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Quality vs. Control
(Rural Scene)
The farmer who devotes his efforts
to improving the yield and quality of
his products will do better for him-
self and for the country than the one
who concentrates on trying to con-
trol the markets.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 5
Not As Good As Parliament
(Ottawa Journal )
President Eisenhower authorizes
the tape-recording and broadcasting
of his weekly press conference, and
the New York Times intimates that
tater An the broadcast will be tele-
cast.
This is a long step from the days
when President Hoover's press con-
ference was restrictedto written
questions which might or might not
be answered, and a still longer. stride
from the days of Woodrow Wilson,
who held no .press conferences at all.
The idea, of course, is to keep the
public in closer touch with govern-
ment, a good democratic principle.
But, as the New York Times puts it
uneasily, it may bring problems.
"There is the danger that the par-
ticipants will become mere actors in
a gigantic show, and that goes both
for newspapermen who ask the ques-
tions! and the President who answers •
them. There is the danger that ques-
tions may be asked for effect rather
than for information. There is the
danger that they may have to be an-
swered in the broadest generalities
rather than in informative detail."
Actually the President's press con-
ference at Washington, whether
broadcast dr televised, can never be
a substitute for the answer-and-ques-
tion
nswer-and ques-
tion period on the "Orders of the
Day" in our own and Britain's
House of Commons.
Standing before 150 reporters,
some of them anxious mainly for
"headline" answers, a President can
be caught off guard, must be wary
and perhaps often evasive, and must
necessarily answer often in the
broadest generalities. But a prime
minister or a minister, questioned by
trained parliamentarians, mfist an-
lswer factually and in detail, know-
ing that what he says is being re-
' corded by the journals of the. House,
and • he must often answer questions
arising out of his answers. More,
the prime -minister or minister knows
that if his answer be not satisfactory
it may be checked relentlessly later
on by what is known as an "Order
for a Return." A "return" brings
out all the facts,' all the relevant
documents and - correspondence, all
the data.
Thus while the presidential press
conference can be more spectacular,
more of the stuff of headlines, it can-
not match the House of Commons in-
quisition in getting at the heart of
things. And for the public to be at
the heart of things is what real dem-
ocracy is about.
Tidal Power
(Winnipeg Free Press)
The consumption of electricity in
France has doubled in 'seven years.
It is expected to double again within
the next decade and French engin-
eers are not sure where the new
power is to come from. Molt of the
economical sources of hydro electric
power have already been harnessed.
French engineers are studying
with more than academic interest the
great ocean tides which surge against
the shores of France. At one point,
in the estuary of the Rance River in
Brittany, the incomingtide piles up
a Wall of water 38 feet high. '
The suggested plan calls for a
2,400 foot dike,: to be built at the
Mouth of the estuary. The tidal wa,
'ere, trapp&t behind this dike, would
re1ea d suddenly to fall with tet e-
;fo f i across a' series of tur-
st Std• prod tier' is some
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Store Changes Hands •
Mr. Stanley Frayne, at present
employed with Gould & Sory and
who for a number of years was
employed by Southcott Bros., 'be-„
fore the latter firm cold out, has
purchased the Beaupre general
store in Exeter north. He will
take possession the first -of April.
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Winter Fishing
A saw 'machine .to cut through
the ice formed at the mouth of the
Bayffield" River was employed by
Ed. Siddall of Goderich on Monday
in order to get out into the lake
to set his fishing nets. During
the period of last week and the
week {before he eaueht a total of
about six tons of perch.—Goderich
Signal -Star.
Purchases Business
John Moss, who has been oper-
ating a barber shop in evenings on
East Street„„ has purchased the
barber shop business from William
Burgess, Soubh .Street, and the
Square. The change takes, effect
on February 1. Mr. Moss came to
town over nine yearsago and
bought Bone's barber shop, later
moving to East Street.—Goderich
Signal -Star.
Firemen Re-elect Officers
Death At the Shovel . .
(Philadelphia Bulletin)
The stormy statisticians, in count-
ing a storm's human casualties, find
that the majority of deaths were due
to over-exertion.
This might mean struggling
through deep snow or pushing a
snowbound car. But the shovel is
blamed for most of the fatal heart
attacks suffered in the aftermath of
the storm.
This may be because some men
who are old enough to know better
• try to renew their youth by proving
their prowess with a snow shovel.
They remember the blizzards and
deep snowdrifts of boyhood, or think
they do, and believe they can still
handle them.
t A Song About Pie
(Cleveland Plai nDealer)
Of pie we sing, and of man's de-
sire for more of the succulent pastry,
that' tops a blessed meal.
If womanhood is God's greatest
creation, certainly one of her great-
est products of ' wit and wisdom is
pie. How to describe it?
The flaky dough that serves as a
lower support but not an eaves -
trough for the juices that simmer
down - through the baking process:
the tangy fruits—even nondescript
pumpkin is a fruit when adequately
prepared and spiced for its natural
destination --and finally, the topping,
whether more fluffy dough, meringue
or whipped cream.
These are the substances that go
into a pie, but there is more to a good
one than that, for the whole is bound
together with the maker's character,
self-respect and Iove of good things
and good people.
Time At the Piano
(London Free Press)
Some parents and many pupils will
agree with Reginald G. Geen, pro-
vincial president of the Registered
Music Teachers' Association of On-
tario, that 75 per cent of practice
spent by the average music student
is wasted.
Speaking- here to the London
branch of the association, Mr. Geen
stated that many "children strum-
ming at the piano for their "half
hour at the piano" might better be
outside skating. It is wrong, he
says, to imagine that if you play a
piece often enough, although wrong-
Iy, you will eventually play it right-
ly.
Music is an essential to the full
life, an ease to the heart, a comfort
to the body, but not everyone is de-
signed by nature to be a musician. It
might be better if we learned the ap-
preciation of music.
In any case there can be no argu-
ment with Mr. Geeri's most excellent
thesis that you can never hope -to do
something rightly by practising it
wrongly.
Would Join Hands
(Marksdale Standard)
Some day we'd like to see the farm-
ers, the dairy interests, and the
printers and publishers join hands in
a campaign against substitutes for
the products they sell. When we see
all the well-prepared advertising in
support of butter; and the legislating
that is done on its behalf, we sigh
and wish we could have it in the
cause of campaigning against substi-
tutes for newspaper advertising and
job printing. Our presentations
would he similar—the maintenance
of printing and publishing industries
- in the communities, the employment
df skilled help, the
r,o
duction of
more satisfying piece -of work.
Dare,;we steal the slogan
and say,
'if? always better with printer's
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Feast, now of Sarnia. They are
Moving both their household err;
feets and the barber e'h,op equip-
ment in this fine residential prop-
erty, and we hope they will enjoy
bnany years of good health and
prosperity in their new setup. No
more hustling to get downtown to
the shop for Harold now—he just
needs walk into another room and
there is his place of business, and
what a lovely home in addition to
this convenience. Zurich Herald.
Escape Injury As Car Overturns
Fire Chief Grant Rath and all
his officers were re-elected for the
coming year by members of the
Clinton Fire Department at their
regular monthly meeting held in
the fire hall last Monday evening.
Officers returned' to office by -the
20 -man !brigade were: Lieutenants
Robert Draper and Frank Dixon,
Secretary Treasurer Frank McEw-
an, and) Engineer 'George Hanley.—
Clinton Nevys-Record.
Constable Lions Club Speaker
Louis Redman, his, wife and their
two and a half month-old daugh-
ter, Ruth, escaiped injury on Sun-
day when their car skidded on ice -
glazed No. 8 Highway one mile
east of Goderich, and' overturned in
the ditch. The Redman family re-
ceived only a shaking up from the
mishap. Helped from the overturn-
ed car by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reith,
of LuCknow, the family was , able
to continue their journey "after a
tow truck had righted the vehicle
and pulled it back on the road. The
car was undamaged. — Wingham
Advance -Times.
Three 'Motor Mishaps"
His car suffered $600 damage
Tuesday when Bill Sims, 20, of
Crediton, rolled over in a d•itoh
three-quarters .of a mile south of
Exeter. The car ,hit a culvert be-
fore turning over. . Sums was not
injured. A pickup truck, driven by
John McNicol, of Kirkton. skidded
off Highway 83 Thursday into a
ditch and flipped over, 10 miles
east of 'Exeter. Damage was $100.
In another oneeear accident Fri-
day, an R.C.A.F. station wagon
Suffered $150 damage when it hit
the ditch near Centralia. LAC. W.
J. Reed, the driver, said the car's
wheels stuck in a rut. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
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For Lions *tub Safety Night the'
members heard an excellent, talk
by Provincial Constable Clare Out -
in by4 a of Listowel,' who gave help-
ful advice on how to drive and.
pointed out how accidents occur.
Introduced by Jim Graham, safety
committee chairman, he u -as thank-
ed by E. J. Hingst.. I. R. Pearce
led the singing and Sam Cuthbert -
son was tail twister.—Mitchell Ad-
vocate.
Wins Suits of Clothes
The draw for a ladies' or gents'
suit, sponsored by the Blyth Lad-
ies' Auxiliary Branch to the Cana-
dian Legion, was made at the meet-
ing
eeting held in the Legion Home on
Monday evening. Mrs. Donald
Howes drew the lucky ticket which
was held 'by Mr. Carman Gwynn, a
former Blyth boy, now living in
Clinton. The ticket number was
862. The auxiliary members report
the draw as being quite successful
from a financial angle. — Blyth
Standard.
Saves Driver From Blaze -
A Goderich man, John Scott, 28,
was credited with saving a Guelph
man, Fred Green, 44, from his
blazing car after cars driven by the
two amen collided on Monday. Scott
got out of his car on No. 7 High-
way a mile east of Guelph and rac-
ed over to wrench open the batter-
ed door of the Green vehicle and
drag the unconscious driver free.
Two hitch -hikers in the Scott car,
Marcel St. Jules and Doug Howitt,
-both of the R.C.A.F. Station at
Clinton, were slightly injured.—
Goderich Signal -Star.
Occupying New Residence
Mr. and Mrs. 'Harold Johnston
are now occupying their newly -
purchased residence from Dr. T.
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Legion Accepts New Members'
Six new members were initiated
into 'membership, with Clinton
Branch No. 140. Canadian Legion
on Monday evening, by president
K. C. Cooke, assisted 'by first vice-
president J. W. Counter. They
were W. F., Coulter, John Zelanuik,
W. R. Billings, H. Young and F.
Rooth. F. H. Rumball was initiat-
ed by proxy due to the fact that
he is at 'present in hospital. 'Phe
past president's badge was .pres-
tented to Past President F. M. Mo -
Ewan, by Past Zone Commander
and Past President George Wilson,
Bruceield. Ron MacDonald, Clin-
ton, was -the winner of the monthly
draw. Out-of-town guests' were Ray
Vincent and James. Graham.—Clin-
ton News -Record.
Plowers Elect Officers
Don Easton, of R.R. 3, Exeter, l
was elected ,president of South
Huron Plowmen's Association at.
the annual meeting in Exeter
Town Hall Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Easton, who ......was first vice-presi-
dent last year, succeeds Harold
Jeffery. New vice-presidents are
:Wally Becker, R.R. 3, Parkhill, and
Gerald Moffat, R.R. 2, Kippen.
Bruce Shapton was re-elected as
secretary -treasurer. Directors are:
Allan Walper and Earl Shapton,
from •Stephen;, Victor Jeffery, Alvin
Passmore and Kenneth Johns from
Usborne; Earl Campbell, Frank
Wfidfong and Cecil Rowe, Hay;
Alvin McBride, W. R. Cooper and
Elmer Webster, Stanley; Rochus
Faber, Roy Bell and Alf Moffat,
Tuckefsmith; Larry Snider and
Asa Penhale, of Exeter. Secretary -
treasurer Bruce Shapton reported
a surplus of $463—largest in the
history of the association.—Exeter
Advocate -Times.
CROSSROADS
(By James Scott)
RUCTIONS IN VICTORIA
The City of Victoria, which is
the capital. eat British Columbia, ix
a very curious ,place. It has been
described as the land where itis
always afternoon and that, to me,
has always made it seem .•some=
thing like Alice in Wonderland.
What I think they mean is that
Victoria is a city where things are
a bit on the slow side, where the
people are rela.xed and everybody
knows how to take his time and
get more out of living. For ex-
ample, this is the kind of a city
'whiebw•many .people like, -for retire-
ment. The climate is 'bland and
mild; living is not too expensive;
life is gentle.
One thing S do happen to know
about Victoria is that its citizens
are great ones for writing letters
Every week I write a column about
books for • some Canadian news-
papers. One of. them is he Vic-
toria Times. And every week I
get a batch of mail from the West
Coast—letters and clippings- . and
poems and post cards from people"
in Victoria. -
This, I think, means something.
It means, for one thing, that out
there a lot of people still find time
for writing letters which is getting
to be an almost lost art with too
many of today's busy people. It
also means, I think, that the folk
of Victoria_ like .to read and love
books.
Taking all this into account, Vic-
toria's quiet relaxed atmosphere
and its citizens love for reading
and 'books, I almost .fell .out of my
chair` the other day when 1 heard
that their mayor was up to a dread-
ful thing.
This worthy who, 1 am told, is
a melodramatic •sort of chap who
goes around wrapped in -a flowing
black cloak (probably scaring alit
the little 'children for all I Mum)
suddenly erupted from his office In
tits city' hall and said that he was
going to go over to the library
right straight and take a whole lot
of books off -the shelves and .make.
a fine big bonfire of them in spine
Park : +or: •vltlEg'e green, or other.
iroflninent .Pltieey,
NOW ;hbde it, sting enough;•
arrytYlterep.eireti int the great VJ
and A. tia Pogo Wald say, bill OM'
Brush ,your teeth
without delay
Every time you eat.
Then mother dear will
surely say
That gleam is just a treat.
Dept. of' -National Health and Welfare
Years Agone
a
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Seems You Can Be Sure of
None. But the ac regors , • .
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Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron. Expositor of Twen-
tyfive and Fifty. Years Ago
From The Huron Expositor
February 8, 1929
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Sproat,
Tuckersmith, entertained on the
occasion of their 25th wedding an-
niversary when there were 100
guests present. Mr. Ear)' Van Bg-
mond was at the piano and played
'many old songs which rang through
She large_ hospitable rooms. Hugh
Chesney and Herbert Fowler en-
tertained with violin, music, and
Mr. John Scott brought down the
house with his song, "Scotland
Yet." • e
The hardware store of G. A. Sills
& Sons was broken into early Sat-
urday ,morning, an entrance being
effected through a door in the rear.,
Two shotguns, several rifles and a
large quantity of ammunition were
taken, as well as a pair of skates
and a small amount of change.
Mrs. Hugh Chesney, Egmtondville,
had the misfortune to fall on the
icy read near her home last Wed-
nesday and fracture her arm at the
wrist.
• Herbert McGregor, Bayfield, met
wit& an accident last week while -
working in a gravel pit, when a
large block of frozen gravel fell
and crushed this ankle.
A lively nearne of . hockey took
place in the local rink Saturday
afternoon between two teams of
girls, the Pats . and the Bunnies.
The,Pats came out ahead, 5-2. The
line-ups were: Pats — Goal, V.
Hudson; defence, B. Stephenson,
Helen Rankin; centre, B. Dor-
ranee; wings' N. Habkirk, Iva
Crowell. Bunnies—Goal,' M. Hilde-
brand; defence, E. Grieve, B. Edgar;
wings, A. Edmunds, Ona Nicholl.
An enjoyable evening- was spent
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Medd, MoKil'lop, last Friday night
by the Midnight Revellers: • An ex-
tra good program was given, which
consisted of duets by Robert and
Edith. McMillan; songs bye Lorne
Webb; duets by Doreen and Viola
Clark; reading, "The Cotter's Sat-
urday Night," by Thomas. McMil-
lan, M.P. A resolution by Mr. Wen.
Mason that a collection be
in aid of the Welsh miners was re-
sponded to liberally.
Miss Dorothy Grassick, Exeter;
was awarded bigh marks of •distinc-
tion in her graduation exercises
last week by Dr. Smith, examiner
for the London College of . Music,
England. She was formerly a
pupil of Miss G. Laramie, Hensa.il.
•
From The Huron Expositor
February 5, 1904 ,
Mr. Senning, architect of Lis-
towel, was in town on Sunday, He
was 'here in tonnection with the
proposed improvements to First
Presbyterian Church, of which he
is the architect.
The Seaforth boys are making a
name for 'themselves in hockey
•circles' In . Toronto. Edward Jack-
son and Fred Broadfoot are the
stars of a Varsity team, while Jef-
frey Hamilton and Harry Bright
are the backbone of the Dominion
Bank team.
Mr .Alex Gardiner, McKillop, was
in town Monday to receive the thor-
oughbred Shorthorn cattle which
he had purchased at a recent sale
in Hamilton. They arrived in town
by rail, and Mr. Gardiner took
them home in a sleigh over the
snowdrifts.
The At -Home given by the pupils
of Seafiorbh Collegiate Institute was
the most pleasant of the many fine
entertainments which they have
put on. The chair was occupied by
Rev. F. H. Larkin, and excellent
choruses were given by a company
Of girl pupils; recitations by Miss
Hazel Reid, Miss Harriet Wlleon
and Mr. Foley, and a vocal solo by
Roy. Willis. The principal, Mr. G.
F. Rogers, was preeented with a
handsome clock in honor of bis re-
cent marriage. tt
Mr. Harry M. Chesney, son of
Mr. William Chesney, Tuckersmith,
;oho has been engaged, as 'brakes -
man on' the C.P.R. in Manitoba,
)has been ,promoted. to the position
of conductor. His first run was
from Winnipeg to Brandon,
Mr. Brown Jackson ,refereed a
hockey match at God'erleh on Fri-
day between the 'Granites of Lon-
don and the Goderich 'Santora, in
whidlx the London players werea
badly beaten.
'Miss Rele t Wilson, eldest lough'
ter of Mr. J. A, WIleon, town, Weiit
to Toronto this week, whew" she
will pies ie her mtfiaieai studies.
Mr. Virmi 5iimitherai whoa,"teen
'here for eerie time, Aft hilti
home in ,llintierlitto NiDi,' `ill l *
With htiti a life PartnerliklitelpefO
Sou Of Mitedlentiethi,nt
J'aiidatiOiit,. itlitOti
(From the Magazine "Coming
Events in Britain")
Ancestor -tracing is a fascinating
occupation for many visitors to
Britaiw, and the task is rendered
comparatively easy for bearers of
surnames which are associated
with a particular part of the coun-
try.
ouptry. To take tiro obvious exam-
ples, if your name begins with
"Tre" or "Mac", it is reasonably
certain that your 'family originated
in Cornwall or Scotland- respective-
ly; and there are many other in-
stance* of these "regional" names.
According to the Psalmist, some
of the newly -landed sentry of an-
cient Israel called their lands by
their own name. In the case of
ancient English county families,
with one particular class excepted,
their surnames are usually derived
from 'the 'places they have inhabit-
ed .for centuries.
Thus Trafford, Hoghton, Formby,
Medlicott, Okeover, Carminow, Tre-
gear, Oholmondeley, Pusey, are all
places which have .given a name as
well as a habitation .to a well-
known family, but not -vice versa.
•Consequently, an appreciation of
geographical knowledge is an im-
mense advantage in genealogical
research, There are over 20 plac-
es in England called Clifton, and
before any Mr. Clifton claims kin-
ship with the famous familiesof
the Cliftons of Clifton (Notting-
hamshire) or the .Clifton: of Lyth-
am (Lancashire)' he shc6tld first as-
certain the county from which his
particular line originated.
Thus localized, his researches
will stand all the greater chance
of success.
The exception to the rule that a
family has derived its name from
its abode, instead of bestowing it
upon the latter, is found in the
many instances, patticularly in the
West Country of England, where
a place has a double name. -
Thus, in Devonshire and Somer-
set, we +have Combe Martin (the
original seat of the ancient Martin
family, descended from Martin de
Tours, a Norman baron), Colaton
Raleigh, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Samp-
ford Peverell, Stockleigh Pomeroy,
Berry Pomeroy (the Pomeroys were
greet Norman lords, who held many
manors in Devon). Upton Pyne,
Shepton Mallet, Norton Fitzwarren,
and Hatch Beauchamp.
In these instances, the second
name is that of one of the Nor-
man or French invaders who came
to -this country from 1066 to 1154.
The Malets, for example, were an
ancient Normae family which thad
secured English holdings when Ed-
ward the Confessor was on the
throne.
Time has now mellowed the or-
iginal harshness by which the new
lord strove to drive out the old
English name with his continental
patronymic, and today place-names
which formerly signified harsh
tyranny now seem part of the es-
sence of England.
This perpetual reminder on our
maps of the union of England and
Norman 'is. not confined to western.
England. Stoke Mandeville, in
Buckinghamshire, recalls the gre, t=
ness and the ruin of a once mighty
family. 'Stanstead Mountfichet and
Standford Rivers, in Essex, do the
same. The'value of understanding
this is that anyone whose surname
is thuslinked with 'a place can be
virtually certain that. his >jrst an-
cestor in England came from over-
seas, and that the original English
tome of his family is to be found
in that particular district.
In -some parts of Britain the sur -
in placid Victoria it is tantamount
to revolution. The last time I was
out there, after travelling three
thousand .miles across •the land, I
would have said that Victoria was
the last place in Canada where one
could expect to find. a witch hunt
in progress. Was. I wrong? Do all
the letters 1 get from book lovers
mean nothing? Or has some dread
ful mist blown in from the sea
which is affecting the judgment of
all the .good' people out there?
I doubt 'If any of these 'things
are true. My own guess is that
Victoria ,s. just a little too close to
Seattle these dans. Some strange
things are happening to our cous-
ins down south of the undefended
border and a few of them are seep-
ing across the line. For many,
many years now we have been ac-
customed to admiring our Ahteri-
can neighbors—and sometimes en-
vying them too --but lately Some of
us have started 'to wonder. •
No matter 'what the fact of
geography is, no matter )how close
we may be to a great and power-
ful nation, the truth is that we
have derived our ideas of justice,
liberty and, fair 'play from the
Motherland. Whenever we see
those noble concepts "being flout-
ed, whenever we hear of people
being hunted down and bullied and
of people being told what they can
write and of their books being
burnt if they don't toe the mark,
we are driven back to thinking
about the heritage which is oars,
from the British Isles.
I have not a doubt in the world
that the good citizens of Victf�o�ria
are thinking about that tradltioh. of
liberty . right ntfw 'and 1 ata com-
pletely confident that the cloak and
dagger mayor will not get too far
with his bonfiize. But we're -not too
far away from the border ourselves.
I'd' hate to see a pile of books
burned • in front of our Town Hall.
Whenever we see a 'sCrg'gly
Haired, stopj`tlly ! .: seed 'bd$by-
o *e etti' mei' standing
the ni#ddl1 ' b'6 lief r end sityi
: "Clothes, I'm going&nr s
:town) if pan want td eorhe along,
hang : out,
name Ise of little help in leading.
the searcher ,to the 'geographical
source of his family. This is :par-
ticularly so in Wales, where such
common surnames as fortes, Phil-
ips, Morgan and Events were ace.
quired at a comparatively late dater
by distinguished families stemming -
from Tudor Trevor, Colwyn :ap,.
Ievan, Aron ap Rees or some other -
ancestor -who .perhaps bore no ilxadi
surname.
But in the norbh .of Scotland;,
the position is diff trent. It is quite -
useless to' pursue Scottish genealo-
gica.l research without a clear un
derstanding of clans and their hat- •
itat. Most good books on clan tar-
tans carry 'mans ehowin. 'how the
Highlands were divided among thee
clans. The Macleod territory is imu.
Skye and Ramsay; that of the Mac-
d'onalds (Leads of the Isles) in Is --
lay and Kintyre. One finds Camp.
'bells in Argyllshire; Macphersonsr'
and 'Macintoshes in Inverness-shire,
and so on.
Once Eve knew the habitat of a
clan, it would be of little use, up •
to comparatively recent times, to -
look for any large settlement of`
members in another part of Scot-
land. This would be true in the,
vast majority of cases up to the
period of the Jacobite rising of
1745.
A perennial problem in the High- •
lands from earlier times had been
the pressure on subsistence ase
clans increased in numbers. .Be-
fore the seventeenth Century, this.
problem had been settled by inter --
tribal wars (the last occurred. diir--
ing the reign of James In, and by.
descents upon the Lee -lends int
search of booty.
The advent to the throne of Wil
liam III in 1789, and later of the -
Hanoverian kings, and suppression'
of the 1715 Rising, tended to •bri;g:
these raids to an end; and Che -
failure of the '45 completed the
process. The Highlands could -no
longer support their old population,
and many impoverished clansmen
had to immigrate to Canada.
It is thus from a period of 200)
years ago that the dispersion of
clansmen is to be dated.. Anyone,
therefore, who can show five or sig
generations of (for example) .Mac-
leod, Macdougal or Macfarlane an-
cestory, will know that the search
for earlier generations must con-
cern itself with a :particular .parte
of Scotland. It is no use looking'
for Farquhars in Sutherland" or'
Murrays in Aberdeenshire TOO) years-
ago; the era of movement from"
their original clan territories hadle
not yet set in.
It must, of course, be understood:':
that the descent of a complete clan
from its name -founder (e.g., the or-•
iginal parson's son w -ho 'first bore -
.the name Macpherson) is as un-
likely as thatof all Jews from
Father' Abraham. People came in-
to a clan Prom various sources for.
protection. Only the MacGregors
are reasonably sure of blood iden
tity, at least in the last three cen-
tunes. For nearly 200 years (from'
1602) MacGregors *ere nameless
men; outside the law. When the
ban waslifted only those who were,
genuine MacGregor: would have
come forward to claim the ancient:
name.
There are several instittitiono:
and societies in Britainwhich w11E.
prove useful in the work of ances-
tor -tracing. These include Somer-
set House, the Public Record Of-•
fice, and the 'Society of Genealo-
gists (London); the Scots Ances-
try Research Council (Edinburgh)
and the National Iaibrary of Wales
(Aberystwyth) .
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What Kind of Bacon Do You Like?
What kind_ of bacon do you like
—fat bacon. lean bacon, or bacon
with the fat and leen inter -mixed?
Over three thousand visitors , to
the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
chose, from six different samples.
of bacon on display at the Canada
Department of Agriculture's Bacon
Exhibit, those they . considered
Good, Fair, or Poor, and stated
whether they were acceptable or
not -acceptable as bacon they would
buy. The visitors filled in cards
recording their preferences so the
Department officials could deter-
mine what a sizeable group of Can-
adieu consumers say is the 'type of
bacon they want.
Those filling out the cards stated
whether they were men, women or
young people under 21 years of age.
When the cards were sorted into
these.. three groups, the choice
made by each group differed so lit-
tle from the others that the three
groups could be treated as one.
Samples of bacon chosen for the
test were a fair range of the side
bacon, commonly called "break-
fast" bacon, as sold in the retail
stores. Side bacon was selected
because even in the beat of hogs
it carries considerable fat as com-
pared with bacon made fa'om a loin
cut.
Careful measurements w e re
made of the amount of lean meat
in each of the samples and .the re-
sults expressed as percentage of
leap, to fat. When these percent-
ages were compared with the lire-
ferences'+stated on the earda, it was
quite evident .that most of those
voting .preferred a lean type of
bacon but rine with layers of fat
between the layers of -lean.
The sample receivip,g the highest
preference rating stood seventh itu
pereentagettor ldan to fat. The sec-
ond •ehaioe sample stood Edith in
percentage of lean, 'while the sem-
ilb with the 'highest percentage 'of
nto f'atwas only third' iit,'+popu-
,i, .': .
ter} softie t
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%West '1' reilir de f'lttinl, 1rnW etlet,
tt as nett to the Wrest in percent
b6ilt F'
thiititiligifithe of 'ti5(i>se
filling out cards selected one sam-
ple as better than any of the oth-
ers; and about an equal number.
rated one sample as poorer than .
any of the others. The remaining'
samples showed quite a different..
opinion. Two samples, carrying a
high percentage of lean, but not
appearing to have the. same qual- .
ity otherwise, were rated highly by
some, presumably because of the -
high percentage of lean, but were-
declared
weredeclared poor• or unacceptable b '
nearly an equal number:''"'
. Two samples about midway be-
tween the top and bottom in per-
centage of lean, ranked about equal.
in popular preference,, Each w'as•
rated Fair rather than Good, and
by about the same number of peo-
ple.
The sample chosen by the ma-
jority as the best was a breakfast
bacon containing about one-third/
lean to two-thirds fat, or about the
percentage one would . expect in an
'A' grade hog.
Another survey of consumer -
choice is being made at a show ire
Montreal this month, and a further -
sampling of opinion will be made
at .meetings of consumers in West-
ern •Canada. These will serve• a'e
a check on the results obtained at
the Royer and give a Wider eros
section of Canadian opinion
Want Poultry "Ready To Cook"
Canadian consumers 'prefer to
buy their chickens and tlirkey-
ready to cook. It preparation for
Thank':+giving, states the Poultry
Division, Department of Agricul-
ture, Ottawa, substantial quantities
of eviscerated,' or drawn, turkeys
were imported and offered at re-
tail levels at around 69 -.dents per 'k
pound. These were popular with
consumers.
Total imports ftam January1 to
November 14, 1953, amounted to
4,665,892 pounds. This included
turkeys fot'vl
, chickens, ducks,geese, salt 3,054c pounds-Of;(figeonta.
Turkeys were approxttito.�Ci;I3r
the total -imports ata, ; sem, Maass- ,
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