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The Huron Expositor, 1944-01-14, Page 271, tor tLaii 1F,riday„. January 14th • es -But Important WaS speaking to us last ut the maple trees that line crieh:-Street in this town, and .04:411 summer make it Tesetajale a -green Va,ultecl pavement. A street tht :.10e citizens take as a matter of but which strangers Passing rOugn exclaim over, because the es have helped to _make it one of prettiest residential streets in Virestern Ontario. This man, has associatid_ himself vatil. trees- and studied -thim all his 'He knows trees. And lie, point- ed out tree 'after tree in our maple avenue. of trees, that had reached its span of life and was fast weathering to' decay.. A process in many cases, cruelly assisted by the butchering they had received at the hands of hyro and telephone, gangs. Even in summer, when the trees are in leaf, this decay is becoming noticeable, but in Winter when they stand out in stark relief, one can not help but wonder how long ;they can possibly weather the snow and winds _of our Canadian winter. How long before., gaps, perhaps exthnding- a bloc, would iliithe-beauty-of-the street which we regard with, so much - complacence:, as something which we own and are entitled to without putting forw' ard any effort on our part. • But we do not really own those avenues of trees. They were only handed.down to us by the wise town fathers who_ planted them when Seafortli was ill its infancy, and who had vision sufficient to see them be- corning.a thing of great beauty- and a great town asset fifty or seventy- fivioars after they had ceased from their, labors. And one generation bas a right to expect of their succes- • sora'that they pass on to succeeding generations the advantages that • were loaned to them. And. this tree -man made a sugges- tion—one- that is important—and onethat should be acted upon by our present town fathers now, before it is too late. It was that every second tree on Goderfch- Street be removed and a new one planted in it place. These trees have now attained to • such a height and girth that the cull- ing would scarcely be noticeable in summer when' they are out in full leaf. • And the years have such a wayof slipping past that it would not be -long before the .new trees would be faking the place of the old and 'Goderich Street would 'always maintain the beauty that has made it outstanding for so many years in the Past. • — The-RepPle Are Learning ' • Up to now the C.C.F. party has re- lied entirely upon catchy slogans, very general plans and unlimited promises to attract the very consid- erable following it claims to possess in this country. It only had to win • a. majority in Parliament and then it would be,free to establish a Sae- .... Co-operative Commonwealth. But its leaders in their speeches and promises have entirely ignored „ the fact that the constitution. does not 'give the Federal Government lower to do anything Of the kind, because too much power is placed in the hands of the different provincial governments. It isonly now that parties leaders are recognizing that fact in public. They have come ut with the statement that the COI% 'Onld .scrap the present Canadian 4Stitution and -establish- a .new one. And this new, onewould give hem control of the -production, dis- 1140On and consumption of wealth, ell,as the social legislation now , eissesed 4y the Provinces, and whieh ”nike SoeialiSit possible, - ' eVlt 1:11 Of gOirerinnQ the. 1,:g,aitt artY 1eae in w --aft orty gain Kwgr, g er,t4e petiNe-of Cp,nacla re- ject or approve of Socialism:, they now, 2,t least, know what -it means and can now make up their minds on the choice that lies ahead of -them, and not have to rely on catchy slogans, vague th!pries ,and profuse,. promises of profeBsional politicians. And that is really, something. • Same Here I In speaking of the recent nomina- tions in that town, the Fergus News - Record, in an editorial in its last is -- sue, said:. "Incidentally, this news- paper is often a target on nomina- tion night. This year. it wasn't. The only criticism—a mild one—was that the News-R,ecord might give a bit more publicity to the School Board meetings. That is quite true. And since 'Chairman L. C. Raymond is back again, we might point out that the solution is in his hands,- All he ;has to do is' to direct the secretary to send a copy of the minus to the newspaper office .right -after each meeting. But we strongly suspect - .that if the trustee:Bare so scared of their own opinions. that they won't have the names of mover and sec- onder recorded, the official' minutes' won't have a great deal a news va- lue. But never mind. We'll print them any way in the -hope that once in_a_while_some..newsnergesf That same criticism has been lev- elled at The Expositor countless times, so we would like, to point out to the ratepayers that the same rem- edy, as pointed out by the, News- • Record, lies in their own hands. The meetings of school boards are pre- scribed by Jaw. The business con- ducted is public,,not that of a private •emoratinn, andshould be readily , made available for public, news and consideration, but for some un- known reason it has never been done in this town. It is all the more noticeable be- cause the school board meetings of other towns and villages in Huron, both public and high schools, are fully recorded in their local pa.pers, without as far as we have been able to learn, any harm having been suf- fered by the schools, the taxpayers or members of the board. atemeits CZY., lead- • "` °are rather "truth 11,4 a 6161,0 finally �jiSu l tte e Isr Quite Capable In an editorial last week the God- erich Signall'said: "The large_num- ber of uncontested municipal elec- tions in Huron and elsewhere in the Province is due, doubtless, to a var- • iety of circumstances. People are intent upon the progress of the war and in comparison civic issues ap- pear small and, unimportant. Then nearly everybody is busy, and:not many are anxious to take on the task of directing municipal affairs. At any rate, the needlessness of the Hepburn plan of biennial municipal elections has been amply demon- strated. The electors are quite cap- able of deciding whether or not they should have a change of municipal rulers, and when they do want a change they have the opportunity of making it by annual election." Seaforth was one of the towns where municipal elections were un- contested this year, but for a reason the Signal did not enumerate. Sea - forth has had practically the Same council for 'the past seven or eight years, and the reason it has never • beep changed is because the rate- payers have .c,,ome to the conclusion that the personnel could not be im- proved upon. • And the ratepayeiS, by and large, are quite .capable -of- judging' when they are getting super -service. „ . „ at A; ilrittrim,.; b. 0 rat* and AllOtt From The kleron Expositor Ilaneari 174 1919 • Mr. Chyle, Selainaghas sold the 81 - acre farm nort i Blike, which he purchased from; r.C. Zirke last June to Mr. James ,of St. Joseph,. , for 43,250. ' Ptes. Abe Brandon and Malcolm Toms, of Bayfleid, who have served in.' the trenthea and who ,are now home froni overieas, are reporting to London week for their dieharge. Mr. S. T. -lialines received e, tele- gram on.; TIManditty morning an- nouncing the Safe a-rrival at Sti, johns from, Overseas., of his son, F. Ray Holmes. He went overdeas With 'the first draft from, the 33rd Battalion in tJhueneh, ar1941.,5,11..101,anttg.&Xjadwibtheentkeithreanettgalajaall troops since then. Miss C.B, MoKinley, who resigned her position onethe staff of the Sea - forth C011egist‘list summer to at- eePt a similar „ppsition in Edmonton, has since corneehst to join the staff of the Belleville Collegiate. Mr. Geo. lOya;.,#, UhiselhurSt, intends in the cOming simmer, to move and raise one of.his barns,' for whit' h he is now making,Ppreparations in the way of dra.Wina; gravel and lumber. The annual meeting of First Pres- byterian, Church Sunday school teach- ers was held at the home of Mr. Jas. Cowan. The total revenue was $900, • Keep On A Georgia State paper said the other • day: -"Keep on building castles in the sky. It's about the on- ly kind of properky that can't be tax- • ed." Keep on building up your hope for , • a better year in 1944. Keep on do-, ifitYour bit for your town and porn., pronity, and toward the war drat, • In-faet there are a lot of "Keep • One that we Zould znentiono and you can, think of, that arii never taxe but pay- good, of which tory Bo ers weree1ccted as follows: Super- intendent, Jaiiies Cowan; assistant, J. C. Lal;--librifian, Sh-W.: Robb; sec.- treas., Mrs. J. A. Stewart; recording secretary, Miss.. Minnie Somerville. The teachers ;are. Laing,"Mre. J. Archibald, Mrs 3. A Stewart, Mfss, S. I. McLean ;Miss Graha.na, Miss A. Gov- enlock, Mrs. Geo. Stet -dill; Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Jas. Kerr, Misses Annie and Minnie Somerville, Miss A Bell, Miss Steele, Mrs. C. Brodie and Miss I. Smith. ---- Dr. F. J. Bechely has disposed of his dental practise in town to Dr. Mc- Kee, who was running it 'While the doctor was in ,camp. Mr. Robt. Carnochan; a former well •known resident of the 2nd concession of Tnckeramith, died in Saskatoon hospital on Jan. 14th. He had been farming at Corey, Sask., for the past nine years. 00 was invested in Vic - s. The officers annl teach - I feel, earry for peOPle 4ire have a ;teal*-ireat the misttrtene to live in parts„:9f ,the g4ewaya..,..4.inialsee. et SO Mani de - country where winter Only ineana serted.einea; snowstorm „with: iee and grey skies for 'the rast,of the tirne. I also 'feel sorry fan people who, live in this Comniunity who -feel that they have to iive up the horse and cutter for the car. They try to driye oars in roads suited only for a. sleigh or a cutter. Mrs. Phil, was in need of • things after the Christmas, 'holiday and I wanted:a chat with some of mY cronies in the Village, ea ,we decided to drive "in • yesiterday. There had been a ,skiff of snow overnight . . . inat enough to cover all the tracks, and the sun was alibiing without. warmth Clear, frosty air. It was a perfect' day for a ride in the cut- , ter, We had a graed time going to the .village. The old buffalo robe Was tucked in around our feet and Ween- ie,. the little brown mare, seemed just ashalpy to get out of the stable for a little jaunt. The sound of the jing- ling cutter bell a sort of blended in with the erunch. of 'the runners on the frosty crunehing snow. The ihar- ness alapPed and Queenie's hoovers beat out a steady pomading rhythera. Snow -laden .branticieson the trees creaked with frost. Sleigh bells on the sideroads and cutter bells on. the concession kept up a sort of musical "hallooing." ' When you're 'snug in a cutter and everything seems perfect with the world . . . a person, sort of loses all thoughts of worry. Thin blue smoke curls -.trickle up into the clear, sky from the Chimneys of the houses along the. way. Too had there weren't people living in all the houses along the way. How nice it would be to see curtains on all the windows and 111111111111111INMMultailimaatammillir • From The Huron Expositor Jarvrylp, 1894 During,,the past season Mr. W. Cud - more, of Kippen, has handled no less than -2,270 tons of ,hay, which filled 200 cars. , • On .Friday evening laat a parlor so- cial' was held at the residence of Robert Ferguson, of Walton', for the benefit of the Ladies!' Aid Society of Duff's Church. A program was given -as follows: Organ solo, Lizzie Sraith; recitation, Mary.. Gardiner; organ solo, Annie Ferguson; speech, Rev, D. Forrest; son; Lizzie Smith; recita- tion, Thos. McFadzean; reading, Mag - Johnson; song, Will Pollard; read- ing, Mr. Kerr; speech, IVIaggie Mor- rison. Mr. J. a Ball, of the West End, Tuckersmith, intends erecting an im- plement shed next year; and has giv- en the contract to Mr. Peter Camp- bell.: This man is' also building a barn for Mr. H. Cm:1111°re and a barn "for--1Wr. Ira Johns. The annual meeting -of the Hay .Ag- ricultural Society was held at Zurioh on Thursday last. The following are the officers for ,the current year: President, Fred Hess; vice-pres., W. F. Caldwell; sec.-treas., D. S. Faust; Directors, August Mires, Christopher Oswald, Louis Walper, John Laporte; W. B. Battler, G. Holtzman, John Gal - man, John Goetz, H. Reichert; midi - tors, J. A. Williams and S. Hardy. • Samuel Robinson; of McKillop, has sold his farm, lot 19, con. 14, to Mr. Thos. Dennison, his neighbor, for $4,- 500, The lot contains 90 acres .and has on it a good bank !barn, though the house is only fair. Last winter Messrs. R. Logan and W. D. Bright played a curling match for the oysters, which resulted in a victory for Mr.. Bright. The oysters, however, were not forthcoming until last week when Mr. Logan invited Mr. Bright, the two skis -and another 'Member of the club to his reSidenee. He re -marked: that the game had been „ter oyster's, so they Voirld have oys- ters, whereupon an exceedingly small dish Containing two oysters was et before eaeh, gentlernan. Mrs. Logan, however, immediately tame to their rescue,- and a moat. delicious oyster supper was served, them. The annual meeting of the Tucker - smith A'griculturaf Society was held at the diminierelal Hotel, Seafortkon Thursday lddt.• Officers wel:e,;eieefed as follotra: ?res G. V., 'Cresswell vice,pres., Thos. MelkitfilitU sec., T. Z: Vase; treas., 11.9bt,tegati; araditOra, D. 'Johnson and 17r; Neelin: 11,1r* tom Nag; MorrisoM;i:41 arfon,Wtii goinfosti, :Nyo, deo. Atipikeit. rk; .giviati limiter; :'*fenise Chesney, sohn; driavo, TIMs,^StePitelatt. el° way e' -.an& gatea that are busy npell- ing shutting. " That thought „,„stayed 'withrae all 'bhp way into the village. If -only we ,had people living in all ,the houses ag min and tb.'e very fact people did live there and work their fame would help get our eon -bit -Unity back to the plate where 'it beleuge• PitartY people are talking about the pest -war world.), They have great thoughts as to hew the world can get back on its 'feet. They want great uniona of riatione'Srithat all, the world can live in Peace. I'm, only a fainaer on a back concession, but I have a theory, It may be a little honaely- and old- tashP)nect and the -world.- planners might laugh at t. Driving into town in the cutter I didn't care -about the world -planners. It seemed to me that if we took away the causes for peo- ple moving' off the 'land, "that we would have taken the first step. Then let us get our village back to Where it once was. Let's have our little storea and our little factories bring- ing prosperity back with ;them,. I would like to eat bread from the vil- lage .bakeSher, again . . ; and get my clothes from the village tailor ill place of out of a ibook, and buy flour from a mill that is operated by people in the village. •- '1)i:ten 'when we've learned to live together in the -7Community, we can start living with. other communities in our country. A nation of people who know hew to live together them- selves seems like a better start for a world of friends. Try riding in a cutter sometime on a. frosty winter day. It's stimulating to, both mind and body.' ToEntertalfl CouniyCOU 11'4%0(0* 14' 1401.t":`,ft(itia,X„tapp#01:01x. 'W*1, will haV0,1be. OPPerteniti' et .rneetti344..,::. locarindastrialista :and 'Professional men he th-gnests Of 'the ,Oatierie4-E Elevator. an4, TrAptii,V.CO.!, at getel Pedterd,:ee,,,i1":11ei4eal: eaffai- ing, the 18t4t. The; Federal a.httrrei" virtclalmembers pf 14li4ria.e.pt for the county also wat'be.,A0:740A, 'an&Lt. is hoped to ihave d. member Of .the. Fed- eraL OoVernment present,..0,414FW the gathering: 'Tlie Meetingi011140en be thrown open for imPrOmPttni „cussion.:With the.Suggestion that ideaiii 'for postaVar .reconstruCtiO'n and, -re-• habilitation would be timely. and'ap. •propriate. The 'to be a very interesting one:--;-Goderich • Signal -Star. Thursday Half -Holidays to Continue It 'was decidedat a meeting 'ef' the .Busineas Men' S Association, liel&T" at, the Library on Monday evening,- to tontinue to observe Thursday after- noon as a half holiday each week un- til further notice. L. W. Eckmier,. president ef the association, was in the chair. Only a small number of the business places were represented at the meeting. -Brussels Post. 88th Birthday 4 Co ratrilation. ao Mrs. Ellen Hun - kin who Wednesday celebrated her 88th birthday. Mrs. Hunklifis enjoy • - ing fairly good health. Her' daugla-i ter, Mrs. Amos Darling, held a pleas- ant surprise for her by entertaining a number of friends. -Exeter Times- , Advocate. , Stanley Fliers Prisoners in Germany STABBOLEORTWO: . „.... • '"Won't you be very, very happy • when your sentence is over?" cheer. fully asked a woman of a convict in prison. "I dunno, ma'am, I dunno," gloom- ily answered the man. "You don't know?" asked the wo- man, amazed. '"Why- not?" "I'm in for life." .... 'A little girl named Barbara was crying when she returned home from church with her two sisters, called Martha and Mary. "What is the matter, dear?" inquir- ed their mother. "Boo, boo, boo! He preached a whole sermon abOut M -Martha and Mary," sobbed Barbara, "wad never said a w -word about me!" Auntie:. "How did Jimmy get on in 'his history exam?". Mother: "Not very weR, bit it wasn't his fault. They asked him things that happened before the poor boy was barn." • Little Girl: "Munanale, there very little apple in Father: "You should . be thankftil to have pie at -all. Why, when I was a boy my mother never gave me., ap- ple pie." Little Girl: "Gee, daddy, aren't you glad you live with us now?" is • • • Huron Federation Of: Agriculture--FarniNews OVER $350,000 PAID IN SiiiiitSIDV ON FED GRAINS ' Up to November 30th, the Ontario Department of Agricrilture has paid out a total of $653,372.25 to Ontario farmers in subsidies on feed grains brought from Western Canada since the. subsidy was inaugurated in Aug- ust. The extent to which Ontario farmers , are taking -advantage of the opportunity to secure Western feed grain at favorable prices is indicated by thefactthat applicationd for sub- sidy are being received at the rate of about 1,500 , per week.. A heavy ac- cumulation of applications, is now be- ing worked off and in November 1,000 more applications were put through for payment than Were received .but there are still some 4,000 to 5,000 waiting payment. The Ontario feed grain subsidy terminated on -December 31st and all applications must reach the Ontario Department 'of Agriculture not .liter than January 31, 1944. Applications for less than five -ton lots will be ac- cepted only from farmers who have previously sent in applications. The subsidies paid represeht ship- ments to Ontario of 199,770 ton's of feed grain. Huron COMAS tops the list with 1,953 applications covering 19,404 tons on which subsidies of $38,- 825.26 ware paid. The total applica- tions numbered 19,333, so that Hunan County represents About -10 Per cent. of the total for the Pr/01We Ontario Subsidy Payments on Western Feed Grain to Nov. 80,"fo48 No. of Subsidy Applications Tons Paid Bruce 96.7 7,934- $44.196.80 Grey 8,785 15,606.36; Huron .... 1,953 19,404 - 33,825.26 Kett ...... r1634 8,868 15,988.4'5 -Middiesex„. 1,10t 11,199 19,250.4 'Otfiartl .... '859 • 9,582 17,248.93 Perth 1,927 IMO +1P. Grath fill4beee abitahle As OiSd, n�tite:the ehortagee 01ap.stg'asta, and. barley lor nett iar'S use, litany fanners Sopa s t1Mt v6poit fdbIe ifX, tiff itthiet Mr. and Mrs. William Scotchmere, of Stanley Township, who state time ago received word that their son, pt. ' Sgt. Thomas Harrison Scotchmere, was inissing, 4ave now received word. that he.is a prisoner of war in Ger- many. Mr. Scotchmere is a nephew of Mr. J. H. Harrison, of Exeter. An- other StanleY Township boy, Flt. Sgt. John Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Armstrong, of the Bronson Line, and a chum of Scotchmere, was re - rafted missing after a. raid over Ger- many on November 26th, and is now - reported a prisoner of war in der - many. -Exeter Times -Advocate. In Hospital After Fall Down Stairs Mrs. Angus -McLeod, 'Joseph Street,. is in the Clinton Public Hospital re- ceiving treatment for a cracked vert- ebra in her 'neck. She had just start- ed down stairs early New Year's Eve' when she tripped and fell all the tIT,ay down, and as a result cracked' a vert- ebra iri'her neck, and is also :suffer- - Mg from bruises. Mrs. McLeod will be obliged to wear a cast for several Weeks; but it ia hoped she will inn- prtive News -Record. Transferred To Kitchener Branch- • Mr.y. M. Bray, for the past four- teen years manager, of the local' branch of the Canadian. Bank of • merce, left Wednesday afternoon. for Kitchener, wh'ere he ,has, been transferred. Mr. Bray has been in ill health for the. past couple of months, and has been enjoying a leave-of-ab- scence from thebank. His health has. improved to the point where he can • again take up his work. Mr. and Mrs. Bray and stnall family came, here. from London. 14 years ago lant June.. 'Since that time the family has groWn up. Layton is in the R.C.A..F., sta- • tioned at Vancouver, and Phyllis is also in Vantonver. Lorna. is the member of the family now 'With her, 'parents.' When it was found that his health necesSitated a lengthy absence from the responsibilities of the, bank, Mr. N. W. Kyle -tame -to take -J. -over'. the local branch. Mr. Kyle will re- main here permanently. , Mr: .and Mrs. Bray and family ' have made many warm friends, here, who will wish them geed limit), and good health in their new home in Kitchener. - Blyth Standard. Killed in Italy Mrs. M. J. Smith, 2nd line Morris. received word on -Friday- that her, nephew, Pte. Wilmot Ruttan, of the Ednionton, Regiment, 'had been 'killed in Italy on DecemberlOth. Pte,, Ruj- tan is the son of Mrs. R. Sheppard: ard the late -Dr. Charles W. Madan, of Edirlontort, Alta.-Wingtham ,Ad- vance -Times. grains from the '42 and '43 crops are available according to a.recent Pro- vincial seed survey. . As interest in sowing barley and oat mixtures of recommended varie- ties has been increasing during re- cent years, such grain should, in many cases, make suitable seed if proper attention is given to cleaning and separating such mixtures, accord- ing to J. D. MeLeod, of the Crops, Seeds,...and Weeds Branch, 'Ontario Department of Agriculture. After this has been done, the seed may be mixed in the proper proportions most suitable for maximum yields. Hap- hazard mixing is not advisable, brit for most -soils, equal proportions by 'weight of oats and barley are recom- mendedas the most desirable seed mixture when scr.,rn at the rate of 100 pounds per acre. _ If the seed is not already in these exact proportions, then advantage shoOld be taken of the nearest seed cleaning plant where the .servicei of a Carter disc separator -are available. This machine will pick the, barley from the oats by meanscof indented 'discs. It should then be possible to obtain a plumber 1 grade on either the oat or barley seed. When only the fanning_ mill or power cleaner is used, the oats are usually bdown out because cia't kernels are lighter than the barley kernels, Oat 'kernels are larger than barley? Itberefore more oats are scalped over the riddle pa tenter:1y if retold perforations are tis - ed. This results 4'n an increase in the amount of barley aoWnas c6mpared to oats and a reduction in. total yield: 't5Wing t6 thg ahortitge Seed', it le; Suggested that nualitr mixed grains of retOInniended 'varieties 13 saved for seed, :,oleadecl* gnacle'd as icon. as-potsible and then effefed for sale as seed. oit 014 ," examinhtif trait „nritl Vegetables in Often labOgr' Welt SPenit.:iddrift the i-V4InitatIliPniiiitto7thanaiiteelrtilt an( i"hhfre'kbeen it Stirrage'OftMti,' 1f4;Iib WT4 Transferred To Sarnia Mr. A. K. NeWhOMbe .of the ,Bell Telephone has been transferred to, Sarnia. Mr. Newcombe had "tieonl` Plant ittstal,latien: foreman here for:" the Past two years; naming here from:, Stratford. Mr. and. Mt'.. NewtOinbe' • have made Many frienda--,Ite*ce- fegret their lettiring I/kw- cOntbe was h Member of the lions , Club. bIr. /3tedits, „of London,. will take .over'tbe Position Mr. New- ectabe held here.,,,-*Tingharn Advatpe- Timea. " New Year Baby _ . • ThOkfirat baby to arrive at Alexati. ,Ara.,1108Pital in, the new year wad Lgt91' 01411s'el1;144.0,); jen,-,73rd, t --- t Al4ft. faild • ; Chad. 0detiefi ' . . 4 TI •