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The Huron Expositor, 1952-03-21, Page 2t it,shed 1860 etean, Edit& _ -- it3sheTi"..at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ursday afternoon by McLean ember of Canadian "eekiy. Newspapers Association. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second CI'ss Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, March 21, 1952 Spring in the Air Spring arrives officially on March 21. And while there was a snowstorm last week -end, there is a feeling of Spring in the air. It is true there is lots of snow along the roads, and most people are wear- ing their winter clothing. But at' the same time a different feeling has crept into the atmosphere. The day- light hours have lengthened to the extent where it is now possible to fin- ish a day's work before darkness icornplete1y settles. - Spring moves northward at a pre- dictable rate. According to those who have studied the matter, the rate is about 17 miles a - day .for regions of comparable altitude. Of course, in hilly country the rate is slowed and that is the reason one can almost see the progress of Spring as it moves from the valleys to the hills. While the calendar says Spring is here, there are apt to be in the weeks ahead sudden snow squalls; gusty 'vends and all the other unpredictable eccentricities of this season cif the year. But despite these irritations and troubles, we can be reasonably sure that Winter is on the way out. • Build Farm Ponds Pointing out that Ontario's water tables are falling, the London Free ° Press- reviews means of putting a stop to the trend when it says: "One method is the creation of farm and village ponds. These -small masses of water help to check run- off, feed water back into the , sub- soil, and are valuable in fighting ural fires. "Whatever we can doto prevent the water tables falling to disastrous revels, and to increase soil moisture, we ought to do. Reforestation, build- ing dams, refilling swamps and mak- ing farm, ponds are useful practical methods. "The fire -fighting value of the pond. is an added attraction." • The "Good Old Daps" The so-called "good old days" on the farm are gone, never to return. Now that power -driven machinery is lifting the burden of drudgery from farm life and city comforts are rap- idly finding their way into rural dwellings, farmers are realizing that they must seek the best means .of Meeting 'entirely n e w situations arising from their modern way of life. , The Kincardine News points out that when you hear a man speaking with approval of farm life in "the good old days" and criticizing the changes brought • about by the in- creasing use ,of machinery during the present generation, you often find that Itis viewws on rural economics have changed but Iittle since the in- vention of the automobile. "(generally, too," the News says, bus recollections are tinged with nostalgia and softened by the golden mist °of memory. "Into his talk of conditions on the concession line when he was a bare - lea boy will 'come references to big ;tactics of hardwood in the woodshed, tlie''old iron` pump that needed prim- ins *hen it froze in the winter, the ttle:',that had to . be milked by . hand atter dad, the task of finding and ,� z g, gcbd" hired men, the toil of Wing many. acres- with team and ;i7r to garner the .food prepay- unda ice in the large farm • other details he recalls ie`up s ray of life in rd but.the re- isfy; 1TI ,a " But:tle`spi'te 010 Ogyets141U man who yearns fpr the,old'times, the a rival of the: tractor And .thepower line on the farm scene touched off changes that went far beyond the lightening of farm tasks. One of these is a change in viewpoint recog- nized in •a recent National Film Board motion picture, "The Son," which takes up the problem of ar- riving at satisfactory financial ar- rangement between a farmer and his grown son. "The solution suggested by the film is a contract making the father and the son partners in the farm, so that the son is given a sense of financial security and enabled to get married. There are probably others just as good." What Other Papers Say: Money in Trees. (Ontario Lands and Forests)' Does the bush pay? A Kemptville farmer says it does. He cut 22 trees last week which were worth $750 to him. He received $500 in cash for the veneer logs and the firewood he made from the tops of these elm, basswood and maple is worth( $250 in - his yard. This man takes a pride in managing his bush well. He selects for cutting each year the biggest ma- ture trees; cuts very few smaller than 24 inches on the stump; and he never lets his trees grow rotten be- fore cutting them. Keeping the cat tle out of the bush, he always has lots of young growth coming in and by using modern equipment he enjoys his bush work. • Do Pro -Hockey Clubs Exploit Young Players? (The London Free Press). When Art. Childs, M.L-.A., charged that professional hockey teams are exploiting young players through negotiation lists. and "C" forms he was merely bringing to the Legisla- ture a matter that has been discuss- ed widely elsewhere. But he can speak on the matter with special knowledge, for he was himself an •.O4 H.A. star. f or__several_years wuntll his retirement last fall. The matter was first brought to public notice by President G. E. Hall of the University of Western On- tario, who was particularly interest- ed in the effect such practices had on the education of young hockey play- ors. At that time there were official denials that aj'Iy harm was done. But the debate .has gone on. Mr. Childs says that at the next session of the Legislature he intends to present definite legislation to pro- tect young players. If this proves em- barrassing to professional hockey the clubs have only themselves to blame. They have had plenty of time to do their own housecleaningand plenty of notice regarding the need for doing so. • Advertising Hint (The Kincardine News) A couple of merchant'friends un-= dertook to lament publicly that their business had fallen off somewhat. Feeling sorry for them in their pre- dicament, we hastened to our ledg- ers to find how extensively they had advertised within the time immedi- ately preceding the decline in busi- ness and for the period of a year be- fore that and was surprised to find that their total outlay in that period was only a little more than the sub- scription price of this paper. Coincidentally, we read a report of an address given by Peter W. Webb, general sales manager o1 Courtaulds (Canada) Limited to the annual con- vention of the Retail Men's Wear ' Association, in which he said lower sales reflected the lack of aggressive merchandising and newspaper ad- . vertising. Mr. Webb cited figures which in- dicated retail sales in home furnish -L ings, appliances, increased apparel and food stores. have all their newspaper advertising substan- tially in the past twelve years, while men's store advertising showed a lineage drop: "The lack of aggressive, continu- ous • merchandising and newspaper. advertising is reflected in the de creased portion. of the consumer dol Jar . yen are receiving," M. Webb salol to the hint' oni to our orroww O ! (By Jafes Scott) SMALL: TOWN STUFF They have been having a little useful and sure as guns one of our trouble up in Teterboro lately. I number Will bake it and' send it Most of the papers have told the, around. We -know when people are atory of how a young vagrant, after in trouble. If Money is ,needed we serving his short sentence in the usually manage to raise it; if a local jail, was, allegedly, taken in child needs extra medical care and a police cruiser five miles out of his parents can't afford it, we U,9- ualiy manage to see that he gets, it. - Oh yes, that's small town stuff all right. "Make no mistake about that. But is that a bad `thing? Is it something to say with a sneer? Is it ,a defence against a charge of inhumanity to say that it is merely small' town stuff, thereby implying that nobody really advanced and modern in outlook would take it very. seriously? You know, I sometimes think that le exactly ,the way'a lot of us tend to look at things these 'days. I sometimes think wd' haven't got nearly enough small town stuff around — not even in the small towns themselves. At least I'm certain•of this. It is no joke to be homeless on 'a night when the thermometer is be- low zero, I•t is a terrible' thing to have no rlace to go. It is a ,er- rible thing, too, to be twenty-four years old' and to lose all your toes and part of your feet: No matter who is to blame you can't get away from the fact that this hap- pened; that it happened not too fa' away .from "here; that-.-it-occurred in a rich country which should know how to be neighborly. 1 wonder if it could have hap- pened -gi en a definite set of cir- cumstances — right here in this small" town:- Sometimes ' -as :I'm walking home I see an airman standing under a lamp post wait- ing for a lift up the road. `Often the night is rivet or cold; often he waits a long, long time. I wonder if anybody ever says, "Just a min- ute till I get out my car and 1'll run you up to Clinton?" That, to my mind, would be real,, honest -to -gosh, small town stuff. town and dumped. there in zero weather. Whatever happened— and the reports are conflicting -- the young man lost all the toes and part of both hint feet. • Naturally when this came to light there were many folk around who felt a sense of outrage and some very harsh words were said about the behaviour of the Peterboro po- lice. Now what happened, and why, is Peterboro's business, not mine, and I bave no doubt the pro- per investigations will be made. What did interest nie was the reaction of Peterboro's Chief of Police when the .indignation egret broke one According to one press report he calked the outcry "the darndest howling match," and do you know what he is said to have called that? ."Small town stuff!" Sniall town stuff, eh? Now then, I can only take this to mean that when citizens get aroused by some kind of action or deed which- they think is not hu- man and kind, then it is "small town stuff." And I take it, too, that as it was said it was supposed to -be -derogatory_ You know, the same thing certain peoplemean when they Ball a man from the copntry a •hick. Well now 1 wall agree with the Chief of Police that for people to be interested ip the welfare of ea-. other human being certainly is small town stuff. I do not =gees' that this kind ofe-good neighborli- ness is to be found only in small towns, but I do think it is n:ore to be seen there than most other places. For one thing, we hicks know a bit more about the goings on immediately around us than most city people. We know when a pie or a piece of cake might, be Seen in the Coasaty Papers Bald Eaglen Seen Working in the bush one day re- cently, Mr. Alvin Snell, of West- field, accenupanied by a neighbor, Mr. Hugh Wharton, saw a bird which they described as a bald eagle. The bird had a pure white head and tail, and was about the size of a hen, Mr, Snell' ,believes they are quite rare, at least it was the first one he had ever contacted in his district. ---Blyth Standard. ire Threatens- Stork - Fire threatened the Jervis block, Albert St„ Clinton, Thursday af- ternoon last, but prompt action of Clinton volunteer fire department served to extinguish the blaze, with damage estimated by Fire Ohief Grant Rath at $150. ' The fire broke out in the chimney in the rear of the building and burn- ed through a first -floor partition, destroying an electricswitch box. As a result, tenants. were minus heat or light for some time. Smoke , tiled both the lower and upper apartments. The blaze was notic- ed first by Bruce H. Fleet, who op- erates a restaurant in the front part of -the building and resides in the apartment to the rear where the fire started. — Clinton News - Record. Marks 90th Birthday On Tuesday, March 11, Mr. Rich- ard Johnston celebrated his 90th birthday. The occasion was mark- ed by a family dinner at his home, fleet line,' Teems.—-GGuests.-• nciuded his immediate family, Mre and Mrs. Charles F. Johnston and three sons, Mrs. Nethery, Cooper and. their daughter, Of Belgrave„ and Miss Emma Johnston, 'Mr. and Mrs. 'Sil- as Johnston, Walton; Mrs. James Peacock, Morris; ,Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Johnston, Mrs. W. J. John- ston and Mrs. Arthur Shaw, Blue - vale. Mr. Johnston is quite crip- pled with a form of rheumatism, but otherwise enjoys good health. Wingham Advance -Times. Hibbert Township; This -That (Pe Miss Belle'Campbell) Continued From Last Week) By 1848 settlers began to locate on farms at the east end of Con -1 cession, 8 and -9. Among the earl -I fest of these were Arthur Colqu- houn, Alex Colquhotin and John Miller. The route ohosen to reach this district was along the road south of Mitchell, which had been' opened in 1844, and for this reason these farms were taken up first. From 1849 to 1852 several others located along this concession, namely: Thomas Shillinglaw, Geo. Miller, Duncan McDougaIl, Mat- thew Miller, Thomas Muir, Martin Feeney, James Dow, James Norris, Charles Tuffin, Richard Hobham, John Drake, Daniel Wood, Daniel Weese, Thomas Fell and Daniel,, Geary. Concession 10• and 11 got lts first settlers in 1849. Andrew Morgan, Andrew Park, William, Francis and George Hamilton were the first to arrive. These were followed by Sandy Park, Sr., Donald Park, San- dy'Park, Jr., John Dow, John Barr, John Hamilton and Francis Ham- ilton, Sr. To the west or "Crom- arty in the early fifties came John Ferguson, John Moore, James Tay- lor, J6hn Taylor, Richard Meters and the Hoggarths—Joseph, the father, and his sons; Robert, John and James, who all took up farms on Concession 10 and 11, John McLaren, with bis eons, Alex, Duncan and John,,arrived • on Concession 12 and 13 in. 1850. These were followed in the same year by William Butler, Thomas ()kappel, John Whyte, Thomas Wren. and Michael. O'Keefe. Other early set tiers on the 12th and 13th were William Anderson, fellap 11facDoa- gald, Duncan 'MacDouglad, Malcolm Lamond, . John McLean, Gilbert Robertson, Wm. Trebilcock, Henry McCool, ,Durion Pearson and Geo. McCool. John McTaggart s'ettied at the west end of ;Concession 14 on the ,Boundary, in 1849, . and in 1851 Robert, John and Walter Gardiner settled on the same concession at the east end, . near the Thames Road, which is now 'Highway No. $3. Other settlers on the Boun- dary in the early 5'0's were Wil- liam and John Towers, 'ilCiilllam Millar and Tobias 'Ryeloman Here and there were a few 541181- ters along the .different &inces- eletie•., Thenames df .most of these have been fangottert Among thell *tire the Olark bretaere, Unite Taylor and "Little Alex" Ferguson. A few like Alex Brenner, James F. Waterberry, Job Elwworth, Rev. Williamson, Rev. Isaac Ayleswortb, Hon. James Gordon, John Living- ston, Mr. Treleaven, Hon. Donald McDonald, owned, but they nor a member of their family never liv- ed on the property. Others came but soon drifted off to other is andlittle more was heard of th m. Among such first owners we d these names: Robert Barns, Fran- cis Dixie, John Hudson, Gilbert Robertson, George Trebilcock, John McGregor, William Trebilcock, Col- in Campbell, Thomas Laird, Daniel Larke, Robert Armstrong and Wm. Wallis. Because a number secured their farms on the leasehold system, leasing from the Canada Company for five or ten years, the date of purchase on t1 deeds is incl, later than the ii rad of settlement on the farm, as the settler did not get his deed till the purchase price was paid it} full, In some cases one member of the family came a few months before the others to take up as ninny .farms as were needed, but it was a •common custom to choose from a map and speak for a farm with- out seeing. it. Such was the case with Duncan Stewart. He decided to take the farm a nephew, John Livingston, had bought, but hada not •lived. on. This (farm was on the northwest „corner, Lot 16, Con- cession 11, at 'Croma'rty. But when Stewart arrived he found , too many English and too few Scotch in the settlement, so decided to ,take up hie. abode near his avid bine Scot- tish; friends, the Morgans, and the Baifours. hilt Anderson had chos- en. Lot 21, 'C'oncession 10, west of eromarty, but decided when he saw it ,that it was toe far from civil- its ion. He, too, .returned and set- tled in the southeast corner of the township: Pour other stalwart young •men—lWiiliam Horton, Jon- as Sinrinons, Robert Alexander and Abraham Bolton --each . chose his future home as the four stood at the intersection ea the ,bou'mdary., Bolton and Alexander diose the enek lir TJ+ebortle. and Horton and Simmons the two in Hibbert, •l+or long years they lived and, labored peaceably hide by side, and today' they He deed tegetkei' in their last resting ilio •- cMeTaggarre C re. rely; 'ori rife' ?ItiIt!_ lrltcdet tfye010): Gone Inteleeatinel Items; Pleked From The Huron Expoalitor of Twen- ty-ffva and Fifty Years Ago , Frotn The. HUren Expositor A ,Marsh 25, 1927 Mr. Nelson Goveniock, of WIn- bhrop,.• has treated himself to a Ford sedan, and Mr. Neil Montgom- ery la sporting .a Ford coupe, A" n town' '"orchestra, to be know the Night Hawks, has been organized in Seaforth, com- posed of the following members: Earl Van Egmond, phgrles Ross, Ed. Daly, J. Daly and R. O. Willis. Mr. Robert J. Green, of the Parr Line, near Zurich,, had a success- ful sale of farm stook on Tuesday. Mr. Green has rented his farm to his neighbor, Mr. Thos. Kyle, who will move onto it April 1. •1VIr. W. Trethewey•this week dis- posed of his brick residence, ad- joining Seaforth •on the west, to Mr. Samuel Cudmore, of near 'Kip - pen. Reeves Beattie of Seaforth, Ken- nedy of Tuckersmith, and dlcQuaid of McKillop, were in Goderich on Wednesday attending a special ses- sion of the County 'Council. Mrs. Thos.. Pullman has leased the residence of Mr. Alex Kennedy on Nortih•Main St. The (St. Patrick's social, held in Duff's United Church, Walton, on Friday evening, was a delightful occasion. Those who took part in the program were: Miss B. David- son, Mrs. Gardiner, `Muriel and Jane Dundas, Miss Laidlaw, Flora Har- ris, Mrs. McDonald, Mabel and Ar- thur Bewley, John McArthur and chorus by the choir. From The 'Huron Expositor March 28, 1902 Mrs. A. Johnston, Walton, had the misfortune to break her arm. Mr. Herbert Morrison has open- ed a bicycle shop in the south store o theH lmeste bloc in town. f o d k Mr. Andrew Stewart, of the Sea - forth Milting Co., has leased the Kidd residence on the corner of Market and High St., 'and will oc- cup it shortly. Mr.' George Stewart went to Win; nipeg on Thursday. He. will spend some time in the West with the in- tention of locating in the Terri- tories. Mr. Wan. Reid, oldest son of Mr. Andrew Reid, Varna, had the mis- fortune to lose a piece of two of *le, (lingers ,on tM'o;td*jr 01464i.r^* ;leg woad with , circular ssw_at J. " eAsh's, near '1Y 'on T. R, Williamson anti `.f" iT TToiui- Ston, of Walton; have engaged 'with Mr. Wim. Riley for the building sea- son. Mr, Riley has the contract for 11 'barrrs, besides other small con, - tracts. At •a largely attended meeting of ilacroase enthusiasts 'le the council c11,t n1rQ 't��?w' 4[:04447 .+went,; Heaver dub way re,�r4044i too ,seaRpn, The edia)E1 g tlfftn W01, e edeas , .-41.911.; pi's# r 4.. u. ,$road?soteee era. , W." g. Pearc„e; pies., w I : W4111e; pros., Ii. ¥, Jaclisoni. , ?t'ernrr Beattie; treas,r Robt. Wilson• Mau-, ager, Thos. Hatcher; eein nittee, W. ii,. Baker, Irk ZVI4Leod,; W. Mc ouu gall, T. Johnston anti_:P Mulcahy. There le No Bargain Basement In ' The Money Mark!t. • Can you imagine a clearance sale is a money market? 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