The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-02-02, Page 9Increased Use of Margarine “a
Menace” Says Weekly Editor
The government continues to stock- find it understandable, even though
pile a growing butter surplus while
sales in Canada decline due to the in
roads of margarine. And if the ex
pedience in the United States can be
taken as an indication of what is to
happen in this country, surplus butter
will more and more become a problem
which could seriously affect the whole
Canadian dairy industry, says the.
editor of the Glengarry News,
Before World War II, U. S. citizens
were consuming 17% pounds of butter
each year. But with the fabulous rise
in margarine consumption below the
border, the average American now
uses only 8% pounds of butter per
year. In Canada the picture is quite a
bit brighter. Each Canadian consumes
20 pounds of butter in a year. But that
figure can be misleading in view of
the fact the butter substitute is just
beginning to make itself felt and is
banned entirely in some provinces.
The fact that Canadians bought
nearly six million pounds more of
margarine in the first nine months of
1954 than they .did in the same period
of 1953 is an indication that Canada,
too, is moving in the direction of low
butter consumption.
If these margarine sales were being
made exclusively in our big cities,
among the laboring classes, we would1 may live to
still shortsighted, In this day of high
food prices it is natural for the man
on salary to look for a bargain, to
settle for the low-priced substitute,
especially when that substitute is said
to be almost indiscernable from the
original. We find that understandable
from thq wage-earner's viewpoint and
yet it could still prove shortsighted
thrift is his paltry saving on one item
of food ultimately led to his unem
ployment, And fliat could happen.
It has already happened at the Frost
and Wood farm implement plant in
Smith Falls which has stopped pro
duction for good.
But completely incomprehensive to
us are the ’ substantial sales of mar
garine which are being made over the
counters of local stores and in other
towns like ours which are dependent
on the dairy industry for their very
existence. In our opinion, every Alex
andrian who uses margarine instead
of butter is not only shortsighted, but
stupid. He or she may see a saving of
a few cents on their grocery bills and
yet in course of time may see their
very livelihood lost because margarine
has helped’ depress the dairy indus
try. Even the store-keeper who makes
a small profit on the butter substitute
rue the day. When his
dairyman customers can no longer
buy, will the margarine makers keep
him in business?
Most shortsighted of all, without
doubt, are those producers of milk
who not only are using margarine on
their own farm tables but are so oblig
ing as to buy it by tbe case for their
poor city cousins in Montreal, who are
deprived of it by that ‘bad’ Duplessis.
If those Glengarry farmers stopped
to think that each pound of margarine
they purchased could be adding to
the milk surplus, and thus holding
down the price at which their own
milk is sold, they might realize they
themselves are partly responsible for
the depressed state of the dairy in
dustry to day.
And plenty of Glengarry dairymen
are buying margarine in quantity.
It seems not a little disheartening to
see dairy farmers buying margarine
for home consumption while their own
Dairy Farmers of Canada Associa
tion is trying to cut the inroads of the
substitute by advertising “It’s always
better with butter.”
We’ve never tasted margarine to
ohr knowledge. Not because of any
antipathy to its taste, but because we
are convinced it is a poor buy for any
one dependent, as we, on a prospering
dairy industry.
" And we can think of very few of
the readers of this paper who might
be able to justify its use on economical
grounds. A penny saved on margarine,
in our eyes, makes you pound foolish.
Husbands Forgetful
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Navy People Find
There’s no doubt about it, husbands
are a forgetful lot. The fact was prov
ed again when the training cruiser
HMCS Ontario, on January 13 reach
ed Pearl Harbour, her first port of
call in a three-month training cruise
that began January 5th.
The first batch of mail sent from
the ship included the usual hundreds
of letters to the folks back home. It
also included no less than 11 house
keys from an equal number of men of
the ship, all of whom hoped their
wives hadn’t locked every door before
seeing hubby off in his ship.
“It was funny how these fellows
came up to the wicket here and- sheep
ishly explained what had happened
and asked about mailing the keys
back home”, remarked PO Robert
Cooke of Medicine Hat, Alta., who is
in charge of the ship’s post office. %
But who was he to laugh?
He was sending his keys back home,
too.
U.S. COINS HIT
BUS REVENUE
Stratford’s bus department operated
at a loss last year and the situation
was not improved by the collection of
United States silver in the bus fare
boxes.'
A year-end report presented to the
PUC revealed the boxes yielded
$2,918.75 in U.S. silver on which the
PUC had tg pay about five per cent
exchange. Exchange on silver is about
two per cent higher than on paper
currency.
Thanks to your
electric Meter..
... you pay only for what you use
You can rely on your electric meter completely,
for it is as carefully constructed and as precise in
its movement as a fine watch, and its high degree of
accuracy is certified by Dominion Government
Inspectors.
Remember, the next time you look at this
familiar meter, that it is a guarantee that you
pay only for the electricity you use.
Wingham Public Utilities Commission
Mr. and Mrs. A. Buckton wish to
thank neighbours and friends for their
kindness and congratulations upon
the attainment of their 50th wedding
anniversary, January 5th, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Chapman,
Shirley and Gary, motored to Tor
onto on Sunday and visited with her
mother, Mrs. Robert E, Smith, who
has been a patient in East General
Hospital since Wednesday last, fol
lowing a coronary thrombosis. They
visited with relatives at Aurora and
Richmond Hill and with her father,
Who has been very ill during the past
few weeks.
Mr. John Mason of the 9th conces
sion of East Wawanosh sold his two
hundred acre farm last week to Mr.
Frank Eckenswiller of R, R. 1,
Wroxeter, who gets possession of the
farm the middle of April. Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Mason and son, of Lucan,
and Miss Lois Mason, of Guelph, spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Mason.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fisher of Kitch
ener, spent the week-end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher.
Mr. Rhys Pollock was in this com
munity over the week-end with his
new boat, made of fibre glass which
he will exhibit in several cities on his
way to his home in Florida this week.
Mrs. Lome Durnin and son, J. D.,
of St. Helens, visited on Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. David Kennedy.
There has been a lot of sickness in
this community during the past week.
Those who have been under the
doctor's care were, Carl McClena-
ghan suffering from pleurisy, Mrs.
John Craig, suffering from flu and
Rev. N. Caswell suffering from flu
and a bad cold.
The young people of the Presbyter
ion church held their meeting in the
Sunday School room on Sunday even
ing with the president, Walter Elliott,
presiding. Lorne Forster read the
Scripture lesson and gave the medi
tation talk on the twenty-third psalm.
Betty McDonald and Beverly Gaunt
sang “It’s No Secret, What God Can
Do”, and James Wilson had charge
of the topic, introducing a study of
the Bible. The meeting was closed
with the Mizpah benediction.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Elliott spent
Sunday at the home of their daugh
ter, Mrs. Bill McPherson of St. Helens.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnston and
family of Parkhill, were in Wingham
on Sunday. Her mother, Mrs. Will
Conn,'who had beep visiting with
them during the pasf*few weeks, ac
companied them home, and is visiting
at the home*of her sister, Mrs, Sam
Hutchison.
Raymond Adams, of Wroxeter, vis
ited on Sunday at the home of his
brother, Mr. Robert Adams.
Mrs. Gordon McBurney was able to
leave Wingham Hospital on Saturday
and is visiting at the home of Mrs.
Edward McBurney, Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Buckton and
family, of Lucknow, visited on Sunday
With his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Buckton.
Mr. Charles Shiell made a business
trip to Toronto on Monday.
Miss Eleanore Wightman, nurse-in
training at Victoria Hospital, London,
spent the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wightman.
The people of the community extend
sympathy to Mrs. George McClena-
ghan and her family, and to other
McClenaghan families in'this district,
on the death of George McClenaghan.
Annual Meeting
The congregation of the Presbyter
ian Church held their annual meeting
last Monday afternoon, with Rev. N.
Caswell presiding, and Albert Patter
son acting as secretary. The report
showed a successful financial year,
with the church re-decorated and a
new furnace installed in the manse.
The following were elected to the
board, Wm. Forster, Ahdrew Gaunt,
Albert Patterson and Donald Ross,
with' Gordon Elliott chairman of the
board.
Mrs. James Wilson, Jimmy and
Judy, spent the week-end at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fairbrother,
Toronto.
Mrs. Mac Ross has been ill with
pneumonia at the home of her dau
ghter, Mrs. Graydon Cox, of Fonthill.
Whitechurch Farm Forum met on
Monday evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Elliott with an at
tendance of thirty-one. At the euchre
game that followed the broadcast,
Mrs. George Fisher and Charles Mar
tin held high points and Mary Laid
law and Robert Purdon held low
points. Chairman Mylis St, Marie read
an address to the host and hostess,
who this week celebrate their thirty
fifth anniversary of their wedding,
and Mrs. Cecil Falconer presented
thein with the customary remem
brance from the Farm Forum group.
This is the seventh cduple in this
group to celebrate this anniversary
and each co.uple had been remembered
similarly. J. D, Beecroft was appoint- ’
cd chairman for ne?tt month, with
Fairs Convention
Scheduled for j
February 9 & IQ
While we are still in the midst of
winter Fall Fair time will be very
much in the public eye next month,
When the Ontario Association of Ag
ricultural Societies opens its annual
convention on February 9 and 10 at
the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.
Delegates from all over Ontario will
gather for the two-day convention to
participate in an interesting pro
gramme designed to further the im
portance of the fair in the commun
ity life of the province.
F. A. Lashley, secretary of the As
sociation, states that the afternoon
of the first day of the convention will
be set aside for the purpose of dis
cussing the problems and affairs of
Class A and B fairs which are the
largest in the province. An innovation
will be the holding of a night session
on Wednesday, February 9th.
Reports on every phase of fair ac
tivities will be presented and discuss
ed following the opening of the con
vention by Howard Giles, Almonte,
president of the Association.
Matters of interest to women dele
gates will be discussed on the fore
noon and afternoon of Wednesday,
February 10th, under the chairman
ship of Mrs. Allan Koehler, president
of the women’s section.
Annual banquet of the association
will be held on the evening of Feb
ruary 10th, with Mr. Norman Moore
as the guest speaker. In addition to
educational displays a splendid pro
gramme has been arranged for the
entertainment of the guests following
the banquet.
In addition to panel discussions,
many prominent speakers will address
the convention including, Hon. F. S.
Thomas, Minister of Agriculture;
James Moore secretary manager of
the ’4-H club council; Miss Florence
Eadie, Institutes branch, department
of Agriculture; Gordon Bennett, As-
cosiate director of extension; I. B.
Whale, president of the Western
Fairs; W. P. Watson, Ontario Live
stockcommissioner, and many others.
Chas. Martin and Eldon Emerson on
the recreation committee, and Mrs.
Jas. Falconer and Lila Emerson on
the lunch committee. The next meet
ing will be held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John McGee, and this Forum
was invited to attend a meeting in
the W. Wawanosh Township Hall this
Thursday evening when moying pic
tures will be shown. <
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The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, February 2nd, 1955 Page Mine
CLINTON REEVE
TO HEALTH POST
Reeve Mel .Crich, of Clinton, was
named chairman for 1955 for the
Huron County Health Unit at the first
meeting of the year at Goderich.
Other members include; W, A, Gal
braith, Wingham; provincial repre
sentative, Reeve Clifford Rowland,
Grey Township; Reeve Terence Hun
ter, Colborne Township, and William
McKenzie, deputy reeve of Exeter,
The unit is directed by Dr. R. M.
Aldis, medical officer of health, and
includes Dr, R. M. Melady, public
health veterinarian; W. L. Empeyand
R. M. Hale, sanitary inspectors; and
a nursing staff of seven who are
supervised by Miss Norah Cunning
ham.
Public Health nurses include: Miss
es Mary Love, Jean Marshall, Barbara
j Sauer, Patricia Boug, Phyllis Camp-
I bell, Angela Psutka and Janet Thom
son. The clerical staff includes Miss
Wilda Wilson, Miss Betty Macdonald
and Miss Beryl Pollard.
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