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The Huron Expositor, 1945-12-14, Page 2gg{. Oa l Seaforth, Ontario, p - 1ternoon by. McLean 4>; „ ubscriptia:n• rates, $1,50 a year in advance; foreign V2.00 a year, Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates an application. EEAFORTII, Friday, December 14th Be Careful ! This is the time of year when roads and highways are slippery with snow and ice; w en in the air, and visibility o poor. It is likewise the time of year for car drivers to be unusually careful. At the close of last week roads and fog , were responsible for the death of a twenty -year-old school teacher and the serious injury of her brother when their car crashed head-on into a truck, just a few miles from here. Friday night - fog was was ispon- sible for a pile-up of cars a few miles clown the highway, and countless other accidents are reported in Western Ontario. Some of these ac- cidents are unavoidable, but at least half of them are not. Too much speett,usually. When roads are icy, braes become 'practically useless. Too ggick or, too hard an applica- tion of them when a car is making any speed, means a slide and often a complete circle or two, and the dis- tance to the ditch is far shorter -than distance. on the straightaway. The Ontario Department of . High- ways is on the right track. Every time there is sleet or ice, they broad- cast a warning to motorists to keep off the roads in the particular dis- trict in which there is danger. If motorists would only heed those warnings, many lives, many injuries, serious: and otherwise, and much material damage would be saved. Tat" one car in a hundred on the roads under dangerous travelling conditions, is there of necessity. The others are only taking a chance. Why do .it? But While the Highways Depart- ment is to be highly commended for its warnings regarding road condi- tions, it might stir itself or the pro- vincial police to pay at least a little attention' to the car, and. particular- ly, to the truck drivers who refuse to dim their ' lights when meeting traffic., Just because the driver in a truck cab is too high up to be affect- ed by the lights of an oncoming car, is no reason whyAhe should not dim 'his lights for the motor driver who is practically blinded. ;Snow roads severely cramp the lee- way of motorists, and trying to get out of the way of an oncoming truck, with blazing lights, has spelled dis- aster for many motorists. In fact, ,far too many. It is time some action should be taken..a • There Are Two SidesToIt Great Britain has guaranteed her farmers a Set price for fat livestock, mfik and eggs until June, 1948, and provision is now being made to ex- tend the period. In February, 1946, minimum price levels will be estab- lished for a two-year period ending in June, 1950. Another conference which will be held in 1948, will set the price for the two-year period ending -in June, 1952. The object is to enable farmers to estimate their income from cattle, for instance, while building up their herds. For other farm crops, s h as grains, potatoes and sugar bee.,the prices will "be set 48 months : aead, whieh as in the case of livestock,will enable the farmer to estimate ahead. On .the face of it, the picture is an enticing one for the farmer. So much so that in a statement issued at Ottawa recently, Mr. H. H. Ilan - nam, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, urged upon the Dominion � Government the adoption , of the' British, system of a a.tlteod price, for. Canadian bets�. € s far ahe,das four years. the British system, as blade a, 6peeia'l ' :as it will to ler i hi4 isa 4, the next day his wife decided to • wash. She was up first for it. Among the dirty clothes, she gathered up the overalls and went through the pock- ets to make sure there wasn't any- thing before she dropped them. in the side to the British agrieultnre Polley' beside set prices, as at was outlined by Mrs Tom Williams, British Min- ister of Agriculture. And this other side was emphasiz- ed by the British Minister, which was the national plan of controlled production. According to Mr. Wil- liams, the govern' nen. objective will be to produce good food "at the low- est price, consistent with the provi- sion of adequate remuneration for farmers and workers with reason- able return on capital invested." "Prices," he said, "will be fixed with due regard tot he need of ef- ficiency and economy in methods of production. To meet this end, quotas will be established. The Government will take steps to see that land is not only properly farmed, but properly managed and equipped. Farmers who fail to co-operate with the gov- ernment plan will be placed under supervisors, who will control the farm. If, after a trial period they are either unwilling or unable to im- prove, they will be dispossessed." In other words, British farmers are not going to be allowed to scan the price lists and then pick and choose what they will grow in any way they choose' to grow or raise it. To get the set market price, they will have to grow or raise what the Gov- ernment wants up to the full pro- duction of their farms. And do it in the most efficient and economical manner and, with the best equipment —or else have their farms confiscat- ed. - We wonder if Mr. Hannam notic- ed that part of the picture stressed by the British Minister of Agricul- ture, before he urged theanadian' farmers to demand the British plan? Because we believe the /Canadian farmer would not care to be ,regi- mented in that nanner, regardless of the market. • It Has Happened Before Speaking of the holders of liquor permits who do not drink, but the somebody who does drink the. liquor from the permits, the Fergus News - Record tells what it says is a true story, although it adds, it did not happen in the home county, of Wel- lington: "Some more liquor was wanted for the warden's banquet. Nobody could supply any, it seemed, so pressure was put on one bone-dry member to get a couple of permits to ease the shortage. Not only did he not drink himself, but his wife was President of ' the W.C.T.U.- in the town where he is the reeve. But he gave in and purchased the permits and the month's allowance of beer and hard liquor. "He didn't drink any of it at the banquet, but he carried the -permits in his pocket as he drove home, and a leaden weight on his conscience. What could he do to get rid of the evidence? He could throw the books out beside the road, but somebody would 1^e sure to find them. If he dropped them in the river, they might float to shore. So he 'decided to put them in the stove when he got home. But' his ever-loving wife (as Damon Runyon would say) was waiting up for him. While he. was undressing, he managed to slip them into the pocket of his farm overalls. The next day he'd burn them. But "At last report, relations were still a bit strained in that household," Having had a long and large ex- perience with county councils, are quite prepared- to believe °" he Fergus editor in his contention t at that was a true story. But it has of- ten happened before. Or somet ing very similar. In fact,•..it is surpris- ing how much' help ;some bone-dry councillors afford their fellow mem- bers on occasions. And also even more surprising how many members' who are known elsewhere as real bone -drys, are just that—except at council .. sessions Of course, like Mr. Templin, ive are quite prepared to say that such things do not happen in Huron COUnty any more than they do in his henme county of Wellies Interne/link Keine Picked From The Hits. Expositor of Fifty and TWen!-live `Years Aha• From The Huron Expositor December 24, 1920 • Mr. Ross Dougall, who is attending the Medical School Id Loudon, is• spending the Christmas holidays with relatives and friends in Hensel. The floor committee for the Christ- mas dance in the G. W. V. A. was Messrs. L. T. DeLacey, Harry Stew- art, R. S. Hays, Ross' J. Sproat and Joseph M. McMillan. Forty-three years ago last Monday Cardno's Opera kali was first open- ed to the general public. The hall was christened by Mayor Dr. Cole- man, and the opening address was given by Mr. M. P. Hayes in the ab- sencee of Rev. Mr. Goldsmith. The christening performance consisted of sprinkling the walls . of the hall and the floor of the stage` with cham- payne. Messrs. Douglas Beattie and Harry Hinchley, of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, are home for Christ- mas. Mr. Alonzo Chapman, of Bridge - burg, is home for the holidays. Mr. Chapman met with an unfortunate accident when he had two toes brok- en. Mr. Edward Horan, of Beechwood, met with a painful accident on Sun- day last by being kicked in'the knee by a horse. The post office 'store at Staffa, op- erated by F. O'Brien & Son; has a real Christmas window, which has at- traeted a great, deal of attention - !Mr. Arthur Broadfoot, of Cordova, Alaska, is spending his holidays at the 'home of his mother, Mrs. J. H. Broadfoot The following students are. home for Christmas: Miss Minnie Meurer, Margaret Edge, Aubrey Crich, Garnet •K, Chapman, Everett Rivers, Russel Bristow, Harvey Burrows, Dorothy Wilson, Mary Edmunds, Howard Kerr, Kathleen Burrows, Beth .Willis, Edith Scott, James Gillespie, Helen Dickson, Emily Deem and Mary Cros- bie, all of " Toronto; Ella. Elder, of Wroxeter, and Mr. Jack Hinchley, of Galt. A social evening of unusual import- ance and pleasure to those partici- pating, was enjoyed on Friday last at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. A. D. Suth- erland, when the Choir of First Pres- byterian Church, Seafortl, together wit:r exenembers and ehurch manag- ers, gathered to spend an evening with Mr. John Scott. He has been a member of the choir for 48 years. During the evening he was presented with an address, and a handsome gold ring with a bloodstone. The address .was read, by Mr. L. T. DeLacey and 'the presentation made by Mrs- J, G- ilien, choir leader. • From The Huron Expositor December 20, 1895 Mr. Robert B. McLean, ef the Lon- don Road, near Kippen, has just pur° chased a very fine young bull from Mr. Henry Smith, of Hay. Twp. ' Master John Mellis, of Kippen, has secured a position, in the Herald of- fice, Stratford. The new public hall at Farquhar was formally opened and dedicated on Dec. 5th. Rev. Colin 'Fletcher, of Tbamels Road, was in the chair. Among those on the program were : Mrs. "Ciin Fletcher, Rev. Alex McGil- ivray, of Toronto; Mrs. George Man- son, of Exeter; i,?rof. McCallum, of Exeter; Misses Stewart ani Prior, and the Davidson orchestra, also of Exeter. The annual ball of the 33rd Bat- talion was held in Cardno's Hall on Friday evening last. The hail was neatly and • prettily decorated with flags and ,hunting, while the gay uni- forms of .he members of the band lent a tional animatioh to the scene. Mr. Wm. Black,,Asd concession of Tuckersmith, met wit a ,painful and unfortunate accident on Friday even- ing. While lie and his brother were using a grain crusher, he started to oil it when Ms hand was drawn into the gearing and he was unable to free himself until his brother assist- ed with a hammer. His hand was badly broken and will be very sore. Mrs. F. Case has purchased a hand- some new Gladstone cutter. Mr. Alex Stobie shipped from here last week 2,300 pbu:nds of dressed turkeys and 200 pounds of ducks. Mr. Charles Willis is home from Toronto for the Christmas holidays. The Young People Society of Cromarty held a meeting o Monday for .the purpose of electing fficers. Mr. Jlohn MdIlwraith was elected press ent; Miss Agnes Currie, secre- tary, and Miss Jessie Gillespie, treas- urer_ reas- urer.. On Tuesday evening a large num- ber of members and friends of the Methodist Church at Varna assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Wanless, to honor Miss Elizabeth, who has been organist of the church. They presented_ her with a fine gold Watch. On Wednesday, Dee. llth, a double wedding took place at the home of Mrs, J. Wright, McKillop. It was that Of Miss .Jennie Cuthill to Mr. J. A. Patterson, of Sheldon, N.l):, and Miss Jessie H. Cuthill, to Mr. Robert Sritith, McR.illop, Rev. Peteir Mtii- gre'Ve tied t'he.niptlat klidi,. Mk:. anti Df,rs. Smith have ettled down fn;that :eighfityrltood and, 4rOtt. leave neM , W'ee • ;fat 1 This has been gene of the moat per- fect erfect tall days I can reitetnber. Here it is the beginning of the second week in December and we have bright sun: shine and weather .'hat's nippy -'but not cold enough to be uncomfortable. With the Collie • pup bouncing along at my heels, I went away back to the bush for a stroll. That's one thing we farmers have in common. It doesn't matter whe- ther it's the best farm in the town- ship ownship or the worst . . , still a fellow never gets tired walking over it and sort of taking stook of things. I found 'myself figuring out the crop for the spring of 1946. There's something good about a walk in the bush on a day such as this one wai The dead sticks and small branches are popping and. crackling under your feet. On the off side of some of the slopes there's still snow. The blanket of leaves is frozen and it rustles metacilly under your shoes. 'In the bosh the wind is screened from you and' there seems to be a slight bit- of heat in the. sun. An occasional rabbit pops up into view and the dog is off with a great flour- ish only to eqme back later on look- ing a bit crest fallen at his inability ,to catch up with Br'er Bunny. I came to a slope on the sunny side where we- logged out several old trees a year ago and the stump of a tree looked inviting. With 'my pipe, Collie haunched 'down beside ma and the windbreak and :the sun to keep me comfortable. X laded. away about an hour of time. It's strange how your,, mind will race along with a lot of trivial things, and slime that are not so trivial. Earlier in the day I heard' a fellow talking from Paris•, '40ent` the tough times in etere for theee People of Europe, this winter. I couidn't help• but contrast my own position with that of a lot of people in those coun- tries. Our cellor has `.good stored away for the annual siege of winter and the pit out behind • the barn has potatoes and vegetables galore. The cold storage looker in the village has meat and frozen fruits. The wood- shed( is piled: rafter -high with dried and seasoned wood • ready to kill the spell of winter winds. • I thought of, two old women trying to hack down a little tree with knives so that they could have fuel for a feeble fire. This fellow on .the radio painted a picture of school -children,. weak and undernourished, lined up for pitifully small bowls of stewat army kitchens. It all fitted in with the picture of men and women living in hovels made out of the ruins of their homes or else in caves dug in the rubble. One minute • I had been sort of smug about the whole picture of life, and most comfortable in my little woodland retreats The next minute I found myself cold and my teeth start- ed chattering, and I'wedt back to the house. It wasn't the wind with the edge to it that caused me to grow cold either. I think it was fear. JUST A SMS OR TWO "It says here in this paper that a `man is run over every 30 aminutes in San Diego.", ",`Oh, the poor fellow!" • . 'Conductor: "Madame, are all of these children yours, or is this a pic- nic?" She: "They're all mine, big boy, and' it's no picnic." • Jones: "Hello, Smith, How are you? H&Ysn't seen you in the gar- den for quite a time, and you ,never came and see the wife and me now. Why is that?" !Smith: "Well, old chap, it's not through ill -will or bad feeling or any- thing like that, you know; only you and Mrs. Jones have borrowed so j nearly things from MR that when I see your place it makes me feel quite homesick," Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith were discussing the difficulties of married life. "I'm always very careful," said Mrs. Smith, "to send the children out of the room, in fact, out of the house when I' have a quarrel with my hus- band." • "Bless the little dears," said Mrs Brown; "they look 'so healthy spend ing so much time in .the open air!" • The editor had died and gone be low. Scarcely had he arrived when be received the most colossal slap on the back from a contributor who had pestered him on earth. "Well, air," said the free-lance "I'm here for that appointment." "Appointment? What appointment?" "Well, every time I came into your office on earth to show you my.stuff you said you'd see me here first." Huron Federation Of Agriculture--FarmNews Good Sod Factor, Cheaper Production "Now we must take stock and face the future," declared. Dr. E. S. Archi- bald, Director, Dominion Experimen- tal Perms Service, in an addressto the Stormont County Holstein Breed- ers' Association at their annual ban- quet at Finch, -Ont., recently, on the importance of pastures as a means of• combating lowered price levels in the dairy industry. A market for Canadian dairy products for 1946 was assured under agreement with the United Kingdom," he said. Probably there was every assurance that sur- plus breeding . stock would sell at present levels for another year or two, and possibly for a longer period, should therebe any material numrber of dairy cattle exported to Europe and should the American demand for Can- adieu' surplus cattle continue, But, cautioned Dr. Archibald, it was inevi- table that there w=ould be lower price levels, which meant that c per production was tke only soiu ion if Canada was to comp other countries in the export dairy pro- ducts, including cheese, powdered and condensed milk, and to a limited extent perhaps butter. The greatest single factor' oWards cheaper production and I ng -time production, based on the mitt 'lance cf soil fertility, was a good sod, Dr. Archibald emphasized. A good s d, as be saw it, was not just a gree coverage of the earth, containing as many Canadian pastures did a weed content of from five to fifty per cent. A good sod included both grasses and clovers—a variety of grasses suitable to the soil and the climate, and cer- tainly containing the perennial types of clovers, especially the vigorous White ,Dutch or the new Ladino. Among the many things a good sod would do: 1. Prevent _soil erosion — erosion from either wind or Water, whether sheet erosion or gully .erosion. 2. A good sod was a soil rebuil- er: By :rebuilding, he meant that the sod would gradually bring up froth the enb-soli limited quantities of min- eiials. It added organic Matter and bttilt tip a nitrogen count, and to that ektent, it did it more i apidly with !di gip i"ooted le3gliines than Witlf " grails'♦ ed. i igttree MO the vairfekti t #1 . roti I+Szp,ortta ent 1 *44e,Ao 0 t'i ie, • wonderful rebuilding ability of aifal fa. A good alfalfa ,sod down for a three-year period added as much as 600 pounds of nitrogen to the soil and ,if left down faelx years, would' add over 1,200" poen s of nitrogen per acre. If in Eastern Canada, farm ers were unable td' use •alfalfa over long periods of time as in other parts of Canada, they still could not afford to ignore this wonderful source as a to alfalfa inferior as of protein foods. Red clover substitute was nearest Grasses were decidedly soil rebuilders. 3. A good sod produced the cheap est feed produced on the farm. No only did the closely cropped, rich sod produce a greater tonnage of dry matter throughout the year than' did the hay or any other crop which could be produced, but, being harvest ed at no expense in human labor, i afforded feed in a period of the year when cheapest production was inevit able. Penicillin From Canadian Farms Canadian farmers will soon be, play jrg an important part in the control "of such diseases as typhoid and dys entero. Milk sugar extracted from whey and fed to the penieilliun mould from which penicillin is refined, will be used to produce the new wonder drug, streptomycin, the " Dominion Department of Agriculture has an- nounced. Canadian drug manufacturers are understood to be planning full scale production of . streptomycin in the near future. This drug is outstanding- ly effective against diseases caused by gram negative bacteria, compara- tively few of which are surpressed by penicillin. Production of both drugs in Canada has been made possible by the Do minion Department of Agriculture's organizing the collection of whey from cheese factories in parts of Eastern Ontariq, and Western Que- beo. Transported in tank -trucks to, a condensary in New York State, the whey is processed into' milk sugar and whey powder. Most of this milk sugar and some of the whey powder retdrfns to Canada, .the sugar for use in drugs and baby foods and the pow- der for4. enhaiioing the -vitamin cdlit- tent of iiveetocic reo1 tt ited nage l Bague4 Their Deer Hunters who bagged deer In this locality during the 'open season were Merton Merrier, Dx. Stanley Heard, Lloyd Seotchraer, William( McCool, Ronald Burt, Harold Scutehmer, Howard, Harry Baker, 94 I Qu5ias Geminhardt--.,Zurich Hernld, Men Teachers Meet in Wirlgham On Thursday evening at the public school here, the annual meeting, of the Men Teachers' Federation for Dis- trict No. 15, was held when the fol- lowing officers were elected: Presi- dent, Mrs. Jolly, of Mitchell; vice- president, T. Stewart Beattie, Wingh- ham; secretary -treasurer, G. Kroph, Stratford; district representative, E: R. Crawford, Stratford. The annual meeting of the Men Teachers' Fed- eration of Ontario will be held dur- ing the Christmas holidays in ,Toron- to, and a number of resolutions which will be presented at this meeting were discussed,—Wingham Advance - Times. Bad Luck Follows Youth Early Thursday morning, Bobbie Currie, 12 -year-old son of Cpl. and Mrs. George Currie, 12th concession of East Wawanosh, underwent an emergency appendectomy, in Wing ham General Hospital. This is just one in a series of misfortunes which. he has had this year. In February he fractured his nose while skiing, while haying in July he fell from the load and sprained his ankle, and Hal- lowe'en he fractured the same ankle and he was out of the cast just one week when he was rushed to the hos- pital for the emergency operation.— Wingham„ Advance -Times. Arrived on the Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Margaret Harrington, of Blyth,. received word on Saturday that her son, Pet. Percival Harrington, would. be arriving on the Queen Elizabeth: boat in New York.—Blyth Standard. Mail Carrier is Honored Mr. James Davis was honored last Wednesday evening at a public fungi-' tion in the Memorial Hall, sponsored by the peopre he served so well dur- ing his many years' service as rural mail carrier on Route 2 out of Blyth, —Blyth Standard. Now With- CliLnton; Knitting Co:. Recently discharged from the Roy- al Canadian Navy, D. C. Mackintosh Clinton Knitting Co., Limited, in an. this week became associated with executive capacity. He is redding at the McKenzie House. While engag- ed in a business capacity, Mr. Mack- intosh enlisted in the Navy five and a half years ago, and. served at sea and at operational bases'on the East Coast. He also was Commanding Of- ficer of M.M.C.S. "Bytown," Ottawa, and recruiting officer at Winnipeg and Toronto. He retired with 'the rank of Lieutenant Commander,.. Mrs. Ross McEwen, who has served as of - flee manager for many years, has re- signed.—Clinton News -Record. Murphy Lodge Elects Officers Thos; Deeves was re-elected Wor- shipful Master of Murphy 'Lodge No. 710, Clinton, at the annual election• of officers Thursday evening last. Other officers are: Deputy Master,. W. Fulford; recording secretary, H. Corey; financial secretary, Chas. Nel- son; treasurer,' George Potter; Mar- • shal, G. Cornish; chaplain, W. Cook; tyler, D. Freeman; Past Master, J. Turner; ' auditors, N. W. Trewartha, Ed. Morrison; 1st lecturer, F. Falcon- er.; 2nd l'ectu'rer, H. Crittenden. Fol- lowing the .elegtion of officers, Past - master William Falconer conducted the installation. Linton News -Re- cord. Killed on Street At Exeter Hilliary Horton, a member of the well-kogwn Horton family of Lee - burn, who for some years had car- ried on his trade as a blacksmith at Exeter, was almost instantly killed last, Thursday evening when struck by a car in that village, He was rid- ing his bicycle on his way home after his day's work when he was overtak- en and hit by. a motor car said to have bee i driven by Kenneth Weber, of Dashwood. He died while being taken in an ambulance .to a doctor's office only about twosblocks from the scene of the accident: Mr. Horton was born at Leeburn seventy years ago, son of.the late Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Horton, His grandfather was Hilliary Horton, who as noted in G. H. Green's book, "The Old Log. School.," was a member and 'secretary-treghurer of the first school board of S.S. No. 5, Colborne. The lata deceased was, a blacksmith at • Dungannon., in G•ode- rich (with the late D. K. Strachan and more recently With the Dominion Road' Machinery Co.) and eflnally 'at Efteter, Tie IS survived by his wife, the former l"rant es Sauttby; ot 'Dun- gannon, ,aid tavo da"augh'tere; Mrs. Ed. 4 . kdwortfty, 'of' • Tglisiif btttg and Mrs.- . rs_. (Contftiuied ea rage 3), ° .