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The Huron Expositor, 1943-11-12, Page 2ri 4L� ES'ta dished 060 mail McLean, Editor. shed. at Seaforth, Onta,;o,.eQ ursday afternoon by McLean RTH, Friday; No4em1ier 12 Over The Top - • The call to the people 'of Canada to fully subscribe the Fifth Victory ° 'Joan has been ° met, as all others have been, by a response that ex- ceeded the quota set by many mil- Iionsof dollars. The result is an achievement re- cord for the Canadian people. It is quite true that the war has raised the income of agriculture and the wages of the workers, but it should not be forgotten that war taxes and levies have met and sometimes,.pass- ed the increases, so that a large part of the Canadian people did not sim- ply subscribe for bonds out of their increase, but only through sacrifice and the will to back our fighting forces and win the war. Mention should be made, too, to the record in this loan achieved by those same fighting forces, who from their small pay, subscribed many millions of dollars, to further Canada's war effort and speed the day of victory. Nor should it be forgotten to give credit to the committees arid espec- ially the canvassers, who played such a real part in the great success of. the recent campaign. Theirs was mot an easy part, nor one that one would voluntarily choose, but it was carried -out with untiring effort, tact and courtesy, that on many oc- cf,sions surmounted every obstacle and argument and achieved amazing results. • What About Canada? We hear it saiid on every side that taxation of the Canadian people has reached the saturation point. That higher taxation will have the inevit- able result of pauperizing the\ people - and ruining the country. And sometimes we have wonder- ed if that was true. And that won- der was increased recently when we read a speech of a Mr. Vinson, de- livered before the American Invest- ment Bankes' Association. This is a small part of what Mr. Vinson said on that occasion: - "Women spent 104 per cent. more for furs in July, 1943, than in July, 1942; in the same month they spent 65 per cent. more for coats and suits, 37 per cent. more for dresses, 30 per cent. more for blouses, skirts and sportswear, 31 per cent. more for underwear, 24 -per cent. more for foundation garments, and 41 per cent. more for gloves. "In August, 1943, receipts of eat- ing ating and drinking places were 27 per cent. above August, 1942; expendi- tures in cabarets, theatres, night clubs and other amusement estab- lishments- rose -30 per cent. for the same period, and outlays for beer, , wines, liquor, cosmetics, tobaccoand flowers were up an estimated 30 per cent." Mr. Vinson summed up the Ameri- can situation in these words: "Love of ease, political cowardice and per- sonal ainbition threaten the country with runaway inflation and finan- cial disaster." He was, of course, pointing out the ridiculous conten- tion that American people could not .stand higher taxation. The situation in the States may be somewhat - different from that in Canada because ceiling prices, estab-, • 3iished early in the war, have prac- tically eliminated . inflation. But faxes are burensomely high in Can- ada andwill continue so for . many years: In spite of that fact, ' ho'w- ever, Canadians might as well stiffen ' themselves, to bear even greater tax- ation, until at least the war Is fought to a victorious conclusion, io-r hear something much worse if that vie- airy is not aghieved. • The ,Cireus Era The circus era, as far as this part of Ontario is concerned,' seems snow long wayaway.. Away back hor'se,andlbuggy days in fact oiler` middle age can .still e of a discus: Can at 'Wit byte l» the ii Rid; Tops in three or four of the larg t towns in every county. And, if memory has not complete- ly failed, a good many can still re - Member ' the, thrill of seeing the glaring posters so lavishlydisplayed over the countryside, and can still remember the thrillof anticipation that lodged in every boy's mind and ) completely, absorbed his thoughts. Memory, too, will lead them back to one of the great mysteries of that age. When they used to wonder greatly why fathers could be so eas•- ily convinced that attendance at the circus—including the whole family —was an educational and social fea- ture of such magnitude that it should not be neglected. It was, it seemed, the only time in the year, that fathers were willing, and often eager to sacrif ee, their time and money to give the boys, and often girls, a real good time. But while that era has passed us -by in this, part of America. the circus lure is apparently, just as strong as ever in the country southof the line. Because we noticed the other day that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus wound up a 7,433 mile tour at Tampa, Florida, before going intot'wii ter quarters in the same State, after playing to a re- cord audience this year of 4,270,000 people. Roland Butler, general press re- presentative, said •the circus gave 374 performances in 57 cities, com- pared to performances' in nearly one hundred cities last year, when some ' 4,000,000 people sawi" the Big -Tops in operation. And, considering that gas restrictions are more severe in a great many American States than in Canada, and transportation facili- ties just as hard to obtain, these figures speak volumes for t h e strength of the circus bug in the hu- man system. Mr. Butler also 'estimated that the circus animals consumed 1,766 tons of hay and 17,810 bushels of oats while on tour. The elephant's', he said, drank: 535,000 gallons of water. The amount -of pink lemonade con- sumed by the circus spectators is not giveff. O Hear ! Hear! We have always maintained a healthy respect for the judiciary, and for judicial opinion, and these have not in any way been lessened by the remarks of Magistrate Watt, of Guelph, who in a recent letter to J. V. McAree, of the Globe and Mail, said; "Referring to your column re cuffs on trousers, I don't care whether they have them or not, but if the Government is really in earnest about saving material, let it prohibit the sale of suits with long trousers for boys under 16. Let the boys wear the short pants that you and I. did when we were kids. Besides - saving thousands of yards of cloth, the small boys ,would look like small boys and not as they do now/ like grotesque cartoons of men or disre- putable midgets out ,of some second- rate side show.", Such a law might improve a boy's morals and manners too. He would not,, get the mistaken ' impression so early in life, that long pants really make a man of him, and lacking that supposed badge of manhood, might make him a little more susceptible -to parental and other authority. • Queer Things The war has created an ever in- creasing demand for the production of more and still more food on the farms of the United States' as well as in Canada. But in spite of that fact, we notic- ed last week that the Secretary of the United States Treasury, Henry 1Vlorgethau, has retired ., from the dairy business and disposed of his herd of 100 pure bred cows an his 1,400 -acre farm in New York State. Ii seems rather a queer thing that if Mr. Morgenthau, who is a million- aire several times over, can not af- ford to keep a dairy herd to produce milk, who can? If all the other dairy morn follow his example, it would not be very long before there won't be any more milk. And that would be a still queerer situation. OVer on this side of the line, isn't it queer that while our• pennies, look like the new; wartime- niekieS,, a ><+ ltle u:awadays Won't bn an more than a cent's worth? w a.... Ione � c a � tte,1'e' ill*; to. picked from The Pcpiroitor, of fifty and viielatroliie years ago. From The Huron Expositor November 15, 1918 The news of •bhe signing of the armistice brought general rejoicing to the people of the county in every town, village and hamlet. A holiday was proclaimed in Crediton. Mrs. Finlayson, Sr-, returned from the West where she spent -several months with relatives in Saskatche- wan and British Columbia. Mr. J. J. Merner, MP., moved into his new home on John St. Mr. James Dorrance, McKillop, re- ceived word that his son, Lieut Har- vey Dorrance, lead won the coveted Cross. He was bhe first soldier from the district to be decorated with mil- itary service order. Seaforth was not behind any other. town in . the province in the celebra- tion of the signing of the Armistice on Monday last. In the afternoon a large procession, headed by the band and .including the Collegiate Cadets, the` Bell Munition workers in wagons drawn by their tractor, autos, etc-, af- ter parading Main t., marched to Vic toric Park, where' seeches were de livered by the residents and clergy men of the town. It was the most spontaneous celebration the town has ever had and will be remembered as a red letter, day by this generation. Mr. Russell Maudson, of Chisel- hurst, had the misfortune while cranking his car a few days ago, to have his arm fractured. Word was received that Lieut. Lyle Hill, of Brucefield, had been wound- ed and admitted to a hospital in France. Mr. Alex Monteith, Kippen, is on a . visiting trip to his brother Henry, at Powasson, where he will take a hand at deer hunting. Mr. Jas. B. McLean, Kippen, is-• a busy man these days in the way bf shipping sugar beets, as he is sending a' large quantity from that station. Mr. Isaac , Jarrott, Kippen, has dis posed of his bean crop this year for which he realized $5 a bushel, net- ting him over $550. The annual..meeting of the Seaforth Horticultural Society was held last Wednesday evening;, The following officers were elected: President, J. G. Grieve; vice-pres., A. D. Suther land; sec.-treas., Wm. Hartry; direc tors, "A. F. Cluff, W. D- Hoag, Henry Edge,,; R. F. Jones, Wm. Smithers, J. A. Smith, Chas. Stewart; auditors, R. M. Jones and Dr. Charles Mackay. Mr. Win. Cameron, of Egmondville, had the misfortune to fall from a tree Mast week and fracture his, collar bone. Jos. Darman and Jos- 'Eckert, of Manley, have finished threshing beans :in, the district. • From The Huron Expositor • November 17, 1893 Mr., Wm. McAllister, of Stanley, the champion hog breeder, has made an- other addition to his large herd of improved Berkshires by purchasing from J. G. Snell & Bros., of Edmon- ton, a 4-months-bld boar. ' Mr. 'Charlie Wilson, Seaforth, has rented one of the 'stores in the Can- adian Bank of Commerce building and will open u•p a grocery''business about the first ,o next month. Mr. Fran McCulla, near Leadburyt has been drawing bricks through town on several days' -,from Sproat's brick- yard, for a new residence which he intends erecting next summer. , Mr. Wm. Hess, Zurich, came home one day with a whole load of rabbits and ducks. Robert Holmes, of McKillop, who sold him farm on the 12th concession a few years ago and removed to Luther, has purchased Mr. John Wright's farm of 42 acres on the 14th concession for $1,800. The officers elect for Court Flower of the Forest, No. 3, Seaforth, • Cana- dian Order of Forresters, were duly elected as follows: Harry Speare, J. P.C.R.; Wm. Sutherland, C-R.; John Warwick, V.C.R.; 1m •W. Hartry, Hugh Robb, F.S.; Geo. Duncan,•treas.; L. Melvine, chaplain; J. O. Thomp- son, S.W.;, Wm. Edmuiids, J -W.; John Falun, S.B„ Daniel Stephenson, J.B-; Dr. C. Mackay, .physician. • Mr. David Landsborough, •Tucker - smith, has been engaged to teach Sproat's school during the coming year. He will make a worthy •succes- sor to Mr. Muldrew. Mr. Jas. Love, "who has been resid- ing in Toronto for the past few years, has returned 'to Seaforth, and taken his old place in L. McDonald's black- smitli_ shop. Mr. Alfred Miller, Cromarty, has gone to Exeter to learn the barbering business. Wm. and Edward Dignan, of Hen - salt, sons of Warren Dignan, who have been in Dakota since last spring returned home last week looking hale and hearty. Miss Jennie Jamieson, Brucefield, left on Saturday for Chicago to visit her brother, Mr.' Alexandeif Jamieson. Thos. Newsome, the redoubtable framer and contractor of Brussels, has taken the 'contract from W. J. Dickson, Mclivillop, who had his barn burnt last summer. It is to be 126 x GO tot feet with 26 -foot posts. oper & McDonald have the contract for the stone wort. The tawnain recently • erected In BiKissels by Ardent nos lte 6o*75 t 'tvtGh a Istdter i�ottse 'Zit 44. An dine his tbity-,1,1nleaa Ie hag reitthid Matt proof -has beersit >t► t dd. et1 �iti�eif x'egdrdiite hip will and the a• PH I QS'iFER of . LAZY:-°+A.,o WS Why is it that so many men put off having their hair cut until their wives protest and later start talking about''leaving unless 'the curly locks are shorn off? A barber shop is, af- ter all, a pleasant sort of place to spend time in and the act of cutting hair has progressed from the days when it was practically torn off by means of poorly working clippers. I usually never think about having my hair cut until Mrs. Phil remarks as I'm leaving for the village, "It would be a good idea, Phil, if you were to have your hair cut when you're in town today." Sure enough the hair is bunching on my neck and starting to droop a little over 'the collar of the smock. By the time I get the groceries and the grist at the mill and have a chat with a few of the boys at the hotel, time is' wear- ing on, and I haven't the time to sit down and wait for a chair in Ed. Hathaway's shop. He's alone now, that both Tony and Jim are in ,the air force. All week long Mrs. Phil keeps men tioning the hair. She even offers to clip my neck the night we have to go over to the neighbors for a game of cards. I begin to feel like a lamb waiting to be shorn, because the hair is growipg pretty rapidly. In spite of all that, I can still find reasons for not going to the barber -shop. A man can waste three hours talking to a fellow in the stable about politics or the price of feed, but he figures that there's nothing to compare to stay- ing in a barber -shop as far as waste time is concerned. 'u ;,Finally I go to the barber -shop, The hair is pretty long and Mrs. Phil is getting tired of Seeing is droobed ov- er my collar. There's usually a few fellows around the shop. Old Man Cassel drops in to read the paper and some of the youngsters from school • are reading the "funnies" in the Sun- day paper. Jack Henderson, the drover, will be in there getting a shave and telling everybody that cat- tle prices are due for an awful tum- ble. Tim Murphy will slip over' from his store for a game of cribbage with anyone who happens 'to want to play. Barber Ed. Hathaway will be telling about the war on the Russian front just as if he 'had•.come right back from there. - The chairs in the shop are com- fortable and there's lots of talk go- ing around. It's not such a bad place to spend a little time. fit. When my turn comes I can't deny that the feel of the clippers and the razor makes me feel a whole lot better. In fact, when I walk out of there after pay- ing Ed. his thirty-five cents, I feel like a new man. I make up my mind that next time, I'll get my hair cut on time and not- fool around until it 'starts drooping over my -collar. But a couple of weeks go by in a hurry and the first thing you know the hair is long again and I'm back making excuses about not having time to waste in a barber shop. 11111112111118 :JUST A SMILE OR TWO: "Down where I live," said the Windsor man, "we grew a pumpkin so big that when we cut it my wife used one-half of it for a cradle." "Well," smiled the man from To- ronto, "that's nothing. A few days ago, right here, two full-grown police- men were found asleep on one beet."- • Jones: "Here's that last pair of trousers you made for me. I want them re -seated. You know, I sit a lot." Tailor: "Yes, and I hope you've brought the bill to be receipted. You know I've -stood a lot." • ,. The furious diner bellowed to the waiter: "What's the matter . with you. man? I began with fish and now you've brought me soup. Surely you know that soup comes first?"" "Yes, sir, quite, sir," said the wait - ter, in a whisper, "but between our- selves, sir, the fish couldn't wait any longer!•" - • "I say," said young Johnny, "why is Mother ,singing, Daddy?" "She's trying to get baby, to sleep," was the - reply. "Will she stop when the bay's asleep?" Daddy nodded. "Then why doesn't baby pretend to be asleep?" • "What became of that portable gar- age of yours?" "I tied the dog to it the other day and a cat came by!" e Huron Federation- Of: Agriculture --Farre News Don't Glut the Market With Poultry At_ the end of October more poul- • try was being offered to processing firms "in some sections of Western Ontario than could' be handled expe- ditiously. This resulted in a backing up of supplies as produce firms could not always ' process the day's offer- ings—a price lowering condition. It is ,quite evident, and it can be emphasized, that even the large crop of poultry meat to be marketed dur- ing the next six months, will be • read- ily absorbed it it is marketed judic- iously. The needs of the military camps and the general public of a surety will take care of that. The feast today and famine tomorrow method cannot result in anything but grief for the producer, and in the long run lower returns. Wherever possible producers should hold back part of both fowl and chicken crop, the latter especially and above all, make sure that the birds are finished before they come to market. This is the season of harvest as far as poultry meat is con- cerned and the time of the year when a great bulk normally is put into stor- age for later use when fresh supplies are not so abundant. Unfortunately, -storage space is at a premium be- cause 'for the most Part it is filled with other products. More will be availableas time goes on so no mat- ter what angle the situation is .view- ed from, it is still highly desirable that only the birds that have to be marketed be offered now, and the rest held for' awhile at least. This will give the processors a chance to catch up and also to take advantage of any cold storage space that is re- leased from time to time. • Because of a shortage of. labor many processing plants.,are 'handicap- ped and it would facilitate matters considerably if more home killing aid plucking- were practised, It has been., suggested that ,practised, should or- ganize killing and plubking bees where farmers with poultry to be slaughtered could get together and •do it on a co-operative basis, one helping the other. At the end of October there was a considerable variation in prices being paid for both fowl and chicken„•lovt- er reti finis prevailing in the sections that were jairimed by the volume of product offered, Says Will Out of Date re Worse Than No Will At All A will that is, nut of date is -woree than no Will at all `gild no bine has nature of his assets, J. A. Taylor of the Canada Trust Company, Lonlon, told members of the Stratford Rot- ary Club at their luncheon Thursday. Mr. Taylor who gave a most informa- tive address on "The Effect of Tax- es On, Your Estate and Mine,” was ;introduced by J. M. Riddell, K.C. The speaker is the immediate past •presi- dent' of the Junior Chamber of Com- merce of Canada and recently was appointed by the Rockefeller Insti- tute to represent Canada on a com- mittee of three to promote ;they Junior Chamber of ,Commerce idea in South America. , Mr. Taylor dealt with several phas- es of taxation including succession duty, gift and income taxes. He point- ed out that a person residing in On- tario was liable for two succession duty taxes, one payable to the prov- inct and the other to the Dominion. He then explained the difference in the manner of computing the taxes for the two governments. Succession duty paid to .the province was not al- lowed as an exemption in filing re- turns to the Doini•nion, nor was suc- cession• duty paid to the Dominion al- lowed as an exemption when filing returns to .the province, the speaker saki, In ` 'egard to the tax on income from insurance, the speakeit• said the Dominion gives no e$emption while the province' allows exemption on $1,200 a year in the case of one per- son, up to $2,400 a year to more than one .,individual with certain exemp- tions. Under present conditions there was no provision whereby insurance money could be given to the- provine Bial secretary or the receiver general in paYingnt of succession duty and escape taxation. •. " Mr. Taylor 'suggested close' epmin- ation of assets in the light of liability for taxation. Estates, 'he pointed out, could be liable for multiple taxes and consolidation 'of assets eo that ofily one province or at least not more than two could collect taxee seemed line sound practice. In this connec- tion he said a fiumber of companies with headquarters in the province of Quebec had opened registers, in On- tario so that Ontario shareholders Could have their holdings registered dpi ^Ontario. The speaker sugg sted that one should think twice befog- ob- taining 'securities scattered over many district. Mr. Tayldr newt dealt with the ef- fect of succession ditties- on the terms of s; • will and said that under the terms of sotiae Wins there were dou- ble siioeeseiohs. If a man willed ev- e -1161'0 outright to his if n11d't'hen ( ltod .oil, rage 3).- t Seep n tie Count/Papers Parsnip 28 ~finches Long Mr. Wm. Austin dug . a parsnip ie his garden last week that we think is wpJrthy of mention, as, it. was 28' •inches long. When removing it from the ground some of the vegetable. broke off and Mr. Austin is quite sure it was two or three inches long- er than stated above.—Wingliain.3 Ad- vanceaTimes. Buried in Belgium Mr. and Mrs. Harold Victor Pym received word 1asti, week that their son, William, had een buried at St. Trond, Belgium. •St. Trond As about_ 25 miles west of, Brussels: Flight„ Sergeant Pym was reported missing following an air •raid on July 4bh. Bill was an air gunner with many opera- tional flights to 'his credit.Winghare Advance -Times. Record Air Mail Service? Mails from England have been ar- riving ingreat time to the folks here • at home, but we have heard of none coming , as quickly as .that received by Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Harris from their son, Lieut. Bob Harris, this week. Bob wrote the letter on Oct. 26th, 'posted it on the 27th and it reached its destination in Mitchell, Monday, Nov. lst, give days after Posting. This is ail interesting bit of news. If anyone -can tell us of shorter service, we'd like to hear of it.—Mitchell Advocate. Fire Destroys Building A fire of unknown origin destroyed a colony house in ,the bush on lot 34, concession 10, Grey, owned by D. N. McDonald, of - Brussels, at midnight on Saturday. It is believed that it may have been caused„ by hunters who may have been there in the af- ternoon and dropped a cigarette in the hay lying near the buildifig. It might have smouldered for some time before reaching •the .building.—Brus- sels Post. Large Hole in Road Filled .. Mr. William Hallahan reported com- pletion of filling -in' -operations on the large cave-in which occurred on the 9th concession of West , Wawanosh over two weeks ago. Mr. Hallahan has been busily engaged for the past two weeks grading and filling in." He'esti- mates that it took 18,000 yards of dirt to fill the cave-in, but cars were passing over it ' Saturday night. Mr. Hallahan reports that it was one of his strangest experiences in road ivork for the county. The cave-in was 50 yards long,' and extended from fence to fence. On the start it seem- ed bottomless, and long poles which were shoved down, failed to reach any solid -bottom. Over the fence on both sides of the roadbed the trees and ground heaved to a height of 10 feet. Many people came to see the strange sight. Mr. Hallaltap believes that it is quite safe again, although the road- bed is expected to settle again,• but to no great extent.—Blyth ,Standard. • Hallowe'en Doings Hallowe'en in Goderich isn't what. it used to be, not by a long shot, but this year's celebration on Saturday night was a little spicier than the - average for the last few years. For one thing, the window-soapers were out in larger number than usual and few .windows on the Square, escaped, despite the eagle eyes of .five extra policemen. While the •bluecoats were looking for the soapers—and they said girls were the worst offenders and did the slickets job—other prank- sters upset every bench in Court House Park. It was like a three-ring show. Bigger boys ran tw•o'`of Bax- ter's milk delivery wagons down West. Street, without the horses, of course. - Either a sling -shot or .pea-shootyer pinged a .light over Herb.bane's air pump on 'Colborne St—Goderich Sig nal -Star. • Two Escaped Foxes daught Two foxes which escaped from the DuVal fox ranch have been captured. One which had ..a white face was away about five weeks when it was finally cornered in •a culvert in front of Mrs. Tyndall's home. The other • had its freedom for about three weeks and each nightit would return to theranch fen% but every effort to capture it failed. Finally Lloyd Cook shot it as it came 'near the guard fence at the ranch. There is a third fox on the loose; it escaped from the Laidlaw farm and It has now for three weeks been enjoying its free- dom.—Wingham Advance -Times. Doctor Retires :From Practice, After practising as a physician and surgeon for nearly .half a century, Dr. A. 1I, Macklin, one of Goderich's out- standing citizens,. has announced his retirement. A graduate of the Uni- versity of Toronto, Dr. Macklin eon menced practice in Mildmay in 1896 and came to Goderich nine years lat- er. He took a keen initere .t in public' 'affairs and -served as tow councillor In 1907 and as mayor in 1' 08- t ' . In 1911 he unsuccessfully con ted the provincial riding of Centre Huron. In 1913 he journey to Europe and -took a' specialist's Course in eye, ear, nose and throat at Vienna, Austria. He had previously ' taken past»graduate couxiles in .glow. 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