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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-04-23, Page 2-AGE :TWO HURON EXPOSITOR Established" 1860 THE HURON EXPOSITOR AP IL 23, 1954 Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean A. Y. McLean, Editor Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in Vance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single pies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly 'Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. YHoNE 41 Authorized a_; SF'cond Class Mail Post Offi,-e Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, April 23, 1954 PERHAPS OUR TAXES COULD BE WORSE 'There are times; particularly In late fall and in April, or for that utter, every time we buy a gallon iof gas, when we think that the pos- sibilities of finding new and more ef- ficient means of taxing have been ' pretty well exhausted. But don't let us fool ourselves. There are many tax sources which ‘vere found lucra- tive in years past, but which no long- er are being worked. Let the Woodstock Sentinel -Re- • view tell us about a few of these: "Fresh air and sunlight were taxed in the 17th century in England. The Government collected from all house- holds with six or more windows. This burdensome window tax wasn't re- pealed until 1851. `There was an annual tax of £2 2s on family crests and coats of arms. The Puritans paid a weekly meal tax, giving up the price of one meal every seven days to Oliver Cromwell. "Until 1879, every man, woman and child in France was subject to the gabelle—a tax requiring them to pur- chase seven pounds of salt a year, whether they needed it or not. "There was a Roman tax on dying, enforced by prohibition of burial for non-payment. The Emperor Constan- tine taxed his subjects also for the privilege of giving him presents. "Peter the Great of Russia, taxed all men who wore beards. Barbers; stationed at the gates of Moscow, en- Ierced the tax by shaving all non - payers. The Russians also paid tax on marriages, funerals, horse collars, leather boots, hats, beds, milk, baths, kitchen chimneys and cucumbers. "In the 18th century Turkey, after a pasha had visited and dined with a peasant family, he would demand bis `tooth money', a tax to compen— sate him for wear and tear on his teeth." THAT 13th BILL The manner in which the H.E.P.C. of Ontario uses its socalled "13th power bill," as a backdoor means of raising or lowering the rate charged local municipalities, arouses the ire of a writer in the Acton Free Press. It may be only a coincidence that municipalities across Ontario are faced with large 13th bills at a time when conversion costs are soaring far beyond estimates. On -the other hand, H.E.P.C. Chair- man Saunders has promised there would be no increase in consumer 'rates, and faced with conversion costs high above estimates, t h e money obviously had to come from somewhere. But let the Acton writer tell his story. After telling about a bill for $5,769.88, which Acton P.U.C. re- ceived, he says: "In an ordinary business it would seem strange to bill customers at what was suspected to be a satisfac- tory rate but finding at the end of the year that the business had not been successful, to submit another bill to make things round out in nice, even figures. "The H.E.P.C. of Ontario is sup- posed to sell the power to the local ae'ommissions at cost. I'm far front qualified to suggest they don't. But it would seem only fair that they sboiild approach more closely their (estimated costs than seems apparent. `The rash of temper that has s read to local commissions across Ontario may easily be understood when it is further pointed out that the 1.E.P.C. • of Ontario sets the �, , approves any capital, expendi- '>r3;: sets the Selling price of power 614,,generai superviSien of the whole operation. "Surely to be reasonable with the elected volunteers on the local com- missions of Ontario, the Ontario group could estimate their power costs more closely than the figures indicate they have. It will take in Acton an amount almost equal to the cost of the proposed new hydro truck to pay Acton's 13th power bill." What Other Papers Say: Help For the. Aged (Toronto Star) Premier Manning announces that Alberta will supplement the federal old age pensions, old age security and blind persons' pensions in that prov- ince by $15, instead of the $10 hither- to paid, bringing the monthly allow- ance to $55. British Columbia, which has been' providing a $10 supplement, is also to increase it to $15. Saskatchewan, not such a wealthy province, provides a $2.50 supplement to the $40 federal pension. Ontario, with its treasury over- flowing with money, provides no sup- plement at all. The old forks have to get along on $40 per month. Governor on Cars (Brantford Expositor) In many ways the car of today is far safer than the car of a few years ago, but it remains safer only so long as it is safely handled. The ordinary- citizen who wants to stay alive drives at all times with due regard for his own safety and that of others, that is, he rarely exceeds the legal limit. A governor on his motor set for a maximum of 60 m.p.h. would, therefore, make no difference to his diving habits or needs. He would have no external evidence of its being there. - The only people who would serious- ly oppose such a device are precisely those whose. speed' ought to be curb- ed. And the lives of others are more important than their selfish feelings. As It Should Be (Toronto Financial Post) SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Breaks Leg In Fall George Day, R.R. 1; Wingham, received a badly fractured leg last Wednesday when he slipped on a patch of ice while cleaning up around the farm. He was taken to Wingham General 'Hospital where his condition is reported to be good. It is expected that he will be hospitalized for two or three months.—Wingham Advance -Times. Lake Level Higher in March Level of Lake Huron at Goderich was higher in March than in Feb- ruary, according to statistics re- leased by the Canadian Hydrogra- phic Service in Ottawa. The report said that the lake level was three inches higher than in February, but 6' inches lower than March, 1953; 26% inches lower than the highest March; 39 inches higher than the lowest March, and six inches high- er than average.—Goderich Signal - Star. The decision of the board of in- come tax appeals that old age pen- sions are taxable will come as a shock to most Canadians, says the Edmon- ton Journal. We say the opposite. It is quite fair and quite proper that old age pensions be taxable. If they were not, a lot of people who have no real need of these pensions anyway would be getting a special exemption of approximately $500 a year. Let us get this straight. No person pays any .Federal in- come tax unless his income is more than $1,000 a year in the case of a single man and $2,000 if he is mar- ried. That means that anyone de- pending mainly on an old age pen- sion is automatically exempt. a " Smaller Industries Needed (Wingham Advance -Times,) At a recent meeting of the Huron County Industrial Promotion Board, somebody said that the towns of Huron County should try to get small industries to settle in the coun- ty, rather than large ones. It seems to us that the gentleman had something there. Large indus- tries are hard to find and harder still to entice. And if you do by any chance manage to land one, it may turn out to be like having a tiger by the tail. Small town economies are apt to be disrupted by the sudden introduction of a large industry in- to the scheme of things. Small industries, on the other hand, can be the lifeblood of a town. They provide more opportunity for those who work in them; they do not monopolize the labor force; they should be easier to get. Many a town has become a shadow of its for- mer self when 'its main industry fold- ed up or went elsewhere. No town with a multiplicity of small indus- tries need ever fear that. Wingham has several small indus- tries of *hid' she should b4 proud. If we are going to try to get more industry into town, why not get more like theltn? • Bumps -a -Daisy Stores on the highway between Goderich and Clinton and then be- tween Clinton and Stratford have reported a sharp fall-off in sales this spring of vibrating machines. The stores report that where once a considerable number of these reducing machines were sold to women. the latter find they have no need for them this spring. Better results are obtained by simp- lyriding in a car over the "pioneer highway trail" between Goderich and Stratford. — Goderich Signal - Star. • Salvage Shed Burns this year, and I'm going to take it to Clinton Spring Show, because I've always been treated well there."—Clinton News -Record. Member of Scouting Council More than 100 tlergy and laymen from Huron Diocese Anglican Churches attended a conference in London last 'Thursday, which elect- ed a Council of Scouting in the area. The 26 -member council, con- sisting of one clergyman and one layman for each deanery, plans to develop scouting 'programs in each parish, make a full study of the church and scouting, and to ar- range further conference on a dean- ery or diocese level. Rev. A. N. Ellis, of St. John's Anglican Church of Brussels, was appointed 'to the 26 -member council.—Brussels Post. Contracts For 800 Acres Contracts for about 800 acres of peas are being issued by the local branch of Canadian Canners, Ltd., Manager H. K. Penhale ankounced Wednesday. The crop is s'l`ightly less than that of 1952 but close to the average in recent years. First contracts were let to district far- mers Wednesday. Planting will be done on a staggered schedule. The canning companies andpt.he Ontario Vegetable Growers Association came to an agreement on the con- tracts last week. Price for peas is $98.50 per ton, the same as in 1953. The amount of corn which will be handled at the local plant has not been determined, but Manager Pen - hale expected to know soon. Price is $25 a ton, the same as last year. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Fire which broke out shortly before 1 p,m. Wednesday gutted a frame building at the Waxman Sal- vage yard on Albert St. Goderich firemen had the fire under control shortly after their arrival, but the blaze worked its way into some tires, bags and other waste mater- ial which was stored in the build- ing. The fire. although short-lived, sent a volume of black smoke bil- office, Zurich,. Mr. Henry Clausius lowing into the sky whioh was vis- has purchased the centrally locat- ible from all, parts of town. Auto- ed dwelling property on •Victoria mobile parts were also stored in the building.—Goderich Signal -Star. Purchase Village Properties Oh Saturday at the auction sale of the dwelling property and ef- fects of Wm. Farrell in town, the property was purchased by Dennis Denomme, of town, who gets im- mediate possession. He has for some years been a resident in the apartment just south of the post Hear Talk on Cancer A directors' 'meeting of the Hul- lett Township Federation of 'Agri- culture was held at the home of Percy Gibbings on Thursday, April 8, with 25 in attendance. John H. Stratton, chairman of the erth-Hur- on Cancer Unit. was guest speaker. Mr. Stratton showed films and gave a talk on cancer and its symptoms. He stressed the need of funds to carry on the work. Chairman of the drive is Lloyd Pipe, Londesboro. A canvass of the township will be made in the near future. — Clinton News -Record. Going Back on Great Lakes Several local men, who last year spent the sailing season working on various boats on the Great Lakes are either gone back to o'clock Tuesday morning, and in a their jobs for the coming season. few short minutes the S. Riddick or will be returning shortly. First & Sons' feed mill was beyond sav- ing. The men suspect that a fuel line bearing diesel fuel under pres- sure to the engine operating the grinding equipment, must have burst, spraying oil which was nited by the hot exhaust. pipe. This would be' but a surmise, for no one was on the scene when the fire be- gan. Immediate answer by ' mem- bers of the fire brigade to the call of the siren, brought the flames un- der control and eliminated danger to surrounding buildings. Friends and neighlbors were swift to offer their help in.. the .face of this dis- aster. Two cats which had lived in the mill, and no doubt earned their keep in the way felines have of ridding premises of 'mice, were made homeless by the blaze. and have been taken in b St., just north of the Zurich Dairy, `from its former owner, Mrs. Paul Jeffrey, Detroit, and who is having an auction sale of the effects in the house, after which Mr. Clausius will receive possession. In a com- munity like Zurich it is the gen- eral feeling amongst, the citizens, when at all .possible, they like to own their homes and fix them up to their liking or means, which is a very good plan.—Zurich Herald. NLRE'$ 1111134041111 Flash Fire At Mill They may not be superstitious, but April 13 was certainly an un- lucky day for David and John Wilson, when fire completely gut- ted tile steel structure which hous- ed their growing feed mill busi- ness and represented eight years of hard work and planning. The fire was noticed about eleven Mate Ellwood Sbortreed, of the Lethbridge, together with Kenneth Johnston and Gordon Shobbrook, who will be members of his crew, left on Tuesday to take up their duties. Others who will be sailing are Donald Brown, with the Alta- doc, and Douglas Brown and Har- old Campbell, with the Viscount Bennett.—Blyth Standard. Show Gaining Interest Interest in the Clinton Spring Show is at a new high. according to secretary --treasurer. A. J. Mc- Murray, Planned for May 29. the spring show this year will cele- brate its fiftieth anniversary with special program and extra attrac- tion's. But the main drawing card to this Clinton spring show which has been growing every year, is shown in the words of a veteran showman who plans to attend: I've got a load of stuff to show TEACHING A CHILD TO BE TIDY AND NEAT SOMETIMES CAN BE QUITE A FEAT. .COOPERATION 1S THE CLIA. ITS BETTER THAN FORGE FOR CHILD AND YOU. Dept ol'National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor 'of Twen- tyflve and Fifty Years Ago CROSSROADS (By James Scott) UNDERGROUND Last week I went into Toronto and I think more than ever before I was glad to get out of that bust- ling metropolis. In fact I can never remember a time when I kept thinking so often that I wanted to get away from it all and home where there was a little peace and quiet and serenity. Maybe It was because it was._the first time I have been in the city since they opened their subway. Maybe it was caused by something else. But that subway! Boy, that cer- tainly is something! It's not five miles long—which is peanuts when you think that both New York and London have over two (hundred' miles of subway—but it cost over fifty million dollars to build. Just think of that now. Over. ten mil- lion dollars a mile. That's mighty expensive road -building in any man's language. And why? Well I'll admit that Toronto's subway is a very pretty thing as burrows go. All the sta- tions are lined with gleaming tile walls in pleasant pastel shades, with attractive trim. A few—very few—stations are equipped with escalators;' there is a lot'of chrom- ium trim and the trains themselves are the latent thing. All these things cost money—plenty of it. But the real reason for this ex- pensive way of building a railway is that there is no longer room on the face of the earth as far as Toronto goes to look after all the people who want to go somewhere at the same time. So they had to dig underground, and that is what costs so much. It's a kind of sobering thought when you pause to consider it. Right here in this land of the wide open spaces there is x spot where so many people are crowded togeth- er and are so restless that there literally isn't room for them to move on the face of the earth. From The Huron Expositor April 26, 1929 Robert Laird Joynt, of Hensall, youthful student at the University of Western Ontario, has been awarded a scholarship in business administration by the University of Chicago. The scholarship is valued at about $1,000. Mr. Joynf will graduate from the University this year with honors. Entering the uni- versity five years ago, when he was but 13 years old, he has made re- markable scholastic ,career there in the business administration course, being near the top or his class each term. He was(s. one of the youngest students tb attend Western University. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Murray, of McKillop,• are•`%busy getting' their new home in Dublin ready- to live in and will shortly move there. They will be greatly missed by their many friends in McKillop. y 'len: s o the Wilson men. Singed whiskers and burned ears were evidence en- ough of the swift relentlessness of fire.—'Clinton News -Record. Good Seed For Good Crops Very close attention should be given by grain growers to the qual- ity of the seed that is to be used regardless of whether the crop pro- duced is for feed, commercial grain 4, or for sale as seed, warns J. A. Newman. Experimental Substation, Fort, Vermilion, Alta. Results of numerous seed drill surveys in the Prairie Provinces have shown that a very high per- centage of seed being used can be classed as rejected seed. The two main factors to be considerred in good seed grain are a high per- centage of germination and free- dom from weed seeds. Facilities for cleaning grain are available Ip most areas, and where these are not present, care'Tul operation of many of the smaller farm 'toils will remove practically all small and light weed seeds, Material con- taining weed, seeds that are gener- ally known to be difficult or impos- sible to remove with any type of equipment, such as tartarian buck- wheat in wheat or wild oats in oats, should not +be considered as suit- able to be cleaned for seed, The fact that grain )has been through a cleaner does not neces- sarily qualify it as good seed. It is the condition after cleaning that is important. Any extra effort and expense put forth in obtaining clean seed means fewer weeds in the field resulting in leas expense. in spraying, higher yields, less dockage and better grades when marketing, which in turn boost the net income of the producer. Germination of seed can be de- termined en the farm by collecting one or more one hundred kernel random samples and placing these between two layers of blotting pa- per, wool cloth or similar material that can be 'kept moist,-ln- a room of modern temperature. Germina- At a meeting of the South Huron Boys' Work Board, held in Hensall last Monday night, it was decided to hold the boys' camp at Grand Bend. The camp will be under the charge of Rev. Charles Daniels and Rev. J. M. Coiling, two of the old- est camp directors in the province. Steps were taken by the board to secure a permanent camp site on the lake shore, preferably in the neighborhood of Bayfield. The election of officers resulted in the following being elected: chairman, Alex Addison, Bayfield; vice- chairman, Karl Pinkney-, Sea forth; secretary -treasurer, A. Y. McLean, Seaforth; directors: [ley, Mr. Con- ner, Kippen; Arthur Boys, Clinton; Claude Blowes. Hensall; camp com- mittee, Rev. I. B. Kaine, Seaforth, Chairman, and Miss McKenzie. Messrs. Boyce. C,pnner, Pinkney, Blowes and Addison. Mr. Edmund Wolper, of near Dashwood. had a narrow escape one day last week when the four horses which he had hitched to the harrows, ran away in a field when he stumbled. In the fall one foot caught caught in the harrows and he was dragged a distance of lU rods. Luckily he managed to re- tain the lines and so stopped the runaway horses. He received a bad cut on the upper lip and his leg was bruised. tion should take place in a week or 10 days. Seed that shows good germination will produce strong, rapid growth which is essential in competing with weed growth and in utilizing available moisture im- mediately after seeding especially in areas where precipitation is low. The importance of using clean seed with a high percentage of germina- tion cannot be over -emphasized and it is in the interests of all pro- ducers of all types of cereal grains for various purposes that the slogan "Use Good Clean Seed" might be remembered and acted upon. New Barley Varieties .... Three new varieties of barley have ibeen licensed for sale in Can- ada recently. Vantmore, a six -row- ed smooth awned feed variety, was developed from the cross Titan x Vantage at the Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man. It was licensed for sale in 1954. This variety seems beat adapted to the black soil zones of Manitoba and eastern Saskatche- wan. It was released as a replace- ment for Vantage in Manitoba. It is not acceptable for malting pur- poses. Wolfe 'ia a six -rowed, smooth awned feed barley from the cross Sanalta x Titan and Mont - calm if 0111 made at the Cereal Crops Division, Central Experimen- tal Farm, Ottawa. The selection and development work was done at the Experimental Station, La- combe, Alta. It was licensed for sale in Canada in 1954. Wolfe has consistently outyielded 0111 in cen- tral Alberta and appears to be es- pecially adapted in that area. Brant is a six -rowed smooth awned feed barley from the cross Stephen x 'Galore made at the Ontario Agri- cultural 'College, It is a high yield- ing mildew resistant variety which is recommended for most barley growing areas in Ontario. 7t r.4 - No one can tell me that that i - a healthy normal sign of progress. You can't tell me that man, who i'. apart from all the other beasts by virtue of the fact tb,at she can stand( on 'his hind feet and lift his face to the sun, was ever intended too. - scuttle like a mole underneath the= earth. It's not much wonder, then, is it that I felt uncomfortable in. Toron- to the other day? That subway seemed to me to be the final roof' that this country is going the way all th'e other troubled countries of the world are going—living at a. frantic pace, crammed up together in a rabbit -warren ex5istence with• neither time nor space to look up' to the sun and smile and say with, Browning, "God's in his heaven all's right with the world." Maybe that's why all is definite- ly not right with the world: May- be if we considered it progress when a man gets a better chance to move and breathe and stop to, think, instead of when be gets to - move (faster and think less we• might not have worked ourselves, into the tight corner where we now are. The other day I wits talking to a man who had just come back from New York. He reported that he had never been in a city where the population was so close to panic. Why? Because the U.S, govern-• ment had finally let off a couple of H-bombs and let the world know that one of them is strong enough to 'blow up a whole city, and New York is a number one target. T'he people down there ate frightened and nervy. Who wouldn't be? And all because we have "pro- gressed" so much that we are now able to destroy ourselves. We live- in a. wonderful world! And you know something ,.else?'" A subway- tunnel is no earthly good as a bomb shelter against the - hydrogen bomb. From The Huron Expositor• April 22, 1904 .Tust as people were commencing to congratulate themselves on hav- ing; emerged from a very severe winter and were .joy -fully looking forward to a beautiful spring. their hopes were somewhat chilled last Friday iby one of the severest bliz- zards of the season. Here the snow commenced to fall early in the af- ternoon and continued until about midnight. Snow fell to about the depth of six inches on the level, but the cold was not intense, only the unexpected visitation caused householders to look into their empty coal bins with.a good deal of misapprehension. It is said to be the heaviest snow fall at this season for 30 years. Mr. James McMichael has Pur- chased the Seaforth bowling green, paying therefore Imo, It is Mr. Mc- Mic.hael',s intention to make the bowling club a present of the green. Another distinction which Mr. Mc- Michael possesses is that of being the oldest bowler in point of age, in the province. .Mr. William Habkirk, of this town, has just purchased from Mr. Thomas Pierce, of Dublin, the im- ported Clydesdale stallion, "Best Man," and will travel him in the district this season. "Best Man" is a find individual, with good feet and legs. He was imported from Scotland in September, 1902. He has proved himself a sure stock - getter, and his pedigree is of the best. Mr. Samuel Murray, )brother of Mr. John Murray, of Hullett, and Mrs. Harry Tyndall, of Tucker - smith, has passed a most brilliant examination at the Ontario Veter- inary College, Toronto. He secured honors in materia, Medica, second prize in chemistry, honors In path- ology, physiology, anatomy and entrozon, besided winning the gold' medal given by the Toronto In- dustrial Association for dissected specimens. Oh, George, do you realize it's almost a year since our honeymoon and that glorious day we spent on the sand? I wonder how we'll s'p'end out anniversary?" "On the 'itoeles." Proclamation TOWN OF SEAFORTH Daylighi Saving Time The Council of the Town of Seaforth has instructed me to declare DAYLIGHT SAV- ING TIME, adopted for the Town of Sea - forth, during the period of MONDAY, APRIL 26th at 2:00 a.m. — To — SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th at 2:00 a.m. and respectfully request the citizens to observe the same. DR. E. A. McMASTER, May:.or.. 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