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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-10-15, Page 2,POSITA Established 1860 ►ed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean A. Y. McLean, Editor Silaseription rates, $2.50 a year in vance; foreign $8.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Meekly Newspapers cciataon. Advertising rates on application. PRONE 41 Authorized as Second Crass Mail Poet Office Depar remit Ottawa iS SEAFORTH, Friday, October 15 UNCERTAIN WEATHER As far as we in town are concern- ed it doesn't matter much whether it rains or not. Certainly, continued rain is unpleasant and probably pre- vents us- cleaning up odd jobs about the yard. It makes the lane muddy; the children get their feet dirty, and there are tracks through the house. But the downpours don't really both- er us. Not so the farmer. Excessive rains, like unnatural droughts, mean the difference between good harvests and bad ones, or, for that matter, no harvest at all. The long continuing rains this fall have spelled a poor crop for many farmers, particularly those with fields of beans. It is times such as these that make farming hazardous. No matter how efficient or hard working he may be, the farmer who is faced with con- _tinued bad weather is up_ against it. It is something over which he has no control, and it is in this dependence on things he cannot control that - tsming differs from every other oc- cupation, On the whole this has been an un- certain year for farmers. They de- serve the sympathetic understanding of the citizens of the urban commun- ities which depend, to such an ex- tent, on them. THE RECORDS AGREE We have said that as far as weather is concerned, recents months have been bad. If anyone has any doubts about the accurracy of our statement, we refer them to statis- tics culled from records maintained at Rockcliffe. 1. The normal sunshine hours for the four summer months total 946. 2. This year we had 782. 3. But in 1903 Canadians of that era froze with a scant 769. 4. While in the fabulous 1921 ev- eryone fried in 1,125 hours of sun- shine. 5. And while we had little sun- shine, we also had a few hot days. Highest temperature this summer was 89. 6. Compare that with the sizzling summer of 1921 when in July alone 14 days topped the 90 -degree mark, and several were as high as 99. 7. Oddly enough the summer of 1954 was not a record breaker. It was just mean. 8. It has been cooler; there has been more rainfall and there has been less sunshine. 9. We had 13.88 inches of' rain this summer which compares with 17.64 in 1952 and 15 inches in 1947. ENCOURAGE SPEEDING The wisdom of present Ontario highway construction policy which is dedicated to the elimination of curves, regardless of the cost to the taxpayer, is questioned by the •To- ronto Star. love straight is great "So motor- ists to curves4 straight changes 50 -mile they the cu some mot them. But worth vv rias re -mailable "Highway engineers lines, a fondness which i part of their devotion to the god Speed," The Star says. travelling in Ontario the summer have been treatedthe sight of abandoned highway and their replacement by roads, through the open fields; the shade gone, the beauty gone. "No doubt these enable motorists to exceed the speed &nit by even more than have been accustomed to do on curves. No doubt,. too, there is peril ori es lit 'wet weather if orists 1h Stieeding on the. are Fees really wo hile? 4666 1, of ( f h.id- arable speeds on curving roads, be taxed to build straight-line highways for the speedsters? Is the only function of highways the provision of fast trans- port, or have they a part to play in providing a pleasurable journey? Bottlenecks, of course, are not plea- surable, and there can be no justifi- able criticism of by-passing centres of population where these have oc- curred. What is open to objection is the elimination of short stretches of existing curved roads, already pav- ed, to gain a moment or two on a straightline replacement. "Ontario's provincial highways outlay --money spent or misspent— is about $130,000,006 per year. That some of the spending has involved illegalities the public has had cause to know. And some of it has been unwise. Lovers of beauty will no doubt include many eliminations of curved roads in this category. But worshippers of Speed will of course applaud what the government has done." What Other Papers Say: Nickel For Sunday (Galt Reporter) Many people are late for church because they have to change attire; other because they have to change a quarter. Harvest Moon (Cornwall Standard -Freeholder) It was not until we read 'a Nation- al Geographic bulletin that we re- alized the phrase "harvest moon" meant anything in particular to any- one but poets. In fact the name seems to derive from the use of its extra light by farmers gathering late crops before early frosts in northern latitudes. Children At Ease (Calgary Albertan) On the other hand, the modern child is too reluctant to exert him- self. If the little trouble -makers had to walk three miles to school and back every day, perhaps they wouldn't feel so much like cutting up at night.- The modern child is definitely spoiled in that respect. But perhaps he shouldn't be blam- ed. If his• dad can't go three blocks to the barber shop without getting out the family car, why should the child be expected to walk three miles to school? ' Stimulating Hens , (Windsor Star) - Now that an Australian poultry raiser has claimed his hens laid more eggs after being exposed to broad- casts of parliamentary debates, sci- entific research has a new and in- triguing field opened for it. If the hens really responded to that barrage of talk, why did they do ,;it? Was the increased laying a nervous reaction, or simply a com- petitive response? That competitive response angle invites closer examination. There is something of cackling in too many political speeches, and to a hen's ear there may be elements of it in all of them. Cackling of hens is, of course, a form of boasting. And it could be that the tumult of cackling being piped into their hen -houses seemed like the unrestrained boasting of super -hens off in the distance. How To Live To 100 (Toledo Blade) One of America'sforemost author- ities on the subject, Dr. Helen Flan- ders Dunbar, of Columbia Univers- ity, has announced that the best way to live to be 100 is to work hard, get married and stay that way. We are thankful for the informa- tion, just as we were for previous information that the way to live a century is to take life easy and avoid arguments, or to drink a pint of red eye every evening at 9, or eat bean sprouts soaked in soy sauce thrice daily, or stand on one's head for 10 minutes each day to compensate for man's unnatural upright posture, or sleep on an oaken board. Frankly, there is only one formula for living to be 100 that we have any real faith in. That is to avoid death by either natural or unnatural caus- es for the first 99 years. Folks who have stuck by this method ilasist it works: ,Jr Ah,+�„ tsl*�k�Al jb SEEN IN alilE COUNTY PAPERS Painful Accident Mrs. Victor Hartman, of the Goshen Line South, while helping her husband push a wagon In the barn, got her right hand crushed between the tongue and post, get- ting a deep gash, -requiring thirteen stitches.—Zurich Herald. Congratulations Congratulations are extended to Mona Dosjardine and Donna Turn- bull, winners of the oral speaking contest at Zurich Fall Fair. Mona won first prize and Donna won second prize. Both of these girls are from S.S. No. 11, Hay. Mrs. Melvin Desvjardine is the teacher. —Zuricl3 Herald. 92nd Birthday Relatives from Goderich visited Mrs. David Kennedy, Whitechurch, Last Friday when she celebrated her 92nd birthday. Present were Mrs' Kennedy's daughter, Mrs. H. Tichborne, along with Mrs. A. T. Lamb, Mrs. W. Robertson and bay, Norman. — Goderich Signal - Star. Returned From Hospital -Little Lois Widrick, aged two, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wildrick, Bronson Line, Hay, re- turned, home from the Sick Chil- dren's Hospital, London, where she received treatment for hip injur- ies, and is now wearing a cast above her hips. Her many\ friends wish Lois a speedy recovery.— Zurich Herald, Joyriding Proves Costly Hoping to have the case stand as an object lesson to other mem- bers of the R.C.A.F. who might be tempted to follow an example, Crown Attorney H. G. Hays asked for a severe penalty in the case of an airman charged with joyriding, who appeared in court here in Clinton Wednesday morning. Magi- strate D. E. Holmes le -vied a $50 fine, or two weeks in jail. Accused haft taken a car from the parking lot at the Sports Field opposite the R.C.A.F. Station, Clinton, had driven to a dance in Goderich, and lhen returned the car to the lot.— Clinton News -Record. Thieves Grab Cash, Notes Early Saturday morning the of- fice of Scott's. Elevator, Lucart, was broken into and a substantial amount of cash and several cheques stolen. Mr. Scott is not in the habit of leaving any cash in the building overnight. Unfortunately, on the evening in question he did not go home till after 7 p.m. ow- ing to the pressure of business, and the cash was forgotten. Police are investigating the robbery. On Tuesday and Friday- nights the C.N.R. station was also broken in- to, but the thieves couldn't get the safe open._ Nothing of value has been missed.—Exeter Times -Advo- cate. month. In the Seaforth group there were 60 children from, two classes. Up to Tuesday, night, the total stood at 10, 12& — Goderich signal -Star, No Memory of Accident An airman at R.C.A.F. Station, Centralia, who disappeared, for ov- er 36 hours after his car overturn- ed neat Exeter, says he cannot re- member what "happened. He told police he "woke up" in Woodstock on,, Saturday and returned to the airport that afternoon in a dazed condition. LAC. Arthur Bolton, who lives at the permanent married quarters on the station, was the object of a search of some 40 air- men who scoured fields west of Exeter on Saturday. Officials fear- ed Bolton may have walked. away from his crashed car and collapsed in a nearby field. Only apparent injury to the man was a leg Iacera, tion. His car, which turned over OU Huron Street, about one -'half mile west of Exeter and knocked off a hydro pole around 4 a.m. Fri- day, was a complete wreck. Pro- vincial Constable Eimer Zimmer- man investigated.—Exeter Tithes - Advocate. Passes 10,000 A group of children from Sea - forth Public School last Thursday helped boost the number of visi- tors to Huron County Museum in Goderich this year to a record number far higher than Curator J. H. Neill had anticipated. When Paul Besse, one of the pupils, sign- ed his name in the registration book, he became the 10,000th visi- tor to have toured the historic centre this year. Mr. Neill had hoped to reach the 9,000 mark, and this total was reached last Twenty -Five Years Wed A pleasant surprise party was given Mr. and Mrs. Archie Robin- son, Albert St., on the eve of 'their silver wedding anniversary. Some of the guests were in costume when a inock wedding was staged as part of the entertainment. Gifts of silver and a beautiful hostess chair, as well as a lovely three- storey wedding cake, made by Grif- fiths and beautifulliy iced by Mrs. E. R. Davis, sister of Drew Fowl- er, added to a very lovely evening. Among the guest present were Mrs. Thelma (Rowcjiffe) Wright, Seaforth, bridesmaid 25 years ago, and Robert Turner, Auburn, who was best man. Other guests were from Niagara Falls, London, Ham- ilton, Mitchell, Hensall, Brucefield, Goderich, Auburn, Clinton and sur- rounding district. It was also the eleventh wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James Turner (nee Lois Farquhar).—Clinton News-Re- eord, Years Agone ,Interesting Rama Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty -live and Fifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor October 18, 1929 Misses Isabelle and Hazel Jamie- son, Constance, spent the week- end with Mr. William Jamieson and family, Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Goodison and son, Billy, Mrs. Smithers and daughter, Sunny, and Ronalda McKay, Flint, Mich., called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Armstrong, Con- stance, on Sunday. Mrs. J. Bruxer, Dublin, president of the C.W.L., and Mrs. M. Nagle, delegates, are attending the C.W.L. convention in St. Marys, Mr. Oscar Ducharme, Jr., has sold his 95 -acre farm on the Blue Water Highway to his neighbor, Mr. James Massa, who takes pos- session in November. Mr. Duch- arme and family intend moving to a larger farm near Parkhill. Miss Etta Bell, London, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bell, Kipper, Mr. Henry Horton, who has been for some time in Alberta and in the city of Vancouver''B.C., has re- turned to Hensall and intends spending the winter months with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Horton. Miss Olive Laidlaw; Seaforth, who spent the summer here with her mother, returned to Boston on Tuesday. She was accompanied to Toronto by her sister, Miss Maude Laidlaw, who . will spend several days in the city. Triple Celebration Marks Occasion A triple celebration was marked at the home of Mr. and illrs. Don- ald Bell, Gloucester 'Cerrace, re- cently when a Wedding cake and two birthday cakes adorned the table. The celebration honored the 56th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Riehl, Sandusky, Mich., uncle and aunt of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Riehl, the seventh birthday of the Goderich couple's son, Robert, and the 77th birthday of their father, Joseph Riehl, of Monkton. Mr. and Mrs. William Riehl were married in Michigan on September 26, 1898, and have re- sided there since, They arrived in Goderich from .Sandusky to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Riehl, accompanied by their grandson, Iean Bright, of Sandusky. William Riehl, who is 80 years old, and Joseph Riehl, his brother, who marked his 77th birthday, are the only surviving members of their family, who originally settled at Rostock, near Stratford. The home was decorated with chrysanthe- mums, gladioli and dahlias for the occasion, and open house was held (Turing the day. Guests were pre- sent from Wingham,. Blyth, Clinton and Goderieh. — Goderich Signal - Star. "Keeper of the Trees (By MRS. M. C. DOIG) "(Continued from last week) The auditors were due to drop in any day now.. Of course, the Co-op books were in perfect order but—Harry began to lose weight and Isabel began cooking special dishes to tempt his appetite. x Claude Davidson, senior auditor, closed the ledger with a anap. Bert Welch was away on one of, his propage,ndizing trips and Hai- ry and the auditors had been wrestling with the Co-op books for two days. • "Clean bill of health. Fox," re- marked Davidson, as he screwed the top on his fountain pen and shoved it in the breast pocket of his coat. "I wish all books were as easy to audit as yours and Welch's. Did anyone ever tell you what a beautiful writer you are?" Harry drew a longhreath. Safe! By golly, he would get that money paid back before the next audit, or he would know the reason why. This was too hard on the nerves. "Plenty of people. Thanks, Mr. Davidson.. Where do you go from here?" "Back to Tanner. Denman's Dry Goods, Conley Foundry, Allan Clark, Flour and Feeds. Quite a few firms in Tanner get us to straighten out their figures for them. So long, Fox, I'll forward a statement to your .board of di- rectors in a day or two." Harry sat down rind stared at the Co-op calendar for a long time. But he wasn't seeing the heavy black figures set out stark against the white paper. He Teas only eighteen, hut he was looking back over the years. He was look- ing at himself and the sight made him sick at his stomach. How had he ever gotten himself into this awful mese? Dimly at first, and then with frightful clar- ity, Harry saw that he stood. at a crossroads. If he kept on the aid well-worn path, walking around the obstacles, taking a short-cut tierces when be saw a tough stretch of road ahead, always handy with an alibi; he was done for. Harry took his eyes from the road behind hint and, looking' into the ftftitre, was appalled, '!`hirtY Mae from now, utlesl4 he took a right abblli Face, he .Would murder i1dVJN)Yu'741�+1HIIIu1WVllgl�4rvH, tttl,yt54Jiu'1.iN1fi?�.di ii From The Huron Expositor October 14, 1904 'Messrs. Thomas and Herbert Ir- vine, who have been in the vicin- ity of Toronto for some time, are home in Leadbury on a visit, Miss J. G. Dixon, B.A., dkhghter of Mr. J. T. Dixon, of Tuckersmith, left last week for Hamilton to at- tend the School of Pedagogy. Mr. David MacGregor, Seaforth, has purchased the residence of Mrs. Wm. Sproat, on Goderich St.; now oecuRied by Mr. William Cud - more. Mr. /toy Scott, who has been in charge of the Seaforth electric light plant for the past couple of years, has secured a good position in Winnipeg. and will go there as soon as his father returns from the West. 'Mrs. John Aird and daughter, of Winnipeg, are guests at Maple Hall, of Mrs. F. Case. Mr. Aird was formerly manager of the Bank of Commerce here. The other day while a little child of R. Cudmore, of Hensall: was playing with matches in her home, she had the misfortune to set the window curtains on fire. Fortunately it was discovered be- fore any serious damage resulted, further than the distruction of the curtains'and blind, the cracking of the glass and the scorching of the woodwork and the carpet. to get what he wanted. The hand- writing was on the wall. Harry took his head in his hands. But Harry's right -about face was nearer than he knew. Three miles away in Tanner two men were comparing handwriting, w h 11 Harry's Nemesis stood, unseen. grinning at their elbows. XI ' Wilbur Thompson felt in his hip Pocket for his billfold. "I was taking a bunch of receipts to the bank," he announced. "I keep them in my box there. So I happen to have one of Harry Fox's for some mixed grain I bought Last year, and I have one of Allan Clark's for some flour, so we can compare right here. And I say, that Clark is just as good a writer as Harry Fox." Davidson took the slips of paper one in each hand. The date on the Co-op receipt book took his eye first. It was July 14, his birthday. That was the page of feeds from the West. Before his mind's eye appeared the page in the Co-op ledger. Davidson had admired Harry's beautiful M's and W's. With many people you couldn't tell one from the other, apart from the words. And here was a receipt dated July 14th for ten tons..$400.00. Davidson's accountant's nos e twitched. Something queer here. "It's pretty hard to say which is the best penman," he remarked, judicially. "They are certainly both good. You buy much feed in a year, Thompson?" "Not a great deal. That was the only feed I had to buy last year. I was. finishing a batch of pigs." "Well, well! Queer!" "Queer? What's queer about it?" "Oh, nothing, nothing. Must be getting on. See you again some- time." Davidson went off, leaving Thompson staring after him. "Queer? The guy's nuts!" (Continued Next Week) "Thankful! What have I to be thankful. fort T can't pay slug bills." "men, - men alive, be. tii4n1 tfu1 y4111,'aren't. line of your ereditots;", MI Or+krJ, SLS r3, Ili OCTOBER 10, 1954 We have so much • to - protect This Canada of ours—is ours to enjoy at a price—the price of constant alertness. We cannot take for granted our freedom to worship, to vote, to educate our children, or to order our home life as we please. All these freedoms are ours only as long as we are willing to do everything necessary to maintain and defend them. Ali honour then to the Canadian Soldier — the steadfast guardian of all our free institutions. Without men like him, the Canada we love might cease to be. We hale so much to protect. Let us all do our part, without let-up, whatever way our duty lies. SERVE CANADA AND YOURSELF IN THE ARMY. To be eligible you must be 17 to 40 years of age, skilled tradesmen to 45. When applying bring birth certificate or other proof of age. Apply right away — For full information write or visit the Army Recruiting Centre nearest your home. No. 13 Personnel Depot, Wallis House, Rideau & Charlotte Sts., Ottawa, Ont. — Tel. 9.4507 Canadian Army Recruiting Station, 164 Wellington St., Kingston, Ont. Canadian Army Recruiting Centre, 90 Richmond St. W., Toronto, Ont.—Tel. EM. 6.8341—Local 276 No. 7 Personnel Depot, Wolseley Barracks, Oxford & Elizabeth Sts., London, Ont. — Tel. 2-3261 Army Recruiting Centre, 230 man St. W., North Bay, Ont.—Tel. 456 Canadian Army Recruiting Station, 184 King St. E., Hamilton, Ont. — Tel. 2-8708 oelw-o u i f4 W (i to s 1M:2*nal itrfr? ie "I sec 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 ne 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 ze get useful information on the preservative S,-eaanent of wood we suggest you write Forest Products Laboratories of Canada, Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Ottawa. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA HYDRO fu'CTR/C41 /NfPeC.TORt Work in Your Interest One of Ontario Hydro's major contributions to safe electrical living is through its staff of Electrical Inspectors. They protect Hydro customers by checking and inspecting electrical installations -for fire and shock hazard. Throughout the province 155 inspectors are on the job, to assure that wiring meets the requirements and standards as Laid down in the publication, "Ontario Hydro Regulations." Please make sure all new and rewired installations are inspected by an authorized Ontario Hydro Inspector. 44/ Information concerning Ontario Hydro can be obtained by writing to your Hydro Chairman. 620 University Avenue, Toronto. DO YOU KNOW? During 1953 Hydro Inspectors made 626,690 electrical inspec- tions in farms, homes and indus- tries in Ontario, a , f 4 4 4 • 4 v A 4 1 •. at any branch of . THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE '4-2d More than 650 Branches across Canada 41, • 4