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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1955-03-18, Page 5M,i 1$ 1955 I� 1 9 P.S 4 This Week At the Seaforth District nigh School (By SHEILA McFADDEN), A Poultry Club, sponsored by the Seaforth Lions Club and called the Seaforth Lions 4-H Poultry Club, has been formed in the school. It was organized by Mr. Baker, assistant agricultural re- presentative for Huron, and is un- der the leadership of Mr. J. M. :Scott and Mr. Whitely. Eighteen members have joined and the poultry can. be bought .directly ;by the members, or by borrowing $20 from any Lions Club 'member. Payment at the end of -the. year may be made in cash or by iving - that member eight :roosters, ready for the oven. The annual Variety Night will '•be held this Friday night at 8:15 -p.m. The entertainment will be made up of boys' tumbling under the leadership of Mr. Dobson. A fashion show, with the girls of the Home Economics, displaying their garments, will be another item of interest. Miss Ryan is in charge of the dancing part of " the pro- gram, with four different types of square dancing, shuffle, modern and folk dancing. A one -act com- edy called, "Our Dream House," will also be presented under the direction of Miss Elford. Along with this, individual members of the student body will do vocal an,: instrumental acts. Tickets may be purchased from Parents Visit St. James' School. In co-operation with Education Week, open -house was held in St. .James' School Wednesday, March 9, in the afternoon and evening. Education Week is the period set aside each year for drawing attention to the work done in the schools — elementary and secon- dary. Large number of parents and friends were present and much in- terest was evinced in each class- room, as the parents examined the work done by their children in every subject. Attractive posters, book records, religion, poetry books, etc., and arts and crafts •were on display. • The parents also had an oppor- tunity of meeting the teachers. A more intimate relation between parents and teachers enables the schools to function more effective - 1y. If Education Week creates a greater interest in the school, it is well worth while. any student in the school, or they can be bought at the door of the auditorium that night. $ $ All dances, parties and outings will be cancelled for the next two weeks due to the Easter examina- tions. Of course, to some indus- trious students who have already started, this means nothing. But to the majority—! One happy thought coming out of the exams is that we finish on Good Friday and then enjoy one solid week of pleasure while the teachers mark the exams. Question of the week: Libbie, who was the escort home from the hockey game a couple of days ago? HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MEETS The monthly meeting of the Wo- men's Hospital Auxiliary was held Tuesday, March 8, at. the nurses' residence. There was a good at- tendance, with Mrs. H. E. Smith, the president, presiding. Plans were made for the annual penny sale to be held in April, the draw to be on the 23rd: Mr. R. S. Box has kindly offered his store for the display, which is very much appreciated by the Auxil- iary. A rummage sale is to be held in May. The auxiliary hopes the public will co-operate by sav- ing their used clothes, etc., that they are finished with. Lunch was served by a committee consisting of Mrs. A. Wright. Mrs. F. J. Bechely and Mrs. H. E. Smith.. WINTHROP Arthur and Mac Bolton, O.A.C., Guelph, spent the weekend at the home of their parents and attend- ed the 55th wedding anniversary of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bolton. Mrs. James McDougall, Cane, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Alexander; Mr. Sam Pethick is spending a few days with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stevens, of Constance. A play, "The Ready -Made Fam- ily," was acceptably presented in Cavan Church Tuesday evening, with a good attendance. It was sponsored by the Y.P.U. of the church and presented by the Mit- chell Junior Farmers and the Mit- chell Junior Institute. Between acts Joan and Lois Anne Somer- ville sank two duets, and Mary Dennis gave a piano-accordian solo. She was also the pianist for the evening. A SCHOOL ON New Holland Haying Equipment will be held MONDAY, MARCH 21st in the Afternoon In Walton at GORDON - McGAVIN New Holland, Cockshutt & New Idea Farm Equipment Dealer WALTON - ONT. TRACTOR and IMPLEMENT BARGAINS 1949 Ford Tractor Completely overhauled and painted. Equipped with half tracks and Heavy Duty Loader. 1945 Ford Tractor Overhauled; good tires. Ready to 'go. Dearborn Disc Harrows Brand New! HALF PRICE. New Ford Hammermill Priced to clear. Used Cordwood Saw, Fleury Plow, Ford Plow, and many other Implements All Priced to Move in a Hurry! DALY MOTORS PHONE 102 SEAFORTH The Chamber of Commerce Reports (By Eric Milner, Secretary) Elmer Larone and the members of the Merchants' Committee have now completed their survey re- garding store hours. As a major- ity of the merchants 'favor staying open until 10 p.m. on Saturdays, it was decided that, as from April 2, stores would be asked to stay open until this hour. These hours will be in force until the end of Sep- tember, when the position will again be reviewed. $ $ During the coming week there will be a drive to increase the membership of our Chamber of Commerce. Membership cards and car stickers will be issued. The membership fee is two dollars a year. The Fall Fair Committee will meet this coining week to discuss this year's activities which, in ad- dition to the regular displays, will include a hobbies section and an art exhibitioh. District Obituaries. MRS. ELLEN McALLISTER HENSALL.—Mrs. Ellen McAllis- ter, wife of the late John McAllis- ter, of Hensall, passed away in Clinton Public Hospital, Clinton, Wednesday, March 16, where she had been a patient for the past three weeks, in her 87th year. She was the former Ellen Bell and was born west of Hensall, taking up residence in Hensall with her husband some 30 years ago. She was a member of Carmel Presby- terian Church and Women's Mis- sionary Society. Surviving are one brother, Rob- ert D. Bell, London, and one sis- ter, Mrs. James W. McLean, Kip - pen. Mrs: McAllister is resting at the Bonthron Funeral Home, Hensall, where private funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Donald MacDonald will officiate. Burial will be in Hensall Union Cemetery. MRS. FREDERICK CONGDON DUBLIN.—Mrs. Frederick Cong- don, formerly of Strathcona Ave., Hamilton, died Sunday, March 6, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Wilfred Harris, Toronto. Mrs. Congdon had lived in To- ronto for the last eleven years, and for the past seven with her sister. She had been ill since July. A resident of Hamilton for many years, she was a member of Zion United Church. Mrs. Congdon was born in Dub- lin, the former Emma M. Sadler. Her husband died eight years ago. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Harris, and two brothers, Edward of Hamilton, and Frederick of Lon- don. Funeral service was held Tues- day evening. at the Trull Funeral Home, Toronto, and burial was Wednesday afternoon in Hamilton cemetery. CKNX Seeks TV License CKNX, Wingham, has applied to Ottawa for a television license, it was announced this week by W. T. "Doc" Cruickshank, general manager of the Wingham radio station. Mr. Cruickshank said the application to the Department of Transport and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation asks for permission to install and operate a TV station on Channel 8. The proposed television station would serve Bruce, Grey, Huron, West Dufferin, North Perth, North Wellington and a section of Wa- terloo County, according to details released from the application. If government approval is grant- ed, it may not come until some weeks following the application's formal hearing in Ottawa in mid- April. `It would be our intention to proceed at once with the installa- tion so that service might be avail- able within six months' time from the approval date," Mr. Cruick- shank added. "After a year of investigation of facts and with a great deal of consideration of the economics of the problem, we at CKNX are confident we are in a strong position to operate a tele- vision station. And, although we stress that our action thus far bas been only the application for a license, we feel that there is ev- ery chance it will be granted." Mr. Cruickshank also noted that "the radio operation of CKNX will remain as it is and continue to grow along with TV." Program planking for the pro- posed CKNX television station on Channel 8 is 'based upon providing suitable local service for almost 200,000 people in the coverage area. Initially, the station would transmit programs approximately 60 hours per week. About one half of this time would be devoted to network service, and the re- maining time almost equally divid- ed between local shows and film transmissions. State Farm Mutual announces NEW RATES on auto insurance averaging 15% LESS than rates charged by most other compa nies for liability, collision, and comprehen► sive coverage. CALL ME FOR DETAIL& R. F. McKercher Phone 849 r 4 Seaforth THEII O'S OB FORTY -HOUR .WEEK NOT DESIRABLE IN AGRICULTURE, FORUMS DECIDE S.S. N. 2, McKILLOP School Section No. 2, McKillop, Farm Forum met this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Storey. The topic was, "The 40 - Hour Week in Agriculture, and how can the farmer offset indus- try's higher wages and shorter hours in order to secure farm la- bor?" This group suggests that we can- not compete with industries high wages unless we are guaranteed a price for our products, a price suf- ficient to cover the cost of such wages, plus a reasonable profit to enable the farmer to continue op- erations. As for the 40 -hour week, that also is out of the question, especially in haying and harvest, when farmers have to work with the weather and cannot start with the whistle and stop with the whistle, as in industry. A farmer has a much better chance of securing farm labor if steady employment by the year can be guaranteed. Also up-to-date methods of farm operations, cou- pled with reasonable hours, when possible, would tend to ,keep the farm laborer better satisfied. The social hour was spent in pro- gressive euchre. Winners were: ladies, Mrs. Ellwood Clarke, Mrs. R. E. McMillan; consolation, Mrs. Stewart Dolmage; gents, Arthur Anderson, Ephriam Clarke; conso- lation, Ellwood Clarke. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McMillan. PARR LINE FORUM Members of the Parr Line For- um met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Love. A lively dis- cussion was held on the topic of "Forty -Hour Week." This forum feels that the 40 -hour week could not be worked out on the farm. In the first place, farm commodity prices would not per- mit a shorter work week; second- ly, how could a farmer arrange hours of labor in this manner? It is possible. in Great Britain, where farm products are subsidized to supply a home market. We don't think it is lower wages, that is causing a shortage of farm labor. In many instances, such as married couples, a free house is given, with free fuelf milk, etc. We might sum it up by saying, that the same rule applies to agricul- ture as in any other industry— shorter hours of hired labor, high- er producer costs for the products. This is true in the respect that farm labor costs cannot be passed on to the consumer. Has anyone taken time to con- sider the inconvenience Daylight Saving Time has caused in rural areas? In the first place, a far- mer's work starts with the sun and ends thereby. He has to put upwith this change of time, in spite of all its drawbacks. His harvesting cannot start on Day- light Saving Time, but it doesn't matter as he can work as late in the evening as light and weather permits. We think that local village coun- cils, though not agreeing with the Federation's proposals, should give some consideration to rural school children by discontinuing Daylight Saving Time during the school term. Euchre winners were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson. The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Weido. During the past week the news of this locality proved to be some- what disturbing for this Forum. Our first observation in the press was the announcement of Daylight Saving Time being adopted by the Hensall Council, despite last year's campaign by the Huron Federa- tion of Agriculture. We think it might be appropriately. called "Daylight Confusing Time," as we have yet to hear of any ad- vantage by its use, other than to confuse. Now along comes anoth- er disruption in our timetable, the change in train service from London to Clinton. Bethel Ladies Plan Thankoffering The March meeting of the Bethel W.M.S. and W.A. was held at the home of Mrs. Roy Wildfong on Thursday, March 3, with 17 mem- bers and two visitors present. Mrs. H. E. Livingstone conducted the worship service taken from the Missionary Monthly. The theme was, "Let this mind be in you." The scripture readings were tak- en by Mrs. Birch. Hymn 155 was sung, followed by prayer by Mrs. Livingston and Mrs. Earl Mills. Mrs. Charles Boyd was in charge of the topic, which was taken from the fifth chapter of the study book. The president, Miss Teenie Dun- das, conducted the business part of the meeting. She asked all the ladies to remember the Presby- terial meeting to be held in Wing - ham on Thursday, April 7. The thankoffering meeting will be held at the home of Ethel and Teenie Dennis on Thursday, April 14. It was decided to ask Mrs. Ernie Toll to be the guest speaker. Hymn 261 was sung and Mrs. Livingstone closed with prayer. Mrs. William Roe opened the W. A. meeting with a prayer. Min- utes of the last meeting were read and adopted. A pot -luck supper will be held at No. 9 School, Mc- Killop, on Thursday, March 17, at 7 o'clock. Hymn 394 was sung, af- ter which Mrs. Roe pronounced the benediction. TENDERS ACCEPTED AT HULLETT COUNCIL; GRANTS ARE .APPROVED The reeve and all the members of Hullett council were present Monday, March 7, for the regular monthly meeting of Hullett Town- ship gouncil. Minutes of the pre- vious meeting and the special Feb- ruary meeting were read and adopted. On motion of George Brown and A. Young, the treasurer of the hall board was given $100 for hall ex- penses. The auditor's report was presented to council and accepted on motion of E. Hesk and A. Young. The auditor, Frank Tam- blyn, was present to answer ques- tions regarding the report for 1954. The tender of J. Little, of Clin- ton, for spraying cattle for, warble fly was accepted at 8 cents per head per spray, under the direc- tion of the inspector. Nelson Lear was appointed warble fly inspector at 85 cents per hour and 5 cents per mile. Tenders for hauling and. crush- ing gravel were opened and the tender of George E. Radford was accepted to crush, haul and spread 12,000 cubic yards at a cost of 66 cents per cubic yard, the tender subject to the approval of the dis- trict engineer. William Lovett's tender for the supplying of warble fy powder at $6.50 per 15 -pound bag and 60 cents for 1 -pound bags, was accepted, for a total of 800 pounds, to be de - Christmas Seal Sales Up Over Previous Year At a meeting of the Huron Coun: ty Tuberculosis Association in Clinton, at which President Fred J. Snow, Seaforth, presided, it was . announced that the sale of Christmas Seals totalled $9;869.10 in 1954, compared with $9,842 in 1953. However, this amount in.cluded a $1,500 grant from the Huron County Council, compared with $2,000 the previous year. Mr. Snow remarked that he hoped the day would soon come that the as- sociation would not have to rely upon a grant from the county. Mrs. J. B. Russell, of Seaforth, secretary -treasurer, said the re- turn per letter sent out with seals was 69 cents, and that the return per contributor was $2.06, as com- pared with $1.94 in. 1953. On motion of Judge Frank Fing- land, Clinton, Scott Memorial Hos- pital, Seaforth, will be paid $1,000 as final payment on chest X-ray equipment, which cost $5,000. Mrs. Russell reported $3,116 was paid to cover cost of referred clinics in the county, and as well, money was spent out for rehabilitation and social services, educational material, etc. Guest speaker at the meeting was R. Johnstone, rehabilitation of- ficer at the Beck Memorial Sana- torium, London. He defined "re- habilitation" as "a continuous and indivisible process commencing at diagnosis and not complete until the disabled person is restored in a satisfactory social and working life." livered to the township shed. A grant of $50 was made to the Seaforth, Blyth and Clinton Fair Boards. The following accounts were approved and ordered paid: salaries, $532.25; charity, $177.70; grants, $115.00; insurance, $6.00; fire assessment, $102.00; roads, $1,604.18. The meeting adjourned to meet again April 14, at 1:30 p.m. Having purchased Cecil Loney's track, I am in a position to handle Custom Trucking Prices reasonable. HARDWOOD SLABS FOR SALE GORDON C. NOBEL PHONE 793-R Railway St. HOME BAKING SALE to be held on Saturday, April 9 IN THE DUBLIN PRODUCE Main St. - Seaforth Sponsored by the Seaforth Ladies Legion Auxiliary European Members Tell Of Count yr . The March meeting of Northside Couples' Club- was held in the sehoolroom. The meeting opened with a sing -song, led by Audrey Stevens. The devotional period opened with scripture read by Ellen Michels. Audrey Stevens gave a reading and a prayer. Hymn 445 was sung and Mrs. John Onbelet sang the first verse in Dutch. John Stevens introduced three couples who had come from Eur- ope. They were: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Christensen, from Denmark; Mr. and Mrs. John Onbelet, from Holland, and Mr. and Mrs. John Michels, from Germany. T h e three couples told many interest- ing experiences of their own coun- try. Members of the club also ask - MOW WALTON On Friday evening the C.G.I.T. of Duff's United Church, Walton, reaffiliated with the W.M.S. Mrs. R. McMichael, assisted by Claire Hackwell, Shirley Bosman and Faye Love, conducted the worship service. The reaffiliation service included an explanation of the mission study this year, a rededi- cation by the girls to this work, and the presentation of a gift of money to the Presbytery secre- tary. A film entitled, "The Village of the Poor," enlightened members of both societies concerning condi- tions in India. Two special num- bers, including a solo by Ruth Ann Ennis, and a quartette by Cather- ine Buchanan, Norma Hoegy, Don- na Smith and Marilyn Johnston, were enjoyed. Rev. Thomas closed the meet- ing with prayer. ed questions,and this made .a>s interesting discussion. A games period followed, plot' charge of John Michels and John. Stevens. Lunch was then served and proved to be unusual. Cheese on molasses and rye bread and pickles were served, representing Europe, and then followed hot dogs and coffee, representing America. A short business period was held' at the conclusion of the lunch. The meeting closed with the singing of "Taps?' buppert sponsored a sit.. dance th 13>l Toy 28• tables my were ,refer '59 Winners Were ladies; McKay, Seaforth; l Farquhar, '4iPpeni rs. Hensall; gents, Char -pen; Fred Ratliwell, mints; fred Tremeer, Kippen, lonlle:han Mrs. Wilfred Coleman,. Seaforth;.'` • lucky lunch prise, Mrs. Robin N Allister, Hillsgreen. Norris or, estra provided music for the daizce. : just arrived a ■ r 4 STEWART BROS. A BIG NEW SELECTION OF.. W. R. JOHNSTON & ROYAL YORK ... 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