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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-01-20, Page 2liFftoSrroit, sElimant.'Ort, JANUARY( 20, WO h.• 1164 EstO A. Y. 1Vielisan, Editor fished a' _Seaforth, Ontario, Thursday morning by McLean ubscriptiontrates, $2.50 a year in 4ance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single pies, 5 cents each. Mber of Canadian reeky Newspapers •Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, January 20 Hockey Attendance is $ Cause For Worry What contributes to the smaller attendances which hockey games throughout the district are attract- ing? • The problem that exists in Sea- larth is no different than that which faces teams in every district. It matters not, apparently, whether the team is winning or losing, whether the game is good or bad; the public in general doesn't seem to be inter- ested. In some quarters, blame for the •condition is placed on television; in •others, on the , lengthened playing season which artificial ice has made possible.' Then there are those who -find difficulty- in arousing in them- selves enthusiasm over contests with teams of which they have no know- ledge—teams a hundred or so miles -distant. Of course attendance is only rela- tive. In Elmira, the Signet com- plains that "only about 600 fans" were at a recent game. On the basis of pre -playoff games here during the past two years,t600 fans at a game would be a good crowd. It is difficult, indeed impossible, to point to a particular feature that has been responsi1310 for the situation as it exist, but the Kincardine News doubts that TV should be shoulder- ed with all the blame for poor at- tendances. "We think the over-all Organiza- tion, through• intricate double-deal- ing, failure to make decisions accord- ing to the book and sticking to them, by taking too much territory and too wide a field of endeavour has weak- ened the positiOn of local sports or- ganizations and caused a feeling of 'no confidence' among many who would normally be supporters of sport. "Another contributing factor," the News continues, "has been the at-. tempt to lengthen the season. If the National Hockey League wants to get under way early in October and run till mid-April, that is its busi- ness. In small towns, by custom and - tradition, and whether or not ice is natural or artificial, there have been • about ten weeks for hockey and by trying to spread out to twice as long a period much regular support has been lost and nothing new to re- place it." On the other handY, the Fergus News -Record feels that "TV is the real villain that is keeping down at- tendance at hockey games this year," • and goes*on to hope that "maybe the effects will pass in a few years when the novelty wears off television, and people want to see performers in the flesh once more." Whatever the reason, those who are endeavoring to promote hockey in =tall towns in Western Ontario are faced with what at times appear to be insurmountable financial prob- • lems. Perhaps all that can be done is to urge the people who at heart know that, for the good of the com- munity, sport must be continued to support a bit. more positively their local teams. So -Called "Cliques" Now and then a committee, a eup or,- in fact, any who may be charge of a particular projeet, referred to as "cliques", and the rd is expressed in such a way as tiggest that -the arrangement is pt4,per, '116 Meaford Eipiess points "cliques are not necessarily an in eaford 'or anywhere else" "Sess.S.S.S.s.sv.SS.": They are often a group of meii int. terested iu 0114 pas of municipal effort, and willingto lend their time and talents to promoting th,e matter in which they are interested. In- vestigation will reveal they put a great deal more into what may be termed their hobby :than they can ever expect to get out of it, and the municipality is that much richer bet - cause of their effort. "It may be true their interests are confined to onetthing: an arena, a hospital, recreation, or beautifying the streets of the town. Their ef- forts are all directed to that to which they are dedicated. They will ad- mit they are only a part of the muni- cipal picture. They do their job, of- ten with others snapping at their heels, and leave it to the council to fit the results of their hard work in- to the town pattern: "If, sometimes, their enthusiasm carries them to the point where it affects the municipal budget the council will act as a brake. But they do individual things the council has neither the time or know-how to ac- complish. "Most of the criticism levelled at these 'cliques' comes from people who contribute very little to any of tthe necessary things these dedi- cated people do." What Other Papers Say : ••••••••:;••••••••••••••••••V•rm/..........ogsmar.woomo.o.00ns An Example • (Brantford Expositor) It would be good if some grumbling Canadians were given a chance to read a booklet prepared by the Im- migration Department. It is a col- lection of "testimonials" by recent immigrants telling their Canadian success stories, invariably the result of hard lab -or and determination to make sacrifices for the sake of early security. In this respect some immi- grants set an example to many na- tive Canadians. Child -Training (Hamilton Spectator) Punishment is a matter of common sense—and courage. For there is a ring of truth in the saying:, This will hurt me, son, more than it will hurt you. But bad habits must be nipped in the bud. At tender years a child is pliable, and, can acquire a basic instinct f6r discriminating between right and wrong—if he is accorded firm guid- ance. The degree of punishment is con- tingent upon the offence. And of- fences must always be corrected; not without chastisement but without anger. Warm Head—Warm Hands (St. John Telegraph -Journal) • If you have a friend who insists • upon going Hiltless, even on the cold- est Winter's day, you may be able to demonstrate to your own satisfac- tion a discovery made by the U.S. • Navy. • The naval experts on polar cloth- • ing have come up with the finding that a person's hands and feet get ...cold faster when hiS head is not suf- ficiently coFed—even when no dis- comfort is felt above the neck. So there you are—just shake hands with your hatless friend some cold day to discover if his hands are cold- er than yours., Hunting In the Nineties (Owen Sound Sun -Times) For the benefit of those hunters •whose "luck" hasn't been what it might have been these past few •'weeks, we print the words of Lake Simcoe district forester Arthur W. Leman, who says, "Things were dif- ferent in Ontario back in the gay nineties". He recalls quail and wild turkey could be hunted legally for two months, woodcock for four and a hal months and pheasants and the golden plover for four months. Shooting of wild ducks started one hour before • sunrise and ended one hour after sunset and the yearly bag was not to exceed 300. A person hunting alone could take in one year five deer—and only On- tario and Quebec residents were al- lowed to hunt. Yes, many hunters will agree that things; aren't what Ithey used to be. And Many lta*rs' wiverwill agree too. mean Thief A Mean thief er thieves, apparently unacquainted With theS Christ - was spirit, was at work tiering' the Yuletide season, Moe 75 blue lights were, stolen ft,* Christmas decorations outside of two places of residence in the wept end of Goderich.—Goderich Signals Star. Middleton Farm Sold The farm of the late Charles G. Middleton, ex-sberiff ' of Hilron County, on No, 8 Highway, just west of Clinton, has been sold te T. Dykstra from the Netherlands. Mr. and Mrs. Dystra and family of nine children have been in Can- ada only six month. — Goderich Signal -Star. Record Shilmient of Turkeys The annual shipment to North- ern Ontario and Quebec from the Wallace Turkey Farms, Blyth, got regOn, Said` the Project Will Mat 401,000 \With $105,900, pf, thip amssuit being required for the new innIcling in Clinton. M,Xs.:Ilaysom seid that none of the .22 telephone operators in the district will be 'laid off as a result of the change- over-Goderich Signal -Star. Passed Worthless Cheques Ross Ferguson, 35, of Southantln was seutenced to six months concurrent on 14 charges of Peas- • ing worthless cheques in Guelph pence court on Thursday. Evis dente at the trial showed that he had passed two worthless cheques in Wingham on December 3, and had obtained cash and goods to the value of $60 on each. Accord- ing to the evidence the cheques bad been signed with tbe fictitious name "Ralph Kelly" and were passed as wage cheques supposed- ly from a farmer in -the Teeswa- ter district. The fraud was re - on its way by Campbell Transport, ported sto police here on Decem- on Saturday. The annual trek nwth from the Blyth plant began' in/ 1950, and has been growing in ber 22. Ferguson, who was ar- rested in Mount Forest, pleaded guality to charges arising from size and scope every year. This cheques which had been passed year's shipment totalled 4,000 �v- in Palmerston, Harriston, Mount en -ready birds for a total pound- Forest, Collingwood and Durham. age of approximately • 52,000 pounds, worth over 333,000.—MM-- ton News -Record - Investigate Tips On Suspect Constables at the O.P.P. Detach- ment in Exeter and the town po- lice force have investigated a .doz- en calls from people who believe they saw the deviate who murder- ed five-year-old Susan Cadieux in London over the weekend. 0.P.P. Constable Elmer Zimmerman and Exeter Police Chief Reg Taylor, both received calls Wednesday morning concerning a man on the highway. He turned out to be a local resident picking up bottles on the side of the road. Another "suspect" was a hobo who passes through these parts regularly. Po- lice knew him.—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Parks, Roads and Parking "Three major projects will have to be considered for the' town of Exeter. during the present year," - Mayor R. E. Pooley told the coun- cil at its inaugural meetingMon- day evening. "The first major project is the addition to the South Huron District High School at an approximate cost .of $137,000. The second is the proposed Morrison dam in Usborne and the erection of a filtration plant to provide a much-needed water supply to meet the growing needs of the town. The third is a sewage system that bas -been under consideration for some time," he said. "Our duty as a council is to meet the needs of the town as they come up and to lay Plans for future expansion," said the mayor.—Exeter Times - Advocate. Half-MBlion Dollaesrione System Residents of McKillop and Tuck- ersmith Townships and the village of payfield Will be directly affect- ed by the half -million dollar tele- -phone dial exchange system which will go into operation in Clinton. April 15 The two townships. as well as Clinton and the R.C.A.F. Station outside of 'Clinton, will,be changed over to dial telephones. The village of Bayfield will re- tain its manual system but will be given free service by the ex- change. W. W. Haysonz, Goderich, Bell Telephone manager for this Police Chief Bert Platt was in Guelphssto give evidence at the trial.—Wingham Advance -Times. An Egg To End All Eggs 1Cheri among the flock at Joe Sbaddick's f a r m, Londesboro, caught the true festive spirit this year, so much so that her effort may be her own undoing. During Christmas" and New Year's weeks, ;said biddy made two supreme ef- forts, and on the second attempt Shaddick thought she should be rewarded with some publicity. So he brought the egg to The Standard office for official inspec- tion. We were dumfounded. The egg measured 8 inches in circum - once and 91/2 inches oblong. We pened it and found inside the out - ET shell the contents of any ord- inary egg—plus another perfectly formed egg shell of 'A' large size which we also cracked open to find its contents perfectly normal. We haven't seen a glsie egg since we were a lad at cme on the farm, but from memory the orig- inal egg compared favorably with a large goose egg—Blyth Stand- ard. Essay Contest On Safe Driving A rural safe driving campaign has been organized by the Huron County Federation of Agriculture in co-operation with the Ontario Federation, to take place during the week of February 20-25, Working with the full co-opera- tion of its insurance committee, the Federation plans to conduct an essay contest (topic: "Safe Driv- ing") to which members in the Junior Farmers, Women's . Insti- tutes. Farm Forums and the Town - 'ship Federations of Agriculture will be eligible. The Ontario Fed- eration, also is sponsoring an es- say contest to which 'members of farm forums wiJl be eligible, win- ner of which in each county will be awarded $100, A winner of the provincial contest will not be elig- ible to win a county award. On Monday, February 20, first day of the Safe Driving Week, will be the date for a banquet meeting (loca- tion not yet decided), at which an officer of the Provincial Police will be_asked to speak. Films on safe driving will be shown.—Clin- ton NeWs-Record. // FARM NEWS Methods of Brooding Chicks Important considerations i n brooding chicks include such! things as cost of fuel, fire hazard, and efficiency of operation. Where individual brooder stoves I are used which burn wood, coal, oil or gas, some chance of fire ex- ists, although modernoil and gas brooders do have valuable safety features. For this reason many operators consider it wise to use brooder stoves only in colony hous- es. Thus if fire should start it can be usually confined to one small house and the loss is not too serious. Large operators, how- ever, find that labor efficiency is reduced with this type of brooding because automatic watering sys- tems cannot be easily installed in colony houses and more labor is required for ,several small units than for a large one. A large brooder house can be heated with a central heating plant. The extra initialcost over several small units is likely to be more than repaid in a few years by savings in fuel and labor. The risk of fire involved in brooding can be practically eliminated by proper installation ,of the central heating plant in a fire resisting section of the building.- Electric brooders of 'various types have become popular with small or medium size producers. One type', which soil heating, cable is embedded in the concrete floor. has been used at the Ex- perimental Farm, Fredericton, N. B.. since 1949. This method of brooding is Very convenient and gives satisfactory results but the cost where the entire floor area is heated, is likely to be high. Electritity required for one hatch using this type of brooding, has varied between. 4 k.w.bper square foot of floor space for midsummer brooding to' 11 k.w.h. per square foot for mid -winter brooding. Com- mercial broiler growers usually al- low brie square foot of floor space per chick. With this method, it would be necessary to brood two or more chicks per square foot of floor space for the first two to three wceks, in order to keep costs within reasonable limits. After this period the chicks do not re- quire so much heat but more floor spaee is required. Infra -red heat lamps are also giving satisfactory re.sttIts . for brboding at the., Fredericton EX- -"SS • • • r. senesoesseeereissessessesessisesseeesesseeseS YEARS0-AGONE IntireaPnit • !Vine Picked fro, TISO"Iknen EXpOSitor of 25,50 and 75 Teen Ago, ss,,,,,,ssassseesssessesel;sseeesesesse From The paint Expositor January 23, 1931 A great deal of interest has been centered on the operations of name Chests Limited since they. Maned their factory from •Strat- ford tii Seaforth. Seafortb extends a hearty welcome to the company. At•the 'anneal meeting of Sea - forth Agricultural Society, William' S. Broadfoot was minted president and Humphrey Snell, vice-presi- dent. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Regele and Mr. and Mrs. William Koehler were Sunday visitors at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. George Hoegy, McKillop. Mr. Gordon Dick, of the Frollin- cial Bank, has been transferred to Newmarket, and has left to es- sume his new duties. . Mrs. W. F. McMillan is visiting. with her daughter, Mrs. S. Grey, in Startford. Mr. Joseph Feeney, of Si. Peter's Seniinary, London, is spending a week with his Mother, Mrs. B. Feeney, Dabbed. Miss Jean Lawson, of Clinton, visited relatives in Tuckersmith on Sunday.' Mrs. W. Stevens, of Brucefield, has gone to Sarnia to spend a few months at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, the later being her daughter. Miss Myrtle Peart, of Staffa has been visiting Mrs. Peart an son, Frank, in Hensall. Dr. A. R. Campbell, Hensall, was appointed president of the South, Huron Agricultural Society. Mrs. Fred Eckert, of McKillop, who was recently severely burned when a lamp exploded, has the sympathy of her friends of that district.,. Mr. Conrad Siemon has sold his farm on the Zurich -Road, about three miles east of Zurich, to Mr. Elmore Thiel, who recently dis- posed of his farm near Blake. $ $ From The Huron Expositor January 19, 1906 Mr. Henry Bennewies, of Lead bury, has bought the farm of Mr. Henry Stinson, for $6,000. Mr. Dan Ross, of McKillop, who has been in Manitoba for some years, is home on a visit. Mr. William Berry has sold to Mr. William Buchanan, of Tucker - smith, his two-year-old carriage colt, for the -sum of $200. This colt took first prize. at Seaforth Fall Fair. Mr. George Turnbull has moved from his farm in McKillop to Sea - forth and now occupies his com- fortable new residence in the East Ward. - Miss Moore, of Waterloo, is the guest of Mrs. W. D. McLean, Sea - forth. Mr. William Lindsay, Constance, bas returned from New Ontario, where he has bought a saw mill. He intends moving up there soon. Mr. H. Proctor, who went with Mr. Lindsay, has not returned as yet. Mr, and Mrs. Harburn, of Mit- chell, are visiting their daughter; Mrs. Templeman, in Staffa. Mr. G. Barbour, of Crosshill, Waterloo County, spent Sunday in Zurich with his uncle, Mr. S. Ran- nie and family. Mr. Barbour was one of the speakers at the Exeter and Brucefield Farmer's Institute and availed himself of this oppor- tunity to visit his relatives. 'Mr. Fred Ellerington, a newly - elected member of Usborne coun- cil, was recently entertained at an oyster supper by a number of his friends, at the residence of Mr. A. Spencer, Usborne. Mr. W. C. Houston has sold his furniture stock in Exeter to Rowe and Atkinson, who will remove it .to their own place of business perimental Farm. Electricity re- quired has been about one k.w.h. per square foot of floor space for' mid -summer brooding and up to 6.7-11.wh. per square foot of floor space for mid -winter brooding. The incidence of crooked toes has been reported from some sources to be very high under infra -red lamps but there is no clear evidence at the Farm that there are appreci- ably more crooked toes under in- fra -red brooding than in pens with floor radiant heating. Results of a survey conducted in the United States indicate that the average cost of fuel was slightly over five cents' per chick with chicks started in December. The tests were taken in various parts of the country with different types of brooders. Satisfactory results can be ob- tained with many different- meth- ods of brooding. Cost of equipment and cost and convenience of opera- tion with consideration of the fire hazard involved are likely to be the‘ deciding factor S in the meth- ods selected. $ $ Egg Handling—the Most Costly Producer Operation? The Institute of American Poul- try Industries, in a recent weekly letter, draws attention to 5 time and labor study which shows that 58 per cent of the working time on large commercial egg farms is spent in care and handling of eggs. Even to those reasonably familiar with the commercial pro- duction of eggs, this is a startling figure. Involved are the 'gather- ing of eggs, cooling, grading, clean- ing and packing. All of the above are essential steps in the proper handling of the product. It seems obvious that herein may lie an important opportunity for reduc- tion of costs of proddction, says H. S. Gutteridge, Chief of the Poul- try Division. Central Experimen- tal Farm, Ottawa. No other chore except feeding laying stock' even approaches the time cost of egg handling and, in the survey under • consideration, feeding is allotted 16 per cent of tbe total tiine. Time spent in gathering eggs is reduced when laying houses are closer to the square rather' than long and narrow, when nests are concentrated in restricted areas of the 1141., (Continued on t,s44 Pee C (By Amps scorn The S*1-0test Music se. ss X know only too well that there is a lad, and a very successful one too, who comes from not MI) far away, right here in Western hOe:antlalrei;, who is reputed to play "the sweetest music this side of Not having yet (and maybe never) been though the pearly gates, I am in no position to dis- pute his claim from that point of view. However, melodic as he no doubt is, all I can say is that, for my taste, there is music right here on earth which— tb these ears anyWay—is a lot more attractive. $ $ From The Huron Expositor January 21, 1881 At a meeting of McKillop coun- cil, held on Monday, Mr. William Evans was unanimously re-elected deputy -reeve for the current year. Miss Nicholl. of Hensall, is about to open a millinery and dressmak- er shop in Nicholl's block. Mr. Matthew Porter, of Petro- lia, ,was in Brussels on track of the salt well. The contract will be let within a week and work is to begin at once. It is likely the well will be sunk about a mile southwest of Brussels. The proprietors of the Varna cheese factory have disposed of the factory to Mr, Robert Mc- Cartney for the sum of $800. • Mr. S. A. Moffatt, agent for Messrs. Harris, Son & Co.. manu-, facturers of the Kirby harvesting machine, is having a large ware- house erected on the vacant lot between the stores of McIntosh and Marks. Brucefield will have two agricultural warehouses in full blast. It is a good centre for business of this kind. being sur- rounded by a country inhabited by the most wealthy and enterprising farmers of Western Ontario. Mr. Robert P. Bell, of the firm of Paterson & Bell, manufacturers of sash, doors, etc., at Hensall, has sold out his interest to Mr. Pater- son and intends moving on to his farm near Brucefield.. Mr. J. M. Davis, near Ethel, had his saw mill entirely destroyed by fire for the second time in the last three years. As lohn'McKay, of Tuckersmith, Was driving towards Kippen on Monday, his team became unman- ageable and ran away. When .near- ly opposite the Presbyterian Church they caught up to Mr. John Sinelair, Who was sitting on a beb- sleigh and driving in tbe same direction. Before he could moVe, the Maddened animals were upon him, upsetting his sleigh and get- thigl their feet "entatgled in 'the hitnistioat bob. Ih this . way they were atotvo. We rete i 'to learn ttiti Tar. Sfitehir WItS sonibithat hajtired Now I know too that when I sug- gested that I would rather hear my kind of music than Guy Lom- bardo's, a lot of people who have been thinking for years that I am asbit touched are going to be sure of, it But a man can only says What he thinks, and so I must come right out with it and say that, I would far rather, any day of the week, any week of the year, hear the stirring strains of the pipes than I would listen to deli- cate, feminine cadences of the popular kind. To some :this, will be inexplic- a,)le. I have heard of poor mothers' sons who are reputed to be unable to stand the music of the pipes. I cannot believe 'that this is really so, but they do say that there are such people. They must live in Perth or Middlesex, or some such remote fastness; surely, surely they are not the sons of Huron. Indeed, it seems to me that once I heard of a clown who main- tained that the sound of tbe pipes is not music at all. I imagine that that fellow has long since been put sway where such opinions can do no harm. No, except for prejudice, there cannot be anybody who would maintain that the pipes are not just about the most stirring sound man has yet invented. And yet, you 'know here is a strange thing. Here we live in ' what is without a doubt the most Scottish town in Huron County. Witn.,a name like Seaforth and s bistdy like ours, has it ever ,struck thr1084 4PhatUdd- our Old Boys,. Wheneugli yon'as curious that thiP Own bttqk never bad a pipe band? Lately, especially, ti p _has been going. the theme which ran- through air the Publicity and decorated all our posters and stationery and the like of that was this town's Scottish'- associations. You would *tele that if we are so all -fired prceidil of this that we, above all other people, Would want to hear the, music of Scotland on the instrus- ilent of Scotland. But we dolit sqlntg. other •Verthin with Egi$n have fine pipe bin& In fact„ wherever you go these days, you'lli hear thoseSbantla beeause they ars good; becenSe people like to hear - them: and 'because they get asked to all kinds of celebrations, Such' an ergaMption not only .brings pleasure to all who listen, but it: also brings honor and praise to' the comMunitts from which it comes. Here in this town we are always -tailing about what a good\ thing it is to boost the town an& advertise Ourselves,tand we do riot. take advantage of one of the most natural things in the world. I can't see any reason at all why' Seaforth could, not only have the: finest pipe band in the whole 01" Huron County, but also a band of such superlative perfection that its fame would be known throughout the land. Think of it! Think how' easily it would doll off the tongue,. "The Pipers from Seaforth." There's a fine ring to that and it would be a wonderful thing for our: town.An that's needed is the will:. Some public-spirited group of citi- zens, some aggressive organiza,• lion, and a lot of right good will' nn the part of all the people. It's; worth looking into, and then we'd' hear some really sweet music echoing through our streets. • Protection for Your • Valuables! HOME OWNERS RETAIL MERCHANTS and BUSINESSMEN require modern equipment in which to keep valuable papers, ledgers, jewellery and money. The answer is: 4 A FIRE -RESISTIVE and THEFT -RESISTANT SAFE • —In a wide selection of styles and sizes to suit every require- ment. You can have protection in home or office at -a surprising- ly low cost! ASK FOR DETAILS The Huron Expositor Phone 41 : Seaforth moonlmest s