The Huron Expositor, 1954-05-07, Page 2,f
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SEAFORTH, Friday, May 7, 1954
IS SEEDING EARLY OR LATE?
Seeding is late this year, the farm-
ers say, and naturally they are con-
verned about the wintry weather
that has continued into May. They,
of course, are not the only ones who
are concerned about snow in May,
but they have the most at stake.
Cold weather in May isn't nice to
,contemplate, but at most is only an
inconvenience to most of us. But to
the farmer, cold, wet weather at this
time of year could mean poor crops,
and that is important.
But perhaps seeding isn't as late as
it seems. And perhaps again if it is
late, it won't °make much difference
in so far as a crop is concerned. At
least that is what is indicated by fig-
ures compiled by one who farmed
near Seaforth for thirty years.
This fanner has kept a -record of
the date on which he commenced
seeding in each of the thirty years
during which he farmed. And whe-
ther it was April 2, as was the case
in 1946, or May 22, 1938, the crop
was pretty much the same, he says.
- in other words, early seeding doesn't
guarantee a good crop.
Here are the dates on which our
fawner friend commenced seeding:
1923, April 26; 1924, April 24; 1925,
April 8; 1926, April 8; 1927, April
15; 1928, May 3; 1929, April 19; 1930,
April 28; 1931, April 13; 1932, April
16; 1933, April 20 ; 1934, May 3; 1935,
April 12; 1936, May 2; 1937, May 4;
1938, May 22; 1939, May 2; 1940,
May 7; 1941, April 23; 1942, April
20; 1943, May 7; 1944, May 1; 1945,
April 10; 1946, April 2; 1947, May
10; 1948, April 16; 1949, April 13;
1950, May 3; 1951, May 5; 1952, April
25; 1953, April 28.
"FOREBODINGS WILL NOT
SEEM STRANGE'.
In an editorial entitled, '`A Traffic
Problem For Seaforth," the Goderich
Signal -Star comments on the situa-
tion Seaforth faces as a result of the
= pvelnt;ii`v of through traffic along
Goderich Strket•.
The Signal - Star says: "It is
known that the policy of the Ontario
Highways Department is now to
build highways outside the limits of
cities and large towns instead of
through such centres of population,
thus lessening traffic dangers. In the
past it has been the desire of every
town to be situated on a Provincial
highway -the more traffic the better
-but now, with the great increase
in the number of cars and trucks on
some of these highways, it is realiz-
ed that the consequent congestion of
traffic is a peril and a hindrance to
business.
"Considerations such as these are
in the minds of the people of Sea -
forth, according to an article in The
Expositor of that town. While Sea -
forth is not one of the large towns,
it is so circumstanced, according to
The Expositor, that a serious traffic
.difficulty may arise if No. 8 High-
way, now being repaved, is continued
en the present -route through the
town. It is pointed out that the high -
y divides the town between north
and south, and it is feared that if
the improved roadw y -••attracts the
great additional traffic that may be
,emoted, these vehicles, in the lan-
havge of The -Expositor, 'can only
e the effect of creating a moving
hell separating the north part of
town from the south.' At present
C + t rves on the highway west of
arch give a 'certain amount of
['oteetion' from speeding motorists
rMing from that direction, and the
sec �eliinination. of these curves
iff'atei.11ltate the more rapid move -
or a fie into tclWi ,' to such an
t�ri�YitoL1F11}
extent that Goderich Street - Sea-
forth's main east and west thorough-
fare --will be jammed. `Should the
plans as proposed go forward, Sea -
forth citizens can anticipate not on-..,
ly greatly increased costs of main-
tenance, but a complete change in
their way of life,' says The Exposi-
tor, and the Town Council is urged
to make its views known to the De-
partment of Highways at the earliest
moment.
"These forebodings will not seem
strange to those who have driven
through the main street of Exeter,
where an alternative route through
the town may be in order before long.
Goderich as the terrfiinus of No. 8
Highway and with two roads, Vic-
toria and Cambria, to accommodate
north and south traffic, does not ap-
pear to require any re-routing,
though there have been rumors, per-
haps unfounded, that surveyors have
been looking for a diversion."
BETTER, BUT NOT
GOOD ENOUGH
Statistics relating to motor ve-
hicle traffic accidents in Huron
County during 1953 have been re-
leased by the Department of High-
ways.
While there were fewer traffic ac-
cidents and fewer fatalities in Huron
during the past year, there are no
grounds for complacency on the part
of motorists in the county.
Despite the improvement, there
were 513 accidents of a severity to
necessitate reporting; eight persons
lost their lives, and 207 'were injur-
ed.
In viewing the statistics for the
Province as a whole, it is interesting
to note that by far the great major-
ity of accidents result from col-
lisions with other vehicles. The
driver of the car most frequently in-
volved in an accident was in the age
group 25 to 40-a male, was driving
too fast on a straight road between
5 and 6.o'clock Saturday afternoon.
He had been driving a car for more
than five years. The highway was
dry and in good condition.
What Other Papers Say:
Faithful Dog
(Winnipeg Free Press)
The love bf .a dog for his master is
well known. There are many well
authenticated cases where dogs, be-
cause of the loss of their master.
have preferred death to life, One of
the best known concerns- the Edin-
burgh Scottie that followed his mas-
ter's body to the grave, remainin
there until he died.
A current c �e T az.; reported in the
Londe' 1 •fitries last week.
tJ ell gg, a shepherd, aged 86,
had be 6n missing since December 12
on the moors above Derwent Valley
in the Peak district. He was found
dead on March 29 with his 12 -year-
old Collie "Tip" beside him "alive and
guarding his body." .Tip had re-
mained on guard during severe wea-
ther including heavy snowfalls, ap-
parently keeping herself alive by
catching rabbits.
Tip has been adopted by a niece of
her beloved master and is happy once
more.
SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS -
To Assist in Planning
F. Allen, Cromarty, president of
Perth Plowmen's Aesociatitan, is
one of four from this organization
to assist • plowanen in six other
counties in drawing up plans for
the local counties' day at the an-
nual International Plowing Match
to be held near Breslau this fall. -
Mitchell Advocate.
Start Work on Phone System
Construction crews of the Bell
Telephone Company arrived on
Monday to, start work on the take-
over program of the Goderich Mun-
icipal Telephone System by the
Bell Telephone Company, in 'ac-
cordance with the agreement
reached last July. It is expected
that the work will be completely
finished by the end of this year.-
Goderich Signal -Star.
Plan Pamphlet
A two-page pamphlet about Hur-
on County is being planned by the
County Industrial Board for dis-
tribution at trade fairs in Blyth,
Toronto and Clinton. Decision to
produce the pamphlet was made
a.t an executive meeting of the
board in Exeter Monday night.
It will contain information about
population, and an outline of pre-
sent industries and agriculture.-
Goderich Signal -Star.
The Farmer's Right To Sell
(The Rural Scene)
It is the right of every man to own
the things he produces. This right of
ownership includes the right to sell
his products to anyone who is willing
to buy them, and at any price that is
agreeable to both parties.
Farmers, wishing to do so, have
the right to form marketing groups
for the collective selling of their pro-
ducts. Farmers not wishing to join
such groups, should have the right to
refuse to do so, and to continue sell-
ing their products in their own way.
Where do the farmers who have
formed themselves into such mar-
keting groups get the right to coerce
other farmers to join them?
And where did the members' of the
legislature get the right to make it
a crime for a farmer to sell his own.
products to anyone he likes and at
any price that satisfies him?
This is a question that Ontario
farmers should ask their M.L.A.'s
when they see them. For such a bill
was actually passed by the Legisla-
ture at its recent session.
�Ql�twt,ip1
built of cement blocks andbrick
and is being erected on„ the Bos-
senberry property between the
hotel and the theatre. The build-
ing is being erected ibyr Alvin Bos-
senberry for the Liquor Control
Board with Harry Hamilton as the
local contractor. It is expected to
have the building up by the middle
of July. A space between the new
store and the theatre is being re-
served for off -the -street parking.
Applicants for beverage room lic-
enses at Grand Bend have been
advised that their applications will
be considered at the next meeting
of the Liquor Control Board.--Exe-
ter
oard.- fixe -ter Times -Advocate.
Longtime Producer _
Linda Echo Finderne, a member
of the purebred Holstein herd of
Bisset Bros., Goderich, has quali-
fied for a Red Seal Certificate of
Longtime production preented by
'Fite Holstein -Friesian Association
of Canada. In nine lactations on
offcial Record of Performance test
Linda produced a total of 108,261
pounds of milk. containing 4,063
pounds fat, average test 3.75 per
cent butterfat. - Goderich Sigual-
Star.
Bend Builds Liquor Store
The construction of a new liquor
store and warehouse at Grand
Bend is under way with the turn-
ing of the first sold last week. The
new building, 40x100 feet, will be
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
Toto Huron Expositor of Twen
tyflve and Fifty Years .Ago
%.15,0r4 aAiss'
From The Huron Expositor
May 10, 1929
A large number of friends and
neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Murray gathered at their home in
MoKillop to spend a social evening
with them before their removal to
their new home In Dublin. During
the evening Mr. and Mrs. Murray
were presented with two handsome
chairs, accompanied by an address
which took them by complete sur-
prise, but expressed themselves
with complete thankfulness for the
token of remembrance with which
they were presented, and left the
huuee open to an evening of en-
joYment with games and dancing
until the wee hours of the morn-
ing.
Harvey Koehler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Koehler, Manley, was
operated on last Saturday in Sea -
forth Memorial Hospital for an ab -
cess on his wrist, which he injur-
ed some time ago, and has return-
ed home much improved.
Mr. Richard Taylor has purchas-
ed the 50 -acre farm now occupied
by Mr. Archie Hodgert, Thicker -
smith; and is busy putting in the
crop. Mr. Hodgert has secured a
position with the firm now operat-
ing the gravel pit, and intends re-
maining in this section.
St. Patrick's Altar Society, Dub-
lin, elected officers for the present
year as follows: president, Mrs. J.
Krauskopf; vice-presidents, Mrs.
17Villiam Curtin, MTS. Mary Brick -
lin, Mrs, James Jordan; secretary,
Mrs. Jolln Bruxer; treasurer, Mrs.
W. Byrne. Rev. Father O'Drowski,
P.P., congratulated the officers of
the past year for their good work
and trusted the society would con-
tinue faithfully in looking after
that part of church work.
Farmer Bitten By Pig
Edward Garniss, 36, of R.R. 4,
Wingham, was treated in the hos-
pital on Monday after being bitten
by a pig, while attending the ani-
mal on his farm. He suffered a
severe gash on •his left arm below
the elbow as a result of the acci-
dent, and' after bleeding profusely
had lost considerable blood before
being admitted to the hospital. He
was treated there and 'allowed to
go home. --Wingham Advance -
Times.
Safety Patrol Receive Caps
Making a quite sanart looking
appearance, in full uniform, last
Thursday afternoon, 10 members
of the -Safety Patrol received new
white caps made for the Patrol by
members of the Clinton Women's
Institute. :Mrs. Douglas Freeman
had done a good deal of the work,
with the assistance of President
Mrs. C. Sturdy. Chief Constable J.
Ferrand presented the Patrol to
the Institute, introducing each one.
Then Captain of the Patrol, Wayne
McGee, -recited the Safety Patrol
Pledge, and Gordon Swan present-
ed the rules of the road. All mem-
bers 'demonstrated the signs they
would expect a motorist to give
when signalling a turn, Mrs. Stur-
dy made the presentation of the
new caps, and the boys modelled
them. Chief Ferrand offered the
thanks of the Patrol to the W.I.
for their work. -Clinton News-Re-
ctird.
CROSSROADS
"(By James Scott)
THE GREEN SWARD IS BACK
I hate to bring this up again, but
at this 'time of year it just seems
to be on my mind all the time. I
have heard a lot of people com-
plaining lately about what a back-
ward Spring we have been having.
I guess it is, at that. Certainly it
seems to have been a long, long
time since the old dry, summer sun
was beating down on our backs.
Just the same, a quick glance out
the window just now seems to in-
dicate to me that things are not
nearly so far behind :is they're
supposed to be. In short, have you
taken a look at your lawn lately?
T juRf def, and l.,ackward spring
Jr not, dull day Or not. the grass
is growing at the same alarming they will, it will be many a d.q.y
rate it always does at this time of before' you see me trying to ettt
year. my lawn in any way whatsoever.
tipw, don't mistake me. I'm real- But, boy, I still like t0"see the
ly a great fellow for grass. When new Spring grass. Especially when
you conte right down to it. I like a somebody else is behind the lawn
ni e stretch of velvety smooth mower.
laiwn ,just as much a- the next
...n. Aftt-r a long a int,. r. I'll
1:41'ee entilu ,A,;ticaily .hat it sure
site that fin,? fresh green'
1-,00 only see ,in the Spring ni thel
e tr. 00, yes, grass is real fine.
Only
\aril. there is one little matter.
1 small thing, I suipn i, and not
anything to get excitett about, hut
lust the sante you cant get around
11 it fact that this pretty gr'"n
sass grows. Yessir. it grows and
grows and grows: Unless we have
t real drought, you cats hardly turn
your hack on it before it has grown
some more. Right now. as I write
this, it's out there growing away
to beat all get out. Tonight while
I'm sleeping, it will be growing.
Tomorrow while I'm eating break-
fast it will be growing. And it will
he growing the next day. and the
next, and the next., right on all
through the summer.
i1 only- grass would get its grow-
ing dune, once and for all, the first
week of Spring. everything would
be fine. Rut up to now nobody has
been smart enough to develop that
kind of grass seed. So far, in spite
0 all the ., so-called wonders of
science, grass keeps right on grow-
ing and lawns keep on having to
be cut.
And that is what I meant when
I said I hated to bring the matter
up. However, you might as well
face it, all you grass -lovers. From
now on the lawn will have to he
rut. and there's nothing else you
can do about it.
Or is there? I just, happened to
hear the other day a.bout a won-
derful new lawn mower. Same tame
agb I wrote about power mowers
and my own disastrous experience
with same, but this new one is
something else again. This one
You don't even have to walk be-
hind. All you do is sit on your
front porch or under the shade of
the old apple tree, or some such
favored spot, and .hold the end of
a little cord in your hand. This is
a remote control device. Without
stirring more than a finger, you are
supposed to be able to make the
lawn mower turn corners, and ev-
erything else. ft. certainly : ounds
like utopia, doesn't it?
Maybe it does to you, but not to
MP. 1f i had one of these suprr
lawn mowers you know what would
happen? Well, I do.' There I'd
he sitting in a mice comfortable
(leek chair guiding my mower up
d down the front lawn when sud-
denly everything would go berserk.
The fawn mower would hit a bone
left last night by my neighbor's.
dog, or a ball with which the young
ladies of our neighborhood had
been playing, or something like
that. As far as I can gather, there
is nothing .in this new machine
whish cleans bile lawn of all im-
pediments as it mows along. And
if it weren't that, it would b^ some-
thing else. I know enough about
these new -(angled machines by now
to be absolutely certain that if I
were guiding a lawn mower by re-
n,ote control it would either be
racing up my leg or high -tailing
it over into the neighbor's lettuce
when it was merely supposed to
be cutting the back lawn,
No, sir; you can't fool me about
labor-saving lawn mowers. I've
tried them all and every one of
thele has nearly cost me my iffy.
Jt will be many a day before you
ever see Me tr'y'ing to mo -,v my
lawn by remote contruq. lit fact,
if my plans work out, as I 'hope
•
From The Huron Expositor
May 6, 1904
-..Mr. Arthur McCurdy, of the
Thames Road East, .who recently
sold his farm to M'r. C. E. Hack-
ney, has purchased the beautiful
homestead of Mr. Thomas Jones,
near Exeter, paying for it $7,30'0.
This is one of the best and nicest
farms in the county, and Mr. Mc-
Curdy is to be congratulated on
his purchase.
Mr. John R. McDonald, of the
2nd concession of Tuckersmith, has
disposed of his two-year-old Clydes-
dale stallion, "Donald Dinnie," to
Lewis Dorrington, of near Windsor.
The purchaser came a long way to
get a horse, but he has secured a•
good one.
While assisting in the erection
of a windmill at Mr. D. A. Forrest-
er's, of Clinton, one day lately, Guy
.Miller met with an accident which
might have resulted seriously. He
was on a ladder about twenty-five
Leet up When his foot slipped and
the fell head foremost on to the
roof of the woodshed beneath hirn.
By so doing, the. fall was tbroken
and he escaped with a few bruise.=.
Mr. George Clock, who has been
seriously ill, is again able to take
his aecustomed chair at the diener
table. He is a man of wonderful
vitality, and we hope he may ec-
)oy some years of comfort yet in
his old age.
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