Clinton News-Record, 1953-07-16, Page 7THURSDAY, 41.4,0Y 16, 1653_
Sees WholeiUUa e Sold In England;
Newsman Describes cris- English Fanning
My X .. SIMM N) '
with •those on foot, were 3a hied
four abreast for miles in all direr,
tions; only a few feet ata time
each -direction progressed as gaps
were .made to allow streams of
Pedestrians to ,cross.
Our direction for .getting on the
road to the open spaces took us
past the Marble Arch. Ey the time
we were clear of the ,jam the af-
ternoon was about spent,
However, before darkness fell
we had fields and farms on either
side and were heading north on
the Great North Road. After a
week at sea and another week in
Rural, England ~lana '• OW'
On Sundayafternoon vehicles
rant all. parof London and far=
,her away 'brought leads .of visit -
r$ 'te •the area where the Carona -
on parade had been. They game
see the decorations and 'laxer in
lie evening the special lights
,Rich illiminate the route.
We endeavored to .get through
his • traffic jam which around. the
viarble .Areh was something the
ilce of which we had never seen,
et alone been part -of..
Double-decker and sight-seeing
Wies, private cars and taxis, MO -
or cycles and bicycles, together
Mks. Mwt %0 4 $59a
She can't get out today, but she is taking advantage of the "sale"
by telephone. Add Aup the dollars your telephone saves in bargains
you pick up. Think of the hours and effort it saves, too , .. how
you can even "go places" without leaving the House. Your telephone
serves you so many ways; no price can measure its usefulness.
THE SELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF: CANADA
Londenit really was good to 'smell
the fresh country Again,
Haying xh Wriigress
Although this is only the second
week in dune ---haying is general
in the counties We have been
through. We have seen very little
of the old strong -arra methods
being used. Some forage harvest-
ers are in use placing the green
had in pit soils, using a tractor to
pack it .down.
Baling is predominant, Usually
.the square bale is USed as they
very careful in packing th
stacks that little
or no space is
left between the bales.. In most
eases the square bales are stood
in the fields in fours with their
ends leaning together. The wea-
ther duriwg the past week has not
been haying weather as we prefer
it, for the sun has not been too
generous. However, the farmers
seem to be optimistic ;and cut a
large acreage ahead of the baling.
The crop per acre, judging by
the number, of bales, on the field,
seems exceptionally envy. Most
of the grasses are mixtures of a
type of orchard grass and legumes.
Grath Crops Headed Out
Harvest will be earlier here than
we would normally expect in On-
tario as the spring crops are well
advanced and mostly headed out.
However, some later crops have
not reached that atage yetand
the general occupation, with far-
niers who are not haying, is }toe-
ing sugar beet crops. We have
seen as many as six men in one
field at this work.
There seems to be sufficient la-
bor on most farms. One farmer
we talked to had 60 acres and
kept two men. "Of course," he
told us, "we used to have more
when more work was done by
hand."
Although nearly every farm has.
tractors, horses still are used.
Saw A Village ,Sold
Noticing signs advertising a
village for sale, also including sev-
eral farms we made enquiries. A
large Manor Estate was being
split up and sold off, The farms
which had been leased for years
to farmer tenants were to be put
on the market.
The present tenant, if he was
sufficiently well -fixed, could make
the purchase or be outbid by a
new owner who might or might
not desire to lease the property.
This Estate, known as the Aire -
was Manor was owned by the Earl
of Litchfield -and has been an es-
tate of three families since men-
tioned in the Domesday Book by
King William the Conqueror. The
present family are descendants of
Lord Anson who acquired it in
1752.
The purpose' of the sale is to
acquire funds wherewith to pay
the enormous death dues which
gradually are' diminishing these
holdings.
Farms and Village Included
The total acreage offered at
auction was 2,656. Also included
were homes in the village of Aire -
was, which is made up of homes
of tenants and farm workers and
might be compared to similar cor-
ner hamlets in Ontario. These of-
fered 15 arable dairy and general
farms including their buildings,
CLINTON' 1*TEWS4tECOHID PAGE SEVEN
two freehold large houses and 14
?cottages, also the -fishing rights of
t three r#yers.
One tenant whose family had
occupied this farm for ,four gen-
erations,
eneratinns, Joseph Shaw, IS a mem-
ber of the 'Parish Council, The
house • in whiob be ives dats bck
to the 15th centu y. We listened
to the bidding of a couple of
properties and gathered from con-
versations heard that a new
''rrioney-holdee was in the field.
His bidding would indicate he was
intending to tape over many of
the properties and become the new
landlord.
Not - many of the present ten-
ants seemed to be trying to out-
bid him,
This sale was in Derby County
to which we went from London
and where we spent` the first
three days .of the week.
Driving north to the Highlands
of the Matlock district, famous
for its mineral wells and its scenic
beauty, one Could follow county
roads along the tops of hills and
look across the distant valleys
where patchwork fields, hedged in
every shape and size, with farm,
buildings among groves of trees
and winding roads between the
hedges criss-crossing over the
hills.
Roads All Hard -Surfaced
• We have yet to drive on other
than a paved road even, though our
wanderings took us back off the
numbered thoroughfares. County
roads where one met only the oc-
casional vehicle and where hay
was taken from remote fields to
farm. buildings, although some-
times narrow, are always hard
surfaced. They are all county
roads.
Hedges Hide Fields •
One objection we have is the.
hedges. They prevent one seeing
across the fields and many times
one can drive for miles without
knowing what , kind of country is
along the way. In many places
they have cut these down to a
three-foot height. Then there are
walls, These are mostly enclosing
the estate of persons who do not
farm the land and who do not
want outsiders trespassing on
their propefty, hunting or fishing.
There are still Iarge tracts of
these holdings but death dues,
which take eight million of a ten -
million estate by the second gen-
eration usually cause them to be
offered for sale, either like Lord
Litchfield's before his death or by
the executors afterwards.
Attend Three -County Show
•Leaving Derby County we head-
ed south and west towards Here-
fordshire and town .et Hereford
where he had learned of a three -
county show, Worcester, Hereford
and Gloucester. This was a three-
day show and would compare with
Ottawa Exhibition in volume of
displays and livestock. Most of
the show was under canvas since
it rotates each year to one of the
three counties.
Being interested in Hereford
cattle we wanted to see these in
their original home county. There
was a splendid display on hand.
The world-wide interest shown
in these cattle may be judged by
the fact that attendance at the
show included persons from Den-
mark, Australia, . ueensland, New
South Wales, yew Zealandi
G reece, United States, Rhodesia,.
North and South Dance, Also,
K enneth. Holt of Carved, :Sask.,
and dames and Marilyn Bell of
Alvinston, Ontario, These names
were among hundreds entered in
the visitors' book,
X an enclosing a page from the
Hereford News, a weekly paper
whose agricultural editor, Mr. - T,
Court .really excels in describing
agricultural events, Most of the
Targe weeklies have an agrieultur-
al editor, They denpend en the
rural areas for a vast amount of
their circulation as usually they
have a daily within the town.
We were interviewed by the
agricultural' editor and photo-
graphed, as an interesting visitor.
)'however„ in Hereford we were
only one of the distinguished
breeders of Hereford cattle and
front Canada, They were quite
aware of what is being done to
advance the big family, We en-
quired about the Polled Hereford
for which our own stable is famm-
ous,
Hereford breeders here had
heard of them but could not direct
us to where any might be seen.
Of course there were other
cattle at the show. Dairy herds
predominate in this thickly -pop-
ulated county. Next come the
dual-purpose cattle but these are
fast being replaced by Friesians
and Ayrshires.
Sheep are apparently on every
farm and many special varieties
were at the show.
Hogs were limited owing- to a
ban on inter -mixing owing to an
outbreak of disease which. is be-
ing brought under control.
Next week we will write you
from Stroud in Gloucester.
KIPPEN
Kippen WI Picnic
Members of Kippen East Wo-
men's Institute enjoyed a picnic
at Lions Park, Seaforth, Prize
winners in the sports events were;
youngest baby, Barbara Jean Gem-
mell; oldest person. present, Mrs,
Hugh McGregor; pre-school age
race; girls eight and under, Marg-
aret Elgie; boys eight and under,
George Wood; girls ten and un-
der, Margaret Jean Broadfoot;
boys ten and under, Mac Kechnis
and Charles Wright.
Girls 14 and under, Elaine Bell
and Lois McLellan; boys 14 and
under, Ronald Eyre and Bob Ben-
nindyke; young. ladies, Elaine
Bell; young men, Jack Bell; mar-
ried ladies, Mrs. Ross Chapman;
married men, Fred Chapple.
Shoe scramble for boys and girls
under 12, Marie Jarrott and Bob
Bennindyke; three-legged race, El-
aine and Jack Bell; necktie race,
Mrs. W. $ell and Joe McLellan;
ladies' kick -the -slipper, Mrs; Wil-
mer Broadfoot; men kick -the -
slipper, Fred Chapple; men duck
waddle race, Fred Chapple; wo-
men's hammer -the -nail, Mrs. Ed.
McBride; pie -plate race, Lois Mc-
Lellan and Lawrence Eyre; egg
throwing contest, Gladys Chapman
and John Jacobi; pass the orange,
the young people's team,
LANE OPINES BEACH
Mr. and Mrs, Harry Husband,-
London,
usband, .London,. are vacationing at their
summer home for the next two
weeks. Their weekend .guests were
Mr. and Mrs. R, Green,. London.
Mr. and Mrs,. dames Harms had
as their guests the past week, the
lady's brother and sister-in-law,
I'dr. and Mrs.. Thomas Rolling,
Buffalo.
Mrs. Weibert and two sons and
yMrs. Abe Thomas and two •laugh,
ters, all of Chatham, are vacation
ing this week in Abe Barnes' cot-
tage,
Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Merkley,
Winghalrn, spent the vR eekend at
their cottage.
Mr, and Mrs, George Woods, De-
troit, .accompanied by the lady's
brother and sister: in-law, IVir. and
Mrs, Robert Peeves and small son
Ralph, Detroit, were at their cot=
tage for the weekend,
Mr. and Mrs, Harold EoWer
were at their cottage last week.
Their guests the previous weekend
were Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Phen-
ey,, Farmington; Mr. and Mrs, Don
Mosher, Detroit.
Master Jimmie Myrtle and .Miss
Gale Myrtle, London, spent last
week with their aunt, Mrs. Dirk
Struick.
Miss Shirley Martin, London and
SUMMERHILL
:Ladies` t'1h*b Meets
The' July meeting of the Sum,
rnexhill Ladies Club WAS:held at
the home of Mrs. Earl lake with
1$ members and four visitors Fires=
ent. The meeting was ,opened by
singing Juanita followed by the
Lord's Prayer repeated in unison.
Theuest speaker for the After-
noon was Mss Clare McGowan
She ably outlined the work of the
Children's Shelter and listed its.
needs.
During the meeting the ladies
worked on the quilt. The afle
was won by . E. Vanderburg.
The August meetingis to be held
at the home of MrE. Ellis. The
lunch committee will be; Mrs.
WIlilam B1actc r, Mrs. William
Lovett, Mrs. E, Ellis and Mrs.
Cerritz. On the program coin-
mittee are Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. $,
Jenkins, Mrs. Sid Lansing and
Mrs, William Lovett,
Miss Carol Fisher, Stratford, are
visiting this week with their
grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Martin
and aunt, Miss Elsie Martin, Hunt-
ington Park, California, at the lat-
ter's cottage at Lane O'Fines
Beach.
Come to .the .Big
SEAFORTH BINGO
Monday, July 20
PLAY STARTS AT P.M,
CASH PRIZES
MUST BE PAID OUT
•
Twelve $50.00 -Games
SPECIALS
$100 $100 $200
$1,000 JACK POT PRIZE
NO EOOLIN' — IT MUST ALL GO!
ADMISSION FOR 12 GAMES
$1.00
EXTRA CARDS, SPECIALS and JACK POT
25c EACH — 5 for $1.00
Sponsored by the Seaforth Memorial Centre
Branch No. 156 of Canadian Legion
and Seaforth Athletic Assoc.
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MEN'S FINE
WORSTE SUITS
Every suit is
vr� e,r,0 rrr.e
BOYS' SPORT SHIRTS
Regularly Priced to 65.00
from our regular stock, over 100 suits to choose from,
at this exceptionally low price,
ALL SIZES AND STYLES
SALE
PRICE
3
.7 5
44,0~4.0•04446044.0.4.4,40
Men's Sport Shirts
FORSY' H --
ALL STYLES
Req.
SPECIAL
VAN HEU'SEN
AND COLOURS
to 7„95
4.95
Reg... to 2.95
Sizes • $ to 16 S 1.95
MEN'S SLACKS
IIDEAL FOR SUMMER WEAR
ALE to 13.95 $7•95
MEN'S DRESS SOCKS
WOOL and NYLON 85c
Reg. 1.50 pr.
BRIEFS and SHIRTS
There is no better time to wear a
sportcoot than right now. All are
drastically reduced in price,
SALE $23.95
Small - Medium - Large
65c
Each
Regular to 35.00
MEN'S "T” SHIRTS
FANCY PATTERNS
Small — Medium — Large
WHILE -THEY
Others from .... . , 83.50 LAST
95c
ork Clothes
Specials
SANFORIZED DENIM JEANS $ 3.49
8 oz. Reg. 4.25
OVERALLS --- Carhartt
Haugh's Reg. 5.95 ... $4.65
,n, rItiY MJ FwwVw4
WORK SHIRTS
95
ALL SIZES $� 1
EXTRA PANTS FREE ON ALL HO BERLIN 'ADE-TO4MEASERE SUITS DURING SALE
224W HERMAN'S MEN'S
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