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The Huron Expositor, 1955-01-28, Page 74ku iJ �tf rrr v r t cr11h JANUARY 28„=1955 al6 rit! °a 6: ilr (i; r; Ta provisional Budget ApprovedBy County Council; Mill R A provisional budget which calls 'toes fn try to check the rise in hos- for a Huron County tax levy for pitalization costs for indigent pat - general purposes, of 6.75 mills, ients, if the county is to be able to was approved by Huron County live within its income for 1955. "I Council Thursday, on the recom= I would ask the reeves of municipali- rnendation of the council's finance ties," -he said, "to really bear committtee. A levy of 4.25 mills down on that part of their duties. has been forecast for road pur- 'Every opportunity should be stressed to watch your expendi- tures very closely." When the estimates were being studied in committee, said Reeve Doig, he was personally doubtful that an 11 -mill rate would be adequate. As part of its economy drive for 1955, Huron County Council ' on Thursday approved a list of grants at the reduced scales which were put in effect in 1954. A year ago, to make savings to offset heavy ex- penditures for a new Huron Coun- ty Home building, the council slic- ed its list of annual grants down the middle, cutting each grant to half of what it had been in 1953. This year, faced with heavy out- lay to build a new court house, to replace the one destroyed by fire in 1954, council voted to keep its scale of grants down to the 1954 level. Even with the reductions in ef- fect, however, the grants approv- ed Thursday, on the recommenda- tion of the executive committee, call for an outlay of $17,630, to help 93 organizations. Most of them are the same as last year's. One exception is the grant to the Huron Tuberculosis Association, which, with the concurrence of the Association, is reduced from $2,000 last year, to $1,500 this year. An- other exception is the grant to the Bluewater Highway Associa- tion. Last year the county gave $100 to this group; this year the grant is being held in abeyance until county authorities get some evidence that the B.H.A. is active. Among the larger sums voted as poses this year, to make up a to- tal county rate of 11 mills, one mill lhigher than the rate last year. James Doig, reeve. of Tucker - smith, and chairman of the fin- ance committee, warned Thursday that an 11 -mill rate will be barely sufficient to meet the expenditures to which the county is committed in 1955. He asked that every com- mittee chairman do his utmost to Sive within his committee's budget fur the year. This provisional bud- get, he pointed out, is so narrow- ly that it calls for a surplus of only $57 in an estimat- ed outlay for the year, on purpos- es other than roads, of $414,357. IIt will be necessary, said Reeve Haig, for the reeves of municipali- USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE. INSURANCE CO. HEAD OFFICE — EXETER, ONT President, 'William A. Hamilton, Cromarty; Vice -President, Martin Feeney, R.R. 2, Dublin. DIRECTORS—Harry Coates, Can trans; H. Clayton Colquboun, R -R 1, Science Hill; Milton McCurdy FUR. 1, Mitchell; Alex J. Rhode H.R. 2, Mitchell. AGENTS—Thos. G. Ballantyne R.R. 1, Woodham; Clayton Harris, Mitohell; Stanley Hocking, Mit chelL SOLICITOR—W. G. Cochrane, Exeter. SECRETARY -TREASURER. — Arthur Fraser, Exeter. ate UP grants are $1,500 to the Salvation Army, $1,500 to the Canadian Na- tional Institute for the Blind, $1,800 for the junior extension work in Huron of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, and $2,500 to the University of Western Ontario. To each of the 32 ,libraries in the county library system, a grant of $40 was voted, for a total of $1,280 voted to help local libraries. A grant of $50 was voted for each of five livestock breed organiza- tions, the Huron Holstein -Breed- ers, Huron Hereford Breeders, Perth -Huron Shorthorn Breeders, Perth -Huron Jersey Club, and Ab- erdeen -Angus Breeders. To each of the top spring stock shows in the county, Hensall and Clinton, the grant list allots $100. To each of five fall fairs, at Blyth, Exeter, Seaforth, Bayfield and Brussels, the grant is $150; to three smaller fall fairs, at Zurich, Fordwich " and Dungannon, the grant is $125; to the Kirkton fall fair, on the Perth -Huron boundary, the grant is $100; to the fall fairs at Lucknow and Clifford, outside Huron but serving some parts of the county, the grant is $75 each; to the school fairs at Belgrave, McKillop and Hensall, the grant is $25 each. The North Huron Plowmen's As- sociation, each of which holds an annual plowing match, are granted $50 each. To eachof the five sec- ondary schools in the county, at Goderich, Wingham, Seaforth, Clinton and Exeter, a grant of $500 is made, which is earmarked for use in the agricultural department of each school. Other grants in support of agricultural teaching are $200 for scholarships at the Ontario Agricultural College, and $100 for a scholarship at the West- ern Ontario Agricultural School, Ridgetown. • Time passes quickly and before we fully realize it another year .has, gone by. This is particularly true in regards to subscriptions. We think we paid that subscrip- tion Just a few weeks ago, whereas actually it was many months ago. 8o just to make sure you are up to date, will you please check the date on the label on your COPY of The Huron Expositor. MEMBERS OF HURON COUNTY COUNCIL meeting at Goderich for the first session of the year, are: front row, from the left: John Fischer, Turnberry reeve; John Deeves, Gode- rich Township reeve; John Morrissey, Stephen reeve; Harry Gowdy, Howick reeve; Earl Campbell, Hay reeve and Warden of Huron; William McKenzie, Exeter reeve; Verne Pincombe, Usbdrne reeve: Mel. Crich, Clinton reeve; R. B. Cousins, Brus- sels reeve ; Daniel Beuermann, McKillop reeve. Second row: John Graham, Goderich reeve; John Kerr, Wingham de- puty; Willilam Jewitt, Hulllett reeve; Orval Taylor, East Wawanosh reeve; Valentine Becker, Hay deputy; Cecil Blake, Ashfield reeve; C. Mawhinney, Exeter deputy; William Mor- ritt, Blyth reeve; Terence Hunter, Colborne reeve. Back row: Bailie Parrott, Morris reeve; Ernest Fisher, Goderich deputy; Burton Stanley, Clinton reeve; James Doig, Tuckersmith reeve; Roy Adair, Wingham reeve; William Parke, Hensall reeve; Harvey Coleman, Stanley reeve; Wellington Haist, Stephen deppty; John Durnin, West Wawanosh reeve; Norman Scoins, Seaforth reeve; Arthur Gibson, Howick deputy; Cliff Rowland, Grey reeve. PLAN DIGGING TO FILL GAP IN HURON HISTORY, HISTORIAN SAYS An effort to fill a blank spot in the early history of Huron County, by digging for evidence of Indian habitations before the white men arrived, may be made by arch- aeological teams from the Univer- sity of Western Ontario, said Prof. James Scott, Seaforth, when he re- ported to Huron County Council on Thursday on his progress on an assignment to write a history of the county. Prof. Scott, a resident of Sea - forth, and member of the faculty of the University of Western On- tario, has been commissioned by ,the County of Huron, at a fee of $1,000 a year for five years, to prepare an authoritative history of the county. Thursday he ap- peared before county council to report on his first year of work on the five-year project. Little is known, said Prof. Scott, of the Indians . who hunted and fought in Huron before 1828, when the Canada Company first under- took to bring white settlers to the Huron Tract. For the past year, he reported, he has been concen- trating on research into the Can- ada Company period, which en- compassed the first stages of white settlement in the southern two-thirds of the area now includ- ed in Huron. At the same time, he reported, he has been trying to persuade Wilfred Jury, archaeolo- gical expert on the University of Western Ontario staff, to under- take digging projects in Huron to unearth some information about the time before the first white man arrived. "We still have not,had any arch- aeological work done, in this coun- If the date shown Is earlier than January 28,1955 1. then you are rn arrears. If this is the case, your remittance would be appreciated- Either drop Into the Office or mall the amount to The Huron Expositor, Seaforth. Thanks a lot. • energy" or "high efficiency" ra- tions. High efficiency rations are not simple rations. The necessary minerals, vitamins and amino ac- ids must be present. However, they are low in fibre and bulk and thus they contain more energy per pound than conventional rations. Laying hens respond to the feed- ing of high efficiency rations by consuming 'less feed. Strangely enough this reduced feed consump- tion is not reflected in reduced egg production, but actually results in increased feed efficiency. Practical laying trials carried out at the Canada Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S., under the direction of T. M. Maclntyre, Sen- ior Poultry Husbandman, indicate that birds consume less feed when fed "high efficiency" rations than when fed conventional rations. The reason for this appears to be the higher energy and lesser bulk of the high efficiency rations. Barred Plymouth Rock laying hens on high efficiency rations re- quired only 5.7 pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs, as compar- ed with 6.4 pounds of feed per doz- en eggs when fed a conventional ration. This represents a saving of over 10 per cent in feed. Single Comb White Leghorn hens respond, in a similar manner. The economy of feeding high ef- fiency rations depends on the price relationship between corn and wheat and the other grains. When- ever the price of oats and barley is running equal to or higher than corn or wheat then more corn and wheat should die used in the ration. Where the reverse is true, the gains to be made in feeding high efficiency rations must be balanc- ed against the extra cost of the corn and wheat. High efficiency C ons do not give uiereaged egg p c•c>ei Wort. The ort asp' v' " to c rifyiy�y t� prothi oil oti c high IISiy, viol+{ " rtons,, ty," said Prof. Scott. "The only way we can get it is to dig for it —and I mean dig on the end of a shovel." Source Material The winding up, about a year ago, of the affairs of the Canada Company, Prof. Scott said, has made a wealth of new material available for study. All the books and records of the company, he explained, were shipped to Canada, for the national archives, and are now stored in Toronto. Since these valuable source documents became available, said Prof. Scott, he has made many trips to Toronto to explore in the account books and ledgers of the Company for new information about the early years of settlement in the Huron Tract. The portion of Huron County Which was opened and settled un- der Canada Company arrange- ments includes the townships of Stephen, Hay, Stanley, Goderich, Colborne, Tuckersmith, McKillop, Usborne and Hullett and the urb- an centres of Exeter, Hensall, God- erich, Clinton and Seaforth. The records, now available in Toronto, Prof. Scott said, have never been catalogued or studied, and are providing a fresh fund of information about the early years of settlement in Huron. At the same time as he has been doing research on the Canada Company records, Prof. Scott re- ported he has been trying to ar- range for experts to seek in Hur- on traces of the Indian civiliza- tion which was here before 1828. A football player, wanting to keep, in good condition, got a job for the summer on a farm. He worked in the fields from dawn until dusk, day after day, and he had to finish his chores by lan- tern light. At the end of the first month he went to the farmer and said, "I'm going to quit. You promised me a steady job of work. "Well, haven't you got a steady job of work?" asked the farmer in. surprise. "Nope," said the football play- er. "There are three or four hours every night when I don't have anything to do except fool away my time sleeping." Demands For Bookmobile Aid Continue To Grow It takes 16 days each time the circuit is travelled by the Huron County bookmobile on its quarter- ly exchange, though 10 years ago it could be done in three days, Mrs. Alice Jean Eckmier, county librarian told Huron County Council when she tendered her an- nual report. When she first assumed her du- ties as county librarian, in 1945, said Mrs. Eckmier, there were only 16 libraries in the county system, and when the book ex- change trip was done, once each three months, it could be started on a Monday and fnished n Wed- nesday. Now the Huron library system includes 34 libraries, nine deposit stations, 218 school rooms and three high schools. The lib- rary truck makes calls at 115 school rooms, an.d another 103 rooms are served through town- ship school areas. "Improvement in book collec- tions in local libraries is quite noticeable," Mrs. Eckmier told county councillors. "During the year we worked in 19 libraries weeding out old and useless books, advising in the purchase of rudi- mentary reference books and set- ting up a pool of our own older books and donations. From this pool a library might borrow one or more units of 50 books for one year." "Wingham library," Mrs. Eck- mier reported, " has set up a new registration and charging system and is making a complete and up- to-date catalogue. The county lib- rarian worked there for some time getting local staff started on this work. At the time of the opening of the Huron County Home. 150 county library books were placed in their library; all books discard- ed throughout the year are sent to the Huron County Home." Mem'sers added to the county library system during 1954, Mrs, Eckmier reported, included the three-room school at Mount Car- mel, S.S. 7, McKillop, S.S. 2, God- erich, S.S. 2, Hullett, S.S. 3, Hul- lett, and the Friendly Few Farm Forum. The bookmobile is now calling at the 10 school rooms of the East Wawanosh school area: previously the books had been sup- plied and exchanged through the school area headquarters. It has been advised by the di- rector of libraries for the Ontario Department of Education, Angus Mowat, said Mrs. Eckmier, that the libraries at Zurich and Kirk - ton should be changed from asso- ciation libraries to free tax -sup- ported libraries. It is expected that more space for the work of the county library headquarters will be provided in the new court house which is now being built at Goderich. Plans for future expansion, said Mrs. Eck- mier, include a second trained librarian, and a second bookmobile to travel the school route. NOTICE! TOWN OF SEAFORTH PARKING BY ORDER OF POLICE To facilitate snow removal, NO PARKING on the Streets of this Municipality will be allowed between the hours of 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. This order will be strictly enforced in accordance with the Highway Traffic Act; • - Section 43, Subsection 9. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Municipality will not be responsible for any damages caused to parked vehicles as the result of snow removal operations. ,.µ MARK The fifteenth anniversary,. of CBC Neighborly Nevys bboadcasta,. one of the most popular featlitres of Canadian radio, will be marked. by a special national broadcast on Sunday, January 30, on stations of the Trans -Canada network. While the 15th anniversary 'ap- plies specifically to the. Ontario broadcast of Neighborly News, the special program will be heard na- tionally and will include the voic- es of Neighborly News commenta- tors across Canada — Les Way, British Columbia; C. F. Greene, Prairies; Don Fairbairn, Ontario and Quebec; Jack Brayley, Mari- times, and Gerard Brady, who does a French language version of Neighborly News in Quebec. CBC hopes to have W. B. Sawdon of the Sackville Tribune -Post, Presiden.t of the Canadian Week- ly Newspapers Association, as a guest on the show. During the 15 years of its ex- istence, the Ontario Neighborly News commentators have scanned more than 150,000 copies of the English-language weeklies of On- tario and Quebec, and have read on the air more than 30,000 items totalling some million -and -a -half words. Since the program began, greetings have been extended to some 40,000 people in Ontario and Quebec entering the ranks of the "Over -Ninety Birthday Club". CBC personnel have travelled more than 5,000 miles during the 15 years to produce the regular Sunday morning broadcast from 25 communities, as a special sa- lute marking "Old Home Week" or some other local celebration. The fact that city -dwellers like the program as much as `those who live in the smaller centres is pro': en by' surveys. Neighborly News in Ontario has a larger aud- iei�Ce +tm Y TI the alb' a *34! CRFs Rett r the secoi;dt i iitlrve and Don reirbai#� host. I' prsee has bet . borly 'News §i ce :4t:a ;. ing out as itStatinnittl9 becoming its pros]» still holds. Fairba commentator seve;i .nal•a ter the death o s' Andy Clarke, who tJwougA §Sa +t sociation with the progi'aiii: Was dubbed "the rt►ayor- of the little' places." The anniversary program will be heard across Canada at following tines: 8;00 p m, N 7:30 p.m. AST; 6:30 p.m. EST; 5:30 'p.m, CST; 6:30 p.m. MST;'" 5:30 p.m. PST. iipll Junior and his mother were looking through the family album. "And here," said his mother, "is your Aunt Susie, there's Uncle Ben, and there's Grandpa." Presently they came to a picture of a handsome young man with a mustache and a crop of wavy hair. "Who's that?" asked Jun- ior. "Why, that's your father," an- swered his mother. "Yeah?" said Junior skeptical- ly. "Then who's the bald-headed guy that's been living with us?" Husbands! Wives! Want new Pep and Vim? 'Thousands of couples are weak, worn-out, ex- hausted solely because body lacks iron. For new vim, vitality, try Ostrex Tonic Tablets. Supplies iron you, too, may need for pep; supplemen- tary doses Vitamin B. Introductory or "get- acquainted" size only 80@. At all druggists. SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS OPEN DAILY — PHONE 363,1 T. Pryde & Son ALL TYPES OF CEMETERY MEMORIALS Enquiries are invited. Exeter Phone 41-J Clinton Phone 103 YOUR BUSINESS DIRECTORY MEDICAL DR. M. W. STAPLETON Physician and Surgeon Phone 90 : Seaforth If no answer. call 59 JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 Hensall SEAFORTH CLINIC Telephone 26 E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D. Interncst Telephone 27 P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Telephone 55 C. ELLIOTT, M.D. Telephone 26 EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m. Appointments may be made. N OPTOMETRIST JOHN E. LONGSTAFF Optometrist Eyes Examined. Glasses Fitted. MAIN ST. SEAFORTH Office Hours: Daily. except Mon- day, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CLINTON Monday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Mc- Laren's Studio). VETERINARY D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M. Veterinary Surgeon HENSALL, ONT. : PHONE 99 TURNBULL & BRYANS VETERINARY CLINIC J. 0. Turnbull, D.V.M. W. R. Bryans, D.V.M. Phone 105 Seaforth AUCTIONEERS EDWARD W. ELLfOTT Licensed Auctioneer Correspondence promptly an- swered. Immediate arrangements can be made for sae dates by phoning 455-J, Clinton. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaran- teed. LEGAL A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor; Etc. Phones: Office 173, Residence 781 SEAFORTH .... : ONTARIO McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS, Q.C. County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 CHIROPRACTIC D. H. McINNES Chiropractic . - Foot Correction COMMERCIAL HOTEL Monday, Thursday — 1 to 8- p:m, ACCOUNTING RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant CLINTON ONTARIO ' Office: Phones: Royal Bank Office 561• Res. 455 A. M. HARPER Chartered Accountant 55 South St. Telephone Goderich 343 Licensed Municipal Auditor. INSURANCE THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE--SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS: President - J. L. Malone, Seaforth Vice -Pres. - J. H. McEwing, Blyth Manager and Sec,-Treas. - M. A. Reid, Seaforth. DIRECTORS: E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; S. H. Whit- more, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Bornholm; .Robert Archibald, Sea - forth; John H. McEwing, Blyth; William S. Alexander, Walton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield. AGENTS: - William Leiper, Londes- boro; J. F. Prueter, Jr.,rodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels: Eric Munroe, Seaforth. O O o 0 0 0 0 o O O 0 o 0 0 W. J. CLEARY 0 O Seaforth, Ont. O O LICENSED EMBALMER 0 O and FUNERAL DIRECTOR 0 O Night or Day Calls — 335 0 o O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000000' o O 0 BOX d a 3untrar *Perbfce O R. S. 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