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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-01-15, Page 2Since 1860 Serving! Gh Community First rUblisbed at SE:AFORTH, ONTARIO, every. Thursday morning by McLEAN BRos:, Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2,50 a Year „ .• • united States (in advance) $3.50 a YeAr.•,•• SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH • Authorized as Second Class Mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa ftf Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association SEAFORTH;, ON'ARIO, JANUARY 15, 1960 wat Radio .and TV Are Challenge To Conversation The introduction of radio and more recently, television into the homes of the nation, has made vast changes in our way of life. ., The competition to, ordinary con- versation which thus has been creat- ed is so great that there are many families, we are told, , whose ,mem- bers communicate with one another only by orders and demands deliver- ed in ear -piercing shrieks. Good Coni, versation has dwindled until it has'e-' become almostnon-existent. If you have trouble with conver- sation you might filed this list of points from a recent magazine article helpful: Turn Off the TV. Listen attentively. :Many people concentrate so hard on what they plan to say next that they don't hear the 'other fellow. Talk about 'the Other Person's In- terests. °If you encourage him to dis- cuss his pet projects you'll never suf- fer an awkward silence. Saskatchewan Farmers One of the, earlier steps taken by the Diefenbaker Government was to commit the people of Canada to the construction of the $250 million Sas- katchewan dam. Long demanded by veal elements in the province, the danl?had been the topic .of 'countless speeches over many years. Studies undertaken.,,by independent commis- sions prior to the entry of the Diefen- baker forces had indicated that the • project could not be considered as one of national economic concern. Thus financial , participation by the Federal Government could not be justified. All this had no effect on the Died; enbaker Government who, sensing some advantages in Saskatchewan, committed taxpayers across Ca da to the project. • Butnow it seems that even the advantages in Saskatchewan are proving illusionary. The Financial Post describes it this way: "Almost within the shadow of the big dam the. Canadian and Saskat- chewan governments are now build; ing on the South Saskatchewan Riv- er, farmers . are actively organizing - tc'•`keepIrrigation out of their dis- tricts. They want to continue dry land wheat farming. They have' no intention of putting on rubber boots, buying water and going into irrigat- ed crops. "And this is not an isolated. case. "A11 through the •455,000 -acre area =•r r Canada Is Treasury Canada has a great store of na- tural resources. It isa._treasury of material things to be turned into use- ful commodities by our skill and en". ergy. Canada 'is a country of new frontierN new developments — a ountry destined for a place of lead- ership in the councils of• nations. Canada has a fair share ,of the world's 5,000 million acres of forests. It has been estimated that about 44 per cent of the land area of --Canada is covered by forest growth. We have according to Canada Year Book, Book, 582000 square miles of con-- ''. mercially productive forest: Ravin -reached her western lim- its in wheat and having embarked on fullest use of her timber, Canada is now rolling back her northern fron- tier in search of minerals. Today, Canada is, the chief world producer of nickel, the platinum metals and »... sbestos.. it rankssecond in the pro- duction of gold: zinc, cadmium and selenium.; third in silver,. molybdenum and barite. and fourth in copper and -!lead. Apiculture is, of course, Canada's leading primary -industry, providing lay/ materials for many inanufactur- ere. •,At the time of the last census, r�e c t- o Canada's ople lived Avoid Dull Details. It doesn't real- ly matter if an incident happened on Monday or Thursday. ` Stick to the important facts of your story. Speak Precisely. If you jumT from one topic to another chances age your listeners will get lost and give up. • Avoid Interrupting. If you really must break in, try to do -it graceful- ly. Use the name of the person you are interrupting to ask: "John, may I add something to what you just said?" • Be •Tolerant and Tactful. If the speaker irritates you, try to concen- trate on the facts. Forget his per- se�nality. Be Flee With Your Praise. But remember to direct it toward some- thing specific. Telling a speaker you liked his speech, for example, is less meaningful than praising a specific point' he -made. It shows you really listened. Even if you forget the points,, try an evening of conversation for satis- faction. r _ Resist Irrigation Dam that could be irrigated from waters penned by the big dam there is strong opposition.. Minister& of the Saskatchewan Government - which under the agreement with Ottawa must prepare at least 50,000 acres -for irrigation at a cost of $35 to $50 per acre= -are said to be `surprised; dis- appointed and chagrined' by the skeptical attitude of the farmers. "They wouldn't have been if they had investigated before starting the $250 -million schenme. "There are -'two main difficulties. First, many farmers do not care for the intensive sort of farming needed .. to make irrigated farming pay. Sec-, ond, and !ouch 'more important, •is the problem of markets. "The most profitable irrigated farms are glorified truck' gardens raising mostly vegetables, canning ciON or sugar ,beets. Even if such crop could be grown in Saskatche- wan, there are just not enough peo- ple in Canada treat .a fraction of . what could be produced. "That is why Saskatchewan farm- ers are not tumbling over themselves' to sign up for expensive and haz- ardous irrigation. "The big dam and the lake behind it may prove a boon• as a recreation area in a part of Canada where Such places are scarce• or as a source • of water for Saskatchewan towns and cities. But as a great irrigation pro- ject it is almost certain to be a flop." of Natural Resources on farms. The past 80 years have seen Canada' change from a land of- sickles and scythes to one of thresh- ing machines, trucks and tractors. Fishing was probably the first in- dustry carried on by Europeans in the New World. Long ago those stal- wart adventurers caught their fish off Newfoundland and the Mari- --times, cured or dried them and sail- ed back to sell them in Europe. ' To- - daytwo of the four great sea -fishing areas of the world border on the east and west coasts of Canada. 'Water flow has been an important natural resource in Canada from the, time the first settlers set up their wa- ter mills to grind •grain. Canadians are now the second largest per capita consumers of electricity in the world. This editorial—has covered the boundless material natural resources of Canada, but far more important are the human resources of the coun- try. Canadians have a freedom to develop accompanied by a responsi- bility to. preserve. • Canada has risen to her present position of influence and prestige through the enterprise' and -charac- ter of her people and their energy in using • intelligently the resources she has provided. -- (The Canadian Champion, Milton) Ont.). i LAM OF THE WEEK StJiJSti rf/Ef177?CAG AGENcy "By the way, whatever happened to that other fellow who used to be in your act?" -SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY Bought about my eleventy-sev- enth sweepstakes ticket the other day. I could line the walls of my study with' old ones, if I had a study. They're sort of pretty, too, with ..that chubby dame _-on the front staring at you quizzically, and practically saying: "Sucker!" Everyone I buy one, I kick my- self. "Why are you doing this?" I ask me in disgust. "First of all, it's against the law. Second, you don't give a tippler's tart about helping -rout the Irish hospitals. - Third, if you have the odd quid to throw around, why don't you give it to something worthwhile, like the establishment of a school where people could learn to smile, in twelve easy lessons, attractive partners, no experience neces- sary?" But every time I give myself a going-over like that, a still, small voice within- me says: "Aw shad- dup! This time we're' gonna win 'er. Seventy thousand singles of the glorious green. Can't mi.'s. Gotta feelin'." This tiny .voice r� known as Human Nature or Arrant Greed, depending on whether it's your own or somebody else's. It's a fact, though, that every time I pay over•_I4art of'the grocery money for one of those little ' off- pink sheets with al the fine print on them, I do have a sudden, daz- zling vision of winning $70,000, or whatever it is they give you. It must be something like one of those spells in which a Holy Roller, sees the vision and starts to roll. Trouble is, something always jars. 'me out of -my trance before I can build up the faith and really get into it. 'l'm sitting in the 'of- fice, clutching my 'sweeps ticket. I'm looking out . the window. I don't see the snow belting down and miserable._ fellow -townsmen crouching their way through it, noses dripping, No, 'what I see is rt e white gleaming : beach at RW is the plane dips its wing to make the circuit Sugar Loaf mountain. Or the. fi! , brown, Spanish serv- ing -wench setting up breakfast on the terrace overlooking the Medi- terranean, Or the agile, frizzy - headed kid scrambling up the palm tree on Koalahuao, to fetch me a_ -fresh cocoanut. And just about then a metallic Canadian voice clangs into my rev- erie with: "Say, I taanna--pudda nadentha paper. I, got some real good pigs ter sale," and I know I'm •back; I haven't won the sweeps, it's snowing outside, and it's the middle of January in the true north strong and freezing. However, Hope springy the on the human breast, as the old Norse folk -song has it. I wish Faith..and Charity would_make it a sister act. Nothing will ever con- vince me that "I'm not going . to win the next sweepstakes. And I don't- mean one of those piddling Consolation prizes, either. I mean the bundle. It's got to Happen soon, while I have a modicum of health and a vestige of youth left, or it's too late, Next summer, I'll be 4Q. After that, who cares? The first thing I'm not -going to do with_the money is buy a house. That's all"those dopes can ever say who are interviewed after they win one. I've got a house, or sorts. Why waste money building d falicy new one? .And have soma bum, living in it fifty years from now, .curse me up and down be- cause I"made such a mess of build- ing his house. The second thing I'm not going to do is put . it in a trust account so my' kids can go to college. My kidscan get through,_ college the same, way I -did, by borrowing the money from one of their uncles. Nor do' I plan to invest it for my old age. rf- I ' get hold of that $70,000, . I'll never live to a ripe old age, I .can guarantee that. With a bankroll like that, I'll. live like a millionaire. First, I'll get credit cards, goods• anywhere, for everything frail! dinners to dancing girls. These won't cost me• a nickel. Then I'll buy 'a whole flock of plane tickets, on the Buy Now—Pay Later plan. I'll outfit the whole family from top to toe; using my credit cards. • ,� - Then, away we go. Trips around the world and back. Visits to all the exotic places, the lush spots, the forbidden fields. Tutor fox the' kids. French 'maid for Mom. Swedish masseuse for Dad? Their salaries would be the only expense, as everything else would go on the credit cards. •, We'd see the world in high style for about two years. At the end of that time, I figure the FBI. and the Mounties would, be closing in. We'd ship the kids, C.O.D., back to one of their aunts in Canada. We'd . sosk - the remaining '$50,000 into a Swiss bank, and retire to live happily on the interest, for -our brief remaining span, on the golden isle of Majorca. Our only extravagance would be the occa- sional dispatch, to credit card com- panies and airlines, of cables say- ing: "So, sue me!" SEEN IN THE COUNTY'4PAPERS Name Vice -Principal D. John Cochrane, vice-principal at Clinton District Collegiate In- stitute, began work there on Mon- day morning. He comes to Clin- ton after ten years teaching .ex- perience two of which were -ire Kemptville and eight in the high school in South Peel area. ,Clinton, News -Record. Fire Confined To Bedroom A fire in Culross township was 'confined to an upstairs bedroom on Sunday evening when a baby's crib took fire, believed to have been caused by a stove pipe. Damage was estimated at $60.00. The child was not in his crib at the tine. The mother, Mrs. Earl Edgar, and her nine children, waited in . the barn for the firemen to arrive. The Teeswater brigade was ham- pered by the blinding snowstorm and had to detour and finally out through one farm and a field to reach the scene of the fire.—Wing- ham Advance -Times.. Named To Yard Board William ,Ellerington, prominent Usborne farmer, has been appoint- ed a member of 'the Ontario Stock Yards Board, it was announced Wednesday by C. S. MacNaughton, Huron MLA. The board controls operation of the provincial govern- ment yards in Toronto, whose :pric- es generally govern sales aeroas Ontario. Mr. Ellerington's 'appoint- ment was made by Agriculture Minister Goodfellow. The tlsborne fanner is chairman of South Bur - cur f1oappital board and retired this year after serving- ::aurorae. tonne on SHDHS board. Mr, MaeNaugh- ton' described the appointment as recognition of the agricultural prominence of Huron county. --Ex- eter Times -Advocate. 1, Building .Dowel Last Year Value of building permits issued in Goderich last year was an- nounced Wednesday by building in- spector, E. H. Jessop as $1,376,000. The total is slightly down from that of 1958, which was -$1,458,000, but far above the average in re- cent years. Of 204 permits in 1959, (Welling accounted for 51, com- mercial projects -8, the others be- ing for alterations and repairs. Actually, there were 64 dwelling units covered, as a single permit was issued for the 14 in the de- velopment opposite the collegiate. The corresponding statistics. for 1958`, 177 permits, in'eluded 28 dwelling, five commercial,_Gode. rich ' Signal -Star. ' Seek Clerk -Treasurer Following the inaugural meeting of the village council Or lariday, the members met at the home of Milfred Schilbe, for their first meeting of the new year.- ;The first item of business was the de- cision to call for applications for hclerk -treasurer and also for an ssessor. Interested applicants have until January 16 to•.apply. H, W. rtrokenshire was appointed as Wing clerk of the village until a nen person Is selected. A three- man hydro commission Was form- ed at themeeting, with ,,Reeve Lloyd O'Brien- as chairman and Leroy Thiel and. l:larold Thiel as !members. --Zurich + itliens NeWt. (REV. ROBERT H. HARPER) NEEDS OF THE wig A young minister asked me what is the great need of the worldvi- day, anti I replied that the quest tion covered too much territory for- me, that I opuld not assess the needs of the wide world. He then asked what is the great need of the men around me. He knew, as I knew, that the great need of men everywhere is Jesus. Christ. But he was doubt- less seeking an' expression of the way the ministry of love can be made more effective in the lives of men. There is 'a great need at the present of holding to the essen- tials in the work of the churches. We ritay be led into error by the glorious reports of church 'build- ing and the increase of member- ship and all that goes into the glowing statistics of our church. A gentleman once commented upon the reputation of a charming lady as a great church worker. He said her reputation rested up- on her leadership in church thea- tricals. There was no indication of leadership in prayer circles and missionary work. Let us put first things first in the work. of ..,the churches. 1111I11111IIIIIItI1111I1111111IIIllllillill11111 (Prepared by. the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) 1I111111111111.11111II11I II11111111111111111111b How Matey Times Has Closure . Been Applied? _ Only about eight times, four of those occasions being in 1956 dur- ing the pipeline debate; Closure is a device used by the House,,of Commons to end excessive debate or systematic obstruction. It gives a cabinet minister the right, pro- vided he hat given notice of his intention at a previous 'sitting of the House, to move that the mat- ter under discussion be not fur- ther considered. Such a motion is not debatable and must be voted on at once. 11, the !notion is pass- ed, any further speeches on the subject in question cannot exceed 20- minutes and a vote must be taken by a specified time. Closure was first applied in 1913 during the debate on the Naval Construc- tion Bill. •It was used in 1917 in connection with the Wartime Elec- tions Act, in 1921 in connection with a Canadian National Railways bill and in 1932 in connection with a relief bill. The device was not used again • until 1956. What is a Carriole? This is a term of French origin used in Canada for a horse-drawn passenger sled, usually one -seated and often painted, in bright Colors. As the term spread from Quebec to English-speaking communities, it often came to mean "carry -all." Actually the carry -all was a heav- ier . home-made vehicle like the French-Canadian berline. The car riole corresponded rather to a cut- ter. Which Communities Dere Named For Newspapers? L'Avenir, Que., and Mirror, Alta. The village of Mirror, a di- visional point on. the CPR line be- tween Edmonton and Calgary, was named after the London -Daily Mir- ror, a newspaper that had ex- pressed interest in the develop- ment of the area and had, given it "publicity, •resulting in considerable immigration from England. The -village was incorporated an 1912. L'Avenir, a village in the Eastern Townships a few miles southeast of Drummondville,' was named in honor of the famous newspaper estsls it stied • in 1848 by Jean Bap- tiste Eric Dorton. The 'paper was the_. organ of the Parti Rouge the radical party in Lower Canada at that time,_- Sir Wilfrid Laurier liv- ed in L'Avenir before he opened a law office in Arthabaska. When Did Queen Victoria Watch a Lacrosse Game? In 1876 the first Canadian la- crosse team to appear in Britain toured the British Isles and played before the Queen at Windsor. Tour- ing with this team was • William George Beers, Montreal dentist and sportsman, who was instrumental in framing the first laws of the modern galpe of lacrosse in 1867 and who founded Canada's first dental journal, the Canada Journal of Dental Science, in 18687 Beers toured the British Isles again in 1883 with a lacrosse team that in- cluded 13 Caughnawaga Indians. He was born in Montreal in 1843 and died there in 1900. .Open New Room Due to an overcrowded situation in the junior room of the Blyth Public School, one that had exist- ed-- since, opening day in Septem- ber, a new room was opened oti Monday. The teacher of the jun• for room, Mrs. Curol° has had the difficult task of teaching 42 pupils, .donsisting of grades one and two, and Mrs. Bateman has been teach- ing 36, grades 3 and 4 pupils'. Af- ter givingmuch thought to the sit- uation, and in fairness to the teach- toer and pupils, the -Board decided open a new room in the one Which has previously been vacant. Mrs, Edward Watson has been ell-" gaged as teacher of the class; con- sisting isting of 16 grade' 2 and 10 grade pupils. '-fllyth Standard, - A.. McD.UFF OTTAWA REPORT r . HAIL, COLUMBIA? • OTTAWA --It is difficult to be peasimistie-in the face of the ultra- optimisel being exhibited in Ot- tawa These days on the question of Columbia River Development. Primp Minister ;Diefenbaker, Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Howard Green, and Justice Minister Davie Fulton have filled many news col- umns with statements predicting early agreement, hailing, the find- ings of the International Joint Commission with exuberance ,,and enthusiasm: It is time someone said: Simmer down. Perhaps you haven't noticed,- but the one man in Canada who above all others understands what is go- ing on, Gen. A. G. L. lV(cniaugh- ton, Canadian chairman of the IJC, hasn't said a word, and it's safe to assume he knows better. Of course getting the IJC . to agree td principles to be followed in co-operative development of the Columbia's immense hydro -power resources was an important step, but it is not the end at all. It is just the start. • Almost unnoticed in the 'flurry of back-slapping statements out. of Ottawa was a Canadian Press it- em • out of Washington that said: "The U.S. is planning fresh efforts to persuade Canada to back con- struction of the proposed $325,00,- 000 Libby dam project to build a huge border reservoir between Montana and B.C. Qualified U.S. authorities suggest progress on joint development of the Colum- bia River would be better assured if certain Canadian opposition to Libby was removed." That's the type of blackmail Canada's "Andy" McNaughton has been fighting from the day he was first appointed to the IJC. And the U.S. may as well know right now that Canada can't be threaten- ed ,on the Columbia can't? They may as well know too that their cherished Libby dam isn't going to be built. Here is the picture in a nutshell. The Americans want to dam the Kootenay - River at Libby, Mon- tana, as a storage reservoir 'for power plants downstream onhe Columbia: -The water would back across the Canadian border,.: up to 42 miles, and for that reason Cana- dian agreement is required. Canadian engineers want to dam the Kootenay before it crosses the U.S. border. They want to pump and push the Kootenay's flood waters north un- til they reach the headwaters of the Columbia itself, at' Columbia Lake, and get them to flow com- pletely around the Big Bend, where they -tan be used over and over again. This is by far the cheap- est way of doing it.' Further, under the 50-50 power- sharing agreement recommended by the IJC, Canada wouldn't get a tittle of power out of the Libby pro- ject, coianpared with what she would get if the Kootenay. -waters were stored behind Canadian dams on the Columbia. Despite the logical and econom- ically reasonable approach of'the Canadian negotiators, there are still those in the U.S., particular- ly, the project -hungry' U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who build fed- ' eral dams in the U,S., who tr-i. to tell us "play the game- ear way or we will takethe ball home". The engineers can muster a sub- stantial lobby -in-favor of the Lib- by project. This becomes irppor- tant when you consider that any construction treaty on the Colum- bia 'River requires a two-thirds +majority of the U.S. Senate, Listen again to the siren song of that CP dispatch: "U.S. officials feel there would be a better chance of getting such approval if Cana- dian obstacles to Libby are elim- inated." - Obstacles? There is onlyaone oh; stacle that we know of, Gen. Mc- Naughton. He is also• the "certain Canadian opposition", referred to by the unnamed U.S. officials. Suffice it to say, Gen, McNaugh- ton will not be "eliminated" or "removed". Ile has the! complete confidence of the Conservative Government, and as long as he guides the . cabinet on Columbia River policy the cabinet will not bow to a selfish U.S. lobby. If the Columbia is to be develop- - ed, it must be developed on 'a .full partnership , basis. Self-seekers .and' -bureaucratic empire -builders as exemplified by the U.S. Corps of• Engineers have no role to play in it. Canadians can only hope that there are enough men of wisdom, in the 'U.S. Senate to assure that. this bonanza of hydroelectric pow- er is not lost for all time. If not, our only recourse will be to the American people themselves. The Americans can appreciate a good, hard bargain. That being so, they can appreci- ate Canada's stand on the Colum- bia River. And, in particular, they can assess the wasteful Libby pro- ject, and balance it against the riches of the "Columbia,. Capital Hill Capsules It cpuld be said ••that the- death 'of Quebec°Premier Paul Sauve is. the worst blow suffered by' the Federal Conservatives since they took office in - 1957. Sauve, in a few short° months, changed the en- tire political structure of his prov- ince, and destroyed the National Union machine that` placed him in office. Insiders' say his death has left the door wide open for the Quebec Liberal Party in this summer's Provincial election: And they_.say, Diefenbaker's 50 .Quebec Tories. willhave a tough time seeking .re- election without the support of the now -dying . UN machine. ' No one anticipates any real trou- ble ahead for the -companies seek- ing permits to export .Canadian na- tural gas to U.S. markets. The . Federal Government isn't opposed to principles, and, besides, it bad-. ly needs those Yankee dollars, And the capital that will be invested in new exploration. a IN THE YEARS AGONE Inteiesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron -Expositor January 11, 1935 George A. Sills, for 60 years a member of the Seaforth Fire Bri- gade and for 40 years treasurer, retired from,office at the annual meeting held on Tuesday evening. He will be succeeded by his son, Mr. Frank Sills. •• Seaforth's Intermediate, O.H.A. hockey -team, after defeating Wing - ham -two weeks ago, was to play its opening game on home ice against Goderich -last . Thursday. Blizzards and blocked roads neces- sitated the postponement of this., game to Tuesday of this week, when soft ice Jed to a further postponement, In Tuckersmith, William Archi- bald led the voting for reeve and was returned for his fourth term. He was opposed by John McGregor, Tuckersmith council this year will consist of Andrew B. Bell, S. N. Whitemore,•Charles McKay and. David Gemmell:. - - - • The "trustees of the village of Dashwood are sponsoring a peti- tion, which is being largely signed by Western Ontario residents who go to Grand Bend in,the summer,. asking that. Huron County Road No. 7, the town line between Hay and Stephen townships, be taken over as a provincial. highway, 4 From The Huron Expositor January 14, 1910. •, Considerable grain is being brought into Hensall market and meets with ready demand' and good prices, The Seaforth curlers covered themselves with glory and came home laden with prizes from the Sarnia bonspiel last week. The rink 'carried off first prize in, the trophy or first competition, defeat- ing a London rink in the finals by 22 shots to 12, The -.prize to each was a pair of red bone curling stones. We heartily congratulate thein on their success. The council have under consid- eration a' change in the systeni of lighting the streets. One theory is to do away with the present arc lights now in use, and in their place ihrstall large tungsten incan- descent lamps. This is the sys- tem in use in Listowel and the re- sults' are said to be most satisfac- tory. The newly organized Y.M.C.A, has rented rooms in Scott's block, over W. : Smith's grocery Store, and will be open to the public in a short time. Hogs are now selling at over eight cents a pound, and they are hard to get at that price. .Anniversary ;services in connec Hen with Cavan Church, Winthrop, were held on Sunday last. At Seaforth council meeting, the bannual grant of $300 to the fire rigade was made;. the salaryf l!b the -ef, Sohn Bell, of $50, was passed, and , hisappointment for 1910 was ratified at a salary of $75. A rebate of $1.00 each . was made to the 22 assessed members of... the brigade, From The Hutan•"Expbsitor January 16, 1:':5 About half -past three o'clock on Thursday morning the grist and flouring mill in Brucefield, the pro- perty of Mr. Adam Smith, was dis- covered to be on fire. When first noticed, the fire was sa far ad- vanced that nothing could be -done to save•either the building or con- tents: The loss to the proprietor will be very heavy. ' - A team of spirited horses broke loose in Mr. Schaffer's shed, kip. pen, and started westward, over- taking Mr. E. Robinson, whohad just been out with grain, jumped into his sleigh, the pole of the cut- ter striking him on the head and throwing him out in an insensible state. He was taken 'to the doctor and is now improving slowly. Now that we have telephone con- nections in Seaforth, we'want next the electric light and Main Street block paved. After a very exciting contest, Mr. George•Baile has been elected Mayor of Egmondville for the cur- rent year. A skating race has been ar- ranged to take place on the rink next Friday evening between Mr. J. W. Dawson and five of the best amateur skaters iia,. town. The distance will be'fi'e miles. There will also be a five -mile race for a silver cup on the same evening. The race will -be open to all. To the &jitbr Finds CTA Vote Not Surprising p g Kankleek Hill, Ont., January' 6, 1960. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: In view of the ineea- sant propaganda, backed by mil- lions of clbilars, to: ,bake popular the drinking of alcoholic beverag-• es, it is not surprising that the majority of 'the citizens of -Huron County voted against the Canada Temperance Act. Many arguments • were advanced in favor of repeal, but they 'boil down to the fact that.. under the Liquor Control Act it will be simpler and easier td buy beer, wine, whiskey and so forth. Sincerely, • J.. R. OLDEN. Visitor:, ."flow does the land He 'x out this way?' Farmer: "It's not the land that lies= -It's the real estate agents."