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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-05-21, Page 2EXPOSITOR Esta hed 1860 flushed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- U rsday afternoon by McLean A. Y. McLean, Editor allbeeription rates, $2.50 a year in , ee; foreign $3.50 a year. Single 6 cents each. fiber of Canadian weekly Newspapers Association: Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail J'ost Office Department, Ottawa, SEAFORTH, Friday, May 21, 1954 1[11E GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN WASHINGTON Some days ago the Governor -Gen- era', Mr. Vincent Massey, delivered it address to the American Congress which has been widely acclaimed on both sides of the border as an ad - of which Canadians can be Sod. metimes those who interpret Canada in addresses in the United States feel it encumbent on them to either boast or complain. But as the Ottawa Journal points out, Mr. Mas- sey did neither. "He gave the Con- gress of our neighbors an excellent Lesson on our constitution and way of life, on what the Crown and a con- stitutional monarchy mean to us, and how we have adapted a parliamen- tary system to a federal state, but be did it with tact and skill, in an attractive, civilized way, without the pitfalls of boastfullness or reproach." Mr. Massey did not attempt to coat kis message with a sweet covering. He spoke only the truth, as this pas - .e indicates: "In our collabora- tion we may not always agree on every detail of the plans we must Ans.cuss together, but there is no dif- ference between us on the fundamen- tal aims we must pursue; we may dimer now and then on. `bows' but sever on the 'why'. You may depend upon us as faithful friends and com- rades." 1N 2000 A.D. As part of the ceremonies mark - $vg the opening of their new plant in Goderich, the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company of Canada Ltd., asked Goderich school children to answer twenty questions, to indicate what, in their opinion, would be changed ming thenext forty-six years. The results of the survey on what the world will be like at the start of the 21st century will be placed in a vacuum -sealed box and buried in the wall of the company's new $1,000,000 plant during dedication ceremonies. The box will not be- opened until the ,year 2000. The answers to the questions are interesting, even if, in some cases, they are predicated on wishful think- ing rather than on a cold assessment of the facts. By 2000 A.D., commun- bill will be a lesser force in the - world, Christianity will be consider- ably stronger, the atom and hydro- gen bombs will have been used in war, and a cure for cancer will have been found—but bald-headed men will still be bald. Goderich's youthful prognostica- tors expressed both hope and pessim- ism in their outlook for the next half century. Atomic energy will be used commonly in peacetime, according to B0 per cent of the students who an- £wered the 20 - questions. Seventy- eight per cent felt there would not be another world war involving the great nations of the world. The Unit- ed Nations will still be in existence,. 74 per cent of the school children in- dicated, and Europe will be federal- ized or otherwise combined into one states, according -to 77 per cent. A majority of the students saw technical developments that would wed aeroplane travel, relegate the automobile to a subordinate place in The transportation picture, and sup- plant telephones as we know them by some device, such as person-to-person telephone. UNEMPLOYMENT? 'dere has been much discussion Atiring recent months concerning the ,it to whichthere is unemploy- t in Canada. Statistics are pro - tad WWII indicate the number of those seeking work is abnormal; others produce figures which sug- gest the situation is not far removed from what has come to be regarded as normal. While we do not, in any way, pre- sume to adjudicate between the two schools of thought, we were inter- ested in an editorial comment which appeared in the Farmer's Advocate recently, as follows: "With half a million reported un- employed in Canada, an advertise- ment for a married man to work on a reasonably up-to-date farm brought five replies, and three of them were from Hollanders." THE BREAKING POINT The human system can stand just so much. There comes a time when, regardless of one's self-control, the provocation becomes so great that something snaps, and otherwise com- mon sense people do things which, under ordinary circumstances, would have been completely foreign to their nature. This was the case with a Tennessee farmer, who, tired of watching peo- ple toss bottles and cans on his prop- erty, where cattle cut their feet on glass, retaliated by gathering about 250 of the bottles, and smashed them on a quarter mile strip of the road. There must be many farmers who, faced with the same problem, have had to summon every last ounce of self-control, to prevent themselves acting in a similar fashion. F]rksIf3inAacmu:alillYrry?ml tis„i.,,u waar What Other Papers Say: Lack of Skills (Brantford Expositor) Parents of youngsters who want to quit high school before completing the course might find it useful to draw their attention to the fact that one of every three persons in Can- ada now registered as seeking work is unskilled. When the labor market shrinks it is the unskilled who have the least chance of keeping a job. Breakfast -getters (Kitchener -Waterloo Record) Should wives make breakfast for their husbands? How many do? These were two questions that were subject of a recent survey in the United States. The result indicated most wives do not make breakfast, do not see hubby off to his work but snooze on in comfortable beds for a while after he is gone. Many of today's grandmothers did the same things as --the smart wives of today are doing, but the great- grandmothers, the few of them still surviving, cannot understand how society ever slipped into the deplor- able condition that allows a husband to tiptoe quietly out of the house in the morning lest he waken his sleep- ing wife: This sort of thing does not go on in the homes where there are school children, but even in those homes the survey revealed there are husbands who get themselves and the children , on their way while the wife sleeps. More and Merrier (Kincardine News) Every so often we hear the com- plaint, "There are too many organ- izations in this town; we don't need any more.” Oddly enough, these com- plaints come most frequently from individuals who are associated with no organizations, or, at the best, with a single one. Their opposites, who owe allegi- ance and give assistance to almost any number of groups, are usually too occupied with organizational un- dertakings to have time to complain. Inasmuch as there still exists a certain amount of freedom of choice, anyone is entitled to remain aloof from organizations or to join them to the extent that it is necessary to absent oneself from home nightly to keep up attendance at lodges, clubs and other groups. Each organization which comes in- to being is bound to attract a certain number of members and is going to be good for them, at least. Some organizations are good for the com- munity as well. So, on this basis, and viewing new organizations coming into being al- most monthly, we say, bring them on; the more, the merrier. !nimd,i7nh A "iw4.i:un.-.i.f4� SEEN IN .THE COUNTY PAPERS Boy Breaks Leg In Fall Jimmy Parsons, six year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Parsons, who has been a patient in Beck Memorial Sanitarium for the past two years, had the misfortune to fall out of his bed' and break his leg. He is now a patient in the Children's War Memorial Hospital, London.—Exeter Times Advocate. Attend SOth Anniversary Mr. and Mrs.. Moses Erb and 'Mfr. and Mrs. Harold Zehr attended the 30th wedding anniversary of Har- old's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Zehr, of Wellesley, on Saturday at their home. Also called at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Aaron Weber at 13pbringville, former neighbors on the Bronson Line, on Sunday.— ur- ich Herald. Scout Banquet The first father and son banquet of the Zurich Scouts and Cubs was held on Wednesday evening, May, 5, at 6 p.m., in the basement of the Evangelical Church, Zurich, Forty- eight local Scouts and Cubs were present, each, one accompanied either by his father or a special "father for the evening."—Zurich Herald. Price War On Tires Tire war among Exeter's auto- motive businesses may continue in- definitely'. One principal in the price -cutting battle said Wednes- day: "We're going to continue as long as we have opposition." An- other dealer prominent in the fray, said he intended to maintain his current prices indefinitely. One or two other dealers entered the war this week when a national firm started a countrywide sale.—fExe- ter Times -Advocate. Lake Level Higher in April Level of Lake Huron at Goderich during April was three-quarters of an inch higher than in March, ac- cording to statistics compiled by the Canadian Hydrographic Service at Ottawa. The level of the lake here last month was 580.77 feet. The level was 8Y2 inches lower than April, 1953; 29l,f inches low- er than the highest April; 38 lath- es higher than the lowest April, and four inches higher than aver- age.—Goderich Signal -Star. Wins Trophy At Festival Robert Kennedy, elder son of Roy and Mrs. Kennedy, Brussels, was presented with The Marie Thornton Trophy" at the Oxford County Festival of ^'Nlusjc at Wood- stock. As winner of the open clar- inet class, with 88 marks, he was eligible to compete with eight oth- er first place winners in wood -wind classes for "The Marie Thornton Trophy" for wood -winds. Robert won the trophy when the adjuca- tor awarded him 95 marks. --Brus- sels Post. are in, and all of the footings. The men will start to fi11 in this week. —Mitchell Advocate. May Not Accept Grant It would appear that continued failure to arrive at an agreement satisfactory to both the Huron Central Agricultural Society and the Clinton Community Park Board, may result in the loss of a $1,000 grant which is payable this year to the Society. This grant from the Ontario Depart- ment. of Agriculture is for the pur- pose of erecting a permanent struc- ture at the Park to commemorate the 100 years of fairs held in Clin- ton.—Clinton News,Record. Posts For Signs Arrive First shipment of cedar posts for the street sign erection project being undertaken by Town Council awl the tixderieli Junior Chamber of Commerce h8;' arrived- and Signa are expected within the next three weeks. Meanwhile, Jaycees plan to coat the posts with a preservative treatment in preparation for the start of the project. Council allot- ted $2,500 toward the street sign program earlier this year and the Jaycees agreed to supply posts. It is expected that the project will be completed early this summer. — Goderich Signal -Star. Pupils Plant Arboretum In co-operation with the Depart- ment of Land and Forests, the Agricultural Department of Gode- rich District Collegiate Institute is establishing an arboretum of native Canadian trees. Boys under J. A. Stoner, of the Collegiate staff, will plant 22 varieties of forest trees in groups five. These will be carefully atched to teach rate of growth, identification and tree farm management. Besides being an attractive addition, the Lands and Forests officers feel that much can be learned about seasons of growth in this locality. — Goderich Signal -Star. Dog Catcher Makes Slim Haul George Carter, recently appoint- ed part-time dog catcher and pound - keeper for the town, has, found the going pretty tough during the first week at his new job. Mr. Carter has been able to apprehend only two dogs which were at large dur- ing his tours of the town. The new dog catcher, who is working on a commission basis, has ,found that where the streets used to be full of dogs, there now are none. Most pet owners, aware that their dogs will be run in if caught, are apparently keeping them at home. Both dogs caught 'by the dog catcher were re- leased on bail, after their owners paid the fine.—Wingham •Advance - Times. Collegiate Board Lets Tender A tender from Thomas Construc- tion Company, Galt, was accepted by the C.D.C.I, school board •at their monthly meeting held in the C.D.C.I. Wednesday night. The amount of the tender, the lowest of the six received, was $15'8,7'81.00. Other tenders received were from Bahaglia Construction Company, Guelph, $1.69,110; . Ball Bros., Kit- chener, $16,000; Gaffney Construe. tion, Stratford, $162,574; McDow- ell, Centralia, $161,182, and David Ross, Goderich, $159,000.—Clinton News -Record. - Foundation Walls Completed Construction of the new Mitchell District High School is moving along satisfactorily. Leo Nieberg, A.B.S., M.T.S., is the superintend- ent in charge of construction for the Battagia Co., of Guelph, which was awarded the contract some time ago. All excavations have been made for the school; about 50 per cent of the foundation walls Plenty of Baseball For Summer Big-time baseball may be in the doldums in Wingham, but it looks as' if the small fry are going to have a big season of Canada's na- tional summer sport. According to plans now being formulated by the recreation council under Vic Lough - lean, recreational director, there will be lots of opportunity for base- ball talent in the minor leagues. Present plans call for two girls' softball teams, intermediate and junior, boys' juvenile and midget softball and bantam and pee -wee hardball. In addition, it is hoped there will be a league comprising three or four teams of squirts, for boys from eight years up.—Wing- ham Advance -Times. A woman told her friend, "I don't believe in shouting at my husband. Vou san do so much more with a low, nerve-racking whine." • "I thought the ending of your new play was unsatisfactory." "In what way?" "It was too far from the begin- ning." CROSSROADS (By James Scott) GUM IT The Canadian Dentists have been having quite a time of it in Toron- to these past few days. Of course, when such a crew of characters get together they are likely to talk shop. In this case, namely teeth. And you know it's wonderful what science is doing these days. Have you ever stopped to think how the so-called scientific mind works? If you contemplate the course of scientific thinking in the past .hun- dred years you will find that a good deal of it has been devoted to prov- ing the opposite to what was ac- eepted only a short time before. If a philosopher or a preacher con- tradicted himself half as much as a good scientist does. he'd be out of business in a week, but if you put on a white lab coat and fool around with a few test tubes you can get away with anything. Just the same, there are some scientiffie contradictions I like to hear real fine. Take the lad down at the dental convention the other day who came up with the wonderful idea that decayed teeth are not really very serious after all. He said that, as far as his researches go, it has now been pretty well proved that the infection in teeth rarely is a ser- ious cause for other bodily ilis. Ls that a fact? Well, you know, and so do I, at least half a hundred people around here who weren't feeling so good and the first thing they knew the doctor had sent them to the den- tist, and before they had a chance to spit out a chew of tobacco— Wham! the teeth were all gone. Not only that, but I've heard many of these game folk say, "I feel a lot better since I had my teeth; out Somebody was fooling somebody, that's for sure, if the dentist down Ahungry young hero from Halifax Took anolion lo lunch onsomerorpe1i ides Said the doctor who come Its not him I blame But his 1arenls were dreadfully laz. sept. of National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- tyflve and Fifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor May 24, 1929 Fire completely destroyed the home of Christopher Parker, situ- ated on his farm at the edge of Brucefield, Sunday afternoon be- tween 3 and 4 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Parker had gone for a walk to the bush. Five children. aged from 16 months to 12 years, were in the house and they gave the alarm when they discovered the roof was on fire, having caught from sparks from the chimney, and being a frame building, it burned very rapidly. There was a very strong north wind at the time and although help was soon summoned and people passing in cars stop- ped to help, it was found impos- sible to save the building, but will- ing hands removed all the contents which were moved to a house in the village owned by N. Heard. The :semi-monthly banquet of the Seaforth Lions Club was held in the Commercial Hotel Monday evening. Lion G. D. Ferguson pre- sided. Dr. Fraser, district health officer, of Guelph, who was the chief speaker, gave a very fine ad- dress on "Public Health," Members of the local Board of Health *ere present. Fred E. Willis contribut- ed a vocal solo, "On a Crocodile," accogapanied by Earl Van Egmond, which was well received. The Lions Club are backing a movement to introduce lacrosse in Seaforth, and will form a town league of boys 15 years and under. A91 Yw MAY 21, 1954' there in Toronto is to be believed. And I want to believe that man. Among other things, he said far too many teeth were being pulled out of poor suffering citiz,en's heads. I'll go along with that any day. This fellow says that, what with a pinch of this and a pinch of that wonder drug, all you have to do is take a couple of treat- ments and the tooth will be as safe as ever. And practically no drill- ing needed at all. In fact, he ° said, people were spending far too much time in dentist's chairs for their own—and their teeth's good. A Daniel come to judgment, if I ever heard one! But what about this business of see your dentist twice a year? Well, I suppose it's still all right to drop around for a friendly visit. Personally, I know some dentists I like to have a chat with and en- joy their company just as much as if they were ordinary men. I'd kind of hate to think it would be better to stay away from them in case they migiht take a flying tackle at me and ruin my teeth— what I still have left. Just the same, there certainly is a trend among the profession to say that it's just as well for an innocent layman to steer clear of the dentist's chair. Take a eertain Dr. Hogan from down Windsor way., Just this morning I was reading that he has been practising filling and pulling for over fifty years. In that time you'd think he would pretty well have got the lowdown on his col- leagues. This Dr. Hogan says he still has almost all hie teeth, but he adds, "If I went to a dentist like myself, I'd ,probably not have any teeth left:" Well, be ought to know. He's been at it fol' firty years. • • STARTED PULLETS. • BRONZE TURKEY POULTS Ready -For -Range Pullets. Priced Right. Phone Immediately. Day -Old Baby Chicks every Monday and Thursday. Day -Old and Started Turkey Poults every Thursday. This is the year to go in for turkeys! ORDER NOW — DISCOUNTS PREVAILING The Lakeview Poultry Farm & Hatchery Limited PHONE 7 EXETER, ONT. NOTICE! Town of Seaforfh All persons in the Municipality owning or harboring dogs must purchase 1954 License for same on or before June 30, 1954. LICENSES WILL BE ISSUED FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE IN THE TOWN HALL, OR BY THE TAX COLLECTOR, H. MALONEY. After that date, summons through the Court will be issued to the owners or harborers of dogs not having licenses. ALL DOGS MUST WEAR TAGS No dogs are to be allowed to run at large From The Huron Expositor May 20, 1904 Mr. Robert Casemore, a well- known and highly respected farm- er of the second concession of Mor- ris, and his wife were driving home from Wingham Monday morning and when crossing the railway track on the first line of Morris, were struck by the freight train going to London. Mrs. Caldwell was killed and her husband was so badly injured that his recovery is not expected. The terrible acci- dent has cast a gloom over the entire community. The horse was also killed and the buggy carried - on the engine's pilot 200 yards be- fore the train could be stopped. A large family is left. An- inquest was held Tuesday night to inquire into the above ac- cident. The evidence showed that the buggy was on the pilot when the train stopped in 200 yards, and Mr. and Mrs. Casemore were both still in the rig. The woman was dead when lifted out, and the man, unconscious, died a few hours af- terwards. The jury found that the train hands were not to blame, and recommended that the approaches to the crossing, which is on a curve, and dangerous, be widened. The Staffa tennis club reorganiz- ed last week for the coming sea- son. The treasurer's report was re- ceived, showing the club to be on a good financial footing. 'Practice will begin at once, and the elub will be pleased to hear from any outside club with regard to friend- ly matches. The following officers were elected: president, Mr. Albert Norris; secretary -treasurer, Mrs. F. D. Hutchison. , Huron Farm News Fine weather the Iast three days of last week has enabled ,many farmersto finifiih seeding; others are working day and, night, taking advantage of the break in the wea- ther. Prospects are for an above average acreage of such crops as white beans, soybeans and grain corn. Contracts let for sugar beets acreage show an increase of over 600 acres above the acreage grown in 1953. Eleven bulls and 22 females were sold in the fifth annual Huron County Hereford Breeders spring sale. Average for bulls was $261; tap, $330; average for females, MS; top, $500; 1963 spring sale averages: males, $284; females, $274. Bostonian (showing Englishman Bunker Hill monument) : "This is where our great General Warren fell, you know." Englishman: "Nasty drop. Kill- ed him, of course?" • One completely inebriated gent (to the other, as theye were driving along the ,highway): "Better turn out for that bridge ,hash coming towards iisih." The other: "Whaddya tellin' me Cor? Ain't you ,drive$'?" A RCAF CAREER COUNSELLOR will be in SEAFORTH AT TOWN HALL THURSDAY, MAY 27th°: 1 • 4 • Sr ' 4. . RCAF Has Openings For AIRCREW OFFICERS AIRCRAFT TECHNICIANS and AIRWOMEN There are immediate openings now for more men to train and fly as' AIRCREW OFFICERS in the RCAF . to be eligible you must: be Single 17-24 years of age. and have junior matriculation or - equivalent. AIRCRAFT TECHNICIANS—Single 17-39 years of age and have grade - 8 or equivalent education. Married ex -servicemen eligible. _ AIRWOMEN—Young women serving in the RCAF" enjoy unusual opportunities . Openings NOW in the clerical, technlical, administrative and medi- cal branches. If you are between the ages of 18.29+ and have Grade 9 education or equivalent you, are eligible. If not convenient, write or phone 4-7314 RCAF RECRUITING UNIT 343 Richmond St. London Hitt wertAlkt sane yrca, wasted -fog? n "I see you telephone people always use wood preservative on your poles. Think I should do the same thing when I build my fence?" _ "Yes, it's a good idea. We've found at Bell that it saves ns plenty on repair and replacement costs. That's why we treat telephone poles against rot; why we keep our trucks clean and in good repair; why we put up exchanges and offices to last. "It's only common sense, if we are to keep costs down and the price of your telephone service low." If you would like en 'useful information on the preservative . • treatment of wood we s t you write Forest Products Laboratories ' of Canada, D partment of Northern Affairs and National Resources. Ottawa. THE BELT. TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA 4 . 4 J l