The Huron Expositor, 1952-10-10, Page 214
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SEAFORTH, Friday, October 10
Poor Attendance
Lamenting the lack of interest in
district plowing matches, the Kin-
•cardine News points out that "de-
spite the advances in mechanization
of farming, there still remains the
need of a straight furrow being plow-
ed, whether a single horse is drawing
the plow point or same mechanical
behemoth is pulling a multitude of
them through the earth. Care of the
land is more important today than
ever before, as the land gets used
more and more without, in too many
cases, having vital properties replac-
ed after useage.
"The plowing match offers an op-
portunity to learn how this can be
done. The man on the sidelines can
learn as much as the -man stepping in
the furrow behind the plow, which is
but one reason attendance of both
should show an increase.
"To us, it has been a° constant
source of puzzlement why such ev-
ents do not attract more interest,
both from participant and spectator
standpoint. Of course, a large match
like the international, which com-
bines the better features of fairs and
farm gatherings and brings together
the top plowmen from a wide area,
gets, a full entry list as well as an at-
tendance running into six figures.
"But the smaller matches, such as
the Bruce County event, oftimes finds
classes slimly .filled and honors going
by default. This is not as it should
be"
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Tourist Attraction
The subject of attracting tourists
to a particular municipality is one
that arouses interest . in any wide-
awake town. Many and varied are
the- suggestions, each of which is de-
signed to lure a tourist dollar.
Now the Financial Post comes up
with a simple idea—one that can be
put into practise at practically no
cost. The Post says:
"There's a very simple way to make
tourists stop in your town, even with-
out a Niagara Falls or a set of quin-
tuplets in your backyard. Give them
some convenient place where they
can get a drink of good cold water
and put a sign over it so they can see
it from the highway.
"On hot days, 'after miles of nar-
row bridges, hairpin curves, back-
seat drivers and that lumpy feeling
inside, there comes a time when all
the soft drinks, ice cream or `licensed
bOtel ...' signs on earth won't get
Horatio away from the wheel. But
the lure of a good cold drink of wa-
ter in some shady spot would do the
trick.
"The horses used to have water
troughs. Yet few towns provide the
same for man. If they did, it might
be . that in time even local citizens
would find the water good for them,
too."
time there_ Accidental fads -out of
windows, cuts with sharp objects,
bruises and burns are among the
common types of accidents which be-
fall homemakers and their aides.
Nine -tenths of the victims who fell
from windows were young adults and
the majority of the mishaps occurred
when the persons were . engaged in
washing windows.
Many chores around the house can
lead to tragedy if proper caution is
not exercised. These include the re-
pair and installation of screens and
awnings, hanging clothes out to dry
or taking them in, shaking rugs out
of windows, repairing window -panes
and the like. Some individuals/plung-
ed to their death when they leaned
too far out of a window to see or call
to a person odtside. Even the act of
opening and closing a window may
entail risk of Limb or life, especially
when done by a person not fully
awake. Sleepwalkers have been
known to fall out. Mol windows with
fatal results.
In about a fourth of the fatalities
which have happened in recent years
among adults, common contributing
factors have been dizzy spells, epilep-
tic seizures or other illnesses.
o
Danger Spots
One's home is a dangerbus place.
And in the home the most dangerous
place is the kitchen, according to a
survey conducted recently in Michi-
gan. Next in line from the stand-
pp'�iint of danger was the yard. Tlie
k
Wien produced the highest injury
'a p among females, while the most,
SSW were injured in the yard.The
living -room Was found to produce an-
tier hig,accdent toll for both sex-
ale
exale in the home averages
ciders compared to the
pin C) e of the reasons that
(;t males are injured
ry hat woi nen ,spend more
What Other Papers Say:
Safety First ''--
(Manchester Guardian)
' The appearance , in a suburban
train the other morning of what is
described as "a highly colored and
somewhat unsuitable shirt of the col-
lar -attached variety" was–explained
by a lost collar stud. The wearer of
the shirt had been unable to locate it,
though almost turning his house up-
side down in the attempt. In the dis-
cussion following this explanation,
five out of six men present admitted
that they kept no spare stud against
such an emergency.
The one shining exception boasted
that he always had two studs in re-
serve. "And I keep them," he added,
"where one always looks first—one
under the bed and the other under
the chest of drawers, hard against
the wall."
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Seen
in the County Papers
Years Axone
fntereatinp Items Picked From
- - -
The Huron ExposltP.r of Twen-
Bayfield Club Honors Mc. Webb
Before leaving Bayfield, gas, H.
J. E. Webb, who was honorary
president of Trinity Club, was the
recipient of a pretty cup and saucer
from members of the club in re-
membrance of their happy days to-
gether.—Clinton News -Record.
Clinton Bingo Winners
At the Lions Club bingo held in
the arena Last week to increase' the
fund for the installation of artificial
ice, the winner of $500 was Mrs.
Frank Haines, Clinton. The second
$500 was divided between Mrs.
Steven Wellbaaks, Londesboro. and
Mr. Andrew Johnston, Clinton.—
Clinton News -Record.
Human Error
(London Spectator)
How many, out of the deplorable
total of road accidents, are unavoid-
able ? The answer, and it should pro-
voke sobering reflections, is—very
few. The vast majority are due to
human error, sometimes venial,
sometimes criminal.
That emerges plainly from figures
given in the House of Commons.
There were 177,608 accidents in the
twelve months Juni+e, 1951 -May, 1952.
Of these, 136,063 are listed as due to.
errors of judgment or negligence.
The cause of .another 6,699 is given
as "vehicle defects," there is obvious-
ly some degree of negligence involv-
ed here. Road conditions ar respon-
sible for 1,401 and the residue of 33,-
466 seem to be unaccounted for.
The fact that as many as 46,007
pedestrians were found to be at fault,
as compared with 49,648 motorists,
seems surprising till it is remember-
ed how far the former class outnum-
ber the latter.
the Exeter branch of the Canad•'an ') ty-nve and Fifty Years Ago 1
Legion at the Exeter Arena last
coach at the bingo sponsored by
week. A crowd of approximately
one thousand Persons was Present-
T)re major prizes were won as .fol -
From . The Huron Expositor
October 7, 1927
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OCTOBER 10, 1952
OperCloud Corston
By T. C. Bridges -
onP
ATER I
IT WASN'T FARRELL
In the dim light the saw a great
mass of loose stone rolling down, ,.
on
lows_ Mrs. Kiigonr, R.C.A.F., $100; Mrs. Arch Scott, Ottawa, who then came a broad glow of sheet went. That new bullof ours had,
Campbell, R.C.A.F., $100; Mar-
Je Hatfield, R.C.A.F., split the spent the summer with her son in lightning, and in its pale glare the cut himself. I helped him put the
lene Wooiaeott, Mitchell, $100; Xthe Edmonton, and with -other friends figure of a man was plainly visible stuff on. But what grudge couldt.
and Charlie. St. Marys, and Mrs.
West, is at present pending for an instant on top of the•poil the Farrells have against you?"
,y a $ew weeks with relatives and heap, outlined against the lumin- "That's easy. They resent my
$4 t ; prize. J. B. Creech won the friends in Seaforth. ous cloud. s
recreation softball .benefit fund Miss Sparks, of Stewart Bros.' Peter's lips tightened:
"So it was no accident," he mut-
tered. "But who the devil would
play a trick like that?"
He waited. A few tons of rock
rolled to the bottom and struck
the wall, but the main crass re-
mained firm. Peter lay low, but
it was some time before there was
the os erection of`f east
end
for this meat t another flash and, when it did
purpose. ' The east end. has been h come, there was no sign of his
lag out to the level of the river tel recently opened in London. secret enemy.
presenting a huge thole where once Nearly 150 people gathered at the Peter was puzzled. There was
the old bridge was supported by home of Mr. and Mrs. George Fair- something he did not understand
earth. There is very little water in bairn, on the 12th eonceesioa of I about this futile attack. An idea
the river now. At the moment the Tuckersmith, an D(iondap evening, occurred to him and he crept away
work proceeding in this locality is the event being a shower -in honor down the fes aide of the bank. Ah,
the centre of attraction for those of their daughter, May, prior to here it was, a peg and a wire at-
-Mitchellaith a little time on their hands. her marriage. After the presenia tacked to it. And that wire
Advocate. tion of gifts, which were both use- stretched right across the ' road.
ful and costly, a dainty lunch was Now he 'had it. The falling stones
L.O.L. Confers Degrees served, and afterwards the large were meant to scare him into a
At a meeting which was largely company passed the time danEiug.'sprint. •The wire would have done
Mr. John Hay has sold his lana 1 the rest, and he would have been
attended, the Woodham L.O.L.de-on the 9th concession, Tuckersmith. I lucky to escape with his lite. He
gree team conferred the Loyalto Jackson Bros., of Arkona, Mid - I would certainly have been a hos-
Woodham
degree on candidates from diesex County. This farm contains i pita) case. He frowned, then
Woodham and Lakeside. Viking 2� acres, with splendid buildings, chuckled.
brethren were present from prat and there is not a better farm in "The blighter can't afford to
ford, Lakeside, St. Marys, Varna, Huron County. leave this wire across the road.
Bayaeld,'Clinton, Seaforth, Liman Presently h w 11 come to lift tt
and Crediton. The past state grand •
master, of Port Huron, and ,other
officers were present. At the close From The Heron Expositor
"No. The lightning only showed
an outline. Tell zne, has Farrell,
been off the place?"
"I saw him half an hour ago. He:
c me into the house for some Hal -
Grand Old Lady is 92
To Mrs. R. 11. Pomeroy, "the
grand old lady" of Fullerton vil-
lage, go sincere good wishes on her
92nd birthday, which sire quietly
observed last week. Considering her
advanced years she is in fair health
and particularly enjoys calling at
the homes of her friends in the vil-
lage and having them visit her.
Although very ill in the spring, she
made a spiendidrreeovery.—Mit-
cdeil Advocate.
radio. Exeter Times -Advocate.
Pour Concrete For New Bridge •
Work on the Main St. bridge this
week has taken an added interest.
Last week many workmen were
busy mixing and pouring concrete
for the west abutment' following
millinery department, was on a
buying trip to Toronto this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Habkirk, of
McKillop, have leased part of Mrs.
McGonigle's residence on North
Main St.
Mr. Walter Robinson was in To-
ronto this week purchasing equip -
for he barber shop he .will
open in Hotel London, the new o -
Appointed C.N.R. Agent
A Lucknow man, Alex W. Hamil-
ton, has taken over as C.N.R. agent
here, filling the post left vacant
when Charlie Blythe was transfer-
red to Owen Sound. Mr. Hamilton
comes here from Hanover, where
he has been agent for the past five
months. A veteran of 46 years in
the railroad business, he served 34
of them in Lucknow. Mr. Hamil-
ton's home is still in I,ucknew. One
of his main interests is conserva-
tion work and he has the honor of
being the president of the Luc -Tee-
Win Conservation Club, which is
doing such a fine job in this area.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Lady Wins New Car
Mrs. Pauline Sererchi, of Grand
Bend, wife of Tony Sercerchi, of
the R.C.A.F., was winner of the
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Or "Sweet-Toothers"
(Sunbury Daily Star)
Are the people of Ontario becom-
ing "cake -eaters" and "dunkers?"
Ontario bakers report that they
produced $94,000,000 worth of food
products in 1951, of which $22,000,-
000 was in pies, cakes and cookies,
and $4,500,000 was in doughnuts.
The bakers have found that the
consumption of bread has been de-
clining over the years, but there has
been a substantial increase in the
consumption of rolls, buns, scones
and baked "sweet, raised goods."
Advance of the "sweet tooth" trend
could also be attributed to the in-
crease in the nwnbe'r of children
through a rising birth rate, as well
as the immigration of large numbers
of people from • sweet -rationed coun-
tries on.the .other side of the hemi-
sphere.
In any event, baking is still big
business in the province, with bak-
eries employing upwards of 14,000
employees for a payroll of more than
$28,000,000.
being here. They know I'm back-
ing
back
ing you." -
"It might be,"
"Hang the luck!
quit of them."
"Don't worry. You and I are- .
more than a match for them." He
turned towards the house. "I hope
you've left some supper for me. 1
could eat a horse."
"You won't get horse, but it's
rabbit pie and that's not rationed.
Come on in."
George Stanbury proved a cheery
soul and Peter and Derek both
were sorry when a taxi came next
morning to take him home. I3e-
fore he went he made them prom-
ise that they would come to see
him in Taverton.
"And as for that girl you pulled,
out of the wreckage, Martyr, 1'11
ask Pugh about her and drop you
a line."
The day was spent on various.
farm jobs. The more Peter saw of
Coraton the better he liked it. The
fine air, the quiet, the good food
were doipg Mw untold good.,Of- Oa
ten he found it hard to remember
how stringently the hospital Doc-
tor had forbidden him from strenu-
Derek agreed.
I wish I were
of the meeting, the county master, October 3, 1902
Bro. Anson Coleman, or Varna,
conducted a draw srponsored by the
Crediton Lodge. The winners were
Maurice Klumpp. Dashwood, a
radio; S/111. W. Williams, R.C.A.F.,
Centralia, floor lamp; Mrs. L. M.
Hunter, St. Catharines, table lamp.
Lunch was .served and a social
hour enjoyed.—Exeter Times -Advo-•
cate.
Crop Report For Huron
A large, number of farmers from
the County were in attendance at
the Cash Crop Day at Granton last
week and also a number of farin-
ers from the county attended the
Grey -Bruce feeder sale at Wiarton,
with a number of carloads of feed-
er cattle being brought back :nto
the county.
Fruit growers report an excellent
crop and to dale there has been an
excellent market for all trait. with
most of the apples selling at around
$2.50 or $2.75 per bushel.
The first of the sugar beets were
lifted in the south end of the coun-
ty last week and indications are
that the crop will be about aver-
age in. yield.
Silo filling is general everywhere
in the county and the crop is such
that many farmers are using snow'
fence silos in addition to filling
their upright Silos.
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Fattening pickerels For Market
As the consumer has become
quality conscious it is necessary
that a high quality, .eye appealing
product be put on the market. Al-
though in Saskatchewan the qual-
ity of the poultry marketed over
the past few years has improved,
there are still far too many poor
quality birds reaching the market.
The main reason is that the birds
are being marketed .in an unflnislh-
ed condition. When poultry are
well cared for during the growing
period they build a good frame-
work and develop muscles in or-
der that flesh and tat can be laid
down during the fattening period.
The- main purposes for fattening
are to increase body weight, to
soften the muscles and to,improve
the quality. All birds to be fat-
tened should be •selected carefully,
discarding any that are not healthy
and that show apparent defects.
such as crooked keels and keel
cysts.
For the roaster market it is wise
to begin fattening at from 24 to
26 weeks of age. The,most effici-
ent method for fattening Is crate
fattening. In trials run. at the Ex-
perimental Station, It has been
found that the reason for this is
not -the increase in weight so
much as the higher grade of the
birds put on the market from crate
fattening as against pen fattening.
Poultry are able to digest feeds
higs in Carbohydrates (cereal
grains) quite readily and any ex-
cess over body requirements is
transformed into fat. Corn has
been found to be superior to all
other cereal grains for fattening
but its scarcity make it uneconomi-
cal in some areas. Comparative
tests on single grains rate them as
follows: Corn, oat groats or hull -
less oats, wheat, oats and barley,
Tests carried out showed that, a
mixture using equal parts wheat,
oats (hulls removed) and barley
gave quite satisfactory results.
Milk is the beat mixer, using two
parte milk to one part mash. If
milk is not available, water may
be used but meat meal should be
added to make up 10 per cent 'Of
the mash.
Another important. factor in fat-
tening is the length of the fatten-
ing period. Three to four weeks
are required for pen fattening corn -
paired to two weeks for crate fatten-
ing. The beat time of day to move
cockerels to the fattening quarters
is in the alteration as there ie a
tendency for them: tb be quieter
and easier to catch. As cotnpeti-
tion is !keen it is advisable to place
birds +off a uniform size in, each
Crate, Tho cookereln ,ahnnlg 'be
treated for lice before moving to
fattening quarters.
All teed should be mixed several
hours prior to being used to give
the 'miner (milk) a chance to thor-
oughly soak into the mash. The
amount of feed should be sufficient
to enable birds to clean it up in 20
minutes In order to keep their
appetities keen any remaining af-
ter'this time is removed.
e ,1 ous exertion. Even so there was
Peterlicked of this own cged his lips naback, the Pro- plenty of work he could do witnout
Mti nuu
Mites passed. Bats flitted us
himself, especially in the
big vegetable garden.
The one thing that worried him
was Derek's frame of mind. Derek,
it was clear, loved the land' but
loathed the house. Every possible
minute' he spent outside, but often
in the morning Peter saw that Der-
ek had slept little or badly.
Peter put the whole thing down
to the Farrells and hated them ac-
cordingly. The tie between him-
self and Derek was very strong,
and anyone who troubled Derek was
in Peter's black books.
That evening the two friends sat
smoking after supper.
"I pumped Stanbury," Derek said.
"Prance's story seems to be true.
The old man and his son were al-
ways at odds. Everyone knew it
In the end the boy got fed up and
bolted. Whether the Farrells had.
anything to do with it, that Stan
bury did not know."
"The Farrells," he went on,
"came to Coraton just after Nich-
olas's wife died. Farrell was kill-
ed some three years later by titer
kick of a horse. After young Nich-
olas disappedred the old man be-
came very much a •hermit. He hard-
ly
ardly ever visited Taverton and never
(Continued on Page 7)
soundlessly overhead; in the dis-
Mr. George McDole, Hullett, has tance a late curlew uttered its mel -
sold his farm to Mr. George ,Pat- ancholy cry; for the rest the still-
terson, also of Hullett. The farm 'less' was unbroken.
sold for $6,300. It contains 1251 "The fellow knows I'm waiting,"
acres and is one of the best farms Peter said to Himself. "Never mind!
in that township. IThe night's warm and I have as
The sale of farm stock and lira much patience as he, All I hope is
plements at -''Mr. Wm. Aitcheson's,
third concession, Hullett, was moat
successful' Mr. Janes G. McMiclt
-
that some cyclist doesn't come
along. If he does 1 shall have to
warn him," And just then he
ael conducted the sale, and was a heard the beat of a motor engine.
very successful auctioneer. It was a lorry. He could swear to
Messrs. Charles and Arthur Mas- that long before he could see it,
on, Brucefleld, returned home from
the Old Country on Monday. They
brought several stallions with
them.
Miss Pearl Warta, Zurich, met
with a serious accident. Along with
another little girl they were play-
ing in the barn when Pearl got
her finger in the cog of a wheel of
the straw cutter, and it was so
badly smashed that it had to be
amputated at the knuckle joint.
On Friday evening two rinks
from the Ancient Order of Fores-
ter's of Clinton drove to Seaforth
to engage in a friendly game of
carpet bowls with members of the
same lodge in Seaforth.
and presently it came rumbling
rapidly down the trill and Peter
drew back as the wire snapped
with a slight twang.
"Of all the luck!" he growled,
but any hope of discovering the
identity of his enemy being at an
end, he got up, mounted! his ma-
chine and rode off homewards.
Derek, who had been out on
some _farm business, met him out-
side the house.
"You're late, old man," was his
greeting. "Hope you're not too
fagged."
"Not fagged — angry! Listeni•''
He told Derek what had happened,
and Derek whistled softly.
"You didn't recognize the man?"
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