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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-04-27, Page 2io EXPOSITOR stablished 1860 y. McLean, Editor led. at Seaforth, Ontario, ry Thursday morning by McLean ibex of Canadian kly Newspapers Association. PHONE 41 horized as Second Class Mail, Pos Office Department Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, April 27, 1956 Too Much Emphasis On Too Much Speed Most people, we think, were in agreement with Premier Frost when he appealed to manufacturers of cars to alter their advertising to re- duce the emphasis on power and speed. In blaming automobile manufac- turers' advertising for creating an appetite in motorists for high-pow- ered cars and excessive speed, Pre- mier Frost is only reflecting what many citizens, concerned with the mounting highway toll, have long felt to be the case. The committee of the Legislature which concerned itself with .highway safety also recognized the problem. "The power of motor vehicles has been stepped up steadily to produce the 200 -horsepower juggernauts of today," the committee observed. "The automotive industry advertises the power and breakaway speed of its new models. The emphasis of the gasoline and oil companies is on the extra speed and power to be realiz- ed from the use of their products." There may be times when addi- tional power and speed are require- ments, and under reasonable circum- stances and in the hands of re- sponsible drivers such power and speed may not necessarily be harm- ful. The trouble isthat the capac- ity of each car can not be tailored powerwise to the capacity of the driver. The driver most apt to be susceptible to the allure of' advertis- ing, highly seasoned with sugges- tions of unlimited speed, generally is the driver least capable of properly controlling such power. What Ontario Would Get There is a tendency when discuss- ing federal -provincial fiscal matters to ignore the benefits that flow to the provinces under the federal tax offer, and the extent to which these benefits have been increased Too frequently the province adopts the attitude that the federal govern- ment is responsible for making avail- able funds in any amount necessary to finance whatever program may be desired, rather than assuming, itself, a certain responsibility for making available necessary funds. It is well to recall that if Queen's Park accepts the federal tax offer the Ontario government and people will be getting more than $500,000,- 000 a year in direct cash transfers from the federal treasury. Here are the main items: Tax rental $219,000,000. Federal subsidy 3,600,000 Old age pensions 130,000,000 Old age assistance 6,000,000 Family allowances 100,000,000 Pensions to blind 1,000,000 Pensions to disabled 1,000,000 Health grants 16,000,000 Jobless insuranC'e fed- eral share 15,000,000 Ontario universities 2,750,000 $494,350,000 Discussing the matter, the Toron- to Star points out that this does not include a possible $10,000,000 for the Trans -Canada highway and other millions for education and other pur- poses. Starting with unemployment insurance in 1941, the federal gov- ernment's social welfare program ' has lifted a terrific load off the pro- vincial government and Ontario mun- icipalities. For example, the Star ,says, before 1952 the old age pension alone cost Ontario around $10,000,- 000 a year. But now the province's share of old age assistance, pensions tb the "blind and to the 'disabled, to- tals only $8,000,000. "Moreover, it used to be that five -sixths of all so - tial welfare payments were madeby G provinces and the municipalities. dS' the federal treasury cbntl ibultes 70 cents of every dollar spent on so- cial welfare- in Canada," the Star concludes,. Letters To the !Editor On many occasions it has been pointed out that one of the prime purposes of this and 'every other edi- torial page is to provide a forum for the discussion of current events. And that. includes a discussion by our readers. The manner in which readers- can participate in a discussion is through letters to the editor. While from time to time we do receive interest- ing contributions of this nature, the number is not nearly as great as we would like, or as the importance of many of the subjects up for discus- sion might merit. Apparently readers elsewhere are similiarly hesitant to express opin- ions, which prompts the Wiarton Echo to comment thus: "Why is there such a dearth of in- teresting letters to the editor in this paper? Other weeklies have the same problem. About the only way an editor can get some good spirited letters are (a) to write them him- self, (b) to attack the church, the' Royal Family, temperance or moth- erhood. "We'd like to see a couple of col- umns of lively letters in every issue. In fact, if we could get enough in- teresting letters to fill the space, we'd gladlystop writing uninteresting editorials. "Surely .somebody who reads the Echo has an opinion that -is worth reproducing in print. We know very well that many people disagree with our own opinions expressed here. "It is possible that all our public bodies are functioning to perfection and that there is nothing to criticize in the actions of town council, parks board, school boards, hospital board and others? Come now, don't be lazy. Put pen to paper. "All we ask is tha 4etters be kept brief as possible, be free from mali- ciousness, profanity and libel and be signed. "Let's hear from you" They Needed Raise (Exeter Times -Advocate) Members of the Ontario Legisla- ture voted themselves a pay raise re- cently. They will now get $5,400 plus a travelling allowance, compared to the $3,900 they have been getting a year. We've a hunch the public helped to bring this added expense on itself. We recently dropped in on Tom Pryde in his Exeter office when he was writing cheques. I asked him if he was always writing cheques. The answer, apparently, was yes. He showed me some stubs—$10 to this agricultural society; $5 to a W.I.; a trophy to this organization; an ad for that one; a contribution to this society; a donation to that one. Then there's the trips to Toronto, entertaining delegations, raffle tick- ets, meals, meetings, banquets, etc. Everybody want's something for nothing from his member of parlia- ment. Spring Time Fires (Wingham Advance -Times) Any time, now, perhapseven be- fore this sees print, the fire depart- ment will be called out on the first grass fire of the year, and if past performances are any indication, it will probably be one of a long series of such fires throughout the spring. Spring fever takes some peculiar forms, and one of the most prevalent seems to be a burning desire to burn grass. It's a simple and blameless pastime, but sometimes, unfortunately, it can have disastrous results. Due to igni- tion problems and a certain reluc- tance on the part of last year's grass to be burnt, most devotees of the hob- by choose a day with a brisk breeze on which to start operations. Too often the result is a hurried call for the fire truck, and a running battle with spades, blankets and brooms to get the thing out before the neigh- bor's house is burnt to the founda- tions. So before you start grass -burning operations this year, give a thought to the direction of the wind, the haz- ard to the neighbbr, and the fact that the poor firemen will eventually be called, in all probability, to help you put the thing out! $ °EN IN t!1 TY PAPERS FestiVal Has 632 Entries A total of 632 entries have bee, accepted. for the 15th annual Huron County Music Festival, whlch b - gins on the evening of Thursday, May 3, in the auditorium of Gode- rich Public School. The festival will end with a concert of winners on Friday, May 11. This year's en- try list represents an increase of 60 over last year, says Mrs: Clay- ton Edward, president of Huron County Music Festival Association. The increase is principally in the urban school sections. — Goderich Signal -Star. New South Wales Man on Tour A goodwill emissary from Wing - ham, Australia, Jim Revitt, arriv- ed in town last Tuesday, on the second lap of a tour around the world, to marvel at the similari- ties between his home town in New South Wales, and Wingham, On- tario. Mr. Revitt.;...a young adven- turer in his twenties, brought with him a letter from Mayor L. J. Gleeson, of Wingham, Australia, extending greetings to Mayor R. E. McKinney, and on his depar- ture took with him, a letter from Mayor McKinney to the Mayor of Wingham, England, whom he ex- pects to visit this summer.—Wing- ham Advance -Times. Odd Kinds of Visitors At Pt. Albert This village's population has been swelled twenty fold of late, the greatest influx being noted about an hour after dusk. Reason for the sudden population increase has been smelt. Anglers come from great distances and some un- usually large catches of smelt have been reported this spring. Strange as some of the oddly garb- ed `visiting anglers might appear, the two strangest visitors for the past two weeks have been of the bird variety. They are two, large white swans . which have been liv- ing on a field of wheat close to Bert Crawford's barn. They ap- pear to be quite tame.--Goderich Signal -Star. Fire Guts Garage Undaur'ted by his major setback, 31 -year-old 011ace Desjardine, of Grand Bend, has already made plans to rebuild the year-old gar- age and restaurant building which was gutted by fire Saturday night. He began cleaning up debris Mon- day. The young businessman, who From The Huron Expositor May 1, 1931 was preparing for his first hull sea- son of tourist business, suffered a $12,111 loss when his cement-bjjoek biul,.' i g was reduced to a. black- ened shell- Garage machinery, restaurant equipment and food supplies 'went up in flames. Neigh- bors and passersby saved furniture from the aeartment at the back of the building. Part of the loss is covered by insurance. A fund has been started for the young familyl in Grand Bend and canvassers are soliciting donations. — Exeter Times -Advocate - May Start Snack Bar At H.S. The possibility that a snack bar might be opened up at the Wing - ham District High School, in con- junction with the cafeteria now being operated there„ became a possibility last week at the regular meeting of the high school board, as the result of a suggestion by Dr. W. A. McKibbon, chairman of the school management committee. Dr. McKibbon reported that the cafeteria had been losing money; although receipts had been up during the past month. He felt that a snack bar operated from the cafeteria might help to keep operations on a paying basis, and told the board that this had been "tried successfully in of r schools. Members of the board decided to have the school management com- mittee look into the possibility of setting up a snack bar at the cafe- teria.—Wingham Advance -Times. To Distribute Plants Plans for a public meeting of the Clinton, Citizens' Horticultural Society were made at an execu- tive meeting Wednesday, gt the home of Rev. D. J. Lanerwith 13 members present. There will be four contests again 'this year. These will be: Mr children, "A robin's shelter and poster contest; ;'or adults, an essay on wildflowers and a photographic contest. The society voted to give prizes local- ly for all of these, the winners to be sent on to the district contest, It was decided to purchase a new flag for the flagpole m Library Park.. Mr. Lane laid plans for a bus trip to •Hamilton for the mem- bers some time in May. Mr. Epps was asked to interview the Cham- ber of Commerce and to solicit their co-operation in sponsoring a contest for the best decorated homes at Christmas. — Clinton News -Record. YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. Mr. R. Keith Love, of Stanley , T-ownship, won his B.A. degree .at Western University, London, after a four-year course. He was award- ed the Sanford 'Gold Medal in Divinity, also General Proficiency Scholarship (Church History). This goes to prove that our rural stu- dents are not . behind in intelli- gence and ambition. Mrs. A. C. Routledge, Egmond- ville, was in Guelph on Thursday attending the graduation of her niece, Miss Lila Chapman, who has been in training in the Guelph General Hospital. Mrs. Pethick, who recently pur- chased the Cash residence on James St., Seaforth, has moved here and :is now occupying her new ?'home. Mr. James Love's house in Tuck- ersmith was destroyed by fire ear- ly Sunday morning. The building, which was a large stone one, was badly gutted, but most of the furni- ture was saved. Mr. and Mrs. Love and family are moving into Mr. Hamilton's house in Egmond- ville. Instead of holding the regular fortnightly banquet at the Com- mercial Hotel, the members of the Seaforth Lions Club varied the program by motoring to Goderich, accompanied by their wives, on Thursday evening and dining at the Bedford Hotel. John Beattie gave an inspiring talk on "Ser- vice," and James A. Stewart. an enjoyable solo, after which the ev- ening was pleasantly spent at the theatre. The snowstorm on Sunday even- ing was a very heavy one, and many trees suffered from the weight of the wet snow. From The Huron Expositor April 27, 1908 Seeding operations are progress- ing, although the snowstorm and cold snap retarded the work con- siderably. • A branch of the Sovereign }3 k. has been opened up in the village of Walton, which will be a great convenience to - the business and monied men of that vicinity, and those who are not favored with a surplus supply of greenbacks will only wish the more that we were. The new safe was installed last week by Mr. G. A. Sills, of Sea - forth. Mn. William Hugill. the enter- prising carriage builder at Con- stance, sold a new buggy to Dr. Ross, of Seaforth. The doctor knows where to go for a good bug- gy. ug- g The Western Bank of Canada has opened out an agency in Dub- lin, and will in the future provide the public of Dublin and vicinity with excellent banking facilities. Mr. Charles Wright, formerly of McKillop, who rented the farm of Mr. Henry Monteith in Tucker - smith on the 3rd concession, has now got ,settled in his new home, Mr. George Baldwin has dispos- ed of his musical instrument busi- ness in Seaforth to Mr. Richard Peek, and this week moved to St. Theta's, Where he has embarked in a much larger business. Dr, H, H. Rbcs has purchased the sfriall brick building on Gouii». lock St., Seaforth, from the Dom- inion Bank, and inteldds fitting it up for an office and surgery. Mr: Sidney Jacobs has torn down the'shop on Market St., in the rear of the residence of Mr. John Ran- kin, and has removed the material to his own place. This building was erected many years ago by the late John Dorsey, when he first started business in Seaforth, and was used as a woodworking shop in connection with his blacksmith- ing business. The new pipe organ for First Pre yterian Church will shortly b aced in the church. New long distance telephones have been placed in Colin Ken- nedy's Meat Market, D. D. Wil- son's office and residence, John Rankin's residence, WrPickard's store and residence, Drs. Scott and Mackay's office, Dr. Scott's resi- dence, W. H. Willis' store and resi- dence, W. T. Box's residence, Thos. Simpson's livery, W. R. Smith's grocery, Royal Hotel, George A. Sills' - hardware store and J. W. Beattie's meat market and resi- dence, From The Huron Expositor April 29, 1881 Cleg and Parker, of Brussels, on Wednesday last shipped three car- loads of hay to New York City -33 tons in all. We regret to report a painful ac- cident that befell Mr. R. P. Bell, of Tuckersmith, and Mr. John Blackwell, of Hay, on Tuesday. It `appears they were engaged in do- ' ing some carpenter work at the !residence of Mr. Wm, Reith, of Hay, and while engaged in their work the scaffold upon which they were standing, suddenly gave way, precipitating them to the ground, a distance of over 15 feet. Mr. Thomas Govenlock has pur- chased between 500 and 600 beef cattle, which he will ship to the Old Country early in May. It has been suggested to us that in view of the great and continu- ous expense of keeping up so many plank sidewalks in town, it would be well for the Town Council to substitute gravel for wood on many streets. This has been done in London, Stratford and Goderieh. Mr. John Beattie entertained the members of the fire brigade to a complimentary o§ster supper. This was furnished by Mr. Beattie as a mark of appreciation on his part of the services rendered by the firemen on the recent occasion of the burning of his flax barn. FARM NEWS Farm News of Huron Rain, along with light snowfalls, accompanied by cold weather, de- Iayed seeding almost entirely this past week, Most farmers appre- ciated the delay as it gave them further time to prepare- for seed- ing operations. However, everyone hives flir good seeding weather this week. Slightly in excess of 1,200 bushels of, Garry oats have been distribut- edfor agricultural society field crbp cbmpetdtions and the 4 -II Grain 'G7liib prdgram. ,ta BOOK (By 3. 11. HOLDEN) Recently a young aviator brought upon himself the censure of his superior officers because on a fine Spring day, without permission, he put on a one-man air show which startled the authorities and caused them to fear for his own safety, and the safety of others at the air base. Apparently, the reason for this exhibition was because it was Spring, the young aviator felt full of the joy of living, and a plane was handy andready for flight. Young fellows like to go fast on the Iand, in the air, or in the wa- ter. When they get behind the wheel of -a modern high-powered tar, they are tempted "to burn up the roads." There are lads who have pushed their Dads' cars dp to the hundred mark. As drivers, they are a poor risk from the tandpoint of insurance. Obviously they need to be warn- ed about the dangers of high speed and reckless driving, but older peo- ple should be able to understand their desire to go fast. It has ev- n- been thus. Before motor cars came on the roads, young fellows used to race each other with gorses and buggies. The question is, how can the ad- venturous, daring, impulsive na- ture of youth be used to advantage instead of resulting in unnecessary wrecks along the highways and crossroads? In the eyes of many young fel- lows, religion may seem to be a stodgy thing, but actually there is plenty of room for adventure and daring in the Christian life. There are risks to be taken for Christ, if a man is willing to take those risks. There is much pioneering to be done in the realm of world friendship. There are dragons of evil which stalk our own land, and which may well be a challenge to the lance of some youthful St. George. In •.a world in which there can be no certain guarantee of any such thing, great emphasis today is being placed on economic secur- ity. But the true welfare of man- kind will not be advanced apart from those who. with the enthusi- asm of youth, are willing to ven- ture everything in following Christ. Homemakers Club Has First Meeting The Seaforth Rural 4-11 Home- making Club held their first meet- ing of the new project, "Supper Club," at the home of the leader, Mrs. W. L. Whyte, on Saturday, with 15 members present. The officers are; president, Joy Montgomery; vice-president, Mar- ilyn Riley; secretary, Janet Mc- Gregor; pianist, Nancy Pepper; reporter, Marilyn Taylor. A discussion was held under the heading of "Good Food Makes a Difference," and the importance of Canada's Food Rules, Home assignments are: Begin work on record book, score sheet and mem- ber's pamphlets. The next meeting will be held at the home of the assistant lead- er, Mrs. John Broadfoot, on Satur- day. Joe: "My uncle was put to death for bigamy " Moe: "But the law doesn't put people to death for bigamy." Joe: "I didn't say the law put him to death. It was his first wife." Discussed Dr.; ,, J. G, be Pape, R.S,,11Ui,Sc., Ph.D. ' , WHAT 1S STILj ESxROL? • Diethylstilbestrol, commonly ca"lt< ed stilbestrol, is a ;man-made syn- thetic chemical used as a growth stimulant for fattening cattle. It acts very much like a natural hormone. It has been used in liu- ' man medicine for 15 years; for some 10 years in poultry, sheep and cattle experiments,When pro- perly used in cattle fattening ra- tions, the following advantages may be expected: (1) An increased appetite and feed consumption. (2) An increase in daily rate of gain. (3) A reduction in the amount of feed per pound of gain. (4) A reduction in the feed cost per pound of gain. (5) Greater returns from cattle fattening operations. Now, legislation permits the sale of beef cattle supplements contain- ing diethylstilbestrol, in Canada. 1 The legislation is the Feeding Stuffs Act and its regulations are primarily for the protection of the farmer. The potentials of this product in cattle fattening rations were orig- inally established by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Stilbestrol has since been tested and proven by other agricultural experiment stations, by research facilities of formula -feed compans ies, and most important of all, by cattle feeders themselves. The gain -stimulating effect of diethylstilbestrol • has been start- ling. The average increase in gains of the experiments conducted to date has been 20 per cent, with an average decrease of 10 per cent in feed costs. These figures are av- erage and include widely varying rations and several levels of stil- bestrol. Therefore, it would not be surprising if you were able to get better results in your own feedlot. Most of the experiments and field trials have been conducted in the United States corn belt: However, there are results of feeding tests conducted where barley was the main grain used, and other tests where rather heavy use was made of grass silage, corn silage, alfalfa hay and cornstalk silage. General- ly speaking, the better the ration, the better the results. The re- markable thing about the results from all the widely separated sources is their consistent im- provement. , How Does Diethylstilbestrol Work? Just exactly how does diethyl- stilbestrol work to produce such important extra gains on cattle is not yet fully known. (1) It has been suggested that the increased gains may be at least partly the result of the quieter behaviour and more relaxed attitude of steers and hei- fers fed stilbestrol. In other words, they don't "run off" their gains. (2) Since stilbestrol acts like a hormone, it is logical to suppose that it may shift the glandular bal- ance in some way to stimulate the formation and storage of meat tis- sue. (3) Another theory -proposed - is that stilbestrol may help to pro- duce an improved climate in the rumen where the all-important rumen bacteria can operate more efficiently. Feeding supplements containing stilbestrol has sharpen- ed the appetites of steers and heif- ers, and feeds have remarked that cattle stay -on feed better. False Rumors There have been many unfound- ed false rumors started about stil- bestrol fed cattle. These have in- cluded such things as stilbestrol- fed cattle will not dress out well; stilbestrol-fed cattle will not grade well; meat from stilbestrol-fed cat- tle will be black; meat from stil- l;lestrol-fed cattle is unfit for hu- man consumption, and that packers. discriminate ,against stilbestrol- • fed cattle. None of these rumors: are true, and will soon die a na- tural death. Cattle that have been. fed on, stilbestrol will sell, dress and grade comparable to cattle fattened without stilbestrol. The meat is definitely* satisfactory for human consumption, as no ' evi- ilence as yet has been obtained.. that stilbestrol enters the tissues in any appreciable amounts. Pack- ers who are acquainted with the stilbestrol program are not dis- criminating against stilbestrol-fed cattle. ' Stilbestrol became avail- able in the United States last --year and within six months it was being fed to over 50 per cent of the na- tion's cattle being fattened. It has been estimated that over six mil- lion cattle have been marketed in. the United States after having been_ fed stilbestrol. There cannot be - much wrong with a product which. receives such wide acceptance iu; so short a time. Feeding Recommendations Stilbestrol is available to cattle, feeds only through formula fee. supplements containing proper levk- els of stilbestrol, manufactured by- approved yapproved formula feed manufac- turer's under government regula- ttion. The daily recommend amount of stilbestrol is 10 milligrams per animal. There are 1.000 milligrams in a gram, and 454 grams in a pound, so you can see the daily intake of stilbestrol must be an. extremely small quantity. It is for this reason that the government: has allowed the sale of stilbestrol only in the form of beef cattle sup- plements, upplements, manufactured by approv- ed formula feed manufacturers who have the equipment for pro-- per mixing, and the technical knowledge to make recommenda- tions for their proper use. j Stilbestrol supplements are re- commended for fattening cattle.. 'both steers and heifers, over 600• pounds, intended for slaughter. Re- sults of research with 400-pound. calvesare very promising, but to ' date no recommendations for feed- ing stilbestrol have been included' for these lighter animals. Stilbes- trol supplements should not be fed ,to breeding cattle or to any other class of livestock. Hogs must not I folijepw cattle in the feed lot be- cai''e of the potential stilbestrol content of the feces. Since stilbestrol feeding results in cattle gaining faster on less feed, it means that there must be. more nutrition per pound of feed to realize maximum results. Thus. balanced. nutrition, along with. good cattle, good management and a good feeder are very important. and essential to go along with stil- bestrol supplementation. Stilbes- trol will not make up for poor cattle, poor management, a poor - feeder or an unbalanced ration. A SMILE OR TWO Women appreciate the simple - things in Iife—men. A prim little lady was telling a friend about her consternation up- on finding two empty whisky bot- tles in her garbage can. "You can imagine my embar- rassment," she said. "I got them. out fast, because I didn't want' the garbage man to think .I drink." "What did you do with them?" asked the friend. "Well. the preacher lives next: door." was the reply, "so I put. them in his can. Everybody knows he doesn't drink." c'azd3'a t J -r ' , PRINCIPAL. INGREDIENT. THE PRINCIPAL INGREDIENT in the cost of a product is labour—labour in mine or forest, in transportation, in factory and. office, in wlwle-. -. . sale and retail outlets. At every stage of produc- tion and distribution, from the extraction of the raw material to the ultimate sale of the finished product, cost is added in the form of wages. Because wages are so all-important they must be right with relation to the services rendered. Higher wages are sensible only when accompan- ied by greater productivity. Disturb this balance and higher prices are inevitable. When prices get too high, sales go down. When sales go down there are fewer jobs. THE STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL - GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO c'azd3'a t J -r