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The Huron Expositor, 1941-03-21, Page 1,t, ?r•-3 err. e1. ,nawm.r....0 • Eighty -sego nd- Year Whole :MOW' 3823 �! � •rye' rte( S,.F A+l! O'A'T , FM) . ABANDONMENT OF HURON AND BRUCE, GAINS` APPROVAL Decision of Transnort Com- missioners Affects C.N.R. North of Clinton. •r WITHOUT PREJUDICE ./ '4, e. • • 1 .Blizzard B1 ► s Il elf C t Iiee ,� ,ving'Ti aril of Stranded' cars and Blocked -Roads • Driving Wind . Files Snow in Deep Drifts; Trains Blocked For Seven Hours. • • • • • Municipalities - bordering on the right-of-way from • Clinton Junction to Wfngham 'Junction of the Canadian National Railways were disappointed Friday to hear that the Board . of Transport Commissioners for Canada have given approval for the abandon- ment of toes section of the line, Dart of the old Huron. & . Bruce. The statement, as released by J. A. Cross, the chief commissioner for the Board of Transport Commission= ers, reads as follows: •ftipon hearing the application at the sittings of the board held at Gode- rich ori February 10th and llth, 1941, in the presence of counsel for and re- presentatives of the applicants, the Township of Hullett, Town of . Wing - hum and other municipalities affect- ed, the Vitiate of Lucknow, flour mil- l:ers and -the Post Office -.Department, -and what' was alleged- 4t is ordered that the abandonment of operation of part of the applicants—Exeter sub- •dierision in the Province of Ontario from Clinton Junction, mile 45:57 to Wangham Junction, mile 68.50, a total distance of 22.93 miles, such approval to be without prejudice to the rights or remedies of any of the parties un- der agreement or agreements bet- tween them in anyother court." 'No indication has-. been given as to when the service will be discontinued definitely, although it is quite possible that it will be closed within the next few weeks. it is believed by the municipalities .affected that the coninni:ssioners in re- ferring. to "without prejudice' to the rights or rente°dies" 'of., any of the par- ties are referring to the agreements between the townships and the rail- road under which . the townships granted bonus. payments to the rail- road must either keep up the railroad,. service or repay the bonus sums with interest at 4 ger cent. The bonuses. as, listed in the nine - page '':ihtitieriie-tt rt f Commissioner Cross are as follows: Township of Hallett, $25,000; Township of ' Hatt Wawamosh, $25,000;. Township of Mor- ris, $30,000; Township of Turnberry, $5,000. Accoding to the testimony given at the Goderich hearing one of the most Seriously -affected eby the abandon- ment of the line will be C. R. Couites, -of Belgrave, who is a drover and. deal- .er' in livestock. Last year, he shipped 320 carloads of stock from Belgrave. The commissioners suggested that he • could carry out bits business by truck, • 'shipping from either Brussels or Wirigham. • • W. J. May, district director of pos- . ! tal ,service, London, is referred to in ' the audgment as, stating that a motor . "vehi'cle service wiil,:.hav e to .�atart:: ed to' furnish service for the post of sees of Beigrave, Blyth and Londes- • boro. The commissioners point out that in their estimation a reasonably adequate mail service can be` supplied by the Post Office' Department. The statement makes reference to the fact that the operating loss for this branch of the railroad during 1937 was $5,877; in 1938 it is listed as $9,468, and in 1939 at $9,661. Election Election 'of officers of the re- cently formed Chamber of Com- merce will take place at a meet- ing to be held in the Town Hall Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Ev- ery businessman!\ln Seaforth and any others Interested 'are.invited to be present at this important meeting. • •" • • • • DUNC AN CUP SERIES ENDS Aces and Bruins Win Cham- pionships in Saturday Games. The regular season of the Duncan Cup ended last Saturday , morning with a winner being declared in each group. In Group "A" the Aces swamp- ed the Americans 19-2. Jack Fraiser and Ross Coutts led the Aces with five goals each, while Dale, O'Connor and Scott got three apiece. Wilbee and Venuss netted the loser's only goals. The Aces had. la 'wide margin on the play and had no trouble in winning the game. In 'tiToup "B" the Bruins emerged victorious by beating the Bears 12-3. Henry Ainsborough scored five times. for the Bruins and was followed close- ' ,'Connor who got four goals. other goals were scoryd• illy ly b The by 0' who vho got taro, and Earle t one. Walsh got two for the Bears and Strong got one. O'Connor received two penalties in this game. • Hensall Man Is Secretary-Treas. MOTORISTS 'UNABLE TO SEE, CRASH PRO] WARS undrec Huron Plans Celebration ' ., .. To Mark Centennia`, A driving wind which at times reached, hurricane proportione, cot- •pletely blocked -roads in this) district the first of this week. Even had a heavy snow not accompanied the wind on Monday and Tuesday, it would have still been impossible to drive on any highway because of lack of visi- bility. The storm which ,was the worst of the winter came with startling sud- denness. Late Sundhy afternoon the weather was very mild and a light rain was falling. Within half an hour it was impossahle to see across, 'the' street because- of blinding snow.• --The storm continued to increase in ;intensity, finally • blo•wing itself out Wednesday morning. For the first.:time in. some years the railways • met their match and. the morning train from the east got as far as St. Columban, and it was after seven o'clock that night before a gang of men and C.N.R.. plows .,were able to release the train. Train service was, resumed on Tuesday, although traits were a little late. The Regent theatre was unable to operate Monday •night because film for the new run was on the train stuck at St. Columban. Motorists caught • on the" highways in the height of the storm experienc- ed great hardships before reaching townTw. o people are in Clinton hospital, the result of a three -car crash on No. 8 highway west of Seaforth about six o'clock Sunday evening. A sedate driven by Mervyn Patton, of 146 Wellington Street, Stratford, was proceeding west and had as pas- senger Thomas Laird of. the ' R.A.F„ Port Albert. As they topped. a• hill they were in healon collision with a ear proceeding east driven by Alfred B. Sturdy, Goderich, of Woodstock . military camp who was accomipanied by his wife.._' linmediately after the crash a pas- senger bus driven by Russel., Fergu- son, of .Mitchell, following behind the Sturdy car, crashed. into the stranded cars. The injured are Aircrafstman • • The 27th annual convention of the Ontario held of Threshermon was held in Hamilton last week when a highlight of the ' proceedings was the report of W. B. Elder, of. Hensall, Laird, who was thrown•-• against the secretary -treasurer of the Brother- windshield glass,, shattering .it to hood. He listed receipts of $1,589.19 fragments. • He' sustained serious and expenses of $1,135.00 in his finan;, head injuries and both he and the. cial report for the pact year, "the driver of the car were rendered mom - moat successful in .the history of the entarily unconeeious. ugoc!ation." There are 185, register- 'Mrs. Sturdy also received head and ed members in the Brotherhood at face injuries when thrown forward by the present time as compared With the impact. Mr. Sturdy was badly 47 six year ,ago, "when," ' he remind- shaken up and received. body bruises. ed his audience,, "the Association, was Miss M. Mallory, of 134. Balsam Ave., without both ,money and prestige." Toronto, was the° only one of the see - .Mr. Elder was re-elected secretary- .en. bus passengers injured. She re - treasurer - ceited head and face abrasions. Traf- Huron Ward n, Confident of Reaching 4taota, Chal- enges Perris' "Warden. DRIVE OPENS 11VIARCH 24 Tentative Plans Include Ceremonies. Throughtout County Ending in All -Day Program at Goderich on June 25th. James Leiper, •Warden of Huron County, has issues f,11, Challenge to Donald McCallumie •V;'arden, of Perth. that Huron County :;will subscribe a larger. percentage over its quota than Perth County in tae War Services campaign which• -opens on March 24. The prize will bee a ;new hat for the wife of the winning ;Warden.. „ Wiard'en Leipe e -voiced his chal- lenge at an enthusiastic meeting in the interests of they War Services campaign in Huren held in Clinton on Friday night. • e. The 'campaign: in; Huron will be unique in'as_ mush as produce or cash -will be accepted. ,A,, special agricul- tural committee of the executive head- ed by J. G. Shearer;,agricultural re- presentative, has been set up to han- dle this feature of the campaign. Mr: Shearer announced that already he has had . a, .goat . offered., , Enthus- iasm ran high and before the meeting broke up, Hugh Dill, well-known breeder of Guernsey,- cattle of Huron, offered a grade Guernsey heifer calf, and Reeve Fred Watson of Stanley, five bushels of 'beans;. The. Western Foundry at Wingham has 'agreed to take all scrap metal offered the Huron War Services cam= paign. They will use all the scrap iron they can get and will find a mar- ket for any other metal with the ex- ception • of tin cans. The Clinton Pipe Band Played path - (Continued on Page 4) -. •• • lice Officer Frank Taylor, Clinton, ,and Adam, and Eve were naman- imals the of .the earth when along came a rhinoceros. - "What shall. we call this oner ask- ed Adani. "Let's call it a r$irtooeros," replied Eve. "But why a rhinoceros?". "Well, becattse it looks more like a rhinoceros than anything we've named yet." Reminiscences of the e Late Duncan McGregor , ti^ 4 .1 0 We do not know exactly the year t man we learned to love est years. To us he was really a great man. How impossible it seems o sit at the feet of a teacher for five consecutive years without our • lives becoming moulded. to a great degree by bis example and precept! The mention of such names as Prof. Wm.' McLeod, Dr. John McLeod, Rev. Alex McIntosh; B.A., B.D., Rev. Thomas J. Robinson, BJ ":, Prof. John. Hogg, Ph.D., Dr. James Hogg, M.D., and a legion of similar examples, should scarcely be,. necessary. Me. MacGregor's manner of set- tling' disputes, we thought, were fully equal to that of an Oriental cadi. Two brothers, occupying one double seat, were discovered quarreling about an apple. The boy having the apple in his hand was asked to de - (Continued on' Page 4) County Constable A. E. Jennings, Sea - forth, •investigated: . ' • (Continued. on Page 4) RED CROSS NOTS w - COMMITTEES.: ARE NAMED FOR EVENT • _• •• • •.. Huron. County will observe its IOOth anniversary this year and the occa- sion will be officially marked . at a centennial celebration being arranged for Goderich, the County Town, on Wednesday, June 25th, a meeting held hi the Court House Wednesday evening decided. The .meeting, caped by Reeve Rebt. E. Turner, of Goderich, chairman of the Centennial. Committee set up by county council at its January session, was attended 'by representatives of various 'Parts of the county. Tree -planting will be a part of the celebration, the arrangements of wbieh were left in charge of a com- mittee with E. C. Beacom, inspector of public' schools for South Huron, as chairman. A display showing the development of agricultural and' transportation dur- ing the past hundred years will be developecl,by a committee headed by Agricultural Representative Jas. C. Shearer. Chairmen of other comanittees are: Parade, H. T.' Edwards; entertain- ment, Nelson. Hill; historical, G. L. Parsons; decoration- and reception, George Schaefer; banquet, A. H. Ers- kine; publicity, A. Y. McLean, Sea - forth. Each committee will meet and the chairmen will report to the centen- nialJcommittee on March 21st: The centennial committee- set up by the council is, composed of the following: Reeve R. E., TUrner, chair- man; A:. H. Erskine, county treasur- er; Norman Miller, county clerk; Reeve Gilbert Frayne, deputy reeve; W. J. Baker and George Schaefer, president of the Goderich Board' of Trade. Commissions Two Seaforth men who have -;been in the. • Active Service, for some time were this week award ed commissions. Sgt. Ian •Mac- Tayiah, who received his Wings two weeks ago, has been posted to Rivers, Man., and iridium a Pilot Officer. Sgt. A. W. Siliery, - of the Toronto Scottish, at Toron- to, has transferred to the Dufferin and Haldimand .Regiment at Nia- gara Camp and is a Second Lieu- tenant. •' • • • • • ZURICH SECURE NEW FIRE EUIPMENT The open meeting. „the Red Cross,, -which was to be hti. on March 28th and post poned on account of - the weather, will be held ons Monday, March lest. - *, * * Householders are reminded to save their old papers, rags, etc., as, another collection will be made early in the Spring. - e * * Several have expressed • their desire to take the course in Home Nursing, under the direction of ' Mrs. Frank Kling, but as there are ,not quite en- ough to form a class the time limit hats been extended a week. Anyone interested get :in touch'. with Mrs. Kling not later than. Tuesday, March 25th. This course includes twelve lectures, some of which will be given by doctors- Your only expense will be 50 cents, which pays for your Man- ual d d. . h ee e anti all rc aces that are Pu St. Columban People Help Modern Pump Will Have Capacity of Over 200' Gallons Per Minute. Arrangements have been completed and the fire truck and equipment pur- chased for modern fire protection for 1'�'f �'( Zurich. The new outfit is ekpfeted For 3. he Natio .s tb be ready for deliveryin a few weeks and has been purchased from r Dear Sir: Enclosed. you will find a copy of a hymn, "A Prayer For the Nations," written by my mother •and , published during thelast war. I he- lieve it has a message and a use- in these present -terrible days.. view of the approaching 'Empire Day of • Prayer, appointed 'by His . . Majesty the King for;' next Sunday, March 23rd, could you make room:for it in this. week's paper? There may be people willing to .use it; either in private or public Worship. ' 'This ' • Prayer for the Nations.is a,key to un- lock the infinite ,resources -of Divine power.. It isa long time since'the days in the old Brucei'ield Manse, when The Expositor came tom s every Weepy ' Ton's srn'c•erely, Company ed M�i��s Q< son & i'XPECTED The sale of . the Spfurjer Carnadian Furniture Manufacturersserf? t the corner of Jarvis 'Mt to the. Hesky,Fla Pradueate - announced• on Thursday by s ;;fit who has` owned the aplant fpr sot, years_ Since cast fall .a -portion o it has been used by the Pionee Broom Corn, Co. The Hesky Company also' Purchase' ed the, lots on the south of the ,fada., tory across Market Street and the. former C.F.M. office on the:,nortb;, Mr. Box stated. • Negotiations leading to the tak ng over the Plant have been proceeding..: quietly for some Weeks, in fact ever since the'•.Hesky Company acquired the two flax mills of J. G. Andersom,•' & . Son here. Officials of the company are eite peoted• in Seaforth on Monday When.an announcement concerning .,the .:nese to be made of 'the new plant will probably be made. • Prayer 10 The passenger train from Stratford to Goderich on Monday morning, was stranded at St. Columban. The pub- lin Hotel was filled with guests, and John Holland, storeekeper• at St. Columban, reported he had 15 motor- ists and truck drivers- for dinner on Monday. . Most of• • these left their cars in this district and walked to the station to take the train late in the evening., _..It was, reported two buses, seven trucks and several ears were all stranded between Dublin and St. Columban.,, • The program land social evening was .to have been staged in St. whichg Columban ball on St. Patrick's night, Midget League Teams Compete the Bickle-Seagrave Co„ Woodstock. A modern pump with nearly 200 ga'.- ions per minute capacity, new hose, two chemical tanks and hose, reels and other appliances eell complete the equipment. . Mr, Russell Er'ratt 'has purchased the 50 acres on the Babylon Line, Stanley, from the executor of the Ed- ward Curvin estate, and will' get pos- session in April. The new 'house being erected by MT. Leonard Prang is fast nearing completion. The inside wood finishing is now being installed and when the painting has been completed it will be ready for occupancy. Miss Herta Goman, of Milverton, a former teecher,of Zurich.;school, •vise iced friends here over the weep end. Mr. and Mrs: J. W. Haberer spent a few days last week at, Toronto. The auction sale of farm stock. etc. held - on Tuesday by Mr. Jacob. Schwartzentrtrber, was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. Schwartzentruber will livewith their -see -in-law, Mr. Roy Gingerich, having sold the farm on the Bronson Line to Mr. Wallace -Gin- gerich••of Stanley township. Mrs. RaHoward., Howa.rd., of London, is vis- ittng atthe home of her mother, Mts. H, Weseioh, at present. • Miss Greta H,aberer, of London, spent the week -end at her home here, Mr., Keith Westlake, Bronson Line, Stanley, has been taken to a hospital .suffering from an attach of appen- dicitis. The, boilers in connection with the power units at the IKalbfleisch Mills were inspected and tested by a Gov- ernment inspector this week, • was cancelled. owing to weather and road conditions'. Mrs. Mary Rowland, who was, taken to Scott .Memorial Hospital last week suffering from an infection, is on the way to recovery and, expects to re- turn to her home. shortly. im o ur earl - When we • first knew Duncan. MacGre- gor, but it. must have been about 'the middle of the eighties, when, as a fairly young pedagogue, he cane- to old No. "4" school district in McKil- lop. The old substantial brick school house, which then occupied a ; corner directly across the road from Duff's 4)htrrch,has long since been forced to yield ground to the onward march of educational democracy, when a more modern building with basement and uteto-date` furnishings superseded' the cld. For those of us who knew only the old, it would be demanding too much if we were asked to forget it. How can we ever forget the old wooden pump, requiring priming iii warm wea- ther, with the old traditional iron drinking goblet, sifspended by a rusty chain, and out of_which each and ev- eryone drank on the fro'sti'est days. There, in our memory, still stands the old open woodshed'y half=fllIed with• No. 1 beech or mepie,:lwhich we lack in Western Canaan. Beside the shed w still see the two earthen pockets used. as goal posts in the delectable game of "shinty." - But the 'central figure in the whole panoramic 'sebeme was our young teacher, 1itr, MacGregor, a man, some- what quiet in; action, sometimes mild- ly Stern, hat with a jovial spirit which often showed itself by a" peculiar up- lifting of his earelide and muscular. twitching of his face that displayed the geniai. feelings of The man within. Profeesionat ' duties denied me the privilege Of attending, the 'Anal• oboe, quies, but t, -as ,gratitecl ons; . fll4al rift td Stahl ifs deals teverbnee for a fele brief 8poirit3rlits. as, 'ceie*ec1 for the fast itiin ; ,aid that . er ra( ted aa' the ROSEDALE Alber a Coal Leads the field inq q uick heating performance TRY. IT. The Midget League got under way fast Thursday with two gamres being played. The Midgets trim- med the Clubs 9-1 in the first game. Ken Swan and Harold Knight enoh scored three goals; Don; Smith got two, and Archie Hubert one. George Broome •got, tbe_Clubs' only goal, The Cubs played again in the second game and this" time they whitewashed the Mites 2-0. Bell and. Pullman scared the goals. "Fernier McFacielin refereed the games. On Saturday afternoon tw*o more games were played. In the first game the Midgets won (heir sec- ond'in, two starts by beating the Mites' 3.0. Archie Hubert got two goals for the Midgets and the gamen a row in the second.• game by losing to, Pon Smith the b"theN. 'Tile liiit'er� lost their third game i Sho dna above are WO of the players•, 4o'rdblb Me1Ut1dsey'; on "the left and Michael Beohely. Cubs 4-1 They Were preparing to take part in the &anee on Titirrada:'y when the photographer Snapped them in the' elteasimg rooriu ('h8ito eoriiltesy Stratford BeaoonyHerald) �TI 1 Sr1:t':i :•i i„ 5'. Ape, re,", BESSIE ROSS GRACE. (By the late Mrs. Anna Ross) '(Tune: "Nothing But the Blood of Jesus") • • Who can teach us how to pray? No one but the Holy Spirit. By His word, and in. HisSpirit. . way? • No one but the ,Holy Spirt - CHORUS: Oh• Father, quickly send • This promised,' ml'ahty Friend. Like Pentecost let Him descend. • Give to us Thy Holy Spirit. • Who can make the nations 'hear? No one but • the Holy Spirit. , Fill their. king with holy fear? No one but • the- Holy Spirit. Who can speak the word of peace? Ne . one but 'the Holy Spirit. . Bid war's frightful, havoc - cease? No on. but the Holy Spirit - Who can -flash Christ's glory forth?. No one but :the Holy Spirit. A1.1 .'at once-' give ,nations birth? No. one but the Holy Spirit. Who ca.fi being the world to Christ? No one but the Holy Spirit. 1 Turn each Sabbath to a tryst? No one but the 'Holy Spirit. Announce Details of Provincial Hog Bonus.. Some week's ago announcement was made that because of-preeedling prices, the Ontario Government pro- posed to pay a 'bonus on hogs and cheese; the bonus on cheese not to be over 2 cents per pound, and the bonus on hogs rot over Sleet per stead, according to a. statement issued this week by Agricultural Representative J. C. Shearer. - The proposed bonus is now on the way of becoming an actuality, On Monday .of this week. the bonus ,Hili was introduced in the legislature. It is expected that the bonus on cheese shall have effect from February lst, 1941, ated on hogs from April 1, 1941, and shall remain in force until March 31, 1942. While the exact method of paying the bonus will not be definitely known until the Act is finally passed, and regulations governing same have been drawn up, from Statements whicll have already appeared in the press. it would seem that it is the intention of the Government to pay the bonus di- rect to the farmer. Obviously, it cep - not be expected that thef Government will pay a bonus witgout having some satisfactory evidence that the person applying for the bonus is actually en- titled to it. Fortunately' this contin- gency ontingency has already been provided for. The provisions of. the Hog Carcass Grading Regulations, which went in- to effect on September 30th last;, re- One other thing 'sha'tlldl Tse M quire the shipper to mark 'each farm- ed. The bdtne amid Woo* er's lot of hogs, and to forward to statement is taken, freint it the grader a manifest showing the supplied 1W the, Jig farmer's name and address, number sl oliid malts PO of hogs, and their murk "of identity. ,'their• W'ad'e atrtd The Regttlattehe also reg iiuit'e that a bb'gs, 'arid. int* shipper !stake out a Statement far bath. Ohht3ia'he farmer's lot of hogs vehich shall show the .farmer's name, the official grade, total weight, or weight of each grade. ' In actual practice, this statement is ,inade out by the buyer, and is com- bined with the official carcass grad- ing eertifitate. The grader. de'rtifies- to the grade. and the buyer to the freight and computation .of the settle- ment. - b In many instances, for the informa- tion of- the farmer, individual carcaags weights are recorded on.. the settle-. , meat form, and by the use of sym- bols, indicate why the carcasses grad- ed as they did. ' These statements are forwarded to the shipper along with the settlement cheque. Thus you will see that a grading statement hes been issued on every lot of hogs Watch has been of- ... finally graded by .. Dominion, Gov- ' eminent hog grader, and" the fernier should insist that he get the State- ment from his shipper. • In some cases the strippers do tot., wish the farmers to k.'hoiv too MVO, about the grade and yield of hies! - hogs, and, therefore, find some Bike i'se for not passing tin. the Stratemeat to. , the farmer. The statentents alive been forwarded to the shipireifm ,• 't the farmer wishes to have 'fat tints' on his hogs, he shout or getting it from hie WOOi trucker. �t?