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The Seaforth News, 1958-02-20, Page 4Farmers Union Meet In Seaforth 10'ntanio Farmers' Union meet- ing 111.60aforth was held as scheduled in spite of bad roads end cold weather, with a ]good attendance. Minutes arf previ- ous .meeting were read and ad- opted, and local b'u'siness was discussed. 'Tlhe President ' in- formed members . next ,county meeting would be on Thursday night, March 6th in Clinton Ag- eeul aina1 Board rooms with Mr. Nixon of Nixon Laboratories as. guest .speaker, on animal - dis- eases; also !O.F.U.. have cost prices of fertilizer and grass seed for 'marchers. Any mem- bers with grass seed to sell leave particulars with President. Mr. Bob Taylor, director for Huron, was asked to report on County happenings and also introduce guest apeaker Mr. Walter !Miller of Tama, !2nd 'vice pres. of OI11U. air. Taylor said TOFU had been asked to hold a series 'of .meet- ings in Kent and Elgin Counties, He said the had set up :a number of meetings with Mrs. :Evelyn Prosser as speaker; he also stat- ed OlU office in Guelph was swamped with requests for meetings and said every avail- able speaker was engaged to Oblige with these requests. He introduced Mr. Miler and said he needed no introduction to some of us' but anybody who had . not heard him was in for an in- teresting address. 1Mr. !Miler stated he 'did not know it was so far from Tara to ISeaforth. He wished to thank 'Seaforth local far their invitation. He said he was well !pleased with meetings an 'Northern part of Ontario where he was ,requested to speak. He said people are se- alising that CFU is a grass root farm organization and strictly 'farmers that form the policy of OIEiU. the stated that radio and press were 'the biggest enemy of the farmer broadcasting sur- pluses and overproduction that did not exist. He said when the went to Sunday 'School as a ]boy he was taught that we were all ibrokhers and sisters and we Should share and share alike, but apparently this is not the ease today. 'They would tell us not to produce too inueh and cause surpluses, yet in the world there are 7 ;out of 10 people go- ing to bed 'hungryevery night, If we could :get cost of produc- tion, and told to produce this in turn would 'help unemployment as the farmer would not be tak- ing jobs in industries, he would be home on the farm, and any surpluses created in this man- ner could be ,disposed of in the world market to feed these hungry 'people. He stated this price support bill that was so vigorously opposed by 'OFU has been amended to cover a .lot of conditions, also .cost of produe- kion. Ile stated'0-FU had been invited to sit in three times in one week with Agricultural Minister and his cabinet to am- end this bill so as it would suit agriculture. He stated it does FINANCE REPORT not meet all of conditions but The following is the report of it is net satisfactory to OE,i.0 in the finance committee of Town its entirety, and the ;OM was 'Council for ]February. still pressing on the Govern- P. !Doig, $15.00; W. M. 'Hart, rnent to improve it further, and $1,101.58;. Ed Boyce, $36.00; would still' press for further im- A. Miller, 518.00; W. +Pratt, provement. After a questionaire 240.00 H.:Bolton, $6.00 H. 'period, the President thanked Glenv, $15.00; A. Horne, $28.80; Mr. Miller and Mr. Taylor for PUC, $47.62; Seaforth !Public their addresses. The :meeting School, 11,000.00; D. H. Wil - adjourned and ladies served a son, 1250.00; H. 'Maloney, lunch. $235.00; A. Price, $199.50; A. Children's Aid Soc. A-nnual Meeting The Children's Aid !Society of 'Huron :County held 'their annual meeting' on Feb. +12't'h with a 're- presentation from ''Wnmghaan, Clinton, Exeter, ISe'afortli, (Dash. wood land Gaderidh in attend. !Rev. 'R. G. MacMillan of God- erich was elected President of the Beard of (Directors; Or. K. E. Taylor, Goderich, 1st Vice LPaesident; Mr. Hugh' !Berry, of Woodham, 2nd Vice Pres.; Mr. A. H. Erskine, •Goderieh, Sec.; Mr, A: M. 'Rdbertson, 1God'erich, Hon. Sec.; • Mr. J. G. Berry, of G•oderich, Treas. Reeve Bailie Parrott of Morris 'Township re- presents the 'County 'Council on the [Beard, and the following are the Directors: Mrs. F. Ping-. land, Clinton; 'Mrs. K. Johns, of Woodham; Mrs. Howard Klumpp of Dashwood; Mr. Frank 'Si •Is, Seafobh; Mr. John Winter, of Harriston; Mr. Fred Davidson, of Wingh.am; ,Mr. Roy Cousins, Brussels; :Mr• Wan. McKenzie, liixetes; itir. James 'Doig, Tuck- ersmibh, and Miss E. Saults, Mrs. ]Geo. Johnston, Mrs. J• Reynolds, Mrs. A. Taylor,- Mr, W. lid. ('rest and Mr. Lewis Tay- lor, all of Goderich, The associate directors are as follows: Miss J. Falconer, R.N., from the Public Health; a re- presentative of the !Salvation Army, Mr. 'H. ;MdCreabh and Mrs. H, Palmer, all of Goder- ich. fiV)'rs. Chaffee, the Local Dir- ector, gave a most interesting report on the year's activities o'f the staff, Mr. J. G. (Berry presented the treasurer's report and the budget for 1958 cif 144,- 250.00. Mr. Harry McCreath made a few remarks on 'behalf of the Clothing Committee. A very enlightening panel 'discus- sion on "Adoption" was conduc- ted by !Rev, MacMillan, assisted by Miss Clare McGowan and J,fiss Gertrude'' Wilkes of the staff. A. M. McEWEN Alexander M. McS.'iwen, sec- ond eon. of 'Stanley 'twp. died in 'his 83rd year In 'Clinton Pub- lic Hospital !Friday afternoon, He had been i11 for 12 days. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McEwen. He was born in Stanley -twp. Adore he farmed all his life. die was a member of St. Andrew's !Pres- byterian •Church, 'Clinton. His wife, the former Mary Innes, died in 1952. He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. M. ,(Mar- ian) 'Laramie, Kincardine; Miss Jean McEwen, Toronto; Mrs. H. J. !(Eleanor) Runnells, Tim- mins; Mrs. Charles (Bessie) Boyd, Walton; Mrs. John :Mar- jorie) IBroadfoot, Brucedield; one brother, John H. McEwen, Stanley twp.; two sisters, Mrs. 0. L. Paisley, !Clinton; 'Mrs. W. Tebibutt, Goderieh; by twelve grandchildren and one great- grandson. 'Burial was in Baird's cemetery, Stanley Township. 1957 Chevrolet DeLuxe Sedan 1957 Dodge 8 cylinder -Coach 1956 Chevrolet Deluxe Sedan. 1955 Chrysler Hard Top 1952 Chevrolet Hard Top' 1949 Meteor Coach 1949 Monarch Sedan 1949 Chevrolet Sedan 1948 Chevrolet Sedan MAKE US AN OFFER. No reasonable offer refused at ort . S eafhMotor Phone 541 Seaforth OPEN EVENINGS Bushie, 1$147.50; J. Cummings, 120.00; G. Erhardt, $2191.66; G. A, Martin, 112)32.23; Worklhan's Compensation Board, 1$21.76; The. Municipal World Ltd.., 127; (II, Glenn Hays, Q:C., $7,00;_ Watson & !Reid, •$1126.00; W. E. (Southgate, $186.60; (Huron He positing '$156.111; 'W. Dundas, $30..10; G. McGonigle, 1940.99; Relief, '$135.00; 'County of Hur- on, $65.25; Stan 'Blows (Book 'and ,Gift . Shop, $1'5.20; S. Doi - mugs, -i$3.00; Baldwin lEwde., $16.812; ISheoc'k Office, supplies, 115.50; Can. 'Tire Corp., 25.99; Willis Dundas, $12!32; Ziler ;& Nott, 929.75; John Bach, e13.- 90; W. Wil$ ee, 14.34; iA.'Price, $6.00; 21. Maloney, $112.00; Sea - forth !!Lachine Shop, 1$28.60; M. Ta. 'Cla'rke, 982.60; W. Wilbee, $112241; Bell Tel. Co., $67:70;; Fire Extinguisher Service and (Sales, $13.75; Geo. A. !Sills &' Sons, $48.9'•7; 1C. 'Coom!bes, 910; Treas. of Ontario, 294.78; E. Erhardt, '878.40; G. A. Martin, $86.28; ]Mrs, H. Bolton, $2.00;. A. Miller, 222.00. FEDERATION NOTES By Carl Hemingway I arrived a few minutes early for church last .Sunday morning. While waiting for the service to begin I noticed the sun shin- ing on the ;Memorial Window. My -.eyes dropped to the seven, names of those who gave their lives in' the Great Was that we !night live in freedom. 'What Freedom? While pond- ering my eye's travelled a short distan'c'e to the left and iI real- ized I was looking at the Hon- our Roll of the Second World War. Again (< realized that stars indicated that three had made the supreme sacrifice that we might live in freediom. Do we appreciate 'this free- dom? our homes, our .education- al system, our choice of 'wo.rk, our freedom of religion, our freedom of travel? Our freedom to drive our ears when and where we wish with only a minimum of restric- tions. What a privilege it is in this land of many miles, It is also a responsibility. iDuring nine years of war 10 young men gave their lives to purchase this for us. 'Memories are shoat but in the minute .or two that remained I was able to think of five who had lost their lives in car 'accidents. Their will be no 'Memorial Window honouring these; their names will not be inscribed on Honour Rolls. They did not give their lives for a worthy cause. They lost their lives because of carlessness of their own or someone else. IWe can blame our manufact- urers for building cars with too much speed and hap -hazard de- sign with regard to safety. Yet in the final analysis it is the dri- ver who is responsible in almost every case. Mechanical failure causes an insignificant number of acci- dents, rPolice officers have stated in confidence that at least 75 of the accidents, they investi- gate, are caused directly or in- directly Iby drinking, However our Haws are such that only a. fraction of the'drivarsare charg- ed with impaired or drunken driving. 'We continue to ignore the traffic signs and the speed lim- its. W1as it to retain this free- dom that ten young mien from this church .gave their dives? The week of 'February 24th is ISafe•1Driving week in Ontario. Your County !Federation of Ag- riculture along with the Parra Forums is sponsoring a 'Safe - Driving +Rally !Monday evening Feb. 224th. See the advertise- ment elsewhere in this paper. Please! Come out and dend your support to the saving of lives. HARPURHEY 'Stafford Johnston, in the Stratford Beacon (Herald says: Thanks to some prodding by Mrs. A. F. Cook of St. Marys, we have finally !discovered w$hy Harpurhey was 'called 'Harpur- hey. Some weeks ago we referred inthis space to Harpurhey, one of the ghost vi'llages of these Queen's (Bush counties. Like Morningdale, north of 'Mili!bark, and Leadbury, in the north end of McKillop township, Hamper - hey is now just a ]place where theme used to be a place. Until three years ago there 'was a ga- soline. station at elarapuarhey. corner on No. 8 HHighway, a iaai:le west .of ISeaforbh. Then the route of the highway was . changed, the gasoline station was by - Ipassed, and now there is noth- ing except a stone cairn to mark the place p e wmee there was once a thriving +vilQsge. 9i'aarpurlhey was an older, and 100 years ago was a much big- ger place then Seaford'. When 'Seaforth was a !hamlet of two or three houses, IHanpua-hey was a village with five streets huil't up, several stores, a shoe shop, harness shop, and two 'mimetic, ing phys'icia'ns. When the first Division Court for tawnshiips of $11cKillop land-Teckersmitlh, was eetablished, ,about 1945, eoust was held at 'Harpurhey; 'which was the princip'a'l, villager It is 'a • reminder that the his- tory of our Queen's 'Bash coun- ties is [beginning to have some length and :stretch to it, when one considers that Harpurhey, which was once ,the natural cen- tre for the jci'dlge to hold court, because it wig 'the' (biggest place and had: the 'best hotel accommo-. dation, is now net even a place on the -map. Two of the five-vil- lage ive•village streets still exist, --without houses along. them'- as por- tions of a Tuckersmdbh .township road. The other three ,streets have _vanished in farm •'fields with not even a hump or a ttoaigh in cultivated' land to. show where they once existed. Harpurhey was the loser in two contests. When the ,Buffalo and Lake ]Huron Railway was first put through from 'Stratford to 'Gederieh, there were three separate 'hamlets, within a two - ,mile space each of which thought 1t should 'hone the railway sta- tion, At that time, 'Harpurhey was the biggest' of the three, .Egnaonidville was second, and Seaforth was the smallest. The railway .company was quite flair about it; it took the view that none of the three was big en- ough 'to 'deserve a station. 'Egenondville merchants and Seafortla merchants joined far- ces, and built a railway station 'at their own expense, which left 'Harpurhey .sidetracked as a rail centre. The other contest was be- tween Harpurhey and Seaforbh, as to wdii'7h should bethe south- ern terminal of the ;Grey Turn-- pike, urn-pike, when the first improved road was'built north to Walton and Brussels.'Seaforbh prevailed, and the road was built to lead straight down through Winthrop to the main street of ISeaforbh.' Harpti hey was sidetracked as a wagonroad centre, and +From then on began •to fade away. I All of which 'does not answer i Mrs. Cook's question, -why was it called Hanpurhey? T,o find out, we started with (Ivan For- syth, reeve of Tuckersanibh. Ivan wasn't ]bore until after 'Iiarpur- ,rey had disappeared, but he re -1 ferred us to James Doig, .a form- er reeve' of Tuckersmith, who is a descendant of one of the earl- iest settlers in the. township.1 Jimmy Doig rememlbered his grandparents tadlxing about two .men 'who ran a tavern at Har- purhey, and named the place af- ter the birthplace '.of one of them. 18719 Atlas of Huron says that 'Harpurhey was named by its first settler, 'William Chalk, MD, after his own birthplace. (Presumably his birthplace was somewhere in the British ifsles, but whether Scotland; Ireland, Wales or 'England, the Atlas does not say. We applied to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kastner of febringviIle, who have as part of their lib- rary a directory of all the rail- way points in the British Isles. It did not dist (Hasipurhey. 'None of the gazetteers, in the reference section , of ,Stratford Pulblic Library, listed Harpur- hey. We searched maips of the British: ]isles unitil we were bleary-eyed. No Harpurhey. The scan who gave the. an- swer, and did it so quickly and easily that it seemed ridiculous to have been baffled for so long, was Frank Ruston, post- master at Stratford. His postal directories turned up the clue; Harpurhey is now Manchester 9. One hundred and twenty-seven, years ago, when Dr. ]Chalk bought land in the Cana'dian wilderness and settled dorwn to wait for a village to wow up around him, his own 'native place in. England Was a village near the town of !Manchester, in Lancashire. During the years in whish Hanpunhey in the New World wa'sseveloping rasa pion- eer settlement, and then d'wind ing away to nothing again, the original !Harpurhey, in the Old World, was 1beiingiswallowed u;p by the .growth of industrial Manchester. A century ago, the two 1lanpumheys were each a post office in its oven .right; one has 'vanished, and the other has 9 of the city which absorbed it. ,Manchester and IS-'eaf o stili sewn to have the ]parallel roles of. villain in the plot. FARM ACCIDENTS Thousands -of dollars •in both time and, money, to say nothing of. physical sxffeing, is lost to the farm economy of Ontario ea'oh year as the result of sc.ci- d'ent's lthat,could have been pre- vented according to reports reaching' the !Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture. Frequency o'£ farm accidents is sudh that farm workers have a ]higher 'accident sate than in dustria'1 Workers, a fact which should snake the farm worker resolve to take remedial -steps without delay. Many mishaps around farm buildings are oaused by danger- ous stairways an�ddadders. Many a slip resulting in .more serious injury than aright occur between cup and lip has been caused by hay, leaves and .'dirt being al- lowed to accumulate on stairs. Broken segs frequently result' from falls oaused by ladders having weak, toose rungs. Farmaers are frequently in- jured Iby-, falling through open feed shutes, a type of accident readily prevented by building trap doors or covered chutes at the edge of the mow to handle hay and Straw with safety. Electrical 'hazards on the :Farm a'recontinually increasing. as more and more uses are found for 'this .convenient com- anodity. It goes without saying, or should,, that electric 'wising and equipment need to be Checked' periodically and kept in good condition. Fire and shock hazards are created by careless- ness, lack of- maintenance and ignorance. The increased use of heat lamps for brooding poultry and hogs has added another ser- ious fire hazard around the farm. Such lamps should be sus- pended by a chain and placed no closer than 12 inches from the litter. Light bulbs in hay- mows and grainaries need to be equipped with 'dust -=tight globes to 'prevent fires. !Similarly, an accumulation of dust in the: windings of electric motors will cause heating and eventually burn out the motor. 'More sensi- tive to electricity bhan 'humans, Sive stock are frequently found dead in their stalls as the re- sult .of electric shock. in Ontario farm buildings must have three -prong, ground- ed -type convenience .outlets and all portable equipment .Should be provided with- thre e -w i r e cords and [plugs. This feature of insurance against shock hazards is all 'boo frequently ignored. The fire hazard can be reduc- ed by locating new 'buildings at least 150 feet from existing structures and never in line with thein, so that in the un- happy event of fire, flames can- not sweep froan one (building to the next. MISS F. I. BUCHANAN !Miss Florence I. Buchanan, a retired school teacher, died sud- denly Saturday night at her home. She was in her 74th yew. Born at Walton, she was the daughter of the late Mark Buchanan and the former Jane McGill. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Brus- sels. Following her education in (Brussels public school and con- tinuation school, she attended 'Clinton Model !School, where she received her teachers' dip= loma. She taught school at Stay - nor, 'Winona, and •Lueknow, be- fore she returned here. She taught the primary grade in - Brussels for 25 years, before re- tiring in 19311. .She was a faith- ful member of Brussels United Church, where she was 'active in the 'WWMS. She is survi'ed .by two brothers, Dr. Harveya Bu- chanan, Deloraine, Man.; and Ward of Detroit. The funeral was held on Tuesday conducted by Rev. Lloyd Brown, Brussels United. !Church. Burial was in [Brussels cemetery. MRS. WESLEY VODDEN Mrs. (Wesley Vodden, hordes- boro, died in her 77th year Fri- dley night at home of her laugh- ter Mrs. ''Bert lShdbbrrook of Ful- lerton Township. She was the former Eunice May Bahl a dau- ghter of the 'late Mr. and (Mrs. John Ball of Hullett twp. She was a member of Londesboro United Church. Surviving, be- sides her husband are one slaug- hter, Mrs. IBeet !(Dora) Shob- bnook; five sons, Hexibert, ;White Horse, Yukon Territory: Fred and !Roy, 'both of Clinton; Leon- ard and Kenneth, both of Paris; become Postal' 'Sulbdivision No. one 'brother, Amos Ball, of God-, THE SEAFORTH NEWS -Thursday, February 20, • 1958 REGENT THEATRE Seaforth Thurs. Fri. dc, Sat. DOUBLE. BILL SPY CHASERS BOWERY BOYS RODEO Jane Nigh John Archer. A thrill tossed story DOUBLE] BILL - COMING Hellcats of the Navy. The Sceptre and the Mace r REDUCED PRICES ON ALL WARM AND DRY FOOTWEAR Not all sizes left in stock BUT THEY'RE GOOD BUYS For this season and next WILLIS SHOE STORE The Little Store With the "Big Values" SEAFORTH erich; one sister, Mrs. G. Gib- bings, 'Clinton; ten grandchild- ren and three greattrandohdl'd ren. Funeral service was held Tuesday conducted by Rev. T. J. White, of 'Londesboro United 'Church. Buaial was in 'Ball's Cemetery, Hullett Township . DUBLIN On Friday evening 60 mem- bers of Zion (Church :gathered to enjoy a 'potluck supper fol- lowed by crokimole. Duri-g the evening Mr. and Mrs. W. Stew- art were presented with• a large wall mirror and hymnary by the elders on. behalf of Zion ,Church. ]Regret at ]losing Mr. and Mrs. 'Stewart was express- ed iby Rev. Mr. Daynerd. lOn Thursday evening a so- cial evening was 'held in the parish hall, Dublin, for Mr. and Egmondville United Church Mrs. Stewart. 15 tables of pro- Dr. J. Semple, Minister gressive euchre were in play. First (Sunday in Lent After lunch was served, IMr. T. '11 a.m., Special Series ote Butters read the address and Sermons, No. 1 Mr. Mervin Dietz and Mr. Fes- + 7 p.m., Special (Series of gus 'L'annin !presented IM'r. and Sermons, No. 1' Mrs. Stewart with a purse. 10 a.m., !Church School and Minister's Class 41 a.m., Nursery Class 11.130 a.m., Jr. Congregation 'Classes in !Church member- ship close of the .morning ser- vice. Thussday; Mid week service Northside United Church 8 ,p.m. (Note change in night.) Rev. 'Bruce W. Hall, Minister ISee you in ,Church Sunday. 10 a.m., .'Church School and Adult Bible 'Class. 111 .a.m., Morning Worship conducted by the minister: Nursery for Toddlers, Junior Con'gregaltion. 2 pane Minister's 'Church men lbership Class. 7 p.m., `9Bibia Knowledge College" 8.15 p.m., Northside. _Youth Fellowship. First Presbyterian Church Minister, Rev. W. V. Raison of 'Glencoe, Ont. 10 'a.sir., Church .School 11 a.m., Morning Service 4.30 p.m., Vesper (Service H. A. Kempster, 'Organist and Choir Leader. BRODHAGEN Relatives received word of the death of Ernest -F. W. Brodhagen (Slily) in !Stratford last week. • SEAFORTH .. ARENA HOCKEY THURSDAY, FEB. 20 PORT ELGIN -MIDGETS vs. SEAFORTH M:I,DGETS 8.30 Admission 25e Gaul 50c Friday Skating 8 - 10 Saturday Skating 2 4 THIS TO PAY BILLS THIS FOR SAVING Our- 2 -ACCOUNT PLAN is Planned Saving Z PERSONAL CHEQUING ACCOUNT Pay all bills by cheque on a Personal Chequing Account. A quarterly statement will help you keep your records straight. The low service charges are pre -paid., Your cancelled cheques are on file If you ,need them. 2 SAVINGS ACCOUNT -- Keep your Savings Account for saving. Add to it from every pay. As your balance grows, you'll enjoy new peace of mind. Start Planned Saving at our nearest' branch now. THE CANADiAN BANK OF COMMERCE 775 BRANCHES ACROSS CANADA READY TO SERVE YOU Seaforth Branch: G. C. Brightrall, Manager Dublin Branch: E. J. Dean, Manager