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The Huron Expositor, 1956-01-27, Page 2fit � �,+ pt�p �p� �r �7W��y�/� 7��r q� yam. � QSIToa, SL•I.,S•✓•,F oant Qi\* r J^�?:I+� IM!AX7' 7 Z* & N EXPOSITOR gsta'lilished 1860 4, Y. McLean, Editor 1 hiished at Seaforth, Ontario, ry Thursday morning by McLean 0 Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in Mance; foreign $3.50 a -year. Single ries, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, January 27 Eggs, But No Shells In this district where poultry plays such an important part in the economy, there will be interest in a proposal to market eggs without- shells. ithoutshells. According . to Marketing maga- zine, somebody has developed a method of marketing eggs without shells, which will mean better grad- ing and, a cheaper product. Polyethylene packages will be us- ed. A machine breaks open the eggs and drops them into the individual compartments, carbon dioxide being added to maintain quality. , Com- partments are sealed with a, strong -film and the eggs can be kept with- out refrigeration. They can be boil- ed or poached in the sealed contain- ers -'but must be removed for scrambling or frying. Whites can be drained off by cutting a hole in the compartment. Attendance Problem An advertisement which appeared in a recent issue of this paper, referred to the situation that had arisen in many smaller communities when, because of reduced patronage, the --- local movie theatre had found it nec- essary to 'close.' There is no doubt that movies to- ' -day, as are also other community entertainment features, such as sports, are faced with small attend- ances as a result of competition, pre- sumably of TV. At the same time, it would be unfortunate if the lack of patronage became so acute that it resulted in the closing of the theatre. As far as Seaforth is concerned, the movies have been the day in and day out entertainment feature for nearly fifty years. There are hun- ° :dreds in the district who remember the thrill that was theirs when they as children were in :possession of suf- ficient funds to permit them to at- tend the Princess or the Strand. In later year, the thrill was equally great at the Regent. Perhaps the trouble isn't just TV. Perhaps the public, as well as those responsible for movie management, have come to take movies for grant- ed—as something that will always be here to entertain us. A more determined promotion on the part of management, coupled with a renewed realization by the public of just what a movie theatre means to a community in . terms of entertainment, may well result in an increased. patronage. What Other Papers Say Horsepower Confusion (Acton Free Press) Perhaps the urge for more horse- power and more cylinders in motor cars will be curbed by the new scale - i f license fees which has been upped u1te materially for engines of over 5 horsepower. It is quite apparent that more power and speed are now built into cars than the average motorist knows how to use. The question, Why 'pay for non -es -Sen- ' tials?' Recent statistics show that 70 per exit of Canada's motor accidents are Wised by driver error. An analysis driver' error shows that 46 per 'efit of the accidents are attribut'- .,ift to speed; 19 per cent on wrong e of the road; 15 per cent to reck- i rx'e; s•' eight per cent to no right Way'; seven per 'cont of road, and er: cent to, other Outwit. & Iii 'Ibo'.G •, 1 p�� Pennsylvania and Manitoba, where strict enforcement was put into ef- fect, figures prove that accidents can be decreased. Where strict enforce- ment has been tried on highway traf- fic laws, without fear or favor, re- sults have shown that Ontario can have a better safety record. One of the confusing things about automobile- power is its ability to confuse. In rating a car for license purposes the Department lists fees for cars up to 35 horsepower. There is hardly a- car listed by a manufac- turer today that describes a car of less than 200 horsepower and they range in claims to over 300 horse- power engines. It's all very simple to explain in mechanical terms, but why so many kinds of horses have to have rating in a mechanical ap- paratus is beyond us. We've read enough fall fair prize lists and auc- tion sale bills tb realize the differ- ence for ponies, saddle horses, hack- neys, Percherons, Belgians, Clydes- dales and such categories. But we've always understood that . • a horse- power rating was a mathematical rating. It might clarify the public confusion if the motor manufac- turers referred to their standard as pony power, and the Department of Highways in their licensing as Clydesdale horsepower We rural folks would at Ieast understand then the difference between 35 and 205 Raising Children (Hamilton Spectator) Nothing can replace a sane and balanced upbringing in which firm- ness and affection are mingled. It is no doubt true that many children are spoilt by a lot of sloppy nonsense picked up from the writings of so- called specialists who have garbled the works of great psychologists. But there are many parents who have never heard of Freud, Jung, Adler and their "successors" of the modern American school. These parents are cursed with something much worse than half-di- gested stuff about complexes, obses- sions and ids, they are coldly indif- ferent to their children's welfare. Thi is surely the explanation for the "night waifs" one sees playing on the streets until late hours; it is certainly the explanation for the children who go to the Movie, theatre at one o'clock on Saturdays and re- main inside until closing time, nour- ished in the meantime on popcorn and candy, washed down with soda pop. These children cannot be blamed ; they are the victims of indifferent parents. To Live Long (Brantford Expositor) While some centenarians or non- agenarians sometimes credit ex- treme temperance with making pos- sible their longevity, others are in- clined to put the marks in favor of moderate indulgence in the pleasant as well as the good things of life. And some even boast of excesses. One ancient dame, we recall, said she had smoked a pipe since she was 15. And we don't know what significance is to be attached to the- fact that Thomas Parr,' who expired at the ripe.age of 152, has a whisky named after him. All of which leads us once more to the not -too -helpful conclusion that if you want to live to be, 100 you should be careful in your choice of ances- tors. Farmers and Wealth (Windsor Star) Most farmers on this continent, if they be good farmers with good land, have become reasonably well-to-do. Some, operating -on a large scale such as on the Prairies, have become wealthy. But few, if any, starting from scratch and operating exclusively in agriculture, have become million- aires. - Farmers are somewhat suspicious of great wealth, especially if it be acquired in operations involving their own. They have seen men become mil- lionaires out of dairy products; out of Iivestock processing; out of farm implement manufacturing. T h e fanners, source of these riches,: don't becoi a lc lhonaires. rig •..:n���. 1 Charge Dismissed in Car Mishap A charge of failing to signal4e- fore turning into a line of traf he against M. Jermyn,, Brussels, was' dismissed in court on Monday by. Magistrate. Dudley Holmes. The. charge arose out of an accident on Josephine Street on November 10, involving three cars owned by Mr. Jermyn, Murray Stainton and Ken Currie, in which the Jermyn car was sandwiched between the other two vehicles.—Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Gets $50 Fine Mrs., Bessie Taylor, Nelson St., who sold beer to a carload of minors, was fined $50 and costs by Magistrate Dudley Holmes in Exeter court Wednesday after- noon. The magistrate, who usual- ly raises a bootlegging penalty when minors are involved, assess- ed the minimum fine in viewof the financial condition, of the wi- dow. He warned her, however, "If. you are -up before me again, it will be a jail sentence." Crown Attorney Glenn Hays told the. court the accused sold beer to two boys, 17 and 18 years of age, from the Ailsa Craig district. Two girls, one 14, were in the boys' car whe the beverage was purchased.—Ex- eter Times -Advocate. Mugged! TV viewers who were watching the local station one day last week were consid¢rably surprised when, in the middle of a news item on the capture of the Brinks Express. robbers, whose face should appear on the screen but that of a prom- inent local businessman. Reac- tions were varied. To some view- ers, the face was familiar, but they couldn't think of anyone of their acquaintance connected with the Brinks case. Others laughter and thought it was just a joke. Most alarmed was the victim's own daughter, who is reported to have burst into tears and said, "Now everybody will think Daddy's a bank robber!"—Wingham Advance - Times. Bear Tracks Followed Hearing reports that bear tracks were evident in East Wawanosh Township, two local men, Ben Walsh and Joe Ewing, verified• the statement on Sunday by going out for a personal look. They found the tracks, which had been made during the recent January thaw, and followed them for a consider- able distance. At one point where the bear went over an incline, he left a trough through the deeper snow with his body, and according to the observant trackers, took time out to sit down and rest at another point. They did not see the bear who had probably holed up with the return of the colder weather. but both men are sure of its identity from the markings of the tracks. A bearhas report- edly been seen in the township ori earlier occasions.—BIyth Standard. Brass Theft Near $1,000 A group of thieves who have been described as 'a well -organiz- ed outfit" stripped 48 brasses off some 12 C.N.R. freight cars here the latter part of Last week^ Value Of the brasses bas been placed at almost $1,000. The brasses are us- ed -in the operation of the railway cars and are necessary to prevent the ears from getting . hot boxes. The cars were located on the breakwall railways siding at the harbor. Only the brasses on the north. side of the railway bars were takekl, the thieves apparently not wanting to be noticed in their operations on the side towards the harbor. A railway official has stated the thieves would have to have special machinery to do this job and it is obvious they were well acquainted with the difficult job of stealing them. It is believ- ed the brasses will be taken some- where to be melted down and sold as metal.—Goderich Signal -Star. Blazes Follows Break -In Police suspect a car stealing ring is connected with the theft of plates and licenses from the local license bureau early Mpnday morning. Twenty-eight 1956 plates and nearly 400 driver's licenses were taken from the office of R. G. Seldon, Main St. There were 200 operators' permits and 182 uffeurs' permits stolen. Police Chief Reg Taylor said the plates may be used by an underground ring to peddle stolen cars •ln oth- er centres in the province. Police and fire department officials are still unable to determine if the blaze was deliberately set since any evidence which may have been left was destroyed. The fire started in the office of B. M. Fran- cis, insurance agent, which is at "the rear of the license bureau. The agent's desk and papers were destroyed and the interior of the building gutted. Less was esti- mated at $800—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Reasons For Dismissing Case Reasons given by Magistrate D. E. Holmes for dismissing the case of criminal negligence against Norman Tyndall in a shooting in- cident last year, were made public at the, last sitting of court here on Tuesday. The magistrate's statement said that he felt there was no evidence showing wanton or reckless disregard for the lives or safety of other persons- He said that for a charge of criminal neg- ligence, the court must be shown that the "accused was no negli- gent that it can be assumed that the accused did not care whether he, injured any person or not. In this case I find that this element is entirely lacking." Magistrate Holmes also expressed his thought that shotguns should not be per- missable before daylight. He said, "A man going out hunting with a shotgun (containing 15 to 32 pel- lets of fairly heavy weight), shown in the dim light before dawn an object which, in mind, assumes the shape of a deer, will fire, know - hag or hoping , that some ;of his pellets will find their mark, where- as if the hunter is equipped with a rifle he would never dream of firing at a vague shape. Hg must have a sharply defined object, as he has only the one shot with which to bring down the deer"— Clinton News -Record. FARM NEWS Farm News of Huron There is still a demand for Farm Account Books. Enquiries received at the office as to the price and supply , of small seeds and spring grains is increasing each week. Fall wheat and •mea- dows should benefit from the ex- cellent covering of snow that has been present all winter. Road con- ditions, although somewhat slip- pery due to recent thaws. are still ideal for this season of the year. Cannibalism in the Poultry Flock Causes of cannibalism in the poultry flock are often obscure, and according to T. M. McIntyre, of the Experimental Farm, Canada Department of Agriculture, Nap - pan, N.S., the cure for such a con- dition is unknown. When an outbreak occurs, pre- ventive action must be taken at once. A11 affected birds should be removed from the flock and if pos- sible, other birds showing a strong tendency towards picking should also be removed, Anything that might possibly contribute to the condition, such as poor nests, in- sufficient hopper space, etc., should be corrected. Outbreaks are frequently attri- buted to overcrowding, lack of feeder space, high temperature, insufficient and improperly con- structed nests and malnutrition. Though outbreaks may occur un- der such conditions in some flocks, other flocks under similar condi- tions have been free of cannibal- ism. There is no adequate explan- ation for this behavior. In extensive feeding trials. at Nappan, cannibalism could rarely be related to feed, feeding proce- dure or environment. This led to the assumption that dietary defici- encies are rarely responsible for outbreaks. In general, good poultry man- agement will undoubtedly keep thee flock healthy and productive, and do much towards holding canni- balism down to a minimum. Anti - pick ointments have been tried with some success but are consid- ered messy to handle and require constant observation of the flock. Also, spectacles havebeen recent= ly found quite effective, and many flock owners are now,using them on their birds, At present, however, the one ef- fective and sure way of prevent- ing or controlling an outbreak of cannibalisth is to dobeak the birds, This was done by eitttingoff about otie=half the upper beak between the tip and the nostril, nabeaking belay Ib done with a knife or shears' Irii! �NfiYh-vLM�. a�'t`'r �I but the electric debeaker is more efficient since it cuts and cauter- izes at the same time. If the birds are debeaked at housing, or just before coming into lay, further de, beaking is usually not necessary during the laying year. However, this operation may be done at any time and generally does not af- fect egg production. $ $ Seed Injury in Loose Smut 11q •01a4tla 18t /-� y 1956. F•,ditor, The Huron §t + , v, Dear Si':eAn article appeared in the London Free Press on Jan - nary 13, over Ontario's hog co-op secrets on hogs, by Mr, C. J. Boyn- ton. The real secret 'about this hog co-op is that it is run by com- pulsion. The secret financial state- ments have never been published and non-members have to';support it. The reason I know it's a' com- pulsory is because I apl .hd', for exemption to the market ,aa " ho exemptions to the marketi,zof hog exemption to the marketing of hogs (as provided fox in the regu- lations) but was turned down. I also applied to the Government to have their charter cancelled, because they were not complying within the confines of their mem- bership clause. I see recently where the bog co-op is now at- tempting to secure membership by using their hog cheques for en- dorsement A cheque is for the purpose of transferring money from one account to another, and to use it for anything different is outside the confines of their con- stitution as set up in Guelph last spring. You suggest that I should attend hog , meetings. I have been to some already, and any time I ask- ed questions, they were not an- swered. It is tiresome to listen to the same recitation over and over again, on a hocus-pocus method of selling bogs. You claim that this set-up has made you money. Regardless where you sell your hogs, the, fact remains when you ship a hog from one city to \another, it costs somebody money to do the job, I have been examining hog set- tlements, and from 1928 until two years ago, the spread between 'A' grade and 9B1' hogs was 40 cents per cwt., and now it is $1.00 per cwt. How this kind of settlement came about is not clear. It would seem, that the packers would not have done it on their own accord without some agreement with the hog board. It was such a regular thing for so many years I doubt if the packers could have attempt- ed it by themselves. I have heard the idea was to improve the grade if It were done this way. However, the grade of hogs has not improv- ed, so it means that on the bacons you get about a dollar a pig less than we did in days of yore. If your hogs should grade class 'A'. you're all right, but most hogs don't grade 'A'. This, to me, has lost hog producers millions. THEODORE PARKER All -possible' precautions against seed injury during threshing oper- ations must be taken, if barley seed is to be subjected to any of the modern -methods of loose smut control. Recent experiments at the Plant Pathology Laboratory in Winnipeg have shown that the se- verity of injury to barley seed from these treatments is related to the amount of mechanical in- jury done to the seed in thresh- ing. It is cracked or otherwise? damaged seed that is killed by the Spergon and water -soak meth- ods. of treatment. Loose smut is one of the major diseases- of the barley crop. Con- trol is difficult because the fungus causing the disease is carried within the seed. Actually it pene- trates into the seed where "it sur- vives the winter and then produces the disease in barley plants grown from this infected seed., Over the years many., attempts have been made to develop meth- ods of loose smut control- These methods have mainly been. based on the discovery that seed can withstand a higher temperature than the fungus that lies dormant within it: A method of some in- terest is one that ;has been em- ployed in India, particularly for killing loose smut in wheat. The Indian farmer simply soaks the seed in water and then spreads it in a thin layer in a packed court- yard to • dry in the sun. During the drying process the seed is rais- ed to a temperature that kills the fungus without destroying the seed. It should be mentioned that this.. methodcannot be used effectiire- ly in Canada because the tempera- ture of sun-dried seed would not rise high enough to kill the fun- gus. For many years the so-called hot-water method of seed treat- ment has been the chief method of control, It has always been dif- ficult to apply successfully because the temperature of the water dur- ing geed treatment must be exact- ly right to kill the fungus without inhiti;ig., the seed, It the totoperit tore i8 tee Io'i' there iia no 'disease i tx+eit L btl' page 7,) Ottawa, 20th Jan., 1956. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: The supreme test of the year for the Postal Service of Canada comes at Christmas time, when the millions of cards and gifts which Canadians exchange with their friends and relatives, both here and abroad, must be handled in the few short weeks before Christmas Day. In meeting this test, the Postal Service, of course, makes very ex- tensive internal preparations to cope with the flood of mail, but each year also it solicits co-opera- tion from the public in mailing early so that the - emergency schemes set up can be, made as effective as possible. The co-operation extended by the !i •Th or sang nen, EARS ACjp ped !rein The HuroQnlirof ,ONE ' 25, 50 IMO 75 Years Ago. 1'rom The Huron Eipositor January 30,' 1931 John McClure was elected presi- dent of the Bayfield Agricultural Society. Mr. J. Wesley Beattie, reeve of Seaforth, was elected Warden, of the County of Huron, the first time a representative of Seaforth has been elected to fill the warden's chair. Reeves Beattie, of Seaforth; Thompson, of Tuckersmith; Eck- ert, of McKillop, and Armstrong, of Hullett, are in. Goderich this week attending the January ses- sion of the county council. Mr. G. A. Jackson, of Egmond- ville, leaves this week on an ex- tended .trip to the Mediterranean, Mrs. Adam Hays, Seafortb,; is spending a few days ett the home -of her daughter in St. Catharines. Miss Anna. Sutherland, of Toron- to, spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Sutherland, Seaforth. Mr. Percy Little, Winthrop, is spending a few days ID Toronto with his brother, Dr. Oliver Lit- tle. Quite a large number of men, and boys of Walton and vicinity held a • meeting in the 'Workman Public Hall on Tuesday night, for the purpose of organizing a foot- ball team. Charles Sellers occu- pied the chair. Joseph Carter was elected president; Fred Rutledge, secretary -treasurer, and Charles Sellers, convener of the grounds. The Acme Gas and Oil co- Ltd., of Toronto, has leased about 2,000 eres in the Wingham district for twenty, years. In conversation with Mr. McVittie, the ',company felt confident that there was oil in that district. A well, ',he esti- mated, would cost about' $20,000 to drill. 'At present they are drill- ing at Mabris Corners, near Till- sonburg. $ $ From The Huron Expositor January 26, 1906 Mr, James Leiper, of Hullett, near Harlock, has recently dis- posed of his well-known Clydesdale stallion to Mr. William' Ross, of McKillop. Mr. Peter Koehler intends erect- ing a handsome new, brick resi- dence on his farm adjoining the village of Zurich. James Ferguson was elected president of the East Huron Agri- cultural Society in Brussels. Mr. George Fassold, who has public in.this respect has been in- creasing from year to 'year, as more and more people come to realize its importance to a satis- factory mail service at Christmas, and it is a pleasure for me to be able to state that in the rush per- iod just closed• this co-operation was in evidence to an extent nev- er equalled before. - On behalf of the Postal Service of Canada, therefore, I wish to thank the public for the assistance so considerately given through a very difficult period, and also the newspapers for the part they play- ed in making their readers' aware of the need for co-operation in mailing early. W. J. TURNBULL, Deputy Postmaster General, completed a twelve -month's ser- vice with Mr,.. James Mustard, Kip- pen, has, been spending a few holidaYs with friends in and. aroundDashwood. Mr. John Fortune, o the third. concession of Tuckersraith, sold a very handsome filly. last week for. $20.0. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pollock, of Saskatoon, are• visiting with Mrs. Pollock's mother, Mrs.. William. Kyle, Sr., and other friends in the vicinity of Kippen. At the winter e*khibitiap of but- ter and cheese at Ingersoll last week, Mr. Wallace McGregor, of" Londesboro, took second prize for a `box of butter- This speaks well for the. Londesboro Creamery and: the maker. Mr. John and Miss Janet Rob- ertson, son and daughter of Mr. Herb Robertson, formerly of Sea-. forth, but now of North Dakota,. are visiting their uncle, County' Councillor John G. Grieve, of Mc--. Killop. Mrs. Robert Cowan, Scarboro, and her brother, Mr. John J. Young, `were visiting their aunt, Mrs. C. Knox, of Harpurhey, this week. Mr. Young lives in Aline -- da, Sask., where he owns 2,000 ac- res of land. From The Huron Expositor January' 28, 1881 Mr. James White shipped from. Hensall station on Wednesday for the Buffalo market, a carload of. very fine horses. The house owned and occupied:i by •Mr. John McClay, Hensall, was totally destroyed by fire at abut 10 o'clock a,m. on Tuesday. It is supposed the fire originated from the pipe where it passed. through the upper floor. Loss was $500 with insurance of $300. The • loss will come very heavy on Mr, McClay, as he is a man of limited= means. On Sunday last as Mr. John Gil-- mour was leaving Brucefield with his team, one of the horses became fractious, and in trying to man- age the team, one of the lines broke. Mr. Gilmour jumped from the sleigh and caught one of the horses by the head, but getting in- to deep snow he lost his footing and was run over by both horses and sleigh. -The McDonald Bros. are carry- ing on a very extensive lumber business this winter in Walton, giv- ing emplpoyment to about twenty hands, which makes times brisk around the village. They have now got in a million feet of 'logs. r Last Thursday Mr. Thomas Dori:,." ranee, McKillop, son of aures Dor-' ranee, and Mr. Hugh Burns left for Cedar Lake, Michigan, to push. their fortunes, May •much suc-' cess attend them. Mr. John Bell, baker at Exeter,. /who has for a number of years"' supplied Hensall with bread, has•' discontinued his trips, and made • arrangements with Mr. George - Weston, baker of Hensall, to sup- ply his customers. Mr. Weatherston, of Auburn, in- tends erecting a woollen mill on a large scale in Blyth. Mr, Kaercher, of Zurich, has bought out the planning mill frons. Mr. W. Clegg, Blyth, and contem- plates having it ,in full blast short ly. ttif,e letta,eit' ti By. ADVERTISING REGULARLY THE HURON EXPOSITOR qty ray,'',inl, 1'.