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The Huron Expositor, 1943-07-09, Page 211 it 4.4 '1' .44. ' • P ail Ng an' Editor d at Seabr* Ontafre,eV rb =con b OELen eription rates, $1.0 a year in ic;. foreign $2.50 a year. Single , 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. ISEAFORTH, Friday, July 9, 1943 The Election The Province Of Ontario is to' hold a • general election on August 4th • next. The announcement made last week caused little surprise. ,,Nor could Ever since the selection of Mr. Harry Nixon as Provincial Leader of the Liberal party, an election was a foregone conclusion with the date needing only to be set. Mr. Nixon was one of the few who voted in the Legislature at the ,last session, • against an extension of the life of the Ontario House, and at the time of his elevation to the Premiership, made his action on this matter 'abundantly clear. • Aside from the record of the Lib- eral Government, and. that is exceed- ingly good, there seems to be no political issue as a battleground. It is simply a case of the Legislature outliving .it term by nearly two years. And that is a situation which Mr., Nixon believes is not only un: deriberatic, but unhealthy and against the best interests of the Province. To again extend his term - of -office, Mr. Nixon believes—ani he has strong backing in the Province for that belief--woukl only intensify matters. Hence Ontario is going to have a general election. What the result of that election will be is the guess, of every voter, according to his or her political lean- ings or desires or axe to grind. Elee- tions, they say, are unpredictable, and with the general run .of Govern- ments, they usually are. But as far as the foresight of any Ontario vot- erwillcarry him, and that has little regard for political leanings, there seems to be a very general belief that Mr. Nixon will be returned to power with a comfortable majority. His record in and out of the Legis- lature 'seems to ensure that. In the rural districts he is looked upon as a „Sound man, without corporation con- nection, and a strong,' proven agri- cultural background. And it is the rural districts of Ontario that pro- vide, by far, the largest Liberal re- presentation in the Legislature. What the official._ opposition will do is rather obscure. Col. Drew, the leader, is not a ,strong man in the country, possibly because his chief interest has always seemed to lie in Ottawa, rather than in Toronto, and his handicap is being greatly increas- ed by the attitude of the Globe and Mail which has given him an undi- vided, but very dubious support - Another unknown quantity in this coming election ,will be the C.C.F. party, which heretofore has never really figured in election 4sults. This time, however, they are running candidates in many, urban centres, and, possibly, in not a few rural or partly rural constituencies. That they may have some followers in the next Legislature, or even a consider- able number; is not without' ' the bounds of possibility. Their record in the recent 'Manitoba elections, however, does not lend much encour- agement, and the attitude of rural Ontario to that party lends much Jew. • What Kind Of A Nomination? We were. asked, a number of times over the week -end, if there would be convention to 8elect Liberal candidate to contest the - Duron in the forthcoming leOfincial election.. And, if so, what nd (if a, &nutrition it would be. ;rra1kii:we don't know, There r arifdrinants tells us, two Wait* conventions. 40 :rant forIegla. hidpik afeW knOWn„ ship and th had ia1dy t'o 0 rAl4 ..rr gthow. et hands that part/ ular aspir- ant b chosen as the Liberal eandi- (late. e The other kind of a nomination • which is prescribed by the by-laws, o the Liberal A.ssociation of the -rid- ing, differs very materially in proce- dure. By this method the Secretary of the Riding Association shall, ten days before a convention is held, not- ify the chairman of the number of delegates each polling sub -division in, their respective municipalities, is entitled to elect. These delegates are elected at meetings of Liberals, called by the chairman of each municipality, to be held two days before the date fix- ed for the convention. These dele- gates are each given a written or printed credential certificate which must be shown before a ballot is giv- en to him or her, on which to mark the choice of candidate. In addition, before proceeding to choose a candidate, the convention must appoint three, scrutineers, whose duty it shall be to examine and report on delegates' credentials, and also to count the vote, which shall be by ballot. As we say, we have no knowledge of what procedure will •be followed for this election, but it is not hard to see what a doubtful position the party will place itself in unless the prescribed form is followed, should there be more than one candidate nominated at the convention. It would, in fict, place a very striking weapon in the hands of the opposition candidate, and if the Lib- erals -are again going to carry this 'riding, they not only need the strongest candidate the party can possibly secure, but that candidate will need every possible Liberal 'rote. Unlike the past two Provincial- eldet. tions, Mr. Hepburn's name is not go- ing to ensure the candidate's elec- tion to the Legislative. This is going to be an election, and it will take a man of proven integrity, above aver- age ability, and possessing a per- sonality that will draw the united vote of the party to win that election. • Helping One Another the.,,peitple in–the Arillages of the bombed districts in England help, one another is interestingly told in a recent letter from London. Over there these villages are called "Thank -You -Villages.". One of them is Bolthn4e-Sands, on the fringe of the Lake District, and every night that no siren arouses them to warn of enemy raiders, the people of the village drop pennies in- to their collecting boxes. When there is a siren, and bombs have fallen but not touched them, they give two pennies i;thanks. Then when the pennies have be- come pounds, the money is forward- ed to some place where the raids have created havoc and death. Some Small Comfort Major General Davenport John- son, Commander of the Second Am- erican Air Force, is responsible for the statement' at a recent press con- ference in Washington, that: "Ap- proximately fifty per cent. of the bomber crews reported missing over Europe are assumed to be alive in enemy prison camps." No such estimate, as far as we can learn, 'has ever been made by the Canadian or British .authorities, but it would seem reasonable to belieye that an equal number, or even great- er, because of their greater experi- ence, of R.C.A.F. and R.A.F. fliers reported missing in the • daily and nightly raids over Europe, could al- so be interned in enemy prison camps. 0 Holding Back Victory If there is anything in the asser- tion of the war powers that be, that the conserved° f gasoline is..one of Lro - the war's grea rieesis—and we -be- lieve there is eh in it—then there also seems to be much in the state- ment of a city man who travels much by bus. Ile said the other day: "If, you • have apy doubt a bbut who's holding back vietoryt 'ask , ow= woul&be bus rider whb has beeittattaing for half ,an hour *aching, sitfogs of aufo- m61311es ,go, by , ohiptyr ;except , for *Vett4 'Ai* 'ilr :gild' V' ' t‘i stiikeVA their' ' ashielde ° . . 1 ' latqrqatpF iten1 pieicea from TheExOsiter -of fifty and twenty -Ave years agcy.' From The Huron Expositor -.fitly 1Z 1918 Misses Vera Dunlop and Thelma Dale, Cox/stance, took honors in their musical examinations. Their teacher is Miss AlaYnae Miss Irene Pridhani, of Goderich, has been 'appointed commercial and art teacher in the Seaforth Collegiate for next term, to fill the term caused by the resig4tion of Miss Weatherill. Mrs. James Stewai-t and grandson, Gerold Stewart, left last week to visit relatives in Moose Jaw and Calgary. Miss Olive Rankin has accepted a position in the office of Stewart Bros. The annual picnic for Cromarty - was held in the Mountain Grove on July lat. Although the day was Cold and, unpleasant, the picnic was. ikell attended, the receipts amounting to something over $60. Rev. George McKinley, Seaforth, who removed to London last week to assume his new charge in Hyatt AVe. church. was waited upon at the par- sonage on Wednesday evening by members on behalf .of the conliega- ton and presented him with a cheque or $100 as a parting gift. Misses Verna and Joy Whitlock, of Usborne Township, are attending the snmmer school at St. Thomas ' this week. Mrs. Charles McGregor; Constance, was ticketed for the West on Wednes- day. She intends spending the sum- ner with relatives and friends. Mr. Howard Armstrong, of Con- stance, is busy erecting a new drive shed. A sad accident occurred on Sunday afternoon, In Goderich .when Michael Bowler, 14 -year-old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael BoWler, was drowned just outside the harber. The boys were trying to go around the end of the harbor. Mr. W. H. Johnston, .the painslak- trig teacher of No. 14 School, Stanley, will enter ,on his 19th year in that. school after the holidays. The military medal which • was awarded, to Pte, byte Hill, of Bruce - field, some months ago, has lately been received by his parents. This ir4 the first medal of the ,kind that has reached the community and everyone is justly proud. • From The Huron Expositor July 14, 1893 While Master Kenny Kemp, son of Mr. T. 0. Kemp, of the Big Mill; was riding his bicycle on Wednesday, he met with a .'very painful accident, when he fell from the wheel, dislo- cating his arm at the elbow. Mr. William McQueen, B.A., Bruce - field, has been appointed mathemati- cal master in Brockville Collegiate Institute:'• Messrs. Jas. Jackson and j`.. 0. Rose, of Seaforth, left on Wednesday morn, ing for an extended trip on. their bicycles. Mr. Conrad Miller, of the 14th con• cession of Stanley, was drawing in hay and leaving his team standing while he went into .supper, they be- gan to run and ran about a mile; smashing 'everything as they went. Mr. G. W. Holman, of Usborne, who has been spendinethe' past few -days at the World, g Fair, Chicago, .return ecl'on Monday evening last. The farm, farm stock and crops -of the late George Armstrong, of Us - borne Township, were sold by auction on Monday last:, Mr. Thos. Russel was the purchaser. Mr. Wm. McGavin and family, of Leadbury, have had a substantial barn and handsome frame house er- ected on the farm they recently pur- chased., On Friday evening the yoting and gay from far and near met at the home of Mr. Joseph Wells, Crdmar- ty, and passed the night in a lively dance in his new barn. Excellent music was provided and the floor was good, and. many stayed until day- break. Mr. and Mrs. James McMichael re- turned home on V'riday last after hav- ing spent a most enjoyable visit with fiends in the northern iiart of the county. They drove in their own car- riage. James Archibald and Geo. Turnbull shipped another carload of horse t to the Oid Country on Monday. , Mr, Alexander Stewart left town= Monday on a,visit to Scotland and in- tends spending Several' weeks visiting the friends of his youth. Mr. W. R. Counter .has been ap- pointed agent of the Automatic Tele- phone & Electric Co. here and the apparatus for the control office of the Company will be placed in his establishment.' Mise Maggie Barr, daughter of Rev. Barr, of taarpurtheY, has returned borne from Brantford tbung Ladies' College for the slimmer holidays. Master \Vim Cooper .and Master Robert McMordie, of Xippen, have re- turned home from the Agricultural College. Messrs. Geiger and, Metwan, the enterprising flax men of Hettilell, have a very large quantity"4f fax under dtlltlVatioil thd ea.son, and are pre- pared to- give,,Steady eniilorment" to a large num* Of men,. # : 1, Lady Witthe4 „te, eXChange..neW fold, „fit, ot!ttin „104„.611:6, ‘,.14100,14,i5, Itoting In 0-(Adirt.$14 at ,c,fil2.*iiitikOiiet.). . t Atb*, th.edi, r` itlili4e,44tieble Psullg littetif6, tigt,'„ifi';''',„; • •iiazy • (By Harry J. Boyle) " • eadows • The more 1 think about it the more I'm convinced that sleep is one of the greatest things in this world. That may sound like a basic article for the creed of a lazy man . . but actually it's just born of long experience. Think it over. The first thing you'll be convinced that there isn't a balm in the world that equals that of sleep. Take for instance the long, hard days when you're working in the fields. Daylight will be just breaking when you crawl out of bed and then all day long you work . . . work work! - There are chores and then out td the field for some particular piece of work. • Suppose you're draw- ing in hay. You take it out of the coils and pitch it on . . . coil by coil . . . load by idad, that must be haul- ed to the barn and then mowed away in the. big, deep mows. Evening comes on and after supper you work away as long as possible. You can't take a thence when the hay's fit for the barn Then when the last load of the day is away you unhitoh the horses and finally get the work done up at the barn,. go to the house, take a quick glance at the pa- per and ten chances to one you sit out, on the front veranda with your shoes off and sort of bask in' that cool vdf the evening. It's quiet and peace'- ful and the crickets sound off all around you while the occasional car goes by, grumbling and rumbling as it runs over the loose bridge planks. The light streams out from the open kitchen door and sends a shaft across the front lawn that serves as a play- ground for the June bugs and insects. Finally your head begins to nod. The air seems heavy with incense • • the incense of living, growing thingand the smell of new mown bay that" poets wax so poetic •about. Your body is tired and: relaxed and yon have a desire to just stay where you are and sleep, but finally' as the air gets a little cooler you go in. . slepPilY and get ready for bed. It seems such an effort to take the clothes off. You snuggle down between the cool sheets and: a numbness seems to come ooging into your very being. Some- times you almost have the feeling that you're being wafted away. A silly old childish legend about the sand- man .dusting your eyelids comes back to you.. They get heavy and you op- en them and get a last glimpse of the moon corning up over the barn . . and you think that it looks like a queer saucer standing on its side. The man M the moon is winking at you • . . but somehow . . . somehow your eyelids want to stay closed and you have a few last sensations.. The way your body hestles in the bed .. . rest- ing 'perfectly . . . the sound of a dog baying away off in the distance . . the whispering rustle of. leaves out- side your bedroom window. Sleep comes suddenly . . . swiftly . . . 'you.'re floating away into some- thing that's so, comfortable. Time and and eternity and earth mean so little to y,ou. And then suddenly, the old ted rooster 45 crowing out bend the barnThe' calves are bawlii in the pasture. The dog is out for an early morning scantper. The old hens are chattering excitedly -as the dog races around the barnyard. The hired men is pumping water and daylight is peeping in the window. It's time to get up. Sleep has prepared you for , another day of work. dust a Smile 'or Two: Herman: "Did you hear the piti- fill story of how Mary Brown lost her good name?" Bill: ."No; what happened?" Herman: .1'She married a man by the name of Zachrzewsha." • The woman autoist posed for a snapshot in front of the fallen pillars of an ancient temple in Greece. "Don't get the car in the picture,"' .she. said, "or my husband will think I ran into the place." Mistress: "Marie, yciti were enter- taining a man in the kitchen , last night. weren't you?" • Marie:. "That's for him to say, But I did try to do my best." • Farmer: "What be ailing that old hen?" Second Farmer : "Shell shock. Ducks, came out of the eggs she'd been sitting on!" A sailor on leave was being press- ed for stories, and at last he told his listeners of an adventure in the icy north. 'It was that cold up there,r' he said, "that one day I saw some sea birds suspended in mid air, frpzeit stiff and unable to fly or fall down." Said one doubting Thomas: "But what about the law of gravity?" "That was frozen stiff too," said the sailor. • "Did you ever make your living writing poetry?" - "No. But I had a similar experi- ence.. I got lost in the woods and didn't eat for a week." 4.4 :Rastus (at a dance):.. "Mirandy, is your program full?" MirandY:. "Lawdy, no boy! It takes mo' than two sandwiches and a cup of coffee to fill my program." Huron Federation Of Agriculture --Farm News: URGES FARMERS SAVE SEED,' FORAGE CROPS If the substantial •requests in Can- ada for alfalfa,' red clover and alsike seed fre0 the 1943 crops are to be met, it will be necessary for farmers to save and harvest as much seed of these crops ' this year as possible, states Nelson Young, Seeds Adminis- trator. Any seed harvested which wilt be surplus to the farmer's own requirementshould be sold through the usual commercial channels and the prices should assure a fair 're- turn. At present sugh Seeds, are re- tailing at the retail ceiling prices, said Mr. Young. In helping to overcome the short- age of protein feeds this year alfalfa, red clover and alsike Which are high' in protein especially if cut early, should be -more than ever relied Up- on-. While those engaged in dairying ysIll need to conserve as much of the forage crops as possible, the Seeds Administrator believes that they may find they may be able to meet their feed requirements and still save a part of the crap for seed. If they can do this, they will help out the seed requirements of those countries of the Allied Nations which expect to be in short supply. * * * CAN DO CANNING - WITHOUT SUGAR Because it is necessary In wartime to save the greatest amount of frilits and Vegetables for winter use, horde canning is now of greater import- ance. Home canning may be carried out successfully and withent waste, if strict adherenee is given"to the dl. tendons to beefound in the household Bulletin* N. 751 "*artime ,Cantlingo which has been prepared by the Con- sumer Section., Donlinion Department of Agritultute. Although the aihoUnt of sugar is litnited dile to the Irtat, it dbes tot folio* that the greatest iniOunt Cannot b tanned; becanse,itt the matter Of fruit, after the sugar has been tstretthed to -its ntnieSti finit datt_be 'dinned withbut ,10gEW ‘.1! The btilletin" Statte0.: • "Adlt may be successfully canned withou sugar. Use boiling water instead o syrup. Add fie minutes to time of sterilization given in the timetable Strawberries, raspberries, blueber ries, cherries, currants, plums and rhubarb 'can be packed; in sealers— crushed until the juice overflows, and sterilized ' allowing five minutes long- er than time required when syrup is used. Fruit canned without sugar is excellent for pies .and desserts and may be sweetened as used with a lit tle sugar from the weekly ration. C• hemical compounds and 'canning powders' are - not recommended be canse heat sterilization' is sufficient for preservation.'! The bulletin contains (information and directiOns on every, phase of can ning fruits and vegetables in' the home, and Many practical recipes for jamand jellies. It may be obtained by writing to Dominion Department of' Agricelture, Ottawa. * * HIGH POINTS AT FOOD CONFERENCE BY DR. BARTON Dr. -Gp: S. H. Barton; Dominion Dep- uty &blister of Agriculture, whO was chairman. of the Canadian delegation at the United „Nations Food Confer- ence „held recently at Hot Springs, Va., said in, an address given in Ot- tawa that food and agriculture were given first place in post-war national and international a/fairs, at the Con- t°.6neeee "Never ,before had food and agri- culture had such recognition," he said. "Never before had it been so clearly and widely established that better diets and iMproved agriculture were se fundamental to'the well-being of all Inkiple, and never before had the pObletns of World sltstribUtion, of food been internationally explored sr/ critically and with such sCoPe." FOlir Maria subjects were dealt with at the tonference---autrition„ prodlic. distribUtion .ancl reediumenda: tons for c�iitlnnlng the Work of th4 Oenterenee, Opneerning ;rintritien, taittitlgafi generally re, bk##*d titAt tir ha neVer, been tOntatitie d ott,„pitgit;t) Seen cr.Pair Bomber Goes Up in Flames A twin -engine Anson bomber went up in flames at the Grand Bend aux- iliary airport Thursday evening of last week. The pilot in,attempting a, landing overran the runways and. crashed. The plane took fire and the reflection could be seen for a consid- erable distance. Fortunately the •pilot escaped with little injuries.—Eieter Times-A.dvocate. Change in Inspectorship Announcement was made last week of the appointment of R-0. Staples, of Alexandria, public school inspector foi the County of Glengarry, to the South Huron inspectorship, held the past year by Mr. MeKone, who is go- ing to Peterboro as principal, of the Normal School there. Mr. E. C. Bea- com, who was transferred from the South Huron inspectorship for a year, to take a place'on the staff of the Stratford Normal School, has had his term at Stratford extended indefinite- ly.—Goderich Signa1-Star. Celebrate 25th Anniversary 'On Sunday. June 20th, fifty invited guests gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Stelck, 14th conces- sion, Hay', in honor of the twenty-- fifth wedding anniversary of Mrs. Stelck's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Meyers, of &Inch. The afternoon entertainment included a humorous mock wedding. Supper was served on the .spacious lawit. The: tables were - beautifully decorated in •pink,' blue and white. Mr. and Mrs. MeyerS- were seated under an arch of gredia leaves and colored flowers. After supper the couple opened their lovely gifts. Mrs. Len Merner, Mrs. Peter Masse and Miss Kay Hay assistes! Mrs. Mervyn Stelck during the day.— Zurich Herald. Nighthawk Nests On Roof= A :nighthawk with,....its family has, taken Possession of the verandah roof at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rogr er Oke. The bird apparently requires no nest as it hatched its family of two on the bare fiat roof top. When Mrs. Oke 'would go onto the roof the bird would not move but would at- terthlit to drive her away with a. hearse hissing sound. In the early evening in the vicinity of the Oke home,' one can watch the graceful movement of this bird as it soars.. about.—Wingham Advance-TimeS. Albino Squirrel Makes its Appearance Exeter can now boast of three' albino squirrels in as many years. The latest is a young squirred, pure white, just 1, .few weeks old that has made its appearance from a nestling. box in a walnut tree at the home of Mr. E. M. Dignan. Mr. Dignan is a. lover •taf squirrels' and has made several holes in the side of his barn for the squirrels' to enter. ' Just now' there are several young families be- ing, raised. There are two large wal- nut trees on the property and from these Mr. Dignan has gathered as many as fiVe • grain bags Of walnuts. These 'he .uses for feeding the squir- rels throughput the winter. One of the squirrels wasso tame that it. - would enter the house Old search for nuts in Mr: Dignan' S pockets. Three years ago there was an albino squir- rel that was quite tame and was a favorite With residents of Andrew St. It died during the winter.) The next' spring a second made its appearance bht soon disappeared.—Exeter Times - Advocate. Induction of Rev., D. J. Lane Rev. D. J. Lane, of Goderich, who, has been ministering to Clinton and' Bayfield 'Presbyterian churches for , some tine now, will be inducted Thursday evening, July 8th, at 8 p.m. at the Clinton church. Rev. Lane re- ceived a'•call from the Presbyterian congregation at Paisley, but last week it was' learned that he was not ac- cepting it. He is at present ohaplaint of No. 12 Elementary Flying •School (Sk'y Harbor),. Goderich. — Clinton: News -Record. Child Badly Burned ,Little Joyce Jacklin, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Richard Jacklin, R.R. No. 2, Bluevale, is lying. in Wingham General Hospital in a serious condition. The little girl wag badly burned about the face, left sldes and left arm about eight o'clock Mon- day evening. Joyce's .brOther, to,has- ten a .fire, by mistake 'poured a ,mix- ture of coal oil and gasoline instead of straight -coal oil on ,the fire. An explosion resulted and Joyce v;tas the victim.---Win‘ham Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary A happy eVent took: place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Young. Nile, Colborne Township, on, Tuesday, June 29th„ tlii3 :Occasion of their fiftieth Wedding andverairy, During the afternoon and evening Mr. and Mrs young received .'otingratulationa from numeroUS friends and relatives and the many giftii of floral bouquets dectikatIng tbo1i htitne Were a token of the high esteem in Mit& the con- pleAS held: in the e'onmunity. The dining Minn table etivered with a laCe tioth. tvwf4 •eoritfotrr* a .three-, tiered' „Wedd* tiike; 0:41iIttie* goltf tapers fb, dotOitttituldfOitt, thoffie 1.1,"",t114o10..r 3; •