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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1953-05-29, Page 2IrfFnE,' l'ASACUR• ""' 9411927{ f.Y 114, 0„ 1$60 Tb11she1 at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ry sday afternoon by McLean ros, SI A. Y. McLean, Editor zsedption rates, $2.50 a year in YanOe ; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian 71ArCelt,ly. Newspapers ,Association. Advertising rilts on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Claes Mail Post Office Depaitment. Ottawa $EAFORTH, Friday, May 29, 1953 Wind 'Strikes Huron We who live in Huron County dur- ing the years have read about other districts and other countries being devastated by tornadoes. We ex- pressed sympathy, of course, but otherwise didn't pay much attention. It can't happen here, we thought. But it can and did happen here. Within the space of a few minutes Monday evening, a path of destruc- tion was marked across the Town- ships of Ashfield, East and West Wawanosh, Morris and Grey. While only a preliminary survey of damage has been possible, it is considered that the loss will be in excess of a million dollars. The loss in dollars is serious and much beyond the capac- ity of the citizens of the townships concerned to carry themselves, but the real problem is the manner in which the farmers involved can be re-established. Money can be raised quickly, but it takes time to rebuild dozens of barns, to restore services and to clean up the debris scattered over thousands of acres. In the meantime, agricultural activity in the areas affected comes almost to a halt. Meanwhile all agencies of govern- ment are helping in every way pos- sible. Huron County officials early toured the area and county and pro- vincial road equipment is being used. Agricultural representatives- are as- sessing the damage. Ottawa • has been asked for assurance that those 'suffering losses in Huron will be giv- en consideration similar to that be- ing given • to Lambton, Perth and Middlesex. When a plan has been determined in order to provide assistance, those who were victims of the tornado can be assured that all who were fortun- ate enough to escape damage will rally to their aid. Time For Safety Of everST ten traffic accidents in Canada only one can be blamed on faulty mechanism in the vehicle. In the case of the other nine accidents the cause is as a result of the human machine at the wheel having slipped, a cog. So long as human beings remain merely human, accidents on the high- ways and elsewhere will continue to happen. But their' numbers can be reduced; by wise and strictly enforc- ed laws, by education and by the practice of 'good manners on our streets and highways. This year, The Winnipeg Free Press reminds us that as an experi- ment in accident prevention, the month of May was ,designated as "Safety Month." The purpose of the campaign, which was conducted by service clubs, chambers of commerce and -safety groups across the country, was to encourage every motorist, cyclist and pedestrian to think about, to discuss with his friends and to carry out those common-sense prac- tices upon -which his very life and the life and happiness of a fellow -man may well depend. "Every .inotorist knows," the Free Press says, "that periodically his car Should be safety -checked. Every Motorist knows that the automobile he drives could be, for some unfor- Unite human being, as lethal as an atom bomb. Every motorist knows that courtesy can be the cheapest Orin of insurance. But sometimes these platitudes, simply because they ire- platitudes-, An -forgotten at the itelnoment when they should be re- 6,catripaign was simply- an ef- Make common-sense more tt tad early td assess the • results, but it is hoped that forsom4 Carwliams,j ba peat the differ- ence betwOen death and life.. ilifitMetown FijcudihneSs A friend of ours from the city dropped in to see us the other day, On the way to the newsRaPer office he walked through the town's busi- ness section. He was greatly im- pressed. "Practically everyone on t h e streets said, 'good morning' to me," he told us. "I like that. People in the city are so busy rushing about their own affairs that they can't be bothered even to smile, let alone give a stranger a friendly 'hello'!" That started us thinking. We had always rather taken for granted the friendliness of our hometown and it had never occurred to us that it might be something about which visi- tors would be surprised. We realize now that it is a unique feature of our way of- life and a significant charac- teristic of our smaller Canadian com- munities. City folk with little knowledge of day-to-day living in towns 'and vil- lages sometimes comment on the in- terest small town people take in each others' affairs. To the uninitiated this might appear to be simply "nosi- ness." But anyone acquainted with the facts can tell them that it is some- thing else altogether. ' In small communities where the tempo of life is a bit more leisurely than in the cities we can afford to take time to get to know our neigh- bors, to talk with them about their activities and ours, to watch for a chance to lend a hand to the fellow who needs help or to put in a word of encouragement when it will do some good. That's why we say "good morning" to strangers as a matter of course. It's a good thing, too, this business of friendliness and co-operation and looking out for the other fellow. Good for our neighbors and good for us. What Other Papers Say: More Cars? (St. Marys Journal -Argus) The prediction of 50 per cent more automotive, vehicles in Canada by 1960 will certainly be fulfilled says an automotive authority, but what about the highways? Hundreds of millions of dollafs have been thrown away in street and highway construc- tion in Canada in the last 10 years because we did not look ahead. In- stead of separating local and through traffic usually we channeled them both into the same main street of every city, town and village. Vital city street extension and widening projects were delayed until we had to blast through all sorts of expen- sive real estate.," "Daylight Losing Time" (St. Marys Journal -Argus) Farmers still don't like Daylight Saving Time'any more than they ev- er did. The Alliston Herald wants to give voice to their objections. One of the principal reasons, as far as we can „understand for the farm- er's dislike of Fast Time is simply, that the fields are just as wet in the early morning, whether the towns- folk move their clocks ahead or not. By eight o'clock 'Standard Time the fields are usually in condition for men to get out into them. This means that a man who starts to work at eight o'clock Fast Time has to wait around until nine o'clock to get to work. His work day stops at 6 p.m. Daylight "Saving" Time—an-hour earlier than on Standard Time. As a result, the farm employer has lost but paid for two extra hours each day that field work is being done. And ----that amounts to a good many hours be- tween the end of April and the end of September. Other objections to the farmer to :Past Time correspond roughly to those held by many townsfolk. For instance, it is no easier to explain to a two-year-old the vagaries of -Fast Time than it is to explain to a herd of Holsteins. Of course for those with the shoe' on the other foot, an extra hour in the evening daylight is unquestion- ably a pleasant prospect, but we are not convinced that there is any other justification for the switch. 1111r41/04r5" eeeeTe',..,ere'• re - Wins Seholarsh/ip Glenn R. YWIGNV.t., aaa of *Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yung/gat, of Au- burn:, won an Ontari0 Hydro 300 scholarship at Queen's UnivereitY, Kingston. Glenn is in his third year of mechanical enghteering at Queen's.—Blyth Standard. Moves To Goderich Arthur Forster, fez' five yeara a baker at Dublin, with his wife, left the village to take up resideneeat R.R. 3, Goderlch. They have lived in Dublin for 12 years. Patrick Mc- Grath has purchased their home.— Mitchell Advocate. Receives 20 -Year Jewel Regular meeting of Huron's Re- bekah Lodge No. 306 vise held re- cently with Noble Grand `Mrs. Mar- ion Taylor in the chair. The char- ter was draped in memory of Mrs. Mabel Jenkins who passed away recently. A 20 -year jewel was pres- ented -to Miss Aphra Steep who has been lodge treasurer for 18 years. --Clinton News -Record. Building Permits -" Six applications for building per- mits totalling $15,975 were report- ed by Town Clerk S. H. Blake to town council last Friday night. Two of the applications -were for erec- tion of dwellings. The requests were referred to the fire commit- tee for consideration. — Goderieh Signal -Star. Change in Ownership A change of ownership of the newly -organized business of the T. & T. Flooring Co. of Zurich, has be- come effective by Mr, Herb Turk- heim purchasing the interest Of Mr. Leroy Thiel, and now becomes sole owner of the business. Since opening up in December these boys have done a lot of very fine work, and which service will be continued by Mr, Turkheim.—Zurich Herald. Council Approves H.S. Debenture A special meeting of town coun- cil was held last week for the pur- pose of approving ellitcheles share of the $305,00() debenture for the new Mitchell District High School to be issued by the Township of Logan. It is understood that Log- an officials are going to Toronto very shortly to have this debenture approved by the Municipal Board.— Mitchell Advocate. Lawn Bowlers Open Season The lawn bowling season opened. recently with one game in the af- ternoon and another in the even- ing. Lunch was served by the lad- ies. The greens are in excellent condition arid plans have been made for the painting of the club- house. Jitneys will be held each Tuesday evening. Andy Snelgrove is the president and B. M. Francis the secretary. Each member has .been asked to secure one new mem- ber.—Ex eteee Times -Advocate. Honored Prior To Marriage A miscellaneous shower was Feld for Betty Stewart, bride -elect of next month, at the home of Mrs. Glen Carter, Londes:boro. The guest of honor was escorted to a pink the Provincial Police, investigated. she rovelv.ed her gifte, brought on a wagon decoratedi to rapiesent a boat. After opening her gifts Bet- ty thanked her friends for their thoughtfulness. Contests were en- JOYed and lunch was served by the hostess.—Oliaton News-Recetd. Long Distance Cycle Trip Averaging about 15 miles per hour, Edward Leggitt, 16, of Brant- ford, bicycled all -the way front the Bell telephone city to Goderich on Friday. He leet Beautford at 5:31) p.m. Friday and antlered at. Gode- Holt on the stroke of midnight. The distance is altent_98 miles. While here he stayed with a friend, Mr. C. Woods, East St. He bicycled all the way home again, leaving Gode- rich at 1:30 p.m., Monday. "The roads were good," Ire stated, "ex- cept. between Seatorth and Gode- rich and that stretch was very rough.—Goderich Celebrates 86th Anniversary The 86th anniversary of St. Paul's Anglican Church was mark- ed- on Sunday with Holy Commun- ion at 8:30 a.m. Rev. H. L. Parker preached- at the 11 o'clock service and a special anthem, "Break Forth Into joy" was sung. Rev. D. A. Powell, rector of St. George's Church, Harriston, was the guest Preaoher at Evensong,. and Mrs. Gordon 'Davidson was organist. Of- ferings of the day are to. be used for the upkeep of the fabrics of the church. A good congregation was present at the services.—Wingham Advance -Times. Accepts Drain Contracts Stephen council let two contracts for drains at its meeting recently. The tender of Les Turnbull for $1,- 340 for' the Aatz Municipal Drain and the tender of Charles P. Diet- rich of $1,700 for the Dinney Muni- cipal Drain were accepted'. The en- gineer's survey, plan and report on the Kuhn Municipal Drain was provisionally adopted. R. H. Jen- nison received- the contract to haul and crush gravel at a flat rate of 90c per cubic yard anywhere in the township and crushing and loading for township truck at rate of 40c per cubic yard. The clerk was autle orized to request -the subsidy on the Kuhn municipal drain.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Injured When Car Overturns Dr. Walton A. McKibben, well- known Wingham physician, was painfully injured recently when his car, heading north on the Tees - water road, went out of control about two miles- north of Wing - ham, plowed, into the ditch, hit a driveway and overturned. Dr. Mc- Kibben was admitted to Wingham General Hospital suffering trona several fractured ribs, lacerations and ehock. The car was discovered by a passing motorist upside down in the litch. Police estimated it travelled- 200 feet after hitting the shoulder before coming to a store It was raining, at the time and it is thought that slippery roads 'were the cause of the accident. Damage to the car was estimated at $1,200. Constable Sid Jeffries of Ate white decorated chair where I —Wingham Aderance-Times. A Hibbert Review (By ISABELLE CAMPBELL) Lot 10 James CoIquhoun, who. married Janet McConachie, was the first to live on the south 50 of Lot 10, and was there into the 60's. While here he had- a leech, ran lye, and made pettish near the line fence between him and- Martin Feeney. George Miller, the owner of the north 50, took over Colquhoun's 50, ands in 18-68 gave it to his son, Matha, who was the owner till he died- in 1872. After that George's son, Johnnie, known as "Big" John- nie, Awned the 100 acres. The bush on this lot was one of several in which a large slashing was made to make a roadway for the high- poWered hydroelectric poles. Tire erection of these led to much dis- turbance and dissatisfaction among many landowners in Hibbert in the winter of 1951, till a satisfactory settlement was made. Occupants—South 50: James Col- quboutz, George Miller, Matthew Miller, John G. Miller, Jim Miller: North 50: George Miller, John G. Miller, Jim Miller. Lot 11 James Norris, a native of Tyrone, Ireland, took up Lots lf and 12 in 1851. The East 50 of Lot 11 was later the home of this on, Robert; and the West 50 was his son Wil- liams home till 1871, When -Robert took -it over too. Few families in those days had the privilege of ad- vanced ed-ucation as did Robert Norrie. Two sons, Isaac and Jim, became Collegiate teachers, and Margaret graduated as a doctor. The other children of Robert and Sarah Clemente' Norris- were JOhn. A., Celia and Robert. The house built for Robert Norris in the tate Se's is still part of his grandson Sam Norris' home ,today. After William Norris left the West 50, Ted- Drake and Archie Miller both lived in his house ;for a time after, they were married: Occupants—Tames Norris, Wil- liam. Nerds (50j, Robert Norris (50, later 100), Robert Norris, Jr., Sam Teorrie. Lot 12 Lot 12 was the James Norris. homes -teed. His wife was Margaret Scott. In their family were six Rpm and two eaughtele. Jaen Soseph, John, Robert, William, Becky, Sarah Jane (Mrs, Joseph Campbell) and Thigh. For a num- ber of years there was a good gravel pft on this lot. In the 1920's. while Mend Kleinfeldt was the, oWner, John Sadleiee frame house Ixi Staffe Wee litbeiJd here, and, Nene ris' old log house was torn down. Occupants—James Norris, John Norris, William Allen and- William Rivers (R) jointly, Jim Olver (R), Harry Templeman e (R), Frank El- liott (R), Hugh Norris, Hugh Nor- ris, Jr., Roland Kleinfeldt, -Seth Brown, John Templeman. tot 13 William Yeo was the first owner of Lot 13. Others who owned the East 50 were Mrs. William Yeo, Harry Yee, Mrs., Harry Yeo and son, Frank, Cecil -Bowman. No one ever lived here.' The West 50 was sold by William Yeo to Charles Fox, who married Mary Smale. He lived- aere from 1860 till 1867, -and from here went to Illinois. Other owners were -Martin Feeney, Martin Feeney Es- tate, Jelin G. Miller, John G. Miller Estate, Ernest Templeman. Lot 14 Daniel Wood tame from -Whitby to Lot 14 in 1850. Earlier he had Iived in the States, where he had married -Jane Butler. Only four of the 10 children remained In Hith- bere'namely; Delilah (Mrs. Martin Feeney), Esther (Mrs. Duncan Mc- Dougall), Mary (Mrs. Ambrose Tuf- fin, later Mrs. John licTaggart), and Fanny (Mrs. John Butson). The parents and other children moved to near London, Ont..When Wood sold the feria to Robert Webb, the owner of the Staffa grist mill, around 1868, the amount received was $4,000. This was' considered an exborbitant price at that time. Webbs worked the farm, but did trot live on it for several years. It *as Lorne podge who modernized both the house and outbuildings before he sold. to James M. Scott in 1948. Occupants ---Daniel Wood, Robert Webb; Sam Webb, Mrs. eam Webb, Albert A. Colquhoun, Lorne Hodge, James- M. Scott. Lot 15 Charles Tuffin was one of the earliest settlers and took up Lot 15 perhaps as early as- 1848. Several -village lots- were tater sold off this farm. It. was Tuffin who had th-e contract around 1869 to buildthe- road over the Mountain on the Centre Road. This was Frank Tut 1111% "Thainh Telfetiehile died EardebellY in a London Hospital in 1947 when he was about to leave for home af- ter an operation. In recent years large quantistida of greenstone h'ars be sold by Ifis widow front a pit near the beck of the, farm, (CtintinUed on Page 6) eeCt7e" lf your child has difficulty In school, the answer well may be His eyesight, Then it's best To take the child for a vision test. Dept. of National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor :lune 1, 1928 , The Seafoith Highlanders Band -has -been very fortunate in securing' the services of Mr. 'F. Novak, of Medicine Hat, Alta., as their new band leader. Mr. Novak is a coronet player and an instructor in both violin and saxaphone, and has .had 20 years' profession -al experience as orchestra and band leader. Mrs. Novak is- a daughter of Mr. John Scott, Roxboro, also a talented musician. Mr. McAlpine, Massey-Plarris ag- ent, has leas -ed the residence of Mrs. Bertha O'Connell on John St. The celebration at Hensall on the 24th of May was a great success. viewed from every stand -point. The procession was headed by Clinton Kiltie Band, led by Mr. Bates, as marshal, all in Highland costume. Reeve Robert Higgins welcomed the crowd. A. London plane, pilot- ed by Mr. Fitton, Exeter, did a rushing business. The newly organized horseshoe pitching club held, their first tourn- ament on their ground .on Monday evening, when there was a large The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on Dr. Newton Mac- Tavish of the Civil Service Com- mission, Ottawa, by' Acadia Uni- versity, Wolfville, N.S. on Wednes- day. He was for eight years in newspaper work on the gaff of the Globe and for 20 years was edi- tor of the Canadian Magazine. Dr. MacTavish is a brother of Mr. John MacTavish, Seaferth. • From The Huron Expositor May 29, 1903 A little son of Mr. Andrew Mit- tleholtz, Zurich, met with •a painful accident on Monday. The little chap who is only seven years of age, was playing around a ladder swing- ing from hooks on the house and against which the end- of a pole rested, when -by some means it came down on him, breaking his thigh bone. .. Prior to leaving town for Edmore ton, where he expects to live in the future, -Mr. Edward Latimer was- handsomely remembered by the members of Court Sherwood Forest, Ancient Order of Fore resters, of which lodge Mr. Lati- mer has beee a valued- member for a number of- years. They presented him with a goldheaded cane, ac- companied by a kindly worded ed - dress. A new dry kiln is being- erected -by L McDonald & Co., Walton, in connection with .their sawmill busi- ness. A new verandah is in course of erection at the Presbyterian manse, Walton. John Hunter has the con- tract. The - annual excursion by 'the White Star Line from Goderich to. Detroit, will this year take place on June,.1.7, and. return on the fol- lowing day. The excursion this year will be by the new steel steamer, "Greyhound." The fare is one dollar for the return trip. ' Sow Thistle Control Like many of our nexions weeds, sow thistle is another immigrant from Europe that is'doing. well for itself in Canada in spite of efforts to control it. Another appropriate name for this hardy creeping zoot- fed perennial is -Creeping Sow Its' roots epread in every direction sending ifp new plants' at every joint. Wind borne seeds al- so do much to spread the -weed over wide areas. Seeds have even been collected- on windows of at:1watt flying high above the earth. , The yellow scourge is- persistent after It gets a foothold. Its- pres- ence is marked by showy yellow flowers two inches. across. These appear in grain and cultivated, crops, roadsides and other moist waste places- at any time from June through September. Grasshoppers are fond of the plant but their efforts me eradica- tion in this part of the .country have been meagre. Usually hard work and sweat and careful cultiva- tion are required to control it. Pereistent cultivation or black summerfallow are effective in re- ducing the infestation -s. The disc should not be us -ed, however, as it eels the root into small sections, each of which may send up a new plant. .qtritivators and'spring toothm ed harrows help in bringing the roots to the surface ttt dry out. ,Chemicals are egefeeeVe • In con-' trolling top growth and seed, ripen.. Ing. One application of 2, 4-0 at eight ounces actual acid Int ar�- 'W'ill usually accomplish: this bat several applications at IS ounce* of actual 2, 4-D acid per -apre will be required to kill the roots. Small areas can be cleaned with sodium chlorate but this method is exPere sive and -also has the effect of sterilizing the soilefor some time afterwards. * * Plenty of Fertility Scientists assure us that long be- fore this world runs out of any raw material usually there is a substitute - ready. Tbat good fortune has fol- lowed us in the past and it will probably keep with' us in ehe fu- ture. 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