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The Huron Expositor, 1955-03-18, Page 2HURON EXPOSITOR Established 1860 Published at Seaforth, Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean Bros. ember of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, March 18 WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: A MONTH OF MOODS (044W4 Jeurnd.l) March is frequently an unpredict- able combination of moods—a month i -that gives the pessimists a chance to gloat and optimist , all opportunity 4t their philosophy. March would not be so difficult to take if it followed some month other than February. The second month often sandpapers a man's patience tissue - thin; and if March is cantankerous, cold, raw and windy, the countryman wishes that he could reach April without crossing this 31 -clay draw- bridge of uncertainty. There is an oldtime axiom in the northland that if you want to buy a farm do your dickering in March, for that is the time when a farmer's spir- it is at lowest ebb. The statement must be qualified, for there are third months in some years that come in like a lamb and go out in a gentle, pleasant fashion. There is only -one way to take March, and that is to accept whatev- er comes. No matter if the month. roars in like a lion and continues to growl and rant, one knows that each day the sun in climbing higher. Spring is travelling northward at a steady pace from the southland and the inexorable forces of nature are applying not -to -be -denied pressures. Grandfather used to say when he tore the second sheet from the Grain and Feed Store calendar, "If we can just get through March, we can stand April because we know that May will soon be here," TOO MUCH FOR GRANTED (Lethbridge Herald) Geographically Canada is not an easy country to know. It is a long way from Newfoundland to Van- couver Island. It is much easier to contemplate a trip to New York than a visit to the Maritimes and New- foundland. It is a long way for a Newfound- lander to go to learn about the won- ders of the forests and the bays of British Columbia. But, .by the same token, that is all the more reason Canadians should work at it. It's one way to keep from being paroch- ial, provincial or whatever. From the home through the schools and in every other avenue where knowledge and appreciation of Canada, her people and her re- -sources can be taught, we need an .approach which will waken us to an understanding of the fortune in free- dom and resources bestowed upon US. We're too phlegmatic about it all, take it altogether too much for granted. THE GOOD OLD COUNTRY STORE (Superior, Wis., Evening Telegram) We all like to talk about the "good old days", but how many of us would turn the clock back if we could? Probably no better illustration of the "good old days" could be cited than the country grocery store. One could patronize such a store_ year af- ter year and find the cracker barrel, the pickles and the wheel of cheese in the same place. The old store exuded an aroma of salt meat, ban- anas, apples and other delicacies that one never forgot. The "good old days" are nice to talk about, especially when you want 40 complain, but you would let "good fold store" starve to death for'lack of tpatronage. The lack of change gave it an air of permanence and made it seem like an old friend. But today no one would buy crackers that had to be handled by. a clerk. You wouldn't buy c Leese. kwhere flies were walking Over :the cloth that covered it -- either Would you wept wormy ap- �f'it to pick your vegetables spray of water or out of a frozen food chest. Instead of buying fruit in season, you want al- most every kind of'fruit or fruit juice at all seasons. You wouldn't think of getting your milk or meat except from refrigerated counters. You wouldn't want your potatoes or oth- er heavy vegetables on the floor in boxes or sacks where old Rover could nose along enjoying himself. That is one reason why your cost of living has gone up—the spread in price between the farmer and the consumer is in large measure the re- sult of the demand of the consumer for expensively processed products. So when you talk about prices to- day and compare the cost of living with that of g generation ago, just remember all you're getting—fancy packages, refrigeration; air condi- tioning, sanitation, and scores Of things your grandmother never heard of. STORE HOURS (Sydney Post -Record) Won't the stores ever get through with the business of changing the hours open and close? Along comes a speaker before the annual meeting of the Canadian Retail Federation in Ottawa, predicting that in the fore- seeable future "most of our stores may be closed in the forenoons and open in the afternoons and even- ings." When that comes to pass our shop- ping streets will be as quiet on week- day mornings as on a month of Sun- days, deserted by all save a few de- termined window-shoppers, with money in their jeans but no place to spend it. We shall see what we shall see. Foreseeable future in- deed. HONORING TOME-TOWNERS (Fort William Times -Journal) In the Ontario city of Stratford, a "Man of the Year" competition has been inaugurated by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The young affair, presenting a rose bowl to the men intend to make this an annual winner. The idea merits consideration in other municipalities. Community ef- fort is the foundation of national progress. Too often there is insuf- ficient recognition of the work done by civic leaders for their fellow -citi- zens in the spirit of unselfish service. The act of choosing a "Man of the Year" within a municipality high- lights and compliments the few who take the lead in trying to make their home town a better place in which to live. CALL FOR GOODS (Toronto Financial Post) Canadians are marrying earlier - 24.2 per cent of all Canadians 15 to 24 years of age. were married per- sons in 1953, compared with 21.9 per cent of the population in this age group in 1951. This is in part a reflection of pros- perity; young people haven't had to postpone marriage as they did, for example, in the thirties. In part, too, the early marriages may be a carry- over from the war years, when an early marriage was often the altern- ative to no marriage at all. Whatever the cause, the new pat- tern of the forties and fifties has cer- tainly contributed to the increase in demand for consumer goods. The demand for almost everything from toys to telephone lines has been step- ped up a notch by the new fashion in youthful marriages. OUR SUNDAY LAWS (Owen Sound Sun -Times) There is reason to hope that the wide open Sunday drive has been slowed up. The Lord's Day Alliance has play- ed a very important role in "holding the line" until the people in general wakened to an awareness of the dan- gers. So it is with most moral is- sues. Small volunteer groups battle against those who seek financial gain at the price of the general welfare of the people, always hopeful that the general public will finally realize the real menace which lies in alleged "freedoms". ° In the case of Sunday observance, the so-called "blue laws" are for the protection of the people themselves. The need for a day of rest as a safe- guard of mental and physical health has long been a recognized fact. It was achieved only after a most dif- ficult struggle. • What a mess society would be in were it plot for these restraining or- ganizations I THE HURON EXPOSITOR SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Sticks To Straight Route Goderich Township council has been advised that the Huron County good roads committee is definitely sticking to its decision regarding the Bayfield Road be reconstructed in a direct line from Clinton to the Blue Water High- way. The communication was re- ceived from County Engineer Peter Patterson, Goderich.—Clin- ton News -Record. Fire Inspection Saturday Night At the regular meeting of the members of the Blyth Fire Bri- gade held Monday night at the fire hall, it was decided to hold monthly fire inspection Of busi- ness places in the Village, with the first inspection to be held Satur- day night. Inspections be con- ducted monthly during the winter and spring firing season. This is a regulation enforcement that must be complied with.—Bl'th Standard. Suffers Loss of fingertip Andy Husty, working with a windlass on the killing floor at Stanley Abattoir on Tuesday, accidentally was caught in the machine, crushing the end of one finger. He was taken to Clinton Public Hospital and remained there overnight. On Wednesday an operation was found necessary and the end of the finger (back past the first joint) was removed. It was the middle finger of his right hand.—Clinton News -Record. Buy Herefords in Southern U.S. Robin E. Thompson, R.R. 2, Clinton, and Ernest Brown, ,Clin- ton, ton, returned Friday from a visit in the south central United States. Taking a busman's holiday, the men, accompanied by Mrs. Thomp- son and Mrs. Brown, visited sev- eral Hereford sales: Each of them purchased a' registered Polled Hereford bull and two heifers, and plan to pick the animals up at the border. Three were purchased at Senatobia, Miss., and the other three at a sale in Ohio.—Clinton News -Record. Twins Believed Canada's Oldest A birthday party, unique because it is believed the participates are Canada's oldest living twins, was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford McPhee, of near Au- burn, when Mrs. John McPhee, R.R. 3, Auburn, and her twin sis- ter, Miss Mattie Mcllwain, of Au- burn ,observed their 88th birthday. Mrs. McPhee, the former Ellen Mcllwain, and her sister, are daughters of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Mcllwain, formerly of West Wawanosh, near the Nile.—Blyth Standard. Council in Action Word was received by council on Monday night from T. Pryde, M.L.A. for Huron, that the Depart- ment of Highways intended to call for tenders for the purchase of the strip of re -forested land along the west side of Highway 4, ,just north of town. Dr. H. A. Mc- Intyre, speaking as chairman of the planning board, stated that though he felt the town should have the land, and preserve it as a park as the board advised, he did not think they should pay too much money for it, nor did he feel that the town should compete against private bids. — Clinton News -Record. Ice Show Has Successful Run Portrayal of Alice by Miss Ann Field, Weston Skating Club, To- ronto, guest skater at the second annual ice show held here -last Friday and Saturday, was done very imaginatively, and received the enthusiastic applause of the audience on both nights of the ev- ent. "Winter Wonderland, 1955," as the show was named, included scenes "from Alice in Wonderland, depicted with excellent costuming and good skating. Under the di- rection of Miss Isobel Hugo, the club instructor, many solo parts were worked in with group skating to make a varied program.—Clin- ton News -Record - Growers Win Guaranteed Price Sugar beet growers will be guar- anteed a first payment next fall of $12 a ton, factory delivered, for beets of 17 per cent sugar content, says a jeiet statement from On- tario Suter Feet lrower4' ilsagcia- ion ana Canada and Dominion Sugar Company. It will be the first time since the industry start- ed 53 years ago that Ontario beet growers will be paid a graduated minimum price in addition to all regular participating clauses in former contracts. The new agree- ment is the result of three weep' negotiations between the Ontario sugar Beet Growers' Marketing Board and Canada and Dominion Sugar Company Limited at Chat- ham.—Exeter Times -Advocate. To Ask Open Deer Season The regular monthly meeting of the Luc -Tee -Win Conservation Club was held in Teeswater on the eve- ning of March 1. Among the many items which came up for discus- sion was the possibility of sponsor- ing a local fishing competition for bass, pike and speckled trout, with trophies being • awarded in the dif- ferent classes. Final details will appear at a later date. An open deer season this fall in Huron and Bruce found unanimous favor at the meeting. It was decided to approach the county councils and also that a recommendation be for- warded to the Department of Lands and Forests for an open season to commence after Novem- ber 20, and that open season dates be the same in all localities. It was felt that after that date all livestock would be shut in for the winter—Wingham Advance -Times. Change Plan of Promotion Public school students will be required to satisfactorily complete their course of study before they can be promoted to a higher grade, Exeter Public School Board learn- ed at its meeting Monday night. Inspector G. G. Gardiner, of God- erich, announced the provincial policy change in a letter to the board. In recent years, teachers have been able to promote chil- dren even though they had not completed their course of study. This was part of a relaxed method of promotions which have been in effect for several years. The new policy will affect entrance into high school as well as inthe jun- ior grades of public school. From Grades I to III, teachers will be allowed to promote children in the fall if they are not able to com- plete their work by the end of the normal school. year. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Grow the Right Things in The Right Places A popular pastime for the ama- teur gardener at this time of year is studying seed catalogues. Hum- orists suggest that the pictures in the catalogues often excel the re- sults in the garden. If this is so, the blame can often be laid at the door of the gardener. because he didn't study the catalogue well en- ough. • Practically all nursery cata- logues, in addition to giving speci- fic planting instructions. indicate whether a particular plant or shrub is hardy or only semi -hardy in dif- ferent geographic areas: whether it grows best in sun or shade; whe- ther it likes heavy or light soil, or has a preference for wet or dry places in the garden. With this information available there is no reason why the ama- teur gardener cannot arrange his plantings in such a way that they will grow to best advantage. He knows that he has put the right plants in the right places and pro- per attention and care throughout the growing season will bring sat- isfactory results. T..:;: What Happens to Canada's Milk Supply? Milk production in Canada has increased 7.4 per cent during the past 15 years, most of the increase taking place in the last two or three years when conditions facor- ed such increase, D. M. Beattie, Associate Chief, Dairy Products Grading and Inspection Services, states at the annual convention of the Saskatchewan Dairy Associa- tion. Use of fluid milk as such in- creased 11.4 per cent in the 15 - year period, said Mr. Beattie, due to increases in population and con- tinued education and publicity on the food value of milk. Over the same 15 -year period milk utilized for manufacture of butter decreased by 7.0 per cent. In the years 1935-39 over 53 per cent of Canada's total milk sup- ply was made into butter, in 1953 only 48 per cent. Butter continues to be the largest single outlet with fluid milk next at 30 per cent. Milk for cheese bas followed a similar trend to butter. In the 1935-39 period nine per cent of the milk went into. cheese. In 1953 on- ly tfilre per cent was so utilized. There is a trend toward larger and fewer factories, many of them equipped to manufaeture other dairy products as well as cheese, depending on market conditions. Consumption of cheese by Cana- dians is disappointing. There has been a slight increase in per capi- ta consumption the past few years, mainly attributed to improved packaging and a genuine desire by many retailers to sell cheese of better quality. Canadians do not yet seem to consider cheese as the main dish of a meal, but rather a sandwich proposition or the small partner of some varieties of pie, says Mr. Beattie. Practically all Canada's cheddar cheese is grad- ed by Federal graders, and the results for 1954 show over 94 per cent to be of Canada First Grade quality. Concentrated milks and ice , cream regaiired considerably more milk by 1953 and their combined requirements of milk increased by 51/2 per cent. Of Canada's total make of but- ter, 66 per cent was graded by Federal inspectors in 1954, and of this amount 9611 per cent was of Canada First Grade quality. The percentage of the total make grad- ed is increasing each year, and there was 51/2 per cent more butter graded in 1954 than in 1953—an in- dication butter manufacturers are paying increased attention to qual- ity. Unfortunately per capita con- sumption of butter has decreased by 10 pounds in the past 10 years, and the surest way to regain this lost ground is for cream producers to furnish the highest possible qual- ity of raw product, and the mapu- facturers to process this raw pro- duct to the best of their ability at all times. But responsibility does not end with the making of a fine product. Unless this product is packaged neatly, cleanly and at- tractively, the work has been in vain. Mr. Beattie stated he had re- cently been shown through a paper factory in Ontario specializing in making parchment butter wrap- pers. Wrappers for four different creameries are printed in one op= eration on one large sheet, later cut into the correct size for the four wrappers. On the large sheet one of these brands was outstanding. It had a very attractive color combination, the lettering was effective, and it definitely denoted good taste in de- sign and general make-up. Two of the others were satisfactory, but the fourth wrapper was an atroe- ity, and net have beende- (Contintted ori Age o) YEARS AGONE Interesting Items picked from The Huron Expositor of 25 and 50 Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor March 21, 1930 Mr. and Mrs. Lyall Jordan and children, of Toronto, were week- end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan, Dublin. Miss Helen Krauskopf, nurse -in - training at ,St. Joseph's Hospital, London, spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrd, Jas. Kraus- kopf, Dublin. Mrs. Harold Smalldon and chil- dren, Babe and Bobby, of Walton, spent the weekend with friends in Winthrop. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith and daughter moved to Bayfield last week from London and will occu- py the house formerly owned by the late Miss Sarah Reid, Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, of Hamilton, motored to Bayfield and spent the weekend with Mrs. Stew- art's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johri Pollock, The many friends of Mrs. Geo. Dalrymple, Chiselhurst, will be sorry to hear that she underwent an operation in. Seaforth hospital on Saturday, but is making pro- gress towards recovery. Mr. J. B. Forrest and daughter, Miss Mary, of Hillsgreen, were re- cent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Mustard, near Kippen. Miss Dolly Hagan, Hillsgreen, spent a few days with her sister, Miss Mary Hagan, of London. Mr. Thomas Livingston, Hullett, spent a few days visiting friends in Exeter last week. The 100 -acre farm on the Bron- son Line, Hay, purchased. a year ago by Mr. T. McAdams from Mr. J. Hartman, has been purchased by Mr. Ted Denomme, of near Blake, who takes immediate pos- session. Mr. J. )ley, Jr., Zurich, has sold to Mr. H. Rose, a portion of his lot which adjoins the land owned by Mr. Rose. Work on the new ser- vice station has started and when completed Mr. Rose will have a modern and convenient station to care for automobile owners. Miss Mary Buchanan, Reg.N., of St. Thomas, visited over the week- end at her home in Hensall. Mr. and ,Mrs. J. D. Reid and little son, Ray, of London, visited with Mrs. H. Reid and Miss Minnie Reid, Hensall, on Sunday. Mrs. James Bagnell, of Horton, Sask., and Mrs. R. Dodman, Lucky Lake, Sask., have returned to their homes in the West after visiting their mother, Mrs. Thomas Smale, Seaforth, who has been seriously ill for some time. Miss Margaret Case, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Case, at Maple Hall, re- turned to Detroit on Tuesday to resume her position on the staff at Ford Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Purcell, Strat- ford, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Purcell, of Manley, this week. Miss • Vera Gardiner, Stratford, spent the weekend with her par- ents in Walton. • From The Huron .Expositor March 17, 190= Mr. Robert McMillan, of Hullett, left last week for the West with a carload of horses. Among them is a team which took the prize at London and Woodstock. A short time. ago Mr. Geo. Hill, of the Base Line, Stanley, sold a fine gelding to Mr. McCloskey, of Goderich, for $265. It weighed 1,820 pounds and was a really superb animal. Mr. Henry Fleischauer; of Zur- ich, has purchased the house and land of Mr. Jacob Oesch, about two miles west of Zurich. Mr. Oesch intends moving to Michigan, A few nights ago a number of parties, under the guise of a charivari, broke into the house of Mrs. Peter Campbell, Bayfield, and did damage thereto. It is said they are likely to be proceeded against in court and made an example of. Mrs. August Ehnes, Zurich, has returned from a pleasant visit of four weeks to Cairo, Mich., and other parts. Mr. Andrew Gilmour and Mrs. John Gilmour left Stanley Monday for the West. Andrew goes to Disley to work during the sum- mer and Mrs. Gilmour goes to her home near Buffalo Lake. Mr. Jno. Moffatt, wife and family also left Stanley on Thursday of last week for their home near Moose Jaw, and they intend remaining over a few days at Fort William to visit Mr. D. Campbell. Mr. J. J. McGrath, the well- known horse breeder of Hibbert, recently sold to Mr. Peter Arbor- gast, of Sebringville, a 10 -months - old colt for which he received $150. This fine colt was bred by Mr. McGrath and carried off three first prizes last fall. It was bred from the imported horse, "Sun- light," and is a credit to him. Mrs. T. C. McDonnell, Hensall, is in Detroit visiting her sister. The Methodist Church people surprised their pastor the other day by presenting him with a load of oats. This is the second sur- prise for Mr. Miller, as the Gosh- en people also gave him a big load. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hood, who have been visiting friends in Kip - pen for several weeks, left for their home in Pense, N.W.T., this week. Mr. Hood is one of the pioneer settlers and one of the prosperous farmers of that;; dis- trict. St. Patrick's annual festival will be celebrated by a sacred concert and lecture at St. Columban next Sunday afternoon at five o'clock. Rev. Albert McKeon is announced to preach on -the occasion. Mr. James Cowan, Seaforth, has purchased the Gray farm, adjoin- ing his own, paying for it the sum of $7,000, The farm contains 100 acres and has o'n it a splendid bank barn and two good dwelling hoises. Mr. Cowan now has 200 acres of as fine farming land as can. be found in the Province of Ontario. • Lorne Johnson and Percy Bak- er, *ho hated been enjoying a vis- it home near lcippen, returned to Manta thin week. Yl± ir v� � vii �T �' wpt • a 41 $I ii 1 '.�. MARCH 18, 1955 TO THE EDITOR: Toronto, March 11, 1955. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: There were lots of mental calories in that feature on the editorial page in the current Expositor, containing verbatim excerpts from an address at Queen's Park by Thomas Pryde, Huron's ;MLA. It is a long time since I've seen a keener reference to the farmers' price problem, and agriculture's basic role in Cana- dian economic health, than the following few lines, which I think should be studied by every Cana:_ dian, on the farm and off it: "True, people in the city, who are not engaged in this form of pro- duction, wish to get food as cheap- ly as possible. That is under- standable. But it is to nobody's benefit to get it at such a price that the. one who produced this - food did so at a loss. He in turn cannot purchase what the city worker produces, and so the cycle is soon completed and there is un- employment." What we need is more thinking and speaking along such lines. If we had it, at all levels of govern- ment—labor and management— we would be soon 'on our way' to, win for agriculture its proper" share of the national income. I like the poet's logic: "It's easy 'nough to titter w'en De stew is smokin' hot; But it's mighty ha'd to giggle W'en dey's nuffin' in de pot! WAR VET '40-45 CROSSROADS (By JAMES SCOTT) THE TOWNSHIP It's a curious thing how you can grow qp with something and live with it all your life and never real- ly know what it means or what it's about. Just the other day I came across one of those things and it set me thinking. I was talking to a young fellow and he was asking a few ques- tions about what we call local gov- ernment. You know, how -we are governed in the town and in the country, and so on. Amongst oth- er things, we were talking about the nearby townships. Of course, this was a chance for me to show off a bit and I started telling him how they got their names—about McKillop and Tucker Smith. Then he asked me a tough one. "Why," he asked, "do we call them townships?" He had me right there. Here I was talking my head off, showing off my knowledge about the neigh- boring townships, and I had never stopped to think about how it came about that we had townships in the first place. I did know, for example, that out on the prairies, they do not call their municipal areas townships. Out in Manitoba, in the beginning, they created counties and town- ships, but later found that they had too sparse a population and scrapped them for something they call Rural Municipalities. The same is true in Saskatchewan, Al- berta and British Columbia, al- though the size of these units var- ies from province to province. But back to townships. Where did they come from in the first place? Naturally enough, I decided that probably they came from Britain. After all, I knew that in England "and Scotland they had the county system, so I assumed that they probably had townships too. Ex- cept who ever heard of an English township? Not me or anybody else, because they do not exist, No, the township is a peculiarly North American invention and it goes a long way back. It did not begin in this country at all, but: came over here with the United Empire Loyalists who carne from - New England. Those old Puritans were a hardy independent lot and from the very' early days of American settle- ment, they were anxious to get as much self-government as they could. One of the lures which the British Government offered the' Loyalists to get them to come to Canada was that they would have - as much local self-government as. they had had in New England`.. This meant that they were permit- ted to set up the same systems which they had set up in the Thir- teen Colonies. The local town meeting, held an, nlially to discuss the affairs of a - designated area started in New• England. The area which any par- ticular town meeting served, was called a township and that's what they set up when the Loyalists . came to Canada. There were townships in Canada long before there were counties, and there were town meetings long before we ever got to the point of. electing County Councils. As a matter of fact we did not get counties in Ontario until quite a few years after Mackenzie's re- bellion. At first they were large units called districts, which were set up in 1841 and a few years later they were split into smaller areas and called counties. Then the townships were incorporated into the county structure, the towns were set apart, and each sent its representatives to the county council. Thus the British and the Ameri- can traditions were fused together and the best taken from both. I have often heard a lot about how we in Canada have been fortunate • in being able to get the best from both Britain and the United States. I never realized until now that a good example of this lies in the townships of this county. THE LEGISLATURE (By THOMAS PRYDE, M.L.A.) (Article No. 5) As the Ontario Legislature con- cludes its fifth week, the program is approximately half finished, which means that the Session will last for another four or five weeks. Approximately forty members spoke on the Throne Speech, and the debate was concluded March 9 and the vote taken. The highlight of this week was the introduction of the budget by Premier Frost, acting in his ca- pacity of Provincial Treasurer. The budget is prepared well in ad- vance, and it is customary to sup- ply advance copies of the address to the newspapers. This gives the reporters and editorial writers of the dailies an opportunity to study and digest the figures. Unfortun- ately, the contents of the budget are not available for the weeklies, which are published on Wednes- days and Thursdays, and their comments must be reserved until the following week, when much of the public interest has subsided. It might be of interest to note the procedure in introducing the budget. The House is resolved in- to Committee of Supply. The Pre- mier delivers to Mr. Speaker a message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor, signed by himself. This message is read by Mr. Speaker, and is as follows: "Louis O. Breithaupt, the Lieu- tenant -Governor, transmits esti- mates of certain sums required for the services of the Province for the year ending March 31, 1956, and recommends them to the Leg- islative Assembly." ' This, then, in effect is a request from the Lieutenant -Governor for moneys to carry on the business of th Province. Tho Premier then immediately rose and spoke for over two hours, explaining in detail various aspects of the economic and financial af- fairs of the Province. He review- ed gneral conditions and referred at length to the - changes which have taken place since he intro- duced his first Budget 12 years ago. In the matter of population, he noted that we were growing at the rate of 40,000 per year 12 years ago. This year the increase will be 150,000. He estimated the revenue for the current year would be approxi- mately $388,000,000.00, in contrast to $115,000,000.00 in 1944, and there still will be no new taxes. In the matter of education, he noted that enrolment in elementary' and secondary school would in- crease in September by 70,000, making a total enrolment in the Province in excess of one million pupils. Highway construction will con, title on a large scale, which will be shared in by Huron County. Ad- justments are being trade in the :nattier in which grants to meow. palities will be computed. Hence- forth, grants from the county for municipal roads will not be taken into account in determining the subsidy paid by the Province. It might be mentioned that addi- tional grants will be made to hos- pitals for procurement of special equipment. These grants will be paid before the end of the fiscal year, March 31. Huron hospitals will benefit as follows: Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, $11,600; 'Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, $7,- 800; Clinton Hospital, $7,200; South Huron Hospital, Exeter, $7,200. It is not possible to enumerate here in detail how Huron may benefit. We are part of the great Province of Ontario, and we all rejoice to hear the Provincial Treasurer present such a glowing picture of our expanding economy and its anticipated effect on the well-being of the 'people. A Smile or Two "Aren't people funny?" "Yes. If you tell a man there are 270,678,934,341 stars in the uni- verse he'll believe you, but if a sign says 'Fresh Paint' that same' man has to make a personal in- vestigation." '"You look downcast." "Yes, my wife's been away six - months." "Well?" "I wrote to her every week and' said I was spending my evenings at home. She's back now and the- electiic Iight bill has just arrived. It's for half a dollar!" • A motorist was proceeding along one of the main roads of a small. town when the driver of a baker's van in front turned to his right down a side street. After narrowly avoiding a col- lision the motorist demanded to know why the baker didn't indi- cate which way he was going. "Don't be so daft," replied the baker. "I always go down that street." • Two men are walking up a street when the fart one asked: "Joe, I need help. Will you lend' me some moneys/a" .toe said, "Sorry, I'm broke." They walked for a while, and the first man said: ",Joe, I'm hun- gry, will you get me some food?" Joe replied: "I told you I'm broke. And I've got no food." More walldng, then cuff friend said: "Can't you lend rhe a quar- terII a dime—anything, Joe?" `can't—not even a penny!" They 'Went on walking until the st man. stopped. "Joe," he ask.- plaifrtively, "carry mel" • • .. .i.