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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-05-05, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MAY S?l, 1»3S Dairy Personalties of Canada Under >tlie above heading the Canadian Dairy and Ice Cream Journal prints the following picture and w'rite-up of pur esteemed townsman Mr. W iG. Medd. The cut is loaned ns through the courtesy of that Journal. AV. G. MEDD (President and General Manager, Exeter Creamery Co. Ltd., Exeter, Ontario) MRS, JOHN S* WMITBFORD Mrs, John S. Whiteford who pass­ ed away on Wednesday last, after a prolonged illness, was a daughter of the late John T, Parkinson of the ,„.ngs that weye done! Township of Blanshard, where she some years ago do not have to be was born in year 1883. At the age For instance 22 years, she became the wife of had to be em- John s- Whiteford of Us'borne Twp. ptied and refilled about twice a year, Most of their married life was spent This event was the usual part of'011 the farm until in the year 1925. cleaning. The younger part of theithey moved to .St. Marys where they family generally had a hand in this lived together for the past 12 years, part of the housecleaning and didn’t (Mrs. W’hiteford was an active mem- we have a time when two or three hauled the tick down stairs “bump- ety-bump,” 'One of -us usually stole a ride, Then it was carried out to the barn where ,the old straw, al! broken up like macaroni was empt­ ied. The new straw was always care­ fully picked on account of the lurk­ ing full and was The Old Straw Tick (by Mrs. M, Miller, of Cromarty) i It is housecleaning time and a, number of th done in these days the old ’“Straw Tick’ For well over forty years he has engaged in the dairy industry in Western Ontario. He received his early training in dairy factory, work at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, and after attending the Dairy Course there, started to work in cheese factories at Constance and Welburn., His next move was to the creamery industry and he worked for a short time with the St. Mary’s Creamery Ltd., at the mam plant, making -butter, and also at outlying skimming stations operated by that Creamery. , Mr. Medd then returned to the cheese side of the industry as manager and maker at the Murray Cheese Factory, Oxford County, then again turned to buttermaking during the winter of 1902-3 when he made (butter for the Black 'Creek Factory owned by Thomas Bal- lantyne, at which plant he was associated with J. J. Cuthbertson. His next post was as Dairy Instructor and Milk Inspector for the Ontario Government, which job 'he successfully carried on for two years, 1903-4, with headquarters at Simcoe, Ont. These years saw the first introduction of the acidimeter for general cheese and buttermaking work, and part of Mr. Medd’s work was the instruction' of the makers in the use of this test. In 1905 he returned to the butter branch and purchased the Winchelsea Creamery—which he still operates in conjunction with the Exeter plant—and his first step after taking over the new plant was to adopt pasteurization for all (buttermaking; it is believed that this was one of the first, if not actually the first, creamery in On­ tario to adopt this process for buttermaking. About the same time, another innovation put into force at Phis creamery by Mr. Medd was the weighing of all cream for the .Babcock test instead of meas­ uring the cream out with a pipette, as had (been the universal prac­ tice ibefore. Again, it is believed that this was the first creamery to adopt this practice in 'Ontario. Long before legislation was en­ acted making t’he above -practice compulsory, Mr. Medd compaigned for these necessary reforms. In 191.6 Mr. Medd became associated with the Exeter Creamery Co. Ltd., formed .to purchase the creamery at Exeter from Mr. J. H. Scott (now with the Dairy Branch at Toronto). In 1919 the com­ pany took over the Winchelsea Creamery as well, and Mr. Medd became Director and Secretary-Treasurer, holding those offices un­ til 1927 when he was appointed President and General Manager, positions which he still holds. 'For seven years, from 1920-7, Mr. Medd was also a Director of the Clinton Creamery Ltd., until that plant was sold to Gunn, Langlois & Co. Ltd., of 'Montreal. In association work for the dairy industry, Mr. Medd has al­ ways ibeen very active. He was a member of the first executive of the National Dairy Council, and represented Ontario .butter interests on that body for some four years and has also been closely associat­ ed with the work of the Dairymen’s Association of Western Ontario and the Ontario Creamery Association. He also represented South Huron in the Ontario Legislature for 8 years, from 19'26 to 1934. His other hobbies have Ibeen—and still are—hockey and soft ball and he has been .prominent in these circles for many years, and is Secretary-Treasurer of the Exeter Arena, the centre of sporting activities for a very large large area in Western Ontario. Altogether a career full of interest and one of real service to the1 dairy industry of Canada and to the social life of the Province. thistles, Finally it was stuffed even to the uttermost .corners bulging up in the centre. There usually an opening in the top centre which was with buttons and with all hands to carried into the up the stairs and with a yo-.heave- and-a-hoy it was finally (heaved on­ to the slats. The first night on the straw tick was usually lots of fun. We would go to sleep high up on Mt. Everest and awaken ‘in the morning down in the Valley. It took weeks to level that bed, hut sleep was sweet in those days and we didn’t lay awake for fear that we might tumble out of bed, which we usually did once or twice a night and when we did we just picked ourselves up and scrambled back in again. We didn’t stay awake worrying over trifles like that. .Sleep was just as sweet as on the soft, fluffy mattres­ ses of today. There were feather mattresses of course, but they were reserved for the spare bed and the occasional guest. The spare room was so cold and chilly and dressed up generally with the best quilts and pillow /shams. Nobody but a good sleeper ever got warm enough to sleep any­ way. The pillow shams were usual­ ly starched stiff enough to stand up straight. They were worked with a pattern or motto of “Good Night” and “Peaceful Dreams.” We did a lot of extra work in those good old days. closed and opened buttonholes. Then the main’h it was house and hauled THIEF DROPS TURKEY IN ORDER TO ESCAPE Harvey Langford, of Biddulph Township, former warden of Middle­ sex County, would have lost a tur­ key one night recently, if the thief had been a little more fleet-footed, or if live turkeys weren’t so hard to .carry. A thief was interrupted at his farm at dusk and chased away In the flight the solitary loot, one turkey, was dropped. High Constable Ben Milligan is investigating. WINCHELSEA PUBLIC SCHOOL REPORT HOUSE PAINT Inside t Surface Satisfaction —- Outside H. S. WALTER, A. 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Mrs. Whiteford is survived by her husband, one dau­ ghter, Mrs. Joshua Gee, of London, and sons, Laverne of Ilderton; Stan­ ley Hillson, of Ingersoll and Delmar at home; two sisters, Miss Adelaide Parkinson and Mrs. Archie Chittick of Granton; three brothers, George and Frank of the Tenth Line of Blanshard and Harvey of the Eighth Line of Blanshard. The funeral was •held Friday from the residence with interment in the Zion cemetery, Us- borne Township. Mrs. Whiteford will •be sadly missed by her loved ones and friends. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Visit Hopper’s furniture store during the sale. Everything in the store greatly reduced in price. The following is the report of the Senior room of Winchelsea school for the months of March and April. The pupils were examined in all subjects Grade IX—'Ethel Pooley 91; Ar-, thur Hern 86; Graham Bell 82; Billy Brock 78; June Coward 77; Doris Elford 76; Roxie Doupe 76; Jean Davis 71; Mildred Veal 67. •Grade VIII—Irene Pooley .'84; Ethelene Johns 8'2; Eilene J-ohns 79; Laurie Stephens 76; Emerson Pen- hale 73; Doreen Coultis 711. 'Grade VII-—Leona Coward 84; My- raline Murray 82; Burdene Clarke 65; Isabelle Cooper 63; Nellie Spar­ ling 57. TREADPRINT TELLS THE STORY L. McCulloch, teacher Junioi” Room in alphabetical order) ‘—Grace Brock, Shirley (Names i Grade VI- Cornish, Herdman, .Shirley Sparling. ■Grade V—John ward, Annie Elford. Grade IV—Patricia Johns, Mil­ dred Miller, Marion Murch, MurftTy Stephen. Grade I'll—Kathryn Batten, Mur­ ray Coward, Gordon Ford, ■ George Kellett. ■Grade Penhale, 'Grade Hern, Wanda Stephen. M. McGugan, teacher Dennis Coultis, Carman Murray, Harvey Batten, Lois Co- IX—John Cornish, Eunice Wilma Veal. I'—Gladys Batten, John Dies From Accident John Mair, Goderich Township farmer, died in Clinton Hospital from injuries received on Monday when his team, which ".he had hitched to a hay-loading unmanageable, trol them be fell passing over him, al column at the base of the neck. An X-ray examination revealed the extent of his injuries. Mr, Mair was in kis 614 th year. In June 1920, he married Flossie Cole, who with one daughter, Berva, aged 13, survive. There also survive his parents,and two brothers and two sisters. machine, became In trying to con- and the wheels breaking his spin­ • Do you now need one or more new tires? If so, re­ member this ♦ « ♦ Goodyear makes eight different types of every popular size tire .. ♦ at a price range to suit every purse! For example: Just look at the above, reduced from an actual contact print, of Good- year’s famous “G-3” All- Weather tire. 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I found there that the liquor in­ terests with their millions have the same strangle old on politics as they have here m Ontario. More than half the wealth of the United States is in the hands of some sixty six in­ dividuals. Many of these are liq'uoi" magnates. 'This condition leaves millions of the rank and file in a state of financial insecurity, which borders on hopeless’abandonment of respectability. Then of course, “Drink drives dull care away.” And thus you have the vicious circle: Drink causes poverty, and poverty with the insecurity and sense of in­ feriority circling round to more drink. Thousands of the 12,000 a year at Bellevue are brought there through their sense of financial insecurity and physcial inferiority. Many are discouraged by being twoo old to work, or handicapped by the loss of an eye or an arm and some with no legs at all. But here in Ontario, Liquor is not supposed to be any longer in poli­ tics. When Mr. Henry staked his chances on the beverage rooms, did not Mr. Hepburn come to the rescue of his party by acquiescing and staking his chances also on the bev­ erage rooms? And didn’t that take the liquor problem clean out of poli­ tics? Now that’s a sample of the arguments politicians put up to us and expect us to swallow and enjoy. Will you allow just here a little pe­ dagogical digression. It’s hardly worth while mentioning except for the fact that it’s funny. When we studied Grammar at, school we were taught that two neg­ atives make an affirmative. If John­ ny says “I dont’ want no supper,” he is really, though unintentionally sayng that he wants some supper: Two negatives making an affirmative But have you ever heard of two af­ firmatives making a negative? How about this idea: Mr. Henry says, Yes, we have the beverage room plank m our platform. iMr. Hpburn says, Yes, we have the beverage room plank in our platform, and presto: There is no longei" a beverage room plank on either platform. Two af­ firmatives .clearly making a nega­ tive. That would be a fine example tc put in a Grammar Text Book for the New School Curriculum, should the pupils not go on strike when Grammar is taught, as they have been doing in some place where ar­ ithmetic still holds an old fashion­ ed place. But to revert to our subject: There really was a time when liq­ uor was in politics in Ontario. When the Tories used to quote Hearst and blame the Grits, and when the Grits used to quote Rowell and blame the Tories. There was a time when the sensible woman’s vote was supposed to ibe a dry vote. There was a time when the moral strain and stress of war, and economic arguments ush­ ered in a prohibitary law. Then came a time when an honest .plowman- Premier and his henchman, Rev. Dr. Cody, with radio and every other means of propaganda fell for the wiles of the liquor traffic and ush­ ered in the beverage rooms. Mr. Hepburn with equal sagacity, and acquiescing mind, took the “dirty mess” as he called it clean out of politics. Just how anxious he was to take the “dirty mess” out of poli­ tics is seen in his attitude towards a referendum. There is lately however one hope­ ful sign. Parliamentarians them­ selves are beginning to talk “Cor­ ruption in Politics” and probable legislation against it. “Corrupted” is a bad word and suggests a boil on the back of the neck, so likely some­ thing will be done about it for boils do spread. One poison however does coun­ teract another and that may be the reason these same fellows who vot­ ed beverage saloons now vote sweep­ stakes, as expected. Beverage rooms will remain so long as we send to Parliament the type of candidate who will vote for them, and I will not close this ar­ ticle without one constructive state­ ment, and it is this: The only way, or at least the proper way to bring pressure to bear' to elect a dry can­ didate, is to concentrate on the “lo­ cal executive” of the constituency. This executive has practically t complete control of the nomination of a candidate. It is composed of individuals, generally likable, pros­ perous and men of good parts. But they become very partisan, and more or less of machine, well oiled In close touch with. Queen’s Park. This executive-—either Conserva­ tive or Liberal selects the nominee, who in their judgment will poll the largest vote (in last election) the liquor vote) and they see to it that there are sufficient “true bide” del­ egates at their .convention to make sure of that particular nominee, The prospective nominee is of course the most interested Arid geiiOfaliy fafiS Nourishing Food for Hungry Appetites PURITy FLOUR Best for all your Baking .1 w been working on this “important' phase” for weeks or months ahead.1 At -both the conventions in Huron last October both cats nearly jump­ ed out of their bags, for at one con­ vention every really dry Conserva­ tive voter we knew (and we have known may of them for more than twenty years) came away disap­ pointed in the nominee, and at the Liberal Convention the whole four dry nominees were together all swept in one heap by one who made no- pretense to be dry whatever, When the results of this voting was an­ nounced, for a minute the paralyzing shock was felt all over the audience and the staunchest of Liberal Parti­ sans stared blankly at each other. But only for a minute. The cat was smuggled down in the bag. Those who w’ere supposed to pro­ duce the applause drummed up some thunder. The convention broke -up and was reported in the newspapers as most democratic and unamious. Of course we know that it was really the good work of the local executive that carried the day, and so we say that your local executive “carry the key to- the situation.” They are the group, all powerful and a well directed appeal to that august body of Young People’s Clubs, Women’s Institutes, churches, farmers, industries and all other or­ ganizations might win the day fox' temperance and all other advanced legislation. And now Mr. Editor, I will close my series of articles with gratitude to yourself. You didn’t curtail my space. You corrected by spelling and bad grammar, and. made every­ thing respectable. 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