than on the magistrate who has to function un- der existing legislation. 'Indeed a fine system merely puts a price tag on law violations anyway. The problem faced by the commun- ity is not so much to punish the man who has revealed himself as a dan- gerous driver as to safeguard others —and the man himself for that mat- ter—against further accidents. Mod- ern psychiatry holds that certain people are more likely to have acci- dents than others and that the more accidents in which one is involved, the greater the probability of getting - mixed up in more. The most spec- tacular example of this was the driv- er who killed Margaret Mitchell, the author. He had 29 previous convic- tions and was involved in another accident while on bail in the Mitchell case. Last month, according to prelim- inary surveys, 48 persons were kill- ed on Ontario streets in motor acci- dents. Blinding headlights, failure 'to signal before turning, trying to light a cigarette while driving, and excessive .• speed on icy roads were among the contributing factors in these tragedies. Fewer pedestrians were killed than during " the same month last year. But there Were five children under 15 years of age among the victims compared with only three in Jannalry, 1949 TheJanuary., �' ary', 1 g5(l, fatalities rew present a decline o. i1% cqi spared , With the $anie • mmol th last year. - tttt i .. f • h ttill t° "o.. ,x, � l *as> a bog ��, l � Y. e , , a -i�,- tea-otir lar h, waywa-a, the,p err%; in t (The following isrt .. irst' of a series of articles by R. J. Dunmore, a native' of Tucker - smith, who now !lye ;retired in Wallacetown. Mr. 33tinggnore was :or• malty years Postme,ater at St. Thomas, but previous;' to that worked at the .printing -.trade and .is a compositor, reporter,- Journal- ist and columnist. ms is now in his 82nd year, and his eight is fail- ing him, but in spite of these physi- cat handicaps is still able , through long years of practice on a type- writer, to record on papek the hap- py memories of his boyhood days in Tuckersmith, Seaford). and Eg- mondville). Bellamy's book, "Looking Back- ward,” was popular reading a few decades ago. I have borrowed the title, but that's' all, from Mr. Bel- lamy. The chances are .he has gone hence long ago, and wouldn't care a hoot if I swiped the whole book. This series of articles. is likely to be a jumble of ,memories of by- gone days, incidents and anec- dotes. I know this is the age of the "Teen-Agers," •and I will prob- ably not interest them much. I am writing principally for the benefit of the old-agers, -who have lived through the same years as myself, or at least many of the years. You know, I feel sorry for the teen-agers of today. They have, with all their modern • advantages, missed so much of real, hearty, en- Joyable life. They are not thrown on their own resources—they have been bolstered and propped and pampered from the time they slide into a world that pays them a bonus for coming. They have been allowed to "express" them- selves to the point of doing what they darn well please, regardless of the rights or belongings of oth- ers. The passing of the rule of the hickory stick in the teaching of "'readin', ritin' and 'rithmetc," has given rise to a generation to which we old-agers, are stranger and which' we are inclined '' 3 shrink from and avoid. What I utea.ntt by teen-ager_: having missed so much of. the jo of adolescent days, for one thin. was the excitement for we counts' kids of getting to and from soho.,. —sometimes several long snow miles. To oome out to the side o. • the road from our homes, muffle. in scarfs and mitts, in below zer weather, and see a sleigh comin'• our way, loaded with saw Iogs, 01 maybe cordwood, gave a delightfu: thrill that no modern school but can ever evoke. The driver of the team fine, big farm horses -al- ways greeted us with a cheery "Pile on, children!" and as the load creaked slowly by on the screeching runners, without pais- ing, we piled on. We hung on the sides or "perched on the. top of the logs, and lib roller coaster ever gave a 'greater thrill than when the heavy load 'plunged deep into the many pitch -holes that adorned the roads of Huron County in those days of heavy snowfalls and constant teaming of logs. cord- wood- or barrels .from some stave factory. And when a bobsleigh came along loaded with farm pro- duce, including one or more stark, stiff corpses of recently -slaughter- ed hogs, our joy was. unconfined. Many a time I had ridden bliss- fully- to school in such a sleigh, one arm around the neighbor's pretty little daughter,,gahci •the -oth- er arm around a dead pig. I may say -that neither one of them seem- ed to mind it—or enjoy it—tmueh.. Now, Mr. Editor. t perhaps that is enough for one dose. On rare oc- casions in my life I have been com- pelled to take a dose of castor oil, and I somehow got away with it, but two or more doses consecu- tively would have been too much. I'd rather take my doses of castor oil concurrently, like the fellow who is sentenced' to five years on as many different charges — the sentences to run concurrently. . Just A Smile Or Two e Dad: "Did you have the car out last night, son?" Bob: "Yes, Dad, I took one of the boys over to the high;schooL" Dad: "Well, tell him he left one of his lace hankies in the car." _ • Tommy came home proudly from his first day at school "What did you learn in school?" asked his mother" "Nothing," said Tommy, then, seeing the look of disappointment on her face, he added, "but I learn- ed a lot during recess!" Teacher: name five milk?" Junior: "Butter, cheese, ice cream and two cows." - • "You ladies ought to sit a little closer," said a male strap=hanger in the bus. "According to the Act of Parliament, every passenger is entitled to 18 inches of seating space.; "You "can't blame us," replied a matron tartly, "if we are not con- structed according to the Act of Parliament!" "Now; which boy can things that contain Huron Federation of it Agriculture Farm 'News 01 Quality Vrops With Quality Seed A good starting point forcrop quality improvement is to sow pure seed of those varieties that have proved suitable for the areas where the crop is to be grown. The grower who purchases Regis- tered or Certified seed is getting the highest, grade of seed obtain- able in Canada. Registered seed contains less than one major off - type plant per 10,000 plants, while certified: seed may only have one off -type plant in every 1,000 plants. These high, grade seeds are sold only in sealed containers with official tags bearing the grade and variety .name. This is the pur- chaser's guarantee that the seed he has obtained comes up to the stringent standards for grades as set —forth by the Canadian Seed Growers' Association and the Plant Products Division, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. There are numerous advantages from using high quality seed. It assures highest grades possible, since the use of pure seed has eliminated the off -grades impure seed might bring. Uniform matur- ity, too, is assured—a matter of considerable importance with the increasing use of combine harvest- ing for many crops. And the pos- sibility of increasing weeds is re- duced to a minimum .because of the almost complete absence of weed seeds in this high quality seed. Mastitis is more prevalent dur- ing the winter months since milk cows are forced to stay in the barn, where they often receive in- juries because of crowded condi- tions. Dwarf Apple Trees For Garden The dwarf apple tree will never entirely replace in our hearts. the old apple tree, often neglected, and - sometimes with a dear or. broken limb here and there. The old tree was a delight to see when in full bloom and again when ready for the harvest, and it provided: shade in summer and shelter from the full force of cold winds in win- ter. Comb ,summer, come winter, the old apple tree •influenced the pattern of our daily .lives. But in recent times there has been widespread interest in grow - ing rowing dwarf apple trees in the enodall garden. to fact, so exten$ire has this interest been, that tittrhdl'r• Met. specializing in the p -royal* titin of. these dwarf trees ljav'e:fiat, been to stilytfly the ev$rgt'ot#"l ing deMan;d. L Detail app/g tree are 'Do rt40.. ed on a pa letllhr,rootstoclcon ste_ ga1t$n% t ;ttie x tat S , tlo„.r) 5 }pin ilk trs 1d4gOislti ees b 'iia rdc C h menced to bear in the second or third year from planting. At' ten years -of age, and spaced'eight by fifteen feet apart, some of the trees undergoing trial' have a height of seven feet and a spread of eleven feet. On this dwarfing stock, var- ieties "appear to retain the annual or biennial bearing habits which they have when grown on standard - stocks, says A. J. Mann, horticul- tural official at the station. Some of the heaviest yielding varieties have in. their "on year” of bearing, produced at the rate of 75 to 90 Pounds) of fruit per tree. The ,fruit tends to be large but of good quality and it keeps well. Varie- ties which are doing well on this stock include Cox Orange, Delic- ious, Golden Delicious, Jonathan, Jubilee, Lodi, McIntosh, Newton, Rome Beauty, Spartan Stayman, Winesap and Yellow Transparent. In propagating trees on Mailing IX stock, the bud should be inserted somewhat higher than normally practised- This precau- tion is necessary to ensure that the union between roostock and scion is kept well above soil level when the tree is planted in the garden. With the tree so planted there is little possibility of the scion variety rooting and mitigat- ing the dwarfing influence of the Mailing. stock. Nature's "first line of defence against soil erosion is the vegeta- tion which covers the- earth. Seed Damping -off Can Be Aided Some garden lovers have quit starting plants inside and many others are sadly disappointed when seedlings of flowers and certain vegetables fall over, rot off at the ground level and die. This disease caused by 'fungi present in most soils, known as damping -off, can be prevented without resorting to sell sterilization that is almost im- possible ,for the home garden, Since 1945 damping -off of seed- lings eedlings has been eliminated at the Dominion Experimental Station, Scott, Sask., says Superintendent 0. D. Matthews, by, using acid peat spaghnum moss usually a raflable from the nearest seed house. First `the moss . is broken down on a . wire screen to leave; the .btratids about n giidler inert long, luibsa,:nan be used to fill the, 3Mt f!t-shallow lox. If ,ilie suppijr 1s v bid: aisyeran inch Chick: mn $s ov ad a a� eend i} �solf *XI; � �'o , y , tat 40. top.,of the ".Bat,#i lc ... With naaiat inioss, the e` F ase is ,preaaed. da1R to half in tioit, WOO. the, xtfnt, aril alt add doral, thin 10er of redde t?>tOO, coutihtiedi iYf! a i)y briijht and early Monday morn• ing . Nellie gave her husband ' warning . look here Bill . you'll. soon 'be ill • unless - you stop your breakfast scorning DILSHwt NI:, / M.V/OM.I 011a1r11 .0 *tt(.N Years Ago.e Interesting Items Picked From The" Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor February 27, 1925 Miss Alma MacKay, of Bayfield, is at her home from London where she is attending business college, owing to illness. Mr. George Lowery, of the Hur- on Road East, adjoining Seaforth, shipped a number of his . choice baby beef to Toronto, and also sold three- to Mr. D. H. Stewart, butcher, of town. Mr. Hector Hays, of Windsor,' was a guest at the ,home of his his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Hays. Miss Wilma Seip underwent an operation for appendicitis in Sea - forth Memorial Hospital on Satur- day. - Stewart Bros, have had, the in- A?erior of their two large stores on Main Street redecorated through- out which adds very materially- to their appearance. Mr, W. C. Bennett, of Winthrop, received a carload of salt and was busy unloading it on Tuesday, The death occurred on Monday, of David Douglas Wilson, in his 86th year. In citizenship he was the most outstanding figure in the town's history. Anna Brennai.n, the eldest daugb- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brennan, of Dublin, is ill with inflammatory rheumatism. It is only -three weeks since she had recovered from scarlet fever. • ' The young men of St. Patrick's parish, Dublin, to the number of 22, put on a splendid minstrel show on Tuesday night. Dr. Tray- nor, Charles Sills and John Flan- nigan were the soloists. Not in many years has Cardno's Hall seen as representative a gath- ering as that which filled it Tues- day evening for the Collegiate In- stitute concert. The principal, W. G. Spencer, was chairman, and the program consisted of numbers by the Marshall Clarke Trio, of Bos- ton. Miss Helen McKercher was accompanist for the pantonine dance, while Miss Gretta Merner was pianist for the others. Miss Asman also assisted on the violin. Wm. O'Rourke, of McKillop, has. sold his 100 -acre farm to Mr. John Murray, who gets possession at once. A successful shower in honor of Miss Vera 'Tremeer, of -Chisel- burst, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vennor, when she received many gifts. From The Huron Expositor March 2, 1900 Miss Lena Sproat, who has been holidaying in Tuckersmith since Christmas., has returned to town, where she will resume her duties as milliner in W. Pickard's store. Mr. Charles Wright, of McKil- lop, had an experience on Satur- day night that he will not soon forget, He was driving a horse and cutter and ' when he turned east the storm was so bad that he was forced to unhitch the horse. The road was drifted and, instead of taking the bend in the road he went straight on and landed in the water at the river which had not frozen. He was found Sunday morning by Mr. Habkirk's dog. He was hardly conscious andnearby exhausted, and on exami ation •it was found that one hand an one foot were frozen- Very few co d have stood the exposure. Mr. Thos. Laing, of Cromarty-, had the misfortune when coming home from Exeter on Tuesday to be upset three times, and ,the last time the horses ran away and left him in the snow. Mr. J. H. Consitt, of Hillsgreen, is busily engaged in drawing ma- terial for putting an addition to his barn, also raising it and put- ting a foundation Ander it. Mr. John C. Alien has purchased the pottery'from Mr. Joseph Web- er, of Egmondville, who goes into the hotel business in, Dublin. There is some talk of introduc- ing electric lights . into the Pres- byterian Church in Egmondville. A disastrous .fire occurred on the farm of William .Jeffery. west of Staffs,, on Sunday afternoon, when his. house, together with the contents, was completely destroy- ed. His'mother discovered the fire When she went to get a pail of Water. The Presbyterialls of Bayfield held a very -successful tea meeting Tuesday evening. The chair was occupied by 4,' W. Holman, and a number oR mneieal selections were refideretl 140 Messrs Staikenntnatid Rennie and 'the ""+ffseerinian and Shaeffer, rif i eilsaii, at cone 'anted p by 11Kiga, l;+sth�e�t, bf Bay - Mr: Mat ay- Mrs::.7bhn lis i'risoii, of, Godes leo 'l�owitalltp," had diettidsfnrtinne tt Pall ut file , *yet er ,;Motet atablea *bile gettln 'hay tai his boi'sos' 04 AlindaY'', oat: and lirealc:feile Of 1 owl.ing" Alley& Arrlve Mr. Frank gon'g's `bowliAg alleys ,arrived last week, and are now. attired in the basement of his building„which he intends immedi- ately to start converting • into ..a. modern howling alley. The build - ng was formerly occupied by "Was- bakery.—Blyth Standard, Breaks Hip in Fall Wye are sorry to report that Mrs. V.' R VanNorntan is again the vic- tim 1 a broken hip. This is the th4 time Mrs. VanNorman has Ited such an accident. She is a patient in .Wjugham General Hos- pital at present. — Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Moved To Leamington Mr. Charles White; who for sev- eral years has been a most popu- lar manager of the Stedman Store here, has been moved to Leaming- ton, where he will take over the managership of the store in that town. It is a promotion for Mr. White and best 'wishes go with him.—Wingham Advance -Times. -g.100.0,4 P; c, Pr"ooaO p, At tl) aminal meeting a>5 the Western• ntario Progressive 'Con servativee saoo,iatinn, held ln. Lon- don On ednesdajr of last °.week, Mr, :Elmer' D. 13e11, IK.:C.; WIS:%elect e"d president. A goodly nu,niber of supporters of Mr." Bell, front, this colxll Aliliity attended the Conven- tion.—Bxeter Times: Adv0etite ' •Receives.Painful (njuJrie.S Mr, D. D. Mboney,hsd a, paihful accident last week at London, where he was • attending th"Wesst- ern Ontario Conservative ,4gnven- tion. He eihpped en, a, ,piece of ice and fell heavily, suffering a brok- en nose and a deep earth lin"" bier forehead. He was g'iyen d3,cali' attention 'at Victoria .Hospital and Later renteved to his home here Goderieh Signal -Star. Modernizes Grocery Department Considerable transformation hag:• taken place in the grocery depart- ment of the Edighoffer afore dur- ing the past couple of weeks in (Continued on -Page 7) BOXWORD PUZZILE By Jimmy Rae World Copyright Reserved.. 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