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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-08-24, Page 20, ueitar EazPosirron, sVirditni, • 1410UST 24, 1956 HE HURON. EXPOSIIOR Established 1660 010. A, Y. McLean, Editor Published at Seaforth, 'Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean Bros. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign $350 a. year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Assoeiatim Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 ' Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department. Ottawa • SEAFOItT11, Friday, August 24 Up To Each Town Announcement is made elsewhere that the recently formed Mid -West- ern Ontario Development Associa- tion has opened permanent offices in Stratford. The association is ready 5: to promote the industrial develop- ( ment of the Counties of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington. The fact that the association has opened an office cannot be regarded as the answer to the development problems of the various municipali- ties in the area. The municipality that thinks it can sit down and await the coming of a fine new industry is •due for a long wait and a big disap- pointment. All the Association can do—and this is a most important contribution —is to bring to the attention indus- teal concerns the fact that there are in the Mid-W.0.4A., municipali- ties that can offer outstanding ad- vahtages to industry. The Associa- tion can stress the advantages of the district as a whole—not of particular towns or villages. It can advise municipalities how, best they can make known their advantages, and the rest then is up to each centre. Certainly the entrance of the as- sociation into the industrial promo- tion picture provides an opportun- ity for every town. And the town that will make the most of that op- portunity is the one which will bene- fit the most in the extent to which industry is attracted. This matter of attracting indus- try is not something that the Coun- • cil or a few people by themselves can do. True, there must be leadership and a substaatial and consistent pro- gram. But in the main the success of such a selling program is a re- flection of the enthusiasm with which the average citizen regards his or her town. It is up to everybody to take part. '1,• • Must Be Told • There are few countries that offer more scenic advantages than does Calnada. And yet, Canadians fre- quently tend to play down the natural adVantages, their coun- •,_ _ try possesses by virtue of an almost continuous apingof customs pre- vailing across the line. The tendency disturbathe editor of the Acton Free Press, who says he gets a little vexed many times at the importance many Canadians place on the activities and cheap imi- tation of those who live in other countries. In a large department store recently he noted items label- led with signs "of interest to our American visitors". °1 On the main floor the stars and stripes was al- most as prominent, as our Canadian flag and t4 British flag. We'll bet that 90 per cent sof the folks buying were Canadians. "Listen to many of the radio pro- grams on our CBC which is so lav- ishly supported by the taxes paid by the government and you get ample doses in a dialect you can scarcely understand. You'll be treated to Music composed by folks with names the announcers spend more time on than they do in giving a news re - ort. "When on occasions such as Satur- day or on holidays we, could be round home until 8:80 in the morn- ng,We used to like the band music 0113,C. Now we get a program )uflced by some European arida raI prograrn of sing- notto be compared with the stirring Jand music that ttged, to e that one of our S 01• /.; Nik• "Why can't we be Canadian? • We never see Canadian flags displayed across the border. Why should it be? We know as we pass every school house there that we are in the Unit- ed States and we admire them for letting visitors know what country they are touring. "Why do we get lengthy pregrams from Europe and the British Isles and never hearif the Elora Rocks, Algonquin Park, Luther Marsh, the Rockies, the prairies, and the won- ders of Canada? Have we no tape recorders in Canada, or do we listen to & nclio 'at the wrong time of day?" he asks, '- There is some consolation in the fact that each of us knows who're there is natural scenery in our area that is unsurpassed in any country. We can see it at will, but the difficul- ty is that we don't do everything to encourage our visitors to enjoy it. How are visitors—citizens of the United States particularly—to learn of Canada's advantages miless each area makes an effort to tell about its advantages? . What Other Papers Say: rressoo.44.00.ussmomarizoir.oftsmormessooV•emoor.ormorr.o.morme The Public (Wingham Advance -Times) There is a growing attitude, par- ticularly on public boards of all kinds, that newspapers and their re- presentatives fall into the same -class as public enemies. If they can be pushed out of the way, so much the better. If not, they are dealt with as. summarily as possible. Many offi- cials seem to think that a newspaper is at best only out to make a fortune in money and at the worst to dig for dirt of all kinds which will do noth- ing but create discord and trouble. • The attitude arises in many cases from the fact that these same officials are spending public money in unpre- cedented amounts, and they are bas- ically afraid that any comment on • their decisions will lead to criticism. It would serve no purpose to pro- test that most newspapers and their owners have a sense of public re- sponsibility, and that they feel duty bound to justify their existence as a medium of information. Few news- paper owners of our acquaintance like trouble -making reports of any kind. And when it comes to making money, we don't know of any weal- thy publishers at all. How Closely Do Cows Watch Clock? (From the Milwaukee Journal) The chap who writes cow editorials • for the Minneapolis Tribune got top- pled right off his milk stool the other day—or probably it wah his office chair. One of the ten commandMents of his boyhood on a dairy farm was in jeopardy. Research in New Zealand, he read, indicated that dairy cows didn't have to be milked at precise 12 -hour in- tervals. Cows milked at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. produced as much milk and as • rich milk as those milked at 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. What heresy to an old-timer who martyred himself in bygone years rolling out at 4:30 a.m. on cold win- ter mornings to milk cows on the "12 and 12" schedule! ' The editorial writer, who apparently couldn't quite believe what he read„ called the Uni- versity of Minnesota and found that the experts there wouldn't go quite as far as the New Zealanders. •The university men did say that cows milked on a "10 and 14" or even an "8 and 16" schedule would do almost as well as those on the "12 and 12." We called the experts at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. They just • chuckled at it as old stuff. All very true, they said, except for very heavy producing cows which simply can't hold any more milk than they generate in 12 hours. And, added the U.W. e'xperts, the really good Wisconsin dairy herds almost always include some cow • with those ambitious traits—which may not be true in Minnesota or New Zealand, 1, • Some city folks when they hear about this, are going to say: "See, the farmer's argument about day - tight saving forcing him to get up the middle of the night to milk cows is - poppy -cock." Softie city • hearts may cease to bleed, when they lights burning brightly in 'a dairy at, 1;tr SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Start Addition At School Work was started this week on the $129,000 five -room addition at S.H.D.H.S. by contractors McKay; Cocker Construction Co.,,„ London. The addition, which includes wash- rooms, as well as classrooms, is being constructed on the west end of the building. When the addition is completed, the school will be able to accommodate upwards to 700 students.—Exeter Times -Advo- cate. ' Whazzis? A Stratford man, fishing at Goderich, startled himself and his companions by cathing five bass with Otte When he reeled in his line, there were five finny beauties on the end. Apparently they bad been caught earlier by someone else, who had forgotten where he left his string. The string became fowled in the Stratford man's hook. From there on it, it was a case -of finders, keepers.— Goderich Signal -Star. Appoints Sanitary Inspector For the first time since the Hur- on County Health Unit was or- ganized, a resident sanitary en- gineer has- been appointed for the south end of the county. He is Jim Pinder, a native of Goderich, who is living at 88 Sanders St., Exeter. Dr. R. M. Aldis, head of the unit, . said the appointment was ,made necessary by the increasing amount of inspection required in the south end. Mr. Pinder, a gra- duate of Goderich high school, successfully completed a course in sanitation at the Ontario Depart- ment of Health, Toronto, last, year. —Exeter Times -Advocate. -- Thieves Get $750 From Car Police are investigating the theft of a $550 watch and over $200 in cash from a parked car at Gode- rich harbor on Sunday around noon. The watch and the money were contained in a purse and ,two% wallets taken from a car owned by Gordon Ford, Toronto lawyer, Po- lice Chief F. M. Hall said that some of the money belonged to other passengers, whose identity police did not Iearn. The thief did not touch expensive cameras and other equipment in the car. 'There were no clues as to how be gain-, ed entry to the vehicle.—Goderich Signal -Star. New Telephone Building Property in Gedeiich bas been purchased by the Bell Telephone Company of Canada for the pur- pose of establishing a dial ex- change building, W. W. Haysom, the company's manager here, an- nounced. Dial telephone service is expected to be introduced here in the fall of 1958. The new building •will be located on Blake St., with a frontage on Gibbons St. The site comprises two adjoining lots, one purchased from George E. John- ston, the other from Kenneth Hut- chins. Construction is expected to get under way late next year, with completion scheduled for spring 1958.—Goderich Signal -Star. Enrolment Over 500 Due to increased number of pupils expected to attend the Clin- ton Public School this fall, the school board was forced this week to refuse accommodation to the 25 pupils of SS. 4, Hullett Township, this fall. According to H. C. Law- son, secretary -of the board, there are 40 pupils registered for the kin- dergarten room at the school, and bers of pupils in the other class - theins, based on growthof' other years, it is espected that over 500 pupils will be coming to the Clin- ton school in September. There are 14' classrooms, including the - kindergarten, which will mean- 35 pupils in each room from Grade 1 to Grade 8.—Clinton News -Record. Pool Fund Launched A beak account has been open- ed • under the name of "Clinton Community Swimming Pool Fund." The Kinsmen Club of Clinton and the Huron- Fish and _Game Club, Clinton, have already pledged $1,000 each to the fund. The Clin- ton Fire Brigade, at their monthly meeting Monday night, gave $500 to the, fool pfnjeet. Since the pool is being built just east Of the preii- ent childien'S WIlding pool in Clin- ton COMMUnity Park, plans are being made by the ,plumbing sub- committee to have the water in this pool go through the filtration plant in -the larger pool. Other- wise the wading pool is _being left intact. The pool will be 35 feet wide by 120 feet long. — Clinton News -Record. • Child Hit By Auto • • On Saturday afternoon while Mrs. Elroy Desjardine, of Zurich, was strolling' along Dundas St., London, near the Odeon Theatre, with her two children, all of a sud- den Sandra, who is five, saw her aunt across the street on the side- walk and in her enthusiasm took her hand away from her mother's and started across the street, first looking for traffic from one way, but unfortunately did not look the other way, with the result she was knocked down by a passing auto, although going only about 20 miles per hour. But it was still too fast to be knocked down without being injured. Sandra was rushed to Victoria Hospital, where she is still on observation, but it is to. be hoped she will soon recover suf- ficiently to return to her home and be none the worse for her unfor- tunate mishap—Zurich Herald. BLAKE Mrs. Kipfer and daughter are visiting with her brother, Rudy and Mrs. Oesch for a few days. Mrs. James Burdge and daugh- ter, Mary Ellen, of Cobourg, are holidaying with icer parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hey. Mrs. Young, of Hamilton, spent the weekend with her parents, re- turning to her home, taking her daughter, Sherry home, after holi- daying here this summer. Master Terry went as far as his cousins at Lambeth for a holiday there. Mrs. Sam Hey visited her daugh- ter and son-in-law at, Lambeth for a few days during the week. Mrs. Amos Gingerich and daugh- ter, Miss Betty, were hostesses at a kitchen shower in honor of Miss Margaret Becker, of Dashwood, on Friday evening. Mrs. E, Erb read the address and Miss Becker op- ened the many and useful gifts presented her by her many friends who showed their appreciation for the many acts of kindness toward teaching the children who now attend SS. No. 9, Hay and Stan- ley, along educational learning. Miss Becker made a very fitting reply and thanked all present for their useful gifts. Lunch was serv- ed and everyone left for their homes, wishing the bride-to-be a with the regular increase in num- happy wedded life. 4E04 • • mr YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor August 28, 1931 A number of the villagers and farmers east and west of Con- stance have contracted for hydro. Mr. Frank Riley, Constanc,c, has purchased the house and lot of Mr. George Lawes, and Mr. Lawes has bought .the..property of the late Joseph Riley. Col. R. S. Hays, Miss Mary Hays, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Cluff and Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Duncan returned to Seaforth on Tuesday evening from a two months' trip to the Old Country and the Continent. Mr, Burton Muir is in Oshawa this week attending the Ontario Provincial Convention of the Can- adian Legion as a delegate from the Seaforth Legion. ' Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Bonthron, Hensel', are having a neat porch built by Mr. Charles Wolff, who is this week busily engaged in the cement and brickwork parts. Messrs. Spencer and son, Hen- sall, having purchased the lot from the estate.of Richard Welsh, on the west side of the railway track, on Main St., are going ,to erect a neat dwelling on the site where a large barn had been just taken down. $ From The Huron Expositor Adgirat 24, 1906 While threshing on the .farm of Mr. James Davidson, Leadbury, one day last week, the straw stack collapsed when it was nearly. com- pleted. William McKay' and Jas. Davidson, who were on the stack, were uninjured. Seaforth Collegiate Cadet Corps is represented at the Ontario Rifle Association matches in To- ronto this week by the following team: Keith Pear, R. Hartry, James Dickson, Scott Hays and Archibald Scott. Mr. John Beattie, of the firm Beattie Eros,, lias sold his brick block on Mani .Street, consisting of. the store occupied by himself and .that occupied by Kennedy 11telkwith the residences on the #edoild-gtOrey. Mr. ;otos Dia -10:r.: the;otitotoot, the .1$4,,,./0040* bitOtaiti•:. • 11 '6,400010a. in ilieitilWict( as formerly. The last of the bricks for the cement paverhent are now being laid down and the street will likely be open for Sunday. When com- pleted, Seaforth will have the neat- est and most handsomest business street of any, town of its size in the province. Miss Grace Gemmell and Miss Maggie Campbell and her brother, George, of Brucefield, left on.Fri- day for the WeSt. $ $ • From The Huron Expositor August 26, 1881 Last Saturday evening as Mr. Robert McElroy, son of Mr. James McElroy, of McKillop, Was driving home from Seaforth, his horse be- coming frightened at a cow lying on the side of the road, shied into the ditch, throwing Mr. McElroy out of his buggy and breaking his leg. On getting off the train at the Seaforth railway station, what,in- stantly arrests the attention of 'the newcomer is the number of der- ricks to be seen in the immediate vicinity.. These, he soon learns if he does not already know, indi- cate the location of the far-famed salt works, which • form such a large and prominent feature of the industrial interests of Seaforth. within a radius of about a mile, •there are four salt wells, varying in depth frOm 1,000 to 1,400 feet. Mr. C. Cartwright, dentist, has opened a dental office in the Cady Block, Seaforth. Mr. J. W. Carroll has become proprietor of the hotel property on Main St., Seaforth, which, he has occupied for some time. The price paid was •$4,400. Mr. H. Gibbons has given up the Winthrop Hotel, leasing it to Mr. Cokley, who Was a brother residing In tfullett. Three Young men, John Common, James Simpson and Mallard Malony, bond on the farm of Mr. Thomas Simpson, Meltiliqp, 256 shocks of oats in the spa I, of a. Rullett, little leS0- than 301",hotira, Ur, Allan, Hobson, of finit Shavit,n in his garden which lierY hire 4 f *41410:i. *IS 24 1 grown • " DUBLIN my. and Mrs. Be* Blondie and fantily,„.chatham, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jim D4aney and rela- tives. Mrs. Loretta Molyneaux visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Molyneaux at Thorold. Mr. and Mrs. Harry. Dingman, Jack and Paul, visited with Mrs. David McConnell. Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Reynolds, Detroit, attended the funeral of Miss Theresa Lynch. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Feeney, of Kitchener, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Feeney. Rev. John Stapleton, C.S.B., To- ronto, and Mrs. Rita Stapleton, of -visitedImith Mr Mrs. Wm. Stapleton. Mrs. Leo Bolger, Patricia and Rory, of Wyndotte, Mich., and Mrs. Bill Byrne, Trenton, Mich., with Miss Monica Byrne, Mr, and Mrs. John Robertson, Dundas, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Looby. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Holland, To- ronto, with Mr. and Mrs. George Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dill, Lan- sing, Mich., and Mr. and Mr. Howard Burgess, of Flint, Midi., visited with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dill. Miss Madelyn Dillon, Stratford, is vacationing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Louis Dillon. Mrs. David McConnell spent a few days at Midland. Mrs, M. Schulman visited in Windsor and Detroit. Miss Mary Atkinson, of Toronto, and Mrs. Cyril Brown, Kinkora, visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Coyne and Mrs. Emma Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grosech and children, and Miss Patricia Cos- tello, of London, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Costello. . • 1 Medical Officer (examing re- cruits): "Have you any scars on you?" Recruit: "No, sir, but I can give you a cigarette." , • •• • ';••• ',„ ,11•1!".. ,•%/ • ••.:; ;4/t/,,A,7/ . <4' 1955 PONTIAC SEDAN 1953 CHEV. SEDAN • 1952 CHEV. SEDAN 1950 FORD SEDAN 1949 CHEV. COACH 1952 -MEV. 34 -TON. PICKUP '1953 FORD 1/2 -TON PICKUP Aso"these Money -Saving Mechanics' Specials Your Choice — Anyone at $200.00 19484VIERCURY SEDAN 1946 FORD SEDAN 1948 PONTIAC COACH 1948 PONTIAC SEDAN Seaforth Motors Chev. - Olds. Chev. Trucks • OPEN EVENINGS PHONE 541 LAMP CLEARANC,„4. LAMPS! LAMPS! Justt ,,in at BOX'S . . . the biggest.: and best selection of Lamps for every purpose . . . TABLE LAMPS • FLOOR LAMPS READING LAMPS Lamps in the modern manner . • at money -saving prices you would hardly think possible. Come in to- -day — lookaround . . . and choose a Icinip from this outstanding selec- tion while lines are still .complete. BOX FURNITURE ,HOUSE FURNISHINGS FLOOR COVERINGS FLOOR SANDING WESTINGHOUSE APPLIANCES Phone 43 Seaforth • Stop and wait when School Buses are taking on or discharging pas- sengers. ott. • Keep alert -1°r children walking to school in the town -or on country roads. ....Be Alert! YOUR CHILDREN ARE Goma Back School School Time is safe driving time.., The child you save may be your own! Drive Carefully! Drive Slowly !, • Watch ,for Children! Space contributed in the service of this eemmunitr Give righof-watyto children by John Labatt Limited. ,drostwoc.4,:„ site thoy arriVe safniyl,•L .1'• A 4 01 4