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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1951-10-19, Page 2tl zT TWO • THE HURON EXPOSITOR A THE HURON EXPOSITOR Established 1860 A. Y. McLean, Editor Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, October 19 In Terms of Work While nobody denies the fact that prices today are' high, it is interest- ing to know that the cost of living, in terms of work, has been going down steadily for some years. Prime Minister St. Laurent, in speaking in the Throne debate on Monday, referred to a study recent- ly completed, which indicates that the average worker must work much less than formerly to earn the same amount of goods. What thi;p means, of course, is that despite inflation, despite high prices, despite defence expenditures, the standard of living has advanced. The figures show the amount of foodstuffs the average worker in Canada could purchase with one hour of work in various times: Oct. Oct. June 1139 1950 1951 Bacon 1.3 lbs. 1.5 lbs. 1.7 lbs. Eggs 1.2 doz. 1.5 doz. 1.6 doz. Potatoes 22.8 lbs. 36.6 lbs. 39.1 lbs. Bread 7.3 lbs. 9.5 lbs. 9.9 lbs. Milk 4.1 qts. 5.6 qts. 5.9 qts. Tea 0.7 lbs. 1 lbs. 1.1 lbs. Coffee 1.1 lbs. 1.1 lbs. 1.1 lbs. Sugar 6.4 lbs. 8.5 lbs. 9 lbs. Butter 1.4 lbs. 1.5 lbs. 1.7 lbs. While this study referred only to food, the Canadian Business Service, a Toronto research organization, has carried out a review based on 1948 information. The same trend to- wards a higher standard of living is indicated. For example, it cost the average North American worker in 1914 six hours work a week to feed each member of his family, and in 1948 less than four hours. It cost him 17 days of work in 1914 to buy one complete outfit of clothing and nine days in 1948. • Canada Savings Bonds The national campaign for Canada Savings Bonds, sixth series, got un- der way the first of this week. Can- adians are urged to buy the bonds, bearing interest at 3.21 per cent. if held to maturity, as a personal in- vestment, which at the same time will assist in combatting inflation and contribute to the national pre- paredness program. Terms of the new issue are expect- ed to attract the largest sale in the history of Canada Savings Bonds. An increased interest rate of 3.21 i;. if the bonds are held until maturity, provide a greater return for those who hold their bonds the longest. Previous bond issues paid a straight 2.75 per cent. Bonds will mature 10 years and nine months from date of issue, Nov. 1, 1951, although they may be re- deemed at any time at their full face value at any bank. Popularity of Canada Savings Bonds is pointed out by the' -fact that more than 960,000 Canadians have made or are making average bond purchases of $295 during the 12 - month period ending October, 1951. Other new feature of the bonds is the increase from $1,000 to $5,000 as the limit of holdings in the name of any one individual. Not only the attractive interest Tate, but also the necessity of every- one saving to fight inflation, should result in there being a greatly in- creased demand for Canada Savings Bonds. What Other Papers Say: To Those Who Need (Windsor Star) Helped along by Canada's bounti- ful harvest the world in 1951 will produce more bread -grains than in any year since 1938. Farmers, as- sisted by nature, have done their job Well. Let's hope other men do equal- ly well, in distributine' this staff of le to those who need it. Farmers Are Good Risks (Stettler Independent) Canadian farmers are good credit risks. During the six years in which the Farm Improvement Loans Act has been in operation, a total of over $170 million has been loaned -a .56.8% of its repaid on sche rule. Chartered banks, which co-ope t with the Dominion Government, made no claims for losses during the first four years; and claims since then have amounted to only .0115% of aggregate loans for the whole per- iod. A relatively small number 'of loan extensions have been made. • Clean Streets (The Strathroy Age Dispatch) Have you noticed the nice clean, spruce appearance of the streets in Strathroy's business section on Sun- day mornings in recent weeks? It is not so long ago that the town's business section on Sunday morning had all the appearance of rubbish -lit- tered back lanes. They were most unprepossessing sight after a busy day of Saturday shopping. Now all this is changed. As citizens make their way to church they find the streets clean and tidy. The differ- ence is a couple of hours work on Sunday morning by the road depart- ment employees. They get started with their cleaning early and by the time that most citizens have made an appearance the streets have been cleaned and swept. • The Side Roads in October (The Ottawa Journal) When October glory glows on the hills and valley woodlands resemble Oriental rugs of blended scarlets and yellows, purples and browns, a man should leave the hard -surfaced val- ley roads and climb a winding high road into the hills. Away from noisy and speeding traffic that rushes man and his products from one population centre to another, there are roads that twist and amble leisurely along the shoulders and over the crests of upland ridges. A man needs to get away occasion- ally from the tensions and pressures of everyday living. On the side roads in October one can relax and regain a perspective that is too often lost in the milling throngs and confusing .marts of commerce. There are high places from ,which one can look across the valleys to distant moun- tains, softened by the shimmering blue haze that is a part of tenth month beauty. -The high roads in October are not commercially important, but there are those who learn as they travel the years that some of Life's great- est values do not have a price tag. • • Art Of ' Invective (Edmonton Journal) The current British election cam- paign suggests the fine old art of in- vective and abuse is sadly on the de- cline. The only exchange of this kind so far reported is that betWeen Prime Minister Attlee and Lady Violet Bonham Carter,one of the leading Liberal speakers. Prime Minister At- tlee, rather surprisingly, called her "a dead fly," and she replied by de- scribing him as "a political refrigera- tor." This is pretty feeble stuff, and not to be compared to the insults that British leaders used to hurl in better days. Tho most quoted of these slams ig probably Disraeli's descri tiWf of Gladstone as "a sophisticate rhetori- cian inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity." More elegant, and probably deadlier, was Richard Brinsley Sheridan's summary of an opponent's speech in Parliament: "The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts." In those days they used the rapier, whereas later generations did their best work with the bludgeon. Win- ston Churchill used to be a notable master of this weapon, as when he described the vacillating Ramsay Macdonald as "the Boneless Wonder" or opened a review of•Trotsky's mem- oirs with: "Now the discharged ex- ecutioner grows garrulous by the fireside." CROSSROADS (By James Scott) "JOY AND TEARS" It was- about four o'clock when I first happened• to glance out of the office window and caught sight of the flag with the boy. It w as a Un- ion Jack, about a yard tong and the Little shaver who was carrying it so proudly wasn't touch taller than that himself. He was stand- ing right on the tomer and he must have been old enough to un- derstand something of what was going on, for he certainly looked excited. Maybe the slender old lady who was standing next to hint had told him acbout the Princess and the Duke. Maybe she even recalled other days in the Old Land and )ther Royal processions, and other Princesses and Princes. Site was wearing a tartan overcoat of un- fashionable length, and one of bhose shapeless felt hats which you we so often on ladies from the Motherland. And she, too, was car- rying a flag -a modest little Jack which had a genteel air of dignity Ind propriety about it: the kind of flag a patriotic lady of the old school could carry without being ostentatious about it. As the street filled up I would glance out every so often to see how this patriotic pair were get- ;ing on. More and more people 'ook up their positions along the ^urb, but they were a well-behaved crew w•Iho came with mingled feel- ings of respect and exuberance to +ee Canada's next queen. They did not push the old lady or the little boy. Then the bands carte, up and down .Bay Street they nrarched- •he Grenadier Guards in busbies end' scarlet and gold and the Sig - oil Corps Bugle Band in buainess- ike khaki touched off by gleaming bite should•erstraps and gloves. rhe crowd began to get excited ,specially the little boy who began o wave his oversize flag. And then things became still twin. People began to get a lit- tle t'red of waiting. They pulled nut their watches, checked them with the big clock on the City Hall 'ower. A solitary motorcycle police• man roared up the street and the crowd, glad of any excuse, cheered him mightily. And still they didn't come, and dusk was falling and it was the time of day when most people would be normally sitting down to supper. But L kept watching the little boy and the old lady, still 'waiting staunch and expectant, still as keen as ever to see Mem. Three-quarters of an hour late, a mighty cavalcade swung into the bottom of the street -a flying wedge of motorcycles, a couple of press and police cars, and then, flanked 'by red -coated Mounties on motorcycles, a large black limous- ine. The crowd was perplexed; there was not much cheering. Which car held the Royal visitors? We had all expected an open. machine to carry them. Where was it? The procession had moved about a block and. a half up the street before most of us realized that the Princess and the Duke were coop ed up in that big black car. It was quite dark by then, so I guess I really couldn't see, but I'd swear I saw a. tear of disappoint meat trickle down that loyal little fellow's cheek, and I'm stfre that the little old lady stood a Tittle more stiffly as she realized what was happening -happening after a long trek downtown, a long wait on a chilly streetcorner. But somebody else suddenly re- alized what was happening too. Just as the big black car drew abreast of the corner, where the lad and the old lady stood, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, rolled down his window and stuck' his head right out. It nearly knocked off his naval cap, but he didn't care. And it was no stiff, naval solute he gave the people. Like an exuberant young ster he waved to the throng look-' ing as if he was enjoying the whole show, and as' if he was honestly glad to see all those people, to see the little boy with the big flag and the old lady with the tartan coat and her dignified flag. As the dusk gathered in and the procession slowly moved on up to the City Hall, there were still two people -the young and the old - waving happily, with a warm glow in their hearts for the thoughtful young Consort who wanted every- body to be ,happy. Seem the County Papers Wins Radio Mrs. J. Wellington Herts was the lucky winner of a new radio in the i Moffat Feature Range Contest,' spf nsored' b'- Snelgrove's. The 'r•'w• was held on Saturday night •'nd Miss Judy S•e'^rove drew the winn'ng ticket -Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Bad Accident At Corner A car 'r'ven b W'll'am Nicicol- =nn. I,t' Il u•••\ alt., w h ch was fro• eed''ng north on , Diagonal Fond. was 'n eo'lis'on v i'h a tar driven y Mr?. George M:•Ar:bur, of Wm - ton, i-Io•o, et the int'•rsection of Dia.on- •'1 and Victoria. Mr. -McArthur was heading east on Vict.ori,t 5t. No person was injured and ne charges have been laid.-Wingham i Ad vance-Times, Honored By Friends Mr. Norman Gaamont was guest( rf honor at thd" home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McFarlane, Sth conces- sion of Grey, recently when friends and neighbors gathered to spend a social evening with him before he left the neighborhood to reside in Brussels. He was presented with a number of miscellaneous gifts. In a suitable reply Mr. Lamont thank- ed them for their kindness. A nieasant evening was spent play- ing cards. Lunch was served. - Brussels Post. Named Game Club Secretary Joseph, H. Murphy was elected secretary and a director of I3uron Fish and Game Conservation As- sociation at the October meeting held in the Board. Room, Ontario Agricultural Office. He succeeds Glenn Lockhart, who has moved to Owen Sound. . Thomas A. Steep succeeds Mr. Murphy as assistant secretary of the club. Tom 'Twy- ford and Jack Clegg were appoint- ed directors. It was decided to hold the annual turkey banquet in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church basement on November 21.-Ciits- ton News -Record. 7., Airmen Drive Royal Car Residents of Exeter and mem- bers of bhe R.C.A.F., Centralia, are playing a very important part in the Royal tour now taking place in Canada. Sgt. John Pascal, of town, had the honor of being chaeuffer for the Princess and the Duke of Edinburgh from Dorval Airport to Quebec. He performed the same duties at Ottawa and: Hull and will at. Wind•or. WO.1 W T. Greenhou.gh, of town. will be the driver of the Princess' car in Toronto and Ham'iton. Fit Sgt. S holard and Sgt. Roy will be �a�tong the drivers of the party at Kingston and Kapuskasing.--Exe- ter Times -Advocate. Marks 90th Birthday A lifelong r•es'dent of Wiugham, Mrs. V. R. VanNorman, celebrated her 90th birthday on Saturday at the hone of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Ross, where she has resided for the past 23 years. Bill Connell was present to play the bagpipes for Mrs. VanNorman, who is of Scot- tish descent. The former Agnes Jane Geddes, of Belgrave, her hrys- band was a onetime police officer lir Wingham and tater was in the cattle business. He passed away45 years ago. There are three daugh- ters surviving, ail of whom were present here on Saturday. These, are Mrs. A. H. Maize of Toronto Mrs. A. H. Sainsbury, of Toronto and Mrs. G. H. Ross of Wingham. -Wingham 'Advance -Times. Driver Hits Pump and Building When a motor car went out of control during the early hours of Thursday morning, it struck a taxi cab in front of White's ice cream -parlor, careened acrose the road, knocked off the gasoline pump of Snider Motors, carried it half way across the intersection, then struck and knocked off a "stop" sign and came to rest up against R. E. Rus- sell's building. The driver suffered from shock and received a cut on the jaw while a companion was ma injured. The Deluding car was bad- ly daWa'ged and a fender of the taxi. O id pied. Josephs A. I9eladrdu, of fine R.C.A.P., Centralia, wit IrVen Guy as a passenger, were Motoring north when the accident occurred. Night Constable John Cowan investigated. Dr. Dunlop was called and Delodau was re- moved to the station hospital in an ambulance. -Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor October 15, 1926 Last Saturday just after dinner, word was received iu Zurich that the barn on the farm of Paul Masse, Bronson. Line, was .on tire and many residents hurried to the scene. He lost all his crdir, togeth- er with the building. Mr. Harry Arnold, one of the pioneer -businessmen of Hensall, and who hasbeen associated with the banking busine s> ever since he became a resident of the village, has tendered his resignation. W. A. Houston, Brockville, has been ap- pointed as successor to Mr. Arn- old. Dr. C. Mackay, W. J, Duncan and J. G. Mullen have each purchus.ed Willys-Knight sedans from G. C. Bell, the local agent. Some alarm was caused Wednes- day when it became known that George Boa, of Chiselhurst, who was working far -Mr. T. Drove had not retie net to his work Search parties were organized and •tbout forty men scoured the neigh• borhood, but without success. Dar- ing the evening it was reported that he had been found working for a farmer some 10 miles dis- tant. , Mr. Eldon Jarrott, of Hillagr'een, left for Michigan last week where he intends to work, Mr. Walter Miller, North Main St., has a 200 -bushel crop of pota- toes that will take a lot of heating. They average two pounds each, :Ind one picked at random measur- ed 14'. x 12 inches. Crop Report For Huron Silo4fil1ing, fail plowing and harvesting of the apple crop are the main activities on bbe farina these days. The harvest of clover seed continues, with yields well above average. Corn for grain pur- poses is maturing nicely. Large numbers of stockers and fee$er cattle are coming into the county from the West. Storing Pruits and Vegetables It is generally possible to con- struct at small expense in the base- ment, a suitable home storage for fruits and vegetables. The object of all storage equip- ment is to control the temperature and humidity,of the air in the'stor- a.ge room. For this reason the space given over to storage should be well insulated, should have some method of cooling with out- side air, and an arrangement for increasing the Ihttatidity. ,Insulation can be provided by us- ing insulating - board in the con- struction of the room, or by using loose insulating material with ord- inary lumber. Insulating materials of all kind must be kept dry to be fully efficient and heat leakage through joints must' be avoided. Ventilation can generally be pro- vided by merely opening a window. Preferably a duct can be construct- ed onstructed which will carry the cool air down to near floor level. The warm air rises and canbe carried away by a second opening. Out- s'de sunlight should not be admit- ted to storage rooms. It not only increases temperatures but also causes sprouting of onions, pota- toes and other vegetables•. Win- dows and other openings which al- low sunlight to enter should. be (Continued on Page 6)• hotel in McKillop, that at Dublin. Mr. J. J. Irvine, Leadbury, has' completed teaming 2,000 bushels of grain to Seaforth. Mrs. J. H. Reid. teacher in the Methodist Sunday School, .and her OCTOBER 19,, 1951 and -presented 'Miss ida Watson with a handsome bo6k of peens• and an appropriate address. Mr. George Baldwin has purchaia ed from the Thames Motor Co. of Buffalo, N.Y., cine of their auto-bi evening roadster bicycles. pupils, met Wednesday From The Huron Expositor October 18, 1901 Mr. David McCcnnell's save in Hibbert on Wedne: day was a most successful one. Mr. Ed. Case, Sea - forth, bought a thoroughbred Dur- ham bull calf for which he paid $115. The hotel buildings at Leadbury were completely destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. It was sup• posed to have originated in the hallway. There is now left only one Those Were The Days • Grandfather kept a cow for his milk. He often made his own shoes. His cash require- ments were small because he bartered his services for his family needs. Today - with our tremendous industrial growth, our needs have increased but our purchases are now made by either cash or, credit. Your use of cash or credit for everyday needs requires good management and sound budgeting. Occasionally the pattern breaks, due to sickness, unemployment or unforeseen emergencies. Wise borrowing can then protect one of the greatest assets enjoyed in modern family life - good credit standing in the community. Unlike "the good old days", we today have learned to use the experience of others for our own benefit. 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