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SEAFORTH, Friday, June 15, 1951
Reed for Action
• The recent accident at Brucefield,
in which one person lost his life and
ethers were seriously injured, raises
again the necessity of there being
provided some type of warning de-
vice at the corner. If accidents at
the intersection of the Mill Road and
No. 4 Highway occurred infrequent-
ly there might be some excuse for de-
laying action in, the matter. The
truth is, of course, that during recent
years there have been many acci-
dents and several lives have been
lost.
While it is true, traffic on the coun-
ty road is required by law to come
to a stop before entering the provin-
cial highway, in practise this is not
always done, and frequently when
the law is not observed an accident
results. Motorists—strangers in the
iistrict—don't know local conditions
and are onto the highway before re-
alizing the fact. The situation per-
taining at the Brucefield corner is
not peculiar to the district, because
at Dublin an equally dangerous con-
dition exists. Like the Brucefield
corner, the Dublin intersection has
also been the scene of several fetal
accidents.
The Province takes the stand that
it is not responsible for providing
safety measures or 'blinker lights,
except at intersections of provincial
highways; and then only when the
intersection is not located within an
urban municipality. That may be
all very good, but when lives are lost
because of the existence of hazardous
conditions and lack of warning de-
vices, haggling over the matter of
responsibility should not be permit-
ted. As the senior of the governing
bodies concerned, - the Province
should take the initiative in ensur-
ing that everything is done that can
be done to prevent further loss of
life.
•
landwriting--Better or Worse
Every now and then some one tells
Ms that we write badly. Sometimes
they go further and say, quite posi-
tively, that our writing is illegible.
Such comment at one time caused us
some concern, so much so that we
took careful note of the quality of
the writing by others that we were
called on to read. We decided we
were no better or no worse than the
average, so now when somebody
comments we just don't pay any at-
tention.
The matter of handwriting came
to our attention when we read that
a pen company in the United States
had conducted a survey of school
principals. The concensus of the
principals was that penmanship is
improving.
A committee on writing in Yonk-
ers, New York, schools arrived /at
the same conclusion after comparing
the writing in old letters and other
material with that of pupils now in
the schools. All agreed that under
pressure handwriting is apt to de-
teriorate in quality, and the chair-
man of the committee, a Mrs. Irene
Burke, pointed out that doctors are
the worst scribblers—next to news-
papermen.
•
.Holidays Help
"Keeping your nose to the grind-
stone is a good idea—but don't grind
it oft!" warns the Waterloo dIiron-
kled "In this present-day world of
th pressured Jiving, it does a per -
World of good'to `pack up his
els an : his old kit bag' and get
�?iori the omits or place of busi-
c t cut tv o, Getting away
from the telephone, the multitude of;,
duties and the steady grind, helps
one to relax and 'blow off steam.' He
comes back to the office with a dif-
ferent outlook toward life—tired
physically in many cases, but refresh-
ed mentally. Getting several hun-
dred miles away helps you to get a
'long ranged view' of your work."
There is no doubt of the soundness
of the Chronicle advice, but unfor-
tunately for many, it just can't be
followed.
True, laws today provide that em-
ployees be given holidays each year,
and �"w-itb fewer working hours each
week, the working force, as a whole,
enjoys many opportunities to get
away from the ordinary day-to-day
activities.
But for many, such as farmers
short of help, the advice, while
sound, isn't practical. And it won't
be practical until some means is dis-
covered whereby cows and hens and
hogs can be shut down for a couple
of days, or over a week -end, just as
is the case with tractors.
•
Today's Trend
As the standard of living improves
man becomes further and further re-
moved from the basic things of life.
At the beginning of the last century
it is true there were few in this dis-
trict but those that were here were
capable of providing themselves with
food, clothing and shelter. They had
to be, or they would soon have starv-
ed or frozen to death.
Pointing out that in Canada' today
there are but twenty-five per cent of
the people on the land, the Leth-
bridge Herald recalls that not so
many years ago nine out of ten fam-
ilies lived on the land, producing
their own food, their own fibre for
clothing, and their own shelter.
Today we are going all out for
specialization in industry, for short-
er hours—and we are grumbling
harder and harder about the cost of
food and the cost of clothing and
housing while forgetting, like the
gulls, more and more about produc-
ing them for ourselves.
"In this complex society we are
building up, isn't there just a chance
that we're going too far in expecting
someone else to do for us what we
should do for ourselves, or at least
know how to do for ourselves?" asks
the Herald.
What Other Papers Say:
Medical Surgical Progress
(March Issue, Canada's Health and Welfare)
The past decadea•bas seen dram-
atic advances in the diagnosis and
treatment of cardiovascular dis-
eases. Improved methods of in-
vestigating
nvestigating the heart and its ac-
tion, increased resbarch activity
and new surgical techniques for
correcting or alleviating malforma-
tions and diseased conditions have
provided the opportunity for a hap-
py and, useful life to many other-
wise destined for a considerably
restricted existence.
Recent investigations in various
research centres, including the
Sick Children's Hospital in Toron-
to. have given rise to the hope
that the Severity of rheumatic fev-
er, w i.h its frequent involvement
of the heart, may bt draat10a11y re-
duced by early treatment with the
new hormones, ACTH and corti-
sone.
The Cost Of Housing
(Port Elgin Times)
What's the sense of any politician,
no matter which party he belongs to,
talking about cheap housing for the
masses? The only way that it can
be accomplished under present-day
conditions is through subsidies—
which means general taxation. Take
Toronto for instance, where the de-
mand for houses is so acute. There
bricklayers lay 400 bricks a day. Un-
der the Labor Government of Great
Britain an apprentice lays 1,000
bricks a day. What applies to mas-
ons is equally true of most of the
other trades. We believe in free en-
terprise and most labor leaders do
too, but with short work weeks and
high wages low cost housing is an
impossibility.
•
What War Means
(From a speech in the House of Com-
mons by Hon. L. B. Pearson, Minis-
ter of External Affairs)
To the infantryman slogging over
the muddy fields of Korea, it may
seem odd to hear someone say that
his mission is to prevent a third
world war. He may well be forgiv-
en for not seeing much difference be-
tween a world war and the bloody
business in which he is now engaged.
I certainly sympathize with that
view.
But it is necessary to remember
that in the present circumstances a
new world war will be very different
from the campaign now being fought
in Korea. It would be an atomic war
which would result in the death of
hundreds of thousands of people at
one stroke, and which would leave
the earth pockmarked and infected
with radioactivity for years to come,
even if it did not, as is conceivable,
result in something far worse.
That is the nightmare we are try-
ing by every means in our power to
avoid.
in Canadian universities and medi-
cal institutions. Life insurance
companies support many heart re-
search projects in Canadian uni-
versities. In addition, grants by
the National Research Council and
under the National Health Program
are helping to finance various pro-
jects devoted to cardiovascular re-
search.
New surgical techniques, many
of them developed within the last
four or five years, have opened the
way to useful and productive lives
for many afflicted with malformed
or diseased hearts. At least seven
different types of operations are
mow used with success, several be-
ing of particular benefit to those
suffering froze ceztg@Altal malfor-
mationa
Since the lungs are not used uiI
til birth there is, prior to birth, a
blood vessel known as the ductus
arteriosus which short circuits
blood from the pulmonary artery
to the adi-ta. Sometimes this art-
ery remains open after birth, al-
lowing blood which has been oxy-
genated to circulate back through
the lungs. Surgeons can now cor-
rect this condition by tying off this
artery and so restoring a normal
circulation.
A few years ago surgical proce-
dures were devised for improving
two conditions known as the tet-
ralogy of Fallot and tricuspid
atresia, which are "blue baby"
types. In these conditions there
is a diminished flow of blood to
the lungs to receive oxygen, as
well as defects permitting unpuri-
fied blood to pass into the aorta.
The operative procedures used to-
day attempt to increase the flow
of blood to the longs. The Blalock
operation creates an artificial duct
by taking one of the arteries which
go to the arms and attaching it to
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Among the diagnostic tools is the
electrocardiograph which, with the
employment of more leads, has
become even more effective.
Better diagnosis and investiga-
tion is also possible by catheriaa.-
tion of the heart and blood vessels,
a procedure in which a tiny cath-
eter is passed up a vein right into
the heart.
Special X-ray techniques, such as
angiocardiography, recently intro-
duced, have increased the useful-
ness of this method of diagnosis.
By injecting certain radiopaque
substances into one of the veins
or arteries leading to the heart
certain defects can be shown.
The amplifying stethoscope, used
to demonstrate various heart
sounds and murmurs, and the
phonocardiograph are of great va-
lue.
In the field of research, too, pro-
gress is being made on an ever-
expanding scale. Independent re-
search on the heart andarteries
has been carried on for many years
To The Editor
Toronto, June 11, 1951.
Editor, The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: That was certainly a
revealing editorial on "Change in
Agriculture" in your June 8 issue,
giving chapter and verse on the
massive trend to mechanization
along the farm front, in the United
State, and I note that "the coming
agricultural census will provide
data for measuring .the similar ad-
vance in Canada," according to
your Prairie contemporary, Winni-
peg Free Press.
However, from my viewpoint, I
would suggest that there is a cer-
tain weakness as well as strength
in the developing trend toward a
decline in the rural population
gainfully employed in agriculture,
based on the estimate that for
Canada "the farm working force is
about 18 to 20 per cent of the total
labor force; in other words, less
than a fifth of our working people
feed the country and produce a
great export surplus."
Even today there is something
close to a critical situation in terms
of farm labor, and the fact seems
to this reader to be directly relat-
ismurso
ed to the point brought forward by
one of the farm leaders the other
day, namely, that there are 500,000
fewer dairy cattle on Canadian
farms today than as recently as
1944, despite the increase of 2000,
000 Canadians during those same
years. If the milk producing busi-
ness was as profitable as some city
folk think, how explain this two-
way trend?
While I've my pen in hand, per-
haps there is room for a brief com-
ment on the adjoining editorial,
"Census Time," in that same Ex-
positor, intimating that "the 1951
census is more than a counting of
noses. It is a national stocktak-
ing which, in addition to population
statistics, will provide important
facts and figures on our labor
force, income levels, housing, busi-
ness and farm conditions."
The need was never clearer to
me, because only this morning I
saw a front-page story in the New
York Times, in which your distin-
guished contemporary figures we
have 131/ million Canadians. It
seems to me that said figure is
750,000 below the fact.
STUDENT
Feed Savings in Poultry Pasture
Good pasture, if it is of a nutri-
tious type, and receives proper at-
tention, can be relied on to improve
the growth, health and maturity
rates of pullets on the range, re-
ports Head Poultryman W. F.
Mountain of the Experimental Sta-
tion at Harrow, Ont.
One of the important savings ef-
fected by the use of good pasture
is through the utilization of its vita-
mins, proteins and minerals which
allows a reduction of these in pre-
pared mashes.
It also is generally held that
good pasture makes for better con-
trol of soil -borne diseases and para-
sites.
Another of its benefits is its ap-
parent ability to fortify growing
pullets to withstand the stress of
heavy egg production later. This
has been shown where shortages
of mash and grain were imposed on
pullets on range.
This observation, Mr. Mountain
says, was based on resultsof range
management tests carried• on at
Harrow. Consumption of green feed
was encouraged through feeding a
minimum of other feed. Egg pro-
duction during fall and winter still
was very free of interruption.
A bulletin on Pasture for Poultry
is available from the Canada De-
partment of Agriculture.
•
Costs Of Operating Forage Crop
'Harvester and Pick-up Baler
Power take -off forage harvesters
and pick-up hay -balers cut time and
labor requirements. But, they are
a good investment for farmers on-
ly if their operational life can be
extended to 2,000 hours.
Those are the .conclusions report-
ed by A. A. Brown of the Experi-
mental Farm at Brandon, Man.,
machine.
Cost of operating the power take-
off forage harvester, initial cost of
which was $1,250, was 98 cents a
ton for green corn. Cost of oper-
ating the harvester, plu cost of
tractor and operator, was $1.32 a
ton.
It cost $1.70 a ton to bale hay
with the automatic pick-up hay bal-
er, which had an initial cost of
$1,980. Total cost per ton of baler,
tractor and operator was $2.74,.
To get profitable returng on the
capital expended, the average op-
erational span for the forage har-
vester should be from 100 to 120
hours a year, and for the automa-
tic hay baler from 140 to 170 hours
a year, Mr. Brown says.
Hints On Submitting Samples
By almost every mail officials of
the Federal Department of Agri-
culture and no doubt other agri-
cultural scientists across Canada,
receive a miscellaneous collection
of specimens for identification or
analysis ranging from minute in-
sects to bottles of well water. Only
too often no explanation accom-
panies the specimens; frequently
the senders/ name and address is
omitted.
Here are some suggestions about
sending specimens for examina-
tion. Frequently your agricultural
representative, agronome, or local
field man dan identify the speci-
mens and suggest corrective treat-
ment if necessary. If special ex-
amination or analysis is needed he
can advise where the specimen
should be sent.
Plants forwarded for examina-
tion should include when possible
the root, flower and seed. They
should be kept fresh by wrapping
in moist paper before packaging.
If this cannot be done, the plant
should be carefully pressed and
dried before mailing.
When sending diseased or insect
infested plants, make sure bhat the
specimen is a representative one.
Sometimes it may be necessary to
send the whole plant, including the
root. With such specimens remove
the earth from around the roots.
Insects for identification should
be placed in strong cardboard or
tin boxes, or in glass phials, and
should be packaged with heavy
wrappidg paper. If possible, in-
clude both the young and adult
stages of the insect.
it is important to state in an
accompanying letter what you wish
to know about the specimen. Give
the name of a plant (if known) and
state if grown in field, garden or
greenhouse. The more information
you give, the more help it will be
in identifyifig the specimen quick-
ly.
Last, but not least, place your
name and address on the package
end, on your accompanying tetter.
Ev ry puddle on the street
Attracts some little
wand'ring feet.
Rubbers keep feet dry and
warm
Protected from all cold
and stormm.
Dept. of Nattoad iioalth and Wonsan
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago.
sae
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Seen in the County Papers
Quarter Century Of Service
W. A. Coulthurst was on Friday
night presented with a pen and
pencil set by the Goderich District
Collegiate Institute Board in recog-
nition of the completion of •twen-
ty-five years of service on the
board. Mr. Coulthurst made a brief
address of thanks in which he not-
ed
oted that he had seen the teaching
staff grow from a total of seven to
the present total of sixteen.—Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
Hollanders Arrive
Among the families immigrating
from Holland recently are Ralph
Sunday, wife and two children, who
are placed with Mr. Valle Becker,
Dashwood. A brother, Bert Sun-
day, is working for Stanley Sauder,
Blind Line. The Hamond family
with four children, moved into Mrs.
James Carnie's house, Bronson
Line, Mrs. Hamond taking work at
the Clinton public hospital, while
their daughter is employed with
Mr. Asa Steckle.—Zurich Herald.
Built Own Dream House
Last week a London man, known
in The Standard office, because he
called on us for some time as a
peper supply representative, won
the Kitchener Dream House. A lo-
cal young man, Gerald Watson,
went him one better and built his
own "dream house" which is now
on display in our window. The
house, of course, is a miniature,
but is complete to the last detail,
Oven wired for electricity, and'
equipped throughout with venetian
blinds.—Blyth Standard,
Lizard 'Petr Sent To Museum
From The 'Huron Expositor
June 18, 1926
Mr. C. E. Diegel, of Brodhagen,
who recently secured a good posi-
tion with Mr. Jas. Watson, Sea -
forth, shows promise of becoming
a huge success in the insurance
field.
Humphries & Co., of Walton,
have had four carloads of coal ar-
rive in the past week, and it is
nearly all disposed of.
Dr. W C. Sproat, son of William
Sproat, of near Kippen, a recent
graduate in medicine of the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario, Lon-
don, who has just passed the medi-
cal council examinations, will
shortly open an office in Seaforth.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Broadfoot, who
have been spending several weeks
with relatives• here, returned to
their home in Moose Jaw on Tues-
day.
The best fall wheat we have
seen this season is on the farm
of David Boyd, on the Leadbury
Line.
The street dance held on Main
Si. pavement Tuesday evening was
a great success. Excellent music,
was furnished by Hogg's orchestra,
with Earl Van Egmond at, the
piano. Dancing kept up with en-
thusiasm until early morning.
Reeve W. D. Sanders, of Exeter,
and the Exeter Council were in
Seaforth this week inspecting the
town's fire equipment with a view
of improving their fire protection.
Mr. Rutherford Henderson, of
Holstein, has been appointed. ledg-
erkeeper in the Standard Bank at
Brodhagen,
On Friday night of last week the
St. Columban boys played in Con-
stance, but went down to defeat by
a score of 4-1 in favor of kinburn.
On Wednesday the Kinburn boys
visited Winthrop to try conclusions
with them and won by a score of
3-0.
Mr. Austin Hoggarth, of Cromar-
ty, who has been on an extended
business trip through the Western
I5rovinces, motored up from Lon-
don on Sunday last to visit his
parents.
The largest picnic at Bayfield' so
far this season was that of the
Webster -Troyer families, which
was held in Jowett's Grove on Sat-
urday, when about three hundred
were in attendance.
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From Th Huron Expositor
June 21, 1901
A`Very serious accident occurred
on Friday at a barn raising on the
farm of Mr. Geo. Henderson, west
of Winthrop. Mr. J. J. McLaughlin,
a neighbor, who was assisting at
the raising,was standing on the
top of the stone wall and with a
crowbar was prying a stick of tim-
ber. The bar slipped and Mr. Mc-
Laughlin fell 10 or 12 feet. His
spinal column was paralyzed and
he has little hope of recovery.
During a heavy storm Friday af-
ternoon, the barn of Mr. Watt, on
the Mill Road, was struck by light-
ning. Mr. Fotheringham, a neigh-
bor, had a sheep killed.
There were 130 tickets sold for
the Guelph excursion on Saturday.
Mr. John Landsborough, furni-
ture dealer of town, furnished a
house complete in Thorndale, a
few miles from London. He also
furnished one south of Londesboro.
Mr. A. W. Campbell, of town, has
sold 27 new buggies this season so
far.
Mr. Alex MhNevin, of Kippen,
who has been assisting in the post
office here for some time, has gone
to Clinton where he takes a posi-
tion in the Molsons Bank.
Mr. N. D. Buchanan, second son
of Dr. Buchanan, Zurich, has pass-
ed Me. second year examination in
medicine at the University of To-
ronto with honors.
Mr. Mowatt, the headmaster of
Seaforth Collegiate Institute, has
been offered and bas accepted the
principalship of the Brockville Col-
legiate Institute at a salary of
$1800 to begin • with' Mr. Hogg,
mathematical master, having secur-
ed, a fellowship in 'Harvard Uni-
versity, goes there to take a post-
graduate course. Mrs. Kirkman,
who has been teacher of modern
languages for nearly 20 years, de-
sires to retire from the profession
partly on account of impaired
health. The retirement of these
teachers will be a distinet lose to
the Institute.
Mrs. Hugh Chesney, Sr., of Tuck
ersmith, had the misfortune to
slip and fall while working on the
lawn in front of her residence.
missed in the community. Zurich.
Herald.
Mark Silver Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs: Fred McClymont..
two of the 'highly esteemed rest,
dents of Varna vicinity, quietly
celebrated their silver wedding an-
niversary
nniversary on Sunday last when all
their family were home with them.
During the day the family took the
opportunity of presenting theme
with achrome finished trilight floor
lamp. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCly-
mont take an active part in the -
life of Varna United •Church. For
many years Mr. McClymont has
been well known in apple growing
circles, and also hast served for
some time on the Board of Direc-
tors of Bayfield Agricultural So-
ciety.—Clinton News -Record.
Varna -Goshen Extends Calf
Varna - Goshen United Church/
charge has+ extended a call to Rev.
T. J. Pitts, at present in the New-
foundland Conference, to become
minister of the charge effective
July 1. Rev. Mr. Pitts plans to ac-
cept the call, subject to the trans-
fer committees of both Newfound-
land) and London Conferences. Rev.
Mr. Pitts succeeds Rev. Reba Herm
who has served the charge for -
several years. The charge, at pres-
ent, comprises two churches, Var--
na'and Goshen. During Miss Hern's;
pastorate a new church was built.
at Goshen and extensive • repairs-.
made to the Varna church, includ-
ing a new basement. — Clinton_
News -Record.
A blue -tailed skink, one of a very
rare species of lizard., was shipped
to the Royal Ontario Museum from
the Exeter High School this week.
The skink has been fed and cared
for at the school for several weeks
in the agricultural department.
Quite active and a healthy eater
of slugs, earthworms and insects,
it became a pet of the pupils. The
lizard was found near Grand Bend
by a telephone worker and brought
to the school.—Exeter Times-dvo-
cate.
Painting Unveiled At Church
An impressive service was held
in the Wingham Baptist Church on
Sunday morning. A ,beautiful oil
painting has been installed above
the baptistry and on this special
occasion it was unveiled and dedi-
cated. The artist was Mrs. T. E.
Moszkowska, of Wingham. Mrs.
Moszkowska is a new Canadian of
just a 'year ago, is an artist of
some note, doing both landscape
and portrait painting, many of her
works having been exhibited in the
Royal Academy and the Royal So-
ciety of Portrait Painters, London,
Eng.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Pastor Resigns
Rev. Miss Reba Hern, pastor of
the Varna circuit of the United
Church of Canada, has tendered
her resignation and has left for
London, where she is engaged in
similar work. Miss Hern, who has
served the Varna circuit for the
past 10 years, was a very forceful
speaker, very positive and sincere
in expounding the sacred word
She really spoke with deep convic-
tion, rebukedsin, and had high
ideals of manhood. Her services
as guest speaker were always in
great demand. She will be greatly
Orangemen Rally At Grand Bencf
Local citizens and numerous
summer week -enders at Grande.
Bend were amazed Sunday to hear
the early morning music of the
Woodham L.O.L. fife and drum:
band as they led a procession of.
some 200 Western Ontario Orange-
men to Sunday service. Rev. Kew
Wood, popular pastor of the Unit-
ed Church, delivered the message
to an overflow congregation of vis=
iting brethren r and local church.
goers. After church service a very
delightful luncheon was served on
Lake Huron shore and the Orange-
men, their wives and families, en-
joyed a delightful visit with dis-
trict of Biddulph brethren, as well,
as many Western Ontario lodges.
Arrangements were well managed/
by Greenway Lodge No. 219.—Exe-
ter Times -Advocate.
Presentation To Principal -
Students, ex -students and friends
of W. I. Carroll, retiring principal
of Mitchell District High School,.•
after twenty-seven years of service'
in that capacity, thronged the Crys-
tal Palace here Saturday night for
pay him tribute. Originally plan-
ned for the school campus as a
garden party, uncertain weather
forced the event to be held indoors,
where nearly one thousand packed
the building and a large crowd'
thronged the out-of-doors, unable'
to gain admittance. As well as
those from this community, ap-
preciative ex -students gathered
from Stratford, Seaforth, Se,bring-
ville, London, Kitchener, Waterloo,.
Zurich, Hensall, Exeter, Toronto,
Wil'lowdale, Cooksville, Clifford,
Wingham, Oakville, Port Colborne,
Atwood, Londesboro, Goderich,
Lake Orion, Mich., Halifax, Ridge -
town and Elora.—Mitchell Advo-
cate.
Modern Firefighting Means
For Counties and Townships
(Civic Administrations)
Several Canadian counties have
set up their own fire protection
service similar to a plan long us-
ed in England—and several others
are considering developing such a
plan for this area.
The County of Halifax, N.S., was
one of the first in Canada to organ-
ize and install a complete fire pro-
tection service.
County and rural areas right
across the country are becoming
more fire -protection minded every
day, brought about by the ever-in-
creasing cost of building mater-
ials, the development of new and
special firefighting equipment to
cope with fires where there is lit-
tle or no water, and by more en-
lightened public opinion.
Under the county control sys-
tem, each ratepayer pays an equal
amount on his mill rate assess-
ment; as against one area or com-
munity selling its 'fire protection
services, sometimes at a high cost,
to neighboring communities.
With the county controlling the
fire service, several units—all of
the same type—are usually pur-
chased- at one time. This.lowers
production costs and consequently
the rate to the taxpayer is lower.
By this system, everyone re-
ceives equal fire protection so far
as possible, since sufficient units
are bought and so located as to
give fast and efficient service to
all areas.
When, a large fire occurs, one or
more trucks may easily be brought
into service. If one unit becomes
damaged, the other truck can eas-
ily cover the area until the break-
down is repaired.
The five Halifax County units
are built on heavy duty three -ton
chassis with two-stage centrifugal
pumps, rated at 500 Imperial gal-
lons at 120 lbs., and having a top
pressure of 400 lbs. The booster
tanks have a capacity of 500 Im-
perial gallons. The ladder con-
sists of a 35 -foot, a 24 -foot and a
14 -foot roof. Each trunk carries
1,000 feet of 2'%, -inch hose, and
1,000 feet of 1% -inch., 200 feet of
1 -inch booster hose and 30 feet of
4-inoh auction.
All acbessories, axes, nozzles
and lights are uniformly placed on
each truck so that firefighters
know eaisctly where they are when
fighting fires under conditions of
darkness or smoke, whether it is;
their own truck or one of the oth-
er units.
To meet the ever-increasing de-
mand for better firefighting equip-
ment Bickle-Seagrave engineers.
have come forward with a new
type high pressure pump.
This new four -stage centrifugal.
unit is designed for city and coun-
try use to give smooth, trouble-
free operation, since it produces
pressure up to 1,000 pounds for fog.
firefighting.
It has been found that the best
fog is produced at pressures be-
tween 800 and 900 pounds. This
new pump will feed 60 gallons of
water a minute to two high-pres-
sure fog guns.
Consequently, much water dam-
age is avoided and in stubborn ar-
eas where water is at a premium,
firefighters can work effectively
for over an hour with 400 to 500'
gallons of water.
This new, compact unit is about
20 inches long, 10 inches in diame-
ter, weighs less than 200 pounds.
and is made of cast bronze. It is
driven by the power -take off on the
transmission of the vehicle.
This pump can be readily in-
stalled on any fire truck now in
service, thus providing in a few
hours high pressure fog along with
low pressure volume.
The Township of Yarmouth in
Elgin County, has received the
first of these new fog producing
pumps.
It is mounted along with a 420-
g.p.m. Underwriter pump on a spe-
cial chassis with a 120 A.P. motor.
This new truck, rated as one of
the moat efficient types of town-
ship unit, also carries 450 Imperial
gallon water tank, a portable relay
Pump that can be carried to out- -
of -the -way water supplies a n d
pump water back to the tank on
the truck, two high pressure hose
reels, 700 feet of larger hose and
standard accessories.
In 1949-50, 22 cents out of every
federal government tax dollar went.
for welfare, social services and
grants to special classes, particn-
larly farmers, In the -lame year
the U.S. government spent 6 cents
per tax dollar for similar pur'posee-