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SEAFORTH, Friday, January 22
MIDGETS DESERVE SUPPORT
When several teams are engaged
in, the same sport, but in different
leagues, it seems inevitable that one
team will attract a large following,
whale the others, despite their abili-
ti , play to a handful of people.
Su is the case in Seaforth.
The deservedly popular Juniors,
who by their game have led their
grdup, play to crowds that nicely fill
the arena. That is as it should be.
The brand of hockey played is good
and the public not only get their
money's worth, but at the -same time
have the privilege of sharing in the
success which the team has achieved.
But what happens when the Mid-
gets play? Here is a team of young-
sters—every one a potential Junior
star—that has won all its games but
one this season. Not only has it won
its games, but in the last three games
scored 64 goals, and had but two
goals scored against it. Yet their
home games attract but a handful of
spectators. It doesn't seem to mat-
ter that the brand of hockey these
teen -aged lads produce is equal to
that shown by much older and more
• experienced teams. The public isn't
Interested.
There is still time, however, to in-
dicate to the Midgets that Seaforth
•_and district does appreciate the job
they are doing. The first game in
the playoffs is scheduled for Satur-
day night at the arena. Let's hope
there is a big crowd.
WE LIVE LONGER
It won't be may years until Can-
ada, as a nation, will have reached
100 years of age. And as the coun-
try grows older, so do its citizens. At
least they live to older ages.
If there is any doubt about the
matter, a reference to census figures
will remove it.
Here are the figures from the 1921
and 1951 censuses showing the per-
centage of people in the older age
groups now and then:
Age ° 1921 1951
Group :Census Census
6.549 2.37% 3.37%
70-74 1.63 2.52-
75-79 1.01 1.53-
80-84 0.55 0.83
85-89 0.23 0.34
90 and up 0.07 0.11
5.86% 8.70%
In the City of Toronto surprising
figures have developed. In 1921 only
four per cent of the people were in
the age bracket 65 -and -up. In 1951
the figure was over 16 per cent.
' Despite the depression -bred prob-
lems of the thirties, and the fact that
Canadians participated in the, most
devastating war in history, medical
knowledge and our standard of liv-
ing have each advanced to a degree
that is reflected in the greater ages
reached by our citizens.
TOO MUCH NOISE
There will be general sympathy for
the writer of this impassioned plea
which appeared recently in the Lon-
don Times: -
',Sir: Can any 'of your readers
help me, and possibly thousandsof
others, by telling me of a satisfactory
'method of temporarily ridding my-
, seltOf hearing - While reading in 'a
moom where, a loudspeaker -type radio
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ing Useful tasks, as they listen."
As if in answer to his call for help,
we read a, few days ago where spe-
cial "ear muffs" to prot,9ct human
hearing and nerves from the din of
modern industry have been designed
by the National Research Council's
applied physics branch.
The new ear protectors may be us-
ed by a variety of workers from
stenographers to aircraft plant em-
ployees and pilots. The device is
said to replace the bothersome ear-
plugs, of which the Times correspon-
dent complains. We hope the ear-
muffs work,
DIS,GAL AT 15 YEARS
While not many boys and girls of
15 years hold driving permits, in On-
tario, some do—and they shouldn't
use them any more, warns4he Ot-
tawa Journal.
The Jourpal points out that for
some time it has been possible for a
15 -year-old to secure a license to
drive, after meeting such special con-
ditions as written permission from
the parents and a certificate of good
behavior from the local chief of po-
lice. That privilege now has been re-
moved. The same regulations apply
now to boys and girls of 16 who make
application for permission to drive
—and they apply algb to youngsters
of 16 who may operate tractors if the
machines are taken on the public
roads.
"But for the future, the 15 -year-
• olds in Ontario are forbidden to drive
any sort of motor vehicle on any
street or road. A foolish parent who
lets Junior take the wheel risks net
only prosecution, in the event of an
accident, but risks invalidation of his
insurance and the cancellation of his
own license to drive," the Journal
concludes.
What Other Papers Say:
The Unforeseen
(Winnipeg Tribune)
An efficieney •expert says that
housewives make the big mistake of
not planning their day carefully.
This, of course, should include plan-
ning which salesman should call on
the telephonejsist what the baby will
spill, and the act extent of the in-
juries the oldest boy is to receive
from the bully up the block.
That Lingering Turkey
• (Hamilton Spectator)
. A roast turkey is a test 'of endur-
ance, particularly when it lies day
after day, a huge, ravaged shape in
the ice box,.
When it reaches this stage it is
rarely produced on the table for the
simple reason that its appearance is
no longer respectable. It is like a
derelict aircraft hangar; the cross-
beam of the roof still remains, but
the rest has gone and there' are gap-
ing holes in the walls.
The turkey "floor" is a shambles
—piled high with debris—onion and
sage stuffing, scraps of white meat
and morsels of brown, which will be
turned over by an inquisitive fork in
search of something to titillate an
already jaded appetite.
At last, the cold turkey sandwich
becomes a duty even for the most
gourmet. The end of the journey
has come.
• Born in a Stable
(Owen Sound Sun -Times)
Population increases 50 In Day
William Carter dropped inteeThe
Standard office Tuesday -afternoon
to tell us about his good fortune in
the pig 'business. .On the eame
day two sows gave birth to 35 pigs,
one a litter of 19, •the othen a lit-
ter of 20. The day before a third
eow gave birth to a litter of 11.
Theeeige are of the English York
breed.—The Blyth Standard,
New Chairman of P.U.C.
Rod Johnston, a new member of
the Public Utilities Commission last
year, was elected chairman of the
group at its inaugural meeting on
Tuesday night. Oilly member on
the commission to take the oath or
office was George 0. MacEwen,
who was named by acclamation for
two years. One seat on the eorin
mission, is vacant, due to the death
of Dr, W. F. Gallow. An appoint-
ment to ,fill the vacancy is one of
the tasks facing the town council.
Other members of the commission
are Mayor J. E. Huckins and Tom
Taylor.--Gaderich Signal -Star.
One story which has caught the
imagination during this Christmas
season is the birth of a child to a
young Dutch mother in a stable near
Clinton. Mrs. R. L. Rehorst went to
the barn on the morning we celebrate
Christ's Nativity, to tell her husband
that it was time she went to hospi-
tal. She had' no sooner_ got to the
barn, however, when she began to
give birth. And so the miracle of
life -was enacted in a crude barn, with
the mother lying on a bed of straw
and surrounded by beasts of the field.
It was not until the mother reach-
ed hospital and there heard a nurse
singing a traditional carol, that the
full significance of the strange coin-
eidende of time and place dawned up-
on her. '
0' aro sureL to watch ,,the
of thiethild
61101fid'
tiigidficaice
handled. Ten boats are. 'wintering
in Gaderich, compared with nine
last year. In part for the winter
now are the barge Kenordoc and
tile stearnehiPa Ontedee,„Cauadoe,
Fort Will:toe, Quedoc, Vandoc, A. A.
Hudson, Parkdale, Brookdale and
Foreetdalee--0oderich Signal -Star,
Teen-Towners Elect Officers
On January 8 Teen -Town held its
first dance of the season and as is
customary they elected their offi-
cials for the coming year. All of-
fices were filled by acclamation.
They are: mayor, Ian Hethering-
ton; reeve, Mary Frances Currie;
eecretary-treasurer, Alice Hayden.
The six councillor are Betty Hen-
sy Marion Chittick, Ara Beln, Mr. Robert flurehill, new come
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interesting items Pleked From
The Huron Expositor Of Twen-
tyfbie and Fifty Years Ago
Years Agc;ii
From The Huron Expositor
January 25, 1909
Mr. George Ferguson met with a
serious accident at Mr. 'Mickle's
mill, Heasall, Friday afternoon,
when in some manner his horses
moved causing him to lose his bal-
ante and in falling from the sleigh,
fell on his head on the ice, render-
ing hili unconscious for a time.
Mise .Margaret E. Grieve has
been appointed teacher for S.S. No.
9, Tuckeremith.
Frank Houghton, Jielen Wild and
Bill Rintoul. This, winter the new
officials hope to have •a sleigh -ride
with dancing afterward. They ex-
pect to have several dances with
prizes for each occasion. The oo-
operation of all the teenagers will
he needed and it is hoped to have
them out at all events. Plans have
been discussed to start square,
dancing this season and a varied
program is to be included. Teen -
Town is looking forward to a suc-
cessful and active season and the
members will welcome all sugges-
tions to make it more so.—Wing-
ham Advance -Times.
Celebrate Birthday
Nineteen cousins and friends of
Diane Weber, who was five years
old January 6, gathered at the
home of Mr. and .Mrs. Ralph Web-
er, her parents. One guest was un-
able to come due to sickness, but
the rest enjoyed games and tele-
vision, sandwiches, cake, etc. Mrs.
Cowan, of Dashwood, and Mrs. I.
Weber, of Exeter, assisted the
mother. The presents were varied
and agreeably surprised the recipi-
ents. The happy little girl when
asked in the morning how old she
was, replied, "1 will be five years
old when I have had my birthday."
—Zurich Herald.
New Fish Record Set
A new record in the annals of
the fishing industry from Hayfield,
harbor at this time of year was
made recently when within a week
(including Monday, January 11),
Ed. .Siddel with Ray MiLler, Gode-
rich, and John R. MacLeod, Bay-
field, as crew on his 50 -foot steel
tug, broke a channel through the
ice and lifted six tons of perch and
herring. His largest single haul
was 4,200 pounds. The nets were
set nine miles out. 'Donald Mac-
Leod in, the steel tug, "W. J. Mc-
Leod," went out six miles on Sat-
urday but -his, eatch was only 100
pounds. He was assisted by Geo.
Bell and, M. Talbot.—Clinton News -
Record. •
Elevator Handles 24,200,000 Bushels
•A total of 134 cargoes of grain
were ' handled by the Goderich
Elevator and Transit Company dur-
ing the past navigation year mak-
ing a total of 24,200,000 bushels -
3,550,0001 bushel's less than last
year—aceording to information re-
leased by R. G. Sanderson, secre-
tary -treasurer of the firm. In 1952
the company handled 27,750,000
bushels of grain, a peak year in its
operation. Previous high for one
year was 24,500,000 in 1945. hei951
18,000,000 bushels of grain were
Honored on' Golden' Anniversary
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•TANU.A.EY 23, 1954
cillor for Hibbert, entertained a
number of Hibbert friends on Fri-
day night, and on Wednesday night
Dublin men and women enjoyed
the hospitality of a generous hoist:
Mr. N. Elliott, Dublin, had a nar-
row escape while motoring to Dub-
lin on the Centre Road. Woodmen
were busy felling* trees in J. Wor-
den's .bush and one tree fell across
the road, demolishing Mr. Elliott's.
call". He had one arm quite serious-
ly injured. .
The little daughter of Me. and
Mrs.- W. R. Dougall, Hensall, who
has beeii recuperating from a re-
cent operation for antrum trouble,
was taken to the hospital on Sun-
day and an operation performed on
her for mastoid.
The annual meeting of Hayfield
Public Library was held in the
library room on Monday evening.
The following officers were ap-
pointed for 1929: president, F. A.
Edwards; secretary -treasurer, Geo.
E. Greenslade; librarian, Frances
Fowlie; directors: E. H. Jahns,
Rev. F. H. Paull, Josephine Stir-
ling, lefts. H. McKay, Mrs. Robert
'Scotohmer, Mrs. Paull, Mrs. Seed.
The circulation for the past year
was 3,475.
Thenew police trustee board of
Zurich met Monday and organized
for the year. Mr. E. Beaver was
appointed inspecting trustee; Mr.
C. Eilber, road commissioner and
weed inspector for the village, and
A. F. Hess, secretary of the board.
On Wednesday of lest week Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Beaver, of Credi-
ton, marked the 50th anniversary
of their marriage. Mr. Beaver, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
Beaver, and Emma Finkbeiner,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Finkbeiner, were united in
marriage at the home of the bride's,
parents by the Rev. G. Damm. They
continued to live in Credit= for
some years, when Mr. Beaver work-
ed as a carpenter with the late
George Holtzman. They took up
farming 35 years ago and even
during the farming years Mr. Beav-
er was called upon to do a great
deal of earpentry. One piece of
work reflecting the ability of Mr.
Beaver and his' brother, Edwin
Beaver, was the erection of the
Crediton United Church. Their son,
-Maurice, took over the farm duties
over a year ago and they took up
residence in Crediton, where •they
are both active members of the
Evangelical Church. .Their family
consists of four sons, Vernon, Pitts-
burg, Penn.; Howard, of Hamilton;
Maurice, of Stephen, and Eugene,
Exeter, and a daughter, Gertrude,
of Detroit. They also have live
grandchildren, who with their chil-
dren were all present for the oc-
casion. Also present was Mrs.
Beaver's sister, Mrs. L. Huxtable,
of Hamilton, who was her sister's
bridesmaid 50 years ago, and Mr.
Herbert K. Eilber, who supported
the groom at that time. All were
present at afamily dinner at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Beaver in Exeter.—Exeter Time -
Advocate.
CROSSROADS
(By James Scott)
IN SEASON
A curious advertisement caught
my eye in the morning paper to-
day. It wasn't very large. but
right across, the tee in eye-catch-
ing size type, was the word "Pic-
nics." In January that is a word
which isn't likely to crop up in
the conversation too often unless
it happens, that we are in a
reminiscent frame of mind and are
recalling some old, forgotten day
in other climes and weathers.
• IlleiS advertiser was urging all
folk who are thinking of having a
picnic at a place called Mussel -
mans Beach next summer, to get
in touch with him now.
At first glance this looks a bit
far-fetched, but when you think
about it, it is good sound advertis-
ing .policy. Remember bow for the
past few summers one of the larg-
est soft drink .manufacturers in the
world has plastered the billboards
with the picture of an icy winter
scene in the middle of July? Many
a torrid day I have been walking
down the .sizzling pavements of the
city and, glancing at one of. these
frigid poeters, have felt the better
for it. Once in a .while I have
even bought a bottle of the soft
drink just out of gratitude.
Maybe the man from Mussel -
mares. Beach is using the eame kind
of psy•chology. Anyway, I can re-
port that coming in fresh from
eleaninge a long walk of last
night's . ow,. that word "picnics"
gave me a boost and before long
I was looking forward to the easy
summer days and getting impatient
to make the peanut butter sand-
wiches and fill the thermos. If
something hadn,'t interrupted me
I'd probably have written away for
a reservation at Musselmares Beach
for some time in July.
Then,_ still thinking about pic-
nics, I began to remember some
unusual ones I have been on in my
time and the one which struck me
most was one which I actually en-
joyed in the middle of winter. Not
just in the niidche of winter, but
in the middle of the Canadian
Prairie in the- middle of a cold
spell in January.
Yessir, that'e a fact, and it was
one of the finest, moat refreshing
days I've ever spent.- The winter
ore long otrt West and they're cold
—dry, but still cold. Not only that,
but once you get out elf the town
to the bald ,prair-ee there's not
much to give you .protection from
any :Wind Whitt might he going.
Atterfa ,wliiiig, YOU '•begin, to get
weary of 11044 the vreather, and
ft you'y'ef,4 greenhet1 . Iiia.stt er
y 'esti' til .'grk Way' ai4 diag '
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Mr. James Armstrong ad Mrs.
Colclough and on, Mullett, lave
installed radios in their homes.
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From The Huron Expositor
January 22, 1904
Mr. Peter Lamont, Heneall, has
add the',dwelling which he .purahas-
ed from the late Joseph Gould to
Mr. Fred. Dusan.
The sheds of St. Paul's Church,
Hensall, .collapsed: during the past
week owing to the heavy snow.
The little son of Mr. William
Cullanore, town, met with a ,painful
accident on Monday. He pulled a
kettle of boiling water over time
self, scalding his hands and face.
The following were elected and
duly installed as officers of the
'Catholic Mutual Benefit Associa-
tion of 'town; .preSident, Dr. Mc-
Ginnis; first vide -president, Peter
Dill; 2nd vice-peesident, S. Lamb;
recording ' eetretary, James Mun-
roe; assistant, John 3. Darwin; fin-
ancial secretary, John McQuade;
treasurer, Jahn F. Daly; marshal,
Joseph (Keating; guard, D. An-
drews; representative to Grand
Council, J. .L. Killoran; alternate,
M. Broderick; trustees for two
years, J. Weber, M. Broderick and
S. Murray; trustees for one year,
W. Fortune and 0. A. Sills.
dle hours of the day when the sun
is warmest, you'll have a whale of
a time. Most of us, as we get
along, forget how cozy and com-
forting snow can actually be. All
you have to do is watch orte of
the young fry frolicking in a snow-
drift to realize that it cau provide
great sport. If you read the ac-
counts of the early pioneers, you'll
never -find them complaining about
the snow. It was their friend. They
banked their cabins with ,it; they
depended on it for good .sleighing
and communication. They needed
and liked it.
But not us. All our winter ace
tivity ie directed to pretending or
Wishing it wasn't there. We sipend
small fortunes on blowers and
plows and trucks to get rid of it.
We're out with the shovel scrap-
ing down to cold bare pavement
after every snowfall. We laugh and
snuggle up closer to the fire when
somebody says "picnic" in, Janu-
ary.
This, is a great winter for snow
so tar, and I bet not many of us
have enjoyed it at all. Who's for a
picnic tomorrow?
FOR BETTER BUYS IN
BEDDING, SHOP Al
Mr. and Mrs. T. Jones and Mrs.
P. Murray and .family left here last
week for Blyth where they will re-
side in the future, as Mr. Jones
intends engaging in the tbutehering
businees, there.
Many citizens are complaining of
their wood piles becoming unpleas-
antly low. The snow is so deep
that wood cannot be cut in the
bush, and the roads are so bad
that it cannot be drawn out when
cut.
The roads were so bad on 'rues,
day that the south mail was
brought in from Brdeefield itt a
cutter. It is a mighty bad road
that Conductor McGee can't get
through in some way.
At the first meeting of McKillop
Council the following officials were
appointed: John C. Morrison was
reappointed clerk; David M. Ross,
treasurer; William Evans, asses-
sor; Charles Dodds, collector; J. M.
,Govenlock and John Shannon, aud-
itors.
Lynda shows tybiceil little.girl interest in her mother's telebhone call;
that's IS -month-old Donna, Perched in her high chair.
"VVhen you have to do everything for two small
children it's not easy to leave the house even for
essential shopping," says Mrs. Bernard Renaud
of 755 Desaulniers Blvd., .St. Lambert, Que.
"I've really appreciated our telephone in the last few
years. It means I can still pick up bargains I see
in the paper and do my shopping in a matter of
minutes, .. by telephone. So, my 'phone saves me
• money and gives me time to do other things that'
crowd my busy day. That's why I think one of the
best bargains I ever bought was our telephone!"
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\The Dog
and the Bone
A DOG was crossing a plank bridge over a stream
with a piece of meat in his mouth, when he happened to
see his own reflection in the -water. He thought it was
another dog with a piece of meattwice as big; so he
let go his own, and flew at the other dog to get
the larger piece. But, of course, all that happened
was that he got neither: for one was only a shadow.,
and the other was carried away by the current.
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MORAL: Make it your first aim to hold on t.. what is
already yours. Open a savings account with The
Canadian Bank of Commerce. Add to it steadily.
Soon you will find that your money has grown—and
without any risk. Visit our nearest branch today.
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