The Huron Expositor, 1950-01-20, Page 2;n.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, January 20
National Goals
Sometimes speeches prepared for
delivery in, a particular country are
f. such a nature that, the subject
matter can apply equally well to an-
other country.
Such a speech is that delivered re-
•cently by President Truman, when
he addressed a joint session of Con-
gress.
on-gres..
"Strength .is not simply a matter"
of arms and force," the President
said in a message that well may be
studied by Canadians. "It is a mat-
ter of economic growth and 'social
health and vigorous institutions, pub-
lic and private. We can achieve
peace oiily if we maintain our pro-
ductive energy, our democratic insti-
tutions and our firm belief in indi-
'vidual freedom."
"As we move forward into the sec-
ond half of the .20th Century, we
must always bear in mind the cen-
tral purpose of our national life. .We
do' not seek material prosperity for
ourselves because we love luxury;
we do not aid other nations because
we wish to increase our power. We
have not. devised programs for the
security' and well-being of our peo-
ple because we are afraid or unwilI-
ing to take risks. This is not the
meaning of -our present history or
our present course.
"We work for a better life for all,
so that all men may put to good. use
the great gifts with which they have
been endowed by their Creator. We
seek to establish those material con-
ditions of life in which, without ex-
ception, men may live in dignity, per-
form useful work, serve their com-
munit;es and worship -God as they
see fit. •
"These may seers simple goals, but
they 'af:-2 not little ones. They are
worth a great deal more than all the
empires and ° conquests of history.
They are not to be achieved by mili-
tary aggression or 'political fanatic-
ism. Tney are to be achieved by
humbler, means—by hard work, by a
spirit of self-restraint in our' dealings
with -one another and by a deep devo-
tion to the principles of justice and
equality ... We should ask for con-
tinued • strength and guidance • from
,~,--that Almighty Power who has plac-
ed before us such great opportunities
for the good of mankind in the years ,
to come."
S
- inconsistent?
Somebody pointed out to us the
other day the inconsistency of human
nature, and to prove the point refer-
- red to the recent increase of a cent
a !package in the cost of cigarettes.
-"Nobody rushed into print pro-
testing the increase. While there was
grumbling here and there, it• .didn't
amount to much," we were told.
"On the other hand, if milk or
'bread or butter had gone up a cent,
there immediately would have been
)owls of protest and organized de-
mands for an investigation into the
reason for the raise.",•
Perhaps the reason ithat ` we
know: we must -continue to buy milk
gid bread and butter, whereas it •is
onlyour own desires we are satisfy-
ing when we buy cigarettes. If we
wished to do so we could, avoid the
iinerease in price in cigarettes by giv-
ng up' oking, but with necessities
this is u�possible.
able to 'rep
bight eat OS
will do'
E=y then
strtio _
tein and nitrogen to the diet, as well
as enriching one's gustatory ezcperi-
ence.
There- is a varied historical' back-
ground for this finding, according to
a University of California author-
ity. We have heard of desert peo-
ples who make meals of locusts, peel-
ed like shrimps and fried in oil. The
Indians never disdained to eat grubs
•of all kinds, as sort of appetizers to
their main course of boiled dog. Cer-
tain types of bees are said• to be de-
licious, and there is a tribe in Malaya
who find nothing better than live
centipedes.
Nevertheless, despite all the sooth-
ing words 71f the insect specialists,
we doubt that we will change our
long established custom of viewing
...all salads—with or without bugs—as
something which we can do without.
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Cann -but. Fresh --Milk
What may ultimately prove to
have a revolutionary effect on the
dairy industry .is a new process de-
veloped in the United States, which
makes possible the canning of fresh.
milk.
If milk is canned under existing
processes it must first be evaporated
and this leaves it with a taste that
identifies it immediately as being not
fresh milk.
In Indiana, where the tests• have
been conducted, witnesses tasted
milk that had been canned fresh last
May and kept under refrigeration
since then. They were unable to de-
tect any difference in flavor between
it and fresh milk bought from the
store. "
' Under the new process,' the milk
has to be drawn from the cows un-
der vacuum.by milking machines. It
will then have to be moved.,in vacuum
tanks to the district caning plant;
There, after going through a stand-
ard homogenizer, it undergoes a dif-
ferent type of pasteurization than is
now commonly employed. It is
through this and the" vacuum hand-
ling that the milk is able to retain
its fresh -quality in the can for a
great length of time.
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WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
The Ultimate Outrage
(Wall Street Journal)
The poet, John Greenleaf Whittier.'
pasessed a gentle charm and quaint
patience which no trouble or vexa-
tion of life could dispel. One day a
self-proclaimed admirer of the good
poet invaded the quiet of his study
and talked incessantly for more than
an hour.
Quietly and uncomplainingly
Whittier related the incident to a
friend.
"Weren't you vexed by such an un-
warranted intrusion?" his confidant •
wanted to know.
"Not at all," the •poet replied.
"But," he added wistfully, "I do wish
he had not persisted in calling me
`Whitaker' throughout the - inter-
view:"
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Is There a Sneck in Your House?
(Toronto Star) 'r
There's a lovely Scottish and
North -England, word "sneck," mean-
ing the handlatch on a door. Burns
spelt it "snick," which is something
like the noise it makes. To cut costs,
the doors of a housing development
in Yorkshire were fitted with snecks.
Twenty-two families involved in this
s"neckery have petitioned the Govern-
ment for door -knobs. instead. The
Leeds regional office will investigate.
Most Canadians have heard a
sneck snick= --but not on,a house door.
House buyers have stood for much in
this country—poor lumber, peeling
paint, almost every structural atroc-
ity, including warped doors—but not
house doors .with snecks on them.
There are, after all, limits to the in-
sults which the builder can heap up-
on the buyer,- or, for that matter, the
renter.
So no one need wonder at the anti•
sneck petition from Huninanby. in
Yorkshire. Down with snecks, any.
wavy, i1nob ata f' .n tnpre. knobby,.
led ganga.
• Tfg`:1'RON EXPOSITOR •
PHIL OSIFER of
cb-
LAZY MEADOWS1
By Harry J. Boyle
I called in the other day to visit
Billy -Dan McKenzie. Billy Dan is
old now. In fact, he seemed old
when 1 was a boy behause he work-
ed on occasion for my father. My
father said that Billy Dan was old
from the time he quit school. He
was one -of those "mere -Who settled
clown in a comfortable rut and 4ie-
cided to stay there. °
Billy Dan . is opposed to -educa-
tion on the grounds that it makes
people want things that they
shouldn't have. Religion in the
ordinary sense was something he
could never condone. Billy Dan
had a version that a man should
have a prayer of his ownto salt
morning and night, and do b tween
he should stop evei:y, so often d
he thankful for living -
Billy Dan never got married 'be-
cause, he said, that women were a
nuisance. He wore 'his socks until
they fell apart, and as my father
used to say, he buried his under-
wear every spring. His one outing
was on Dominion Day. He always
purchased a bottle of liquid dyna-
mite from 'the local ' bootlegger,
hitched a• ride into town poured
drinks for a couple of his.cronies,
and ate a big meal at the Chinese
Cafe. Then he went home, happy
over his holiday of the year. This
holiday also served as his male
topic of conversation during the
twelve months to come. a
When he worked for us he use;
.lo preface or date all his referent
es to incident in the community
with the statement, "About twc
months after last first of July." I
there was any general converse
tion concerning somebody in eh(
district he would look me,froin the
corner of tbae kitchen and say
"Yep! Saw him at the Dominion
Day shindig," This was the end of
his conversation. He had establish
ed contact with it, and the rest O.
the folks could carry on the effort
He listened and that was enough
for anybody.
I called into to zee him and leavE
a roast chicken. We always tr;
and give him something arouut!
New Year's, thinking that hie days
may the a little dull, and I'm posi-
tive that his diet must be so. He
was sitting in a rocking chair with-
in easy. reach .of the stove where
he could shove a stick of woodin
the firebox without getting up. A
tea pot was bubbling on the stove.
He thanked me for the chicken
and we talked in a general sort of
way. He complained a bit .about
his back and said, "Hope I can be
up and around for the first of July."
Then he paused and said, "Still, .I
guess I'll be passing on one of
these days. I won't regret it. I've
had a good, full life."
I didn't know what to say to him.
Just A - Smile Or Two
He: "Do you object to petting?"
She: "That's something I've nev-
er done."
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He: "Never petted?"
She: "No, never objected."
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• Maggie, the maid, •had, just fin-
ished washing the windows. .
"They don't shine, Maggie," her
mistress commented. "I don't think
you got them entirely clean."
"Well," the maid explained, "1
washed and polished 'em good on
the inside; so we could, look -out,.
but. I left 'em a little dirty on the
outside, so those inquisitive kids
next door couldn't look in."
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Cowboy: "Getting your saddle
on backward, aren't you?"
Dude Rancher: "That's all you
know about it, smarty! You don't
even know which way I'm going!"
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The little girl showed unusual
interest in the church wedding and
then suddenly turned to her mother
with a puzzled expression.
• "Did thelady change her mind?"
she whispered to her mother,
"Why, no, what makes you think
that?"
"Cause,ehe went up the aisle with
one man and came back with an-
other." , the child replied.
Huron Federation of
Agriculture Farm News
Safety First on the Farm fplace this year's crop at a higher
Even life on a farm has•its dap- level than is currently indicated.
gerous moments, 'particularly for • Lower prices and reduced produc-
men, who' annually suffer 30.000 out i tion of most crops are joint causes
out of an estimated 37,200 non-fatal! of the reduction in value of field
accidents on Canadian farms, ac-, crops from the 1948 Ievei. Only for
cotfodder crops and field roots (tur-
iouording'te Bsireau a oCrepStarttisticsof.he Uomin nips. mangels, etc.) are . average
Open trap doors end inadequately farm prices for all Canada for ,the
protected stairs gave rise to the first four months of this crop year
most frequent injuries and strange -above ' the 1948-49" average—al-
ly enough these injuries from Yells though in some provinces prices
were more of a hazard to young for certain other crops are higher
and old persons, than, those• in the than last year. Declines.in prices
intermediate age groups. Persons and production ofwheat, oats, bar -
from 20 to 40 years of age, how- leg , rye and .flax were alone re -
ever, suffered injury almost as fre- sponsible for a total drop in value
quently .from cutting and piercing from 1948 of 237 million dollars:
tools, or from crushing .while band By individual' grains the decreases
ling a.gribultural machinery. The etre roughly; Wheat 56 million,
Prairies, with about one-third of oats 53 million, barley 47 million,
Canada's farming population, had ; rye 21 million, and .flaxseed 60 mil -
60 per cent of the accidents, due' ]ion dollars. As indicated above,
to the greater degree of mechan-
ization of agriculture in the• West.
Miscellaneous accidents totalled
10,000 and a frequent cause was
injury from horses, either by kick-
ing or runaway teams.. Also in-
cluded under this heading were
backfiring tractors and other en-
gines. automobile accidents and
poisonous gas.
. Fields and woodlots accounted
for nearly; 60, per cent of the acci-
dents, and barns and outbuildings
were the next most. common place Canadian farmers have been us -
of acci eats, followed by injuries ing more commercial fertilizers in
sustain d in t+": farm house, recent years as a profitable way of
Not nay do the greatest number increasing yields and.. improving
of accidents occur imellie Prairie the quality of crops, In 1949 some
Provinces,; but the relative fre- 740,000 tons were used, an increase
quency of accidents is also great- of 60,000 tons over that used in
est there. According to the sur- 1948, and it is expected that there
vey, the safest. province.is Quebec. will be a further increase in 1950.
* * * •During the war years comm(erciai
fertilizers were in short supply
because some of the ingredients
were required for war purposes,
and others were not available due
to, the dislocations arising from the
war. Fortunately that situation no
longer affects supplies, and most
kinds of fertilizers are expected to
be adequate for Canadian farmers
in 1950.
The supply of nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash chemicals is
now ample. partly throug,h.•j,oss of
the export market for Canadian and
American production to sterling
area couiitnies, which were former-
ly important outlets for Canadian
nitrogen fertilizers: Nitrogen fer-
tilizer production in Canada is de-
clining to the level of market de-
mands in the 1lnited States and
Canada.
.Superphosphates and other phos-
phatic fertilizer supplies are now
more than sufficient, partly due to
the reduced export demand for
American production. Canadian
manufacturers of mlxed fertilizers
can now obtain all the super-
pl pspi`ate they may need from
American producers.
Ammonium phosphate, produced
in Western Canada, is still scarce,
due mainly to the increasing use
of 11-48 ammoniutn phosphate in
High Field Capp Values In 1949 Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al-
berta. '1'hei,e provinces are expect-
ed to take all of the output ,at
Trail, S:c.; in 1950, and still be
short of supplies There will be
an adequate • supply of potash in
1950:• 4
There is an isnportan trend in
Eastern. Canada toward higher
analyses fertilisers. It is eitlected
that in 1950 sudh standard atlalyeas
ad 4410 acrd 2-124 •wall, be replan -
ed whit 5-10$ and 2-18,J x'he ,O13=.
!,sot Id to nfBset freight, by redtty
.01g iiYtor.
however, participation payments on
the first three grains may be ex-
pected to reduce these differences.
Despite the lowered value of 1949
field crops the current level is still
230 per cent above the low point
off 432 million dollars reached in
1931. It is also or interest that
the farm value of this year's crops
is just slightly above that recorded
in 1946, the first full post-war year.
Fertilizers For 1950 Adequate
Farm Fires Cause Heavy Losses
Farm fires in Canada annually,
cause au estimated $10,254,000 loss
of farm property, according to a
Survey made by the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics. Only 37 per
cent of this loss was covered by
insurance, indicating that- a rela-
tively small proportion of farm
property' is adequately insured
against fires.
It is estimated that• 45 per cent
of the 8,000 fires occurred in barns
or outhouses. The farm house was
the location of 38 per cent of the
fires, and 15 per cent were stubble,
bush or grass fires. The remaining
two per cent of the fires concern-
ed machinery and equipment. In
addition to building¢, including the
farm home, it is estimated that
farm equipment was lost or de-
stI'oyed in 16 per cent of the fires
and equipment and livestock in 15
per Cent.
Survey figures" show that farm
fires occur with considerable • fre-
quency and show considerable sea-
(Ional variation, being the most
onmmon in late spring and sum-
mer. Nearly half of all farm fires
occur in the four months of May to
August.
Graffiti vttliie of principal field
crops produced on Canadian Parma
n 1949 is estimated at 1,4107 million
dollars, down' 16 per cent Froin last
year's record of 1,696 million
according to the first estimate of
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
The gross Value of Canada's 1949
field crops . Is ,the fifth highest in
history, being. exceeded only in the
rears 1919, 192), 1947, and 19484
It ahonia she noted, tad, .that atfitel-
paidi Particiiation ,payment;)oil
west sti wheats, oats and barley "f..
ibere owe lived ca lith king uauird
Croesus • who bad stacks of shiul•
gold pieces . he guarded his health
. as he guarded his wealth • alit/
will's!' eat food cooked iu greases
WOW 01 NATIONAL Of ALTO ANO v,+1,4.[
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
ty-five .and Fifty Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
January, 1925
Miss Annie McConnell, Dublin,.
met with a painful accident on com-
ing out of her home one morning,
last week, when she •slippett on
going down the steps, seriously in-
juring her back.
Leo Murray and Joe Stapleton,
Hibbert,' have been getting, wood
cut in the bush for Mr. Jack Bren-
nan. whose family is quarantined
for scarlet fever.
Mr. W. C. Bennett, Winthrop,
shipped 113, tons of live fowl to
Gunn & Langlois, Clinton, and 61/4
'tons dressed fowl to Kitchener for
the Christmas and New Year's
markets.
MiseMary Calder, Winthrop, left
for Welland -on Saturday, where
she will train for a nurse.
On Thursday evening a splendid
time was spent in the basemsnt of
Carmel Presbeterian ,Church, Hen -
sail. under the auspices . of the
church choir. Following the re
hearsal and a few games. "conduct
ed by Mrs. W. MacLaren, 'Ethel
Murdoch and Miss E. Morrison,, all
sat down to a bountiful repast, the
tables being arranged by Mrs. Mark
Drysdale. illr. W. A. Maclaren
moved a hearty vote. of thanks
seconded by Mrs. Thos, Welsh..
It was eight below zero Monday
morning and the weather continues
very cold. Many "farmers, are with
out water avid unless a thaw comes•
along the situation will be serious.
"Two rinks of curless, R. Boyd
C. Stewart. K. 'M. McLean awl J.
Beattie, skip. and B.. Horton, 13.
Winter, R. E. Bright andT. John-
stone, skip, attended the bons•piel
in. Paris en Monday. Mr. John
stone's rink wbn third prige, and
Mr. Beattie's rink,- fourth prize.
Friel. the little son of Mr, and
Mrs. Charles -Stewart, was bitten
on the face by a neighbor's dog
on Tuesday, but fortunately with-
out any serious results. •
Mr," ,and Mrs. James Scott, Mr
Andrew Hodgert and daughter,
Miss Jessie Hodgert, of Cromarty,
were here on Friday attending the
fuiseral of the late Mrs. Jas, Cuth-
ill- •
The following are the officers of
St. 'Paul's Anglican Church, Hensel!,
for°the year 1925: B. C. Edwards.
people's warden; G. C. Petty, min-
ister's warden; A. L. Case, -secre-
tary-treasurer; Louis Clark, dele-
gate to Synod; Miss Gladys Petty,
organist; Mrs. E. Drummond,. as-
sistant„ A. L. Case, vestry clerk.
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From The Huron Expositor
Januaer 19, 1900
aord reached Seaforth on Fri-
eise afternoon of the sudden death
of Mr. W. W. Ogilvie, or Montreal.
and proprietor of the Ogilvie Mills
in this town. Inemedietely on re-
ceipt of the word' the mill was
shut down.' and work ,wes suspend-
ed until Tuesday.
The first carnival of the season.
at Hensall Was held on Tuesday
evening, but the ice was a little
soft." The following are the prize.
winners: Bees' comic costume,
James Bullard; gents' comic, David
McArthur; girls' fancy costume,
Millie Petty; ladies' fancy, Nellie
Fallon; 2 -mile race; Wilfred Stone,
Sheffer; %-mile race. 11. and under,
Frank McGregor.
Mr. Jas. Sproat, Tuckersmith, has
purchased 5,0 acres of land from his
sister, Mrs. J. Hays, at a good fig -
ere. Mr. Sproat now has an ,excel-
lent hundred -acre farm.
While piayieg 'hockey oil the rink
on Saturday nightee'liarold B.road-
root fell, his' skate catching in the
calf of his leg, reeking a painful
rs. Alexander Broadfoot and
Thomas Murray are laid Up with
typhoid fever.
On Monday evening the members
of St. John's Church waited, on
Rev. Mr. Jennihgs at his 'home in
Hayfield a;nd presented him with
a big load of Oats. The lad,ies took
with them hill baskets and a Most
enjoyable Time was spent.,
' A fire in Walton caused some ex-
citement MOnclay. night, when Mr.
Georg'e Mekin's house, adjoining
the Royal Hotel, was Mimed.
Mr. Joseph H.'Wheatley, of Hi11-
lett, having leased his farm on the
13th concession to his .neighbor.
Mr. Geo. Patterson, intends occupy-.
ing his property at Hariock's con
ner, where he has erected a neat
store and bleckstlith shop.
Mr. C. Fritz, ZUrich, shot a wild
eat the other day .which .weighed
24Tretthfolatoeting were ticketed to
distant points this Week hy W,
Someriille: W. Tacker -
smith, to Satin Ste. ',Aerie; MISS
Jean :Dialfaen, Stator* to Osbatra;
,IVIiss.114ttielidgef and her nouiln
JANUARY 20, 1960
Seen in the County Papers
efad Leg Amputated
Mr. Stewart Procter, of the 3rd
line of Morris, who was recently
injured while rolling logs. in the
bush, when he had his leg crush-
ed, had the injured leg amputated
above the knee last week in the
Property Changes
Mr. dos Bisback has purclutsed
Thomas McMichael's °farm on the
Auburn Road and gets posseesion
the nrst of .April. Mr. William
Brown has purchased Mrs. A. Cole's
residential If'weperty, on King St.,
and takes poseession on.March .15.
Mr. Brown recently -Sold his farm
on the 9th coneession of Morris
Township to Mi. George Nesbitt.—
Blyth Standard.
Pansies in Full Bloom s
Mr. Jack Hardiaty .picked half a
dozen pansiee from bis flower gar-
den on Friday and brought three of
thein to the office of The Standard.
The flowers, in full bloom, were
very -lovely.' The unseasonable wee -
there 'is es -reducing every- kind' of -
nature freaks. We heer people are
picking' dandelions, and ground-
hogs and, robins have been seen.—
Blyth Standard.
Pifty-fifth Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ryan. Sr.,
of Brussels, were the recipients of
congratulations on the occasion of
their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary
which they celebrated quietly at
their home here on Saturday, Ian.
7.. Friends called in person to ex-
tend to the couple expressiehs of
good wishes on this happy occas-
ion. Many friends and relatived,
who were not able to be pre-
sent. Aniong gifts received were a
beautiful vase and bouquet of ros-
es.-eBrussels Post.
Appointed Purchasing Agent
It is announced that Mr. Harry
Bosnell has been eppointed "direc-
tor of purchasing" for the Donde-
ion 'Vied Machinery Company. He
has been associated with the aone
Peek since May, 1946, and has been
with the purchasing divislon dur-
ing the past year. Mr. Bosnell was
educated in Goderich. He spent 15'
years in Weetern Canada. Joining
the R.C.A.F. in 1940, he served for
six years and joined Dominion Road
Machinery Co.,on rettrn to civilian
lite.—Goderich Signal -Star.
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• Roads in Bad Condition
Instead of snow, which usually
plagues motorists on the road at
this' season of the year, it is the
mud which has made travel un-
pleasant during the past few weeks.
Frost has been coining out of the
ground. and some of the sideroads
and concessions •aee reported to be
in anything but good travelling
condition, with deep ruts and soft
spots. Evee when • it freezes it
will be just as difficult to travel
ever the .roukh. frozen surface, un. -
til the' snow comes along to fill up
the blimps.—Blyth Standard.
Pansies in January
Last Wednesday' when this com-
munity- was enjoying balmy .ivea-
then pansies were picked at the
Logan home of Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Siemon. The Advocate had real
Proof With three beauties in light
and dark .purples with touches of
yellow occupying a place on our
desk for several el4s. and Mr. Ste -
'mon told us that tlaere were also
several buds ready .to come out.
However, -after Saturday'e heavy
snowstorm, Sunday's cold brisk at-
mosphere, Tuesday night's howling
winds and Wednesday's cold, it is
expected they have .given up try-
ing to burst into full bloom—Mit-
chell Advocate.
Wed Forty-fkve Years
A reception at their residence.
marked the forty-fifth • wedding an-
niversary fer Mr. ante Mrs.. John
S. Snyder, Clinton. The couple wes
married at Brupefield by Rev. Ed-
ward Sewers, Mr. and Mrs'. Snyder
lived in Brueefield for many years,
and although he now lives in Clin-
ton; Mr. Snyder still operates his
coupleilas a family of three dough-.
ters and one son, Irene, of London:
Mrs. Murray Hetherington. Bramp—
Kitthleen, Starth Lorne, Cape
Breton Island; Melvin, Meaford,
and one granddaughter, Margaret
'Hetherington, Brampten. — Exeter
Ladies Organize Curling Club
Much' enthusiasm wa's shciwn
the first meeting of the lady curl-
ers on Thursday: Thirty ladies •were
present with Mrs. A. W. Irwin tak-
ing the chair. The fallowing offi-
cers were elected: President, Mrs.
W. W. Gurney; vice-president, Mrs..
urea Mrs. W. Bain. A membership
fee of $5 was set for curlers. elso
an associate membership Of $2.50,
for thoses'ate do not wish to curl
but who would like to enjoy the
privileges of t‘e clubroom. This Ls
a new venture for the Olgingham
ladies and it is hoped that many
will come out and enjoy this good:
healthful sport. — Winghem Ad -
The regular meeting of the Lad-
ies' Auxiliary to the Canadian Leg-
ion B.E.S.L.. was held in the Legion
Hall on Monday night at 8 p.m. The
president, Mrs. H., Phillips, presid-
ed. The. roll was called with 26
members present. A report by Mrs.
Tait showed a favorable profit on
the mirror w •h w s raffled off -
It was decided to eave the donee
tion to the vets bingo for another
two months. Plans were made to
entertain the Legion en the night
of the next meeting, the meeting
to be held first. Four new mem-
bers were initiated, Mrs. F. Osier,
Mrs. M. Heery, Mrs. E. Harriston
and Mrs. L. Scrimgeour, A com-
mittee -was put in to see about cup-
boards for -the kitchen...The com-
mittee was Mrs. Le Cooke, Mrs. B.
Hall, Mrs. E. Bell. Mrs. A. Mau-
ning and Mre. G. Tasker. Another
committee was appointed to get a
mirror for the hall. The new offi-
cers were -installed. by Mrs, A.
Berthot. and the meeting closed'
‘vith the netional anthem. The re-
freshment committee served lunch.
—Myth Standard, ,
Review Social Changes
in "Western Ontario Historical
Notes," issued by The Lawson
Memorial Library, 'University of
Western Ontario. London).
Life on the farms of •Huron
County (hiring the eighteen -eighties
wai essentially' a simple and
straightforward affair. Isolation
from the outside world characteriz-
ed conimunity life. Since communi-
cation was largely limited to. horse-.
drawn vehicles, rural communities
tended to live within themselves.
Aside from the fa.mily, existence
centred about the• local church.
There the people of Huron met
on Sundays and during the week
to hear preached the tenets of their
faith, and• to gather together the.
threads of .their spiritual life. Out-
stde interests clahned little of
their attention excent, :perhaps,
during election campaigns. Even
then AO issues at stakea were of-
ten local, rather than national, in
scope. Items of the weather, crop
conditionie and news of purely lo-
cal interest predominated in the
columns of the local newspapers.
The opening of the Canadian, west
provided the first attlick on ,this
pattern of living. Between 1881
and 1911 some 24,000 people left
the County, to tackle life afresh in
other areas.
The effect of this migration on
the rural communities of Huron
were sold or in some eases aban-
doned. Theee were taken over by
relatives or neighhors. The migra-
tion occurred at an opportune
time, for:the last twenty yeers of
the Nineteenth Centup is a period
of depression in the history- of
Ontario agriculture. The exodue
relieved the pressure of PoPulatime
in Huron County, and the per
capita income of farmers. was
raised. But the pfrocess of deponte
!ellen had 'other' less .beneilcial
results. Churches suffered. from
depleted congregations. The west-
-ward migration Was the first great
force acting to disrupt the closelY-
knit communities. of Huron Coun-
ty.
'the second great attack on the
old way of life was made by the
First World 'aVais Enlistmehte Were
large and, es bhe years passed,
nasuAlties grew heavier and heav-
ier. Nationalism was the Order of
the daY. Local issues cable to hold
little attraction. for .farraere. The
young Mien who returned from th:e
4reught With them titles of
aitOtiter Way. of like. ?ewe benatte
eallecient of the thst Way
geed. ,stui duo, Olt doh and
eveey" one of theme
The adye.nt of the automobile' and
the radio, es well as the spread
of daily newspapers, increased the'
ease of comraunication in rural:
areas and constituted a third at-.
tack on the old wan or ruriil div-
ing. The easy and rapid travel pro-
vided by the automobile incrensel
tacts with urban life were feeilitat;
ed and •country people became
aware of the,way in which the city
population lived and. behaved, In-
creased contact with neighboring
towns reduced the dependence of
farm ,people on each. other for sa-.
cial intercourse. The family home..
as the centre of family life, gained:
a rival in the moving -picture the-
atre: Lepel churches found it ln-
creasingly difficult to compete with
summer r,esorts and pleasure trips.
Local churches worked under
many 'handicaps. Extreme denomi-
nationalism was one of these The
attempt at union between the Mettle
odist and Presbyterian church.es.
succeeded fairly well in meet farm ,
areas, In the small villages and:
towns the 'attempt usually „failed..
Farm people who felt strongly Orr
the subject were given an opper-
.tunity to break away and attend,
the church of their childhood in
nearby towns. Ministers usually
worked under the burden of having
to attend to more thee one charge•
Much harm was done by ministers'
who devoted their efforts to con-
vincing rural.. people ofethe truth•
about obscure, theological teeas
concerning such subjeetfeas infant
baptism and the dectrine of the..
Holy Trinity. -
The farra family, as the centre
of rural society, naturally bore ehe•
brunt of the attacks on the older -
way of life. However, daily- toil
still held members of the 'farm'
family together. The farm retained
many 01 its characteristics. as al
sefe, wholesoine place in which to
rear children. Farm boys -and ' girle.
conlineed to acquire the habits Of
Industry. Divorce remained airriost
unknown, probably because of the
publicity invarved. Rural PeoPla
still knew no such thing as priv-
acy, in the strict 'sense of the term
After 3930 farm. and village de=
diverse economic . Interests. The'
predominant intere'st of theevillags
ere Was. tO sell consumer good% at
a profit. AS the dePression, develop- "'
ad. farmers found it increasinglY
difficIlit to supply even their •
humblest wants without going into
deist to villa.ge Merchants, The
feeling Of antipathy which develop-
ed ,dilring the deoreiielon only-
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