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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-10-18, Page 2N H is .lry 6 nij' TRC Since 1860 Serving the Community First tr' SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning McLean Bros., Publishers 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 by • Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 18, 1957 is anadians Welcome Their ,Monday was truly an historic day in Canada. It was fitting that on the first occasion in which Canadians generally could, ' through the med- ium of television, share in the open- ing of Parliament, the opening was conducted by Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada. It was a colorful event. Canadians everywhere could share in the pomp and ceremony and tradition which is part of the opening of a new parlia- ment. They could be proud of their Queen, proud of her dignity, her poise, and of the sense of responsi- bility and knowledge with which she approaches her task. That she has an 'awareness of her great position was emphasized as she spoke to the nation Sunday evening. "There are periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point," she said, "and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event Worthwhile Classes Announcement was made this week that night classes would once more be organized at the Seaforth District High School. This is not the first occasion that night classes have been held here. There are many who will recall the benefits that flowed from a series of classes held here some two or three years ago. It is hoped that the class- es proposed now will meet with equal success, and that there will be a suf- ficiently large enrolment to permit the courses as proposed to be pro- ceeded with. Queen which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our ex- istence." The solid and durable foundations are part of the tradition that sur- rounds the monarchy as we know it. Justice, individual freedoms, public morality are among those founda- tions of which the Queen spoke. It was a fitting Thanksgiving Day —an occasion when Canadianscould share with each other not only the benefits of a year passed; of a day in which the weather was perfect; but also the benefits which befall each as a result of our system of life as exemplified by the presence of the Queen in Canada among her people. A Deserved Reward Regardless of their political stripe, Canadians generally will share in the pride that followed the award of the 1957 Nobel Peace to Hon. Lester B. Pearson. It was typical of Mr. Pearson, typi- cal of the humility with which through the years he has carried on his search for peace, that he credited the .,award as a tribute to Canada's efforts on behalf of peace, rather than to himself personally. It is true Canada gave him the opportun- ity, until recently, to apply his great talents to that end. But it was his personal qualities that did most in bringing the award to Canada. It must be a matter of great national pride that Mr. Pearson, and through him, Canada, has been recognized as the foremost contributor to the world's struggle for peace. 1 PAL !IIIli11!1!Iq •.i16�..e17 H T SC SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL . EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT For 16 Nights, from 8 to 10 p.m., except. Dec. 26th and Jan. 2nd Commencing November 7th The Seaforth District High School Board will offer the following proposed courses: 1. SEWING—Elementary Course: Selection of material, pattern alteration, shortcut, making simple clothing. 2. COOKING—Advanced course. 3. WOODWORKING—Basic hand tools and how to use them. 4. TYPEWRITING—A beginner's course; drills, rhythmic exercises, touch system. 5. MOTOR MECHANICS—Fundamental studiesof the internal combustion engine, ignition, transmission, differential, brakes, maintenance and minor repairs. 8. PUBLIC SPEAKING—Conduct of meetings, duties of chairman and officers, Par- liamentary procedure, practice in speaking. 7. OIL PAINTING—An elementary course. 8. HOME NURSING AND FIRST AID—Care of sick, use of antiseptics and bandages. 9. BASIC ENGLISH and CITIZENSHIP—For New Canadians. FEES—$5.00 per person, payable on the opening night of the course, at which time everyone will assemble in the Auditorium to meet class instructors. NOTE: Registration must be made on a registration form. The courses given will depend upon the number who register. In case of over -registration in any course, applications will be accepted in order of registration. So, fill out this form now and send it to L. P. PiitdSTEEL, Principal, Seaforth District High School. NIGHT SCI4601. REGISTRATION FORM I am interested in registering in Night Classes with as first choice or as second choice. ,SAME Aitikr,SS.............. ..........................n Tell plYi0';> 0Chaige end Runnier SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS. Entered in C. U. Contest Miss Marion Dales, employed at RCAF Station, Clinton, is the en- try of Clinton Community Credit Union Limited in the current con- test for Miss Credit Union. Her picture appeared in the October issue of the Ontario Credit Union News. Photos of entrants from all over Ontario aye being judged, and winners will be crowned on Credit Union Day,' October 17. — Clinton News -Record. to • give • earnest consideratiioi to this -request, and' to provide the room as a social gathering place, with heat and light supplied. The men no doubt are anxiously await- ing- word from the Library Board concerning their request. Weather so far has been good, and nearly every day there are ten or fifteen men gathered in the park enjoy- ing a chat' and a game of cards:— Clinton News -Record. Near 12,500 Mark At Museum Total attendance at Huron Coun- ty Pioneer Museum for this year is nearing the 12,500 mark. With a good break from the weather, Curator J. H. Neil thinks there is an excellent chance of hitting the 13,000 mark before the end of 1957. Mrs. W. Butson, of Mitchell, was the 12,000th visitor of the year, the registry reveals. The new two- storey addition to the museum has been completed now. — Goderich Signal -Star. Hand Injured in Combine Mr. Frank Marshall Ls a patient in Clinton Hospital where he was taken on Saturday afternoon fol- lowing an unfortunate accident at his farm. During the afternoon he and his son, Robert, were combin- ing red clover, and Mr. Marshall was returning a handful of seed to the combine when the straw shredder struck his right sand, mangling it badly. He was taken. to Clinton Hospital for -treatment and several stitches were required to close cuts and abrasions. His friends sincerely hope that no permanent injury results from the accident.—Blyth Standard. Nurses To Have New Residence Contract of construction of the nurses' residence for South Huron Hospital has been let to C. A. Mc- Dowell, Centralia, it was announc- ed by Ulric Snell, chairman of the building committee, this week. The residence will cost aproximately $60,000, including furnishings, Mr. Snell said. Construction is expect- ed to start next week with the tar- get date for completion set for March, 1958. The 14 -bed residence which has been, approved by the Ontario Hospital Commission, will be erected on the property for- merly owned by Dr. E. S. Steiner. The Steiner residence will be torn down.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Supports Oldsters Wish For Room Clinton's senior citizens are get- ting a boost from the members of the Town Council, when they un- animously supported a request by a number of 'men for permission to use one room in the basement of the Public Library for playing cards and meeting during rainy and stormy weather. Councillors have requested the Library Board lege Student Minister Receives Award Douglas Fry, son of Mrs. Nor- man Fry, Wingham, who is com- pleting his studies for the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, and who is the student minister at Chesterville, in Eastern Ontario, was recently selected as one of the 27 Ontario men to receive awards from the Estral Fund of the East- ern Star. The fund has been set up to provide awards for religious leadership. The award was made at the meeting of the grand chap- ter in the Royal York Hotel, To- ronto, last month. Doug was pre- sented with a cheque for $300. Mrs. Morris°Swanson, worthy ma- tron of the Wingham chapter, and Mrs. Andy Lunn, associate matron, were present at the meeting.— Wingham Advance -Times. Tradition Asphyxiated Tradition withstood another on- slaught in the council chambers here Friday night. There was great merriment among members of council when Councillor Joe Al- laire called time on Mayor John Graham for puffing away at a see -gar while council was in, full- scale session. Councillor Allaire, who knows from bitter experience that members are not supposed to smoke in regular session, charged that favoritism was being shown. "We'll all run for mayor!" jested someone else as the town's chief magistrate took another contented puff, not realizing that his lighted cigar was the cause of the mirth. Said Councilor Allaire, who led an earlier unsuccessful attempt to have smoking allowed during reg- ular council sessions, "We hate to see smoke from the chair if we are not allowed to light up, too." Mayor Graham calmly replied that he_ had no objection to mem- bers smoking as long as no one else was being imposed upon. He said he still held the view that no one should smoke during the of- ficial business sessions; just in committee. When he suddenly re- alized that council had reverted from a committee discussion to regular session, he put his cigar aside apologetically. — Goderich Signal -Star. "Prisoner, have you anything to say before I pass sentence?" "Well, nothing, except that it takes very little to satisfy me." YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor October 21, 1932 The large water tank to the rear of the Town Hall has been getting spruced up in earnest during the past few days. It is being painted by Mr. Sylvester Allen, the Public Utility Commission's versatile worker, and now boasts of a bril- liant orange color. When all is finished and the second coat has come to rest, the orange will have given away to a quieter aluminum color. The tank, which was built in 1922, has not been painted for a number of years. It was an enthusiastic crowd of young Liberals that met in the Town Hall, Seaforth, Monday eve- ning. The meeting had been call- ed by J. W. Beattie, Seaforth, chairman of the South Huron. Lib- eral Association, for the purpose of forming a Young Liberal Asso- ciation for Seaforth and district. R. R. McKay was elected presi- dent. Mr. Robert Archibald, of Tuck- ersmith, son of Reeve William Archibald, was successful in win- ning first place in the recent live- stock (beef cattle) judging compe- tition at the Western Fair. His picture appeared in the current issue of The Farmers' Advocate. The -fine bank barn of Charles Tyner, of Hullett Township, one mile south of Summerhill, was completely destroyed by fire with the entire season's crop of hay and grain, early Monday morning. Mr. Tyner was putting down feed for the stock from the hay mow, when the lantern which he carried, ex- ploded, ,setting fire to the contents of the mow. With the assistance of neighbors, who quickly came to his assistance, all stock and im- plements were successfully re- moved from the building. The loss, estimated at some thousands, is partially covered by insurance. The 70th anniversary of Turn- er's United Church, Tuckersmith, was observed on Sunday, when at 2:30 p.m. a service was conducted by Rev. George Watts, of North Street United Church, Goderich, and at 7 p.m. by Rev. A. A. Holmes, of Clinton. A feature of the anniversary occasion was the presence at the afternoon service of four who were present atithe opening services 70' years ago. They were Francis Whiteley, Clin- tolt; Mrs. James Snell, Hullett Township; Thomas Bennett, Wing - ham, and Mr: Robinson, Lucldiow. $ $ From The Huron Expositor October 18, 1907 Mr. F. Kettle has rented his farm on the 2nd concession of Hul- lett, opposite the one on which he resides, ' to Mr. Prank Flannery, for a term of five years, for about $300 a yeatti It Is a first Blass farm of 100 acres v(dtl>,; good build, pigs.att A c 4,� a a u, } t,?fit£:,;: t! 1. IY i�. TO THE .EDITOR; Toronto, Oet, 7, 1957. (in Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: I notice a pair of items in your "Farm Topics" and "Huron County Federation News", and between them they have 'sparked' this little letter. Num- ber 1 deals with rodent depreda- tion in the grain bin, while the other quoted the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture as saying: "When weeds spread from road- sides to fields they cause crop damage and loss of money to the farmer"; also, "Webster defines a weed as 'a plant out of place' and many roadsides in Ontario pro- -vides unfortunate examples of na- ture gone wild." At any rate, the above stories made me hungry for further par- ticulars and more light on' both weeds and rodents. For example, my trusty clipping -book intimates that one of the philosophers (Sage of Con prd) asked the question: "What is a weed?" and answered forthrightly: "A plant whose vir- tues we have not yet discovered." As to the rodent depredations, in 1946 an FAO (Food and Agricul- ture Organization) committee on 'Destruction of Food in Storage' found that: "The annual loss in stored foodstuffs caused by in- sects, rodents and fungi is enor- mous. This loss in cereals, pulses and oil -seeds alone has been esti- mated by experts to be 10 per cent of production for the entire world, or about 65,500,000 metric tons— approximately the amount which enters world trade annually. I would like to measure the above lost food tonnage, for the average speedy reader, by re- minding him that the 1,200,000,000 bushels of the major bread grain (wheat) which entered the world market in 1956, would be less than half of the above 65,500,000 metric tons! But, when the above picture has been pondered, the question I would like the experts to answer would run something like this: "Supposing 'there were no weeds, and no damage by insects, rodents or fungi, what would happen to prices in the day-by-day markets, throughout the world?" Mil Road, won the prize of the Seaforth Agricultural Society, he being the director who procured the largest membership list. Mr. John Kale, who has been a resident of Seaforth for many years, left Monday for Detroit, where he has secured lucrative employment, and where he pur- poses making his future home. Mr. Dave McCall, who has dos- ed a three year's ,apprenticeship' in the furniture, upholstering and undertaking establishment of Mr. R. Leatherdale & Son, of Brussels, purposes going to Calgary to lo- cate. Mr. McCall is an honest, upright and steady going young man, who will be sure to succeed. Mr. and Mrs. John Watt, Wal- ton, have moved into the new resi- dence erected by them during the past summer. Robert Charters & Sons recent- ly sold and shipped from Seaforth on Monday a very pretty 17 - months -old Shorthorn bull from their herd, for which they receiv- ed a good price. ,The purchaser of this fine animal was Mr. Berth - wick, of Thedford. Mr. W. M. Govenlock, son of Mr. Robert Govenlock, of Seaforth, who has been a member of the staff of the London Collegiate In- stitute for several years, has ten- dered his resignation and will ac- cept a position in the head office of the Northern Life Insurance Company of London. ii! $ From The Huron Expositor October 20, 1882 FARMER'S BOY CROSS Thankful ! (13y JAMFS'$COTT) The week before Thanksgiving is travelled over a thousand miles through this wonderful Province of Ontario I was up around the new uranium mines and down through the country around the nation's capital where they were getting ready to welcome the Queen of Canada. Then. I came along the shores of Lake Ontario, following almost the same road- way our ancestors travelled by wagon and stage coach as they journeyed from Montreal towards their homesteads in Canada West. It was a perfect autumn week. The hardwoods were at their most glorious color and time and time again I thought of what a miracu- lous sight it must have been to the eyes of Jacques Cartier who arrived in Canada for the first time in the fall of the year. No wonder he was dazzled by the beauty of it all and no wonder he returned to tell the King of France that he had discovered a new won- derland which would be well worth settling. Today this Canada is as great a miracle as it ever was and as I travelled homewards towards the Thanksgiving turkey I found it in my heart to be thankful that I live in a country where nature is so beautiful that it soothes the spirit far far better than the most pow- erful tranquillizing pill ever de- veloped by science. I was grate- ful that I live in a land where cares and sorrow and pain are smoothed away every time a man' takes a minute to go out close to nature and feel the beauty of his F. of A. Attends Protest Meet By J. CARL HEMINGWAY I attended a protestmeeting called by Theodore Parker at Stratford last Thursday. It was the 'protestin'gest' meeting I ever attended; also the most disorder- lyThe burning desire was to ob: tain a vote on the directional pro- gram now in force by order of the Hog Producers Marketing Board, under the authority of the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Act. This vote, can be obtained. if On- tario hog producers present a suf- ficiently large number of signa- tures to a petition to the Farm Products Marketing Board, who then may request a vote of the producers concerned. One of the speakers suggested that the lawyer retained by the Hog Producers received a hand- some fee'. I am quite sure that the fee from the Hog Producers was much less per hour than this same lawyer receives in his pri- vate practice. I am also quite sure that the good living he en- joys is largely due to the fact that he belongs to a compulsory organ- ization. I have often heard farmers com- plain of the high salaries that school teachers enjoy at the mom- ent. This again is largely due to the fact that they belong to a compulsory organization. The sec- retary of the school board is oblig- ed by law to deduct this fee from the November cheque of each teacher employed and forward it direct to the treasurer of the Teachers' Federation. The other point of interest to me was the very loud protests of the truckers who were..present at this meeting of hog producers. What have truckers to lose by this marketing plan. There will be just as many hogs to transport and they will have to be taken just as far. Trucking is usually on a load mile basis, so I see little loss to the trucker. There will be some saving in transportation in the utilization of larger trucks from assembly point to plant. In thsi modern age, I can see no reason why the farmer Mr. Thomas Ward has sold his house and lot on Goderich Street to Mr. William Hammill, of Hul- lett, for the sum of $575. Mr. Ham - mill having sold his farm intends coming to town to live. Mr. Ward has leased another house. Mr. W. Campbell, of Harpurhey, had a narrow escape from being smothered in a well in McKillop one day last week. He was engag- ed digging a well when the ac- cumulation of foul gas nearly ov- ercame him. Fortunately he was removed in time to prevent ser- ious consequences. The Hallett butter factory last week made its third sale for the season at 24 cents. The first sale was 22 cents and the second 21 cents. ?r Mr: Noble Whitely, Tu 'Itrsmith, has rented his farm of 100 acres, being lot 27, concession 3, to Mr. ;IU1ichael Whitmore, his neighbor, for $250 a year. Mr. Whitely in- tends removing to Clinton to re- side. M. Rdbert Black, who has act- ed in, the capacity of head miller in Ogilvie's mill in this town, has removed to Ayr, Where he takes the management of the Nt1hvale Mills- in that village. 1 Mr and Mrs. Sohn Aiiehesbtt, of Itokbofo, ' tVe nekt Ttiesdh r on a fits ttl" 3 aa0 ter nisi€ lie ': 414461; , ft,S,> I Cly r.( 1 s, should be obliged to use a large number of small trucks if large ones can haul cheaper. After all, the contractor supplies his men with bulldozers, not shovels. WINTER SHELTER= FOR BEEF CATTLE Winter shelter for beef cattle should ensure protection from cold winds and from falling snow; and provide a dry bed on which the animals can lie. Such elemen- tary comforts can be provided by a variety of structures, which should be assessed from the stand- point of adequacy of accommoda- tion, ease of handling stock, cost of construction and durability. For many years the Canada De- partment of Agriculture Experi- mental Farm, Brandon, Man., has obtained satisfactory results by using an open front shed, with single -boarded frame walls and a straw -covered pole roof, for win- tering the beef breeding herd. In the winter of 1956-57, 34 cows win- tered in this shed showed little weight change during the winter- ing period from November to April. Onthe average they lost 11 pounds per bead in this period. The corresponding., average,loss for 21 'head wintered in a stan- chion barn was 19 pounds per head. In both groups the oldest and the youngest cows showed the greatest losses in weight .hese figures shoal that the accommo- dation provided by an open front shed is quite satisfactory. • He: "11 I had a million bucks do you 'know where I'd be right now?" She: "You'd be on our honey- moon." home country, �l I was grateful too to think that. I had a home to return to. I. thought of the four students who, sit in the front row of one of my classes at the University. Their' eyes are bright and questioning,,. and you can almost see them con-' centrating to follow what I say because English is a new language' to them. They are Hungarians, who fled from Communist tyranny" to friendly Canada. But as I see them sitting there in their tight- fitting clothes (obviously gifts from somebody who wasn't quite their size) it suddenly wrenches at mY heart that for them„ as yet, there is no home to go to and I realize that I am a lucky man because there is a place I can call home. And as I think about it, it comes to me that I would not have this home of mine if my own ancestors had not done what these Hungar- ian students are doing now. Like the Hungarians, our forefathers left their native heath to find new opportunity and' freedom in a new land. They were far from fam- iliar scenes, from loved ones and dear relations, and yet they were the people who first started the tradition of Thanksgiving. What were they thankful for? They praised GO because he had given them the chance to work for themselves, to build a home for the generations to come, to develop a great country and to seek a bet- ter world. Those chances—all of them—still exist for every Canadian. That's, why my Hungarian students came to this land. If they can do it, so can we. And so my thoughts went as 1 travelled through this great coun- try, with the countryside blazing its message of cheer and faith and hope from every hill and hollow. Thankful? 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