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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-04-08, Page 2• Since 1866 Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursdpy morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.60 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Pbst Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 8, 1960 Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Easter Seals Provide Opportunity To Help Spring suggests a new season of warmth and sunshine and growth. • This idea which is so central to Spring, is central also to the Easter Seals campaign. For the children, and the grown-ups, who have been struck by some disease such as polio, that impairs the use of their limbs, nothing is more essential than an at- titude of confidence and hope that the future will bring progress and recovery. It must be hoped that this concept of a new beginning which gives meaning to Spring, and on which those who are crippled base their fu- tures, will also visit the hearts of the people of Seaforth and district. It must be hoped that all will give gen- erously to this excellent campaign, -° and also thattheywill use the attrac- tive Easter Seals on their mail as a mark of their interest and concern. There remain but ten days in which to meet the local quota of $1500; The 1,274 people who have not responded to the appeal are re- minded that the time is short. • Homes throughout the Seaforth area have each received an envelope of Easter Seals. The Seals stand for one of the most worthwhile causes there is—that of assisting in the bat- tle to aid crippled children. The Easter Seal campaign hopes to obtain $1500 from the people of the Seaforth district. This is the minimum required to permit the splendid work to be continued. In the days that have elapsed since the Easter Seals were distributed, ,:$223 in donations have been received, totalling $626. During the same per- iod three persons took the trouble to return the Easter Seals without in- cluding a donation. Since the cam- paign committee was, required to pay return postage on these three en velopes, a net loss I -6 -the campaign 'results. There is a special. significance at- tached to the. Easter Seal campaign coinciding as it does with the arrival of Spring. Easter Seals provide the promise of a new beginning for some crippled child, just as- the advent of Federal OovQrnrent Sets Ba Finance Minister Donald Fleming, inhis budget. address, urged Cana- dians to saire their money. "Practise increased efficiency, productivity 'and" thrift," was the way he expressed it. The exhortation ' was one of several similar utterances the finance mini- ster has, contributed ` during recent months. , The difficulty that presents itself in accepting Mr. Fleming's advice is, of course, the example which he and his colleagues in .the :Diefenbaker government are setting. The budget which he introduced last week provides -for taxes of $5,892 million to be raised during the next twelve months. 'When it is realized that this is an increase of $591 mil- lion over the taxes collected in the preceding year, it can be appreciat- ed how futile are the efforts which the government is, putting forth to operate the affairs of the country in an efficient and economical manner. -Were -these additional taxes going - into programs of a permanent nature —programs that would .pay their own way and, prove an investment for future generations, there ,Would be little complaint. But what is hap- pening? In 'depart'ment after department, personal staffs of public relations of- ficers, secretaries, executive assist- -• ants, and' so oh, have been built up until today the number is almost double what it was in 1957. More millions go into costs of ser- vicing the national debt which, in just, over two years, has grown by more than one billion dollars. As a result Great Fleas a "Great••fleas have Little fleas Upon their backs to bite '.em; And little fleas have lesser "fleas, And Attie ad infinitum." No better evidence of this profound truth is to be found than in a report of the federal Department of Agri- culture on its Entomology Research Institute for Biological Control at t, Belleville. The institute has a world- wide reputation:. During the past two years, says the department, 5,000 species of pre- dacious mites have been sent to Belle- ville from many parts of the woad for identification. As a result, 80 species new to science have been found, adding to the nearly 30,000 species of mites of all types .already in the catalogue. ` There is a most practical reason for the .interest in mites, which are tiny and usually microscopic crea- tures related to spiders. Many kinds of ited daiinage farm crops and' Suit trees, especially those sprayed With tIDT, T'er the insecticide de- r ? , s the 6rietriies of mites. This is were the Predacious mite' conies in, He preys 'o ( the other 1010 , d Example in Expenditures of all` time record deficits, ,.borrow- „ ings by the Diefenbaker government have forced interest rates to new highs, and this is reflected in increas- ed costs to the Canadian taxpayer. , So it goes. " Canadian Broadcasting Corporation expenses are up $2 mil- lion; unemployment insurance up by $13 million; the post office up by $6 million. Proportional increases are evident on behalf of the National Film Board, the Canadian Maritime Commission, and the recently creat- ed Board of Broadcast Governors. All this is but a reflection of the lack of planning which has charas_ terized the day-to-day administra- tion under' the Conservatives. Government by •expediency may be helpful from the standpoint of votes, but it plays havoc with the country's finances. It is unfortunate othat Mr. Fleming and his colleagues have not been -as- careful in managing the country's affairs, asAhe suggests the Canadian people should be in managing theirs, .' Every Man For Himself It has taken unconscionably •„long for the government to get around to saying to the Canadian people;:- "In event of .a nuclear attack we really have no idea what to advise. You will just have to decide for your- ' selves." This, as nearly as we can inter- pret from this distance, appears to be Canada's new civil .defence policy as outlined to provincial government representatives in Ottawa.—Hamil- ton Spectator,. nd Little Fleas mites, the ones that play havoc with the horticulturist's fruit trees. How effective he is as a control agent is not yet certain. Scientists are trying to find out, and in this project the Belleville institute is playing a large role. Tentatively! it would seem that the predacious mite is a'useful citizen to have around.—Ottawa Citizen. Bubblegum Spreads One of the most intriguing bits of recent news is that a bubble -gum factory has been established in Coun- ty Kildare, Eirie, of all places. The implications are almost beyond im- agination! m-agination1 The Irish are a loquacious people. They love to chat, and they have been' known to debate, argue and even quarrel. What if, in the mass, they became bubblegum addicts? The idea of a bunch of Irishmen, all talking, at once and all chewing bubblegun°i---and blowing it—at the smile time makes the mind boggle. Sure, and it would be worth a trip to _1010 I Ildare to see 10—Windsor Star. fv:ea, fileehre s "-Your's housebroken?" SUGAR AND SPICE-- it PICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY Took part In a debate- on -Cana- dian education last week, and got me thinking about te who business. I'm afraid we Fparen don't give enough 'thought to th education bur children are reeei ing, and how it fits them to ente society' and look the world ' in th eye, * *• * it le is e v - r e As long as our kids come home with reasonable marks and their own rubber boots,' we are happy . to leave education alone. Adults im- agine they have enough troubles with the economic system, the political system and the heating system, without taking on some- thing as complex as , the educa- tional system. * * * And it is complex. Start a dis- cussion about it and you'll find out. A lady who is known as a superb cook and homemaker, for example, will tell you flatly that teaching domestic science is an utter waste df time, that girls should learn it at home. She has forgottenthat when she was mar- ried, her piece de resistance was mushroom soup on toast, and it took her all morning to do the breakfast dishes and make one bed. �. * * I think domestic science is a good thing. But I'd make some changes in the course. One thing girls should be taught is to get the top off a jar of pickles without going all feminine. They give a couple of intellectual twists at the dills, then hand the jar to big, strong husband. This is good for his -'ego, bad for his blood pres- sure, as he will invariably lose his temper, sprain his wrist, and wind up pounding the thing on the edge of the cupboard, cursing like a Cossack. * *. * • Domestic science, to my mind, should be' a course which would not only teach girls how to make an apron or . a white sauce; but how to make a happy marriage,• They should be taught: tolerance, forbearance,, patience,' silence, thrift and humility; how to run a power mower and a stoker; that money does not grow on trees, either deciduous or coniferous. Why should their husbands have tp spend the first ten years of the marriage pounding these things into them,, when they could learn it all in school? *. * Manual training, or shopwork, is another controversial subject inl our schools. In my opinion, it should be taught only to those boys whose fathers have a work- shop in the basement, My Dad used to turn out lovely birdhouses and things for me, while I stood by and egged him on with admira- tion of his skill. But my son has a father, Who'can't nail two boards together without making a hand sandwich of it. The kid gets a D in shopwork every term, and the house is filling up with half -finish- ed wall brackets and half -laced key cases, ' * * * Something I would definitely chuck right out of the system is religious instruction. It destroys the respect of children for their parents. I'm as religious as the next fellow. But It's a blow to par- ental pride to have the kids quiz you and find you can't get through the Lord's Prayer and know only about four of the Ten Command- ments. *• * * My prejudice against this course was confirmed last year, when my daughter, aged- 7 asked me how many books of the Bible I could name. So belp,me, all I could re- meniber *ere Matthew, Mark, Luke and .'Sohn. There was an in- solent silence while 1. groped. I suggested Jonah. Her lip curled and I had to sit, shamefaced, while she reeled them off, ,from Genesis to Revelations, in a triumphant singsong. *** One thing I would like to see added to the curriculum in our public schools is a course in ethics and mariners. We could call it So - Bial Behaviour or something fancy like that, It would start by teach- ing youngsters that practically ev- erything they learn at home; is wrong. At the same time, they would be £aught to treat their pari ants with respect instead of de- rision. This, as you an see, would be -a difficult- eourse, and would - require specialists to teach it. .• * *•* For example, at home kids, -get the idea that (a) the world owes them a living, and that (b) the old man will supply it until the world starts to kick through. At school they would be' taught that it . is a privilege just to be alive, and that they owe the world their best ef- forts and the old man something better than a room in a nursing, home when he can't produce any more: - * * * In this course, children would learn the rudiments of kindness, generosity, trust and sympathy. To some extent this "would offset the themes like, "Never give a sucker an even break,' and "Nice guys finish last," and "Don't trust no- body," and "Always look out for No. 1," which are instilled in them by well-meaning* parents. Girls would be taught that it takes more than a bust and a be- hind to make a well-rounded wo- man. Boys would learn that good manners are more important in a man than good looks. Girls would be told that their primary role in life is not improving the charac- ters of mea, but having healthy children aiid a good marriage: Boys would get a grounding in the fundamentals of their lifelong career—trying to handle women and children without resort to violence, * * * Aside from these few points, I can't find 'much wrong with our educational _system. Except that the arithmetic, science and gram- mar are too difficult. I can't even do it myself, I've discovered when helping with homework, so how can the teacher's expect the poor kids to do it? (By REV, ROBERT H. HARPER) PALM SUNDAY The day of the Triumphant En- try of Palm Sunday was a day of great contrasts. There was the great contrast between those who came with Jesus from Bethlehem, stewing branches of frees before Him and, identifying a occasion as fulfillment of an ancient pro- phecy, crying, "Hosanna!, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord," and those in the city who were moved by the coming of Jesus, and said, "Who is this?" Just a Thought: "I will forgive you, but I won't forget it." Is this true forgiveness? It cannot be. It is just atiother way of saying, "I will fell you that you are forgiven, but I do not mean it." Forgiveness must come from the heart. There were sharp contrasts be- tween the treatment the Lord re- ceived from those who strewed branches before Him as He enter- ed the city of His fathers and -the treatment•Ile had in the clays that followed, when He was led before Pilate's judgment seat, and when He was beaten with many stripes crowned with thorns, and crucified between two thieves. They who rejected Him may re- mind us of fair-weather Christians who may worship Him on a bright Sunday, but fail Him in the stormy days that follow, and to those Who profess their loyalty to Him when all runs smooth and even, but fail 'Him in the hour that tries men's souls. If you would follow Jesus, you must follow' Him every day and hour until you reach the pearly gate. "Did you hear about Jim? Ife went blind drinking ocffee?" ' "Really? How did it happen?" "Ile left the spoon in the cup," 0111•6•11•100.,,... Book Cashier: "But with'Wlitlir5 do yop want'to open a joint ac - Count?" PAPA.: "Oh, I'm not fogey. Just anyone with a lot of money." (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Is Acclamation a_ Canadian Word? Certainly the word itself is not of Canadian origin. But its use in the phrase "elected by acclama- tion," meaning elected without a vote because there is no opposing candidate, would seem to be pe- culiar to Canada. At any rate, this meaning of acclamation is not given in any authoritative English or American dictionary. What is§Actinolite? Actinolite is a mineral, a sili- cate of calcium, magnesium and iron. The fibrous variety is often mistaken for true asbestos. De- posits of this mineral have been noted in Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and the Yukon, but the only deposits ever worked in Can- ada were- those near the village of Actinolite in Hastings County, On- tario. They were mined intermit- tently from 1883 to 1927. The min- eral was ground, mixed with coal tar and used for roofing purposes. §§ When Was Canada's First Census? Almost three hundred years ago —in 1666. In that year the great Intendant Talon directed the tak- ing of a census that probably ante= dates any other national census' in the world in the modern sense of the term. Talon himself acted as one of the enumerators. The 1666 census ascertained the number of inhabitants in New France, their sex, age, marital condition and oc- •eupations. The count -was 3215 per, sort's..—A,,complete census of the Ddminion is taken every 10 years —the next one will be in 1961—and a partial one is taken midway be- tween the regular decennial ones. § § What Was tie West's First Newspaper? The Nor'Wester, the first news- paper in the Canadian Northwest, was established in Winnipeg in 1859 -by William Coldwell arld Wil- liam Buckingham. It was publish- ed fortnightly and reflected the views of the small but -vociferous Canadian party in the settlement. It attacked the charter of the Hud- son's Bay Company, - aroused. doubts of the validity of the land titles of the old settlers and preached immediate annexation by Canada. The fedrs thus aroused provided the foundation for the Rebellion of 1869-70. Both Coldwell and Buckingham were„born'in Eng - and, the former coming to Can- ada in 1854 and joining the staff of the Toronto Globe. In 1859 they conveyed a press, type, ink and paper to the Red River by oxcart to set up their new paper. Buck- ingham later returned to Upper Canada and became owner of the Norfolk Reformer, then of the Stratford Beacon, before serving as private secretary to Prime• Minister Alexander Mackenzie from 1873 to 1878. A MUFF' OTTAWA REPORT AGAIN THE' CROSSROADS since the United States took an- , other step forward by choppin OTTAWA -- Back • in September 1958, Prime Miriister John Diefen baker turned his back on the CF 105, Canada's fastest and most ex pensive piece of military hard ware, and pointed the nation's de fence policy into the missile age. Into the discard went $400,000, 000 worth of research and develop ment, and out instead went an or der for $125,000,000 worth of shiny new Bomarc missiles, semi-auto- matic ground environment direc- tional equipment, and new gap - filling i'aders to plug holes in our continental air defence network. The switch brought cries of an- guish from the Canadian aircraft industry, and immediate unem- ployment in a vital sector • of the economy. It was a decision, however, that had to be made sooner or later, and Canadians looked hopefully for a sane and sensible mid -twentieth century defence policy at Last, Despite " the immense saving which resulted .from the scrapping of the Arrow, however„ defence costs have remained high the highest of any branch of govern- ment„reating up 25 cents of every dollar that flows into the treasury at the rate of . $100,000,000 a week. And where are we today? We have—or at this stage, plan to have—an anti; aircraft mjasile that has yet to pass a single test. We have nine squadrons of eight- year-old sub -sonic jet fighters to guard the home front, and an air division in Europe that has new strike -reconnaissance aircraft on order. The army, • 50,000 -strong, has been swung over largely to civil defence -,:,duties, since the day of the foot -slogger seems to be over. The navy is pursuing the specializ- ed art oLsttbznarine-hunting; in col- laboration with the air force. Capi- tal ships and submarines remain beyond our financial reach. And. today, 18 months after ..the fateful decision to cut back on the Arrow, (it was finally killed in February, 1959) and the advent of the Bomarc, defence is again at the crossroads. - back. its own Bomarc program,. and spending the money instead on: - ICBMs and Minute -man satellites: in space. What our American. - friends have done, in effect, is to) step out of the orthodox defence, - field and concentrate instead on - building the massive deterrent. In:• - stead of protecting herself from: Russia, the U,& will threaten im- mediate retaliation for any hostile. move. The plain fact is that we just can't afford to defend ourselves in the style to which we would like to be accustomed. A few miles to the south, we have a giant neighbor who is ready and willing to take, over the job. But the. price of this aid and sup-, port is the Ioss of .our national identity on the battlefield, and to some extent our sovereignty over our own real estate: Canadian governments, both Lib- eral and Conservative, have been treading this tight -rope ever since t the Second World War. The advent of the atomic bomb pointed the way, and the' simultaneous arrival s of the intercontinental ballistic a missile and Russia's Sputnik faced n us squarely with the dilemma, The Diefenbaker .government's answer has been to pr"ovide the amount o of defence ,it feels we can 'afford. At best,"Mit'leaves us half -safe in- a today's world of threatened instan- taneous destruction.• t Parliament has been wrestling i with the biggest .of all problems t But can Canada afford eb play in this league? The Government, says definitely not, and can mar -- shall impressive facts on Alined - can ineri-can defence spending to prove it. The costs, to a nation of seventeen million, are simply prohibitive. And this is where our political leaders split. The Conservatives, under Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Defence Minister George Pearkes, say we cannot abandon the Bomarc be- cause it would leave our skies rak- ed to attack from the air. The Liberals,. under Lester Pear- son,. say the Bomarc is useless and should be abandoned, as the U.S, is doing. They say, in effect, that. Bomarc or no Bomarc, our skies are still naked to an air attack. They offer no alternative to the Bomarc as such, but have asked' that defence policy be examined across the board by a Parliamen tary committee. This has so far ' been rejected by the Diefenbaker- Government. While the Government, through External Affairs Minister Howard Greene, will bend every effort to make world disarmament a re- ality, disarmament is not likely to come quickly enough to enable the Government to avoid some funddian.amentaldefence rethinkinglicy of Cana - What What Parliament and the Gov, ernment should be doing is. to. spend less time on the Bomarc, and• more time on a re-examina- tion of Western defence strategy,•_. and what the proper Canadian role in such strategy should be. If Canadian dependence on the Unit- ed States is not to continue to in- crease, the • possibility of having North America . defence covered by NATO must be explored. If this. were to be done, NATO would need"•' strengthening from its present. weak position, and this is anarea in which Canadian initiative in past years has • played a useful. role. It is also probable that' only a strengthened NATO would have any hope of effectively reconsid- ering current Pentagon -dominated defence strategy which is geared o a massive nuclear deterrent to make up for Western weaknesses in conventional arms. As things tend, a threat by conventional rms can "only be countered by uclear' weapons. The West could thus be committed to use nuclear ,• weapons first. We may, face an all r nothing decision on the use of armed forces, rather than being hie to tailor the size of the force to the size of- the threat. Unfor- unately these more fundamental ssues are not being dealt with in he Bormae debates. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting Items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor - April 5, 1935 Alvin Dodds, of McKin171p,, and a graduate of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute, has been appointed prin- cipal -..of, the Exeter public school. A visitor at the Seaforth spring show lost 'approximately $115.00 ,while the show was on. Mrs. Upthegrove, of Fort Erie, has moved to Seaforth and will make her home with her father, Mr. S. Gottschalk. Rev. Jonathan Goforth, D.D., veteran missionary, addressed. -a large congregation in First Pres- byterian Church here. Hon. Ian McKenzie, M.P.,' will speak in Cardno's Hall Friday, The 51st anniversary 'of the or- ganization of the local Army Corps was held on Sunday, and since founded in 1874, forty-six officers have.been sent out. At Tuckersmith council meeting, John A. McGregor was awarded the contract for operating the stone crusher at 20c per hour. Maple syrup making is still the order of the day since seeding operations came to a standstill by the sudden change in the weather. Mf. Alex Mitchell, of Manley, is busy making his rounds cutting wood before he starts his ,cuStom sawing of the large stock of logs. Mrs. F. H. Larkin, formerly of Seaforth, fell down some Steps and met with a serious accident when she opened the wrong door in the house in the dark. A very good crowd of both on- lookers and exhibitors were re, ported at the Seaforth Spring Fair on Tuesday. The fair commenced with a parade of animals up Main Street, led by the $eafuith High- landers Band, § § From The Huron Expositor April 1, 1910 With the approach of Spring, the Hensall onion growers are al- ready sowing the seed and a large quantity Will again be put in this year. The weather for the past week has been delightful, and as a con- sequence a number of farmers in the Kippen vicinity are busy seed- inSeaforth merchants are taking in large quantities of eggs, which shows that the hens have got down: to work again for the season. James. Cumming, of Egmond- ville,- has sold his 50 -acre farm to Mr. George Strong: Tuesday next is the Seaforth Spring Show and with the roads, red streets- in good eundludn, there should be a large display of horses. Saiiiebne attempted to' force thel3' way into. the CoMi ietel Hotel through drie of the bedrooms. Mr. McLennan, who met the in- truder, threw him out on an ash heap in the backyard. On the third full `moon of 1910 the tribesmen of the Orient met in the Mocha Sanctorum at the oasis of Seaforth, Mr.,vJ, T. Curtis, principal of Seaforth public school,, has been elected a member of the execu- tive of the Ontario Teachers'•'sUli- ance. Archie Aitcheson, second son of David' J Aitcheson, • of McKillop, won the gold medal in the cattle judging contest at the agricultural school at Olds, Alberta. '',-- Readers• will be pleased to learn that all dangers of a 'tariff war between Canada and the United States is over. Mr. M. Y. McLean has been sub- jected'. to considerable criticism be- cause of his declaration in the House of Commons that Canada is under no special obligation to Great Britain.• - § § From The Huron Expositor April 3, 1885 The residence of Mrs. Crich, in - Clinton, narrowly escaped destruc- tion by fire on Tuesday morning. Some young people, driving home, saw .the flames. The fire was at once -ut out. On Friday a collision occurred. on the London, Huron and Bruce Railway, this side of Londesboro. Two locobiotives were slightly damaged and three or four cars were some what broken. Both trains were going very slow. Messrs, Kyle and Mustard, of the Egmondvilie Mills, gristed 9,120 bushels of -wheat -luring March. This is a showing which cannot easily be beaten-. An effort is to be made' to get a telephone line in Brussels. Mrs. Charles Carter, +l(,h conces- sion, Tuckersmith, sold her farm to her neighbor, Mr. James Mc- Queen, ' for $2,800. . Mr, William Ross, of concession 4, Tuckersmith, had a cow which dropped a calf recently weighing 416 pounds at birth. This is -aa enormous weight, and if the calf • follows up the start it has get .it will be the size of an elephant be- fore it is four years old. • • Mr. William Chapman, Tucker - smith, has two cows which pre- sented him with twin calves this season. Theyare all doing well. On the evening of the 22nd of March, Rev. •T. G. Thomson, for the past eight years pastor of Un•. ion Presbyterian Church, Bruce - field, preached' his farewell ser- mon. Messrs. McDonald, Walton, have got in a very large stock of logs, and yvill:; o,ble to keep their mill running longer than usual. On Thursday evening quite a large part of the roof of the Lake , let skating rink fell in, caused by the weight of the snow on it. No one was hurt. A SMILE OR TWO First little boy in hospital ward: "Are you medical or surgical?!' Second little boy: "I don't know. , What does that meah7" First little boy: "Were you sick -when you came here, or did they make you sick after you got. here?" "And when you awoke to find your wife pouring kerosene over you," the judge jnquired, "what did you think she intended doing to you?" "I'm afraid, your honor," the husband ruefully replied, "that, she was trying to make 4 -`fuel' of me." The world's best after-dinner speech: "Waiter, please give me both checks." ?NN NARY FAMILY - RRY b.1 W JUST GOING 10 MIND SOME MEAT EGAD -%OU HAD ME WORRIED FOR A MINUTE! -Burrow SEE YOU DONESDA-kt'iiLE �KI1CHEN MALLET. dY LLOYD .BIFHY IHOIMI MVO PLAN FORA KITCHEN MALLET GWE HANDLE IN HOLE DRILLED Ito HEAP