The Huron Expositor, 1956-05-11, Page 2SFAFORTH, ONT., MAY 171, 195.0'
EXPOSITOR
.Established 1860
Y. MeLean, Editor
1Usbed at Seaforth, Ontario,
hursday morning by McLean
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►tuber of Canadian
eekl'y Newspapers
Association.
Authorized as Second Class Mail,
Post Office Department, Ottawa
EAFORTH, Friday, May 11, 1956
Hospital Day
This week is observed throughout
Canada and beyond as 'Hospital
Week and is an occasion when those
of us in each community have the
opportunity of recalling the servic-
es that are rendered our community
by the hospital.
Highlight of the week, of course,
is the anniversary of the birthday of
Florence Nightingale, and the day
serves as a memorial to the courag-
eous and immortal spirit of the wo-
man who is frequently referred to as
the "mother" of modern nursing,
and to all those who have trained
and served in the nursing profession.
While Hospital Day as such falls
on Saturday, May 12, in Seaforth it
is being observed on the preceding
Friday. On Friday, members of the
Hospital Auxiliary to Scott Memor-
ial Hospital have invited the public
to visit the hospital and later to at-
tend a tea being held in the nurses'
residence.
The purpose is threefold, in that
it permits an acknowledgment of the
role played by Florence Nightingale
in the creation of the modern hospi-
tal system; it encourages the public
to visit the hospital and see the man-
ner in which the community is be-
ing served; and Lastly;it provides an
opportunity for the members of t1i
Auxiliary to express their apprecia-
tion to the public for the co -opera- era- ,
tion which has been extended in -
connection with their various pro-
jects.
While there are changes in the op-
eration of hospitals and in the train-
ing of nurses, the basic principles
developed in the first days of hospi-
tal service are still in evidence.
, It is interesting to read the first
annual report of the St. Catharines
Training School and Nurses' Home,
the first training school to be estab-
lished in Canada. Dated July 1, 1875,
it says, among other things: "Every
woman entering the service must
give satisfactory evidence of purity
of motive, of good character and
Christian conduct, and of having re-
ceived the elements of a plain Eng-
lish education."
Certain by-laws laid down for the
nurses were even more interesting.
One of these reads as follows: "The
first business of the nurse in the
morning is to get up the patients
who are permitted to rise, and who,
after washing themselves, are to as-
sist the others in their necessary -
ablutions, and so on. This duty per-
formed, breakfast must be served,
prayer offered up in each ward, and
everything prepared for the medical
visit, hot and cold water, lint, oakum,
sponges, towels and bandages must
be in readiness. After the visit, ev-
erything that cannot be again used,
should be burned or destroyed. The
slops and closets should be carefully
attended to."
Every hospital in every commun-
ity provides a service that cannot be
measured in dollars. Hospital Day is
an occasion when each of us can re-
call the extent to which our hospital
contributes to the welfare of our
community.
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BEAD OFFICE — LONDON, ONT.
District Representatives:
F. G. Bonthron, Hensall — Watson & Reid, Seaforth
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There is no additional cost to go by the Super Continental
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Warned School Principal
At the regular meeting of the
Blyth School Board, heleMonday
night, the application of Mr. Rob;
ert Ferris was accepted for the
principalship, to succeed Mr. Bert
Gray, his duties to commeace in
September. Mr. Ferris was one
of five applicants for the position.
—Blyth Standard•.
Hurrah!
Work started Monday on the lay-
ing of the hard top on the Gode-
rich-Clinton'Highway. By Wednes-
day noon the first layer had been
put down from Walnut St. to Leith;
waite's farm. At this rate the
first layer could be applied all the
way to Clinton by the latter part
of next week.—Goderich Signal -
Star.
To Establish New Indnstry
Mr. Mads Christensen has pur,
chased property on Queen St„ in
Blyth, from Mr. William McVittie.
Mr. Christensen has purchased the
building, formerly Blyth Auto
Wreckers, and the lot that goes
with it, also a lot south of Mr. Me-
Vittie's dwelling facing onto Queen
St., with the thought in mind to
erect a larger building which will
be used to house his concrete
equipment, and also to manufac-
ture flagstone (sidewalk), cement
blocks, tile, and many .subsidaries
to the cement industry. — Blyth
Standard.
Soccer Game On Saturday
• After an absence of nearly 20
years, soccer has returned to Cilia-
tion. On Saturday, Clinton will
meet Stratford in the first game
of the year's schedule. The game
will be played on the Public
School grounds starting at 6 p.m.
The local team will be playing in
the London and District Soccer As-
sociation, grouped with Stratford,
Exeter, London Lions, German
Canadians, Strathroy and Sarnia
Athletics. One=game will be play-
ed in Clinton every second week,
with the team playing away from
home on the alternate Saturdays.
—Clinton News -Record.
Dodgers in New Group
Goderich Dodgers, 1955 Ontario
champions in ladies' softball, will
this year be one of a new group
of four ladies' fastball clubs, the
others being Stratford Kroehlers,
Sarnia Imperials and Florence
Chicks. This ill assure ball -lov-
ers of seeing first-class team in
action in the coming season. PIay
will be in the style of the P.W.S.U.
(Provincial Women's Softball Un-
ion), all the teams in the new
group except the Dodgers being
members of that Union. The dia-
mond will be larger than in soft-
ball by five feet between the bas-
es and by three feet between the
pitcher's mound and home plate.
New uniforms are being procured
for the Dodgers and will be in the
favorite maroon color worn by the,
local team for several seasons.
The diamond at Agricultural Park
is being put in shape by town
workmen and the first local game
is scheduled for Wednesday. May
30, with the Florence Chicks as
the visiting team.—Gfafderich Sig-
opal -Star.
Starts Trip to South Africa
Miss Susanne Roux, who has
been visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Carman Hodgins, of Blyth, since
December 5, starts the long jour-
ney to her home at C ,a,,ppe Town,
South Africa, on Satiirda. y. Mr.
and Mrs. Hodgins will motor her
to Toronto, and from there, Miss
Roux will go on to Quebec where
she boards the Liner Scythia on
Wednesday for the British Isles.
Miss Roux will visit England, Ire-
land and Scotland during the sum-
mer season, and will then return
to her home at Cape Town in time
to enjoy the summer, season there.
Miss Roux left Cape Town in June
of last year and before coming to
Canada in December, toured var;
ious countries in Europe. In view
of the long, steady winter, she will
have plenty to tell about Canada's
weather when she arrives home.—
BIyth Standard.
Fumes Hospitalize Man
Mr. Jack McGee is a patient in
the Wingham General Hospital,
where- he was . rushed by ambul-
ance on Monday morning suffer-
ing from monoxide gas poisoning,
Mr. McGee's plight was discover-
ed by Thomas Cronin, Jr., who
went to see him at the rear of
the local telephone office, in the
garage which is part of the tele-
phone building. He found the
stricken man slumped over the
hood of the truck in an unconscious
condition and immediately told
Mrs. Luella McGowan, who was
operating the switchboard at the
time. Dr. R W. Street was sum-
moned and had Mr. McGee re-
moved to the Wingham Hospital
by local ambulance, where he re-
sponded to treatmen and regain-
ed, consciousness, and has since
showed continued progress toward
recovery. It is hoped he will be
able to return home this weekend.
—Blyth Standard.
Newspaper 157 Years Old
With Canadian newsprint sche-
duled to take another upward hike
of $15 a ton to an all-time high,
it is interesting to note the quality
of the newsprint in a newspaper
brought to this office this week.
It is a copy of the Morning Post
and Gazetter of October 31, 1799,
published in London, England. Al-
though 157 years old, the news-
print in this paper is today al-
most as white, fresh and durable
as when it was published. We'd
hate - to think what some of the
newsprint that is used nowadays
would -Iook like 157 years from
now. The aforementioned old news-
paper is owned by William Payne,
an employee of DRMCO in Gode-
rich. The pages are less than half
the size of a normal newspaper.
The front page is covered with
nothing but advertisements. That's
one thing about oldountry news-
papers that present-day Canadians
would not like. One of the Ieading
stories in the paper is an account
of the return to France of Napol-
eon Bonaparte.—Goderich Signal -
Star.
YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
May 15, 1931
Miss Bessie Blanchard has fin-
ished her three - year nursing
course in Stratford Hospital and
is spending a ' few,., days with her
father in McKillop before starting
work.
Miss Ruby Taylor, Varna, met
with a very painful accident. While
in the act of cranking her car, the
crank flew off and fractured a
bone in her arm.
Mr. Charles Dungey, of the Com-
mercial Hotel. Seaforth, has trans-
formed the front of the building
into a real beauty spot. Along the
front of the hotel he has built
flower beds above the pavement,
and at present they are filled with
hyacinths.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Aberhart have
moved from Stratford to Seaforth
and are now occupying their resi-
dence on' Goderich St.
Mr. Robert -0. Willis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Willis; has gradu-
ated as a chemical engineer from
the School of Science, Toronto,
taking honors in his course.
Miss Leola Nott, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Nott, of
the Huron Road West( met with
a rather serious accident last
week. She was out riding when
the horse fell, throwing her, and
in the fall suffered a cut on the
head which required several stitch-
es to close.
Dr. H. H. Ross has erected a new
veranda at bis residence on Vic-
toria St.
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From The Huron Expositor
May 11, 1906
While coming from Exeter last
Friday, Messrs, James and Alfred
Walters, Brucefield, were thrown
out of a carriage. The horses be-
came frightened at Mr. Cudmore's
engine. Roth men were injured.
The horses were caught in the
village. Between engines and auto-
mcjbiles, people will soon be afraid
to drive on the roads.
William Fraser, Brucefield, ship-
ped furs to Toronto last week. He
sold $21 worth of skins during the
winter, They were mink, coon,
skunk and niuskrat,
Mr. John Nasal, of the 3rd con-
cession of McKillop, has returnbd
from a trip to Scotland; and is
just now able to get around again,
having sprained his ankle severely
while getting off the boat at Mon
trettl fie brought ack with him
two fine : Clydesdale stallions.
The trustees of Kinburit Church
voted to. have the name of the
phureh changed front .Kinbut'n, to
Constancd o n 'aeeoiint of` the; co
fusion often arising from the two
names.
Crich Bros., Seaforth, have pur-
chased the large stable of Mr" V.
Knechtel, near Mrs. S. Barton's
residence, and have it removed to
the lot on the east side of Main
St., north of Mr. Watson's office.
They paid $180 for the building
as it stood.
Mr. William Archibald has dis-
posed of his residence in Egmond-
ville to Mr. Hoggarth for $700,
and is now comfortably settled in
the pretty home on Main St., which
he purchased from Mr. H. P. Ken-
nedy.
Mr. Bier, of Exeter, game in-
spector for this district, was in
town this week. It seems that
some Indians, who have a camp
in the Township of Hay, have
been capturing otter and selling
their pelts contrary to the law.
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From The .Huron Expositor
May 13,1881
A lot of good fat cattle have
been disposed of this week. Mr.
Hart, of the ,3rd concession of
Stanley, sold one bull which turn-
ed the scales at 1,950 pounds, and
Mr. John Murdoch, of the Landon
Road, sold a two-year-old steer,
which weighed 1,530 pounds. Mr.
Murdoch received between $90 and
$100 for this steer.
Ou Thursday night of last Week
Briggs' Tannery, on the London
Road, near Brucefield, was burn-
ed down. The insurance policy had
expired only a short time and was
not renewed. The fire was clear-
Iy the work of an incendiary, as
the building had !teen idle for
some time.
Mr. Thorns Laps ie has now
completed his new driving park.
He narned it "Fairview," which is
a very appropriate cognomen. The
track is now in splendidcondi-
tion to drive on, and we bave no
doubt it will bewell patronised by
the owners of good stock in town.
Mr. Robert Winter, Seaforth's
noted cattle dealer, while out fish-
ing on the 8th inst., succeeded in
capturing from the Maitland riv-
er a monster trout, which when
dressed weighed 33/4 pounds.
On Monday eight last some
scoundred entered the stable of
Mr. Thos. Dennis, Huron Road,
Ilullett, and took therefrom one of
his horses and either rode or drove
it all night and otherwise shame-
fully/ abused the animal.
,.Last Friday Mr. T. Smith, of
Wingham, took from Brussels_!in
one :load, 2,680 dozen eggs,, for
Which, he paid the cash surn of
$32160. Trull+, eggs pay -so the,
.
inerehanta thought whent`Mr. Sfrtith
drove` away '*itht •his load.
He was of a type rarely to be
found in an Ontario pulpit today.
It was a fine autumn morning. He
had time on - his hands for the
train schedule included an'"tour's
wait. So he had walked up the
street from the junction station.
When he knocked at the, parson-
age door, he had, tucked a big hand-
kerchief in his collar. But this
simple disguise ill concealed the
fact that he was an old preacher
on his way home after a weekend
of preaching in the backwoods
county, north of the village.
He pretended to the young min-
ister at the parsonage that he was
seeking some information for the
good of his soul. But the young
minister readily guessed that here
was no -inquirer after salvation, -bot
a shrewd old minister who had
dropped in to size him up. It was
Monday morning, the cares of the
previous Sabbath had passed, and
the young minister felt foolish be-
cause he was wearing a pair of
trousers which were more suitable
for a summer resort than for such
an occasion as this.
A brief conversation soon estab-
lished the identity of the visitor,
and the handkerchief was tucked
away. • He no Monger represented
himself as an inquirer, but he told
something of his own story.
He was the minister of a sect
fairly common in Eastern Ontario
and the Ottawa Valley, but seldom
encountered in Western Ontario.
He had little formal education, but
his had been a remarkable per-
sonal religious experience, and
God had called him to be a preach-
er just as assuredly as he had call-
ed Amos the herdsman and dress-
er of sycamore trees.
When the old preacher asked the
privilege of offering prayer, he
showed a gift in prayer rarely en-
countered: He was close to God,
and the young minister instinctive-
ly felt that when this rural Elijah
preached there would be thunder
and lightning, as well as the water
of grace. He would not have been
surprised to hear that he could
evoke from congregations those
spontaneous, vocal responses of
"Hallelujah" and "Praise the
Lord" which are so seldom heard
in modern worship.
Huron Farm News
The Centralia Weather Station
reported that 2.99 inches of rain
fell in that area of the county
from Friday morning, April 27, to
Monday morning, April 30, and this
rainfall was general over the coun-
ty. This resulted in little or no
seeding the week of April 30 - May
5. Seeding will be further delayed
as . more rain and snow fell later
in the week. Water lay on some
fields for days and on the other
fields the soil was badly washed
and eroded. Many fields of spring
grain will have to be re -seeded and
other fields, if not re -seeded, the
spring grain will no doubt be quite
patcjiy.
Generally speaking, farmers are
becoming discouraged with the
poor weather and resulting unfav-
orable seeding conditions. With no
activity on the land, 200 turnip
growers attended a "turnip infor-
mation meeting" in Exeter on May
3, which covered all phases of the
industry.
Happy Family Ends
Mortgage Worries
New Plan Will Ensure
Mortgage is Paid Off!
Last summer, a young couple bought
a home in a quiet suburban area
for $15,000. They paid $5,000 down,
with a 20 year mortgage for $10,000.,
As things stand, they should have
no trouble paying it off. '
The husband is taking no chances.
He has a Confederation Life Mort-
gage Insurance Plan, with a Total
Disability Clause. For $8.31 a month
Confederation will pay off his mort-
gage in case of death. If he becomes
disabled, the policy remains in force
at no cost to him.
Yes, for Less than 1% of your
initial mortgage, based on age 35 or
under, you can protect your family
from .foreclosure at the time of
your death.
Features of the •
Confederation Life Plan
1. This Mortgage Insurance Plan
may be purchased on a 15, 20
or 25 year basis.
2. The cost reduces in later years.
13. After the mortgage period you
may continue the protection at
teduiced cost, or receive a cash
paygient.
on ederation
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.The April meetutg Of the Glen
Gowrie W I. was held at the beine
of Mrs. M. Nairn • A special Tea
Ore of the meeting Was a pres-
entation to Mrs. F. Bruce, a fornx-
er member, who has moved to Ex-
eter. The presentation was made
by Mrs, W.` Harper and the ad-
dress read by Mrs. F. Chappel, -
During the business session con-
'dueted by Mrs, Stirling Graham,
the' members planned a short
course for fall on ospitality foods.
Delegates for the district annual
will be Mrs. Harper, Mrs. A. Par-
Gsonsraham., Mrs. M. .Lamond and Mrs.
.
Conveners of standing commit-
tees submitted reports on the
year's progress, and Mrs. Nairn
presented a detailed reported of
the financial year.
Mrs. Otis Sawyer commented on
the motto, "Take time to read: it
is the highway of knowledge?' The
importance of county libraries was
drawn to attention and of adding
basic knowledge by reading.
Mrs. G. Allison spoke in a light-
er veil on the subject of Spring
and a young man's fancy, and il-
lustrated the talk with a showing
of men's hat fashions. Mrs. W.
Harper showed members how to
make a rug with wool.
Suggestions for improvement of
the meetings were made, primer -
:1y that the meetings were excel-
lent but could have more music
and demonstrations, and be a lit-
tle shorter.
New members welcomed by the
president were . Mrs. Lorne Ross,
Mrs. C. Harmer, Mrs. Gordon
Hocking, Mrs. Ron ,Skinner, Mrs.
Ernest Selves and Mrs. C. Bur-
rill. Mrs. M. Lamond , thanked
Mrs. Graham for a year of lead-
ership.
Mrs. F. Johns brought in the
nomination sheet for 1956-57. Mrs.
M. Lamond was named president,
with vice-presidents Mrs. Ross Mc-
Phail, Mrs. F. Chappel and Mrs.
F. Johns; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs I Fai;so#s; Mrs. G. Parsons..
distract dtrpRt ils: Mrs. W, Harper,.
Mrs. Mildred' 1 ow; branch direc-
tors, Mrs. C Page, Mrs. R. McCul,r
loch, Mrs- C. Harris; pianists, Mrs,
G. Gill, Mrs. R. *McCulloch; audi-
tors, Mrs. W. Simpson, Mrs. D. Al-
lison; 'fall club leaders, Mrs. Gra-
ham, Mrs. Chappel conveners of
standing committee: Agriculture,
and Canadian industries, Mrs: C.
Colquhoun, Mrs A ,McPhail; citi-
zenship and edticgtion,. Mrs A. Al-
�lison, Mrs. L. Grinney; community
activity and relief, Mrs: J. Mit-
chell, Mrs. W. Selves, Mrs. W. 11.
Clark, ;Mrs. McCulloch; historica i
research, Mrs. E. Hocking, Mfrs, C.
Christie; Tweedsmuir book, 1Vtrs,
Lamond, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Gill,
Mrs, Gordon A. Dow; home eco-
nomics and health, Mrs. Chappel,.
Mrs. W. Hocking, Mrs. Nairn;
Sunshine committee; Mrs. F. Alex-
ander, Mrs. Dow, Mrs. A, Gettler,
Mrs. Ross McPhail; public rela-
tions and resolutions, Mrs. Mildred
Dow, Mrs. -E. Dow; press, Mrs: G.
Allison; baby book, Mrs, K. Par
sons, Mrs: G. Parsons; Russeldale'
Hall board, Mrs. E. Hocking, Mrs_.
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