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The Huron Expositor, 1959-02-27, Page 7ll c r n u .,Qv�rne.wt's �n the •.Tovlrnshi P. of CICI are'. • • re u q hot to r. kth. e� rc ar pp # ........ads: o. f ....own h� • • duan • 9 inter. Card tlii t "are : left ori the roads are contrary to,;the Highijay-traffic Act land are a detriment 'to operation, of After> Februaryi91959,please note that+P rY = rover:, ', cial Police will.. take necessaryaction etion, t4, :see that cars.' re.n left, a to` n rda • orods and P prosecution rose • may follow NL u ri it te • nden U O _ ,EXPOSIT. Perm y- Home, Hay Couple Celebrgte SOth• A111but one of their 10, children were present . to help Mr, • and` Mrs Hilton Ford, ' of RR 1, Hay, cele-, brate their-50thanniversary. A ,family dinner was held, when ehiidren, grandchildren and 'great- grandchildren' presented gifts to the couple. The next: day., ,an open house :for friends and:, neighbors was held. Mrs. Marshall Box; of Parkhill,` and Mrs. Frank Taylor, of Exeter, poured tea for the -re- ception, and guests wereservedby the,daughters and granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. :Ford. . Mr: and „Mrs. Fordin- cludes , family lio _ cludes four sons • and six daugh- ters: Orville, .• of Hay;'. Lloyd, of Exeter; .Howard, of:: Brampton; Jack,of Stevens, Mrs.. .Russell (Lyda) Broderick, of Exeter;, Mrs. Don (Dorothy), Fretch•el, of St. Petersburg, . Fla.; Mrs. John (Marie)' Brintnell, of London; Mrs. Tony (Myrtle) Gusso, of Guelph;_ Mrs:, Hubert (Vesta)_Miller,. •of_ Hay, anis?; Miss; Fay Ford, of Eke - ter; 27;;*grandchildren and ;seven great-grandchildren. The ravages caused caused -by fire, in- sects and disease in the forests of Canada : are: excessive CANCER CORNEA You' can't kill CANCER with kind- ness. The sooner we •all e co-oper-ate' ,, _ the sooner ner will CANCER Meet - its doom.The BATTLE against CANCER 'is everybody's business Get..bn now'`:Co ul sy ns t your Doctor • Spread the good word: CANCER. •. CAN BE CURED If caught; m time Caa.ns.. satn •a n Cancer.',Society nrancn:J._ W: Talbot, ' free. anion ,(This• is the fifth in a series oi. articles by ' Gordon 14IcGavitt, of Walton: Mr. Melavin:':acconi- pai led Canadian plowmen to Ger- many) ' The winner of. the German' plow- ing, lowing, Fritz Gramm, received his award and special distinction wa$. given to Dr. Freurlein, Dr, Ger- ber of Bonn, Alfred Hall; of.,Eng-, land, and others, who had done .much to ensure the smooth work- ing, efficiency we had found from the beginning: Alfred Hall 'spoke' for ;the W.P.O. , in •.briefhbut fitting 'manner; expressing satisfaction of the big success,; In thea.- main, speech of the evening the speaker' expressed p ssed ,his belief _that when 14,000 peole fiatall 'walks of life ;'came to witness. a• contest in plowing,their interest. must be'in- the .promotion, of agriculture which was a good omen,_' The W'.P.O. ,flag. was received'by Sir Richard Had., den, • representing. Britain, and . the. German national, 'anthem conelud ed. this -part" of the: program. ,It -did not-take.long, for the .band to start up'°a lively tune, ::and soon the ' young " people (and': some • not so young) weregaily dancing and the <.gayest of all were ;Dr,', Freur lein`'and his wife. Others were: ex- chin in fa ewells:• with":friends, gr g > new and old;'for: many.itwas the end" of an'association that, comes only at -plowing matches. Friends from Ireland _expressedH::the-hofs '` we would come to their •country fo r, the' next world's,.natch. Many peo- „; p i e.sent greetings';ta. others' -who have gone. overseas with ,the ,Cana= 'dian teams before and we ' pass on the greetings • of a -host of friends' to- other plowmen.=and team man- agers and-; P.O ' members in Canada For some. Of 'the low - men;, too, it was farewell as some were not,.continuin f g on the Essss o 'tour ` that- was to leave on : Sunday.: . Confusion reigned in the. usually: Welt -ordered school residence the following • morning, as- we. got out lags and tried to repack :them as they had been -when we left home. A good, many of us got everything inside, .and °by :aid of- willing hands got diem fastened somehow and out to the two.''; buses whieh await- ed us. Our bus• had all the Eng- lish :and German speaking people and; we were glad to` be travelling' together... Our, trip 'took us over 800 miles and continued from Sun- day to Sunday, The tour through; southern Ger- many was 'arranged and sponsored by.; the• Essu po. for the' plowmen, :team. ,managers .and, members•, of the W;P o; governing board ,The Canadian leans had made .close friends with the German 'repreS-: entatives of. Massey -Ferguson• and Esso Co. They exchanged adthess es and promised to 'keep in, touch with each other. We'often said we ,doubted very jmuch if ,'Canadian representative's' of :. ,a company would ,have done se:.much for a german gi'oup;:',visiting; Canada. We.drove-,through,Stutgart 4eav-- ing:: the sehool at Eohenheim, at noon Sunday;;' and our first stop was the Daimler -Ben!, Museum, in titer turkheim. The first ,•car built; m” 1886 'bay , G9ttl eb.. Daimler:along ,,.. with . aria of er *Mons', amo Y h us :'cars were on exhibition, We travelled. by Auto bilin which is `a • suPe'r-high, way• -as mentioned, previously not lenced;-.and-cultivated: right -to -the pavement There .is no, waste in Germany-- -every bit 'sof lead is made; use of;:;and the •forest `re � :< ae -niana�ge-d'�ivitisthe•same e The Autobahn b st` ic' li arks mb::, nd We see the, heautifuI';=landsca e -of Wuertemberg, woodedslopes; deepa •valleys and far dowse: in the i:Vel- ley,, a;'chain .of small' rillsg es .and towns;'. every ,three or four miles:, Far down in the valley we could seer the marks;: of:andustry every, where; 'up where- we 'were travel if• BlitV . - . after. all, it's nice to know the.family: looks :forward to your meals. And that modern automatic electric range Whata help it NT ts timers and temperature,. controls ,supervise ,the cooking'antothatically electrically :'leaving you with tilme ' for other;` important , family - activities And a modern aptomatie electric range keeps your kitchen: cool -and clean. Cooking. -electrically not ,only adds -special pleasure ,,to -preparing Pm -it offers real economy as, Well.. You ;get of lifee•when you, get:the ' -- most out• of eleCtricity. nreetter...EIECiRIC ,alat HOUSEHOLD • ¢,:aQQ.anv. Plug yoU'r-acitomat% • coffee maker into the'tirrfed 'range outlet at night and awaken' ':to;;a;freshly perked :bre YOUR HYDRO l iL CTETC1'I"iY DOE'S 5'O. MUCH- `'. COSTS` SO LITTLE .. ling ,'as pur rural land...After travelling 10 ;or 15 miles, , we 'saw, the -Danube -;alley. The Neckar. and Rhine Rivers, run .north into: 'the North- Sea and to the Atlantic while .'the Danube runs eastward• through southwest Europe to thei Black;. Sea; '"so 'we crossed, a 'Eur- opean waterway. In .travelling'I south, ,from. Stitt-- Bart to Munich i� we leave the.. State of Wuertteinberg where the auto bahn crosses,the.Danubenear Leip heim,'and.enter' Bavaria,' :Bavaria has a:population' of oven nine iins—over two millions' of whom have ":come from ''former .German territories, now under' Polish or Russian administration: This in flux of ':people• . caused: serious' dif- ficult social problems:; as well as' 'changing•Bavaria from a Iargely agricraltiiral. state to- an _increasing_ ;industria-1 ' area.. Fertile • fields, large and small .villages and weal idually loeated farms --character .ize the. country, with .beautiful churches 'with 'onion. -shaped .steep- les: " Our. route leads-,: us through the district of';Swabia - and 'upper B-ayaria,-. southwest. - tbro`ugh--; the Danube lowlands ,when comprises vast :bogs which today have. been recovered; "and •become , a well- known -centre of potato breeding. The old town• of Augshurg was on' our route, it`':was', founded in 15 B C..'as .a Roman country,: and an interesting fact about this town is that it'has the'.;oltlest `social Nous ing ,project in; Germany.. We :are now •in ,upper •Bavaria, with, its large and'smallj villages and weal thy individual ;farmsteads 'which Indicate good. -agricultural condi- tion, with 'wheat, and beets. the principal crops: We -'-arrived: at , the old city -Of :Munich at'.six o'clock, ,and in the. evening. visited' :I the October Fair as guests of Goodyear Tire' C. It compares With !!‘the Canadian Na tionat Exhibitioli "One dif(erenee was the huge quantity of beer that was' consumed: lit one of the -build- ings about 5,000 people were sing- ing and drinking; ' the Bavarian bands were,playing and they seem- 'ed.to be' enjoyii g.themselves.`One thing that impressed' us was that We did,, not see !one persons drunk. There was -Dile group' of Antericans that were .talking pretty loud, but .the Germans themselves were or-: derly. On Sunday morning we vis- ited.:the Spartan brewery and saw how beer is made„ Everything was clean and,tidy.; ev,i'fy worker seem- ed to be workin.g,. and as near. as we could find -'out, the top wages were, about 50 cents per .hour: When we left "'1iome the brewery workers. were Out ,on strike for higher wages. k�iom the brewery we Went on a tour of the city, Where we saw the ravages of 'war. were many beautiful .buildings -.and bridges, that escaped damage, and with ,perfect weather we7got some good pictures. As well as its brew. ernes, Munch _is famous for- its. eulttial importance, past And pres- ent; its wide avenues, named af- ter Ea'varian kings, churches, art galleries,, museums,, educational stitutions, of ,Which' IudwigMaxi- Milian University is most impor, taut •. We ,resume our travelling fur- ther sotith,'through the B'orstenied' forest to' Stainbery Lake, through; hilly country, •with more. lakes, till we are approaching the: Alps, and at Peissenberg we, see. where, 'nite is- hauled in . underground mines ' On the top of a. hill -we, See' the Weckerle 'farm .which we,are' .to visit,. and which IS 'an example of a family'tyrpe' farm where ap pr'entices are trained •'This'' "sys tetra oral prenticeship is common in Germany, and "is .similar'to4h'at: in industry and, is resulting in: get ting trained ,farm workers on;+:the- German farms. This is-- part ' of. their education -==system -and it 1$ compulsory for' young people„ When . they •:lea ye school`•to•Serve .an ap- prenticeship" in spine industry. '• In Spite of .this there is an increas- ing .lack of agriculturelabor • which: neee 'tate ssa srater:Mechanize- tion, Me chi iz tion of the farm n a , s" The'importance. is' placed on , modern .hay ,making:, machines,' careful storing of hay :and7after;grass-ereps;=by ensilage' and drying under shelter, -'The, Ornate,' is pre -Alpine character, :With frosts late in May and _early' tri: Septeniber; .rainfall ;is heavy.; spil conditions show a, greet 'varia- bon withraiuvial,. deposits;, moor Areas: and. large deposits :of gravel, sand :and clay'tloam. Our destina tion wasMurn u he a ,, w re :we spent the evening 'at the hotel Wehe.'The evening was enjoyably spent when we:were :.entertained by the young people. of ;upper a Bavaria,' and we ,were :acquainted'with the folk • lore Of ' the Bavarians in 'song and dance, with the entertainers in their :,colorful :national. costumes. There was: no evidence of, reck.'n roll here, and again we were .im'- 'pressed by; tlieir •capacityto enjoy their national dances which have been carefully preserved: We departed !.from • Murnau a,t 8 o'clock Tuesday :morning; follow= ing 'the 'Olympi_a OlymStra'spic se' winter which was built:,for the: games. in ;1936 "to. Oberau, where we turned right, and drove 'up the steep EttaJ�Mountain_toLthe >,ttal Monastery.' This sSt Benedict Ab- bey,, founded in. 1530, is famous for its baroque _'style ; church, . a perfect :dome ; construction amid Mountain acenery. 'We proceeded, on; through a valley, famous' Ior' horse:raising to; the foot-;of'Puer, schling; where ' we carie to the castle of. the legendary King Lu& wig H , We toured Linder iof. Cas tie` and' left for .'Oberammergau, famous for its Passion .Play The people of this thWu pledged in 1$34 to -reenact the.Passion Play'eve Y 10- . which; hies been kept to• -this day. :A wood carving School' is located 'at this :place too,. dating back .to'' year ago `when' the poor soil : made ::it necessary' 'to have some other"industty: The ar= tistic 'abilities of these,.people are found ,in' the beautiful churches.. We continued en`: and ,soon reach' the Swaltan district,, where '' we find ; ,dairying'.; flourishing, with cows- grazing even high' up in. the ,mountains.: A recent development is milk pipelines,,,; transporting -the .milk down -into, the valleys'. ' We travel the "RomanticRoai." to ,Neuschwanstein,-"-"where we see another. of King Ludwig's" castles, high. on ''a mountain. Wepass through "'uessen and on :along the Allgaeu Alps, seeing . strikingly clean v_ill'ages and;w,a•large;;namber of:, individually . located farms; . the resiktt of a reseitliig •projeet which the Abbot; of-Kempten,began in' the. seventeenth century, We stayed at- the Hotel Kempton and:spent the evening comparing .farming- meth• ods.• The German farmer uses 'his cows to work !the land, :produce daity products and beef,and the •hair of --the ,Brown. highland -cattle is used in the" spinning' mills to. make clothing. They do not. have the high standard sof living'that::we have, but they are happy, and con- tented. When we 'first saw them plowing and working with oxen, and the .women out in . the fields working, We thought in were years' behind us. Now we: are' he- ginng to wonder. if they ' are not years ahead of us. A .depression would lave a lot 'fess• effect on the German fernier than itwould have on the' Canadian 'farmer. . fn spite;' of ,the bombings, _ there ." (Continued next "'week) f �r • Debentures sand Trtist Certifka' 3 44, for 5 years arg i -lit- a a investment Your moneyis' safely invested when You `purchase Debentures or Trust 10ertificateS from"Huron & Erie --Canada Trost. Issued in units of $100 or more for 1 to 5 ears, they're aut by law as trustee investments. 4%% for 3 _and d jrears-- 4% tort aced 2 ytearY Platt oyerry Step With Duron'& r e- GanadaTr usi nI i op F`TCE - LON1 OI�P, ON't'1tRfo District Repres atives: - G 13ONTtutON, Hensafla Joh N A. CARDNO,'Seaforti • • THE, IMAM =MS IL ICE CREI DAIRY EAFORTH swim 0W fl SeafOrt SQ fat fa ,.. - ells e-snowemoval-No_'I'arkin = - O the Streets of this Municipality alit will be'allow- ed Y ed betwe..::: w en the hours of 2 . a.m. and 8 ;a.m. Thi' s. order a .:; bestrct strictly enforced e 1 nfo ced . r in ecoid ahce with'the'Hi hway Traffic Act Section g y ,S xi. 43, ;Subsection`9. .NOTICE IS HEREBY ...GIVEN --that - the Municipality will not be responsible • for any damages caused to parked vehicles' as ' the result of snow removal operations. D. `.H. WILSON Clerk, Town of Seaforth SEAFORTH Exeter IAON.UINENT WOR OPEN DAILY 1. ode & -.Son,' TviErS OF Y --MEMORIALS Inquiries are invited.. Telephone Numbers: Clinton 1 1620 Seaforth 573' Sri D$ M..W.. STAPLETON• Physician and Surgeen. Phone 90 Seaforth If no answer;:call:59'. JOHN A ,G,(jRWIL , B A.,, M'.D. , Physiciaih and Surgeon' Phones: •. 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