The Huron Expositor, 1961-05-11, Page 8"" ; ON EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., MAY 11, 1961
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION NEWS
By CARL HEMINGWAY
I just received the report of
the loss ratios for the automobile
policies of Co-op Insurance in On -
tariff for the January - March per -
.!o4 of 1961. For the whole prov-
ince the loss from accidents is
down about 4 per cent. In many
areas we have had a better than
average winter for driving, and
I suppose that this is the main
reason for the improved rate of
accidents, but I would like to think
that perhaps we are beginning to
drive just a little more carefully,
ust a little foresight in the
recognition of danger would help
a great deal. Just a little courtesy
would remove many of the irrita-
tions that lead to accidents. Just
a little realization of the many
minutes we waste would make us
less likely to drive, dike mad to
save five minutes in getting to
the next stop, where we will prob-
ably fritter away the five minutes
that we saved on the road woul'1
free many a hospital bed.
Our car insurance costs us a
considerable amount of money and
we are prone to complain of the
high rates. When you feel like
complaining against these insur-
ance companies for charging sq
much, just remember that it is
you, the driver, who sets the rate
Also there are very few pure ac
cidents.
Some of you, no doubt, wonder
what problems keep the personnel
of your farm organizations busy,
Let me list a few that are current-
ly facing you.
One that requires immediate at-
tention is the matter of licensing
tractors if they travel on the road.
This would not only include the
tractor that is used to draw feeds
and fertilizers from town, but
would also include any tractor go-
ing from one farm to another own-
ed by the one farmer.
I feel quite sure that the amount
paid by farmers in road taxes on
their farms to townships and coun-
ties would quite easily pay for any
damage or wear their tractors
cause to the roads. Why then
should they be forced to contribute
more for the convenience of mo-
torists and truckers? If this move
on the part of Government is to be
stopped, your organization will
need strong support from you.
A second problem is this mat-
ter of Regional Planning. We, as
yet, in Huron, are not seriously
affected 'but the time is approach-
ing when somebody is going to
decide whether your farm will re-
main as agricultural land, or be
covered by factories or houses.
After the decision has been
made by the particular governing
body concerned you will have no
voice in the matter. Perhaps you
like to farm, yet your land has
been designated for housing. When
the need for houses arises your
land will be taken and you will
be removed, forcibly if necessary.
True, you will get a good price,
but you may still not wish to sell.
On the other hand yours may be
farm land and you have no oppor-
tunity to collect the attractive
price that your neighbor receives
for housing.
GROUP 1, NORTHSIDE W.A.
Mrs. C. Walden was hostess for
the May meeting of Group 1, WA
Northside Church, which was at-
tended by 19 members and one
visitor. The president, Mrs, W.
Cuthill, opened the meeting with
a prayer. The treasurer'9 report
showed a balance of $21.76 on
hand.
Groups 1 and 3 will co-operate
to cater to a wedding banquet on
June 24. The WA is invited to
Brucefield to their meeting on
June 6, at 2:30 p.m.
The next meeting will be in the
form of a pot -luck supper, to be
held at Mrs. Don Wood's home on
the motion of Mrs. S. Garnham,
seconded by Mrs. E. M. Williams,
Blue bags are to be brought in at
this meeting. Mrs. E. H. Close
presided for a program rich in
spiritual thought. She read one of
Padre W. A. Young's short ser-
mons, entitled, "What life does to
you depends on what life finds
in you." "Take Time To , Be
Holy" was sung, and Mrs• Williams
read the Scripture. This was fol-
lowed by prayer by Mrs. E, Ad-
ams, Two musical selections,
"Holy, Holy" ,and "How Great the
Wisdom of Thy Love," were very
much' appreciated.
The highlight of the program
was an illustrated talk on the
speaker's personal missionary ex-
perience in Chile. Lunch was
served by Mrs. I. Trelvartha and
Mrs. Byerman. Mrs. Cuthill gave
the courtesy remarks.
Great Barrier Reef along the
Northeastern coast of Australia
has the largest coral formation in
the world.
Growth Boosters
Where the soil is only average
or poorer, commercial or chemical
fertilizers will push growth along
in amazing fashion. And even a
good garden soil, for stimulating
leafy growth, or roots or as a sht-
in-the arm aftoer transplanting, a
little fertilizer will wrk wonders.
These chemicals are also a boon
to gardens in the North country
where the season is short and
things must be grown quickly to
escape the early frost.
These fertilizers, however, like
medicine, must he used with rea-
sonable care. Most of them will
burn if they come in direct con-
tact with plants or roots. In the
very small garden the fertilizer
is best dissolved in water and ap-
plied in liquid form. Or it can
be carefully sprinkled along the
rows close to but not actually -
touching the seed or plants.
Chemical fertilizers, as a rule,
are a mixture of three main chem-
icals, nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash, expressed on the pack-
age in three numbers. like 10-8-4.
This would mean ten parts nitro-
gen, eight of phosphoric acid and
four of potash. For green growth
we want lots of nitrogen and that
is why lawn fertilizer and mix-
tures for salad vegetables have
the highest count of the first num-
ber.
Even in good soil, as previously
mentioned, experienced gardeners
use some chemical fertilizer for
pushing growth, especially for
things like lettuce, cabbage, spin-
ach, carrots and beets. They do
so because they know that the
speedier the growth the more ten-
der and higher the quality. Quick-
ly grown vegetables do not have
fibres, cores or stringiness,
Flowering Tubs and Pots
Nothing will brighten a wall or
add more gaiety to a house front,
verandah or patio or other setting
out place, than a window box, pot
or tub filled with bright flowers.
These are very intensive sorts of
gardens, with little soil and a lot
of bloom expected. Therefore, the
soil must he fine and very rich
and there will have to be drainage i
in the form of coarse gravel or
broken pottery in the bottom of
each box or hanging pot.
The boxes, pots or tubs are us-
ually filled closely with quick and
steady flowering things such as
pansies, petunias, nasturtiums, ger-
aniums, lobelias, alyssum, agera-
tum, and special foliage plants.
Some of the flowers should be of
a semi -trailing type so that they
'Evill overflow and hang down. In
shady locations begonias can be
used. Needless to say, the boxes,
especially if made of wood, must
be strongly built, with the corners
preferably reinforced and they
must be well, supported as they
will be heavy when filled with
moist soil. Any one should bear
in mind that word "moist" because
hanging Pots and hexes being ex-
posed more to air, sun and wind
Will dry out quickly. They require
frequent watering.
Seto) Can't Buy This Quality
A tot of people who have Mr
gotten or never knew what a real-
ly fresh vegetable tastes like neg-
lect this interesting and satisfy-
ing part of gardening. They think
they can buy vegetables more
cheaply at the store or that grow-
ing them means a lot of hard
work and expense, or that they
can't grow .xeally high class vege-
tables. All of these assumptions
are entirely false'and especially
the last one. Actually the only
way to get real freshness in cer-
tain vegetables such as peas, corn
and lettuce, is from a garden right
at the door and they should be
picked only a few minutes before
they are to be used. Sugars in
many vegetables start to turn to
starch in a matter of hours after
harvesting. That is why the best
canners take their portable plants
right into field. You can't buy
c'egetables nearly as fresh as
those grown outside the kitchen
door.
Why Rows?
Even indoors in a seed flat or
pot in which seedlings are started,
it is a good idea to sow the seeds
in distinct rows. The reason? It
is easier to tell seedling flowers
from seedling weeds. If a plant
isn't in the row, it's a weed. And
rows make cultivation very much
easier,
OFA Resolutions
Feature Meeting
Held In Toronto
Reports that farmers may have
to buy licence plates for their
tractors and wagons prompted
quick action at the special mem-
bers meeting of the Ontario Fed-
eration of Agriculture held in To-
ronto May 5. Members passed a
resolution asking that any im-
pending legislation in no way ad-
versely affect the continued use
and movement of farm tractors
and wagons on the highways.
This resolution also takes into
account any legislation which may
limit farmers from using public
thoroughfares to get from one
farm to another with small or
Iarge• equipment. Farmers have to
use the roads also to take pro-
duce to storage centres and mar-
kets.
OFA members, mindful of the
moral responsibility of farmers to
observe safety measures, request-
ed that the Minister of Transport
distribute to farmers rules for safe
operation of farm equipment on
all roads.
Ten reports and 20 additional
resolutions made up the rest of a
busy meeting in the strike -bound
York Hotel. Education was dis-
cussed at length, with members
deciding to publicize opportunities
and facilities available to farm
people to further their education
along vocational training lines,
and to send federation represenea-
tives to educational conferences
coming up in the near future,
These include the Ontario Confer-
ence for Education, and the con-
ference on rural adult education
to be held in Guelph on June 5
and 6. •
Several resolutions from the re-
cent Poultry Producers' Associa-
tion annual meeting were endors-
d by the OFA. Support was given
to obtaining amendments to the
F'arm Products Marketing Act, set-
ting up a national poultry com-
mittee within the Canadian Fed-
eration of Agriculture, and to dis-
tributing information on the egg
marketing plan likely to be put be-
fore producers within the year.
Land assessment problems were
discussed as well as zoning prob-
lems created by planning boards
in Ontario. Members were dis-
turbed by reports that planning
boards frequently recommend zon-
ing areas as farm lands without
regard to productivity or good
land use principles. The difficulty
here is that zoning an area, in
practice, generally freezes the
land to that use only. A resolu-
tion was passed asking that plan-
ning boards and the Department
of Planning and Development be
required to submit their recom-
mendations to the Department of
Agriculture and the OFA before
sanctioning or amending any by-
law restricting or governing rural
land use.
One of the last resolutions to
be dealt with, granted support to
Bill C-77, the Agricultural Rehabil-
itation and Development Act in-
troduced into the House of Com-
mons by Agriculture Minister Al-
vin Hamilton. -
Ontario Hydro was criticized for
the difference in rates between
rural an durban users. Members
requested, as they have for the
past several years, that the rates
be made more equitable to farm-
ers.
FUNERALS
PERCIVAL C. TOWN
Percival Charles Town, of Clin-
ton, died in London Saturday. He
was born in Seaforth, a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Town,
and for 24 years he was a travel-
ler with an Oshawa drug company.
He was a member of Masonic
Lodge Ashlar, No. 28, of Calgary,
Alta. Surviving are his wife, the
former Ross Rae Lavis, of Clinton.
The funeral was held at 2:30
m, Monday p nd y from the Beattie, fun-
eral home, Clinton, with Rev. D.
J. Lane, DD, of St. Andrew's Pres-
byterian Church, officiating. Burial
was in Clinton cemetery.
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NEWS OF KIPP1N
HONOR TUCKERSMITH TWINS,
BRIDE -ELECTS OF SATURDAY
Mary and Anne Charters, brides -
elect of May, were honored at a
shower at the home of Mrs. Wil-
son McCartney and Georgine on
the Mill Road. Games were play-
ed and Mrs. Wilber Keyes read a
very suitable address. Gifts were
presented by Georgine McCartney.
A delicious lunch was served. Mary
and Anne thanked everyone for
the beautiful gifts and the lovely
evening.
On April 20, a surprise miscel-
laneous shower was held to honor
Mary Charters, of Western Tire &
Auto Supply Co„ London, where
she has been employed for the
past three years. Miss Eleanor Kit-
chen was hostess of the evening.
Games were played and Eleanor
Kitchen presented the gifts. As-
sisting the hostess were her moth-
er and sister Lynda, and Eleanor
Bailey. A delicious lunch was serv-
ed and Mary thanked the hostess
and all for the enjoyable evening
and the lovely gifts. The staff al-
so presented Mary with a Ken-
wood blanket.
April 25, a kitchen shower was
held in honor of Anne Charters,
who has been an employee of
Charles R. Will & Co. Ltd., Lon-
don, for the past three years.
Mary MacGregor and Ruth Webb
were hostesses of. the evening.
Games were played and the gifts
opened. A lovely lunch was serv-
ed. Anne thanked the hostesses
and everyone for the enjoyable
evening and beautiful gifts. Anne
also received a coffee table from
the firm.
Sympathy is extended Mrs. Robt.
J. Elgie and family in the sudden
passing of a loving husband and
father, the late Robert J. Elgie.
Mrs. W. L. Mellis visited Mon-
day with her mother, Mrs. Wm.
Gibson, and other relatives in
Wroxeter.
Mr. Hank Binnendyk returned
home after being in Scott Mem-
orial Hospital, Seaforth, for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Doig, of
Grand Rapids, Mich., visited Mrs.
Lydia Doig and Janet during the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Curran and
Deborah, of London, called Satur-
day on Mr. and Mrs. Mellis and
Mr. and Mrs. Long.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Kerr, of
Winthrop, visited Sunday witMr.
and Mrs. Elston Dowson.
Honored On Anniversary
On Friday evening, at S.S. 10,
Tuckersmith, the neighbors and
Ariends of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
ran Loon, newcomers to the com-
munity, celebrated to honor the
couple on the occasion of their
25th wedding anniversary. The
evening was spent in playing pro-
gressive euchre. Winners were:
ladies, high, Oliver McKay; ladies'
low, Mrs, Winston Workman; men:
high, Garry Brow; low, Anthony
Van Loon, Sr.; lucky chair, Rennie
Van Loon.
The family presented the par-
ents with many useful gifts, and
the neighbors a silver cream and
sugar set on a tray, A delicious
lunch was served.
ST. THOMAS' WA MEETING
St. Thomas' WA ladies met on
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Wnt.
O'Shea, with 13 members present.
Mrs. G. McGavin, president, open-
ed the meeting with a scripture
reading, St. John, 16th chapter, 5th
verse, followed by Litany and
prayer for prayer partner.
Mrs, J. D. Harvey gave a talk
on the study book, "Jesus Christ,
the Light of the World." Miss D.
Parke, treasurer, gave a very fav-
orable report. The annual Dean-
ery meeting is being held at Brus-
sels, Monday, May 15, at 10 a.m.
Mrs. McGavin gave a report on
the annual meeting at Kitchener.
The offering was taken up and
Mrs. McGavin dedicated it. The
June meeting is to be a pot -luck
supper at the home of Miss D.
Parke, the first Tuesday in June.
Throll call will be answered
with Christmas stocking fillers for
children, ages six to 12 years,
The hostess served a delicious
lunch, and a social' time was en-
joyed.
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