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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-01-18, Page 3r oRANCIaw (By JAMBS S XEL1) It's funny bow two or three things will come up and get you thinking about soneething so much that` you can't get it out of your noun"d: At CJ ristmes, for example, a hind friend sent up one of the biggest and juiciest t oranges I have weir seen, to Katie. She didn't even give me a taste, but my mouth was watering as I saw her digging into that succulent 'beauty. It was a Florida orange, of course; we don't get big whoppers like that from any of the other Southern States. Then there have been the post- card's—you know the kind I mean. The ones, your rich and fortunate friend's send you from the south showing a beach loaded with beau- tiful girls in skimpy bathing suits, lying in the sun, soaking up the warmth and getting terrific tans. I have no doubt that the senders had the best intentions in the world ,but all those postcards do for me is make me wish I could sample a bit of that sun—to say nothing of the rest of the scenery—myself. And on top of all this, there's the weather we have been getting right here recently. I don't have to tell you about that—but as I write this we are having what is • described as the coldest day of -the year, and I have just come in from outside and I know they are .right Is it any wonder that my mind keeps wandering to Florida? Down to sunny Florida, the land .'of the big juicy oranges and the sun -kissed beautiful girls. It's hard to believe, isn't it, that. :less than forty years ago hardly Name Your Used -Car Price! Seaforth, Motors Phone 541 : Seaforth I L anybody,; these partshad eyes heard of Florida. Harry Symons; afriend of mine i:q.'rpronto, .was telbee ahoet hew,, heand a friend of his went down there in these days end, there was practically no, tourist trade et all. - He tells the story in a book with exactly the same titleas this article—Orange Belt Special. And it is not much more than twenty-five years ago that every- body was buying orange groves down in Florida that neither they nor anybody else had ever seen. Many a maif right here in Huron Codnty bought a lot or an orchard of orange trees that turned out to be fifty feet out in .the Atlantic Ocean. Those were the days when everybody thought he was going to make a fortune down in Flor- ida. I can remember one day when a portly and prosperous -looking man :arse calling on my mother. He Said he was an old friend of my father's and because he had thought so much of my father he was going to give my mother a .lance to become a really wealthy voman. He was -going to give her '.he privilege of buying one of the :finest orange groves in the State f Florida. He painted a wonderful picture. rhe trees were there, every one if them laden with wonderful, juicy oranges. All we would have to do would be just sit in the mag- nificent Florida sunshine and let old Mother Nature do the rest un- til the trees were bowed down with the oranges, and then we'd pick them and send them up to the poor unfortunate people in the North, who hadn't been given a chance' to own a Florida orange grove, and who would pay us fabu- lous prices for oranges which had cost up hardly a cent to produce. \It was pretty tempting. That fellow was just about as fast a talker' as I have ever beard, but he made one terrible mistake. He called on us in the summer- time. In fact, he, called onus on just about the hottest day we had had all year. '' We were so hot we could hardly move. The last thing in the world we wanted was to think about living in a place where it was hot all year round. So we were saved. ' But I hate to think what might have happened if that fellow had called oe us oh a day like today! Hensall Sale Prices Prices at Hensall community sale on Thursday were: Weanling rigs, $12.60 to $17.85; chunks, $19.60 to $23; feeders, $24 to $30; sows, $75 to $87; cows, $134 to $152; Holstein calves, $12 to $17; Durham calves, $17 to $29. A total of 236 pigs and 60 head of cattle and calves were sold. HIBBERT COUNIL was organized for the beginning of a new year of work as it assembled for its January meeting. Seated, from the left: Councillors Calvin Christie and Earl Dick; Reeve Edgar Butson; Councillors Auguste Ducharme and Charles Roney. Standing: Gerald Carey, assessor; Roy Burchill, clerk -treasurer; Ed; Chappel, road superintendent, Legion Auxiliary The regular meeting of the Lad- ies' Auxiliary to the Seaforth Can- adian Legion was held in the Leg- ion rooms on Wednesday with 20 members present. The president, Mrs. Olive Little, presided. The meeting opened with "0 Canada" and the carrying on of the flags by standardbearers Mrs. 0. Adams' and Mrs. A. Watson. The mystery prize was won by Mrs. Cleave Coombs, and second prize,by Mrs. Jack Taylor. After a short business period, the following officers for 1957 were installed by the- past president, Mrs. Jack Taylor: past president, Mrs. Jack Taylor; president, Mrs. Olive Little; first vice-president, Mrs. Clayton Dennis; second vice- president, Mrs. Gordon Scott; sec- retary, Mrs. James 'McGregor; treasurer, Mrs. Alex Muir; social convener, Mrs- Cleave Coombs ; executive committee, Mrs, Eliza- beth Edgar, Mrs. Jack Eisler, Miss Thelma Forbes, Mrs. Jack Nich- olson; sergeant.at-arms, Mrs. Dor- is Adams. The meeting closed with the singing of "The Queen" and the retiring of the colors. A few games of card bingo was enjoyed by all. A delicious lunch was served by the committee. DISTRICT • OBITUARIES THOMAS TELFER WALTON—On Saturday, January 5, Thomas Telfer, of Edmonton, f.Ita., passed away in his 75th year. Born near Walton, Ont., he was the son of the late William and Mrs. Telfer. Besides his loving wife; Edna, he is survived by one daughter, Lois, Mrs. Dave Christie, of Ed- monton, and one son, William, of Calgary, and two sisters, Mrs. Ag- nes Davidson and Mrs. Kate Far- quharson, both of Calgary, and four grandchildren. Mr. Telfer was predeceased by one son, Thomas Wilfred, in active service in 1943. Funeral service was held in the Chapel of Chimes on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 1:30 p.m., and 'burial was in Westlawn Memorial Park. WILLIAM VODDEN LONDESBORO—William R. Vod- den, 61, who died in Clinton Hos- pital Friday afternoon, was born in Hullett Township and farmed there until retiring in 1950, and go- ing to Clinton. He was a member of Wesley - Willis United Church, and of the Masonic Lodge. Surviving besides his wife, the former Lily S. Brunsdon, are his father, Albert C. Vodden, Clinton; eee aesitermiZef liegee,Waiesseeehe Buick Century 2 -Door Riviera What's it Got that Everyone's After? We figured folks would go for the '57 Buick—and big. But we sure didn't figure this—the most rousing reception we've ever seen in all our years of selling new Buicks. We're getting more enthusiastic talk—along with the signed orders —than ever before. And, neigh- bor, if you want to know why— listen: This '57 Buick has that sleek low - sweep styling that today's moderns want—and it's here in extra -long measure, in the lowest Buick yet. It has the room they want—for Buick's new wide -frame chassis permits a sports -car silhouette with more interior roominess than even last year's spacious Buicks. It has newness everywhere, . and .newness that's wanted .. . A smart new panoramic wind- \, shield of vaster dimensions and greater visibility. The sweet, solid surety of a new "nested" ride. A brilliant new handling and cor- nering and levelized braking that come of an ingenious new ball - joint suspension. It even has the modern answer for today's driving —a new Safety -Minder* that watches your miles -per -hour for you. But even more important, this rakish sweep of automobile has a new kind of instant response—and that's the biggest reason for the soaring popularity of the newest Buick yet. For here is performance—smooth as spun silk— unleashed by a totally new V8 engine 364 cubic inches big, and with the highest com- pression, torque and horsepower in Buick annals. And here, to deliver that might, is the power -pitch action of an advanced new Variable Pitch Dynaflow.* A Dynaflow of such instantaneous obedience, such smooth and versatile control in `-`Drive"--the need for "Low" is virtually ended. In all truth, you've never bossed a car so keenly alive, so smooth in motion, so solid in feel. It's ahead of its time, ahead of the industry —even ahead of your great expectations. Come check up on all this for yourself. Come drive this shoulder - high sweetheart with the strong he -and -she appeal. Come be our guest—today. *New Advanced Variable Pitch Dynaflow is the only DynaJlow Buick builds today. /t is standard on Roadmaster, Super and Centery —optional at modest extra cost on the Specie I. Saty-Minder, standard on Roadmaster only. - A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE Newest WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM GILBERT MOTO: • and one sister, Mrs. Duncan Camp- bell, of 891 Waterloo St., London. The body was at the Ball aid Mutch Funeral Home, Clinton, where services under the auspices of Londesboro Masonic Lodge No. 568, were conducted Monday at 2 p.m., .by Rev. Hugh C. Wilson. In- terment was made in Clinton cem- etery. PETER CAMERON LAID TO REST KIPPEN—The death of Peter Thomson Cameron, age 72, occur- red in Saskatoon City Hospital, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 1956, after a month's illness. He was born at Kippen, Ont., on October 25, 1884, and moved West, first to Moose Jaw, then to Kindersley, in 1910, where he homesteaded in the Clov- er Hill district. In 1916 he was married to Carrie Mellis, of Kip - pen, Ont., who predeceased him on May 16, 1956. After farming for a number of years, he served in the capacity of elevator agent before renewing farming in the Lynnhurst district. The family then moved to Kin- dersley, where they resided until the time of Mrs. Cameron's pass- ing. News of his death came as a shock to the whole Kindersley dis- trict, where people felt keenly the =loss of a man who did much to make life brighter for many and for others eased the burden in their hour of grief. Pete, as he was affectionately known, was a man of true Christian spirit. His love of family and home was'out- standing; his friendship to a host of people was priceless. The hos- pitality and kindness shown in the Cameron home, whose doors, since the early pioneering days, were al- ways open to friends and neigh- bors, will always be remembered and treasured. Those left to mourn are a daugh- ter, Jean. and son-in-law, Arthur Tooth, of Winnipeg; two sisters, Mrs. Henry (Hattie), Hensall. Ont., and Mrs. Aikenhead .(Annie), Brucefield, Ont.; a brother. Hugh, of Clinton, Ont.. and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Bessie Cameron, of Calgary, Alta. A sister. Mrs. George For- rest (Kate), of Alberni. B.C., and two brothers. Alexander, Kippen, and Jack, of Kindersley, prede- ceased him. The funeral service was held on Monday, Dec. 31, in St. Paul's Church, Kindersley, Rev. L. Sealy officiating, and Mrs. Rutley pre- sided at the organ. Pallbearers were fellow members of Session: R. S. Bourne, Bill Standen, W. Sad- ler, Nelson Lewis. Bill *ebster, Art Johnston and C. W. Baker. Interment was made in Kinders- ley cemetery, with the Kindersley Funeral Horne in charge.—(From The Clarion, Kindersley. Sask.). ST THOMAS' LADIES' GUILD Ti annual meeting of the Lad- ies' Guild was held on Tuesday in the parish hall. The president, Mrs. J. R. Spittal, was in charge and the meeting opened with the Lord's Prayer. Following the roll call. the minutes and treasurer's report were read and adopted, After the annual reports were given, Rev. J. H. James took the chair for the election of officers. Before proceeding with nomina- tions, Mr. James congratulated the officers and thanked the lad- ies for their good work and dona- tions given toward the support of the church Mrs. G. McGavin, chairman of the nominating committee, pre- sented the slate of officers as fol- lows: honorary presidents, Mrs. J. H. James and Miss D. Parke; president, Mrs. R. J. Spittal; first vice-president, Mrs. Bruce Mc- Lean; second vice-president, Mrs. C. Roweliffe; secretary, Mrs. Mor - ash; treasurer, Mrs, Ada Reid; rectory committee, Mrs. William Oldfield, Mrs. George McGavin, Mrs. Chambers; nominating com- mittee, Mrs. G. McGavin, Mrs. A. Bethune, Miss Carolyn Holmes. During the business discussion the date for the annual bazaar was set for the third Wednesday in November. After the collection was received and dedicated, the meeting adjourned with the bene- diction. There are more lakes in the Canadian north than in all the rest of the world put together, Permafrost reaches a depth of 1300 feet at Resolute Bay on Corn- wallis Island. Hensall Bantams Hensall Bantams scored their third win of the season Friday night as they defeated Centralia Flyers 8-4 in a Huron Bantam League game. Bryan Christian, Brian Bonthron, Don Johnson and Steve Kyle all had two goals apiece for the winners in the fast well -played game. Hensall—Goal, Dennis Mock; de- fence, Bruce Horton, David Noakes, Bob Mickle, Jack Chipchase, Bill Jaques, Howard Rennie; forwards, Bill Shaddick, Brian Bonthron, Bry- an Christian, Steve Kyle, Jerry Broderick, Jerry Reid, Don. John- son, Bill McKinnon, Alvin Camp- bell and Harry Moir. The team is coached by Robert Reaburn, William Mickle and Har- old Knight, and sponsored by Hen- sall Kinsmen Club. The officials would appreciate better fan attendance at the games to give encouragement to the play- ing teams. Centralia showed a marked improvement in their playing. SEAFORTH SEWING CIRCLE The sixth meeting of the Sea - forth Sewing Circle was held on Saturday at Mrs. W. L. Whyte's, with 11 members present. The, meeting opened with "0 Canada," which was followed by the 4-H Pledge. The roll call was answer- ed by showing a sample of py- jama material and telling the kind of seams which could be used. Mrs. Whyte gave notes on shell hemming and all made a sample. Roll call for next meeting is to be answered by showing all the samples made. The home assign- ment was: 1. Work on pyjamas and record books; 2. Make a sam- ple of shell hemming for record book. A delicious lunch was served by Marilyn Taylor, Marilyn Riley and Mary Whyte. The next meeting is to be held on January 26 at the home of Carol Carter, at 2 o'clock. �;catt bora ! qs• an the p►ter�ests ,a the rM and >�tts.. a rg'a�e ud Farr ovej, l ie gartr Atte li it the fun r ' of a.i,elatTv;' r l�ix>t . ageident, twa i►.4&, au#J! : € Hensall, 'on XVo:. 4 Iligb�w y �pe* Owed On Wednes4aY, J'8n. 9 Jp1m Ge,ra.ld Moffatt, of Kippen tree*. ling north, lost oontrol o,n the s]ip- pery highway, and entered the east ditch, strddug. • .a. telepigme,i,vole and breaking it, off:,Damages Were estimated '.at $525 by 0.P.P John Forde, of Exeter, who investi- gated; Patient in Exeter Hospital •Mrs..John Hazelwood, an elder ly over of the village, who is over 80, was taken by Bonthron's ambulance to South Huron -lIospi-` tal, Exeter. A neighbor who fail, ed to. get an answer when she went to the home, called Dr. J,. C. Goddard, who intending to break the lock of the back door, ran his arm through the glass. Mrs. Hazel- wood was found lying semi-con- seious on the floor of her bed- room. Mrs. Hazelwood lives alone as her husband is a patient at the Queensway Nursing Home here. Mrs. Harold Knight was hostess at her home Tuesday evening for the meeting of the Kinettes. The chair was taken by the vice-p'esi- dent, 'Mrs. John Heal, and a len- gthy discussion was held concern- ing the raising of money. The group made plans to enter- tain the men in February, Mrs. Don Joynt to head the committee to look after arrangements. Mrs. Heal bid farewell to their treas- urer, Mrs, Angus McLean, who, with her husband and daughter, Kathy, take up residence in Paris this month. Mrs. George Sawyer was appointed treasurer to take her place. Mrs. Frank Pearce was admitted into membership and presented with her pin by the president, Mrs. Knight. Mem- bers gave Mrs. Frank Ellwood their favorite recipes to be pub- lished in forthcoming --bulletins. A motion was carried that each new Kinette baby will receive a baby spoon. Mrs. Ross Jinks won the raffle prize. The January meeting of the Wo- men's Missionary Society of , Chis- elhurst United Church was held Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. C. D. Daniel took the chair for the meet- ing and read a New Year's mes- sage from the president, Mrs. Earl Kinsman, who was unable to be Rl taltd' tee.':� stinted tifig t ?nest ala Ir ti nt? the a, ppt luck drone sopi'4 4417 �d?r e�x• a bii01 ztaeetzn 4s�soei tion, ;, AO 7 e t,4 &Steel InTrovemcp r this year,' . • �. Nr�r, UP HIritlnigitllt flffif s Y1 tfhirei�Iy� 1 DiStrjct (lrtlmIla111111J101110WHOWO��, +Vk, IIENSALL Th,e ., ma nage Mrs. Lillian E. Hyde, `of , and Alvan E. Pym, of eteT solemnized at James Street e ed Church parsonage,# Rev. HI -. Snell officiated,• The attendants ' were 1VIr Mrs. Clarence Doyen, of Heus Following a wedding trip to. troit and Toledo, they returned Exeter where they will reside, tl'tra�N is. rf 4 Eureka, the meteorological' radio station 600 miles from North Pole has a recorded, 1 temperature of 67 degrees recorded recorded low of 63 degrees 1 VETERAN'S CA Under New Management RAY CHAMBERS, Prop. Passengers Insured PHONE 362 SEAFORTH is 01, 5 REVITALIZED CLEANING is Better Than Ever at Buchanan Cleaner MOUNT FOREST More Spots and Stains Remand' Garments stay clean longer. Will wear longer. Phone 669 r 2 - Seaforthe. ANDY CALDER ent MON_ and THURS. MORNINGS NOTICE! Township of Tuckersmith To facilitate snow removal operations, the public is requested not to park cars or vehicles on road- sides during the Winter months. And notice is hereby given that the Township will not be responsible for any damage caused to such vehicles as a result of snow plowing opera- tions. E. P. 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