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The Huron Expositor, 1956-12-07, Page 10tr rfirrrr,N 1 Since 1860 Serving the Community First rtibriBtled Rt Seaforth, Ontario, every Thursday morning by ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 ,a Year. United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year. SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa McLean Bros., Publishers Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 7, 1956 The Number Who Vote is the Final Test The attendance at last week's ratepayers' meeting indicated that there is a broad interest in municipal hatters in Seaforth. And why shouldn't there be such an interest? There is nothing that occurs in town that affects every citizen in the same manner or to as great an extent, as does the activity of the municipal council. It was encouraging, too, to know that there are qualified ratepayers prepared to offer their services to the town, Of eleven nominated for Council, eight have indicated their willingness to assume office. Voting takes place on Wednesday of next week. While a representative attendance at a nomination meeting indicates interest in town affairs, the final test as to whether or not a community is appreciative of the democratic sys- tem, under which it is our privilege to operate, is whether when given the opportunity, the people of the community turn out to vote. At the coming election the people of Seaforth not only have the re- sponsibility of electing six Council- lors, but at the same time are called upon to express their opinion con- cerning an enlarged sewer system. Before them for approval is a by- law to provide for an extension to the existing sewer system to serve Goderich Street West to Ann Street, with a branch line along West Street to James Street, to serve Scott Mem- orial Hospital. Regardless of what one's attitude to the sewer system may be, in vot- ing next week most electors will agree that ultimately there must be an enlarged sewer system through- out the town. The matter to be de- cided now is simply whether the pro- posed by-law provides the best means of initiating such an enlarged pro- gram, and whether it will provide sewer service to the area in town most greatly in need of it. There canbe no doubt as to the latter question. Goderich St. West is heavily populated and, in addition, there is the disposal difficulty which Scott Memorial Hospital has experi- enced for some time. When an en- larged program is undertaken, the area proposed to be served is certain- ly that which is most in need. TWO YEAR TERM (Clinton News -Record) Clinton is one o the few main- ing municip.. les in t -a to have an election is fall. For some reason thisbusiness of electing seems to go in cycles. Perhaps this is an argu- ment for two year terms for all mun- icipal office holders. Unfortunately—both for the voters and for the elected men—it is not a complete election. That is, only for reeve and two public utilities men are required. All others received an 9acclamation. ....... .. ...«- I ,✓}rw- .—r;rr,jr-lr�rw,rl, rj, r1, ;!. r;:l, ���.�,-i;��-'T:'t,T.rY•"�:,..�' 7,1 SEEN IN THE 'COUNTY PAPERS Car Accident On Sunday evening last when Mr. Ted IClopp and several pas- sengers were returning home from London, a cattle beast happened to wander on the road on High- way No. 4, two miles north of Exe- ter and with blinding lights, was hit. No .one was injured. The car was damaged to the extent of about $1,000, , and the animal was killed, valued at $200. Constable J. Porde, Exeter, investigated.— Zurich nvestigated—Zurich Herald. Politics, Again? Hugh Hill, of Goderich, bought a race horse at a consignment sale at Toronto last week called "Politician," He refused to say what brand of politics the horse belonged to . His only information was that it was a five-year-old and was a son of "Diplomat."- It's time is 2:01 2/5 and it has sired a dozen horses that have a time of 2:05 or less. So, keep an eye on the two politicians next season.— Goderich Signal -Star. . Kuiette�Club Makes Donation The Kinette Club, with a mem- bership of only 18, raised the sum of $200 last year to assist the hos- pital. On Thursday evening Mrs. Jack Lloyd, on behalf of the club, handed over a, $200 cheque to th superintendent, Mrs. I. Morrey Accompanying Mrs. Lloyd wer several other members of the club The money will go towards the cos of furnishing a room at the hospi tal.—Wingham Advance -Times, Injured in Explosion L. B. (Lucky) Graham was ad mitted to Alexandria Hospital of ter an explosion which occurre whin he lit a match to see the in terior of an unused hot water tank He suffered burns to his eyelashes eyebrows and hair, but expects to be home in a day or so. The ac cident occurred Sunday as he was inspecting his empty house on Huron Road, He planned to drain the tank to prevent freezing. It is believed marsh gases had form- ed and these exploded.—Goderich Signal -Star. To Be Queen's Scout Clinton will soon have her first Queen's Scout in many years. Scout Alvin Parker, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Parker, Mill Street, has passed his Pathfinder Badge, and this will be presented to him at Scout meeting next Wednesday night. This is the last badge Alvin needed to qualify for a Queen's Scout, and he will become one next spring when Governor Gen- eral Vincent Massey officiates at a mass presentation of Queen's Scout badges.—Clinton News -Re- cord. of lice square feet per bird. 'The experiment was started about two weeks ago. So far production of the hens has not dropped.—Exe- ter Times -Advocate. Give $100 For Hungarians Clinton Lions Club has given $100 towardsthe aid of Hungarian refugees, in answer to an appeal of Lions Clubs of Austria. This motion was made Sunday after- noon at a special meeting of 23 members of the club at the arena. Vice -President Clarence L. Sturm, Wisconsin, along with two district governors from Austria, form a special committee of Lions Inter- national to collect monies from Lions Clubs all over the world to help with relief, clothing, food and medical supplies for Hungarian refugees.—Clinton News -Record. • Male Choir To Disband Huronia Male Chorus, this dis- trict's most outstanding musical organization during the past nine years, called a temporary halt to its activities at a meeting Tues- day night. The chorus decided riot to organize this year or to spon- sor its annual music festival. How- ever, it hopes that some organize: tion will assume responsibility for the festival, which has grown con- siderably since it was started three e ! years ago. Officials gave reasons for the chorus' demise as lack of !interest and members. A few men have left the choir )and few new members have joined. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Trace Elements d'Needed In Soil Continuing research on the muck soils of Ontario, indicates the portance of the use of trace ele- - 1 meets. C. C. Filman, Department of Horticulture, Ontario Agricultur- al College, has reported to the On- tario Fertilizer Board. Dealing with trace elements for organic soil crops, Mr. Filman states that where boron deficiency is known to exist, a soil applica- tion of borax at 15 to 20 pounds per acre will usually correct tile' deficiency for most crops. It is suggested that if it is at all pos- sible borax should be applied about two,`weeks before sowing or trans- planting. It is also pointed out that borax may be used as a foliar spray at the rate of two to three pounds in 100 gallons of water per acre, the spray being applied when the plants are about four inches high. If needed, a second applica- tion may be made about 10 to, 14 days later. COPPER—Where copper is not used as a fungicide (as in Bor- deaux mixtures or fixed copper compounds), the application of 40 to 50 pounds per acre of copper sulphate will correct ordinary cop- per deficiencies. On newly broken normal muck soils annual applica- tions of 40 to 50 pounds per acre should be made for about six years. Recent research work in Eastern Ontario and Southwestern Quebec indicates that certain vir- gin areas contain sufficient avail- able copper for normalplant growth. However, the application of copper may be required in later years. MANGANESE—Manganese defie- Have New Poultry Pen S.H.D.H.S. Agriculture Depart- ment is experimenting with a new type of puoltry pen which more than doubles housing rapac- ity, The pen, which features a slant floor, was designed by teach- er Andrew Dixon, and was built by grade nine students. It is be- Iieved to be the first of its kind in Ontario. Because the floor elim- inates the problems of wet litter and roosts, the school is able to house 75 birds in a 10x15' pen. The ratio is one bird to two square feet, compared to the normal ratio How does she do it? She's always so fresh and neat looking... IT'S OUR EXPERT DRY Ckanin Send your family wash to us this week, and every 1 week, for our expert laun- dry service. Get you share of comp1- ments too ! Let us keep your wardrobe smart and neat looking. Our scien- tific process takes out all the dirt. Makes clothes last longer too! I.Y CLEANERS AND NDETERIA LIMITED EXETER,, O1 1. ERIC MILNER Phone 393 odd Froin The Huron Expositor December 11, 1931 Mr, W. H. Willis, a former well- known resident and businessman of Seaforth, was elected Mayor of Wingham at the municipal elec- tions held in that town on Mon- day. On Friday night Iast. fire of un- known origin destroyed the barn on the Babylon Line, the property of Mr. George McClinchey, of Hal- lett. The first jack rabbit hunt of the season was held last Thursday. A number of the fleet -footed jacks Were bagged. Mr. Joseph Carpenter, of the College of Education, Toronto, vis- ited at his home in St. Columban. The many friends of Dr. F. H. Larkin. Seaforth, will be glad to learn that he has completely re- covered from his recent serious illness and operation, and he and Mrs. Larkin have taken up resi- dence in Toronto. Miss Jessie Bethune, who spent the summer at Vernon, B.C., re- turned to her home here last week. Mrs. Beam, of Idaho. is a gpest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Scott. Mrs. Beam is a sister of Mrs. Scott, and the two sisters had not seen each other for, 30 years. :t l: From The Huron Expositor December 7, 1906 What might have been a serious accident happened to two of our Sproatsville ladies, Mrs: James Sproat and Mrs, Smith, of Tuck- ersmith. While returning from Seaforth. the horse they were driv- ing got scared of the railway track and commenced to run. Both lad- ies grabbed the lines and hung on until John McMann's residence, Where the horse was pulled up on the Iawn. Mr. Allan McMann came to their rescue. Mr. William McDougall has been appointed caretaker of the curling and skating rink. Mr. James G. McMichael ship- ped a very fine load of hogs to Montreal this week, for which he paid six cents per pound. Mr. Orval Soole, son of Mr.tChas. Soole, who has held a pdsition in F. L. Willis's store, has gone to Manitoba. Mr. William Govenlock has dis- posed of Thflside, the handsome residedeeProperty of the late 1'iz• YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. Coleman. The price paid was $5,- 000. The purchaser is Mr. Hugh McCamrhond, recently from Scot- land. Mr. Thomas Beattie, McKillop, has abandoned his intention of starting a livery stable in Walton, and has purchased a half interest in the livery business of Mr. Car- bert in Seaforth. Mr. Richard Robinson, McKillop, has the barn he purchased from Mr. Isaac McGavin, moved onto his own place and all nicely fitted up on a stone wall with cement floors in the stable and all mod- ern conveniences. J. and P. Rob- inson did the stonework; J. Stew- art. the cement floors, and Henry Holmes, Londesboro, the carpen- ter work. From The Huron Expositor December 9, 1881 Mr. Miles McMillan has sold his farm on the 3rd concession of Tuckersmith, to Mr. James Ches- ney, Jr.. also of Tuckersmith. The Batallion Band was out on Saturday evening last and played a number of selections from the balcony of The Queen's Hotel, in Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. George Habkirk, of McKillop, have returned from their visit to the United States. A great deal of sickness—diph- theria—has visited this part of the country. On Thursday of last week Mr. Edward Hinchley threshed on the farm of Mr. John McMillan, Hul- lett 'Township, 700 bushels 'of oats inside of three hours. This work was done by a Climax separator, driven by a Leonard engine. The salt wells of Seaforth are shut down for want of wood. They all have sufficent salt on hand to supply orders. Mr. W. 5. Robertson shipped a carload of dressed beef to Winni- peg and Mr. D. D. Wilson sent two carloads of apples to the same place. An accident of a very serious nature happened to a young man named oseph Thomson, 6th con- cession of Grey. He and another man were cutting wood in the bush and when in the act of fell- ing a tree a limb fell, striking Mr. Thomson on the head, knocking him senseleas. On examination it WAS found that the sktt>il had been fractured. J!, ;i. Hockey Hcpn's (By W. T. 'Teat) Last week we 'it eported Jird Thompson was in hospital but ex., petted him, out for the game . in Waterloo. 'During the . Waterloo game be received a collarbone fracture, which has sidelined lura, but we now hope he will be out again next week. Piggon, whose nose was broken in Sarnia, is out practising again and will play this Thursdaagainst Guelph here. The Mae in Guelp on Tuesday was postponed, as Guelph Junior "A" were playing in Guelph. This game will be played at a later date.' We have agreed to give up all Wingham players, and this has left us very short of players. Whether we will be allowed ,any players to replace the Wingham boys, we are not sure yet. You will see by our financial statement that we have no money to spend to bring in new players for tryouts, as our sale of booster tickets has ceased and our ex- penses are running higher than our game receipts. One bright spot this week was the purchase of $100.00 in booster tickets by Ed. Daly, who won the draw on November 22. We still have five draws to make, and as you will see only $328.39 in the treasury. We must find some way of making money, but to date have been un- able to think of something, Please pass on any suggestions you might have. We would like to enlarge on the sale of turkey draw tickets, now that we have three cases of pop as extra prizes, and to this and more tickets will be placed in downtown stores that anyone not attending the game may be given a chance to help our team expens- es. Next week Ralph McFadden's Burlington team will be here on Thursday night. Why not plan on getting out to this game and real- ly be a booster. You could help your team and also your arena by making an effort to attend this and future games. Ticket sales to date Vena's release Donations Gate receipts Turkey draw $ 2,295.00 75.00 42.75 337.05 167.50 $ 2,917.30 Expenses to date last week $2,035,59 Travelling (players) 62.00 Lunches (3 games) 75.00 Equipment, Juniors a 63.60 Equipment. Juveniles 47.72 Coaching 30.00 Tillsonburg Hockey Club.,75.00 Draw prize, Nov. 22 100.00 Draw Prize. Nov. 29 100.00 $ 2,588.91 Balance on hand $ 328,39 . HENSALL Mrs. Chester Lee, of Parkhill, is visiting with her daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Beer. and also recuperating from a fall she suffered on the icy pavement in Parkhill, when she suffered a fractured right 'wrist. iency is fairly common on organic soils. It may be corrected by: (1) Manganese sulphate applications, 50 to 100 pounds per acre; Spraying the foliage with 2 to 24 pounds of manganese sulphate in 100 gallons of water per acre. As above, a second and third spray application may be necessary. Re- cent investigations on acid mucks indicate that manganese should be applied cautiously as injury may occur. MAGNESIUM—On organic soils, symptoms of magnesium defici- ency are common with such crops as celery, spinach and carrots. The usual symptom, most evident on the older, lower leaves, is a yel- lowing of the foliage. while the veins remain dark green. For control use magnesium sul- phate, 3-5 pounds in 100 gallons of water, and spray when the plants are about one-third grown, or soon- er if there is foliage yellowing. Weekly applications should be made thereafter until one week before harvest. When practicable, these special foliar sprays may be included in the regular crop sprays for pest control. Shortage of freight cars at the end of the Second World War em- phasized just how much Canada depends on rail transport, • They Say We're Too Young In Canada in 1955 teen-agers made up one-quarter of the total number of brides. r1,.�g�K r'i +o rr r. FARM TOP`I CS SUBJECTS OF INTEIR.EST TO 4RI1LEiRS Fertility and Hatchability In the Domestic Fowl Low fertility and hatchability re- sults in a considerable loss to poul- try breeders and hatcherymen since inctibated eggs that are in- fertile and those that fail to hatch have no salvage value. There are many factors affecting fertility and hatchability and many'of them are under control of the poultry breed- er. A. P. Piloski, poultryman at the Canada Department of Agricul- ture Indian Head Experimental Farm, Saskatchewan, states that the age of chickens seems to have some effect,on hatchability. There is a slight decrease in hatchability in the :second year and a more pronounced difference in succeed- ing years. Males do not seern to be affected to the same extent by age and males exhibiting good vig- or may be used for several years. Frozen combs will make a male inactive for several weeks so that dubbing is a good practice where - ever there is danger of the comb freezing. Dubbing, however, should be done early in the fall when the weather is still mild. Rations that hens- receive prior to and during the breeding season have a great •effect on hatchability, A hatching ration should be fed at least a month prior to the time that eggs are to be collected for hatching. It is not desirable to change rations during the breed- ing season as this may result in lower production at a time when all eggs are required for hatch- mHatching eggs should be set as soon after laying as possible, as the time 'that these eggs can be held is relatively short depending on the temperature at which they are stored. The optimum range of temperatures is between 45 de- grees and 60 degrees F. At these temperatures eggs can be held a week without hatchability being affected significantly. Up to two weeks the decrease in hatchability is small, but beyond this time, hatchability decreases very rapid- ly while the hatching time increas- es. This factor, is ' important in hatcheries where a rigid schedule is maintained. In order to maintain a high lev- el of fertility it is usual to mate one male to fifteen females. Under a system of pen -mating where sev- Bi eral nialee are used in one pea. this ratio should be maintained. Too many males in one pen ,may actually result in decreased tility because of excessive fight- ing. Once a pen has been made• up ft is undesirable, to introduce a strange male into the pen because• the fighting which will follow us- ually results in fewer fertile eggs. Males should be placed in the breeding pens at least one week. before eggs are to be saved to assure a high levet of fertility. Under some conditions such as in- dividual, breeding, cross -breeding, or where time is an element, it will be found that artificial insem- ination is of great value. By this method eggs may be saved the second day following .insemina tion. Under normal conditions high levels of fertility can be main- tained by natural matings: and fol- lowing good management prac- tices. SELECTING THE HERD BOAR The careful selection of the herd boar offers one of the simplest and one of the most effective ways of improving the efficiency and grades. of our market hogs, state G. E. Raithby and R. P. Forshaw, of the Department of Animal Husbandry, Ontario Agricultur§l College. In a lifetime, a boar sires many pigs. The extra cost of a good boar fig- ured on a per pig basis is more than repaid in time and feed saved and extra carcass returns. The herd sire chosen should be well backed with Advanced Regis- try. A report from the Ontario Depar`-nent of Agriculture illus- trate:. .he value of using carefully selected boars of known ancestry* along with a good program of feed- ing and management: The four boars cited sired pigs• which graded' as follows: Boar 1: 87 'per cent 'A' grade carcasses on.. 220 hogs marketed' from 11 sows. These sows were in turn sired: by a boar whose sire and dam were both qualified in Advanced Regis- try. Boar 2r 83 per cent 'A' grade carcasses on 156 hogs marketed. Boar 3: 92 per cent 'A' grade• carcasses from 125 hogs marketed. This boar was used in a herd which had been bred from purebred sires for over 20 years. Boar 4: 70 per' cent 'A' grade carcasses from 528 hogs marketed.. NOW ;... CHOICE, SELECTIONS CHRISTMAS CARD SPECIAL Choose your Christmas Greeting Cards from our distinctive selection, and let us imprint your name at no extra d $��9 charge. AS LOW AS 7 for 25 THE HURON EXPOSITOR Phone 41 : Seaforth on Debentures and Guaranteed Trust Certificates .. . for .3, 4, and 5 years 33/4% for one and two years .; lYftilrIRC�A,C7B, COltrr�AFA`i'idfJ',1' • ..' •. N, ONTO. �EAl� OF�CE — LONDON, on, exl,�oll; '�lr'atson & Reid, Seafor i�,r District Representatives: . �`. �. ,. Bo�ltXlx°' 38t it ,i ,r; 4 {