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The Huron Expositor, 1957-03-29, Page 2" Siam 1869 SerVing the COMMUtatif ring Sea -forth, Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean ANDssw Y. 111eLPAN, editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: / Canada (in advance) $2,50 a Year. United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year. SINGLE COPLES — 5 cENTs EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Bros, Publishers Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association , SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 29, 1957 ew Grant Schedules for Municipalities The effect which recently announc- ed provincial grants will have on Municipal taxation is set out in a communication received from Thos. Pryde, M.L.A. • . • As indicated in the provincial bud- get of some weeks ago, substantial changes in the method of computing grants are being introduced.. The basic rate of grant payment in most cases has been increased. Referring to the intention of alter- ing the, method ota,ssisting with the cost of administering justice in the County, Mr. Pryde says: "With respect to the new grants for the administration of justice, so far as I can figure it in its relation to the County of Huron, the follow- ing will be the result. Last year in round figures the cost of administra- tion of justice in the County was $44,000; the rebates from the Prov- ince amounted to roughly $11,000, making a net cost to the County of $33,000, which was levied against the municipalities. Under the new sys- tem the County will have to take care of the full cost, which, based on last year's figures, would be $44,000; the result will be an increase in the County rate to take care of the dif- ference between $33,000 and $44,000. To offset this, each municipality will receive $1 per capita of the popula- tion to meet this extra levy by the County. Each munitipality can work this out for themselves as to where they stand, but roughly, collective- ly, ,the municipalities in the County will gain about $5,000." The difficulty that presents itself, of course, is that the gain is depend- ent on there being no increase in costs, and that it will not be distrib- uted equally since there is not a firm relationship between population and assessment in the various municipali- ties. To raise the money required for justice costs, the County will be required to levy perhaps as much as one mill additional. But in God - Well -Deserved Honor A special mention to Stafford Johnston, of the staff of the Strat- ford Beacon -Herald, in the eighth annual National Newspapers Awards announced last week, was a well-deserved recognition. As a writer, dealing primarily with the rural scene in Huron and Perth, and as the author of the Beacon - Herald column, "Queen's Bush," Mr. Johnston interprets accurately and interestingly the rural viewpoint! In this, he not only carries on the tra- dition established by Harry Boyle and the late Frank Kennedy, when they served in a similar capacity on theBeacon Herald, but makes his own particularly effective contribu- tion. Too Many Meetings? Is it time to hold a meeting to dis- cuss whether too many meetings are being held ? The querytis raised in our mind as a result of an observation in the New York Times which asks: "How much more work could be achieved if nine out of ten meetings (formerly -called conferences) were dispensed with? This includes meetings called to discuss new plans, old statistics, specialized report's, matters of per- sonnel, and unfinished business left over from the last meeting." True, the Times comment has par- ticular reference to business prac- tise, but there is equal cause for such toMment to be Applied to our towns viral- communities. ie we ovier-orgamzed? A r e too manmeetings called by anizatiOns, which over - hr' S activities? While e an answer with an ux- , vv uspt t1it that is sw bOUld have , •e4,4 '04 11 erich Town, t he amount Ke- ceived on the basis of $1.00 per capita, would be substantially great- er than the amount required by, say a mill additional the County must levy. The reverse will be true in rural municipalities. Here the extra per capita grant will not produce enough to offset the additional rate the Coun- ty will require. In addition, of coutse, the County receives nothing by way of assistance with the costs it faced in providing aecommodAtion for the administra- tion of justice, such as court rooms and office facilities. Particular municipalities will ben- efit from the increase in uncondi- tional grant to $2.10 per capita in the case of Seaforth. In future the_bene- fits of these grants must be applied only to residential and farm proper- ty. Industry and business assess- ments will thus be called on to meet an increasing portion of the tax load. ,While this may present difficulties,' there is the fact, as was pointed out when the Provincial Treasurer brought down his budget, that such additional costs can be treated as costs of doing business.' Perhaps the biggest difficulty the new system will introduce, will be that facing municipal officials, who thus will be called on to establish and ap- ply four different tax rates, rather than two as formerly. Probably the municipalities stand to gain most in the field of education. Special educational grants are in- creased from $6 to $8 per pupil in the case of elementary schools, and to $25 in the case of high school's. In addition, in the case of public and separate schools, it is the intention to include in approved costs the dis- bursements for teachers' salaries up to an amount not exceeding $100 for each pupil of average daily attend- ance. These increases will assist ma terially in offsetting continually in- creasing costs with which school boards are faced. It is not possible to suggest the precise benefits in terms of tax savings until amounts earned have been advised and these amounts related to expenditures by each board. Certainly the new grant schedules indicate an awareness on the part of the Province to the situation in which the municipalities, for w1Iich the. Province is responsible, find them- selves. Whether the various rates which have been established are at a level to permit municipalities to hold the tax line, will remain to be seen. There is no doubt, however, that the higher grants will be, a king step in that direction. Ratepayers general- ly will appreciate this, and also the fact that Mr. Pryde has made avail- able the information concerning the grants. Municipal Mechanization (St. Marys Journal -Argus) One of the problems of any muni- cipal council today results from the amount of motorized equipment which has been acquired in the past decade. A few ye,ars ago a team of horses, a few men, pluA picks and shovels, were just about all that was needed to look after the community engin- eering. But times have changed, and cer- tangy more mechanized methods are more necessary and sensible. The on- ly trouble is that there is a lot of "keeping -track -of" to do resulting from the needs to purchase gasoline, tires, repairs and the many other ac- cessories of motorized transporta- tion. . No doubt the Town Council are aware of the expense problem cre- ated by 'this growing use of equip- ment. Such machines are a fine thing but strict control 'twist be kept on their, use if our municipal eXpenses ept front 'skyrii`eketing • Over She Goesl Thirty-five seconds after 1;47 p.m. last Wednesday the firemen's barrel took the plunge and brOUght $50 sailing right into the lap of Arthur Laidlaw, of R.R. 3, Wing= ham. Norm Anger, of town, won the second prize of $20. Thebar- rel was wedged in the ice some weeks back and tickets had been on sale to help raise funds fin. Wingham firefighters. — Wingham Advance -Times. Softball Story This one is right off the bat! The recent mild weather, inspired Bayfield school children to play softball at noon. One day Douglas Darnborough picked up ,a medium sized rat on the piaying diamond and took it into the school to show it to Mrs. William E. Parker, and then to the principal, Mrs. Leroy Poth. It was still quite Warm and had evidently been hit by the ball. This is a new way of exterminat- ing rats. We'll wager the Junior Farmers never heard of this one, in, their recent campaign in Huron Counly.—Clinton News -Record. Color Eggs—Not For Easter The agriculture department at S.H.D.H.S. has shown students how to color Easter eggs the easy way. There's only one catch: the color- ing is on the inside. In an experi- ment with the school's laying flock dye was added• to the birds' feed. Yolks of the eggs are now colored green and blue. According to in- structor Andrew' Dixon, the experi- ment was made to show students that what the hen eats has a di- rect effect upon the egg she pro- duces. It also demonstrates,, he said, that poor husbandry can be reflected in the farmer's product. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Wins Award Gerald Tebbutt, third year stu- dent at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, was awarded the year '45 award for the individual showing outstanding participation in the inter athletic prograra, as well as having exhibited fine quali- ties of character, leadership and academic ability. The award was made at the annual 4.hletic ban- quet at the Ontario Agricultural and Veterinary Colleges. Gerry is a 1955 graduate of In his final,,year here he was selected leader of the school for the Lon- don Free Press annual event. He is the son of Mr, and Mrs, Irvine Tebbutt, R.R. 2, Clinton. --Clinton News -Record. Opening of Navigation Delayed Opening of navigation at Gode- rich harbor this year may be somewhat later than usual due to abnormal ice vonditions at the Lakehead. Officials predict it may still be about four or five weeks away at the Lakehead yet, de- pending on the weather. Last of the winter fleet boats to be unload- ed for Goderich Elevators is the Sarniadoc. Two boats have yet t " be unloaded -for the Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Company — the Glenbogie and barge 137. Ed. Siddall set out fish nets for the' first time this season on Tuesday. Norman MacDonald lifted nets the same day,zit:,lhe catch, was light.—godemeli Star. First Snow For Two -,Year Old , George Stewart Malcolm looked out the window of his grandpar- ents' home in Wingham this week and asked, "What's that, white stuff?" The" white stuff was snow, but for two-year-old George it was something he's never seen -before. The little fellow and his mother, Mrs. George Malcolm, had just arrived from the Chinese Nation- alist island of Formosa, to spend a vacation with the Rev. and Mrs, Alexander Nimmo, MrsMelcolm's parents. Since 1954 Mrs. Malcolm and her husband have been at- tached to the Canadian Presbyter- ian Mission in Formosa.. They are missionary workers on the island and live in the city of Taipeh. "Formosa is a very beautiful is- land. It is cold and damp in the winter months, but in the sum- mer it is delightful," said Mrs. Malcolm. It took George and his mother just 44 hours to fly from the island to the United States, where they were met by Mr. and Mrs. Nimmo. During the trip they touched down on Guam, Wake, Okinawa and San Francisco. Mrs. Malcolm and her son expect to e in Wingham for several months before returning to Formosa.--- Wingham Advance -Times, Huron Farm News During the past couple of weeks nearly all of the snow which cov- ered the ground his , disappeared. In many places the small amount of frost which was in the ground has started to come out, leaving roads and fields in an extremely muddy condition. With the unusual mild weather, farmers are antici- pating an early seeding, conse- quently the seed cleaning plants :have been very busy during the past month. Many farmers have found that the seed which they harvested last year is not fit to sow and we find that Garry oats and Brant barley are very much in demand. Brant barley is now extremely scarce and prospects are that Garry oats suitable for seed will also be in short supply before seeding starts. Because of the shortage of labor, only a small number of farmers in the county are making maple syrup this year. A fairly good run of sap was reported at the end of the week. EGMONDVILLE C GI.T. The tgmondville C.G.I.T. Open- ed thg regular meeting on Monday with the Purpose and hymn. Nan- cy Pepper read the scripture, fol- lowed with a prayer by Carol Huissent Gail Finlayson read a poem. Roll call was answered with a verse of "Hope." The next meeting will be answered with a verse containing the word "Praise." A hymn was sung and Mrs. Boyes read a story called "The Diecond Necklace. Helen and Dor d011.1 y Boyes sang a solo, "Now is the Hour." Games were played and the meeting closed with "Taps." 414.114, YEARS AGONE Interesrng items gleaned 'froth The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor March 25, 1932 The Seaforth Softball Club elect- ed new officers for the season as follows: Honorary presidents, Dr. C. Mackay, Robert Jackson and W. J. Duncan; president, J. M. Mc- Millan; vice-presidents, A. F. Cluff and J. MacTavish; secretary, A. Y. McLean; treasurer, Chester Grigg. Manning Bros,, Londesboro, are erecting a poultry building. Spring was ushered in with the biggest blizzard of the present win- ter. In place of shrinking violets, peeping buds and other signs of spring, the storm raged from Mon- day afternoon until late Tuesday, effectively closing all roads. The provincial highway was blocked until Wednesday morning. One of the six-ton trucks belong- ing to Epps' Transport, of Varna, went into an eight -foot ditch at the first culvert north of Brucefield Saturday morning. Jack Rutledge, of near Brussels, last week shot a crow which had a tag on it with the words "Tify", Beological Survey, Washington, D. C,, No. 23054." , Jac kt sent the tag to that address'. Seaforth Collegiate Cadets this week finished shooting in the D.C. RA. competitions, with an average of 90/3. Those taking part' were Jack Wright, Ian MacTavish, H. Rutledge, Tom Sills, H. Wilson, A. Keyes, A. Devereaux, Ross Rennie and E. McSpadden. Miss Marg. Stewart, University of Toronto, is spending the Easter holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart. From The Huron Expositor March 29, 1907 We have already, been visited by a..,,couple of thunderstorms and the weatherwise look upon it as the sign of a late spring. A horse belonging to Mr. Thos, M. 6rieire, of Egmondville, made a bold dash for liberty on Satur- day afternooh. Mr. -Grieve was driving down Main Street and vyhen in front of the Town Hall the animal became frightened at something and bolted, landing up on the platform in front of the Commercial Hotel; Mr. Thomas Bell, of Witinipeg, the western manager of The Robt. Ben Nnine & Thresher convent who has been in Diitarto-fe* a feik *MO) IriSited in 'WWII this Ntieelevv, ite!'treft Er66.,:. ,of 40' k , placed a handsome 24 -foot hat case in their store. Mr. Isaac Hudson, Hillsgreen, has disposed of his farm to An- drew Love. The farm contains 125 acres, and was purchased for $5,500. Mr. Fred Martin, who lives near Constance, had the misfortune to lose a very valuable horse on Monday from paralysis. The death of a good horse nowadays is a serious matter. Miss Nellie Evans, Beechwood, is visiting her sister, Mrs'. Joseph Atkinson, of Hibbert. Mrs. Peter Daymond, of the 3rd concession qf Tu.ckersmith, has been adding to his farm by buy- ing the 50 acres adjoining from Mr. John Daymond. Mrs. Daymond now has 100 acres. The price paid was $2,500. $ From The Huron Expositor March 31, 1882 Mr. George Anderson, Jr., of the Parr Line, met with a very serious accident last week. While engag- ed at work crushing oats, his coat sleeve became entangled in .the machinery, drawing his hand into the machine and literally tearing two of his fingers off. Campbell & Smith have purchas- ed the stock, formerly belonging to Smith & West, and after replenish- ing it have opened business in the old stand. Mr. John Mason, Hullett, has sold his colt, "Time 0' Day," for the sum •13 $1,300, to Colquhoun & Dow, of Hibbert. Matthew Purcell purchased from John O'Sullivan, his farm. of 50 acres; east half of Lot 13, conces- sion 3, McKillop, for the sum of $2,175. Twelve acres of it is un- der good hardwood and building material. W. Mulliolland, Walton, is erect- ing a commodious shop, both for iron and Woodwork. Mr. Laird, of Brussels, has been engaged as cheesemaker for, the Seaforth factory for the coming season. Mr. Leach, MTho has been here for the past two years, takes charge of the Walton factory. Mr. R. IL Johnston, Zurich, Who latelY sOld his entire business to Mr. J. K wing, has purchased the Huron Hotel from Mr. Simon Wal- per,. and takes possession on the ifrat Of April Michael Heffernan has tint.- the' the StihdOe WM, of ,r. woi,1400saallopaoethe,4 swing 1,•ftc„,4• lor•et4s, , With ,x4e-gaiAg season fad Sp-• proachingt,„,4 is tie for every farrneritba: start thiektilK ahont giV-, in iris tree* a tune-up before the busy slayg Which are ahead, advises P. 1.1: Southwell, Agricul- tural Engineerieg, Department, On- tario Agricultural College. This isn't necessary if the tractor was checked over last fall and was then properly prepared for stor- age; in that caae, alt that needs to he; done is to MON the recom- Mended procedure for bringing the machine back to werk. But if the tractor was not checked prior to storage, a sjp4ig tune-up is just as important as if it had been op- erating all winter; and if the trac- tor was rett properly store,d, then a cheek -ober in the near future is even more advisable. The purpose of the check -over in the spring is to insure against breakdown Or a costly hold up dur- idg the busy season, as tar as 'this is possible, and to obtain the best performance from the trac- tor during the coming months: For the same reason, an airplane is regularly checked at definite 'inL tervals, and this policy also pays dividends with farm equipment. ' In talking about a spring check- up, we are of course assuming that the tractor, is not in need of a major overhaul. In the case of a gasoline engine tractor, probab- ly the most important steps is to check the ignition system and to replace the spark plugs, condensor and breaker points, if thiS was not done last fall. It is also sensible to make a compression test on each cylinder at the time the spark plugs are changed. The fuel sys- tem should also be cleaned, the operator paying particular atten- tion to the 'carburetor and its ad- justment, to the filters and to the fuel system is extremely impor- tant and all filters should be wash- ed or changed: it is also wise to have the injectors tested by a competent service man. In the case of both types of engines,,the valve clearances must' be adjusted to the correct setting and if the engine hasn't been de -carbonized and the valves 're -seated lately, is advisable that this should be done before the hard-working sea- son starts. The cooling system of the engine needs to be drained and flushed, but since the tune-up is being car- ried out in preparation for warm- er weather, if the .engine is filled with a permanent type of anti- freeze it is •wise to leave this in until all danger of heavy frost has passed. In the case of an alco- hol base anti -freeze, however, the cooling system should be drained now and filled with water; care must be taken. from then on to drain the engine whenever frept seems likely. In either case, when the system has been flushed thor- oughly and refiled, preferably with rainwater, the addition of an anti - rust agent is recommended. The fan belt should be adjusted to the correct tension. and the outside at the radiator should also be clean- ed so that there is nothing to re- strict the flow of air through the radiator. Distilled water should be used to top up the battery if it requires it, and, it is wise to have the bat- tery checked at a service station. Another item which is worth check- ing and which is quite often over- looked is the engine governor, since a badly worn governor can cause a considerable loss in effective ThWri' GroyOkji.. •. (By JAMES' SCOTT) Last Saturday night I went up te the Skating Carmval and I can say right now that I am glad I did. It was a real, good show; in feet, I would go so far as to say that for my money' it was the , best Carnival I -have seen since we be- gan bur Figure Skating Club. It would be kind of hard to put your finger on just why this carn- ival seemed better than the oth- ers. (Incidentally, I'm not alone in this ,opinion Quite a few other people I hale talked, to since thought it was the best too.) May- be it is that the programme was better balanced; maybe it was because the participants worked a ,little harder; maybe it was be- cause the eostumes were brig r and nicer. You never can sa for Huron F. of. A. Plans Production Annual Survey Directors of Huron County Fed- eration of Agriculture at their monthly 'meeting in Clinton dis- cussed the printing of the Huron County •Federation survey, and it was decided to request Clinton News -Record to do the work for 1957; thereafter it would be al- lotted for two-year terms to any of the county weeklies interested. , The secretary was Commended for the news items appearing in the county weeklies and adviseto continue with them, and he was instructed to advise the poultry committee to represent the coun- ty' at the annual meeting in Toron- to. The directors voiced their ap- proval of supplying legal advice to members. through -,the 0.F A., wherever possible. During the discussion period it was felt that the Federation was going to have a very busy year. Since the necessary legislation is well on the way to take care of the differences of opinion on the validity of the Ontario Farm Pro- ducts Act and the Federal Bill 82 the Poultry Producers, Beef Pro- ducers and Wheat Growers are showing desire for action. Earl McSpadden reported on the Leadership Training Course at Vineland. power. Have the engine speed checked when the engine is run- ning at full speed without load and with load. The engine oil must be changed to the recommended grade for summer operation and the oil fil- ter should be cleaned or renewed. The air cleaner also needs to be washed out and refilled to the correct level, but of course this must be done at regular intervals, not just once or twice a year. The transmission oil in the tractor should also be changed; when changing' both engine and trans- mission oils, the old oil should be drain'ed out when hot. The tractor should then be completely lubri- cated at all the points specified by the manufacturer and the in- dependent brakes adjusted to give equal braking effect on both wheels. Then the tractor is ready to go. sure, but it is my own, opinion that this carnival was better because the youngsters in it are 'growing LIP, No* don't misunderstand' me. There's nobody who likes tosee the little toddlers strutting along, barely keeping on their feet, any better than I do. What ldnd of carnival would it be if we didn't have any beginners? Why 1 relc member one of the great extrav- aganzas the old Toronto' Figure Skating Club wed to hold where. a mite of a little girl stole the - show. She wasn't more than three feet high at the time, but she won. the hearts of the thousands and thousands of people who watched her. Her name was Barbara Anne. Scott, and she was a champioza even then. ° No, rdon't want to, see any such. show without the little folk. But what I mean about our- skaters growing up is that the club is now old enough to have produced Some pretty good skaters of its own and believe me that's 'exactly what we saw last Saturday. You don't turn out a good figure skater in a day—or in a year either. You ' have to start them young and keep at it all the way in. That's what I think ,is the real value of a venture like our club. All the way it has been hard work end touch and go with the finances, but the 'devoted little group which. has struggled so that the children of Seaforth could have the advant- ages of this kind of instruction, has managed to keep the club go- ing. They should feel mighty proud. of the ',IA of show the skaters put on last Saturday. We saw a lot of very pretty skat- ing 'by our own kids. Girls. like Faye Love and Judy Crich --why it only seems yesterday since they were only a yard high too. And' those Stapleton lassies whom I al- ways think are twins, but they aren't. There were lots of others too—big ones and little ones—and everybody did a wonderful job. Of course we're proud of the girls from our neighborhood who were in the show too—Slaine and Susan and Katie. And because they come from right around home we know a little bit about what a great thing it is for young- sters like them to have the chance to learn figure skating. These particular girls I haye watched almost ever since they were first able to toddle. They can walk now, of course. They can run and whoop and holler too. But here's some- thing else they can do if they have a mind to: they cfin walk with. poise and grace like regular ydung ladies, and one 'of the main rea- sons they can do this .is because they have learned how to 'discip- line their bodies by figure skating. And right now make a predic- tion. These young ladies look to me as if they are going to turn out to be very attractive looking in a few years. Now anybody knows that a good' -looker also has to be a good dancer to be really popular. I bet these kids will be just that. Again thanks to figure skating. Yes sir, it looks to me as it our neighborhood is going to see a lot of young bucks hanging around in a few years from now. So get. ready. Andy and Orville, the rock- ing chair's for us! TIME passes quickly and before we fully realize it another year has gone by. This is particularly true in regards to subscriptions. We think we paid that subscrip- tion just a few weeks ago, where- as actually it was many months ago. So just to make sure you are up to date, will you please cheelp the date on the label on ,•your copy of THE HURON Ex- rosrroR. If the date shown is earlier than MARCH 1, 1957 then you are in arrears. If this is the case, your remittance would be appreciated. Either drop into the office or mail the amount to THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Seaforth. Thanks a lot.