The Seaforth News, 1939-03-16, Page 2PAGE TWO
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1939
Mirror of the Nation
A ringing challenge' to action—a
challenge that retflects growing con-
cern in the country—was presented
to the Prime Minister in the Com-
mons this week by the Leader of the
Opposition, Hon. R. J. Manion. The
challenge came after nearly ewu
months of failure fiy the Government
to introduce and proceed with legisla-
tion
egislation dealing with natters of argent
national concern. Said Dr. Manion:
"I challenge the Government now
to get dawn to business: to introduce,
for exanmple, legislation to deal with
the great unemployment problem, or
the youth problem, Or with national
understanding if you 'like, and with
taxes and debt -to name only a few
of the great problems° If he "proceeds
to deal with these important subjects
I think the Rt. Hon. Gentleman
would be well within his rights in
asking the House to go on with Gov-
ernment business and for other hon.
gentlemen to stop talking private re-
solutions. Until he does that 1 think
private members certainly have the
edge on the argument because the
subjects with which their resolutions
deaf are very much more important
than anything the Prune Minister has
brought up thus far this session."
In one respect this was the most
important utterance in Parliament so
far this session. It is important be-
cause it places squarely on the Gov-
ernment responsibility for Parlia-
ment's lack of action so far this year,
Dr. Marion's challenge k particul-
arly significant, coming at this time,
It serves to spike a plan which some
political observers believe Mr. Mac-
kenzie King has been evolving in the
last fete days. The plan, according to
these observers, was that of attempt-
ing to shift from the Government it-
self to Parliament responsibility for
lack of action in the matters men-
tioned by Dr, Manion and of seeking
to achieve this purpose by a sudden
diasolutictn of Parliament shortly af-
ter the conclusion of Their Majesties'
visit. l'he political strttegr of this
plan was that it would be made t., ap-
pear that Parliament was blocking ac-
tion on vital national problems and
that Mr. King was asking the coun-
try to give him a new Parliament to
deal with them, notwithstanding that
he had presented no program to the
old Parliament Mr. hinere course in
re•o-nt days has supported the view
that tits- plan was in preparation. On
several occasions lately he has accus-
ed the Ii.irse of Commons of wasting
time and blocking progres, despite
the fact that the resolution for the
adoption of the trade treat•, which is
already in force, is the only piece of
business of any consequence that the
Administration ha. introduced. These
efforts of the Prime Minister to
shelve the blame for inactiott..coupled
with instructions going out to elect-
oral officers in the country to get
ready for an election, are largely the
basis for current rumors that Mr.
King has been developing the idea of
dissolving Parliament suddenly in the
midst of the session, perhaps about
the end of June or early in July.
The plan. if it Wag: taking shape,
will, be considerably upset by Dr.
Manion action in revealing the act-
ual situation in Parliament .The occ-
asion for Dr. Manions statement wage
the Prime Minister's motion to de-
prive private members of the last day
of the session left to them to bring
up proposals originating with them-
selves, The Opposition Leader ,re-
viewed the actie'itiee of the House of
Commons for the two months of the
session. In doing so he compared the
resolutions proposed by private mem-
bers with tine -proposals so far soh -
witted by the Government and show-
ed that the former were much the
more important, \Vhereae private
members had introduced resolutions
'on unemployentent affecting nearly
half a million %Canadians, the pro•b-
lents relating. to youth, the manner
of the expenditure of .$63,000,000 on
defence, agriculture and other out-
standing questions, including the
fisheries, the most important of the
Ministry's measures, apart from the
trade treaty resolution, had to do
with the penitentiaries affecting the
condition of some 4,000 convicts, the
annual grant to the city of Ottawa, a
'bill dealing with 'lipstick and other
cosmetics and the 'hill regarding re-
financing, the principal effect of the
introduction of which was a .prolong-
ed discussion on Social. 'Credit
theories,
With :1180 members behind him the
Prince Minister was in a .position, at
any time from the commencement of
the session, to have had the House
of Commons proceed with Govern-
ment business, Dr. 'Manion pointed
out.
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HURON NEWS
Was Pioneer Blacksmith—
•
[James S. Dignan, one of the best
known residents of South Huron, died
in his sleep at Exeter in his 9Sth
year, early Sunday. Born in Manvers
Township, Durham County, he was
brought to this district in 18418 when
the country was covered with bush,
the family settling 3:Y miles west of
Hensall. At the age of'113 he was ap-
prenticed as a blacksmith and carriage
maker to John Trick of Exeter. After
serving his apprenticeship he was a
journeyman for ' the foflowing 15
years, At this time he incidentally
shod a number of oxen and some
samples of the ox shoes he made aced
the hand made nails have been kept.
He then returned to Exeter and
bought out his former employers.
From that time until his retirement
in 1933 he followed his trade in Exe-
ter. When he retired he was the old-
est blacksmith in Canada and had
served approximately three-quarters
of a century at it. He is survived by
one brother 'John. of Exeter, and by
three sons, William H., of Lucas P.
D,, Of Toronto, and Eduard M„ of
Exeter, Ail three sons followed his
ccttpatietu,
Former Principal Retires—
M. 1. O'Neill, teacher and principal.
at Sudbury High School since 1923,
tendered his resignation last week to
the board of trustees on his doctor's
advice. He asked that it Se accepted
a; soon as possible and the board
matte it effective the end of this week.
L. E, R. Stephens, principal of the
technical school, will act as principal
of both school, until a successor is
named to Air. O NeilL Mr. O'Neill
said he had been advised to take a
lout rest. Regret at his resignation
was expressed by the hoard. ;Native
Linrtsay, Ont„ the retiring principal
attended echeol there, Queen's C1ni-
vr-tty and the Ontario College of
Edeeatinn et Toronto. He w•ettt to
Sudbury from Scafnrth Collegiate,
where lee was principal, to become
mathematics master and uta. ap-
p.'inted principal five years naps
Died In Detroit—
Word
etroitWord was received in Zurich of
the death in Detroit. Alicia, out March
;th of Mrs. Milton ,\yres, formerly
Miss Ernestine Truemner of .Zurich.
'rite remains were brought to Zurich,
and the funeral took place froth the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Prang ott Saturday. March 11th at 2
p.m. Interment was in the Lutheran
cemetery.
Former Goderich Man
In Halifax Blaze
Among more than a score of dead
or missing persons in the dieastrotte
Queen Hotel fire at Halifax recently
is a native of Goderich in the person
of Adolphus F. J. Naftel, 'who, with
his wife, has been missing since the
tire raged through the old building,
Mr, Naftel, who was about 73 years
of age, was born in Goderich and
lived until young manhood at the old
fanttiy home in Goderich. Although
he was well to do he worked for a
time. being employed in a bank. He.
married a Miss Willis. daughter of
Canon Willis, of Halifax, having met
the young lady when she visited God-
erich. It i; more than forty years
since they stored to Halifax. Mr, arid
Mrs. Naftel lured in an apartment
with their son, J. Cuthbert Naftel,
but ;;ave up the apartment before
Christmas to live at the hotel while
their sero stayed at his club. The elder
Naftel was an uncle of Fred J. Naftel
of Goderich township and hnyvet
Naftel of Goderich. ;\ telegram front
tete bereaved son at Halifax informed
them of the tragic happening.
Is About Again—
Mr. Geo. \V. Holman is about town
again after spending four weeks at
Alexandra Hospital, where ice under-
went an operation. He ie not yet fcel-
intg tip-te,p, but - will rbc stepping
around in lively fashion when the
warmer weather comes. Goderich
Signal -Star.
Hendrick-Haist=
A wedding of wide interest ws,
emnized at the Evangelical Parson-
age, Crediton, at d,1 a.m. March 70,
when Mise T-yla :e. H=eist, only dau-
ghter of Mr. and :Airs. T -leery• Hai;',
became' the :nide of Edmund R. Hen-
drick, third son of Mr.' and \fts.'A1-
bert I-Iettdrick of the Blue Water
Highway, Grand Bend. The 'ceremony
was performed by the pastor, Rev. A.
E, Pietch, Miss Ruth Hendrick, sister
of the groom, made a charming
bridesmaid. The groom was support-
ed 'by Earl Hoist, the brother of the
bride. On their return from the hon-
eymoon trip they will reside on .the
groom's farm two, miles north' of
Crediton.
Died At Crediton—
' Paul Schenk died Tuesday night at
his home in Crediton in his ,'05th year.
Mr. Schenk was a native of 'Germ-
any and carte to this .country in his
early boyhood. He was 'a member of
the Crediton Evangelical •Church.
He is survived by his widow, three
daughters and five sons. — Exeter
'bines -Advocate,
Dashwood Store Robbed—
The general store of Restenteyer
& \Tiller, Dashwood, was 'broken into
on Sunday night and a quantity of
merchandise stolen. The store was
just taken over two weeks ago by the
present proprietors. Included in the
loot were six pairs of trousers, two
windbreakers and a number of other
articles.
U. S. Air Pilot Filled
At Parkhill—
Trapped 10 an atmosphere of fog
and many utiles off his course, Sec-
ond Lieutenant N. A. Cowles, of the
'United States Army Corps Reserve
stet instant death 'Saturday night
when his trim -lined pursuit ship
plunged through the darkness to
crash through the roof of a small
stable near Parkhill, Its fuel exhaust-
ed by many miles of flying through
thick layers of fog, the $40,4000 Sev-
ersky plane tore earthward, striking
the stable owned by 'Jack Young, de-
molishing the building and killing
two horses, injuring another and kill-
ing. a cow: I-iad the crash occurred a
few minutes earlier, \fr. Young would
have been killed. He left the stable
Ie;c than ,fit-eminutes before the
plane came roaring out of the sky to
stnaeh into a thousand fragments.
T. S. Ford Passes At Mitchell—
T. S. Ford, for 60 years one of Mit-'
chell's 'most prominent businessmen
and a titan active in many spheres,
diexl suddenly Friday eight while on
hi, way home from a meeting of the
Mitchell Lions Club. He dropped on
the street about half a block from his
home and J. W.'Walker of Mitchell,
one of the first men to reach him,
found him dead. Mr. Ford was in his
Slat year and had spent virtuallee his
entire life in 'Mitchell and district, 'be-
ing a native of Fullerton Township,
Following his father's example Mr.
Ford took an active interest in the
affairs of the community. His father
waS the first reeve of 'Mitchell and his
son also served the town for a num-
br of years. He was mayor for two
terms in the 9G's and sat on the town
council for 16 years. He was ,Mitch-
el!'s representative on the county
council when the Perth county
buildings were erected. The energetic
businessman and councilor was one
of the then responsible for bringing
electric lights to Mitchell when most
of the cities and towns' in this immed-
iate district 'were still without then,
Mr. Ford's hobby was horses. He
never forgot the urge to stay on the
farm and raise livestock. Once he was
established in business, 'however, he
was able to devote some time to ani-
mal: and he purchased ' T'hornwood,
the first standard bred stallion in the
district, raised several colts, and won
prizes with them at the Toronto Ex-
hibition. He was married on Septem-
ber 1q, 1084, to Mary Louise Tallman,
who survives, There are also two sis-
ters, Mr, J. T. 'Barley of Toronto,
and Mrs. W. J. Bullis of Rochester,
N.Y. The ftmeral, ,which was private,
was held on Monday to Woodland
.'etnetery at Mitchell.
Back From Florida—
The party of Zurich citizens who
left for the sunny south a month ago
returned back on Friday. Consisting
of: Mr. and Mrs. Elmore 'Klopp,
Lorne felopp, .\fes. Susan Haberer
Incl Ur. William Rader. They report.
a ntrist enjoyable time with good
weather, gond roads, no ice, and the
timate most wonderful, sun every
day, the mercury going up to around
S(1 degrees every day. The
scenery
de 1 k magnificent in Florida.
They
motored clown, the. Atlantic Coaat as
far, as Miami, Then. crossed over to
the Gulf and went 'along this shore.
At .P'eters'burg they stayed off 'Inc a
while, here there are over 00a Canal
inns alone registered who are ;getting'
away 'from the cold winter's 'blasts of
our beloved' country. --+Zurich Herald.
1tiIIE VODER
An'eleetricat device, which, under
control of an operator at a -keyboard,
actually talks, was detnonatrated' on
January •St at the Franklin Institute,
Ph'iladelp'hia. Known as the Voder, it
is a development of Bell ,Telephone
Laboratories as a scientific novelty to
make an interesting educational ex-
hibit for the Bell System's displays
at the San Francisco Exposition and
at the World's Fail.. in New York. It
is built, except for its keys, entirely
of apparatus used in everyday tele-
phone 'service, says a writer in The
Blue Biel!, '
The Voder creates speech: I't is the
first machine in the world to do that.
Individual vowels and consonants
have been made by a variety of in-
struments, but they have never been
'linked into connected speech. Seated
at a keyboard something 'like that of
the old-fashioned parlor organ, an
operator can carry out a cottversatibn
simply by 'pressing keys, singly or in
combination. It takes a good deal of
practice and some time to learn—not
as much time'as it takes the human
to learn the mechanisms he is 'born
with, but , still quite a while. And it
talks with what might 'be called a
slight electrical accent. Nevertheless
a skilled operator can make it say
what she wants,
Designers of the Voder provided it
with electrical equipment correspond-
ing to the two kinds of speech
sounds, One kind of sound is made by
forcing the 'breath through the mouth,
past tongue, teeth and lips. Turbul-
ence in the air -stream sets up a hiss-
ing sound which contains a great
many vibrations -frequencies, Some of
these are reinforced by resonances in
the mouth cavity; that is the way in
which are made all the sounds of
speech when one whispers, and such
sounds as s, th and 1. In the Voder
there is an electrical hiss, and with
some of the keys the operator can
control its quality so as to make
those sounds, Other keys make the
"stop consonants" like d, k and p.
Another kind of sound enters into
human speech, most importantly in
the vowels, like a, e and o. It conies
front the vocal cords, and is very
complex and somewhat musical. In
the Voder, therefore, there is an elec-
trical source of sound corresponding
to the vocal cords; and there is a
pedal for changing its pitch and for
giving to speech a rising sound or
falling inflection as desired. When the
operator wante the sounds made by
the vocal cord,, instead of whispered
sounds or consonants, an arm rest
switch is depressed. Then the particue
'tar parts of this vocalized sound
which are wanted are selected 'by
playing the proper keys,
The source for this sound is the so-
called "relaxation oscillator" which
gives a saw-toothed wave in contrast
to the smoothly rounded wave of a
pure note. This saw-toothed wave 'has
a fundamental note which give the
whole sound a definite .pitch. Broad
changes in this pitch nark the differ-
ence between stale and female voices;
gliding change of pitch over a small-
er range constitutes inflection. The
Voder may be posed as a man or a
woman by' turning a knob; it may
state a fact, ask a question or emph-
ize a word according to the motion of
its pedal.
When one talks one shapes his
mouth rarity so that some particular
parts of the complex sound come
through clearly while other parts are
suppressed and unheard. This makes
the difference between th vowel
sounds. For the sante purpose the
Voder is provided with ten keys. Each
of these operates a variable attenuat-
or to control the current in a definite
frequency range. Source of current
for each attc» ualor is an electrical fil-
ter which picks from the saw -tooth
wave one particular group of its over-
tones. Normally each attenuator is on
open -circuit, so that no sound comes
through, The vowel sounds require
the selection of only one, two, three
or four ranges •of overtones; the other
range's contribute nothing to the
sound. In human speech, some sound
is found in every range, but the
Voder :teems to speak 'most tinder
standa'bly when the tutimportant
overtones are suppressed.
Considering all the keys, there are
twenty-three different sounds aveil-
ah le to the Voder operator. By com-
bination keys she can ntit these
sounds and by the fingering she can
control the ehadht,e'. All speech
sounds canbe produced, but the num-
ber ally operator can make use of de-
pends on her finger dexterity; even
granted the ability, only long prac-
tice, will bring skill, 'The young ladies
who will operate the Yoder at San
Do` You' Need Mone*
to Buy Seed?
Plan for the balance of thisyear now, The results next Fall
largely depend upon the forethought given to cultivation;
fertilization and the quality of the seed you intend to plant.
Success usually follows good management. Intensive cul-
tivation of your land, properly fertilized and sown with
Registered or Government Tested seed, is the best assur-
ance of profitable results.
See our Branch Manager if you need money to carry out
a profitable programme this year.
THE
D.OMINION BANK
ESTABLISHED 1871
Seaforth Branch - -E. C. BO'SWELL, Manager
Francisco and INew York were select-
ed .from more than three hundred
telephone operators; and through
long practice they have acquired a
sufficient vocabulary to converse on
ordinary subjects.
Sounds in the Vctder's repertoire
are not confined to those of the hu-
man voice, 'Bleating of sheep, lowing
of cattle, grunting of pigs, and even
the rat -a -tat of the woodpecker can
be produced with perfect realism.
The Voder is an outgrowth of itn-
dameutttl researches in telephony car-
ried on in Bell Telephone Laboral
ones. Horner W. Dudley in the
course of one of these researches de-
veloped a speech synthesizer which
could 'be controlled electrically by a
speech analyser. Successful outcome
of his work was demonstrated in
September, 119316, at the Harvard Ter-
centenary in ,Cambridge. When the
Bell System exhibits were projected
for the expositions at San Francisco
and New York. the synthesizer part
of the apparatus seemed to offer pos-
sibilities for development into a novel
demonstration which would have ed-
ucational value since through its use
the formation of speech sounds could
be shown.
HIBBERT
Council Meeting—
Hi'b'bert 'Townhsip Council stet in
the township hail, Staffa, on Satter -
'clay, Mar. 11th, as provided in ad-
journment, Reeve \Vat Kay presided.
A resolution was passed extending
the tax roll to April 1st and advising
the tax collector to snake every effort
to collect all taxes in arrears. By Law
'No. 471 confirming the appointment
of the Road Superintendent as super-
visor of all road work, also setting
the price for labor was passed. The
remuneration for ratan and team for
hauling gravel 50 cents per ihour, and
for man only, 25 cents per hour.
Team work, cutting weeds, 50 cents
Per hour, and 10 cents per hour extra
for the use of mower. The wages for
alt work, from Dec. let to April 1st,
to be 40 cents per hour for man and
team and for man only 20 cents per
hour. Accounts to the amount 4 of
$168.99 were paid for relief and '$316
for salaries and general accounts,,
Council adjourned to meet April let.
The Clerk was authorized to notify
all parties getting direct relief that
relief will discontinue Apr. 1st,
—Thos. D. \\'ren, Clerk of Hibbert.
CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK
St. Patrick's .Day calls .for some-
thing special in the way . of food.
Treat yourself to some festive decor-
ations—a felt' streamers of green
crepe paper across the table, some
fancy paper napkins, and maybe a
sprig of shamrock for the centre.
Then 'for your food, here's something
for your (bag of tricks—because after
all, St. Patrick did work miracles!
Baked Fish With Pineapple
Line a greased casserole with sliced
or cubed pineapple I(chainec1). Add 2
cups of cooked, flaked ifish,-whitefish,'
haddock, or salmon ars suggested —
mixed with '3,8 .cup of cream. Season
with salt and pepper. Beat together 1
cup of mashed potatoes, 1 beaten egg,
2 ta'blespoone of tails: and a clash of
paprika. Place this on top of the fish
mixture. Bake in a moderate oven
till hot and brown, 'l'op with grated
Canadian cheese just before removing
from the even, Fresh 'fillets may be
used and, if so, the cooking time will
he a little longer. Serves 6,
TESTED RECIPES
Buy Beef 'By Grade
The following recipes are taken
from the• revised household 'bulletin
"Beef; How to Choose and Cook It,"
a copy of which may' be obtained free
on request front the Publicity and
Extension Division, Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa,
Braised Short Ribs
To each pound of meat, allow
about 2 cups water and '1' teaspoonful
salt. Simmer for about three hours in
covered vessel, turning meat at end
of first hour. Add more water if nec-
essary during cooking to prevent
meat burning. At tine end of cooking,
most of the liquid should be absorb-
ed, Remove ribs, season, and brown
in hot overt for about half an hour.
Remove some of the fat from gravy,
thicken, and serve with the ribs.
Swiss Steak
Pound as much flour as possible
into rotund or flank steak with edge
of a plate or back of cleaver; brown
steak in small quantity of fat in hot
skillet, add some canned Canadian 'to-
matoes. chopped onion. pepper and
salt, and sufficient water to cover.
Cover dish and simmer until tender
—about two home. Add more water
ii• necessary during cooking, and if
gravy is too thin thicken with flour
before serving.
Steak Rolls
Season minced rotund. chuck, or
shoulder steak, adding a small
amount of fine bread crumbs. Form
into rolls about the size small saus-
ages, and wrap with pastry rolled
fairly thick and cut into four inch
squares, moistening the edges and
pressing well together. Bake for
three-quarters of an 'hour in moderate
oi•en, and serve with tomato sauce.
Curried Beef with Rice
Grind left -over beef with small
amount of onion, and ,pepper and salt
to taste. Heat in thin white sauce
with which Inas been blended curry
powder in proportion of lt teaspoonful
to each cup of sauce. Serve sur-
rounded with hot boiled rice.
Selecting and Mating
the Breeding Stock
One of the important 'factors in re-
ducing the cost of producing eggs is
improvement of the •node by selective
breeding, states 'W. T. Scott, head
poultryman, Dominion Experimental
Station, Harrow, The selection of •the
breeder; should be almost a continu-
ous practice throughout the year,
with a final selection ,when mating.
Every bird should 'be examined in-
dividually and -those possessing physi-
cal. defects should not be placed in
the breeding pen. tender an y consider-
ation. Quality of eggs laid is import-
ant in determining the value of the
mating.
The orale selected should 'show vi-
gour, courage, and attention to bis
mates. He is half the ,flock and if his
sisters and c(aag*itters have been test-
ed for high egg production 'he will
have some history on which to de-
pend ,for improvement.
Careful attention should be given
to the diet of 'both stale and female
at least one month 'before starting.
A .good quality greenfeed such as
dehydrated alfalfa leaf steal, 'may be
used as a supplement to the normal
ration. Rome are a poor substitute
fol greens 5t any tinne, and particul-
ally so in the
mating season, Bovine
breeder; prefer to su'bsti'tute a oocl
commercial hatchingg
radion at ,this
ens, n.