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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1950-03-03, Page 2• .cf POSITOR 034iShad 1860 A. Y.", lY1cLean, Editor INKifibed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- 017 Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. 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, March 3, 1950 • The British Election The indecisiVe result of Britain's election last Thursday will be the cause of concern, not only to states- men and citizens of Britain, but also to all who are engaged in shaping democratic policies throughout the world. With a majority which may be less than ten, the Attlee Govern- ment will be in no position to carry on, other than on a day-to-day basis. It certainly will be unable to put into effect further socialization of indus- try as it had intended. Regardless of one's personal opin- ion concerning the type of govern- ment which should be in charge in Britain, it was most necessary that it be a staple government—one that could at least be in a position to de- velop and to carry out a consistent long term policy. Only on this basis •is it possible for other countries de- sirous of creating staple world condi- tions to intelligently plan a program in which Britain would participate. With the indefinite future that the election has indicated can exist in that country, it may well be that Russia will consider this an oppor- tune time to press for further de- mands and pursue more aggressive policies. From the number of votes cast, Britons considered the decision they were required to make as being vital to their future. Their determination to have a voice in the decision was •amazing. One man flew from East Africa to vote. A man and wife flew „from. Italy. Hospital patients in Hull went to the booths in their pyjamas. Sixty old persons were carried to the . polls in Liverpool. A woman who had just given birth to twins insisted on being take to vote a few hours af- ter her children were born. Even her courage was shaded by that of a prospective mother who ordered the ambulance to take her .to the polls while she was on her way 'to be de- livered of her child. One feature of the election that gives heart is the decisive manner in which the voters turned thumbs down on Communist candidates. While Britons may be almost evenly divided between Socialism and Tory- ism, they recognized the enemy in their midst and were united as one in their determination to stamp him out. The election result may indicate a satisfaction with the situation as it exists at the moment, and that there is no desire either to restore industry to its former place, or 'on the other hand to proceed with fur- . ther Socialization measures. • Education Week The period of March 5 to 11, which has been designated as. Education Week in Canada, provides an oppor- tunity toconsider one of the most important matters with which any community is faced. With the church and the home, Canadian schools share the task of :the awakening 'of our youth to the importance of all that is highest and finest in life. The school is a progressive institu- tion in an ever changing world. It awakens •aspiration, develops the learning skills, nutures an apprecia- tion of the beauties and wonders of nature and science, teaches how our civilization, has come about and how ' the Whole human family is knit to- gether and • dependent one on the '‘'nther. The school offers opportuni- :'els to, satisfy the impulse to create d tliVides situations that build ,Citi2enshipt Success in achieve -thee things. depends upon the •4 e teachers, the foresight te.anc the ,cooperatiOn r „ of the public, education neither be- gins nor ends with the school—it is a coxitinuous prbeess that calls for follovvtup. The • school today has assumed a role _much more extensive than was the case even twenty years ago. To- day the school imparts to the youth much( of that practical knowledge Which in the past was handed down from father to son and from mother to daughter. This is particularly true with respect to agriculture where in the formative and early years youth is given an introduction to the science of farming coincident with his general education. Today the successful farmer is just as de- pendent upon a good well-rounded education as is the successful busi- ness or professional man. Canadian churches share with our schools the task of awakening our young people to the importance of all that is highest and finest in life. Allowing for differences of emphasis in spiritual matters, there are many factors common to all our varied Canadian cultures and religious com- munities. Our young Canadians need heads that can think wisely and hearts that can feel warmly. What goes on in people's minds—and in their hearts—is more important in determining the world's future than what goes on in laboratories and pro- duction centres. Our schools need not only passive backing but also ac- tive co-operation as they teach our children to translate ideals and mor- al standards into real living habits and every day practices. The home is every child's first school. Mother, father, brother, sis- ter consciously or unconsciously are teachers. Before the work of, the regular school begins, many habits are formed, attitudes are developed and characteristics firmly fixed. The transition from home learning to school learning must not be abrupt —one does not leave off when the other begins. Rather, the beginning of school for a child is the beginning of a period of enrichment when the teacher enters into a partnership with -the parents and with his train- ing and experience undertakes an important share in the all-round de- velopment of the child. Education is a co-operative endeavor. • Forgotten Money (Hamilton Spectator) Unclaimed cash balances are pil- ing up in Canadian banks. Any person who forgets that he has dough in the bank must be ill. brother, and no mistake. • Are We On the Way to Becoming, "Leaners?" (London Free Press) Senator W. Golding, fornier • Liberal M.P. for Huron -Perth, ques- tions the effects of state paternalism by Government, and hopes that it will not, in the long run, produce a "nation of leaners." Moving the ad- dress in reply to the Throne Speech, Senator Golding made a plea for free enterprise and individual initiative in a country still young. Admitting that no government to- -day could last long unless it provid- ed social services for its citizens, he asserted that government should al- ways take care before becoming in- volvedin expenditures for social services to a degree where it would force taxes so high that it would dis- courage industry, agriculture and labor. Failure to observe this pro - 'per line of demarkation would de- stroy incentive. In 'view of the universal demand for social security, the line between state paternalism and no more than proper supervision of individual ac- tivity and rights is not clearly de- lineated. Seeing' that personal incen- tive is essential to the best work, and in view of the demand for welfare legislation, the best than any gov- ernment can do is to keep an even balance between state supervision, and the due and proper protection of individual rights, and between per- mitting free enterprise. to flourish - and the incentive motive to have full play. • It is not an easy trick but political leaders will have to learn to perform it acceptably if they hope to -keep -their part k in public faVor and at the same time serve the needs of this growing nation; as well as they, 'should. •• • , , .-esc • ' — cleeree,ece ece 4" •,;;.%`cC'',"Ck;C (Vc c' c!,,r4"*",' • ,v'qh4,1,,' ,1.41 01,../ee.weeeeette.ee,,,,e,-; . ee9 „„e o. , • 4 eecc.,oe ackwir e, R. J. Dunmore "My •thoughts- wend, b,aclg to the schoolroom classea, To the old Mill Roadgt eqd its win- some lassies." Screeching, crealting, .the beaVY load of logs leould slowly Crawl in- to Egniontiville, the iron runners keeping up a • steady musical squeaking along the glaze, crisp roadway. At the foot a the hill we'd pile out, tear past eohe, Daly's tavern, up the long hill to the old brick schoolhouse. There were two rooms—the little room and the big room. I stayed in the little room quite a while. It must have been quite a while, for I fell in love with three successive teachers— splendid young women—Miss Hous- ton, Miss Ryan and Miss Leslie! They whacked me once in a while, and sometimes sent me in to the big room for the master to deal with. And could he deal? He would have made a good card play- er! But I didn't hold it against the lady teachers. I loved them just the same. Though once I did get to school early one morning and carefully placed a Tittle dead pig, about the size of a rat, which I found on the way to school, inside the lid of Miss Ryan's desk. It was a per- fectly harmless little pig; it wouldn't harm ,anybody. But when the young lady teacher opened her desk you would have thought she had discovered a rhinocerous, at least, standing on its stiff four legs, with an apple in its mouth. And I had hated to part with that apple, too. Miss Teacher screech- ed like a wild goose dragged off its nest, and there was pandemonium. N. strict investigation followed. Nowadays Ottawa would undoubt- edly have appointed a royal cone mission to discuss it for months. However, suspicion fell on four un- lucky youths who had previous records, and they were sentenced to the mercies of the Supreme Court—the Master. They had a lively session in the big room. The Master certainly earned his meagre salary that day. I sat inside the little room, listening sorrowfully to the yowls and yelps as the hickory stick dusted four pair of innocent pants that certainly need- ed dilating; if only for :sanitary reasons. • But I had even happier times when I graduated in the course of time into the big room. We sat two in a seat at a desk. In front of • my seat -partner and myself there sat a big, husky good-hum- ored, stolid country boy. He was dressed, as were some of the coun try boys, in heavy homespun,wool len clothes, on which the wool stuck thickly out all over him. My partner and I, when the teacher was busy at the blackboard, put in many interesting moments dili- gently plucking the wool off the big boy in front of us. My part- ner gently and carefully plucked the wool off the boy's. back, while I, being small, got down under the seat and denuded the legs and coat-tails. We garnered quite. a little bale of wool, and by recess when we were let out for fifteen minutes, the woolly boy looked like a badly plucked turkey. You could almost see through him. We fash- ioned the wool into nice little mats and gave them to the girls acrose the aisle to put .under their ink bottles. They were real nice little mats, too. The teacher looked at them long and searchingly once as he passed, then glanced sharply at the woolly boy, but for a wonder never said anything. But I held my ;breath for a full minute. . Dear Lord, -I wonder how many of that happy, care -free crowd of schoolmates have, like me, climb- ed nearly to the top of life's hill, and are pausing to look back over the valley of their youth and the winding and devious ways that led them along the path of life, to pause ere they went on over the hill to see what wonders lay be- yond. For the hill ahead of •us is al- ways fascinating, and we are cur- ious to reach the top and look over to see what lies beyond. Just A Smile Or Two • •'Customer: "Have you a book entitled, 'Man, the Master'?" Saleslady: "You'll find that in the fiction department." • A minister told his flock he had a 'call" to go to another church. One of the deacons asked how much more he was offered. "Three hundred dollars," was the reply. "Well, I don't blame you for go- ing." remarked the deacon, "but you should be more exact in your language, parson. That iefet a 'call,' that's a 'raise.' " Doctor: "This eccentricity you speak of in your son—isn't it, af- ter all, a matter of heredity?" Mother (fiercely): "Doctor, I'll have you know there's never been the slightest trace of heredity in our family!" • 110, a "O' "IV • generously to the 1 • Scotchman: "Step up, fr-reends! The tr-r-reats are on." Irishman: "Faith, Sandy, ' and do yuh know what yur sayin'?" Scotchman: "Indeed, I do. When it's my tr-r-eat, nothing's the lim- it." Huron Federation of Agriculture Farm News : Tractors Can Be Fire ilazards Experience among fire insurance officials goes .,to show that the farm tractor—a great labor-saving device—can also be a great num- ber one fire hazard, if treated too casually. Farm tractors are design- ed so that the chance of fire is reduced to a minimum, but experts point out that. unless the machine is kept in good running order, and is operated on a safety first plan it can he, and is, the cause of many farm fires. In keeping the tractors well ser- viced, the important items are ,mufflers, •gasoline lines, carbpre- tors and the ignition system. Trou- ble/ rarely comes suddenly and thdre are usually warnings of de- fects whieh can be detected in ad- vance. If the tractor needs repairing, under no circumstances should this be done in any building where fire could do extensive damage, Dis- tance is the greatest protection and the cheapest. A minimum dis- tance should be 80 feet from any main .building. Flaming gasoline spreads rapidly. Combustible material in and around a tractor can be a serious fire hazard. Chaff can 'accumulate on the engine, pile up on the muffler or get sufficiently in con - het with heated parts to cause a flash fire to start. And say the experts, tractors be- ing driven around farm buildinge should be handled with the same care and good pudgment given to driving a car on a crowded 'high- way. There may be no rules of the farm—as there are of the high- way—'but the slightest accident, if flaming gasoline is involved—can cause a disastrous fire. * * • Good Methods and Chick Hatch Counting one's chickens before they are hatched may still be a little unsafe, but as knowledge of reproduction increases, seine of the doubts formerly associated with chick hatching are resolved and nowadays " a fair' estimation of forthcoming hatches' IS possible provided proper methods are ap- plied. • At the Dominion Experimental Station at Harrow, Ont„ sari F. Mountain, Head Poultryeae, the results from large pens con: taining Several males are general- ly .better than where only one Mali is mated to a smaller group Of females, the latter system b'eing': necessary in pedigree breeding.' Mass mating as practised it ablest commercial work, reduces the chances of preferential- or dscrini- inate mating M.' well asthe bilities of 'certain individual bud/ Ings being rendered void by lather factors peculiat to those Math:epee. Infertility, dead germs., and da& in shell, are.conditions commOtift ulet, With 111 poor hatches. VW in males, usually a sought for trait is sometimes over abundant and fertility of eks is often affected if fighting or interference is taking place. Metal beak guards on the males are useful in preventing fighting and if movable partitions about two or three feet high are placed in the pen, interference is usually lessened. Comb damage is another condition which might af- fect the 'fertilization of eggs. Melee with frost bitten combs lose some of their vitality, so provision should be made to keep tempera- tures from becoming too low in the pen. Comb injury can be caus- ed by feed hopper reels when set too low for free entrance of the head and comb to the feed. • Normal development of the chick embryo as well as its ability to hatch properly depends largely on the presence of certain vitamins in the diet of the parent stock. Foods are generally available which are fortified in this respect and are most effective when supplied to the breeding stock two or three weeks prior to the hatching season. Thought must also be given to the freshness of feed, since under some conditions of storage a de- terioration of essential vitamins might occur. • The actual intubation of eggs these days is '.generally carried out at central poitts with efficient equipment and by experienced op- erators. At the same thne, the se- quence of operations resulting in good hatches starts in the hen- house and conditions there have a lot to do with the percentage of chicks hatched out. * * * Apples Have Good Medioinal Value Most of the old proverbs have at least a grain of truth in them and the old saw, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," is no ex- ception, says G. W. Hope, Re- search Officer, Fruit and Vegetable Products, Experimental Station, Kentville, N.S. While the apple industry may not do all the old proverb claims, a few apples con- sumed daily will tend to keep the health of the average perseln at par. While apples are not high in earbohydrefee, fat or protein, they compare favorably with other fresh &tilts and some other foods as a source of vitamins and Minerals. The vitamin A eontent of apple: differs somewhat among varieties, but •the average is one illtertia- tional unit per gram — slightIY higher than orange Juice, and a little leas than bananas. Antenna also differs with the variety but two Rome Beauty apples or -six Delicious ,oples dailywill supply enangli of the vitamins to protect a man front scurvy. The mineral titent at apples, at 0.5 per Cent.la (Ontinnnti On age '3) Ot high, but Includes anth 010- 11 Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor March 6, 1925. Wesley Vennor, Chiselhurst, met with a painful accident by receiv- ing a nasty gash in his foot while splitting. wood. It kequired several stitches to ,close the wound, and he will 'be off work forsome time. During the storm on Monday at 1 pen., the house on the farm of Sol. Zimmerman, south of Zurich, was discovered to be on fire. Ow- ing to the high wind and the cold, nothing could be done to, save it. Miss Inez Sparrow, of Paisley, has taken a position with Mr. E. Rennie, Hensall, as milliner. Mr. Duncan Campbell, of' town, met with a nasty accident on Sat- urday afternoon, when he fell on the pavement and fractured his shoulder. Miss Evelyn .Cudenore, of town, left on Monday for Wellesley Hos- pital,. Toronto, where she will train for a nurse. The weather moderated: Wednes- day afternoon after one of the coldest weeks of the winter. The thermometer registered 11 below and there was a bigh and bitterly cold wind blowing over the week- end. Mrs. John Sparrow, yania, had the misfortune to fall on the cement floor while assisting with the milking. Although no bones were broken, she received severe bruises. The weekly bonspiee of the Sea - forth Curling Club was held in the Palace Rink Tuesday afternoon, when Mr. W. D. Stewart, of St. Paul, Minn., was present. There were more than 40 curlers present and a splendid afternoon and eye- ing was spent. Four. games were played and the winners turned up in Jack Beattie's rink, composed of Neil Gillespie, Robe Boyd, Harry Jeffery and J. Beattie, skip, who wen all four games. Seaforth Fire Brigade will cele- brate the 50th anniversary of its organization • with a euchre and dance. The box social, under the aus- pices of the Orange Lodge, Bay- field, was an enjoyable affair. Pro- gressive euchre was played in the earlier part of the evening. The prize whiners were: adies, Mrs. Nelson Heard; gents, R. Blair, Jr.; consolation, Mrs. A. Brandon and H. Darrow. Miss Sparks, of 'Stratford, and Miss B. Brown, of Brantford, mil- liners at Stewart Bros.. and Miss Shier, of Cannington, milliner at J. MacTavish's store, have return- ed for the season. • From The Huron Expositor February 23, 1900 The first carnival of the season was held in, the Seaforth rink on Monday evening. Everything was good, the ice was good, the band was there and the costumes were numerous and original. Prize win- ners were: Ladies' character, Alice Campbell, Japanese lady; Ahna Reid, 'Angel; ladies' comic, An- nie Roberts, Irish Washerwoman; gents' character, H. Israel, Robin Hood; F. Crich, Turk; gents' com- ic, D. H. Stewart, Bear; H. Abell, Jahn Bull. The race was won by W. Shaeffer, Hensall. In the draw- ing contest, Jolin Rankin held the .lucky number. Mr. C. E. Mason, of Brucefield, has sold his Clydesdale stallion, "Union Bank," to Ballantyne & Richardson, of St. Marys, The price was $2;000. On Friday evening a number of the members of St, John's Church, Varna, waited on their organist, Miss Lotty Weekes, and presented her with a highly complimentary address and a purse of money, ii' recognition of her services os or- ganist during the past' year. • The members of the Young Peo- ple's ,Alliance of the Evangelical Association, Zurich, met Monday evening and held the election of officers, which resulted as follows: Pres., Alfred Geiger; vice-pres, Alfred Mellick; corresponding sec., Laura Williams; recording sec., John Torrance; treas., Wesley Schoelig; librarian, Ida Well; or- ganigt, Minnie Doan; assistant, Ly- dia Rennie. The old and well-known post of - tee, store in Kippen, solong and so successfully conducted by the Mellls family, has been purchased sby John Balfour. George Turner, Brucefield, has returned from Red Bay, where he spent a week overseeing some lum- ber 'business on his, lot there. Mr. Wm. Ross, who resides a mile north of Brueefield, sold a -ffve-year-Old gelding to .Tehii Me - Maim, Seat rth, for the sum' of $i1'O. . ' The" ice -harvest has begun in Brucelield and Munro, Graham and 'Snell are putting In their sup - Mr, and 1VIrs. D. D. Wilson left on. Thuracity for the .01d, 'Colintry 'limy will Sail .fretn rettlaild On' theAllan Lille oz f SttltrdnVi , , Seen in the CountyP a er Blyth Girls "Capped" In a "capping" ceremony at the et. Thomas Memorial Hospital curses Training School recently, wo of the eleven students were ilyth girls, Missee • Marjorie aud ,ois Doherty, daughters, of Mr. nd Mrs. 'Garfield Doherty. Con- eatulations are extended to the girls by a host of friends here.— Blyth Standard. • Rebuilding Cleaning Plant " Workmen have been busy clean- ing up the debris following the fire at Brady's Dry .Cleaning establish- ment and rapid progress is being made to again get the plant in op- eration. A new addition is partly up. The machines damaged by the fire have been sent to Toronto for rebuilding. In the meantime Brady's are carrying on at Graham Arthur's Service Station. The cleaning is being proceseed in London. Mr. Brady expects to be in full opera- tion again 'fia a few weeks.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Injures Leg While Wrestling A friendly wrestling snatch by a couple of young fellows on. Main St. Tuesday resulted in oneebeing sent to hospital with a fractured leg. Jack Elizenga, whose parents reside in TJsborne Township, was wrestling with Wilmer Pfaff, be front of the Exeter Radio Shop at Huron St., when the former receiv- ed a fracture of both bones of the left leg below the knee. The boys had had two or three falls before the accident occurred. Eizenga, was taken to Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, and will be laid up for some time.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Wintery Weather King Winter has taken complete command of the weather the past few days. We have had some good old-fashioned 'blizzards and for the first time this winter snowplow crews. have pressed into service, rolling back the drifting snow, and temperatures have hovered close to the zero mark moat of the time during the past couple of days. We have become accustomed to the balmy weather which prevailed well into February, and it will take (Continued on Page 3) BOXWORD PUZZLE By Jimmy Rae World Copyright Reserved ACROSS 1—Juryman 4—Pardon 7—Hint 8—Unbind 10—Flowering plant 11—A means of ascending 15—Beast of burden 16—Surname 19—Counterstatement •g2—Precise 23—Mountain lion 25—Ink applier 26—Incites 27—Throws 30—Public vehicle 31—Small dwarf 34—Man's name 37—Golf mound 38—Hindu prince 40—Punctuation mark 41—Lad 42—Surrender 45—Play strings noisily 46—Exclamation of triumph 49—Changes the form of 52—Empty talk colloq.) 53—Inhabit 56—Coral island 57—Small shoot 58—Adam's spouse 59—Looks slyly 60—Paradises DOWN 1—Jettison 2—Laws 3—East Indian 'coin 4—Trust 5—Insane 6—A digit 7—Muscular spasm 9—In addition 12—To fine 13—Hauls 14—Ceremonies SOLUTION ON PAGE 17—Optical appliance (p1.) 18—Nude 2O—Seasickness 21—Fbur-wheeled vehicle 24—Sunspot's dark center • 28—Assault ,29—Walk 32—Felt skin irritation 33—Pluckier 35—Versified ' 36—Avold by dexterity 38—One wbo rises 39—Gives sudden. pull or push 43—Bird of prey (pi.) 44—Succeed 47—Treatment 4&—Escape privately 50—Make dirty .51 --Correlative to "neither" 54—Elongatece fish '55—Frozen water 7 Current tow investment rates. 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