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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 1, 1960
Vacation Trailers Can Ease Tourist Trade Deficit
At a period when Canadians are
experiencing an over -rapid expan-
sion, accompanied by staggering
trade deficits, it may not be realized
that in Huron County there exists an
orgnization that is making a major
contribution towards •r holding the
trade imbalance in check. -
General Coach Works of Canada
Limited, through its popular; vaca-
tion trailer, is encouraging many
hundreds of Canadian families to see
Canada first.
Although Canada has but one-
tenth the population of the United
States, the balance of our tourist
trade is $200,000,000 against us. It
seems that Canadians in every walk
of life and from every province can
-liar ....wait-.ntil"' ,hey arrive across
the border on their holidays.
Yet these same people could have
just as interesting a holiday,, literally
at their doorsteps, if they only realiz-
ed it. And in the process they could
help the Canadian economy.
In purchasing General Coach trav-.
el trailers, holiday conscious Cana-
dians were attracted by the -careful
design and complete equipment of the
trailer and by the fact that with a
Hensall-built unit it was possible for
the whole family to have a holiday
for much less than. otherwise would
be the case.
Sales of travel trailers in Canada
last year totalled more than 2,000
units, of which about 60 per cent
were produced in Canada. This year
the industry expects the total to be
increased by a further 25 per cent. .
The big advantage from the stand-
point of Canada is that many owners
of vacation trailers spend , their holi-
day money in Canada, rather than in
the United States. Individually, the
amounts spent by each may be rela-
tively small, but when multiplied by
- the number of vacation trailers in
Canada, the effect on holding down
an unfavorable tourist trade balance
can be realized.
But perhaps a_still greater benefit
results, and that is the opportunity
which trailer travel_ provides Cana-
dians to see Canada. In the process
there inevitably must be a greater
appreciation of the amazing assets
which we, as Canadians, possess. We
can't help but become -better Cana-
dian citizens as a result of an increas
ed pride in our country, which a
broader knowledge - of it brings
about.
But if full advantage is to be tak-
en of this opportunity, two things
must be done. Canadians must step
up their, efforts to provide suitable
accommodation for travel trailers
and, secondly, an intensive selling job
must convince Canadians that travel
in Canada equals or is better than
any -existing in the States. At the
same time, our American frielids
must be encouraged in the belief that
Canada`' offers new delight in travel
trailer holiday adventure.
Reading Habits Improve
While Canada is often regarded as
a country of non-readers, there are
areas in which a growing number of
people are coming to realize ;the joys.
of reading.
If increased use of library facili-
ties is an indication, Seaforth is one
of those centres in which the reading
habits of its citizens are improving.
During the past three years circula-
tion here has increased by 102 per
tent:
Despite the interest there is in
books in Seaforth, recent surveys
have shown that we stand 14th
among the world's nations in the .
number of . bookstores per capita.
The Canadian Library Week Coun-
• cil reports the Seaforth experience
is .not unique, and that more people
are borrowing from libraries than
ever before. In many sections of
the country library circulation has
risen by as much as 50 per cent.
Canadian Library Week, April 3 to
9, points up the continuing impor-
tance of inibiliiation and under-
standing in a complex modern world.
We should remember that a better -
read, better -informed Canada is vit-
ally. necessary if we are to retain our
enviable position among the world's
great nations.
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By W. (Bill) B. T. SDfILEY
Man, we're a bldodthirsty lot, we
Canadians. Here I've been going
around for, years, thinking, we were.
a mild, gentle„ civilized people, the
milk of human kindness fairly
dribbling out the corners of our
mouths. -
* * *
We're not like that at all. We're
a real Old Testament, fang and
claw, eye for an eye, blood and
guts , gang. Behind those good,
gray exteriors lurks a red -eyed
avenger who would make Attila
the Hun look like a • divinity stu-
dent.
* * *
I didn't realize *hat a snarling
tiger lay within the bosoms of my
fellow Canadians until f mentioned
casually, in an editorial a•couple
of weeks ago, that I didn't believe
in capital punishment, and asked
for the opinions of readers. '
* * *
What a Pandora's box thatop-
ened! I received only one reason-
able response—that is, one opinion
that agreed with. mine. • The rest
of them howled for blood. They
ranged from curt suggestion's that
"rope, rifle or gas will do", to
interminable epistles that dragged
in everybody from Moses to my
small daughter.
(By HARPER)
MARCH
March brings memories of a
boyhood, less sophisticated than that
of the present day boys, in which
flying a kite was as thrilling a
pastime as swaggering around with
a big toy six-shooter strapped on
the hip or wearing a space -man's
helmet.
Then, with the advance of the
year, came a knowledge of the
Ideas of March and "Et to Brute!"
as Brutus pressed forward with
the others to sink his dagger in
Julius Caesar.
Just a Thought:
•
day's society — the chair and the
gas chamber.
Ordinary murderers must die,
but I think tae. condemned man
should, ,have a sporting chance to
pick the manner of his demise. In
this age of bingos, draws and raf-
fles, the least we could do is shake
the choices up in the warden's hat
and let the murderer pull one.
* * *
He'd have a chance at: the
headsman's axe; being torn to
pieces by four wild horses; the
guillotine; • a bullet through the
back of the head; being pushed in
front of a train or over a cliff;
being impaled.
* * *
Qf course, under a •wide-open.
capital punishment system, with
some life to it, we'd need more
candidates. These could ,be ac-
quired by returning to the more
virle fashions of former times.
For example, blasphemers would,
be stoned to death, though there'd
soon be a, shortage of stones. Here-
tics would be burned at the stake,
preferably at Hallowe'en. Rapists
Would be tossed into a pit of rat-
tlesnakes. Traitors would have
their entrails removed and burned
before. their eyes,
* * *
Now that we're getting into the
swing of things, I must admit I'm
'growing 'enthusiastic. While . we're
at it, we could tighten up our en-
tire code of punishment. No more
of these 10 -year -sentences for bank
robbers. Cut off their gun hands
at 'the wrist. It would be a real
shot in the arm for the artificial
limbs industry.
* * *
I was belaboured by Scripture,
torn from context. I •-was buried
under bales of newspaper clippings
about the latest murder cases.
Many assured me that all murder-
ers serving prison terms were just
busting to get out so they could go
and knock off somebody else.
Others tried to sell me on capital
punishment because it's cheaper
than feeding a murderer.
* * *
Now the fact is that I never
mentioned murder in the first
place. I just stated that I didn't
think society had the right to take
a human life in cold blood. As a
result, none 'of the arguments af-
fected my opinion at all, because
everybody went haring off after
murderers, deterrents, paroles, sex
fiends, insanity, liquor and the cost"
of jail meals.
* * *
Besides which, as my wife has
pointed out on innumerable occa-
sions, and again when we discuss-
ed the subject: "Nobody can tell
you anything. You think you're so
dam' smart and you're not! You're
just pig-headed,"
One of the most difficult things
for most of us to do is to acknowl-
edge that the other fellow usually
has what he considers good rea-
sons for most of his actions. We
could greatly improve our rela-
tions with others if we could re-
member that every individual has
his own personal set of ambitions,
likes and dislikes and made a
few allowances for the things oth-
ers might do which do not please
us.
But more disquieting than warn-
ing of the Ides of March is reflec-
tion upon the fact that the present
month was named for the god of
war. And as such, it reminds us
of the wars and rumors of war
throughout the world—from the
African shores of the Mediterran-
ean, from the Atlanticshores of
the same continent, from the is-
lands of the Caribbean, and from
South America and elsewhere.
So may we of Canada be blessed,
with leaders that will pause be-
fore' they sound the trumpet: And
surely now prayer should be- di-
rected to Him who can ground all
the airplanes and stay all the.
bombs and silence all the guns.
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* * *
Just to prove she's wrong, and
that I'm a reasonable fellow, a
true democrat when outnumbered
50 to 1, I'll reverse my stand. -Let's
have capital punishment, and lots
of it. But for pity's sake let's get
a little variety, a touch of color,
a strong vein of tradition, and a
dash of imagination into it.
t - * * *
Only a primitive people would
stick to such a crude, drab coup
de grace "as secret hanging. I
would also abolish those other
McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
CHAMPAGNE TASTES
OTTAWA—Jatines Coyne, Gover-
nor of the Bank of Canada, and
Trade Minister Gordon Churchill
have come into a head-on clash
over basic economic questions that
affect every Canadian.
Early in January the Governor
of the central bank broke a long
silence to begin warning Cana-
dians of his conviction they were
headed for serious trouble if they
continued to live beyond their
means on the grand scale they had
in the past.
Canadians were spending too
much too fast. They were trying
to build more roads, more fschools,
more factories, more homes, more
office buildings, to buy more con-
sumer goods and the luxuries of
life than they could pay for out of
their earnings.
Like any family that followed
the same course, they were going
heavily into debt to lenders from
abroad. They were incurring heavy
interest and dividend payments
that were being paid off only with
more -loans and in the process they
were placing more and more of
their assets in foreign hands.
"The longer the process of at-
tempted over -expansion . goes
on, the more maladjustment will
be built 'into the economy and the
more difficult and painful will be
the readjustments which will in
time be forced upon us," Mr.
Coyne warned in his annual report
for last year, published in mid-
March.
"We must in the end learn as
a nation to live within our means,
and exhibit the strength and will
to do so. It would, in my view,
be the path of realism .to move
firmly in that direction on a broad
front without delay."
Canadians, he said, must spend
less' and save more out of their
own pockets to pay for capital in-
vestments if they want -'to halt the
trend that over the . past seven
years has resulted .in a,total deficit
with the rest of the world of near-
ly $7 billion.
• Within a week after the report
was made public, the Minister of
Trade and• Commerce rose in the'
House of Commons to reject to-
tally M'r. Coyne's premise and his
solations.
Canada's trade was in "a "heal-
thy position," he asserted,' and get-
ting healthier. It was true that
Canada had a deficit trade bal-
ance that hit an all-time record
of $1.4 billion, but things were now
looking up as a result of climbing
exports.
In relation to Canada's growing
size and the volume of its annual
production, both the growing for-
eign debt and the growing trade
deficit were less than they had
been 10 or 20 years ago, • Mr.
Churchill said. "There is little in
this picture to substantiate the
claim that Canadians have been
living beyond their means."
Should Canadians increase their
own savings? ,,This course had to
be rejected, he suggested, because
it would require a "high degree of
voluntary restraint," a change in
saving incentives or "enforced
austerity." '
• * *
People taking trout and deer out
of season would be transported,
with their families, to Canada's
Arctic wastes. We'd soon have
some thriving settlements in the.
tundra. People trying to beat the
income tax.would net be fined, but
given hard labor on bread and
water.
* * *
Shrewish women would have a
half-inch snipped off the end of
their tongues. Wife beaters would
get a going-over from a pro-
fessional pugilist. Business men
caught .padding 'their expense ac-
counts would get the lash. Known
alcoholics would be put on a duck-
ing -stool and held under water for
three, minutes every time th
got into the stuff.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
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Where is the Villages of Bridges?
This is a name sb1netimes given
to the village of Paisley, Ont.,
which has six bridges within its
boundaries and three others close
by. The village, in Bruce County,
15 miles northwest of Walkerton, is
situated at the confluence of four
streams;' the Teeswater and Lock-
erby Rivers and Willow Creek join
the Saugeen River here. Paisley
was named for the city in Renfrew-
shire, Scotland, famed for its
shawl production.
Should capital spending and for-
eign borrowing be restricted? That '
would mean an unpleasant deci-
sion about whether Canadians
should be denied "comfortable,
homes," more schools, more high-.
ways or additional streets.
If the Government persists in
ignoring the warning issued by the
Governor of the Bank of Made
time will prove which was right..
Meanwhile there is no certain an-
swer.
It is interesting to note, how-
ever, that Mr. Coyne has been
given a wide measure of support
in what he has had to say from
many sources, including Finance
Minister Fleming, Liberal Leader
Pearson, CCF House Leader Haz-
en Argue, former Deputy Trade
Minister Mitchell Sharp, Royal
Bank Chairman James Muir and
Walter Gordon, Chairman of 'the
Royal Commission on Canada's
Economic Prospects.
Mr. Fleming has at least recog-
nized the problem set forth by Mr.
Coyne and has warned that the
economy is endangeted by efforts
to accomplish ton much too fast,
In particular he has suggested that
means must be found to increase
Canadian savings.
In his insistence that all is well
with 'the Canadian economy, Mr,
Churchill stands in splendid isola-
tion. Time may lirove him right,
If he is wrong the Canadian peo-
ple may be forced one day to pay
a heavy price.
In the meantime, the budget
may give some, indication as to
whether the Diefenbaker Govern-
ment share the Coyne -Fleming
view or the Churchill view... It is
likely that a waiting approach will
be adopted. , The Government will
probably avoid special restrictive
measures, and instead make use
of the Coyne reasoning to reject
demands for increased expenditure,
especially from the Province.
$ $
Where is Rogers Pass? -
It is the route through the Sel-
kirk Mountains of 13ritish Columbia
that was adopted by the C.P.R. for
its main line. • Snowslides and the
difficulty of maintaining the road
in the winter led to the building
of the five -mile Connaught Tun-
nel. The pass lies between the
Hermit and Sir Donald ranges of
the Selkirks, north of Glacier sta-
tion in Glacier Park. It was:nam-
ed after Major A. B. Rogers who
explored it in 1881. In 1956 it was
decided to adopt the "Rogers Pass
route' for the Trans -Canada High-
way.
$ $'
What is Permafrost?
Permafrost is a familiar con-
-traction of the phrase "permanent
frost" and is widely used to de-
scribe the condition of. the soil in
most parts of the Canadian Arc-
tic. While a surface layer of a
few feet may thaw out during Sum-
mer in a permafrost area,' the•soil
below may remain frozen to a
depth of a thousand feet or more.
The area of continuous permafrost
in Canada . includes the tip of
Ungava and the land -north of a
line extending from the western
shore of H(idson Bay in -Ontario to
the southern part of the Yukon.
Farther south there are patches of
permafrost in certain types of soil.
The line that marks the limits of
permafrost is believed to be re-
ceding to the north a few hundred
yards each year.
$$
Maibe that's what's wrong with
society to -day — our penal code
has become soft and sloppy, like
everytthing else. People tell me
capital minishment is a deterrent
to would-be murderers. Perhaps
juvenile delinquents would be de,
terred from beating people up if
they knew the 'punishment was to
have one 'foot lopped off.
* *
Let's give it a try, anyway.
We could start by-- branding
"THIEF" on the foreheads of
pedestrian 'death penalties of to- children caught stealing apples.
SEEN IN THE 'COUNTY P-APERS
Loses Finger,
-
John Deeves, 47, Clinton,.lost a
finger when he caught his hand in
a V -belt pulley at W. G. Thompson
and Sons, Ltd., grain elevators,
Hensall, where he is employed. He
suffered deep abrasions to the rest
of. his hand, but is reported resting
comfortably in South Huron Hospi-
tal at Exeter.—Clinton News -Re-
cord. •
Customs Holds Rooster
Visitors to the Post Office Wed-
nesday afternoon were rather sur-
prised to hear the almost constant
crowing of a rooster inside the
building. However, it was all quite.
legal. The rooster was just pass-
ing time in the customs bond of-
fice on the west side of the Post
Office after having arrived from
the United States. It was• picked
up Later by its new owner, J. B.
Mills, of . Goderic"h, a breeder of
prize fowl.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Mumps, Chicken Pox, Fracture
For the Gordon Maize family it
has been one thing after another
all winter. Before Christmas their
four children, then the parents,'de-
Velopcd' the mumps.. in c yirsecutive
attacks. Next, the Children Carrie
down With the chicken pox, Which
they' <still; Ilave. Finally, „Clacton;
slipped on some steps at their
home , last" Friday evening and
bloke a bone in his leg above the
ankle. He is laid up at present,
but expects to have a walking cast
put on in a few days. The Maize
children are Bonnie 7, Brenda 6,
Beverley 3, and Betty 1.—Lucknow
Sentinel.
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Capital Hill Capsules
Even though the U.S. has refus-
ed to take any more Canadian
uranium than it has already con-
tracted for up until 1962,, this coun-
try will continue to provide it with
a more refined material for the
manufacture of nuclear explosives
—plutonium.
For many years the crown -own-
ed 'Atomic . Energy of Canada Ltd,
has quietly been selling to the U.S..
substantial quantities of plutonium
produced as a by-product of the
uranium fuel which fires its reac-
tor at Chalk River. Negotiations.
are now underway on the price to
be charged for further supplies ex-
ported south of the border after
the present contract runs out -in
June of 1962.
* * *
The budget coming down March
31 is not likely to contain any im-
portant tax changes for Canadians.
Biggest question mark is the pos-
sibility of Finance Minister Flem-
ing balancing his books for the -
first time in four years after run-
ning up a deficit.of over $1 billion.
According to the non-partisan Can-
adian Tax Foundation, he has "a
fighting chance".
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of;25, 50
• and 75' years agos-.•
Jailed For Theft
An all -clay session in 'Goderich
court Tuesday ended id a six -weeks
jail sentence for Louis R. Lampkin,
27, of Simcoe, for possessing goods
stolen . from Centralia RCAF Sta-
tion. Several boxes of tubes and
other electronic equipment were
brought into court, and at the end
of the' trial ordered restored to
the RCAF. Lampkin, who up to
January 8 was a "radia technician
at Centralia, was charged with pos-
session between February 1 and
March 4 of numerous articles,
knowing them to be obtained by
theft. They were discovered March
1 in a house on concessiOn 2, Hay
township, neat len§all, rented by
Lampkin from Kenneth Elder, but
at the time not occupied by hitt.
The articles" were Belted March*4
by RCAF add . provincid police,
Lampkin was arrested at• Sirncbe.
m -Exeter Times-AdVdcate.
From - The Huron Expositor
March 29, 1935
-Norman Lever, Jr., has been ap-
pointed county traffic officer pend-
ing the recovery of his father, who
was injured early last summer.
Bank loans during 1934 were
practically cut in two. At Dec. 31,
1934, the loans were only $58,000,-
000 as compared to $105,000,000 at
the same date in 1933.
We regret this week to have to
chronicle the death of another of
Hensall's pioneers, in the person
of Mrs. James F. Spark.
Mr, Robert Strong, who met with
a serious motor accident two
weeks ago, has been taken to a
London hospital.
Mrs. Turnbull, widow of James
Turnbull, formerly `principal of the
Collegiate Institute, .died in Toron-
th last week atIthe age of 97.
Mary Bell and Ted Taman, of
Seaforth, were winners at the local
badminton tournament.
The arrears of taxes in the hands
of the treasurer.for collection have
b"een materially reduced during the
year. •
Frank McConnell, of Dublin, was
named to the_ executive of the
Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Ontario, representa-
tive of 68 companies in the prov-
ince, at its annual convention in
Toronto.
ing the season by 'shearing his
flock- of sheep.--
Mrs.
heepg--
Mrs. Southgate and Miss South-
gate returned on Saturday last
from a trip to New York and Phil-
adelphia, where Miss Southgate un-
derwent treatment for rheumatism.
The fine. weather has taken the
snow away rapidly and wheel rigs
have been, pretty much in use for
the past week.
Forbes Bros. are rushing along
the work of the new fire alarm
system in Seaforth. a
Mr. John Cowan, of Egmondville,
has purchased 35 acres of, land
near Bayfield, and purposes going
there to live.
Who Was Touchstone?
This was a pen -name used ex-
tensively by Hector W. Charles-
worth, longtime editor of Toronto's,
Saturday Night and first chair-
man of the Canadian Radio -Broad-
casting Commission, predecessor
of the CBC. Charlesworth was
born in Hamilton in 1872 and in
1891 became a newspaper and
magazine writer, serving as a re-
porter, drama and music critic and
editor. From 1904 to 1910 he was
city editor of the old Toronto Mail
and Empire. • He then became as-
sociate editor of Saturday Night
and remained with it in that ca-
pacity and as editor-in-chief until
his four-year appointment to the
radio commission in 1932. He
wrote verse and a number of
books, including Candid Chronicles
(1925), More Candid Chronicles
(1929), and I'm Telling You (1937).
Charlesworth died in 'i'orantd in
1945.
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From .The Huron Expositor
April 3, 1885
' Messrs. Kyle and Mustard, of the
Egmondville Mills; gristed during
the month of March 9,120 bushels
of wheat.
In 1884 the town accounts total
receipts for the year, including a
balance of $1,117, amounted to
$18,571.
The association of salt manufac-
turers, which has existed for over
three years, has been dissolved,
and each manufacturer is pushing
sales on his own hook.
Mr. George Stanley, Of Kinburn,
fell across a ladder while attempt-
ing to go up in the hay loft when
the latter broke.
A lad named John Crawford was
fined $7,00' for disturbing the Sal-
vation Army in Brussels last Sun-
day evening.
Mr. Daniel Bell, of the township
of Morris, showed us a thorn which
had been imbedded in his foot for,
about 40 years.
The first anniversary jubilee of
the Seaforth Salvation Army Was
celebrated here on Sunday ,and
Monday evening last. '
The village of Hensall onee more
boasts of a barber shop and the
chaps now found with long shab-
by hair and unshaven chins should
1)e voted down.
From The Huron Expositor
- March 25, 1910
M. D. McTaggart and Dr. Shaw,
of Clinton, are. on a three weeks'
cruise to the West Indies Islands.
The Canadian ];'lax Mills Limited
are .prepared to lease an unlimited
amount of good arable land, free
from noxious weeds,: for the pur-
pose of raising flax, near Lead -
bury, and in Tuckersmith.
Mr. John J. MeGavin, the well-
known horseman, Mcliillop, deliv-
ered in Seaforth a fine 10 months
old Colt which hp sold for $200 to
Thomas Getty, of Saskatchewan.
Mr. John Gardner has been rush -
"Oh; what a funny looking cow,"
the sweet young thing from New
York told the farmer. "But „why
hasn't it any horns?"
"There are many reasons," the
farmer replied, "why a cow -does
not have horns. Some are born
without, horns, others are dehorn-
ed. Seitne breeds are not suppos-
ed to have horns. The rea`sifr this,
cow dotes not hove hot+ns is that
it is not a, cow !at'all, hitt a Mtge,
TIM HANDY FAMILY
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THE WAV THEY'RE
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