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The Huron Expositor, 1948-06-18, Page 2„)• Established 1860 eith McPhail IVIeLeam, Editor. Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery Thursday afternoon by 1VIeLean ros. advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH, 'Friday, June 18, 1948 Most Unusual We notice that on the night of his election, Mr. F. S. Thomas followed a most unusual procedure for a politi- cal candidate.After he had been re- turned as Conservative member for the Provincial riding 9.f Elgin, Mr. Thomas announced that the Govern- ment was making a grant of $5,000 towards a proposed memorial arena to be erected in St. Thomas, and that arrangements for the grant had al- ready been made. He also stated that a highway in his riding was to be immediately graded and prepared for paving. We like that attitude of the Elgin member. Instead of using these gov- ermnent favors as a bribe during the election campaign, he waited until the election was over before he made his -announcement. That is very dif- ferent from the procedure followed by other government candidates, and by the government itself, both of whom spent a good deal of time tell- ing about favors that would be hand- ed out if their party and candidates were returned to power. During the recent campaign, Cab- inet Members went about the coun- try promising universities, new and enlarged highways, hospitals, more Hydro for the country districts, and just about everything else. And it is amazing how many people are ready and willing to be bribed with their own money. But no where did we hear promis- es of lower gas taxes, less revenue from liquor control. less taxes, less amusement taxes, less spending in government departments, or a re- duced Civil Service. Nor did they promise to make Ontario a better, cheaper and more peaceful province to live in by striving to live on good terms with both their neighbors and the Dominion Government at Ot- tawa. The story repeated over and over again was that even if the govern- ment raised more money by more taxes on the people, they would give the people more money than they ever got before. When will the people ever learn, or will they ever learn, that the gov- ernment has no money of its own? That all the favors promised or hand- ed out by political parties are paid for by the money that is raised in taxes. That if your town gets a new hospi- tal at Government expense, the other towns throughout the country are helping to pay for it, and if some oth- er town or county gets a new and up- to-date public or high school or pub- lic building, your town and your county are being taxed to pay for them. • It Makes A Difference It makes a decided difference to the C.C.F. party whether they live in the -east or the west of Canada, or whether they are after the labor or the farmer vote, when it comes to a question of freight rates. In the recent Ontario election cam- paign, Mr. Jolliffe, the C.C.F. leader, went all out in support of the in- crease in freight rates, because both he and his party wanted the railway and the labor votes. In Saskatchewan, however, Mr. Douglas, the C.C.F. Premier, uring the present provincial campaign there, in every speech, is most em- phatically against a freight rate in- crease because he is after the farm- er vote, the railway and labor vote being negligible. It makes a difference, too, to the Dominion leader of the C.C.F. party, whether he is speaking over the air or in Parliament. In the former case he can and has made a 'variety of statements on a variety of subjects that are not all facts, but in Parlia- ment it is different. That is what Mr. Coldwell found .out a short tine ago. In Speaking on the bUdget debate, Mr. 'Caldwell was very eritieal and Sareattie when he sebffed at tbe governmerit becaUse it iud, failed tO, temove the Wes tax / from building Mate= S, and cited New Zealand as an example for Can - ado, to follow, lie said that country had taken off the sales tax On build- ing materials in September, 1946, which had resulted in a saving to the people of ten per cent. Later, when Mr. Ilsley, Finance Minister, joined the debate, he called the attention of the House to the fact that the Canadian Government had abolished the tax on building mater- ial on .May 14, 1945. Mr. Ilsley made the further comment that will re- ceive very general agreement from a large majority of the people across Canada. He said: "It crossed my mind that if honorable members in the C.C.F. opposition would familiarize them- selves with what takes place in Can- ada to the extent that they familiar- ize' themselves with what takes place in New Zealand, they would not have forgotten an event which took place in this country nearly a year and a half before similar action was taken in New Zealand.” • German Prisoners Go Great Britain is seeing the last of a big crowd of visitors. British ships are taking home the rearguard of 517,000 German war prisoner. Both British and Germans seem to be content that this last chapter qf war's aftermath is coming to a close. Some of the prisoners have been in Britain more than three years. One of the German officers who will remain for a while longer is Field Marshal Gerd von Runstedt. Another is Field Marshal Walther von Branchitsch, once chief of staff of the German army. A third is Field Marshal Eric von Maunstein. There have been reports that the War Crimes Commission has not finished with these three prisoners. Repatriation has been very slow, but the British officials say that the country has gained no financial bene- fit from these hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men as a labor pool. They were very useful in the gather- ing of Great Britain's first two har- vests following the war, but keeping them has cost the British Govern- ment $1,200,000 a year. The typical German prisoner worked a 48-hour week on a farm, lived in a camp and earned $3 a week, of which he saved $1.20. Incentives were offered for good work,. so that exceptional prisoners were paid more. Employers paid the War Of- fice the prevailing wages of British workers. British authorities classified these prisoners as whites, grays a n d blacks. The blacks were the Nazis who didn't want to be anything else. Some are still in British jails, 'con- victed of crimes, or held as war crim- inal suspects. The grays were made up of men who were more or less closely associ- ated with Nazi enterprises, but who. just drifted - along with the move- ment because in Germany it was safe and sometimes wise to drift. The whites were Germans positive- ly opposed to Nazism and all its works. Those who managed to con- vince the British of this enjoyed spe- cial privileges, and a few were even admitted as students to leading uni- versities. Setting The Example One day a short time before his death in a plane accident when Will Rogers, the great American humor- ist, was at the height of his fame, he was having lunch with his manager and some friends, when he was hand- ed a telegram. Without interrupting the conversation, the comedian read the message, crumpled it up, and threw it on the floor. His manager, feeling that Rogers' gesture had been a little absent-mind- ed, picked up the message and read it. It was an invitation from a large tobacco company to participate in a series of sixty radio broadcasts at $10,000 each. - "Six hundred thousand dollars !" the manager exclaimed. "Will, won't you even consider it?" "Nape," the comedian soberly re- plied. "I couldn't broadcast for 'those people. Do, you think I could let the kids think I approved of their smoking cigarettes?" Not many in this world have ever been willing to set $600,600 examples, Years gone fateZfating iteatil picked from Tim EaPositor of fifty and tweatreve Years ago. From The Huron Expositor June 22, 1923 Mr. Adam Haye, of town, has pur- chased the Brett property south of his residence on Market Street andsis haying tlie house raised and a foun- dation placed, under it. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 1111cManu, Mr. and Mrs. Devereaux, Sr,, Me. and Mrs. D. Shanahan, Mr. Leo Fortune and Mr. Frank McConnell, of Dublin, were in Kingsbridge on Saturdayattending the funeral of the late Mrs. Moran. Mr. W. H. Willis, of Wingham, act- ed as organist in Seaforth Methodist Church on Sunday. J. M. Ilekert and Jas. R. Scott, of near town, have had milking machines installed in their barns. R. Frost & Son are erecting a hand- some verandah on the residence of Mr. M. McKellar, Jarvis. St. Miss Marion Larkin has accepted' a position. as superintendent of the Food Diet Department in Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland. R. S. Reid and Wallace Parke have leased the Lyric Theatre from J. E. Willis for a term of four months, and are now in possession. Two rinks of ,bowlers composed of G. D. Haigh, Thos. Johnstone, C. A. Barber and W. Ancient, skip, and W. D. Bright, Dr. F. J. Burrows, W. G. Willis and J. M. Best, skip, were in Stratford on Wednesday playing for the Faill, Trophy. Three rinks or Scotch Doubles were also in London on Wednesday playing in the tourna- ment in that city. The, rinks were: A. D. Sutherland and Fred Robinson, W. Thompson :and Dr. F. J. Bechely, and Ross Sproat and J. M. McMillan. On Tuesday evening of last week Brncefield football team went to Con - Stance to play a return match to re- deem themselves, but 'luck was against them. The score was 1-0 in favor of Kinburn. Mr. 3. H. Scott has just completed building a silo, 14x45. The annuaI meeting of the South Huron Liberal Association for Fed- eral and Provincial purposes was held at Hensall on Tuesday, June 19. The following offices were elected: For the Federal Association: Dr. J. W. Shaw, Clinton, president; Owen Gen ger,, Hen.s.all, vice-president; Thomas Forsyth, Kippen, secretary; John Prueter, Zurich, treasurer. For the provincial Association: John Morgan, Exeter, president; Charles Fritz, Zur- ich, vice-president; Thomas Shilling - law; Seaforth, secretary. A chimney fire broke out in Staffa recently. It took place at the home of George Tuffin. The quick action of the fire brigade prevented any serious damage. Master Carl Walker, of Cromarty, who was seriously injured last week, is improving slowly. He was driving the roller when the team ran away and threw him off the roller, which ran over Ms body. James A. Paterson, of Hensall, is improving his cottage on Brock St. by the addition of a neat verandah. There were four of us sitting out on the woodpile behind the hotase the other evening. We smoked ‘an.d chat- ted for a little While and the night air pressed in on ale. Soon the mobil game up over the gable of the house; and spread a silvery radiance around the scene. It was one of those per- fect nights, with just enough tang to the air to make it sort of interest- ing. Higgins took his pipe out of his mouth and said, "What would you fel- lows do if you had a thousand dol- lars? No, ;et us suppose you had a doaarsi" We joshed him at first and then it started to soak in a bit and we started to wonder in earn- est about how a person would treat a great sum of money like that. Big Ole, who farms up on the side - road, said: "1 v:ould have water put in the house and the barn and 1 would tut in the electric pokver., and then I would buy my wife one of those fancy washing machines, where you just put the clothes in and a few minutes later they cone out all clean and white." pi We laughed at that because Ole has a family rt nine and the washing takes up a big line and a lot of Ole's wife's time ach week. At the same time, it was indicative of how Big • From The Huron Expositor June 24, 1898 Mr. Wm. McKay, of Tuckersmith, who left last Week for the Klondike gold regions, in a letter to his bro- thers and sisters at. home, gives an interesting account of the trials and tribulations of himself and his com- rades on the journey. James Fair, Sr., of Clinton, cut a six -acre field of hay on the 1.0th inst. Mr. Edward Christie, Seaforth, has 'been appointed postmaster at Exeter by the Postmaster General. Jackson Bros., Clinton, have receiv- ed the contract for supplying mei- forms for the Grand Trunk railway trainmen. Mr. James Norris, of Cromarty, gave a party to the young people cef that vicinity on Tuesday evening. Lieut. John A. Jackson, Drummer James Young and Ptes. Tom and Frank Jackson went into camp at London on, Tuesday. On Monday morning as Mr. Sam Chesney was driving into town and leading a horse behind the buggy, the horse he was leading got his feet in a hole in the floor of Silver Creek bridge, scratching and injuring them badly. Mr. Ed. Hinchley met with a pains fu1 accident on Monday. He was ad- justing an old mower when his. hand came in contact with the knife and the top of the first finger on his right ,hand was taken off. Mr. J. G. Mullen, who has acted as teller in the Bankssof Commerce here for a couple of years past, has re- ceived a prbmotion and has been transferred to Chatham. His place here will be taken by Mr. Kirkpat- rick, of Guelph. Mr. John McMillan, M.P., and Mr. M, Y. McLean attended the banquet to Lieut. Governor Cameron at Gode- rich on Wednesday evening. Wm. Osmond, Neil Cameron, Ed. Reid, Richard Elliott, Wan Parker, Wm. Cameron and Albert Woods, of Bayflelcl, are at camp in London. The granolithic walk laid this week in front of G. C. Petty's and Wm. Mc- Cloy'brick block, Hen.sall, is a credit alike to the village, those gentlemen and the council, who by assistance as to cost, encouragedthe putting in of this walk. To work was done by R. Cudmore. The London Harpers have been pro- cured to furnish music for the Domin- ion Day celebration at Dublin. Misses Lottie Cook and Ida Britton of Constance, were at Wingham as delegates to the Sunday School and Christian Endeavour convention, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. W. W. ThomPson, of tOW11, leaves next Wednesday on a business trip to the 01d Country. The Carberry foOtball team, chain - pions of Manitoba, Who are on f). tour of this, Frostbite, added another to their unbroken Aeries Of VintOrieS whenthey defeated the AurCinaOh the recreation grtxci1 here * a StOre df three &els t� One, gammognommessmannir 1.tvr, pvitilirw B7 VAX're, 3, Bale, Ole is at heart. 1 don't think he could 'ever. comprehend how' ranch, money a million .dollars actually Is. As a matter of fact, I don't suppose any of us could, Higgins said: "Well, I've been thinking.. If I had all that matey 1 would dam up the Big Creek and stock it with fish and then ,buer one of those big cabin cruisers and fish on, my artificial lake." This also made us laugh, because Henry is not one given to a great deal of ambition. He is always willing to drop anything for a day of fishing. 1 said, "A million dollars would build me a nice house full of all the con- eniences possible to lied. Then I v..ould buyall the books I have ever wanted to read and sit back ani spend my time reading them ani just thinking without any worry." Old Ed. Jones laughed. He said, “WIth a million dollars 1 would go on a trip around the world. I would go to all the places I've heard about and wanted to visit. I would see every- thing. Then I would give away the money I had left from my journey and come back and settle down on the farm and realize how lucky I an to be hese." We eat on for some time just Ihink- ing about the money, with no one saying a word. \IMMO JUST A SMILE OR TWO: The Wall Street Journal reports that a high school student gave the following definition of a bolt and a nut: "A bolt is a thing like a stick of hard metal such as iron with a square bunch at one end, and a lot of scratch- ing wound around the other end. A nut is similar to a bolt only just the opposite, being a hole in a little square of iron sawed off short, with wrinkles around the inside of the hole." • Counsel was cross-examining a wit- ness in an important case. He asked: "And on June llth you say you called on Mrs. Murphy. Now what did she "I object to that question, my lord," interrupted the opposing counsel. Then ensued an hour's, tierce argu- ment between counsel and in the end the judge allowed the question. And as I was saying," continued counsel, "you called on Mrs. Murphy. Now what did she say?" "Nothing—she was out," was the reply. er Team. of Horses Fendi Mervyn: Falooacr, Tuthersullth, lost a team of horses In some planner the 'horses get Inside an abandoned cottage about 100, yards from hiS house and the nom* collapsed, The - team landed In the cellar Mad remain- ed there for six days while A.heir own- er scoured the countryside for them. They were released train their tans wanted prison with great difficulty. -,- Clinton News -Record. Wins Scholarships G. N. Underwood, Wingbarn, was the winner of both the Huron County), Scholarship ($100) and Huron Federa- tion of Agriculture Scholarship ($1.00) at 0.A.C.—Clinton News -Record. Receives Degree Among the Western Ontario Uni- versity graduates last Wednesday was Thomas Hawkins, only son of Mrs. Hawkins, and the late Rev. W. B. Hawkins, formerly of Blythe—Blyth. Standard. Underwent Operation Mies Doris Johnston underwent an. operation for appendicitis in Clinton - Hospital last Saturday night. She is recovering nicely.—Blyth Standard. Welcomed By Friends • The invitation to the anniversary party read: "And dont try to knock on the door when you arrive, just nudge it loudly with your shoe." One of the recipients called up the sender and asked for an explanation of these curious instructions. Came the answer: "We are suming of course that your arms be loaded with presents." • pre - will • 'd The old-fashioned farmer was hard -to convince. "No," declared he, "I'll have no such contraption in my house. Manners are bad things." "Oh, but father," protested his daughter, "this is an upright piano." • Joanne had been a rather naughty girl nearly al day. When her mother was putting the little girl to bed, she patiently reminded her of her nightly prayer . . "and, Joanne," she con- tinued, "ask God to make you a good girl tomorrow." Joanne looked inquiringly up at her mother and then asked brightly: "Way? What's on for tomorrow?" Huron Federation Of Agriculture--FarmNews May Market in '48 Five Million Hogs Officials of the Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture say that the to- tal hog run may reach five million in 1943. It reached 47 hundred thou- sand in 1947 and was only 44 hundred thousand in 1946. The peak Year, 1944, saw 88 hundred thousand hogs marketed in Canada, but the average in the immediate pre-war years was only about 36 hundred thousand. In the first four months of 1948 the hog run exceeded two million. This quantity is about half a million more than in the corresponding year of 1947 and is about a third of a millIen above the hog run in the first four months of 1946. Despite this increase in market- ings, the quality of Canadian hogs has steadily impreved, Forage Harvesters Save Manpower Though forage harvesters reduce the man labour required by about one-half that of regular methods, large tonnages must be harvested to justify the financial outlay. Harves- ters for forage crops are now avail- able in three different types; for har- vesting grass as silage; , for chopped hay, grass silage and corn for silage. A complete harvesting outfit con- sists of a harvester, a blower—locat- ed at the barn or silo—and the nec- essary wagons and tractors. In oper- ation, the machine cuts off or picas up the corn or hay, chops .anc1 deliv- ers into a wagon. Wagons are un- loaded into a blower which blows sil- age into the silo or dry hay into.the mow. With power -take -of t harvesters, a four -plow tractor is required for corn which yields over 20 tone to the acre. A three -plow tractor is suffici- ent for 15 -ton crops located on rela- tively level land. Experiments at the Central Experi- mental Farms says William Kalb fleisch, indicate that with this method af harvesting, core should be chopped to a length of one-half to three-quar- ters of an inch, grass silage to one- quarter of 'an inch, and dry hay at a tneoretical length of four inches or longer. In cutting grass for silage it es in very short lengths, that the knives on the machine are kept sharp and that the silage is well tramped' in the silo. Dry hay should, however, be cut in long lengths of four to five inches so that it will keep satisfac- torily in the mow. If hay is chopped with the Machirie set to cut these lengths, it can be placed in the mow when only slightly drier than hay stored by the bay loader method. chopped hay in the mow should never be Walked on or tramped Under any eircunistances. Flay In 5 -inch. lengths requires the same spate as ordinary hang bay, but 2%4tich hay requires only half the space but must be eX- eeptionally dry when. stored. When tutting a, crop which is to be handled with a harvester„ a nar- row Cut ShoUld first be made with the MoWer to tea the 'tenacity of the lilaelifite, as too large a windrOW • • . .11/. • causes plugging of the harvester. The capacity of the average machine ranges from two to four tons per hour for dry hay, six to 10 tons for grass silage and eight to 20 tons for corn, depending on the yield of the crops. The cost of harvesters ranges from $1,000 to $2,500 depending on the type, capacity and power supply. The ma- chine cost for a harvester and blow- er is about 35 cents per ton on 600 tolls per year. The cost of moving the crop from the windrow to the mow or silo is approximately $2.10 per ton for dry hay and $1.40 per ton for grass silage. Those estimated costs include all machine costs, fuel and labor. • Home Grown Seed Grows Best Grass Whether Blue Grass is sown for pasture or airfield, playground or ceraetery, the seed grown in Canada is the best, say officials of the Dom- inion Department of Agriculture. 'The Department points out that as Canada -grown Blue Grass seed is bet- ter adapted than imported seed to Canadian soil and climate, it should be preferred in the interests of the Canadian economy. Canada usually produces enough of this seed to meet the domestic demand and to have a surplus for export. The two types of Blue Grass grown in the Dominion are Canada and Ken- tucky. The Canada type is grown chiefly in the Niagara Peninsula, where average annual production ov- er. a ten-year period is an estimated 270,000 pounds Useful as an ingredi- ent in pasture, turf or lawn grass mixture, it iis best suited to dry, san- dy, gravelly or shallow soils. In those parts of the Dominion, where the Canada type is neither dominant nor native, the Department recommends sowing the Kentucky type. Kentucky Blue Grass is produc- ed chiefly in Manitoba's Red River Valley. There, seed production' on a commercial basis is relatively new but could be greatly extended if pro- ducers were assuredof a domestic market that would justify the expense of buying harvesting and processing equipment. * 4 * Higher Prices for Eggs For Britain Effective July 1, an increase of five cents per dozen in the price to be peid for Grade A eggs purchased un- der the British contract has been an- nounced by the Special Products Board. A further two -cent increase, will become effective September 1, 1948.. The increasein pries!, during July and August has been made Vessible Some twenty-five relatives met On Wednesday evening last at the home of Mr. Bruce Cann, near Clinton, to welcome to Canada Susan van der Lei, bride -elect of this month, who, that day arrived from Leeuwarden, Holland. Bruce is a well known Exe- ter boy having been raised in this town. It was while serving overseas, with the Field, Ambulance Corp that he met his bride-to-be. 'the wedding, a smart event of the season, will be solemnized in the Pentecostal Tab- ernacle the middle of June.—Exeter Times -Advocate, Students Successful At O.A.C. Included in the list of successful' students in the examination results at the Ontario Agricultural College, recently announced are: Huron' Co. Scholarship, G. N. Underwood, R.R. 1„ Wingham, (also winner of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture Scholarship); Dominion - Provincial Student and Bursary, first year de- gree, R. S. Proctor, R.R. 5, Brussels:, two-year course, G. G. Edgar, R.R. 4, Wingham.—Wingham Advance -Times, Receives B.A. Degree Craig Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Armstrong, was success,- fut in passing his Arts Course at Toronto University and received his degree of B.A. — Wingham Advance - Times. Observe 43rd Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Lecky, Quebec Street, were given a pleasant surprise on Sunday when three cars with friends from London called to offer their congratulations on their forty-third wedding anniversary. Many long distance telephone cars from the United States and gifts and visits from other friends made the day a happy one. Mr. and Mrs. Lecky were married in Lucan and lived for three' years in London 'before coming to Godertch thirty-nine years ago. Mr. Lecky retired from his position as, baggageman on the C.P.P.. two years ago. He had been with .tes company for forty-three years.—Goderich Sig- nal -Star. Markm Church's 70th Anniversary The congregation of Trinity Church, Blyth, marked the 70th anniversary of the opening of the church on Sunday. with outstanding services both morn- ing and evening. The church was well filled for both services and among those present were many for- mer members of the congregation, who had received an invitation to be' present for the occasion, It was at a Vestry meeting held in the Temper- ance Hall, Blyth, on Feb. 1, 1878, that the decision was made 'to build a church and to call it Trinity Church. Mr. Robert Howard was the contrac- tor and the corner stone was laid on July 1, 1878, by the District Deputy ' Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge of that date. The church was open ed on December 29, 1878, for divine service by the Rector. Rev. William Henderson. On Sunday, September 9, 1928, the 50th anniversary was held' with Rev. W. B. Hawkins, as Rector, and His Grace the Archbishop of the Diocese as preacher. Again in June, 1938, the 60th anniversary was held with the Rev. R. M. Weekes as Ree -- tor. Sunday last, the 70th annivers- ary was Observed with a .former Rec- tor, the Rev. L. V. Pocock, B.A., L. Th., of Hespeler, presiding at the sea vices.—Blyth Standard. Eggs Take a Flip Mr. Ted Pooley recently shipped, 150 turkey eggs by air to a party in England. He received word back that the eggs had arrived in perfect con- dition, not one being broken. Four days after leating here the eggs •had been set for hatching.—Exeter Times - Advocate. Trapshoot Winner 83 Mr. George Parker, of Chis.elhurst, now in his 83rd year, was high man in his class at a trapshoot match at Kippen recently. Mr. Parker is one of the pioneer beemen of Ontario and still wields a hefty broadaxe with con- siderable skill. Ile is at present as- sisting in squaring some timber for a new barn for Mr. James MacEwen, west of Hensall.—Exeter yinaes-Advo- cate. Horne From Ireland Mr. Eric Heywood, of the Royal Canadian Navy, and his wife arrived in Exeter the forepart of the week and are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hunkin. Eric, for nine months has been stationed in troland and returned to Canada on the aircraft carrier "Magnificent," • built in Ireland. and recently a.dded to the Canadian Navy. His wife, the former Hazel Austin, of Winchester, by economies affected in the opera- England, whom he married on, the' 20th of December last, came over bY tion of the British egg contract. by the Special Products Board, ovet the air and met her husband in HalifaXi and together they came on to. Exeter. past year. It will not involve any in- crease in the contract price of eggs to Britain The September increase will bring` Special Products Board paying prices, for eggs -to- the regular tall perlod premium price Provided by the Ilritl.sh contract. —Exeter TimessAdvocate. Convalescing After Operation Miss fsabene Taylor is recuperat- ing nicely ik St. Joseph's 11°0001, London, where she recently 'Under- went an epe,rattoa for appendicitis. -- Exeter Tin:tee-Advocate, 4 t. 4 4, A 4'