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The Huron Expositor, 1955-11-11, Page 2!p W�!•r a.% a. . I IS ` E HURON iv2WOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT, NOV. 11, 1955 E HURON EXPOSITOR Established 1860 A. Yt McLean, Editor Published at Seaforth, Ontario, every, Thursdaymorning by McLean Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in. advance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single _copies, 5 cents each, Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper. s Association, Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mali Post Office Department, Ottawas SEAFORTH, Friday, November 11 WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: ARMISTICE DAY (Winnipeg Free Press) Armistice Day should not be re- garded as a holiday, a day for feast- ing and pleasure. It is, rather, a holy day, a day for remembrance and ded- ication. In the two world wars 102,653 Canadians were killed. In the war to stop aggTession in Korea, 288 were killed. In addition there were and are many more who suffered grievous wounds and whose lives in years, in attainment and in freedom from pain have been marred. Each and everyone of the Cana- dians who gave his or her life died for the highest purpose. They died to protect and to preserve our free- doms—freedom of conscience, of speech and of person. More than this, they died to free humanity from the curse of war. In truth, they fought and died to make the world safe for democracy and to put an end to war. It can, no doubt, be argued that the Canadian people, like other free peoples, failed to realize the true pur- pose of the sacrifice of 1914-18. The cynicism which began to destroy the Covenant of the League of Nations within a year of its signing and which led to the appeasement of 1935- 39, resulted in the second world war —the war so aptly described by Sir Winston Churchill as "the most un- necessary war in history." But events since 1945 afford confi- dence that the mistakes of 1919-1939 are not to be repeated. In 1950 the principle of collective security, upon which the League covenant of 1919 as well as the United Nations Char- ter of 1945 were based, was invoked against North Korea. In the result, it was proved that collective security is not an important dream but a hard-headed policy well contrived to achieve its purpose. The aggressor, despite vast assistance from Russia and China, has been defeated. The price paid by the United Nations has been high, but the cost to the aggres- sors has been much, much higher. For the first time in history, peace - loving nations have proved that, act- ing collectively, they can defeat an aggressor. The demonstration of this principle is the finest tribute which could be paid to the Canadian soldiers who fell in the two world wars and in Korea. More than any other single factor, what happened in Korea from .Tune. 1950, until the cease fire, justifies their sacrifice. Apart from the pres- ervation of our own liberties, this is the incontestable proof that they did not die in vain. These are thoughts which mark Armistice Day apart. In the years Immediately following 1918 the grief caused by our losses was present in all hearts. In the second world war, sour casualties were fewer and the population larger. The sense of im- mediate personal loss was less wide- spread. And this, of course, is still truer of the Korean fighting. In Sir Thomas Browne's phrase, "Time antiquates antiquity; oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy and deals with the memory of men with- 4out distinction." To many, the dead 4 the first world war are only a memory, not a personal grief. And in the course of time this, also, will be true of the second world war and of Rolm. But the cause they died for will al - way be infinitely precious to man- e years{ pass and with !!P 7 c u them the pain and grief of past wars, Armistice Day, increasingly, will be- come a day of dedication to the cause of freedom, not least of freedom from war: "That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cauae for which they . . . gave she last full ieagnre of devotion." Unhappy Thought (Barrie Examiner) Old-timers claim the last one has been the hottest Ammer they can remember. One contemporary would have to bring up the unhappy thought that it could be followed by the coldest Winter, Cheaper To Shoot Cow (Hamilton Spectator) The horrid irony of the sittiation is that it is, in fact, generally more troublesome for the hunter if his tar- get is a domestic animal than if it is one of his fellows. The death of a mer demanding compensation in cash. The death of a hunter just goes into the books as "accidental" —an unfortunate risk of the game. For years now, the Ontario Feder- ation of Anglers and hunters has been pressing for a revision of the Iaw which woould make a charge of manslaughter automatic in these cas- es. It has had no success. Until killing humans through gross negligence with a sporting rifle (and it is gross negligence to shoot at an unidentified object) becomes as un- rewarding as killing them through gross negligence with an automobile, the deaths will continue. Plainclothesmen, Unmarked Cars (Ottawa Journal) It is announced that the Ontario Government, in its commendable drive against traffic accidents, pro- pose to use a large number of un- marked cars of no uniform color for highway patrol, the cars to be man- ned "by both plainclothesmen and uniformed police." We hope this is not the whole story. Every such car should contain at least one constable in uniform and the ear itself should have an unmis- takable identification device t h e driver can light up at night and which he would be bound to illumin- ate if trying to stop another ear. A driver signalled to stop on a dark road by a strange car which he cannot be sure is manned by police is more likely to put on an extra burst of speed than to obey the sig- naI. That way more accidents can be caused. Some who have studied the cause and prevention of traffic accidents hold that the most effective deterrent to reckless conduct on the highways is the patrolling police car identified beyond error as such, both by day and by night and driven by a uni- formed constable. Apparently the Ontario police do not agree with this contention. `Quote . . . Unquote' (Christian Science Monitor) "He wrapped himself in quotations —as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of emperors." So we learn from Kipling. And indeed it is even more easily done than said. For the wrapping is available from many sources other than a respectable education. One such source is "Bartlett's Fa- miliar Quotations," whose publishers celebrate the book's 100th anniver- sary this year. Oliver Wendell Holmes in his own time and "Pee - gee" Wodehouse in ours have ac- knowledged their debt to the insti- tution known as Bartlett's. And in between such notables who acknowl- edge their debts are how many other writers and speakers content to let you think they were born with silver phrases in their mouths? In keeping the book up to date, its editors, it is true, invite contro- versy as to just how "familiar" some of the quotations are. But many are the uses of quotation, and what is meet for one man's after-dinner speech may be only noise on another occasion. Certainly if a quotation a day would keep boredom away, we could all be as happy as kings with that fat book which has helped many other- wise dullish folk brighten a century with quoted wit. .%Q m � ., Nn YrJ""ai 1. 1IF �1 SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Steer Causes Accident On Saturday, Joseph Wilson, of R.R. 1, Centralia, drove hist, ear in- to the ditch to avoid hitting a steer owned by Ellerington Bros. The car rolled over, suffering about $400 damage. Provincial Constable John Ford investigated. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Asks Aid For Hospital Wing DeWitt Miller, a representative of the board of the Wingham General Hospital, appealed to Legion mem- Ibers to eegsltter the furnishing of a ward in the new wiu of the hos- "'°t �_ las completed in dig near ll:xeter Times -Advocate, future. - He explainea `+need funds for the hospital, suggesufor u6 • • that Legion branches in the district 1 `teachers Met At lmira might take on the task of furnish- Teachers from the Goderich Dis- itig a complfe a ward between them. I trict Collegiate Institute were Cost of furnishing a ward is 0601' among those attending the' firth —Wingham ,Advance -Times. district four of the Ontario Sec- ondary School Teachers' Federa- Ordained to Ministry tion held at Elmira District lligh An ordination set -vice for six Sch0o1 on, Friday. Mr. J. A. Boyd, ministers of the Anglican Church member of the modern languages was Ireld at All Saints Chitr'ch, staff of Kitchener -Waterloo Collegi- Windsor, on Tuesday Which is of ate Vocational Institute, was elect - special interest to residents of this ed president for the coming year. district, and in particular to mem- Schools represented at the confer- bers of the Anglican charges at ence included Stratford, Kitchener, Blyth, Belgrave and Auburn, be- St. Marys, Clinton, Goderich, Dub - cause their minister, Rev. Bren lin, Elmira, Seaforth, South Huron deVries was'one of the ordinations District High School and Waterloo - class. Bishop Luxton conducted the Oxford District High School. Be - service for the group, one which fore the meeting closed, the dele- he regarded with special affection. gates accepted the invitation of the —Blyth Standard. principal and staff of Clinton Col- legiate Institute to hold the confer - Boy Rescued. ence there in 1956.—Goderich Sig - Firemen responded to a call at nal -Star. the harbor about 5:30 p.m.. Mon- day. Rally Eleven -year-old Martin Hurst, y son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hurst, Five young people from the Bruce Street. had been pushed in- Clinton District Students' Council, to the water from the harbor pier as well as a good number from near Goderich Elevators. Before the Junior Farmers organizations the firemen and police arrived, of this district, attended a unique however, some other boys with meeting in Walkerton on Saturday. whom he had been playing on the It was the first youth conference pier, had dragged the youngster of the Lake Huron Zone Recreation back on the pier. It is believed Council, and is believed to be the the youngster was pushed into the first of its kind anywhere. About water by one of the boys.—Gode- 150 teen-agers registered from rich Signal -Star. Western Ontario, including mem- bers from Stratford, Exeter, St. Minister Goes To U.S. Marys, Listowel and Goderich. Rev. K. R. Norcross, patsor of Four discussion groups were held Exeter Pentecostal Church for the in the morning when topics discuss - past year, has accepted a call to ed included teen towns, church the First Assembly of God. Port groups, school 'groups and rural Huron, a large church in the Michi- groups. In the afternoon five dis- gan city. Rev. Norcross will preach cussion groups were held. Also his farewell sermon at the local idea sessions were held on drama. church this Sunday and he and arts and crafts, film projection, Mrs. Norcross plan to move to the public speaking, social games, folk U.S. the following Wednesday. Dur- and square dancing. After a ban- ing his stay in Exeter, Rev. Nor- quet at night, a speech on recrea- cross has doubled the size of the tion was given by R. MacDonald. congregation. He came to Exeter associate general secretary of the from Strathroy.—Exeter Times -Ad- Toronto Y.M.CA. — Clinton News- vocate. Record. 1 Travel By Air To Plan School South Huron District High School is air -speeding its negotiations for I a five -room addition in order .to get it completed by next Septem- ber. On Friday a special commit- tee flew to Toronto to interview architects, Page and Steele. Mem- bers attended a special conference in the morning, then returned by air early in the afternoon. Pilot of the plane was Larry Snider, of Exe, ter, who is property chairman of the board and a flying enthusiast, who owns a four -seater craft. His passengers were A. W. Morgan and Kenneth Johns, both of Usborne.— FARM NEWS Farm News of Huron Colder wet weather with light snowfall saw the stabling of a large number of livestock this past week. The disagreeable weather slowed the sugar beet harvest and 39 growers still have a portion of their crop to harvest. To date 11.- 120 tons or 270 carloads of beets have row been shipped from the county. The Seventh Huron County "Rur- al Community Night School" op- ened for the first year at the Clin- ton District High School with 343 people enrolling in 13 night school courses. The .first Huron County Apple Show and Festival held in Clinton on' November 5, was highly suc- cessful, with 21 growers exhibiting 76 bushels and 123 six -quart bas- kets of apples. Feeding Beef Calves The feeding of beef calves on performance test at the Experi- mental Farm, Canada Department of Agriculture, Scott. Saskatche- wan, has shown that bulls are the most economical; feeders and hei- fers the least economical. In the first test. bull and steer calves were weaned at six months of age and fed out to 900 pounds finished weight. The average daily gain for bulls was 2.4 pounds. for steers 19 pounds. The bulls reached their weight at 366 days using 399 pounds of grain per 100 pounds gain. the steers requiring 429 days and 549 pounds of grain for the same gain. During the winter of 1954-55 ten bulls and eleven heifers were fed out, the feeding period beginning at five months'of age. and ending at 800 pounds for bulls. 700 pounds for heifers. Average daily gain for bulls was 2.1 pounds. for hei- fers 1.6 pounds, to their respective weights. These calves were fed a ration of two parts grain, one part hay. Half were fed the ration in pellet - ed form, the remainder fed the grain rolled, and the hay whole. Average daily gains for the two rations were 19 pounds for both groups. Total feed used per hun- dred pounds gain was 692 pounds for the rolled grain and hay, 642 pounds for the pellets. The complete ration combined in the pellets appears to be both eco- nomical and effici9nt. Further tests are planned to confirm these results. $ T. Mineral Feeds Checked Under Act Feeding authorities generally stress the importance of minerals in livestock rations. While quite a number of mineral elements are recognized as essential for proper nutrition, most authorities agree that only a few of these need be supplied in the form of mineral supplements and therefore recom- mend fairly simple mineral mix- tures. Ordinary feeds such as grains and forage are considered to supply sufficint of the other es- sentialpminerals most of which are required in very Minute quanti- tis, says C. R. Phillips, who heads the feeds inspection service of the Canada Department of Agriculture. :Td4rif -\11 In'developing mineral 'feed regu- lations under the Feeding Stuffs Act, officers of the Plant Products Division of the Canada Department of Agriculture consulted with' the leading institutional authorities on animal and poultry nutrition in all parts of Canada. Their opinions were remarkably uniform, so that it was not difficult to develop reg- ulations which meet with general approval. They considered that mineral feed supplements need on- ly contain ingredients to supply calcium. phosphorus, salt, iodine, iron. copper, manganese and co- balt. All but the first three of these are required in very small quantities. Ground limestone is a cheap and satisfactory source of calcium. Bone meal is commonly used to supply phosphorus. It is also high in calcium, but there are other products used of comparable composition and cost. Grains contain significant quan- tities of phosphorus but are low in calcium. The reverse is true of forages. Hogs. which are grain 'consumers. require mineral supple- ments high in calcium content, while cattle. sheep and horses, which eat forages, require a high- er proportion of phosphorus to cal- cium. These factors were taken into consideration when establish- ing mineral feed standards. Min- eral mixtures for poultry were not allowed because no such mixture would be adequate to the varying conditions between flocks and ev- en within flocks. Commercial mineral mixtures are required to be registered un- der the Feeding Stuffs Act and to be labelled with the registration number, the ingredients contained and the guaranteed amounts of cal- cium. phosphorus and salt, and al- so of iodine and iron when pres- ent. There are on the market pre- parations containing mineral in- gredients combined with other min- erals which are sold as tonics, conditioners and specifics. Because of their chemical and physical composition these do not meet the mixed mineral feed specifications of the Feeding Stuffs Act and are therefore not acceptable for regi- stration. Such products may be sold for the treatment of disease or debility provided they are re- presented for use only while sucp disease or debility persists. By purchasing a mineral mixture registered under the Feeding Stuffs Act• when mineral supplementation is required, feeders will be assur- ed of a product of the standard re- commended by leading Canadian authorities for daily mineral re quirements. $ Growing Bulbs Indoors Many people who enjoy growing and tending house plants often ov- erlook the winter flowering bulbs. The plants are easily grown and may be arranged to bloom continu- ously from November to May. At the Melfort Experimental Farm. Sask.. where much horticul- tural work is tested,. the bulbs are usually planted during October. The soil consiats of ttvdsps parts good garden loam, I one part of well -rot- ted manure and one ptof sand. City and urban houseders can (Continued on Pages(1) YEARS AGONE Interesting Items picked from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor November 14, 1930 Miss A. Edmunds, of Seaforth, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. 11. Wheeler, Brucefield. Miss Eliza Betts, Winthrop, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Edler, of Seaforth, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Govenlock, of Waterford, and Mrs. Mae Dor- ranee, of Seaforth, called on Mr. and Mrs. George Eaton in Win- throp on Monday. . Mr. and Mrs. Herb Fowler and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fowler, of the Huron Road, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lindsay, In Constance. Mrs. B. B. Stephenson and Mr. Leo Stephenson, of Constance, were in London on Thursday. Dr. T. G. Wilson and wife, of Bay City, Mich., motored to Hensall to spend the weekend with the lat- ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Munn. Miss Mary Stewart, Seaforth, called on friends in Hensall dur- ing the Thanksgiving holidays. Mrs. Thomas Wheatley, McKil- lop, returned on Sunday after spending a few days with her sis- ter, Mrs. Sol. Shannon. Mrs. • Thomas McKay and Mr. and Mrs. W. Manley, McKillop, spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Eckert, Seaforth. Miss Mildred McDonnell and Miss Jean Bonthron, who are at- tending Macdonald Hall, Guelph, spent the holiday at their respec- tive homes in Hensall. Mr. George Daly, of the School of Art, Toronto, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. F. Daly. Mr. William Oldfield and two children, Shirley and John, spent the weekend with relatives in Galt and Hespeler. Mr.. Howard Kerr and daughter, Esme, and Mr. Leslie Kerr. of To- ronto, spent Thanksgiving with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr. $ $ From The Huron Expositor November 10, 1905 Mr, and Mrs. Plummer, of Blyth, were guests at the home of Mrs. Whiteley, Londesboro, on Monday. Mr. W. J. Heaman has moved in- to the residence he recently pur- chased from Mr. Robert Hicks at Exeter. Mr. Horace Towensend and Mr. F. Ashton, of Tuckersmith, visited relatives in Colborne last week. Mr. Joseph Campbell, of Walton, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. George Butson, Staffa. Mr. R. A. Bell has finished a drilled well for Mr. Calvin Hillen, Leadbury. Mr. Donald McDougall, one of the old and respected residents of Grey Township, near Cranbruok, was in town a few days ago.• Mr. McDougall had been spending a week with his daughter, Mrs. Jas. Hinchley, of Constance, and is now visiting in the vicinity of Hensall and Kippen. Mr. and Mrs. George Stephen- son. of Constance, who have been visiting friends in Manitoba and the Western Provinces for a couple of months. returned home on Fri- day night last. On Friday as Roland Cudmore and Henry Mills were engaged plastering in the new residence of Mr. Edward Devereaux, on. the Huron Road, east of Seaforth, the scaffolding on which they were standing, gave way and they fell a considerable distance. both men being somewhat injured. Mrs. W. A. Reid. of Woodstock, spent Thanksgiving holidays with her sister. Mrs. R. A. Scott, Har- purhey. $ From The Huron Expositor November 12, 1880 Mr. William Baker. of Exeter, has purchased the furniture stock and goodwill of Mr. James Cox - worth, of Hensall. and intends com- mencing business there this week. It having been rumoured that several bears had been seen in the swamp west of Winthrop, Mr. Dan- iel Stoddard. an experienced hunt- er from Winthrop, accompanied by Mr. John McCallum, and fully equipped with arms, dogs, etc.. started on Monday to scour the said swamp for the supposed game but found nary a one. Mr. John Nott. veterinary sur- geon at Brussels, on Wednesday lost a valuable horse by being ac- cidentally shot. The horse was in his stable Tuesday evening, when a neighbor being troubled by the music of some tomcates, took his revolver intending to stop the free entertainment for the evening. He, however, missed the cats and the ball passed through an inch -door and struck Mr. Nott's horse in the side. The horse lived until Wed- nesday noon. The Messrs. Govenlock have their salt works running full blast once more at Seaforth. The capacity of the Exeter Wool- len Mills will be largely increased by the new addition now almost completed. Mr. Wanless has in- voices of a large lot of new machin- ery from England, just landed at Quebec. A SMILE OR TWO Visitor: "Do you bdlievethat departed people communicate with you?" Medium: "Oh, yes, my husband sends me alimony every week." "My boy," said the successful man lecturing his son on the im- portance of thrift, "when I was your age I carried water for a gang of bricklayers." "I'm proud of you father," an- swered the boy. "If it hadn't been for your pluck and perseverance, I might have bad to do something of that sort myself." 0 TOLERANCE I (By Rabbi Leo Baeck in The 14.stener) Each man retains his personal convictions from which he neither wishes nor ought to depart. The content of each man's faith and conviction and hope is different, and it may even be definitely op- posed to the other. But the ground as it were, in his heart where this faith and conviction and hope grow, and where they draw their best and purest strength, is relat- ed and similar to the other, per- haps even identical. For the gen- uine and honorable qualities, the devotion and the loyalty, which struggle for expression in the one as In the other; are the same in spite of their opposition. It becomes possible to find one- self in the other, perhaps to find oneself anew; you find yourself again in him. True self-respect is awakened by a respect for the other. So we reach a new inner certainty and freedom by this kind of positive and free tolerance. It is only in this inner freedom that we are in a position to con- fess ourselves truly, that is, to dis- close our innermost real life. That first tolerance which was based on aloofness, on keeping our distance —and which was an important be- ginning—necessarily called a halt before the most profound levels of our life. For this most profound and per- sonal part of our life there was an agreement (tacit or explicit) of complete silence. You feared to confess what was nearest your heart, lest it should hurt the other, and so cut the bonds which bound you to him. You often behaved as if the distinctive thing, the spe- cial characteristics of this man, and the community he represent- ed, in actual fact did not exist. The great danger of this, of course, is that you overlook and miss the essential thing. You have the impression that you just do not look one another in the face. You can become so accustomed to be- ing silent about the decisive dif- ference between you that you meet only to avoid what is best and most real. That is why it is so important, so necessary for moral progress, that in the long run tolerance should not just be mere reserve or aloofness, but should rise into inner freedom. Those last and most real questions should also, most of all, be exposed openly and in their whole, undiminished significance, with that love for truth which is essential for true self-respect and respect for the other. Deepest Things This is demanded even by the great law of love of the other. This does no' mean that the aloof- ness of which I have spoken is not still necessary in its proper place. For you must not make those in- most and deepest things into a subject of everyday chat and there- fore of chatter. They must always remain extra- ordinary .a+nd holy. But in their own time, when the need is there, • !k• yr t U'3I•lYVAlggulil1 they must come forth, and then they must be clear and unanbi'gu- ous. It is each man's task to be ready to give himself to the great whole, that is, to give his best and most real life. And it is his- duty,-which isduty,-which he ought not to avoid, to show openly and freely what. his faith and certainty and confi- dence really are. The community which is creat- ed by such a readiness is strong and enduring; it will prove its, worth in difficult hours. TO THE EDITOR Toronto, Nov. 2, 1955.. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: I was intrigued by that reference on your editorial page to "the potentialities of the farmers' buying power, not only within Canada but, also, through- out the world." I feel the urge to say that if a way could be devised by which farm incomes would reach up in- to alignment with the take -home - pay of gainfully employed Cana- dians in town and city and hold steadily to' that line, the fact would eventually pay nice dividends to the latter—i.e., to management, in terms of steady profits, and to labor in the form of full-time work schedules around the year—another form of G.A.W—or Guaranteed An- nual Work. Only the other day, for example. one of the farm leaders on the prairies drew the following pattern from the census figures (1951) in order to spotlight the potential de- mand on Canada's 621.000 farms: 438.000 had no water supply piped into the house; 518.000 had neither bathroom nor shower; 451,000 had neither flush nor chemical toilet; 278,000 had no electric light; 535,000° used wood or coal for cooking; 417.- 000 had no refrigeration; 338,000' had passenger automobiles and 514.000 had radios. In the lightof the above table, it is easier to get the tie-up be- tween a prosperous agriculture and busy factories. UNION WORKER" Teacher: "George, give t h e class an example of wasted en- ergy." George: "Telling a hair-raising: story to a balheaded man." A man asked the owner of a, circus for a job. He was told that: he could become a lion tamer, and that all he had to do was to - walk into the cage and make the lions eat out of his hand. He was assured that the secret was in ' forcing the Lions ,to believe he - wasn't afraid of them. "No," said the job homer "1i think thitI'lr-take the doh`. r couldn't be so deceitful!" 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