The Huron Expositor, 1945-10-19, Page 2r
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SEAFORTH, Friday, October 19th
Accidents Are Increasing
Ever since the lifting of the gas
regulations, traffic accidents have
increased. In fact motorists have
taken up the pre-war practise of
hurling insults at each other. No
doubt the pastime is a relief to our
feelings, but it will not solve our
traffic troubles, nor will it prevent
the maiming and killing of motor-
ists and pedestrians.
Every day the papers record acci-
dents and every week -end there are
columns of collisions, deaths and in-
juries sustained by Ontario motor-
ists, It is not a nice thing to con-
template, but it is something that
should be brought home to every
motorist' and the general, public as
well.
There are several causes. A full
gas tank produces a certain feeling
of exhilaration; speed laws have
been raised; tires are very thin;
many cars have been- laid up for
months or years, and consequently
not in the best° of running order,
and even the' newest cars are five
years old.
You would, however, never guess
any of those things by watching the
!Motor traffic on our roads and high-
ways. There has been a marked in-
crease in the speed in recent weeks.
:And there has been a marked care-
lessness in the manner of driving as
well. '
All of which spells increased acci-
dents, increased ms,imings, increas-
ed killings. This does not mean that
there is no solution to the motoring
problems. There is. taut it lies with
the individual motorist as muchas
it does to the Highway Traffic Act.
IViore care and consideration of the
rights of others would go a long way
in solving the problem. But if the
individual is not disposed to view it
that way, a little closer highway.
traffic . supervision and a • few stiff
sentences would be beneficial.
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Better Buy Bonds
With a new war loan in the im-
mediate offing, it is interesting to
hear the calculations of the Fin-
ancial 'Post which reports the ready
inoney in the hands of the Canadian
people totals nearly seven billion dol-
lars.
This sum is made up of the fol-
lowing items: Increase since 1939
in bank deposits and cash in the
hands of individuals, $1.2 billion.
Victory Bonds and War Savings
Certificates, $4.75 billion.
Refundable tax receipts, $200 mil-
lion.
Veterans' gratuities and credits,
$850 million.
This money is all owned by indi-
vidual Canadians and not corpora-
tions, and can all be spent exactly
as the individuals ehbose to spend it.
What an opportunity to buy war
bonds. No doubt the.. majority of
Canadians will, in order to hold
their war savings against old age
and the accidents to which human
life is so prone.
But there is a danger, too, in all
this money. This potential spend-
ing, in the face of the tremendous
shortage of goods of all kinds, re-
presents the danger of inflation in
Canada, and that danger will be
ever present as long as these goods
of all kinds are lacking to fill the
aublic demand.
I c st Canadian people have gone
hingg they wanted all dur-
ar.:1hy not continue for
O.hgera The war is riot real -
til, e wiln the pew, It
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The Loss is Beavy
The farmer is a heavy `gambler. It
is not a sin. He has to be just that
in his business. In fact, his whole
life -is a gamble, and the bigger
gambler he is, the more successful
he is as a farmer.
• .He gambles on ,the wind and wea-
ther; on ,seeds; on stock; on mar-
kets;
arkets; on one crop as against another.
That is the way he learns, but some-
times not all his learning avails him
much.
It was pretty much that way with
the farmers' crop of beans this
year. This is a bean district, and
many a farmer gambled on this
crop. Why shouldn't he? He knows
how to sow and cultivate them. The
sowing time was favorable, and so
was the early season. A high mar-
ket price was assured, and it is a
cash crop.
He would have won out too, if it
hadn't been for the weather. But for
the last two months—oh, what wea-
ther! Even the proverbial early bird.
`was out of luck -this year. The farmer
whose bean crop'was early, pulled
them. But that was about as far as
he got, when the rains came. And
any bean farmer will tell you that
rain doesn't improve pulled beans.
An occasional shower wouldn't
have mattered. He could have har-
vested between showers. What we
have had in the way of weather for
weeks has been a continual down-
pour, with snow mixed in for good
measure. The farmer couldn't 'even
get on to his fields, let alone harvest
his beans.
There are hundreds of acres
of beans still to be pulled. Given
two weeks ofgood clear drying
weather, the farmer .will be able to
harvest some of that crop, and the
yield and quality may still make him
some money. But the prospect to
date is not too brilliant.
At best, the farmer will suffer a
heavy loss through his beans this
year. And when his crop runs from
35 to 50 acres, as quite a few do, the
loss will be crippling.
Over the southern part of the
county the loss on the bean crop,
through wet weather, is estimated
at well over a quarter of a million
dollars, and no farmer can stand
that kind of -loss. But still he has to
gamble.
The War is Not All Over
It would seem as if the people of
Canada have learned only a part of
the lesson on what total war is. The
troubles we are having . between
management and labor, veterans and
army authority, and business and'
government, may not be really ser •
ious, but unless we cut out the fool-
ishness and get down to brass tacks
and down to real work, we are .go-
ing to display a complete lack of any
awareness of the gravity of the
present and coming days.
We have learned that converting
our complete production to war pur-
poses called for leadership, discip-
line and in particular, unity. But
since the war ended we seem to have
forgotten - what else composed the
total. Forgotten that reconversion
of the home front back to a real
peace basis is just as much a neces-
sary part of thwar as was the re-
cruiting and the mobilization.
Possibly our failure to remember '
these things comes as near as any •
-
thing else to supplying the answer to
our present difficulties. To save our-
selves from defeat and then to win
victory was something into which all
could unite their different interests.
But rehabilitation and the building
of a -better world is just as great an
objective. The trouble is, however,
that the• things to be overcome in
accomplishing this end are no longer
so personal or so apparent. Another
difficulty is that every indi-
vidual looks upon a better world as
something that will bring some de-
cided benefit to him or her, which
loosens our bond of unity, and we
lose sight of what should be our real
objective.
When measured with our objective
of ..a better world; our troubles seem
small and foolish, when 'vii and our
country have so i ritteh at stake.,
What we, need is to be roused and
r^> 1ix d a in That is what total ,
ali for, and total War for hs
s' its not oVe '. yet.,
one
itaula plokeit treat
The #4popitioe Aar ima4
twoutreY4, rani ago.
From The Huron Expositor
Qcteber 19, 1920
Bags of beechnuts are being stored
away these' days.
Unknown• -burglars, who .apparently
operated' in an automobile, made a
fairly rich haul in Centralia during
Thursday night last and got away
without leaving a. clue of any kind.
Two hundred pounds of butter, sugar,
tea, soap and other articles were re-
moved.
,Sugar beets continue to be brought
into Hen all fey shipment in whole-
sale quantities.
Mr. John Zueflle, of Hensall, has
completed It nice greenhouse at the
rear of his shop, which will prove a
great convenience for those wanting
flowers.
Mrs. (Dr.) Scott bad the misfor-
tune to fall down the stairs at her
home on: Friday evening and fracture
her thigh, .
On Saturday morning Russel AI -
len, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Syl-
vester Alien, met with a serious acci-
dent. He was in theehabit of accom-
panying Mr. R. L. Clark on his de-
tivery wagon, and on Saturday morn-
ing he jumped into the wagon after
the horse had been untied and it
started to run. The cries of the boy
frightened the animal and it ran
faster. Russel was thrown out and
his left leg was broken at the hip.
Mrs. George Weir has purchased
the residence of Mrs. John Warwick
on Ann Street.
Messrs. W. J. Bell and John Et;-
munds motored to Toronto last week
and took in the Varsity -McGill foot-
ball game on Saturday. ,-
What might have been a serious
accident, but was fortunately' avert-
ed, occurred to Mr. Glenn, his wife
and two . daughters, of Chiselhurst,
When they were descending Fair-
bairn's hill the car struck a washout,
causing it to leave the road, going
down the steep bank. It is a mir-
acle that it kept right side up, . due
perhaps to the fact that he steered
for the ditch. They escaped with a
severe shaking up.
Mr. S. A. Dickson,. barrister of Ed-
monton, spent a few days at the
homue„ of his sister, Mrs. A. D. Suth-
erland. He had been on a business
trip to Kentucky.
VVhi1e standing in a tree picking
apples, Mr. Milne R. Rennie, of Hen -
sail, suffered a serious fall, breaking
four ribs and a small bone in,his
wrist, besides other minor injuries.
Mr. W. W. Cooper, Jr., of Kippen,
attended a three -days plowing match
with tractors at Hamilton.
Mr. Pardons, of Staffa, was quite
seriously injured recently when his
car went through a wire fence and
turned turtle.
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From The Huron Expositor
October 25, 1895
Robert Reid has been engaged as
teacher in S.S. No. •3, Stanley, for the
year 1896 at a salary of $240.
Mr. J.. S. Muldrew, of Egmondville,
bas gone to Toronto to the Univers-
ity to resume his studies.
Mr. John Fraser, merchant of Bay-
field, brought out to Seaforth on Sat-
urday last a load of butter which
weighed one ton and which he had
sold to Mr. Powell, of Blyth, for
shipment. The price paid was 121
cents per pound.
Mr. Wm. Irving; of Greig & M'c-
Donald's gents' furnishing store, Sea -
forth, leaves shortly for New York,
where he will study dentistry.
While digging potatoes for Mr. D.
D. Wilson recently, Mr. Chas. Brodie
unearthed an immense potato, which
weighed over 4 pounds 2 ounces",
Chief Stewart and several other
members of the Seaforth Fire Bri-
gade went to HensaIl on Friday eve-
ning last -to assist at -a. fire, the flames
of which were distinctly seen Jtere.
Mr. Paul Madge, of Usbnrne, Hur-
on's hay fork and windmill king, has
erected for Mr. Roger Northcott, Srd
concession, on his barn a new wind-
mill which will be used for driving
the machinery for cutting and crush-
ing feed for stock and for pumping
water.
Mr. Wm. Dougall, of Hay, had this
Year 2,000 bushels oft'oats as the yield
of 26 acres. Seventy-seven bushels
per acre is not a bad -crop.
The most destructive fire which
has visited Hensail and at one time
threatened the destruction of the
whole village, occurred on Friday ev-
ening. Mr. Geo. McHwan, proprietor
of the spas naill, was unloading flax
en the barn floor and as he was run-
ning the wagon out of the barn,
something struck the lantern, upset-
ting it and causing it to explode. He
bad 'scarcely turned around when the
'whole place seemed to be on fire. A
strong wind was blowing and the
neighboring barn and two stacks of
flax and 1500 cords of wood in the
next lot caught fire, making a seeth-
ing mass, covering about two acres,
On Saturday night this section was
visited by a heavy anew' storm and
on Sunday morning the earth was
covered by ai White, • egating three
inches in depth.
Mr. T. E. nays' auction Sale on
Thursday wail largely •attended; bid-
ding was brisk and iivey'thies clean-
ed out. The f1uetirineer's hammer was
Wielded by Y..1t $r 1W-,
tart Saturda* j #iie, 411010Veea of Sea -
forth fiat m,V,1 w+aiied !iii. Mr, J'Ohn
Paul, them ttdget'ettna, A6aented. him
with a neatfy'' iti lu teal 'ttiici kin 11y
Woltied addrda tt-fc> airi-� aa' ,r tsilt+W
,L 0.$ WES of.
LAY MEADOWS
Have you ever tried putting up -a
clothesline on a cold October day?
It's a task to take all the Patience
any man is capable of mustering for
a job performed at the insistence of
the lady of the house. It ranks with
such menial jobs . . . and nasty ones
I might add . . as those of putting
en storm windows or putting up
stovepipes, or cleaning a chimney.
Our clothesline was a poor one,
full of swirls and kinks and made of
Some wartime substitute which rust -
cd to the point where it looked -like
a ligbt colored copper piece of wire.
I didn't pay much attention to , the
whole, thing, although Mrs. Phil of-
ten mentioned it, until a great streak
of rust appeared on my one good
white shirt, reserved for meetings of
the school, board and such affairs.
At a sale about a week ago I bought
a good galvanized clothesline for a
dollar and went home in great glee.
In some strange way or other, I sul?-
pose I imagined that would mean the
end of the whole affair. It didn't by
any means. Mrs. Phil took great
pains to tell me at regular intervals
that a clothesline bundled up in the
woodshed wasn't a bit more good
than one that was rusty and strung
out on the line.
Late on Monday afternoon I quit
a little early from work. Mrs. Phil
met me at the kitchen door holding
the clothesline. When I took it down
at the auction sale it didn't make
much difference just how I bundled
it up, so long as it would fit into
the back seat of"the old car. What
a fbol I was!
It was twisted and tangled and
snarled intoe thousand and one dif-
ferent ways. Honestly it didn't seem
possible that one small piece of wire
could get 'twisted into so many dif-
ferent knots and angles. The pulleys
were right in the middle of it. When
I got the one end into the pulley
and started pulling the whole mess
out, it would slip and slide like
strings of jelly and fly back in my
face. Try getting the straggling wire
ands of a clothesline brushed across
your face some time and see how
well your temper keeps under con-
trol.
The more I pulled and tagged and
the madder I got, the worse the whole
thing actually seemed to be.
It flipped and it banged and just
Innen I had the whole thing traight,
then it would slip again and convulse
into a writhing mess of wire. We
had supper at eight ... a fashionable
hour I suppose. My face end hands
were scratched and my smock torn,
and there was a gash across the
knee of my overalls, but the clothes-
line was in place and Mrs. Phil is
much happier about the whole thing.
VJUST A SMS OR TWO.
Getting railroad accommodation is
another thing that seems to get new
secretaries all in a dither. One call-
ed a ticket office last week and fiu-
ally got a clerk on the wire.
"I want a round-trip ticket," she be-
gan. "Yes, yes, lady," said the, clerk,
"but where to?"
"Why," she exclaimed, "back here,
of course."
n,.
Poetic Rover (to farmer): "And
does this glorious setting sun mean
nothing to you?"
Farmer (mopping his brow) : "I'll
say it does. It means I can eventual-
ly unhitch the horses and go home."
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Willie: "Can't you give me ahother
name,. mother?"
Mother: "Why?"
Willie: "My teacher is always say-
ing she will keep me after school as
sure as my name is Willie."
•• Pullman Passenger: "Can I get on
No: 10 -before it starts?"
Porter: "You'll have to, madam."
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Dentist: "Now I'm not going to
hurt you."
New Patient: "You can cout out
the chatter, old Ivan—I'm a dentist
myself."
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Sam•hoo was arraigned on a charge
of chicken stealing. The judge lean-
ed over the bench.
"You are the accused int.this case?"
he asked the prisoner.
"I sure am, your honour," replied
the coloured man. "I'se been abused
ever since I stole dose chickens."
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"I understand your wife is a finish-
ed, singer."
"No, not yet," replied bis friend,
"but the neighbors almost got her
last night."
Huron Federation Of
Agriculture--FarmNewrs
Urge Government Tave Over
Meat Packing Plants
Expressing concern over the possi-
bility now loomingup of another
strike in the meat packing industry,
which would create an extremely
grave situation in the 1t -estock indus-
try, the Canadian Federation of Agri-
culture, in a letter addressed to the
Minister of Labour, and signed by the
Federation president, H. H. Hannam,
strongly urged the government to
take. over and operate the plants for
the -remainder of the peak marketing
period.
Such a course of action would be
entirely justified, says the Federation
president, in the light of the disas-
trous losses which would result to
livestock producers as a result of a
strike at this time, not to speak of
the serious interruption of the whole
meat marketing program now under
way. New alI-time records in cattle
marketings are now being set up,
with the likelihood that these market-
ings will be still heavier in the weeks
to come, and there is also some in-
crease in hog marketings. It is of
the most vital importance, says the
Federation, that' there be no inter-
ruption of the operations of the mar-
keting machinery at least until such
time as all danger of congestion in.
the livestock markets is past. In the
event of a strike in the processing
!slants, governmet operation of these
plants is the,only way to ensure that
all of these plants will continue to
operate to capacity.
Similar action by the government
was recommended some weeks ago by
the Federation of Agriculture, when
a strike among packing house work-
ers was under way. The Federation
believes, says Mr. Hannam, that the
government should not only adopt the
course recommended, but should
make it known to both packing com-
panies and their employees at once
that this course will be adopted if
a strike is allowed to develop or is
even seriously threatened.
Successful Co-operative Cattle Bale
Beef cattle producers of Manitoulin
Island, In Northern Ontario, organiz-
ed a co-operative society last fall to
market their own beef cattle through
the medium, of an organized auction
sale, arranged' with the co-operation
Of -the federal and provincial depart-
ments of agriculture. Some 1,700
head Were sold, at prices which net-
ted the farmers some $30,000 more"
than they Would have received in
sate tO.Itinerant buyers. This year
the sage was repeated with even
greater atietsegs; apptoxifnately 2,800
!dulls 'being dtitt at a tbt l of 'Met
which was $33,000 more• than the sale
grosscd last year.. Some 71 carloads
were out of the sale, of - which 20
carloads went to.. packing house buys
ers, and five carloads went to local
purchasers. Duncan Brown, of Shed -
don, Ont., was auctioneer, and the
:ale was concluded in the short space
of three hours. High price for the
sale was $11.60 cwt.. while many
head -Went at a rate of $10.40.
Sales of Army Trucks To Farmers
Announcement was made recently
of the appointment by the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture, of L. C.
Roy, of Montreal, to succeed R. A.
Stewart, of Almonte, Ont., as federa-
tion representative and liaison officer
for organized agricultural with War
Assets Corporation at Montreal. This
liaison was established some time
ago by the Federation and the pro-
ject is a co-operative one in which
seven of the provincial departments
of agriculture in Canada also partici-
pate.
One of the major activities devel-
oped with the War Assets Corpora-
tion by the representative- sof the
Federation in recent months has been
the sale of military trucks. declared
surplus from, the army, direct to
farmers, under a special plan by
which a certain percentage of these
trucks has been assigned by war as-
sets.. for disposal to farmers under
the special sales plan organized by
the- corporation and the federation.
Under this plan, a special price is
set upon the trucks, at which the
farmers purchase them without any
guarantee of servicing or repairs.
Four of such sales have already been
held in Ontario, and sales are now
being arranged by the federation re-
presentative and the corporation to
be held in other provinces.
Culling of Young Poultry Stock
When the birds in a poultry flock
have, been in lay a sufficient length
of time, weaknesses in certain indi-
viduals will appear and culls will
show up. In many cases these birds
will die, says B. F. Cheney, Head
Poultryman, Dominion Experimental
Station, Kentville, N.S. Many of
these birds could have been removed
from the flock at an earlier date,
with considerable saving in feed, la-
bor and housing,, ,pace.
There are three particular periods
when this can be done conveniently.
The first culling should be as day-
olda When all snail, poorly develop-
ed chicks should be disposed- of With-
out any hesitation. During the breed.
big period there will always be some
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Talked To England on Phone ,
On Friday, Fit. Lt, Roden Spears
called his wife (Mary ging) ' on the
phone from London, i,ngland. Mrs.
,Spears informed us that she could
hear very plainly the conversation
coming through splendidly. She'said,
however, that the reception, was not
as good on the London end of the
line. Flt. Lt. Spears had ,just re-
turned by plane from India, where he'
has been for some time. He expects
to come to' Canada .soon.—Wingham.
Advance -Times.
Gnr. Alvin Crawford Home
Gnr. Alvin Crawford has arrived.
at his home in Brussels after fours
years' service- overseas. He saw ae-
tion in France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany. He arrived in Canada on.
the Ile de France and was met in
Guelph by his parents, • Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Crawford, and his brother Ray,.
and Mrs. Crawford. --Brussels Post.,
Truck Chassis Goes Thrlough Tree
When two trucks collided Saturday
morning at the intersection of the
St. Marys road and concession two of
Ilsborne, a load of German prisoners
was badly shaken up and a truck.'
with about five tons of corn, driven:
by Garfield Brock, landed up against
a tree and the right side of the chas-
sis that protrudes out in front -went
clean through the tree. Kenneth
Taylor, driving a truck north with a.
load , of German prisoners on theirs
way to work, failed to stop at a stop.
sign and crashed the front of a truck
owned by Sherwood Brock, o.f Us -
borne, and driven by Garfield Brock.
on his way to Exeter with a load of
corn for the canning factory. The.
truck careened into a ditch and scrap-
ed two trees before striking the third
tree.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Bees Are His Friends
Mr. Edwin Cartwright, local apiar-
ist, created quite a sensation recent-
ly when he Came up town with his.
automobile plastered both outside and
inside with honey bees. Ted road
quite nonchalantly up to the curb in:
front of the drug store, with the bees
tagging along by the hundreds, both
inside ,and outside, everyone on the
sidewalk moved a considerable dis-
tance away, and the bees hummed a
merry tune while Ted did his shop-
ping, following which he hopped into
the car and he and the bees went
merrily on their way, with the excep-
tion of a few stragglers who stayed
down town for a longer visit, 'and
probably never found their way back
to the hive. • Ted swears they won't
hurt you, but we don't see to many
that are willing to mingle with them
as- he does,—Blyth Standard.
Gershwin Birthday Observed by Club,
The Goderich Music Club held an
interesting and highly entertaining
meeting on Tuesday night, when the
forty' -seventh anniversary of the birth
of George Gershwin, outstanding Am-
erican composer, was observed. :He
and his brother were often spoken of
as the present-gentury Gilbert and
Sullivan. Mrs. J. G. McDougall read
the biography of the composer, and
excerpts from his life history were
read by members of the club. Piano
and vocal selections by the composer
were presented delightfully by Mrs..
McDougall and Mrs. Clayton Edward,
and a sing -song of his melodies was,
enjoyed by the entire company.
There was an exceptionally large at-
tendance, Mr. J. A. Stlider, president
of the club, was chairman.—Goderich
Signal -Star.
His 89th Birthday
One of the oldest residents of God:-
ericb is Mr. William Birnie, who on
Friday,' Oct. 12th, was eighty-nine
years of age, and will be looking for-
ward to his ninetieth birthday. He
has been a resident of Goderich for
seventy years. He is quite well, takes
great pride in his garden, and enjoy4
a walk every day.—Goderich Signal -
Star.
Named Children's Aid Head
' Alfred P. Wilkes, co -publisher of
the Goderich Signal -Star, was elect-
ed president of Huron County Chil-
dren's Aid Society at a meeting of
the society held in Goderich Wednes-
day afternoon. Hesucceeds the laie'
Rev. Dr. J. P. Barnett, whose death
occurred recently. — Clinton News -
Record.
Home After Five Years Overseas
Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Earl. Steep,
London, were the guests of the form-
er's mother, Mrs. David Steep, over
the Thanksgiving week -end. Sgt.
Steep returned from overseas Friday
last, after serving with the Canadian
Postal Corps for the past five years.
—Clinton News -Record.
Honored At Clinton
At the close of the Sabbath school
session of Wesley -Willis Church, Clin-
ton, on Sunday,,Sept, 23rd, the mem-
bers of the Adult Bible Class pres-
ented their teacher, Mrs. J. MclCin-
leY, with a glass tea set of three
pieces and tray', as a small recogni-
tion of the faithfalness of her e8
teacher for several years. Rev. A.
.Lane, the .pastor, refered to the falth-
fahiess in firer. ,xrOrk in the life of the
olturuh, i rs. i1�oti1nley is leaving
suit Wei age 6)