The Seaforth News, 1940-04-04, Page 4PAGE FOUR
THE SEAFORTH NEWS .hash till the bell ronig,
Snowdon- Woe., Publishers- Seaforth; COM, Stade; defense, T.
• Sills, Harbert, centre, licrod'cdin;
WALTON ,rvingS, 1 ,CV ;,std Zubd F. Sills;.subs. , A.
The 11,F,\\r:0, meeting was held on 1111 11.iIdobratel, \lcCallu111 Hildc-
March 27111 att the home of Alrs. Net. ;hrand. hail. \Iter.
son Reid. with 22 ladies present. \rt`.ra ['Mist ke".d I rh ,r,; dei
Mrs. Moody Holland gave a splendid emai, Warren, .or ley t n re, \l;hit-
:talk on "Comfort and Beauty hi the :c wings, i ,ins,111, Pucci; siths.,
Home.' Mrs. W. 1', Bennett had a Steele, billet, I. \\'i1 -,on. R Wils,e,
demonstration of handmade atti,•le5 h -n el, Smith.
withal were helpful stiggostions to Is ;ea. ree M 04.,r, felt C''•'` -•"ire.
everyone, Pleats have been made to
hold ai 'nursing course from the "rd KIPPEN
till the 7th of Jtuie. The next meeting The :ou rtlntont of 110' Lends Sap•
will be held at the honor of Mi's. (11.r will be hold next Sunday nt St.
Louis Rowland on April 17, Anelr'w's Church. and. at Hill's
Address and Presentation- 'Ire'•u. The preparatory service will
on \\'etlnesday evening, March 37. be held at St. Andrew's Church 011
about site hundred friends and Friday at S p.01. The Rev. Joint Rich
neighbours gathered. at the Itonte of ardson will preach.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. R. Hamilton of The Young People's Anniversary
Last boundary. Walton, to spend a services will he hold tit Kipper 00
social evening with them before their Sunday-. May 19th.
departure to their new Monte ht The W,M,S. meeting was held at
Brussels. The following address wits Mrs. W. W. Cooper's home on Wed
read by Mr. Carl Dalton and a purse 1x'scla7 of this week.
of Lunney Was presented by Mr, Miss Erma Workman has returned
Herbert Williamson, The address to Magnetawau after spending the
was: "TO Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton. past week with her patents. Mr. and
We, your friends and neighbours. Mrs, \\'m. Workman.
have crone to spend a pleasant even. Mr. Bill \\'dtcotnbe spent last week
ing before your departure tot' your end with friends in Clinton. -
new home. We are sorry to see you (1r. John Anderson and • Air. Alex.
leave the Boundary, but hope that the McGregor were in Sarnia last Slttnr•
change will be to your advantage, and titt0 and each brought home a tine
that you inay be able to .enjoy a well new tractor.
earned rest. Hamilton has been a Mrs. Wm. Workman is in Toronto
familiar and respected name on the visiting with her sister. Mt's. J. W.
boundary ever since early pioneer Patterson.
days. As you both 'have lived all The roads are being opened up
your days here you have seen many again and large quantities of cattle
changes as the years conte and go. and hogs are being shipped out to
You and your family have always market.
taken a deep interest in the social - Mr. \int, Kyle is having his house
life in the coimnunity and at all and barn wired for hydro: The cen-
times been ready and willing to help (ract for installing it was let to Mr.
in any Way. You will be missed, but Alex. McMurtrle.
we are glad to know that a Live UP- Messrs, Jas. McClymont, Robt. Jar•
to -Date. Representative will be left on rntt and Thos. Butt spent Tuesday in
the Boundary to. 'carry on.' We take Goderich.
this opportunity to express our re- Miss Hazel Thompson has returned
gai•ds and ask you to accept this gift e, her ludas as teacher` at Parry
as a small token of our esteem, Sign. Sound after tl pleasant holiday 'with
ed ort behalf of Neighbours and her parents.
Friends." Mr, and Mrs. Hamilton fit lir. Clarence McLean of London
tingly replied. • after which a few spent the week end With relatives in
hours were spent in dancing.
Last Tuesday evening neighbors
and friends of lilr. and Mrs. James
Hcustoa gathered to present them
• with two 100e1y chairs lteforethey
retire to Goderich. They will be
• much missed in the community. Mt'.
Hbttsten has spent all his life on the
• same farm, on the pith of Grey,
which was his father's farm also.
• But it is the wish of all that he may
be able to enjoy his new home in
Goderich with the same contentand
spirit ie which he has lived in the
• past.
Mr. Robertson Hamilton of Toronto
holidayed over the week end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos, Hamil-
ton, who are retiring from. farming
and will live in Brussels.
Engagement. -
Mr. and Mrs. Stratychuck. Brussels,
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Katie Ruth. to Mr. Mark
Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Hamilton. of Walton. The marriage
will take place March 30th.
Miss Reta Campbell of Goderich,
formerly of McKillop, is visiting Mrs,
Wm. Humphries.
Mr. and Mrs. David Livingston
have returned home after spending
the winter with their fancily.
Miss Jean Fulton has been on tate
sick list.
THE, SEAFORTH NEWS
.1COMMARINIMMI6121.•13•111a......0XIM MPS
NO CHANGE IN HURON
ELECTION RESULTS(
The official returns for leurui-
Perth show no changes in the result
published lust week. The civilian maj-
ority for W. H. Golding is 2,155 over
Jas, Morley. Soldier vote in Huron -
Perth giving. illy. Golding 19, Mr.
Morley y 17. makes Air. Golding's (1(1(1•-
ial majority 2,150.
Minton Cardiff, Conservative, Is of-
ficially (Teetered elected in North
11100)1 with a majority of 40 over Mr.
R. J. Death u1nu. The ('within vote
gate Mr. Cardiff of majority of 20,
and the soldier vote a majority of 11.
HURON -PERTH t-01'In MAR. 25, 1640
(Official Figures)
PCLLAIt'1'0N- tzuldine. Morley
S:t 24
52 52
7.1 119
57 ' Ii5
6 63
7 61 36
51 19
Total .... 1.27 ... 281
HIBBLRT-
18 34 19
211
7s tr,
3
t7580RNR-
1
2
4
6
6
7
Y;x1TER-
HAY-
125 47
05 43
Total .... 484 15o
•11 62
50 44
67 25
50 20
51 58
2e 1s
43 61
Total .... 021 - 116
2A
'B
3A
311
4
60 105
112
106
911
90
.fig
sat
49
21
40
Total . 279 65
1 67 16
2 71 12
AA 90 10
30...., 101. 211
4 195 20
5 71 .,
5 91 49
51 16
s 89
tits wlciitity.Total .,.. 32., -_
\Ir. and Mrs, W. McLachlan and 51'I•a'IIi(N
Marilyn elsih'd recently at the home 1
'
ft' lir. and firs. .1. Balser of Hills -
91
30 52
91 17
,113ee11. 4 101 66
Miss Helen Chandler has returned ase ''tn
to Blenheim after a pleasant holiday,at 31
101111 her parents. Rev. and Mrs. 42 c.
('ltandlel'. " 101 129
A number (('1101 this vicinity attend- Total .... ti^i it
0d thetractor• show in Hensatll on HCLLRTT-
Sattlyday put on 1)7 the Hyde Bros.
Hiss Isabelle Alexander has 0e•
turned to Maple and Miss Doris Alex-
ander to London after spending the
Easter holidays with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Alexander.
11r. and Mrs. W. Homey spent Sutr Total .... 421 149
clay with the former's sister. Mr. and STANI.IdY-
Mrs.\f. Moth of Crediton.
Mr's. Archie Parson spent Tuesday
with relatives its Exeter.
lir. mist Mrs. 0. Blanchard and fat- 5
nilly of Exeter spent Monday even-
TS
lug with Air. and Mrs. W. Homey. s 6- 39
`hiss Irma Ferguson spent a daY
recently with M189.M189. Mary Westlake of
Tura! am 3.33
('ecti
r,,,,,,,,,,or,_.
e l
129
Kippen East W.1.- 2A :17 14
On Thursday a( (platoon at the 28 d0 11
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. I•Iog•121 'ti
78
Barth the Kippen East WI, held their t 37
March meeting with a good attend. 'rota) ,. 375 126
1111)•0 of members and several visit- 'rt'cFl411114z'rH-
,ors. The president presided and op.i 2 117 sa
cued the meeting with the singing of a 112 14
HOCKEY the Institute ode and repeating the' 4 on 111
(Continued from Page 1) Lard's prayer. Thiswas followed by' 6 91 119
of hand. the singing of "Loch Lomond," Mrs.I
Seaforth opened die scoring at .55 Simpson favored with two violin
;Adieu Hubert 'shot the peek past Bis- solos with Mrs. Butt playing a piano itlsNSALL-
A
hrp
.op in the Fails net. Three minute; aceonaninlent. Mrs. Hogga•th gave i is
later Tom Mils front Leopard made 1111' interesting story of the farm and
the score .33-11 The ' isit rs evened the the roll call. "Some intprovonlent. 1 Fi AFOR'rH-
tou0t at 5.20 and ,5S when elehnson would like to see around the prem
1lin 44
from Steele scored ,wit in quick ises this spring" was fully answered.' 2 199 52
5nete.sion. Twn '.;oils by 1 eppard at The audience appreciated two recite- 3 - 125 41
+.30 and 17.20 finished the ',eerie.; i,r tions by Mrs. J. Sinclair, Mrs. W., 4 ea 4i
the period.. Bell, who has had several years' ex., 5 1111 40
The Beaver; added four mere goals perience In the raising of baby' --
in the -:second to two int- the Falls. rhirks gave a splendid talk on that Total ...._622 _so
Le pard, T, Silt; G. Hildebrand and subject which was very practical and Grand Total 1610 9455
11, McFaddin eetting the Beavers and interesting, AAs. Butt favorer] with a Soldier vote 12 17
\\'ilsan taking credit for the Fa11;. piano solo which was much appreci- Majority for Golding 2,150.
Leopard cot the only 10,11 in the aced. Airs. Margaret McKay gave a
third a2 111.30, short talk m1 the knitting of socks,
2 irreu;,>: paying special attention to the veil -
Niagara Fill G,al 13151157,: dei- nus sizes, Mis. G. McLean and Airs.
rm. Warren"rely, entre, WhitH. Caldwell conducted an interesting
-101) wm„-s. i hn m, Pncri: atter- quiz mutest. While the hostesses
nate Steele L. \\ ilson, R. Milson. 0000011 2 dela ions lunch. Mrs. 4V.
. n 1 enrnn. Midler, Saa)11.
Caldwell conducted a flower contest, township, spent a clay' in the village.
\
Seaforth-G4-4a1, Stade: defence.Mrs. H. ('aldweH's group winning the \\'e are pleased to see quite a Hunt•
Tom Sills, Hubert; centre R. 11cFad• must points, The \\.I. will be spun• her of mu'110110 birds hack with us
rditl. wings, A. 1TcFadlin. Lepptcrd: coring a eualu•e null rlanrt: in lite 01(1 after several months absence.
alternates, Ffanntry, I rank Sill., G,
future with tickets for sale on a conn 11l' s Frankie Mossop has 15(010ed
Hildebrand. A. Hildebrand. Bell. \Gc- fm•ter, bedspread, a motor rug, 'a lace
.Calbum: table cloth and a pair of hand knit after spending the holiday week with
Referee -T. Tvannff, Brand„rd, men's soc'i-' Tickets may be had her sister Jean in Detroit.
from any W.I. member. The next Miss Margaret -Meyer of the vil-
ur0eting will be held at the home of lege spent the. week end with Helen
Niagara Faris 7, Seaforth 3.
airs. Joseph Ppahall. Wrath Babylon line.
Iu he second game .1 the O H.A. Itev. J. Penrose of Exeter will have
tt, r n: liatc 1 semi-final 0)11) I c ha('ge of the services in the United
411c h\re Weavers, at Niagara }•a111 HURON ROAD WEST Church next Sunday.
It Monday night, 'ritarth wasde After many weeks of tiresome 0x• Mr. ;Incl Mrs, Stewart Beattie spelt
•ea ;t 1)y a 7-3 -rare. aeaf+.rth won p0rimenHug, Mr. Wm, Holland, ('}in- Sunday with friends on the Goshen.
,ne ,nail. by 112 to 1.1. inn. has invented a successful bean Mrs. R. Webster of Clinton. is
A , it 149 faits a 1 a n;ed ti, rlrvator curl weigher combined, far spending. a few days with relatives
team by special train awl near y it t f their bean thr0shef• here.
mat' wen n m„t It rr r.eal \L', Harvey Nott, London, spent
that 1 rely i epl-ard. the \it ,Hell last week end at the home of his ELIMVILLE
streak missed the special Abell it
father, Mr. B. Nott.
ant for ugh Iii. t Rn and (10 rant Messrs, Ethelene and E21ene Johns
Brad to 'back up about a mile t ;,ick were visitors with their sister, Mrs,
-un Lindy who was having' a nice P/,('f 'P - ay.
Pred Long, at Atwood, this week.
::e,rkocut 'running after 1110 train. UOS 0NE�D Mr. and Mrs. Long visited at Mr. Wm.
The Weavers, opened the :coring jjL1�( loins on Stmhitl
Miss Joy Whitlock of St. Thomas
-after five minutes in the .first period was a week -end visitor with Mrs. P.
when Bob Wilson took a :pass from Oli'illg to weather and road as
and Mrs. R. Dennison.
his ;brother, Lloyd and ,beat Stade conditions, the The Kirkton United. Church Young
from close in. "Farmer" licFadditt People gave their play, "Eyes of
-snored on a Ione 'rush. Seaforbh's sec- Seaforth Love," in this church last Friday
ond goal carne from •McFaddin in the night.
second period, Lloyd (Wilson, on a Spring Horse Show Mrs. Franklin Skinner and baby
pass from Bch Wilson,. tied up ;two girl returned bows. from Dr. Fleteh
minutes later.'There ,was 0 disparate AND DANCE er's hospital in Exeter on Sunday.
a•bo.tt a goal and robe goal umpire'was
chan,e;d. Wilson missed an open net has been postponed and will
afer 'drawing Stade out, 'but just ;be- be held on
'fore the 'bell the Weavers got their
turd goal pUbtinig, thein one up,TUESDAY, APRIL 23
The last period was a ;heart II:weaker,
'(he 'Weevers running four ;goals .in, Clinton -Thursday, April 25
and teinlg ;up the round. Stephenson, Hensall-Saturday, A
Tohnston, R. Wilson and L. Wilson April 27
-scored. The Seaforth team, display -Stratford -Thursday, April 13
ing the old fighting spirit wiu11li ;has
carried them Ibhrou4h many tough
spots, finisbdd sttrong, M1c1laddin
scoring on a pass from Lenard. The
Seaforthites adopted ,defensive tactics
and were allele to hold off a Falls - -
1
71
71
26
ai
79
73
1A
25
la
111
is
10
10
1 63'
511
34
37
to
11)
102
_1
Total .... 566 190
111 6a
129 49
1•nhd .... 249 114
VARNA
• Airs. Schell and son Kenneth ret-
urned to their home in Detroit after
.pending the holiday .week with Mrs.
Austin and family.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. Austin, Goderich
BAYFIELD
Easter carnival -
The a(111001 Easter Carnival which
was held in the Town Hall on Wed-
nesday of last week was 'under the
auspices of the lied Cross this year,
Despite had roads there was a large
,attendance and about fifty were in
costume. Air, John Pease introduced
Mr. H. 111. Monteith of Clinton who
'teed as Master of Ceremonies and
welcomed those preeent. The program
cotntne'aced with the (band March of
all those in costume trader the (Urn -
Hon of the floor manager, Air. Carl
Houston. Mr. and Mrs. H. 02. Mon-
teith and Mrs. Fred Thompson of
('lintnti acted as jtulgee and awarded
the prizes as follows: Ladies' fancy.1
first, Miss Elsie Leitch. 2m1, Alias
McLean ladies' comic, lot, Mrs. ell
Sturgeon; 2nd, Eugene Castle: Girls'
fancy, under 15 years, Jacqueline
Parker. Girls' comic, Helen Sturgeon.
Ladies' national Mrs George Elliott.
Gents' national, Rev. J. Graham.
Gents' fancy, 1st, Mrs. N. W. Woods,
and, Mrs. \\'alter Westlake. Gents'
comic, 1st, George Elliott; and, Jimmy
Dewar, Boys' fancy, Billy N(111010,
Boys' comic, Kenneth Scotohiner, The
lucky spot fiance was wort by Miss
Sigrid Peterson and the door prize by
Miss Doris McEwen, The Hall was
tastefully decorated for the occasion
with Rags and red. white and blue
hunting and streamers. During the
intermission the president of the Bay-
field
ayfield Unit of the Red Cross, Mrs. R.
H. Gairdner, thanked those who so
kindly came from Clinton to act as
judges, the eonmette0 in charge to
whose untiring efforts its success was
due; and all those who in any wary
coutributed to the success of the
evening.
Humphrey Snell
President
Mrs. J. A. .Kerr
Secretary -Treasurer
STANLEY
Engagement. -
Mrs. J. A. Cantle wishes to an-
nounce the engagement of her young-
est daughter, Margaret Jean, to Rob-
ert John Greer, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Robert Greer. The marriage to take
place quietly in April.
Penny Bank Report--
,
eport• The Penny Bank report for the Sea -
forth schools shows the total
amount on deposit at end of Febru-
ary, 1040: $1,456.37. Comparative fig-
ures of a year ago: $1,540.74.
"BROWN GOLD"
There a new 'kind of farmer in
Ontario the -a: clays, Fir tits, in .a •big
lron.se in 10 11 11, wears $110 suits, goes
to the office every morning and has
newer milked a 0001 or plowed a fur-
row in hi; life. - -
1ir hires, not farm hands, but
re 'idem managers and cr•p experts.
.\nd'he makes money. 1\ot the money
needed to meet the instalment on the
mortgage and hay his wife a new
dress and make a down payment on a
second-hand conrbi11e, He makes big
ci^111ks of "lording money" like vie -
president; and salesmanagers.
He 18 a tobacco farmer. His pro -
duet is `"brown gold",
Now there are big 'nen in dairying
and fruit -growing and its mixed farm-
ing. and there are .small 'farmers -
many of them -who grow tobacco,
lite never, probably, in all the history
of Ontario farming. have hardheaded
business men, looking for an invest-
ment, nut se 11[[011 money into the
soil a1 have these sponsors of the
provinces newest big-time crop tab -
ac co.
(\tot that all tobacco ,men go around
with ;broad smiles on their fares. They
grnnl'lle, too, like any good farmer,
anti have troubles of their 0011, They
worry about 'prices and too Butte rain
and 1101 enough sun and too much
wiird anti any hail at all and the pos-
sibility of frost.
But it is l:inrl of lyorryiing that brig
business men do, 001 the 'kind that
afflicts the farmer who wonders it he
is ;going to break even on the year.
"\\'e are tial. as a matter of fact,
interested in ;breaking even," one
tobacco ratan told me. "It cost" a lot
of money ;to grow tobacco, and we
mist make money 011 it -'or we
wouldn't he in ,it
Iron catch on to 41•is feeling as soon
as you look :over the great fields of
broad-leaved tobacco. There's sonme-
thitg impersonal a'li'aut tobacco row
after rote after row-, enbeokeu. There's
nothing of the 'god earth" feeling
about it, like growing 'potatoes or
corn. that makes so many men content
10 'wrestle with the dirt year after year
for a bare living.
And those kilns, gaunt and 'bare land
business -like, not friendly like a barn.
There's no smell about a tyhaccie•
farm, either. You'd 'think the whale
place would reek of elle stuff. Bret
even when you crush a leaf and snuff
it, there's only a green smell. 111311410
oaring to make the "fragrant weed".
But there's no doubt about it --
there's money in Mimed °. Plenty of
nrnney to be taken out after plenty of
money 115. 'heell 'put in,
Take the ;case of Cecile Elilioit, w1110
has 1100 acres of tobacco in the Brock-
ville 'area, one sof the newest districts
of the e'vereMpanding tdba'cco 'country.
"We have 'put," said Elliott, $30,-
000 into this '1010 acres. And we have-
n't (taken a cent out ,of it eget. Batt this
15 5he ;first year we have grown tobac-
co. This will be ;our ;first crop. And if
the rain and bhe sun and the 'hail and
'bhe 'frost 'give m's la break, we may
gross $50,000 on our ,crop."
A. 1$510,000 return on a $30,000 in-
vestment in tone year -and in farrningl
It seemed incredible.
• "Brut," reminded Elliott, "If Sittings
go .wrong, 'we may be out it sizeable
portion of that 1$30;1000." So there's an
element ;of thence,- of speculation,
albout totbaaoo, boa.
Anyway, Ontario's 4,000 tolbeiaco
growers, Lange, medium a and smell,
expect to reap no 'less than $20,000)0'00.
off their :717,1000 .acres In. the ,crop that
.is now (being Ih4Tnvesited. Away hack
in the early .draaje ,of itobaccoegrowdnig
in Onttari -ln 119.119, dor example -the
growers received as high las 158 cents
THURSDAY, APRIL. 4, 1940
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Monday, Tuesday,
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COMING -
Pride of the Blue Grass
a pound .for their crop. But in recent
years the price has ,been ;between 22
04111 31) cents a'poun•cl. It costs around.
115- scups a pound to produce sbo'bCace0,
Essex 'county i, the centre of Orb
ant's tobacco industry, but the acre-
age has increased a•14uaist every year
for the past 20 years, New areas not
even eoasid1cred for 11111 crop a few
Years agb are now planted to 1,dh111c.,,
aiwi the 'hi'l't now extend; through
Kent, \„dull,, Lanrbton, I31 in, \lid-
dlcsrx,
Oxford, and most recently..
Grant county, This wear's (tint
., t acre-
age of 77,13011 may be greatly increased
in t'he' tear future, if suitable, s11111y
Seel Can he found udtable for tobacco
---and if Cannulas ,1) .cent 'prcfere"ce
in the l4u;glish .untrket makes it pas -
.s -hie for this country to "steal" a por-
tion of the huge ruined States export
ho lititrin-- 1140A.)0l,111111 pounds a year.
C eltaclit s "bright -Virginia" tobacco fs
almost identical with the (United
States product, and already England
bays several Million pounds a year
Isere, proving 6:hat Canadian tobacco is
acceptable. te, l 1(111.11 smokers:
HIGHWAYS ARE OPENED
AS SNOW GOES
Spring arrived with a rush this
week. Muth of the deep snow lilac
W119 here early ]List week has vanish-
ed before want temperature and
heavy downpours of rain, and the
train roads are once More becoming
open to Bartle. The county plowing
egniptne:'nt is increased 117 the new
and powerful diesel grader plow
which has just beim put into service.
loalvtet's have found tate going dif-
ficult, having to use sleighs on the
side roads, while the main roads are
now almost completely bare. How-
ever it is expected that 111 a few
more clays the road ronditiins will le -
normal.
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McCONN ELL'S
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1940
CATALOGUE
HARDY PLANTS
for
CANADIAN HOMES
116 ILLUSTRATIONS
1332 VARIETIES LISTED
Ornamental Trees - 96 varieties
Evergreens - 78 varieties
Flowering Shrubs - 214 varieties
Vines - 24 varieties
Roses - 184 varieties
Hardy Perennials - 543 varieties
Dahlias and Cannes - 63 varieties
Fruits - 130 varieties
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RECEIPTS FOR '40
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up to August 31, 1940, on all prepaid 1940 taxes.
Certificates and full particulars may be
obtained from the Town Clerk's office in the
Town Hall.
D. H. WILSON,
Treasurer.
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