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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-02-03, Page 21' ;4: , kir rraY: F4; Sg4FuaTfl, ONT., FmMualir 3190 thtor shed at Seaforth, Ontario, IThip'sy =riling by McLean seription rates, $2.50 a year in ce; foreign $3.50 a year. Single ies 5 cents each • ember of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, February 3 20 Per Cent - One out of every five Ontario drivers should be prohibited from 4riiing to ensure that the Safety Campaign being advanced by the De- partment of Highways is successful, according to departmental officials. 'The percentage is arrived at as a re- .sUlt of a study of statistics produced by a Manitoba survey. On the basis of the Manitoba ex- perience, it means that. 27,000 On- tario drivers should not be driving'. Included in the 27,000 are those whp should not have been issued a license, accident-prone drivers whose licens- es have been suspended for violations and later restored, and hundreds considered to be ignorant of traffic laws. In addition, an estimate plac- es 250,000 other drivers in a doubt - al class. Predictions Are Expert Farmers are authorities on a great many subjects. The fact that they operate a complicated business involving many trades, has made it necessary for them to inform them - elves more, perhaps, than other peo- ple. And now their ability has been re- cognized in still another field. A professional weatherman said farm- ers are the itfest short-range experts in the business. Fred Turnbull, chief weather fore- caster for the Toronto -area, told the annual Ontario Crop and Soil Im- provement Association convention that farmers, depending on natural ability and experience, have no peers when it Comes to predicting weather .for short periods. Official forecasters, he said, have developed the science of long-range predicting to a high degree, but there is no immediate indication that weather can be controlled. Maintenance is Common Sense , There is a lesson for every munici- -pality in the recent experience of Ganonaque, when a resident was awarded $3,000 in damages as a re- sult of injuries received in a fall on a street in the town. It was indicat- ed apparently that ordinary main- tenance had been lacking. It is penny wise and pound foolish for any municipality to ignore day- by-day maintenance requirements. No matter what the municipal pro- perty is—whether roads, buildings or bridges—a day •of reckoning comes And the cost then is much greater than it would be had proper main- tenance been carried out. Important Motive - There are many who profess to see something bad in profits and literal- ly millions of words have been writ- ten attacking the "profit motive". We are reminded, however, by an article in the "Anaconda Spearhead," that the people of the world lived amid pretty sordid surroundings and that nothing but disease, poverty- and ignorance were known before money Viking began. "Hope of profit, not idealism," the *titer says, "sent adventurers across Uncharted seas, tapped the resources, ashioned the machines and devel- ed the techniques which wiped out rnine fought disease and brought lightmeiit to the world. he prosperity and comfort of .civilization did not come by ice. They are the product of hu- se formula “ has been found stimulate Imulau effort better tha. the profit. motive. .0;004 bQW mil** the tixeOriat,Anar j4gep we*, tkke hard: fact remains: people do not Work for fun. Without hope of gabi they do only what is necessary to remain alive. "Not only does reward provide the stimulus for work, it also ensures ef- ficiency. Our system of profits, divi- dends and graded wages still gro- vides the most effective way -of stam- nlating ambition and self -develop- ment. "Ever since the law forbade the slavemaster's whip, many incentives have been advocated. Utopias, have crashed and experiments in profit- less labour have failed but the profit motive remains." Not the Answer Curfew laws for smallchildren are not the answer, according to the London Free Press, as it discusses the number of small children who have been the victim of attaeks. "Enactment of a curfew law for children in Windsor will likely bring demands for similar restrictions here and elsewhere in Ontario. Po- lice and parents are naturally con- cerned about children being abroad in hours of darkness. "But curfews are not the answer. London has a curfew law and it has rarely if ever been enforced, simply because it is almost impossible of enforcement. There are not enough police to carry it out. "Curfews should• begin in the home, like a great many other mat- ters of discipline. Parents who per- mit teen-age or younger children to roam the streets unescorted at nights —and there are 'hundreds of them in London—are asking for trouble. "This is in no way an excuse for , the mentally -deficient criminals who attack children. But closer parental supervision of children would make most of these attacks impossible." What Other Papers Say: Snow Belt (Windsor' Star) The real snow belt of Ontario ex- tends from Goderich through Strat- ford, Kitchener, Guelph, Orange- ville, Alliston, Barrie and on east- wards. The Dundalk area, highest in the province, probably gets it as bad as any. The nearer the lakes, generally, the lower the snowdrifts. Newspaper Advertising (Kelowna Courier) Walter Klein, sales manager of the National Hosiery Mills Ltd., of Montreal, has announced that his company, for the first time in its history, is dp_voting its entire adver- tising budge, to newspapers. This is a decided change in policy for this company, and it is interesting to note that Mr. Klein stands back of its de- cision with sound reasons. In ex- plaining the choice of newspapers as the company's sole advertising med- ium, he said: "There are two reasons why we took this step. First of all, we con- ducted a survey of all the advertising 'Media used by the stores to whom we sell stockings. We found that the largest number of their dollars by far were being invested in news- paper space. ' We figure that what is good enough for our ,,customers is good enough for us. "Secondly, over a period of many months we have been carefully checking the campaign of the Cana dian Daily Newspaper Association in encouraging retailers to tie up their names with national, advertising ap- pearing in the local newspapers. Re- sults. seemed so impressive that our company made a complete switch in its advertising policy, and invited our retail customers to tie in with our national newspaper advertisements." This testimony to a company's faith and confidence in newspaper advertising as a means of stimulat- ing business and securing co-opera- tion from those who sell its products, is impressive. It indicates once again that the povifer of the printed word to make an impression on the minds of the buying public is unsur- paSsed by any other medium of ad- 'Vertising and that newspapers day 111 and day out propluCe the best r6 - snits among' all, the media, usingithe ;s kr. 34 '1V4Ps- Rursary gr ateM104430cianueel'hu o,01 year, has been awarded a bursary from the Atkinson Foun- datiuzi. Toronto, it. was announced this week. Miss 13104115031, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Thomson, enrolled in Macdonald Guelph, last fall and at ,the Christmas exams topped her class of 44.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Wins Silver Rose Bowl A silver rose bowl to Murray Gaunt in London was the expres- sion of approval, by the Shorthorn Club of Ontario:Jo lhe Winner of the Queen's Guineas. Also $goo from the breed association speaks encouragement to other 4-H Club members in their try at producing the best calf.—Clinton News -Re- cord. Hit and Run Driver Strikes Airman LAC. Stephen Bohus, 33, of ILC. A.F. Station, Centralia, told pro- vincial police a hit-and-run driver struck his car Saturday morning when he was driving along No. 3.. Mghway. Bohus.said the ear veer- ed over to his portion of the road and struck the side of his 'vehicle which suffered $200 damage. Prow vjncial Constable John Ford in-. Vestigated. — Exeter Times -Advo- cate. To Beautify Highway Enti•ances The Goderich Horticultural So- ciety held their annual meeting in MacKay Hall Wednesday , eve.' ning of last week. Several pro- jects were suggested for the coM- ing year. The first is to tiL- vate and plant on Harhoe.- Anyone thinning out their rockei• ies this spring is urged to get in touch with the society executive, before throwing out transplantable roots or bulbs. Another proposed .project is the beautifying Of the entrances to the town .On Highways No. 8 and 21. — Goderich Signal - Star. • Lett For France Mr. P. H. Smith (nee Joan Mer- ner) and her three children, left last Thursday, January -1.9, from the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wes. Merner, Zurich, where they have been staying the past few mOnths, for Halifax, NS., where they boarded the ship Fran- onia'. They docked at Tahavre, France, where her husband, Sgt. Smith, will meet his family and journey to their home in Mar - vile, France. Sgt. Smith sailed last September to France to .fOl- mow his duties. We wish them ev- ery success in life and a safe re- turn home to Canada in due time: —Zurich Herald. • • Students Planning 'Trip This year S.H.DH.S. senior stir; dents will have the enviable op. portunity of takingan'educational tour to • Washington, 'D.C: Thirty- four students and ix chaperons will make the trip that takes them -to one of the world's great capitals. Already the bus has been .charter:' ed and hotel accommodation ar- ranged. , Tour plans include a visit to the White House, the Capitol buildings, Lincoln's Tomb, Wash- ington Memorial, 'Arlington, Mt. Vernon and the Smithsonian Insti- tute. Many will attend Easter ser- vices at the Cathedrals or at First Presbyterian Church on Pennsyl- vania Aven.—Exeter Times-Advo- vocate. Loses Barn By Fire Louis Masnico, of RR. 2, Credi- ton. a man who appears to be dog- ged by ill luck, suffered an $11,000 loss Sunday night when his re- cently remodelled bank barn burn - • ‘-'7!•;' to the ground, The Stephcn wnship farmer, whose Nel4 was' .amputated several ycars ago fol - owing ,4,1 barn accident i 09911 Exe- ter, lost 21 pigs, a- calf, colt, farm machinery, grain and hay in the Twentt-eighthead of eat- tle and a team of horses escaped. Part of the loss is covered by in- seranee, The Makatea foxily was eating mintier When, the fire broke Out hk ,the lett of the hem .about 5p in. Sunday.: No cause of the blaze has been estetdialied. Neigh- bors rushed to thO scene to fight the fire but lade of water handi- capped them.; They managed to get most Of the livestock out of the barn.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Dredge. Brings UP Windlass An accidental discovery made by Goldthorpe Sand and Gravel last week, while dredging the mouth of the Maitland River at the harbor here, will make an in, teresting addition to the Huron County Museum. The dredging lentdPinent struck a heavy ob- struction waich was bought to the shore and found to be the wind- lass from a sunken schooner. The equipment later brought to shore a bilge pump, believed to be from ,the same ship. The most popular belief is that the two. pieces of equipment came from the schoon- er 4. N. Rathborne. About 70 years ago this vessel was coming into harbor,loaded with coal, when she ran aground and quickly fell to pieces on the rocks. All the crew were saved at the time of the mishap. — Goderich Signai- Star. Comes From Holland To Join TV new member of the staff of station CKNX-TV is Dudy Heinz, who arrived from Holland' recently to take a position on. the art staff of the station. He will work along with Gerard VanDuyn, another Hollander, who started with the art department last sur_imer, when the station was first getting organ- ized. Both attended the Academy of Arts in The Hague Born in In- donesia 28 years ago, Mr. Heinz is the son of a Dutch government official who was stationed there. At the age of 12 his family moved to Holland, where he attended uni- versity and the Academy of Arts at The Hague. Ile worked for a large department store as direc- tor of window displays in Nijme- gen, and also had experience in commercial design, advertising and photography with advertising agencies in Holland. Four months ago he was offered a position in the art department in CKNX-TV. —Wingham Advance -Times. • Sees An Expending Goderich The future industrial prospects for Goderich and its area were de- scribed as "bright" by Hon. W. M. Nickles Ontario Minister af Planning and Development, speak- ing. -at the Bedford Hotel here Thursday night last. "You'll get your industries as. the SL Lawr- ence 'Seaway project develops," was the confident prediction' of the Ontario Cabinet Minister. He warned, however, that. these indus- tries would come only. by "going after them." "You won't get in- dustries by sitting back and let- ting other people do your work," said Hon. Mr. Nickle. "Now is the time to go after them. Take ad- vantage of your potential indus- tries. Make it known to .those in authority the potentialities you have here for industry. I under- stand there is to be a meeting of the Upper Grand Industrial Re- gion, which- includes Huron Coun- ty, on February 8, at which a mem- ber of our department will be present. There's the place to go." —Goderich Signal -Star. FARMNEWS ,m.bq Nitrogenous Fertilizers Nitrogen for use as a fertilizer is on the market is gaseousliquid and solid forms. Each has some advantage in regard to cost, appli- cations or ease of handling, but so far as the plant is concerned. it makes little difference which form is used if equal amounts of nitro- gen are applied. says J. L. Doughty, Soil Research Laboratory, Canada Department of Agriculture, Swift Current, Sask. When itrogen in the form of am- monia is applied to a soil it is changed into nitrate within a few days by soil micro-organisms, pro- viding the soil temperatures and moisture supply are favorable. Practically all nitrogen used by plants enters the root system in the form of nitrate irrespective of the form initially applied to the soil. The oxidation of ammonia to ni- trate is very slow when the soil temperature is below 45 degrees F. and for this reason late fall application of nitro -gen in the form of ammonia can be made without much danger of loss before plant growth starts in the spring. When anhydrous ammonia is applied to a dry soil there is more danger of loss than when the soil is moist, for the ammonia gas must com- bine with the soil moisture to be relatively safe from loss by vol- atilization. Nitrogen in the form of ammonia is held by the colloidal material and is relatively safe from 'loss by sleaehifig, while the nitrate form moves freely with the soil moisture and may be lost by deep percolation following heavy rains. . The farmer when deciding which nitrogenous fertilizer .to use must consider the cost per unit of nitro- gen, the method of application and the ease of handling. These fac- tors must be balanced one against the Other to determine which fel*. tilizer is the Most suitable for the particular -case under conSidera- tide... . .. „ It pot, 0-#0 in mind that the frottil'4(4,":tere• when. . the other essential elements and moisture are present in adequate amounts. Nitrogen will not com- pensate for some other nutrient that may be lacking. Iran' The Huron Expositor February 6, 1921 - Fire caused from an overheated stove completely destroyed"' the- houseand- contents -of W. F.; Ant- eldson, three miles east, of Arita - sets; on the 9th concession of Grey. Mr.' Gilbert jarrott Of -Western Univeraity, . •Londonr: • spent the weekend with his parents at Kip, pen. . . Mr. John. Mousseau,, of Grand Bweenst 0. rathereniouteod• ehist,pfatwrme ys ntit4- men from. Kitchener. The: OP St. Paul's4 Church; Henson, presented a play in Staffa. Han; entitled, `iStep. On It, Stag," It was enjoyed. by • mios„ Oraeik, Somervffle spent.„*: few days with Miss 'Yeike:.:Ap#00i of Winthrop, Miss Margaret • and. Ross Patrick' of Stratford Normal. :••-spent the, weekend' with their parents, Mr. andut:.leWilliam e Patrick, Tn.weakse:74eionithe m AtrY president,' and .Rev. 140; vice- president, at the anntia,U..meetint of the SeaforrlfsHorticultitral''So.•- ciety." • '. • Mr. W, G. Willis moved his stock of shoes -into the store recently vacated by Mr. F. W. Wigg, on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sills, of Lima, Ohio, were visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George , A. Sills, of town. Miss Jean Wright has resigned as bookkeeper at the Avon Chests Limited, and has accepted a posi- tion with the Farquharson -Gifford' Co. L-ta of Stratford. Miss 'Nor- ma Jeffery has taken the position vacated by Miss Wright. *.; t From The Huron Expositor • February 2, 1906 Dr. C. Lutz, Exeter, who has conducted a very successful drug business there for 25 years, has disposed of his stock to Mr. W. S: Cole, 'of London. Dr. Lutz does not intend leaving Exter. Mr: and Mrs. James McMurchie, f Blyth, left lag week , for 'a few .weeks to travel to Teinnessee and Cuba, combining business with pleasure: Messrs. Robinson and Hender- son, of Blyth, shipped a carload of wool to one of the large wool- len mills in Lawrence, Massa- chusetts, last week. Mr. D. B. Campbell, of Strath- roy, contractor of the Walton divi- sion of the C.P.R., has returned with his gang of men and teams, and with 'favorable weather, is de- termined to push the work of grad- ing to a successful issue, so that we hope soon to -see the construc- tion train in the locality to lay the ititaTes and rails, teethdl.thcepn.ItthewfwaTttile-. Worettrthe iteW --Stalola Will at' likely .commence until. spring: A petition is being circulated in the town of Brussels to be present- ed to the council, asking them to erect a • foot bridge at the flax mill. McGill Bros. and G. Jamieson cut seven cords of long wood in seven hours in Mr. Thomas Mc- Millan's bush, near Constance, last week. If there are any' who think they can beat this, speak out. Mr. Charles . Wright, of McKil- lop, has rented the farm of Mr. Henry. Monteith, concession 3, Tuckersmith, familiarly known as the Forsyth farm, for a term Of five years. Mr. A. Cuthill, Winthrop, is do- ing a rushing business in the gro- cery line, and he deserves all he receives. The people of SS. No. 6, Hibbert, have decided to erect a new school house. • The- new school will be of brick, with basement, and will accommodate 50 pupils. From The Huron Expositor. February 4,• 1881 • $ $ Canadian Farm Loans The Canadian' Farm Loan Board recently issued its twenty-sixth annual report covering operations for the year ended March 31, 1955. The Board is a federal -govern- ment agency established in 1929 to make long-term mortgage loans to Canadian farmers. During the year a total of $8,- 225,500 was approved for loans, of which 525 per cent was to buy land and pay land -secured debt, 16.5 per cent to ' buy livestock, farm machinery and to make im- provements, 28 per cent to pay debts and 3 per cent for sundry purposes. A total of 2,145 'first mortgage loans and 395 sealed mortgage loans were approved, the average loan being $3,835. Interest due .during the year to,. tallied $1,759.501 and borrdwers had paid over 90 per cent of this amount by the end of the year. Principal repaid amounted to $3,- 337,025 and over 56 per cent of this amount did not fall due dur- ing the year but Was voluntarily prepaid. At March 1, 1955, the Board held loans on 18,111 farms throughout Canada, for a total of $40120,339, the highest figure in the history of the Board. . . Farris Loan Board loans are available only to farmers actual- ly farming the land offered as se- curity and are made for such ptir- poses as puretfating livestock and farni inaplernents, etc. Farmers May barrow up to $10,000:,,,on .ffrst mortgage at an interest' rate of 5 per cent repayablenver a period of 24 years 9r up.- to $12000 on Combined &R. and Second' Mort- gages. ,celieda has .etegiato bit& 0# flat itk 0 " 01 The farmers in the Walton sec- tion being desirous of having a cheese factory near them, have de- cided to take the initiatory steps to form a joint stock company, to establish a factory at or near the village. A good factory,' proper- ly managed, would be of immense benefit to the farming Commun- ity in this section, and they ought to have one. We understand that Mr. George Murray. of Hensall. who has for a number of years been in the em- ploy of Jackson Bros.,merchants, has leased from Mr. . Rannie the store occupied by Mr. James Pick- ard, merchant, and ihtends open- ing out a general Store. Seaforth has . had another firer and this time an unsightly gap has been made. in oneof the most ness blocks. About one • o'clock Saturday morning it was noticed that the interior of the building occupied by the Montreal Tele- graph and American Express Com- panies and, Mr., Gefte Offord's shoe store, was in flames. There is a larger attendance at the Seaforth High School this win- ter than •there•• ever was before, the average attendance being about 90. ' Daughter:' "What kind of a hus- band should I look kir?" Mother: "Let tile InkStiands- alone, dear; look for seine „nice single man.'' Film: "The psychologists say that you can often quiet dhysteri. cal girl by kissing her." Plain: "Okay, but how do they say you can make her hysteri- cal?', "Woti't you give a shilling to the Lore" a Salvation Army girl asked an aged Scot she met /on the street. ' "How bid., are ye lassie?" he inquired "Nineteen. sit 75.\ rn, be see - fie Him aforeyi to }lim'rnes this joiiinal yen. tioilnstories wbich might well be taken ...,. as, signs 01 rthetim�sThese days, things hon',4-, 'nOtehing up with- ee-.109reweknow: it,: and - when you ',Oak' dt41#0t.AttAgR- last week they could mealr,,c,ti*some- thing is"44PPenieg7rtlit7-41 our own neighborhood Y4'111§4,'hs not yet, really:441.406d our tion.• . • • . Tliestories!I have in. mind dealt with the „fact that • the McKillopMuicipal Telephone System hadture Show since they startE' - just connected up its first dial 'phone, that John Boshart and Sons Limited had had their:rnost suc cesful year at the Nation$ Furni General *Ci70:4170:0:011.03%"1::404d just re- ,uog trom.A040.4,i:44k . • Krartlaigi*:Al 417,40, ex- tendedn dis- cussing the possibility 01 -having . Now when you put. these' things. -• together; • what, tlie,....;s0ilt' Panding' in this community, that comes to is .that things are ex- panding in this community, that industries are in a healthy state and that, as a consequence, com- munity services -have • to be ex- tended and improved. Here in Huron, where up to now our primary industry has been ag- riculture, we have not experienced the effects of Canada's expansioi nearly so much as those centre close to the big cities, but the movement continues and industrial expansion -is beginning to make itself feltin this county and with it are corning those kinds of de- mands which make municipal reeves and councillors have very large headaches. It has long since been proved' that industrial development brings with it a score of problems and Increased costs and requires all sorts of extensive improvements which we had not thought of be- fore.. • And all these things. cost money. .....There..is..no...doubt.•that-most.,of us. want to see some industrial de - velojiment in tn11 w,a4t sbut t t it (and! iseq_ually sure.tha_ am sure we Will) that we are nod •going -to- like the kind of troubles whieh always - Growing upe'forieestcwAtuhyt,•tie.lik growing kip PhYatealilYC,There is. ,44j0i4.,j14r,11 stage which' we colt is the 'Period Attv11••boys andkif Os; get awkward week-thereand are llaVd,tO biandle, and act in, X.9 .4Ahle 9-7-93's.• You can:- bet your hits VOW fOx dollar that when Onelopment, wrd and dlffieiilt and able ems lso a:r a 1 11 ct• parents L" !Wal 'r4t arise. their:ee*:At st: h• onnrnity,- exactly t 11:1 • °st 't491::::: -same tbingOike " ow it is. nown was ; They - tried from ex ce 01 'Aohn'':middenly'.greW"'UP.'and start- ed kicking traces they were, l04seitaindand ,re0Y- to. Meet the e __Anaini exactly the same thing will, work for 'coinnitmities. A bit of forethought - now, a little plan- ning in advance, will do a lot to, eliminate the headaches ' of a hanging economy, It seems to, e, that places such as Huron. County should not at any time set up boards for industrial promo- tion without, at the same time; set- ting up similar bodies to .study-,. how we could handle industrialf, development if we got it. The twa, should go hand in hand- and there - are enough municipalities right. here in Ontario in serious trouhle-, to prove that a little takihg thought ahead of time would pay' off for sure. The psychiatrist ushered his lady patient out and asked her husband' to step into his office. "I'm sor- ry," he said, "but it appears that your wife may be slowly losing her mind." "Well," replied her husband.. "that doesn't come as much of a. surprise. She's been giving me a piece of it every day for the last - 15 years.1" Protection for Your Valuables! 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