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The Huron Expositor, 1957-02-15, Page 22. 4,e SEEN IN THE CO NT Since 1860 erving the Community First 'listed at Seaf*th; Ontario, very Thursday morning by McLean ANDREW Y. IVIcLEAN, Editor , SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year. United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year. • SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Aittliored as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,- FEBRUARY 15, 1957 Bros., Publishers Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association d.; wry Montgomery Leaves • Announcement this week of the retirement of Gerry Montgomery, as, • uron. County Agricultural Re-' • presentative, recalls the extent to • which Mr. Montgomery has contri- , butted in furthering the welfare of Huron residents during the more :than five years in which he has been _here. While in his position as agricul- turat-representative, Mr. Montgom- ery has been predominantly concern- ed with rural problems, he at the same time lost no opportunity to • identify himself with causes that were basically urban. He realized Huron that in the final analysis what con- cerned one element of the commun- ity must be of equal importance to the other, and that if the community as a whole was to advance, there must be on the part of both rural and urban residents an appreciation of the problems of each other. In his new office as agricultural agent for the Canadian National Railways, Mr. Montgomery will find his duties not unlike those to which he is accustomed. Huron residents will wish him every success in carry- ing out his new and enlarged respon- sibilities. Is There a Demand For Huron Salt? The Dominion Rock Salt Co., Ltd., announced last week that it plans to open a salt mine at Goderich next spring. The company said a long term lease for salt rights on a large acre- age under Goderich harbor has been negotiated with the Federal Govern- ment. An 1,800 -foot shaft will be sunk at a 12 -acre site north of the entrance to Goderich Harbor. The announcement brings to an ,end speculation as to the nature of the operation which salt interests had planned for Goderich. It had been known for some time that activity at the lake shore site had resulted in the discovery of salt deposits of a nature suitable for mining. Any doubt that existed regarding the ex- tent to. which the deposit might be used has now been eliminsted. The introduction of a new process for the recovery of salt in a county, where for so many years salt form- ed the basis of its manufacturing economy, is bound to raise conjec- ture as to the extent to which the Take Care Of Your Eyes White Cane Week, an annual ioper- d when the blind of Canada'tell their sighted countrymen the story of blindness, takes on a new meaning this year with the slogan: Be wise! Take care of your eyes." How important this message can be to all of us who enjoy the miracle of physical sight will be realized from the remarks of Miss Joyce Hickling, head of the Prevention of Blindness department of the Canadian Nation- al. Institute for the Blind. "Much of the prevention of blindness work done by the C.N.I.B. concerns chil- dren. We visit their homes and see them at school to offer help and ad- vice in the care and protection of sight. Many children with perman- ent visual handicaps would have good sight if they had been given the "proper medical treatment in the ear- ly stages of their development. Con- ditions like crossed eyes, in.flamma-. tion and even injuries are often ig- nored by well meaning people be- cause they do not understand the problem. Many of the more than 1800 Canadians who lost their vision last year could have saved it if they had sought medical attention soon enough. Any injury or malfunction- ing of the eye should be treated as serious, and the sooner the treatment. is obtained, the better," she said. The.,Canadian Council of the Blind, an organization of the blind them- selves, and The Canadian National InStitute for the 131ind are to be com- plimented on their White Cane Week Slogan:. "Be wise! Take care of yoiir eyes." Taking care of our , eyes is &taps one of the wisest things we ;''#.tan; do,. and it will help us guard one our Most used senses and preserve ..for a lifetiMe, etigation of crossed •I�ittbOtarted a soon as the IS diSCOVered," Miss Hick- ffand corrective treat. .PegeObeC1- ..,. • . • .• • .,t 1!,tt mining process may be employed in other parts of the county where salt deposits are known to exist. Sea - forth, for instance, has underlying it proven salt beds. Does the salt min- ing process suggest the possibility that salt might again form the basis of a major industry here, as was the case sixty or seventy years ago. Or, is the mining process such as requires a major installation?, Regardless of whether there arises a general demand for salt deposifs– existing throughout the county, there will be a county -wide benefit result- ing from the Goderich operation. Any activity in a particular community which has the effect of creating em- ployment, of producing new wealth as the result of the conversion of a natural product, cannot but help, to benefit 'the area as a whole. Farmer! Love That Town (The Toronto Star) The farmer has been coming out on the short end of the economic boom but he should not blame the factories or the townees. They are his best friends, if he would only re- alize it. Agriculture in Canada has not ex- panded as rapidly as other industries for two causes that the farmer or the Canadian government cannot con- trol. One is that when the total popu- lace has more money to spend it will buy more refrigerators and fur coats, but not much more food. So, while the national income grows, as a re- sult of rising individual incomes, the proportion spent on food declines. The second reason for the lag in ag- riculture in. Canada is that export markets are tight; foreign countries protect their own farmers from our agricultural imports. Dr. J. J Deutch, for many years a chief figure in the Dominion govern- ment's economic and financial poli- cies, now at the University of British Columbia, said recently in Winnipeg that he could not recall "any period in which agricultural protectionism has been more severe or more wide- spread than it has been Since the -war." The Gordon economic com- mission concluded that "external de- mands for the products of Canadian agriculture are not expected to in- crease materially." Yet all the while, because of mach- inery and improved farming_meth- ods and efficiency, fewer agricultural workers are producing more and more food. So a surplus is created and prices sag. Here is where the growth Of cities happily enters this rather dispiriting agriculturarpicture. The more peo- ple there are in Canada, the more mouths farmers can feed. Dr. Deutch says that the domestic 1 market ab- sorbed about 66 per cent of Canadian farm output before the war, but now it absorbs. about 75 per cent—a high- er output, too. The rapid growth of the population, which is chiefly of cities, is the farm'er's best hope of" good Oinks. 'Whatever encourage- ment he can g,ive to this; grdwth, short of ruu g.,bais tho batter h4t ;•;;";•$"co'po1Vn'' Falls 30 FCeet Leslie Reynolds, of Wingham, fell 30 feet into a snowbank when a ladder he wds using to erect a television antenna slipped from under him on Thursday. Mr. Rey- nolds was admitted to the Wing - ham General Hospital suffering from shock and pussible internal injuries. , His condition, hoWever, is described as satisfactory.-.--- Wingham Advance -Times. Filled Up! Officials of Young Canada Week Committee say they have receiv- ed 75 entries already for, the 1957 pee wee hockey tournament to be held in Goderich April 19-27. This is one more entry than last year, and 10 - more than the committee originally planned to accept this year. Among the entries this time are Montreal, Winnipeg, St. Lambert, Quebec; Hornepayne, Temiskaming and St. John's, New- foundland.—Goderich Signal -Star, Heads Turkey AssOciation At the annual meeting of the Ontario Turkey Association con- vention, which this year was com- bined with the Canadian Turkey Federation. and held at the Royal Connaught Hotel, Hamilton, Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, Mr. Robert Wallace, proprietor of the Wallace Turkey Farms and Hatchery, Blyth, was returned ase president of the On- tario Association, Mr. Wallace was first elected last year. Mrs. Wallace also attended. — Blyth Standard. To Open Hospital Wing The official opening of the re- novated north wing of the Clinton Public Hospital has been set for Hospital Day, Sunday, May 12th. Plans were made at the February meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary at the nurses' residence at which the president. Mrs. Alex }faddy. presided. It is expected that the ceremony will be held at the hos- pital. followed with the usual Flor- ence Nightingale Tea . at the nurses' residence.—Clinton News - Record. Break -In At Church A break-in at the Church of God, believed to have taken -place early on Sunday morning, was reported to Town Constable John Bailey by the pastor. Rev. Harold Stewart, who discovered the misdemeanur when he went to the church to prepare for morning devotions. A small sum of money was taken from mite boxes in the church. Entrance to the church was gain- ed by forcing a back door. Town Constable Bailey is conducting an investigation into the break-in.— Blyth Standard, Open House At Manse The official opening and dedica- tion of the new Wesley -Willis manse will be observed on Wed- nesday evening, Feb. 13, All friends of the Wesley -Willis church are cordially invited- to atten.d the public service in the church at 8 o'clock. This service Will he in charge Of the property comini-tj: tee of the Huron Preabytery of the United Church, witit'a lumber of the Presbytery parficit4ating. An opportunity will be given - to all to inspect the minister's home, Refreshments will be served by the members of 'the Woman's As- seciation in the cluircb.Clinton News -Record. Obtain Salt Rights The production of rock salt from a new $6,000,000 mine at Goderich moved a step nearer fulfilment with the announcement by Dom- inion Rock Salt Company Limited that a long-term lease has been negotiated with the Federal Gov- ernment for the salt rights to a substantial acreage under Code- rich,harbor. The new company, a subsidiary of Dominion Tar and Chemical Company Limited, an- nounced that it is expected the sinking of a 1,800 -foot shaft will be started this spring. There has been no indication from the com- pany yet as to how many workers will be employed ,when rock salt mining gets underway. Estimates have varied from 50 to 250 men, —Goderich Signal -Star. Start Park in Spring Work on the development of the Pinery, the 4,000 -acre tract expro- priated by the Ontario Govern- ment in 1955, will start this spring and one area is expected to be available for limited public use about the middle of summer. This was revealed by W. B. Greenwood, chief of parks division of the De- partment of Lands and Forests, in a letter to the Times -Advocate this week. Asked what plans have been made for the park, Mr, Greenwood wrote: "We have laid out three areas -for immediate de- velopment and we propose work- ing on these areas throughout the coming spring, summer and fall. We hope to have one area made available for public use to a lim- ited extent about the middle of the summer,"—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Publication Halted Fire, which broke out at 4 a.h. on Saturday, Jan. 26; caused ex- tensive damage to an apartment above the plant and offices at the Wingham Advance - Times and forced the paper to cancel its Jan- uary 30th edition. •Mrs. Robert Wenger, mother of the publisher, who occupied the apartment, was awakened by the smell of smoke. She managed to throw two pails of water onto the burning furni- ture before she was forced to leave the living room by the dense smoke. She had time only to phone in the fire alarm and then leave the apartment in her night attire. Prompt action by the Wingham Fire Department con- fined the blaze to one side of the living room, but damage from smoke and water extended through smoke a n d water extended throughout the living quarters,— Wingham Advance -Times. From The Huron Expositor February 19, 1932 Fire destroyed the home of Wm. Venus and family on the Egmond- vine road. south of the C.N.R. tracks. The alarm was turned in at 3 a,m., but firemen, under Chief Allan Reid, were unable to save the structure or any of the con- tents. Dr. W. C. Sproat had the good fortune last Friday to hold the lucky ticket at the Stratford Lions Club Ice Carnival, and as a result won a brand new 1932 Ford Sedan, The ticket was sold by Dr, J. A. Munn. Seaforth. While working on a scaffold in Beattie's Variety Store one day this week, Mr. Robert Porterfield had the misfortune to slip and fall some six feet, striking hishead on a counter and twisting his back. Mrs. Jean McKinley, of Stanley, visited at the home of her brother, Mr. Wilson Campbell, of Seaforth. Mrs. Margaret Murray and Mrs, Fred Rutledge, of Walton, attend- ed the horticultural convention that was held in the King Edward Ho- tel ,Toronto, last Thursday and Fri- day. • While backing out of a parking place on Main Street here on Fri- day afternoon. Provincial Con- stable Whitesides, of Goderich, 'was run into by a horse and buggy. The driver of the steed began to talk loud and long about what a nuisance cars were, with particu- lar reference to the men that drive them. On noticing the uniform of the officer, he became quite docile and listened quietly to the advice Constable Whitesides bad to offer. 1 $ From The Huron Expositor February 15, 1907 , • Mrs. Harty Town had an excit- ing time last Thursday evening, She was sitting at a small table on which was a coal oil lamp. By some means the lamp was upset onto the Boer. The oil caught fire and set fire to the eawet, curtains and some furniture in the room. Mrs. Town was alone in the houte at the time, but managed t'o ex- tinguish the blaze. Over 20 employees for the Wool- len Mills arrivedhere from Berlin on Monday. Mr. P. )3. Stephenst who has been teller in the Dominion, Bank here for the pot 4itite yearsi.lias been transferred t.4) and has been proMeted to the position ofaceenntalit 014100sois e0t1.1411thentollt; oisist WAVfig«,.'ittlh WiTgltt *.Segi( Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago, nurse of Saginaw, Mich. is at pres- ent renewing old acquaintances in the vicinity of Winthrop and Tuck- ers mith. The new clothing factory in Sea - forth, under the new management of Mr. Southgate, started full op- erations Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. We hope for it a long and prosperous career. Mr. David Crawford, who has purchased his father's farm in MeKillop, has returned from Nel- son, B.C., where he has been for some time. He likes British Colum- bia and the West, but he likes old Huron better. Miss Evelyn Darwin, who has been bookkeeper for the R. McKee Buggy Co., of Plattsville, has re- signed her position there for a more lucrative one with the firm of W. 11. Willis Shoe Co, of this town. Mr. T. W. Palmer, of %Mascot restaurant, Hensall, has rented Mr. Rannie's shop, formerly occupied by Miss Carlisle, and intends mov- ing from his present premises in the Bell block. Mr. W. B. McLean, who recently invented and had patented an ad- justable radiating stovepipe thim- ble, is now manufacturing them in Hensall. 1: From The Huron Expositor February 17, 1882 Mr. J. A. Snlith, late in the em- pky of Smith & West, intends to remain and will open out a new stock of dry goods in the store about to be vacated by Smith & West, Mr. Thomas Kidd had one of his bands very severely jammed a few days ago by the upper sash of a window falling down upon it. Mr. Wm. Hargan, of the 10th concession of McKillop, intends er- ecting a new barn, the dimensions thereof being 40x66, Mr. J. Riley, of Hullett, being the contractor. Mr. James Hillen, of the 11th concession, McKillop, with the aS- sistance of Robert McNaughton, cut down the trees, carved, split and piled 100 cedar posts in the space of four hours, Mr. J. C. Klausen met with a serious accident one day last yveek, Having business to do at the tannety at Zurich, he had to drive under a small b4idge, con- necting one part' of the tannery with the other. He had •to bend doWn hi9 head to pass, under and the eollifr of his coat caught the bridge, throwing, him down and ha - kiting him badly aboUt the face and chest. D3. Thrtes is; hat*4,n6At blOkSfilit stop t,1* -ssitk t00,40 (10 lir StratfOrd, Ontn Feb. 6, 1957. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: I hope you give this little letter a run M your • good paper at your earliest convenience. A recent news report says rul- ing seen clear title to marketing boards., To have clear title is one thing, but to. have crown rights handed .a bog board is something different, Ph trouble over the hog deal is that the local board has taen authority to assess a license fee against a product paid by pro- cessors to help produce a hall mil- lion dollar year fund. Some of this fund is used outside of hog Mar- keting. These charges against, all, pro- duct produces a fund so that those who volunteer can have their lia- bilities reduced at the expense of those who refuse it as a burden tax on them. • There is a big difference in fix- ing a marketing service charge for selling a man's hog, but it is wrongful to fix a service charge againit a product because thbre was never any service to warrant such a fixing charge to pool that gravy train. As a selling agency, they are entitled to a marketing service charge per head on hogs sold by them, but stick to hogs. They are not entitled to gravy -train fees on any product, anywhere, or at any- time or for any reason, unless it be voluntary.' This Board doesn't own all the hogs in -Ontario, but you would think they did because it becomes pulsory marketing when they are allowed to demand the payments for other people's property and to deduct gravy -train fees against a product. This is an indirect tax against a total volume of product to cre- ate a fund for a selling agency to do what they like. They are away outside their rights to tell any- body where he has to market his hogs or to demand all payments for product to be mailed into their consignment account. If membership in this hog co- operative is voluntary, then how can it be said that they are en- titled to the payments on a pro- duct that does not belong to them. because no third party is entitled to the money that belongs to an- other man. unless it be voluntary in nature. Yours truly. THEODORE PARKER Were At Toronto • During the past week Messrs. Earl Thiel and Ward Fritz were at Toronto purchasing a large semi -trailer to replace the one wrecked by the C.P.R. train at West Monkton recently, and were successful in purchasing one that really looks in good condition, and while it is 11/2 feet longer than the former one, the racks are a bit lower. But it seems like old times to have the big semi around the place. A few trips to Toronto have been made and it is doing a fine job of it. We wish them a lot of luck with the same.—Zurich Herald. Tryl-rig to outdo his brother's gift of a Cadillac, a Hollywood produc- er paid $10,000 for an amazing bird to send his mother on her birth- day. The bird spoke 11 languages and sang grand opera. On the night of her birthday, he called her. 'What did you think of the bird, mother?" he asked. "Delic,ious!" she said. •e11sMcTS OF 14NITsassr vQ FASaigas - Improving Silage A vital factor in the success or failure of ensiling forage crops 4 the degree of packing employed in relation to the moisture content of the crop, This factor can be con- trolled by stage Of maturity, wilt- ing or partial drying, addition of moisture, leagth of cut, amount of ,packing, sped of ensiling and oth- er methods of operation. W. E. 'Cordukes, agronomist at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, says grasses arid legumes can be ensiled in- d'fferent types of silos at any time from the early bid stage to the full bloom 'stage of growth of the legumes in the sward. For high quality silage, free air must be eliminated from the silage mass in orde to pro- duce a proper type of fermenta- tion. While adequate compaction is paramount, over -compaction of high moisture forages can arso result in a poor quality silage. At the bud stage. 'the standing crop contains a very high percent- age of moisture. To offset high moisture, wilting or a long length of chop and a moderate degree of compaction should be employ- ed. As the crop advances in ma- turity, the moisture co ent de- creases; and so with e dvance in maturity the amoun' of packing require il to eliminate , air in mass increases. At the full bloom growth stage, compaction becomes extremely iniportant and difficult to attain, and if not accoinplished, Will certainly result in a poor qual-t ity silage. By employing a shorter,' ;or length of cut with adVancing cro imyaft;crillityi,acteodinpaction can be gre- atI" Results of silage experiments at Ottawa. clearly illustrate the portance of proper compaction. A grass -legume silage ensiled at 75 per cent moisture, but with little or no compaction, gave a silage of poor quallt and a 432 per cent loss of dr matter. • The same crop - moderately compacted had a loss of 30.9 per cent as compared with a loss of only 17.5 per cent where thorough compaction was employ- ed. With thorough compaction the silage had no heavy silage odors, and was relished by the livestock. "All right back there?" called, the conductor, from the front of the car. "Hold Ion!" came a feminine voice. "Wait till 1 get my clothes on.,, The entire car full turned andl craned their necks expectantly. A girl got on with a basket of laun- dry. YOU'RE NOT A GOOD DRIVER / IF YOU DON'T SIGNAL The driver in the car behind caq't read your mind. When yo te plan to turn, slow down, park, or pull out from the curb, let him know with a signal. It's the law. It's the sign of a thoughtful driver. HOW GOOD ARE YOUR DRIVING HABITS? DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS—ONTARIO If you want to make saving habit see . THE THE BANK Find saving money difficult? Then drop in at any of our branches for expert help:- Money in the bank now offers you even greater benefit than the comfort of added security. Personal savings accounts bring you 234 % interest—the highest interest rate since 1934. Rtmember, too, saving catt become a habit ---so it's never too early to start your children with savings accounts of their Tortatsrro-DOMINION Tog ilAws,.THAT,,Loott= AHEAD, BANK • , - ; : • e 444 rt ;j.RR, A. k:Rti ;• t 4 r'1 '