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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 21, 1960 •
Unusual Powers
Are Denial Of Rights
Action of the Frost Government in
forcing passage of the controversial
Bill 86 in the face of broad opposi-
tion on the part of organized farm
groups suggests that the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture was seek-
ing unusual powers, the need for
which was not apparent to the ord-
inary individual.
The government has a responsi-
bility to ensure that the interests of
every individual affected by the op-
eration of an organization which it
has created are protected. Among
the oldest, if not the oldest, co-opera-
tive enterprises in Ontario, are the
farm mutual fire insurance compan-
ies. These organizations that have
contributed so much to the economic
well-being of the rural community
Chamber Of Commer
Seaforth joins communities across
Canada in observing "Chamber of
Commerce Week", this year being
held April 24th to 30th. The purpose
of the week is to acquaint the pub-
, lic more fully with the role of a
chamber of commerce ' and the value
of such an organization to the local
community, and in the province and
nation.
The Chamber of Commerce is de-
signed to build better communities.
It performs specific functions, prim-
ary of which is to unite the citizens
in activities for the advancement and
welfare of its home community. It
works to promote the tourist indus-
try.
It is concerned with local business
affairs, shopping hours, the availabil-
ity of facilities to the touring
public. The active Chamber of Com-
merce seeks the location of new
owe their corporate existence to the
province. In turn, the province quite
properly establishes certain regula-
tions and procedures to protect the
rights and assets of those who be-
long to the mutuals.
So it is with marketing groups.
There is a responsibility on the -part
of the government to ensure that the
interests of each and every producer
is protected. But this is not to say
that in providing such protection
with one band, the government
should with the other deny democra-
tic rights the .preservation of which
should be its first responsibility. By
forcing into law Bill 86• with its ex-
tensive provisions, it looks very much
as if this is what the government has
done. -
ce Week is Challenge
industries for they mean more peo-
ple -drawing wage and salary cheques,
who have to be fed and clothed, amus-
ed' and kept healthy and happy. In-
creased population means more peo-
ple sharing the local tax burden and
a broader basis for the tax levy.
One• of the objects of "Chamber of
Commerce Week" is to increase the
overall membership in the local or-
ganization. Coincidental is the de-,
sire to enlist the interest of citizens
in the Chamber of Commerce move-
ment by showing them how they can
build their communities as better
places in which to live, in which to
do business, and in which to bring up
a family. • •
Chamber of Commerce Week is an
opportunity for area citizens inter-
ested in the welfare and progress of
the community in which they live to
indicate that interest by taking part
in the° organization's activities.
for 1 to 5 years '
from the day you invest your money
bn British Mortgage Certificates..
To invest — see your local agent or send us your cheque.
BRITISH MO
GAGE &J tST (COMPANY
Founded in 1877
Head Office: STRATFORD
TO: BRITISH MORTGAGE & TRUST, STRATFORD
I enclose my cheque for $ for investment in a
British Mortgage Guaranteed Investment Certificate. •
' NAME
ADDRESS
El Please send me a folder giving full information about
' British Mgrtt:age & Trust Guaranteed Investment Certificates.
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British Mortgage and Trust Company
represented by
W. E. SOUTHGATE
Phone 334 -- Seaforth
British Mortgage and Trust . Company
represented by
JOHN A. CA•RDHO Insurance Company
Phone 214 Seaforth
" . , And then after the UNION joined TEXAS, tell we what happened"
SUGAR AND SPICE -
By W. (Bill) B. T, SMILEY
Next week has been designated
as Austerity. Week. All across the
country, people are supposed to
practise a week of austerity. Pur-
pose of the stunt is to focus atten-
tion on the poor devils-_ rotting in
refugee camps in Europe, the
Middle East and Asia. For them,
every week is Austerity Week.
* * * r
It's a noble idea, and I• hope it
Works. But I fear the only people
who will observe it are those who
are already concerned enough
about World Refugee Year to do
something about it. They will give
up desserts, or do without coffee
for a week. The rest of us will
pay no more attention to Austerity
Week than we would to National
Dry Cleaning Week.
* * *
Sad' fact is that the great ma-
jority of Canadians are not only
spoiled but selfish. Most of us
know nothing about austerity be-
yond the bare meaning of the
word. And most of us don't care,
as long as nothing comes along to
trim any of the fat off our own
juicy slice of the good things of
this world.
' * * *
Now if a refugee tried to tell
me that, NI get sore. With some
indignation, I'd tell him that we're
always sending money to missions
and the Colombo Plan and over,
seas relief, and we give $2 a year
to the Red Cross, and we buy raf-
fle tickets on all sorts of worthy,
causes, and if he doesn't like it
here, why doesn't he go back
where he came from.
* * *
But coming from me, I can't
find any answer. Except to tell
myself that at heart we're gener-
ous, decent people. And it's just
thoughtlessness- -and it's only hu-
man nature, and it's .a short life
and -we only go through the course
once and why shouldn't we enjoy
it and flow come those -bums -got
into those refugee camps in the
first place,- and why don't those
Europeans who are always start-
ing wars anyway, look after
them?
• * *
There's nothing mysterious about
the reluctance of Canadians to
think about the refugees of the
world. The only refugees of whom
we's have , any experience are
those:who flee to Florida each win-
ter, and no pangs of pity are felt
for them,
* * *
After all, we didn't create the
refugee problem. We didn't chase
any Poles, or Greeks, or Arabs -or
Koreans off their property and in-
to camps. The Rad Guys did that.
Why ,sirduld'Canadians contribute
toward getting these people out of
the camps and back into civiliza-
tion?
* * *
The answer is that we shouldn't,
unless we believe that old chest-
nut about all men being brothers.
If we do, it's about time we start-
ed throwing our brothers liferings
instead of lifesa'Pers, peppermint
flavor. Canada's contribution to
the world refugee problem at pres-
ent is about four cents per capita.
Norway's is 60 cents per capita.
* * *
It's shameful to realize that the
liquor consumed in this country
on any given Saturday night prob-
ably costs twice as much as the
contribution of the country, for a
year, to the world refugee! prob-
lem; • that an average Canedian
family eats more meat in a week
than moist inmates of refugee
camps see in a year.
* * *
It's painful to recall' the billons
we've spent on defence since World
War II. Personally, I think Switz-
erland could lick us with one hand
behind her back. And those bil-
lions could have conquered the
refugee problem entirely, if we'd
had the courage and the Chris-
tianity to use them there in the
beginning.
* * *
Ws too late for that but it's not
too late to take our fair share of
the load, and more. What better
time than Austerity Week? Ten
cents from every Canadian, dur-
ing the week, would not exactly
wreak havoc with our economy or
our ,creature comforts. It's a cup
of coffee; a few cigarettes, a glass
of neer, But what el, fine splash it
would make if we threw it into
the World Refugee Year fund.
* * *
If there isn't a branch of the
organization near you, send your
dimesto me,..If I get enough of
•them, there'll be one more refugee,
but he won't be in a camp. I've
always wanted ' to go back and
look up that. blonde Ukrainian girl
I was refugeeing down' a German
road with, just about 15 years
'ago. But I've never been able to
raise the fare.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Did Canada Have a Marco Polo?
Yes, the Marco ,Polo was a Can-
adian sailing ship that was known
for a time. as the fastes ship in
the world. She was built in Saint
John, N.B., in 1851, a's a timber
carrier. The 1625-toh ship was lat-
ter
atter sold to James Baines and be-
came the pioneer ship of the noted
Black Ball Line. He refitted her
for the England -Australia emigrant
run and on her first trip she broke
all records. One of the most fam-
ous of all sailing vessels built in
Canada, her triumphs came to an
end when' she was wrecked at Cape
Cavendish, P.E.I., in 1883.
* * *
Where is Plaster Cove?
This was the name by which
Port Hastings, N.S., Was known un-
til 1860. It received the name be-
cause the French mined gypsum
on the harbour here for 'use in
building the great fortress at
Louisbourg early- in the TSth cel'=
tury. Its present name-commerne
orates a celebrated English soldier
who served in the. Revolutionary
War. After 1799 many people from
the Highlands, of Scotland settled
in..the area and the people are still
chiefly Scottish in origin. Today
Port Hastings is tie •Cape Breton
terminus of .the famed Canso
Causeway, which since its comple-
tion in 1955 has linked Cape Breton
Island with the Nova Scotia main..
land
* * *
What is a Riding?
This is a tern widely used in
Canada as•a synonym for the more
official "electoral district" or "con-
stituency"—the area represented
by a 'member of parliament. The
word is derived from the old Eng-
lish "triding;" meaning "the third
part," still used to describe, the
three administrative districts of
Yorkshire in England. Hence It
came to mean a subdivision of a
county in other parts of the Unit-
ed Kingdom and in certain parts
of the Commonwealth. In this
sense it was used ih Section 40 of
the British North America Act: _
"Ontario shall be divided into the
Counties, Ridings of Counties, Ci-
ties, Parts of Cities, and Towns
enumerated in the First Schedule
to this Act, each whereof shall be
an Electoral District."
* * *
Who Used Tree Bark For Cloth?
One of Canada's industrial pio-
neers and probably our first wo-
man industrialist; Agathe Le Gar -
deur de Repentigny, who was born
at Montreal in 1657 and died in
Quebec about 1748. While she was
an infant her father and grand-
father were killed by the Iroquois.
In 1703, when en economic crisis
made it difficult for the colonists;
to buy manufactured goods from
France, she established a cloth
factory. As weavers were scarce,
she ransomed New EngIeand weav-
ers who had recently been brought
to Canada as captives, Lacking
sheep wool, flax and hemp, she
substituted goat hair, buffalo wool,
tree bark and nettles. When she
sold her factory in 1713 it was pro-
ducing 150 yards a day of coarse
but usable cloth that she dyed ac-
cording to a process of her own
invention. 'She also developed a
new method of curing deerskin.
"I hope you got my cheque?"
"Yes, twice --once from you :and
once from' tiles 1Saklks�'
(Rev. Robert H. Harper)
WALK TO EMMAUS
One of the appearances of Jesus
after the Resurrection was to two
disciples' on the way to the little
village of Emmaus, a few miles
from Jerusalem.
On the afternoon of the Resur-
rection, two, disciples set out from
Jerusalem to walk to the village
of Emmaus and as they went
along a mysterious stranger drew
near and walked with them.
And when the stranger had ques-
tioned them about the things they
had been discussing, he then re-
ferred to the Scriptures and said
that Christ has suffered such
Lhings in fulfillment of the..
Scriptures. Though their "hearts
burned within them" as the strang-
er had opened. the Scriptures, they
did not recognize him.
When they reached the village
and the house to 'which -they -were-
going, the stranger made as if he
would go by, but the two disciples
urgently invited him within. And
when they sat down to eat, they
recognized Jesus in the breaking
of bread.
Though Jesus immediately disap-
peared, his presence had brought
joy to their hearts.
Just is Thought:
Did you ever stop to think how
surprisirfg it is that mankind • hes
brought itself from the stone age
to the space age without doing very
much about some of the problems
that plagued our ancestors—such
things as war, prejudices, and un-
necessary poverty? And how much
could be accomplished in these
fields if the majority of us 'de-
cided to do something about it?
Selects Officers
Londesboro W.I.
A meeting of theiLondesboro Wo-
men's Institute was held in the
Community Hall. The officers for
the coming year were installed by
Mrs. Otto Popp, Dungannon, dis-
trictresident° They are: past
president, Mrs. E, Wood; presi-
dent, Mrs. T. B. Allen; vice-presi-
dents, Mrs. David Anderson, Mrs.
Milton Little; secretary -treasurer,
Mrs. Lloyd Pipe; • assistant, Mrs.
Leonard Shobbrook; district direc-
tor, Mrs. Edwin Wood; • pianist,
Mrs. John • Armstrong; assistant,
Mrs, Harry Lear; flower and card.
conveners, Mrs, John Clark,' Mrs.
D. Anderson, Mrs. Leslie Reid,
Mrs, W. Manning, Mrs. Harry Dur-
nin, Mrs. Lorne Hunking and Mrs.
W. Howett; conveners of standing
committees, Mrs. Bert Shobbrook,
Mrs. Lorne Hunking, Mrs. John
Lee, Mrs. Stanley Lyon, . Mrs,
Lloyd_Pipe and Mrs. Arthur Clark.
Mrs. Popp gave an address on
"What makes an ideal member of
the Women's Institute." Mrs, Herb
Travis, of Walton, demonstrated
making, a chocolate angel food
cake. Readings were given by,
Mrs. Milton Little and Mrs. Don-
ald Buchanan.
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Rheumatism Society's Campaign
to help ease the pain of a, quarter
of a million Canadians.
A ' McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
DREAMS COME TRUE
OTTAWA—Can we have a wor-
thy national capital by 1967, Can-
ada's 100th birthday? Major town -
planning projects are being pushed
forward with.,new vigor In order
tomake the answer, 'Yes".
This is not to deny that Ottawa
has had a certain distinction in
the past. There have been the
stately parliament buildings, an,
impressive war memorial, and
those lovely waterside parks and
parkways which are perhaps Ot-
tawa's most engaging feature.
But such few ornaments as these
emphasized, by contrast, the hap-
hazard and shabby growth of the
city in its maze of railroad tracks,
the badly paved and potholed
streets, the clutter of tipsy hydro
poles and overhead wiring, the ug-
ly or mediocre architecture and
civic mean -mindedness.
For all that, most of Ottawa's
citizens found it a pleasant enough
place to live in: a drab, humdrum,
provincial city with good schools,
nice parks and a cosy smalltown
atmosphere.
-- So why shouldn't Ottawa doze
on?
The reason is that it is the na-
tional capital belonging, iii a sense,
to ail Canadians. And citizens of
a country normally expect the
city which is the centre of their
public affairs to be an expression
of the country to which it belongs:
an expression of national accom-
plishment and purpose, of national
interests and aspirations, of na-
tional cultural values and way of
life. It should be a place of which
to be 'proud. ,
Indeed; ambitious objectives like
these have been proclaimed for
Ottawa 'from the time the federal
government first set up a planning
commission in 1899. 'Yet only in
recent years have really major
projects been embarked upon. On-
ly now are the dreams of the plan-
ners beginning to become reality.
Two main factors probably ac-
count for this development, First,
w
Ottaa and other municipalities in
the capital rhgion confronted such
rapid growth. that they could not
just "let things go" any longer.
At the same time new growth has
brought the resources for improve=
ment. Secondly, the federal gov-
ernment finally decided that if
Canada was going to have a -worthy
capital it would have to pay for
it; and, no doubt basing its deci-
sion on the generally increased
awareness of 'Canada's stature
across the country, decided to
make the taxpayers' money avail-
able.
Here are some of the results:
About $25,000,00q,•,ii being spent
to buy 30,000 acres of rand- for the
greenbelt, an arc about 28 miles
long and two -and -a -half miles deep
bordering urban Ottawa. A similar
strip will border the Hull urban
area north of the river. By • 1980
this eliptical green froptier is ex-
pected to contain the ultimate pop-
ulation of the Ottawa -Hull metro=
politan core—about 675,000 people
(present population 400,000). Fur-
ther growth will take place in
planned satellite communities be-
yond the greenbelt;
.Purchase of ,.the greenbelt, first
townplanning ' develepment. of its
kind in North •America, should as-
sure that the urban problems be-
ing tackled downtown won't simply
repeat themselves in the suburbs.
Purchase on the Ottawa side will
be completed next year and land -
use will be limited to projects that
provide for more rural green than
urban gray—golf courses, parks
and picnic grounds, the airport, an
animal research station fo'r the
department of agriculture,' a 'cant-
pus-type
campus-type research and, development
plant for a big" company and se
on:
Meanwhile, in the urban core,
the National Capital. Committee
has been assured the $12,000,000
in federal funds necessary to com-
plete a five-year program of rail-
way relocation. The .city will be,
rid of 40 miles of track and 7a
level crossings. A total of 315 ac-
res will be available for choice
industrial sites—on one of these,
prices being paid the NCC by com-
panies eager to locate there have
jumped from $10,000 to $17,500 an
acre.
North of Ottawa in the Quebec
section of the 1,800 -square -mile Na,
tional Capital Region, beautiful
parkways, beaches, picnic grounds
and other attraetidns are in the
magnificent recreation area of 75,.
000 acres known as Gatineau Na.
tional Park. In the urban section
north of the river, Hull and its
neighbolring municipalities—like Ot-
tawa earlier—are showing enthusi-
asm to co-operate with the federal,
agency.
The _fly in -the ointment ineall
this encouraging development con,
sists of the unimaginativeness of
the architecture of federal build-
ings and the repeated delays in
enabling Ottawa to fill its role as
a cultural centre. The new na-
tional gallery was only opened this
winter. The national museums of
human and natural history are left .
in the decrepit old building vacat-
ed by the Gallery. A start on con-
-struction of the National Library
has been postponed for two years''
in a row. There aren't even any
plans yet for a national auditor-
ium, national concert hall and na-
tional theatre. The old supreme
court building, which might have
served nicely as• a legal and par-
liamentary museum, was torn
down by the previous government,
So while there is great progress
in capital planning, there is- a dan-
ger that by 1967 we • will have a
beautiful setting, but not much in
it. Happily there is still time—but
none too much --to remedy the de-.
ficiency,
* * *
Capital Hill Capsules
Gowan Guest, the amiable and •
efficient young Vancouver -lawyer,
who came to Ottawa to be Prime
Minister - Diefenbaker's executive
assistant, is nearing the end of
his planned two-year stint. Under
present plans he'll be heading
back to his law practice in Sep-
tember—but no one would be sur-
prised to see him in Ottawa be-
fore long as a Conservative M.
*. * *
The Government is still trying to.
get some western farm group to
please, please, please ask for acre-
age payments. Why? Well, be-
cause that's what the Government
wants to give—and nothing else.
A SMILE OR TWO,
"Tommy, come up and give me
what you have in your mouth."
"I wish I could, teacher. I've
got a toothache."
Bill: "Have you ever realized
any of your ei,ildhood wishes?"
Tom: "Yes, one of them. When
my mother used to comb my hair
I often wished that I •didn't have
any,"
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
Front The Huron Expositor
April 19, 1935
There will be"no special 'Culebra -
tion in Seaforth on May 6, the 25th-
anniversary of the King's ascen-
sion to the throne, according to
Mayor A, D. Sutherland.
Miss Pearl Lawrence fell from
a stepladder in her home on Gode-
rich Street and fractured her ankle.
Miss Abbie Seip, Seaforth, fell
on some steps and fractured her
right wrist. •
The 'relief committee will sup-
ply plots of land and seeds for
those needing them.
Almost 45 new books have re-
cently been added at the Carnegie
Library here.
Mr. Angus Carter, who has been
in business here for the past two
years, has disposed of his grocery
store to Mr. Angus McRae, Blyth.
Mr: Bab Scott, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Melville C. Scott, formerly
of Seaforth, left for Peterborough,
where he has taken a position with
the Canadian General Electric
Company„ -„.Bob is a graduate of,
the University of Alberta.
Abraham Lincoln was fatally
wounded while attending Ford's
Theatre in Washington 70 years
ago last Monday.
Miss- Margaret Plumsteel, Clin-
ton, was among four students who
won prizes for proficiency in the
French language. The donor was
Sir Charles Saunders, of Ottawa, a
London native.
Mr. Harry W. Hart, Seaforth, has
been awarded the contract of lay-
ing and sanding the new hardwood
floors at the Court House, Gode--
rich. •-
k * *
FFoin The Huron Expositor
April 8, .1910
The burghers' of Lakelet are
having a hard time to get their
supply of little pigs this spring.
Hogs are so high and so scarce
that the farmers will not part with
them,
Quite a number took advantage
of the cheap railway rates to visit
London this week and see the Gov-
ernor-General and party. .
Mr. Thomas Townsend, Tucker -
smith, delivered to Mr. D. Oente-
Ion, Clinton, nine pigs averaging
220; pounds each, for which he re-
ceived $9.65 per cwt. Hogs are as
good as gold just now.
Another moving picture show has
been started in town, in the store
in the, Carmichael block, lately va-
cated; by It r-.. tt., Willi& We hardly
think Seaforth is large enough for
two such places.
At the sawmill of the Doherty
Piano and Organ Co:, Clinton,
something went wrong with the
governor belt and the huge fly-
wheel tore away, going through the
roof and other parts of the build-
ing. No one was burt.
Brussels council is asking for
tenders for constructing a .drain
on Princess Street, the grading of
Albert Street, and constructing a
cement sidewalk on Albert Street.
Dr. Mackay, Seaforth, has pur-
chased a motorcycle from Mr: J.
F9 Daly.
Mr. William Dunlop, of this area,
was placed under arrest at London
on Monday of last week, on- a
charge of stealing a gold watch
from a lady's xoom while she was
out.
Charles Cook, Clinton, while
working on a machine in Stratford,
had, three fingers taken off at the
first joint and the top of his thumb
also taken off.
P. J. Bishop has purchased a
fine Durham bull for $125,
* * *
From The Hulron Expositor
April 17, 1885
Sleighs are still on our.. streets,
but it is pretty hard scratching.
The fall wheat is said to be em-
erging from its winter covering
looking fresh and healthy.
Messrs. McBride and Smith, of
the Redd Mill, have leased the
farm of Mr. Hugh Grieve, on the
first concession of McKillop, near
Seaforth. It is considered one of
the best farms in the county.
Mr, Edward J. Evans, son of Mr.
Joseph Evans, of McKillop, obtain-
ed the highest number of marks
ever taken at 'a primary examina-
tion in McGill University.
Mr. William McNaughton, of the
7th concession of Tuckersmith, has
a ewe which gave birth to four
lambs and three are .still living
and doing well. This is not heard
of before very often, -
Robert Thompson, from -.Gode-
rich, has bought the Andrew's
farm on the 4th concession.--
The annual spring show, under
the augpices of the East Huron
Agricultural Society,' was held in
Brussels on Thursday, the 16th
inst., with an immense crowd.
The first of the Seaforth month-
ly fairs will be held on Thursday
next for the sale and exchange of
fat and stock cattle.
The citizens responded most cor-
dially to the call made upon them
by the Seaforth Fire Brigade, with
entertainment in their interest and
under their own auspices.
On Monday evening last a fair
audience assembled in the base-
ment of First Presbyterian Church,
Seaforth, to hear the lecture on
"Respiration,” given by Dr. Camp-
bell, assisted by,..MVIr, J. C. Hate
stone, of the High !School.
A curling Match was played in
the Seaforth rink on Wednesday,
the 15th, and the ice was in splen-
did condition• for this time of the
year.
Mr. D. D. Wilson's teamsters,
who are gathering eggs in the
country, are all still using sleighs,
but all are hoping this will be the
last week Co be able to enjoy the
luxury.
Detectives from Toronto were in
Seaforth, last Sunday on the look-
out for Tom Little, but it proved
to be a wild goose chase, as no
trace of him could be found.
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