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The Huron Expositor, 1954-06-11, Page 23 'lD a ;ts T t; yv� A� 3 , s i. :sin trettr., JUNE 1 1.1, 19U it I.? EXPOSITOR CPOSITOR °fed 1860. wed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- raday afternoon by McLean A" Y. McLean, Editor illitaber of Canadian y Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, June 11, 1954 ISA'TURDAY IS AIR FORCE DAY Saturday is Air Force Day. Mem- iers of the R.C.A.F. will be hosts to the civilians who will accept their annual invitation to see the Air Force .at first hand. To those of us in Huron, the invi- tation has a special significance, for in the County are two large R.C.A.F. ,tions. The people of Huron, as a result, have a long established inter- est in the Service and look forward to this annual opportunity to share for a short while the activities of !those who, in effect, are their neigh- bors. During the years it has been estab- lished at Clinton and Centralia, the R.CA.F. has made contributions to Canada's war effort, to Canada's preparedness program, of which ev- ery Canadian is proud. But there is a particular pride on the part of those of us who are residents in Hur- on in the achievements of the Sta- tions and personnel. We have watch- ed the progress of students we know as they gained their wings and went out to add lustre to the name of the R.C.A.F. We felt a sense of personal _loss when some of those airmen made the supreme sacrifice. ,It is for these reasons then that Vie people of Huron will wish the R.C.A.F. every success on the occa- sion of Air Force Day. They will accept with pleasure the invitation that has been extended them. HURON LEADS There is general recognition that a planned program of reforestation is a most effective way of ensuring that private land or lands of a mun- icipality will not be denuded of trees. At the same time, such a program guarantees all the complementary benefits which well -wooded lands pro- duce, such as higher water -tables, reduced runoff and less erosion. Huron particularly is reforestation conscious, and according to the Zone Forester, tree planting machines and other equipment offered for use in reforesting privately owned land, have been used extensively this sea- son. These machines, which can plant over five thousand trees per day, en- able many to complete reforestation projects in one season, instead of three or four seasons as was often necessary when the 'area had to be planted by hand. While Huron, Waterloo, Went- worth, Wellington, Brant and Hal- ton Counties have tree planting Machines which are available free of eeharge to those in the respective counties, who wish to use them, the assistance offered by Huron County is by far the most comprehensive. The County supplies tractor, tree planting machine, planting crew and trees free of charge, provided the landowner signs an agreement which is registered. One of the terms of the agreement is that the landowner erect a fence around the plantation and otherwise protect and manage the plantation in the best interests of forestry for a specified number of years. There is no doubt but that the lead being taken by Huron in reforesta- tion will pay dividends many times, ever in the years to come. TOO MUCH MOANING There sometimes can be too much • talk about economic changes, the Hincardine News reminds us: "Add to this," the News says, "the professional moaning, mourning and 'wringing of hands by a large vocal group which sees the worst in every- thing and in no time more people are crying hard times and depressed con- ditions: "Nobody but a Pollyanna will not admit that in some fields conditions have deteriorated to a certain extent, but then, no one who is not a Cassan- dra will claim that the country and the world have gone to pot and there is no hope for the future. "In Canada that hope is very bright and to add a bit of lustre to it we advance the ,suggestion put forth by the President of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. "Speaking to members of .that group, some of whom have been sing- ing the blues. he proposed that they cease talking about how things are getting tough and advised them to get out and sell." As the Kincardine paper says, there's some sound philosophy for all of us and it can be put to good use. It goes on: "Even if the individual's job is not selling in the sense the C.M.A. president meant, we can all get out and sell Canada's future as something great and worthwhile, rather than, as so many have been doing, selling it short with inflated expressions of impending disaster, which, if we do nothing will become realities." What Other Papers Say: Selling By Advertising Fort Erie Times -Review Many local retailers and other businessmen were in attendance at the first "Advertising Night" of the Greater Fort Erie Chamber of Com- merce here Tuesday. The guest speaker, Robert B. Ad- am, president of Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Co., of Buffalo, offered some valuable advice on merchandis- ing derived from his experience as head of a large department store. During the question' and answer period he freely replied to various queries and what impressed us most- ly was his stressing of advertising . - - that of getting a good product and then telling the people about it. He reported that his firm allocates five per cent of its sales towards ad- vertising of which three per cent goes into newspapers, one per cent divided among radio, television, and direct mail advertising, and the re- maining one per cent in maintaining its own advertising department. He emphasized that newspapers still remain the No. 1 medium of ad- vertising for merchants and predict- ed they will continue to lead. Without wishing to minimize the value of radio and television in pro- duct selling, we can certainly concur with Mr. Adam. The impact of the printed word intelligently applied in regular newspaper advertising has been proven. Rugged and Virile Journalism (Farmer's Advocate) In the old days when editors took their editorial -writing seriously, a man figured nobody was reading his paper unless he was sued for libel at least once a month. Nowadays, edi- torial pages are wishy-washy affairs and an editor thinks he is being dar- ing if he takes a firm stand in favor of motherhood and opposed to sin. That's why I was go happy last month to find a real old-fashioned knock -down, drag -out three -cornered fight going on among the Mildmay Gazette, the Paisley Advocate and the Port Elgin Times. It seems to be concerned with a hockey match between Mildmay and Paisley in which a 'referee was (or was not, depending on which side you are on) punched in the nose. The facts, of course, are irrelevant, and the encouraging aspect of the whole affair is the enthusiasm with which the editors upbraideach other. For instance, the editor of the Gaz- ette calls the Advocate editor, "My short, fat little friend ... our (two- bit ball-point) pen -pushing pal ..." The Advocate editor, in his turn, charges The Times sports columnist with writing "nasty, smirking effu- sion" and apparently referred to some of the Port Elgin hockey fans as "mugs" and "yellow -backed loud- mouths." He accuses the Gazette edi- tor of printing "very deliberate false- hood." The Times columnist calls the Gazette editor "chubby" "a,nd "ro- bust," his attitude "senile," and sug- gests his editorial must have been written at three o'clock in the morn- ing to be so "asinine." Is this a private fight, fellows, or can anybody get in? SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Choir Presents Gift At practice Thursday evening the members of the Blyth United Church choir presented Miss Ferns /Pollard, bride-to-be, with a fine Sil- ver sandwich plate and pickle dish. 71he presentation was made by Mrs. Frank Tyreman, while Mrs. Harold Campbell read the address.—Blyth Standard. Music Night Earns $112 Tht Sunday night concert by the Huronia Male Chorus and assisting artists attracted a large crowd to the High School auditorium and netted a collection' of over $112, which will be donated to South Huron Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary, after expenses have been met.— Exeter Times -Advocate. Health Unit To Move Huron County Health Unit will move from Clinton into new quar- ters at the old ,Goderich Collegiate buildinglater this month, accord- ing to . H. Erskine, Huron Coun- ty Clerk, -Treasurer. Mr. Erskine said that the unit would not likely be moved until after County Coun- cil meets here shortly.--,Goderich Signal -Star. 1,000 Visitor Huron County Museum on North St. welcomed its 1;000 visitor of 1954 last week, when Mr. and Mrs. Amos S. Kuipfer, of Britton, Ont., signed the register. The new addi- tion to the museum has been com- pleted and already is about halt filled with exhibits. George Currell, of Cambria Road, will assist Cura- tor J. H. Neill this summer.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. Bank Staff Changes Mr. P. H. McKew, of Toronto, is relieving manager at the Blyth Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, in the absence of 3. G. McDougall, who is still a patient in the Clinton Public Hospital. Miss Donna McVittie has accepted a position as junior staff member on the bank staff, already having commenced her duties. Blyth Standard. Is 95 Years Old A pioneer resident of the third line of Morris Township celebrated his 9th birthday. The occasion was marked with a birthday cake and a get-together of his relatives. Born at Darlington, he came with his parents to Morris when he was'two. Among his interesting experiences are those of the barn -raising days and the wood -bees which are now practically- extinct. Mr. Wm. Souch resides with his daughter, Mrs. Mil- dred Stewart, on the homestead.- 3russels Post. First Rental 'Home Arrives First of the new group of 26 ren- tal houses being built in the south end of Goderich was moved onto its foundation Tuesday and re- mainder of the homes are expected to be brought here almost daily. The houses are being c rected under the Dominion -Provincial Municipal housing scheme, as were 25 houses built in the south end of town last year. They will be leased on a flat rental basis rather than the way the first 25 were leased, on an in- come basis —Goderich Signal -Star. Ideal Weather Booms Busineas The May 24 holiday was reported an exceptionally good weekend at the Bend, some reporting the best May 24 they have experienced, while in business. The nbcoration Day holiday in the United States has also proven an exceptionally good weekend for Grand Bend and an extra midnight dance had to be provided, which had not been con- templated. The ideal weather was a contributing factor in the throng which visited the Bend during the two, weekends Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Faith in Oracles Faith in fortune tellers. proved profitable for the Stan Whiting family of Usborne on Saturday. A wallet containing $120 and valuable papers, which was lost last fall, was found Saturday in the spot where two soothsayers predicted it would be discovered. The Whitings' young daughter, Barbara, picked up the dirt -soaked purse from a field which the family had searched many times before and which had been worked three or four times since the wallet was lost. Most of the bills and papers were in good condition.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Pigs Missing From Farm Frank Cardiff, a farmer on the 16th concession of Grey Township, lost five or six chunk pigs during the latter part of last week.' Mr. Cardiff came to,the barn to do his morning chores. On entering the stable he discovered the swine were not in the pen. On investigat- ing more thoroughly, he came to the conclusion the pigs had been stolen during the night. Police are investigating the supposed theft. Mr. Cardiff has been staying with his brother, Clifford, since he had au accident some few weeks ago, and was not at his home when th-, hogs disappeared.—Brussels Post. Telephone Subscribers To Meet Unrest and ill -feeling among the directors of the Goderich Township Municipal Telephone System has led first to an attempt to remove Charles E. Wise from his post as secretary -treasurer of the system, a job he has held for 30 years, and now threatens to remove W. R. Lobb from the directorship of the System. Subscribers of the system are calling a special meeting of all subscribers to be held in the coun- cil chamber of the Town Hall, Clin- ton, on Monday evening, June 14, for the purpose of removing Chair- man W. R. Lobb from the board.— Clinton News -Record, "Have I told you this joke be- fore?" "Is it funny?" "Yes." "Then you haven't." Manure From Eroded Land During the 1930's, Targe tracts of light textured soil in southwest- ern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan were severely ciam- aged by wind erosion. "l'lte top soil, in which the major plant nu- tritional elements and the active soil organisms are located, was re- moved to various depths leaving an infertile sub -soil at or near the surface. The organic matter and nitrogen content of these soils was seriously depleted and where sev- ere erosion occurred• weeds such as Russian thistle :Intl cocklebur were present in large numbers. in 1937 an experiment 11as in- itiated at the iteclamation Station, Melita, Manitoba, to determine the effect of applyitig ten tons of rot- ted manure to eroded soil for the purpose of improving soil fertility. Manure was applied in the fallow year of a three-year sequence sum- mer fallow- wheat. An identical re - Intim; which received 00 manure was used for comparative purpos- es. The average yield of wheat. on fallow and wheat grown ;is second Prop, unmanured for the 17 -year period, 1937-195.2. was 17.6 and 12.7 bushels per acre respectively. The application of manure increased the average yield of first: crop •..wheat by 5.9 bushels and .that of second crop wheat by 3.5 bushels per acre for 'the same period. In 1946, a second experiment, was begun to test the effect on yield of barley grown on summer fallow which had been treated with 12 tons of rotted manure per acre in the fallow year, A similar rotation of fallow -barley was maintained but did not receive manure. The aver- age yield 'of barley grown on man, ured fallow for the eight-year per- iod 1946-1953 was 40.1 bushels per acre as compared with 30.7 bushels per acre for fallow which did not receive manure. The average in- crease in yield credited to manure over the eight-year period was 9.4 bushels per acre. Localized areas in fields termed as "blow -outs" may be found through- out the southwestern part of the province. These areas are charac- terized by the complete removal of the top soil and a partial removal of the subsoil. They usually ap- pear as rounded depressions in the field or as strips varying in width and extending in the direction of the drift winds. In 1951 a third experiment using manure was be6 gun to determine the effect of heavy applications for the restora- tion of soil fertility. Appiicatione of 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 tons ,per acre were made. in the fallow year of a three year rotation fallow, wheat, wheat. The yield of wheat on fallow in 1953 where no manure was applied was 12.0 bushels per acre. The yields of wheat from the 15, 30, 45 and 60 ton rates were 15.6, 14.8, 19.2 and 18.1 bushels per acre respectively. Second crop wheat yielded 8.8 bushels per acre where no manure was applied. The corresponding yields for the 15, 30, 45 and 60 ton rates of application were 8.2, 16.4, 19.2 and 22.0 bushels per acre. Locker Plants Are Big Business A food -hopping excursion for many housewives today includes a visit to the local locker plant to pick up a supply of frozen foods. In the short period of 15 years, community locker plants have be- come established in almost, every community of North America. Their function in renting low tem- perature storage space for farm and garden produce, as well as pro- viding the services of cutting and wrapping of meats, has been large- ly responsible for the widespread use of frozen foods. In the three Prairie Provinces alone, says A. L. Shewfelt, Morden Experimental Sdation, Manitoba, more than 300 locker plants have been built at a capital investment of approximately $10 million. An- other $10 million worth of food is stored in the plants each year by some 100,000 families. The rapid and extenslve growth of the indus- try has necessitated well-organised associations of locker plant opera- tors in each province. Members of these associations meet regular- ly to discuss problems of the in- dustry. One of the most difficult prob- lems facing locker plants at pres- ent is that of competition from home freezers. Housewives find it much more convenient to have a supply of frozen food right in the home and many have given up their rented locker in favor of a home freezer. Most freezing cab- inets, however, do not have suffici- ent capacity to freeze properly, part or complete carcasses of meat. Owners often have the locker op- erator cut, wrap and freeze the meat and then transfer the pro- duct to the home unit as spacer per- mits. This most recent trend ,has actually increased the business of several locker planta. They have red:deed their locker storage area in favor of increased frozen food' services for the customer. These plants have thus, become frozen• food centres which, in addition to providing storage, services and in- formation, are distribution points for a Wide variety of commercially frozen foods. Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Tweo- tyflve and Fifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor June 14, 1929 Mr. D. M. Beattie, B.S.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Beattie, of Sea - forth, who has been in the employ of the Ontario /Government for the pant three years as instructor' and instpeotor for the Belleville district, has been appointed a Dominion De- partment of Agriculture inspector, with headquarters at Toronto. A very serious motor accident oc- curred on the highway two and a half miles west of Seaforth about nine o'clock Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. .Henderson, of Seaforth, had just come south on the McKillop-Hullett boundary and turned east on the highway when a Ford car, occupied by two com- mercial men, collided with them al- most head on. The new Durant car of Mr. Henderson was almost completely demolished, and both occupants were seriously hurt. Mr. Henderson was badly cut about the face and head, and was taken to the Seaforth hospital, while Mrs. Henderson was taken to the office of Dr. W. C. Sproat, where she was given medical attendance be- fore being removed to her home. The other car was also badly wrecked, but it is not known how seriously its occupants were injur- ed, as a passing car took them both on to Goderich shortly after the accident. • From The 'Huron Expositor June 10, 1904 Mr. Albert Goebel's jewellery store at Mitchell had a narrow es- cape from being destroyed by fire on Thursday afternoon last. Mr. Goebel knocked over a large light. - ed coal oil lamp which he had sit- ting on the floor in the rear end of his shop to help to take the chill off, the day being rather cooj The oil caught fire and soon spread over the floor. • Mr. Cole, of Fullerton, who was passing the store ran in and with his overcoat succeeded in smothering the flames. Besides the scorching of the wood and wainscotting, and the burning of all this year's invoices, no ser- ious damage was done. Joseph Engler, the well known breeder of the 9th concession of Grey, has sold a splendid heavy draught gelding to John Robb, 6th line Morris, for the sum of $175. Mr. John Hays, of Haysvilie, was here this week visiting this brother, T. E. Hays. He is on a driving tour and before returning home will visit Goderich and other points. Al- though he is 83 years of age, Mr. Hays is driving a three-year-old colt and is enjoying himself thorough- ly. PAINTING PA 'ERHANGTG Interior and Exterior Deoiratla. SEE OUR 1954 WALLPAPER DESIGNS WALTER PRATE R.R.1, Walton Phone 885 r 4 Phone 48 r SEAFORTH BRUSSELS' 4141111411414111111111111410, The Huron Expositor REMINDS YOU COMBINE SPECIALS M. -H. 10 -Foot No. 26 S.P. COMBINE Perfect condition. ALLIS-CHALMERS P.T.O. Model Two years old — like new. INTERNATIONAL 62R, With Motor Used one season. Several Older Models to Choose From — Priced to Clear eaforth Motors - PHONE 541 Do you find it hard to save? A savings Pass book .c8,.n help you: our balance Your eagerness to see y ou acquire the habit grow -will help y of depositing money every ' so lay the cornerstone pay-day—and vint of success. 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