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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-02-10, Page 2ITOR, SEAFORTH, oNT rEam*ay 10119;ia POtanlish.ed 1860 A. Y. McLean, Editor PUblisbed at Seaforth, Ontario, ry Thursday morning by McLean RS. " ',Bubscription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single „opies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association., Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, rriday, February 10 increasing Wheels If on occasion we ask ourselves why there are so many more vehicle accidents today' than was the case even a few years ago, we can find one of the answers in the vast in- crease in motor traffic. According to a recent publication of the Canadian Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce there was, in 1954, one motor vehicle for every 4.2 Can- adians and one passenger car for every 5.7 Canadians. This contrasts sharply with conditions only thirteen years before. In 1941 there was one motor vehicle for every nine Cana- dians and one passenger vehicle for every 7.3 Canadians. Here is start- ling evidence of the amazing increase in the standard .of living of Cana- dians in little more than a decade. That the end is not in sight is indi- cated by the recent statement by the Ron. Antonio Talbot, President of the Good Roads Association, who pointed out that vehicle registration in Canada rose by an estimated 265,000 or 7% in 1955 over 1954. At the same time mileage of surfaced roads increased by 12,000 miles. The number of cars for each mile of STIr- laced road HOW stai.ids at 18.6. Taken For Granted Sometimes those of us who have the greatest benefits are the least precative. It is not until some- one, who has been denied the same benefits, draws our attention to them, that we realize just what we have. And so it is that a letter to the editor, which appeared in a recent issue of the Montreal Gazette, en- ables some of us who are Canadians • by birth • to take a second look through the eyes of a new Canadian at some of the things we take for granted. "Sir,—What is democracy—in the • true sense of the word? Perhaps a few illustrations will help: 1. In this country signs on public lawns read: "Please" rather than "Don't" or "Forbidden." 2. The other clay around 11 a.m. a street car conductor stopped for me alone, and in-between two regular stop, when I waved my hand. Later, he, an elderly man, rushed out of the ear to help a woman get her child down the step. These are by no means isolated cases in Ottawa: 3. A driver could not stop his Ot- tawa Police car, after signalling twice to a pedestrian who was cross- ing Bank Street at Somerset on a red light, and ran over him. The Police department was fined for damages more than $10,000. 4. In Toronto a young German re- lined to identify himself to two • plainclothesmen who had shown -him their badges. A broil ensued. The policemen were fined. 5. Two Montreal policemen enter- ed a house where some forty mem- bers of a sect were assembled. The representatives of the law were lat- er reprimanded by the law as tres- passers, and finally condemned by the Supreme 'Court of Canada which In composed of Roman Catholics and Protestants, same religious denom- inations as the two policemen. 6. The Prime Minister of Canada returned from a round -the -world ,trip and, at his first appearance in House of Commons, confessed his Or in intimating an early recogni-,- ' of a large power. He did not en attempt to allude that .he had 'misquoted" by the /press, No, itted that he had Spoken out rn and apologized for it. 'd- Mee „.„ • • tried to prove to the Court of Jus - dee, the bad not been his intention to break local regulations, he was in- variably -listened to, with patience and courtesy, and . . ;_exonerated. To sum up: The lawn and the street car are for the public, and not the public for the lawn and the street car. The police are for the citizens, and not the citizens for the police. The Prime Minister is for the_peo- ple, and not the people for the Prime Minister. This is democracy. Democracy in practice. Democracy in its true sense. A Pole by birth and education, who has lived 16 years in this cottry, the last eight years as a Cana 'an citi- zen, has therefore full appreciation of, and takes due pride in, the coun- try of his adoption: Canada. Victor Podoski" Ottawa, Dec. 17. • Asking For Trouble The number of serious fires in which lives have been lost—particu- larly the lives of little children— has been so great in recent weeks that across the country has arisen a demand for steps to eliminate the hazard. One of the factors which has con- tributed to the problem is the ex- tent to which the use of electricity has increased in the average home without a corresponding increase in the capacity of the electrical system. In the last 25 years the average Canadian home has stepped up its consumption of electricity four or five times, the Financial Post points out, as it goes on to describe what is happening. All sorts of new and bigger equip- ment has been added, bigger toast- ers, mixers, fans, garbage grinders, oil burners, air conditioners and scores of other things that use up current. "Yet in the great major- ity of easel this extra load has to be carried on the same old wiring system. Is it any wonder that there are fires?" the Post asks.. 'No one would expect the smaller and much lower powered automo- bile of 1926 to carry the loads we pile into the family car nowadays when we start for the' cottage or Aunt Em- ily's. No one, unless looking for trouble, expects a five -ton truck to carry 15 or 25 tons. • "Yet, too many of us are going right ahead and plugging more and more power -using gadgets into wir- ing systems never designed for such loads." What Other Papers Say : Too Much Secrecy (Vancouver Herald) 7 A country coroner decides one day that he will hold court in camera. A junior officer at a military camp dos- es the gates on photographers when a .fire destroys a dwelling house. A policeman tells witnesses of a crime they are not to speak to the press. A small ---town mayor resolves to hold a council meeting in secret, and gives the reporters a hand-out ar its con- clusion. All these incidents have happened in Canada, and all are part of a trend. On the House (Wingham Advance -Times) In these days when everybody and his dog gets a grant from the gov- ernment for something or other, a lot of people seem to be "living it up" on government handouts. Civic bodies are spending more than is ab- solutely necessaryin order to get the grants that go along with the expen- penditures. The government pays up to 75' per ti cent of the shot on schools and a on- siderable percentage on ho itals. So everybody figures the be none too good. People are taking a phil- osophical view of luxuries they would jolly well get along without, if they had to foot the bill themselves. Nowadays people are _ spending $100 to save $10, and calling it smart business. They're ordering "on the house" as if the house were actually paying for it. 0ov-eminent grants aren't manna from heaven, They're Money out of y9iLticket and tine . • • , , •-7 •••", ••!•,• Awarded 11049rs„'at lt/thogO!!4 rrleoftw'of Harold wilibe bineetenre4atweclardle4thee1earatritt;kb,14.•••oligt Scholarship, valued at $250, 41.4.#1; SQ a Dominion-Provineial bursary valued at $275. Harold, who is taking 'tke..;.,„thinl,year co,urlse•in electrical engineering at the Uni- versity of Tbrento, is the son of Gordon and Mrs. Knight, of Grey Township. Ile attended Seaforth District High School. — Brussels Post. $25,000 Addition To Vets' Hall `Exeter Branch of the Canadian Legion voted Thursday night to go ahead with plans to erect a $25,000 addition to the Memorial Hall on William St. The 32 x 74 addition which will be erected to the rear of the present building to make it a T-shap„ will bring the value of the hall to nearly $100,000. Construction is expected to start in March and the branch plans to get volunteer help from its '180 members.. The addition will be Made of cement blocks, similar to the present building. The additional space will provide a larger banquet hall, an upstairs kitchen, and more storage fault. ties.—Exeter Times -Advocate, $340,000 For Breakwater Repair The sum of $340,000 has been allocated by Ottawa for repairs at Goderich harbor, according to a Canadian Press despatch last week. The writer was in the edi- torial (tams of the Toronto Star lest Friday when W. Turner, Tele- graph Editor 'of the Star, brought in a. sheet hot off -the wires con- taining. the above information. He pointed out, however, that just (he name. of places' and the amounts to be spent at those places were contained in the news despatch from Ottawa. No further news item has been published in the dailies, elaborating on how this money is to be spent.—Goderich Signal -Star. Injured in Fall From Rani • Rutherford S. Reavie, 41, of the 12th concession of East Wawanosh, was seriously injured on Friday afternoon when he fell from the peak of his barn to the ground, breaking his back. Mr. Reavie was taken to Wingham General Hospital 'and later transferred to Victoria Hospital in London ' for treatment by a specialist. Last reports from London described his condition as fair. It may be some time before the full extent of his injuries is known. He was con- verting the barn into a building for raising broiler poultry when the accident occurred. Working under the peak of the roof, he was sit- ting in one of the cut-out windows nailing on the frame, when he lost his hold and fell outside.—Wing- ham Advance -Times. To Build Entrance To Park The directors of the Bayfield Agricultural Society met in the own Hall, Bayfield, on ,Monday ght0,0dor thq3nst.4almagS0ip- of the president, Carl •.kliO0tha:.NlnP- Ien. 'were present, Some time was taken up with routine'sbusinas and discussion of various suggestions for new exhibits and .a Centennial Year. Ed. Grigg, Ben Bothwell and Carl Diehl appointed to look over the grounds and make recom- Inendations for the use 011ie 'groat' to be given 'by the. Ontario De - pertinent of Agriculture to mark the 10.0th anniversary, brought the following recommendations: that a new ,entrance be made at the northeast entrance, of the :grounds and suitable gates be built there. This was accepted tento- tively.—Clinton News -Record. Furnace Blast Blows Ont Window Residents of the south part of the town were starteld on Friday ,night aboue"7:45., when a bang "like a clap of' thunder" shook the neighborhood'. A large plate glass window in, the front 'of :Reavie's garage was blown out by the blast. Ken Zinn, an em- ployee in the garage, was work- ing in the back shop at the tiMe of the explosion: He rushed • into the furnace room of the building and turned off the, :master switch within seconds after 'the explosion occurred. Investigation showed that a faulty transformer . in the boiler had allowed -oil in the fur- nace to build up before firing, resulting in a "delayed action" blast wheil-....the', current finally came on. Although there was a certain 'amount of- smoke accom- panying the blast, damage was mostly confined to the front win- dow.—Wingham Advance -Times. Horticultural Society Elects Rev. D. J. Lane was elected president of the Clinton Citizens' Horticultural Society for the sec ond consecutive term at the an- nual meeting held in the Town Hall last Thursday evening. Dele- gates to attend the annual meet- ing of the Ontario Horticultural Society, to be held in Toronto in March, were selected and H. H. Ormond, Bayfield, and Albert Liv- ermore will represent the Clinton society at the convention. C. H. Epps, treasurer, submitted a fin- ancial report, showing a balance on hand of $320 after a number of projects undertaken by the society to beautify the town at a cost of about $500, had been paid. One of the major projects was the plant - in gof flowers at the new nurses' residence. A letter of appreciation was received from the Hospital Board at the annual meeting in - regard to this pro)ect. A resolu- tion -was adopted whereby mem- bers of the society, with the co- operation of .any other organiza- tion, will promote the decorating of homes and grounds during the Christmas season in Clinton and surrounding community. — Clinton News -Record. iiniliallimatallIMNIRRinanozowatsdikamminan FARM NEWS Important Huron County Farm Meetings THURSDAY, FEB. 9—McKillop Federation of Agriculture annual meeting in the Seaforth District High School at 8:30 p.m. Mr. G. W. Montgomery, agricultural re- presentative for Huron County. will be the guest speaker. TUESDAY, FEB. 14 South Hur- on Junior Farmers Drama Festi- val will be held in the Seaforth District High School at 8:15 p.m. The South Huron, Clinton and Sea - forth Junior Farmers Clubs will be putting on three one -act plays. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15—A com- bined meeting of the members of the North and South Huron Farm Management Associations will be held in the Agricultural Office Board rooms, Clinton, at 1:30 p.m, Dr. H. L. Patterson, Farm Econ- omics Branch. Department of Ag- riculture, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, will be the guest speak- -r THURSDAY. FEB, 16 — North Huron Junior Farmers Drama Festival will be held in the Blyth Community Hall at 8:15 p.m. The North Huron, Colwanash arid How - ick Junior Farmers Clubs will be putting on three one -act plays. SATURDAY,' FEB, 18 — The North Huron 4-H Homemaking Club Achievement Day program, for the project, "What Shall I Wear," will be held in the Wing - ham District High School, Wing - ham, on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 9 a.m. to 4.p.m. - MONDAY, FEB. 20—The Huron County 4-H Club Leaders' Associa- tion are holding their annual meet- ing and dinner in th0 Agricultural Office Board rooms, Clinton, at which time they will be discuss- ing the 4-H program for 195Q. THURSDAY, FEB. 23—The Hur- on County Holstein Breeders' As- sociation are holding a barn meet- ing at the farm of Bissett Bros., Goderich, at 1:30 p,m, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, MAR. 2 and 3—The Ninth Annual Huron County Seed Fair, under the aus- pices of the Huron County Soil an, Crop Improvement Association will be held in the Clinton Dis- trict Collegiate Institute. WEDNESDAY, MAR, 7 — The North Huron Farm Management Association will meet in the Agri- cultural Office Board rooms, Clin- ton, at 1:30 p.m. SATURDAY, MAR. • 10 — The South Huron 4-H Homemaking Club Achievement Day program, for the project, "What' Shall I Wear," will be held in the Sea - forth District High School, on Sat- urday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 P.M. TUESDAY, MAR. 13—The Hur- on County Hereford BreederS! As- sociation' will meet in the Board tdoinn, Clinton, on Tuesday, Mar. 18, et 1:0 11,011SDAV on County Fruit Growers' Associa- tion will hold their annual meet- ing and banquet on Thursday, March 15, commencing with a ban- quet in the Hotel Clinton at 12:30 p.m. During the afternoon pin - gram, a panel discussion will be held on . "Fruit Growing.", FRIDAY, MAR. 6 - SUNDAY, MAR. 18—The Ontario Junior Farmers' Association will hold their annual meeting 'at the On- tario Agricultural College, Guelph. WEDNESDAY, MAR. 21— The North Huron Management Associ- ation will meet in the Agricultural Office Board rooms, Clinton, at 1:30 • m • p Prof. A. C. Robertson, Ecoiromics - Department, O.A.C., Guelph, will speak to this group on "Income Tax." THURSDAY, MAR. 22 -- The South Huron Farm Management Association will meet in the Agri- cultural Office Board rooms, Clin- ton, at 1:30 p.m. Prof. A. C. Rob- 0A.C., Guelph, will speak to this group on "Income Tax."' TUESDAY, MAR. 27—The "Clin- ton Lions Club Farmers Night Banquet will be held in St. John's Parish Hall, Clinton, at 7 p.m. R. G. Bennett, Associate Director of Extension, Ontario Department of Agriculture. Parliament Buildings, Toronto, will be the guest speak- er. THURSDAY, MAR. 29—The Hur- on County Junior Farmers Asso- ciation will bold their annual meet- ing in the Clinton District Colleg- iate Institute, Clinton, at 8:30 p.m. Norman Lindsay, Director of Adult Education, London, will be on hand for this event. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15—Annual meeting of the Huron'-COunty Hog Producers' Association, Town Hall, Clinton. at 1:30 p.m. Clayton Frey, Sarnia, Provincial Director, will be the guest speaker. FRIDAY, MAR. 2—Huron County Junior Farmer Seed Judging competition will be held in the auditorium of thb Clinton District High School at 1 p.m. sharp. , Farm News of Huron Pl6is have now been completed for the' Ninth Annual Seed Fair to be held in the District High School, Clinton, on March 2 and 3. Most farmers now find that their supplies of winter feeds wM be adequate. Many poultrymen are culling their laying flocks and plan on keeping over their laying birds for another year. This is indicated by a cut in hatchery orders, partieu- larlY for pullets: Broiler require- ments are on a Par with other years. • Lady: "Ceti you give inc room and both?' Clerk: 9 can give foil a room, madam, , you will have to take. yyour,,: • Frolm:The Huron Eitpositer obrnarY 13, 1931 Mrs. Stewart, of Seaferth, is visiting at the home ,of' her •brother, Mr. Wesley Celeman, Hen- sall. '•lyirs. Oliver Andersen, •of Con-. starice, returned on Tuesday after sliending a week with Mr. and ikirs. Clarence Clark, of Listowel. Mr. Thomas Ferguson bas sold bis .farm on the provincial high - Way, at Harpurhey, to Mr. George •C. -Dale, of Hullett. Mr. Robert Willis and Mr. .A1 - Ion Troup, of Toronto University, were weekend guests atthehome of. Mr. and Mrs. W. G-' Willis. Col. and Mrs. R. S: Hays attend- ed Mow 'Old Boys' at-home in Toronto on 'Thursday of last week, miss Amy Eckert and Mrs. H. DesborOTIof Detroit, are visiting with their parents, Mr. and Mrs'. C. Eckert. - Mrs. George Brown, Hensall, re- cently returned from Stratford, where she had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wilson. Miss Mabel Whiteman and Mrs. Aikenhead, of Kippen, are at- tending the Horticultural conven- tion in Toronto. The Zurich hockey team won the Hay Township cup, donated by Mr. 'Fred Haberer, and the pres- entation was made Wednesday ev- ening. Miss Marion Scarlett was the guest of her friend, Miss Jean Ivi- soii, Kippen, over the weekend, From The Huron Expositor February 9, 1906 Mr. John Wyatt, of Harlock, has sold his 100 -acre farm, which he purchased a short time ago from Mr. Crosby, to Mr. Peter Taylor, for $4,550. The farm is a good one but the buildings are not first class. Mr. Wyatt intends moving to New Ontario in the spring to push his fortune there. Mr. Peter McKay, Tuckersmith, recently sold a very pretty eight - months -old Shorthorn bull calf to William Chapman & Sons, of near Brucefield, Mr. Brewer, of Brussels, was in Blyth Thursday and disposed of his photo gallery to Mr. T. B. Mc- Arter, of Blyth. An oyster supper, under the aus- pices of the •Kippen Ladies' Aid, was held in St. Andrew's Church. Messrs. John and William Hab- kirk, Seaforth, have gone into partnership in the draying busi- ness. Mr. John Habkirk is an old hand in the business and was de- servedly popular among the busi- nessmen, and will be greatly strengthened by the new amal- gamation. We are pleased to learn of the good luck of George Irwin, of Brussels,/who has been appointed manager for Canada of the print- ing department of the Chamber- lain Medicine Co., with a salary of $1,300 a year. Mr. P. Brennerman, who has been teaming fpr -Hess & Co., of Zurich, has severed his connection therefrom and is now engaged with William Baker in the swamp. Miss Helen Sparks, of Blake, has begun her duties as teacher of Drysdale School. During her illness Miss Clara Koehler, of Zurich, supplied. Miss A. Taylor, of Exeter, was here last week visiting her broth- er, Mr. R. P. Bell, and other friends. / The mild weather of a couple of weeks ago was followed by a very nippy spell. Friday morn- ing of last week the thermometer registered 15 below zero. Mr. J. J. McGrath, the well- known horse raiser of Hibbert, re- cently sold a fine three-year-old gelding to Mr. James Norris, of Hibbert, for $250. t From The Huron Expositor February 11, 1881 Market prieguwere: fall wheat. 98c to $1; sp-Mg wheat, $1,02 to $1.05; peas, 60c to 65c; oats, 30e to 32c; barley, 65c to 70c; hay, $7 to $8; pork, $7 to $725; eggs, 18c; butter, 18c; lard, 10c to 12c. - Fire broke out in the dwelling of Mr. John Welsh, of Queen St., Brussels, at one o'clock Alenday morning. The building was de- stroyed. There was a total insur- ance of $1,600 in the Standard Insurance Co. A brisk wind was blowing at the time, and but for the timely arrival of the steam engine the fire might have proven more disastrous. Mr. John Crozier, Hullett, has. sold his farm, which is on the 13th concession, to Mr. Thomas Humphrey, for the sum of $1,900. The farm contains 50 acres. Mr. Alexander Kerr has pur- chased the farm of Mr. Wood on the 12th concession of McKillop, for $2,000. The farm contains 50 acres: - On Thursday morning about 3:30, Seaforth inhabitants were aroused by the dread cry, of fire. About that time the large frame building on the corner of Main and Market Streets, known as the Mackay block, was discovered to be on fire. The building was, oc- cupied by Mrs. Mackay as 5 store and dwelling; by Mr. Riggs, as a confebtionery, t store, and by Mr, George Ewings, as a butchershoil, while in the upper flat was An- drew Calder's photography gallery. Mr. Cull has had a neat and coin- fortable office fitted up in the Kidd block for his 'telegraph and express business. Mr. John Rollins, of the 14th concession of MeKillop, had three cows killed by the falling in of the rOof of the building in which they were .housed. • The building Was an eId one and the,weight 01 snow ott_the robf cadged the 'col- lapse, The lasa will 1reAlaitidbldk-1 severon Mr. Ro1lhs, a.q he only had the tbrce\cows. • Last week I attended' two porno- nients. One was the Studente- mocit ?ornament at the Univers. ity of Western- Ontario, ,the other was the opening days of the On - 0110 Ieekcisintire As.,aernblY. New I am' not phig to be SO rash as to say Which one of these 1 thought was the more interesting -- the students playing at it, or the grown-ups being paid -for it—but in' both of them I found more than a little food for thought. At Western, for example, I couldn't help but think what a dif- ferent thing it was for the young men and women, preparing to take a responsible place in the world, to be spending their time learning the procedure of demo- cratic government rather than, say, getting themselves letter-per- fect on the Communist Manifesto. It seemed pretty .wonderful to me that our "educational system should encourage an honest difference of opinion rather thao a slavish ad- herence to any one- way of think- ing. • As far as 1 am concerned, no one man, or group of men, is al- ways right and the whole basis on which we base our town and township, -county, provincial and federal governments is a recogni- tion of this fact. When you come to think of it, it is rather remark- able that we, as a people, have deliberately set upmadhinery which gives people with different views a chance to present what they think in an orderly and open manner. • To those of us who were born under such a system, this is some- thing which we take for granted. I don't suppose too many of ui ever topped to think that life would be like if all our councils and par- liaments were to be abolished. - Well, for one thing, life would be a lot duller. At both the par- liaments I attended last week there was plenty of life. The de- bate was quick and alive and not without some real down-to-earth humor. I think more folks ought to drop in on our parliaments. They would find good entertaiM- wilt if nothing else: but, of. course, they would lin& other things too. They Would find,. for the 'pot part, men of sincere' ' cooviction, devoted to maintain--; kg. the freedom which is our birth- right. They would find that when- ever any government or private inember • said something which. .§eeirt$ a threat to that freedom that men on both sides of the house • would be up in ups in a - moment to do battle against it. • Oh,'Ilinow, a lot of people heve- an idea that .a parliament itk:,•01' place where some politicians go to draw a fat salary and read tbo newspaper. Sometimes it looks, like that. But most of the flute?: you can be sure that those fel- lows are not only earning their money, but are performing a ser- • vice which no amount of money can ever buy—the preservation of our democratic rights, And that is why I was so inter- ested in the serious way the stu- dents went about their business. They knew as well as anybody that what they decided in their Mock Parliament would not change - the course of events in this coun- try on iota. But they also knew' that what they were doing was, one day, going to be of great seri vice to their country. They were fitting themselves to take their places in the parliaments — the real parliaments — where what. they will do and how they go about it will be very itnportant indeed. I would like to see a lot more such Mock Parliaments. Only a few of our legislators are going to come from the colleges. Many more are going to come from the farm, the factory, the store or, indeed these days, the home. And y,et we all need that experience. Even if we never were to go to a parliament, it would do us all good to know more about how the - business of democracy is conduct- ed. It would be good for democracy too. t Protection for Your Valuables! HOME OWNERS RETAIL MERCHANTS and BUSINESSMEN require modern equipment in which to keep valuable papers, ledgers, jewellery and mone,y, The answer is: A FIRE -RESISTIVE and THEFT -RESISTANT --SAFE —In a wide selection of styles and sizes to suit every require- ment. 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