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The Huron Expositor, 1960-05-19, Page 2Since- 1860 Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTII, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDEEw 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 Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 19, 1960 Frowns On Fund -Raising Proposal The United Church Observer's lat- est issue frowns editorially on what it describes as "a cheap commercial scheme" to raise funds for church needs, the St Marys Journal -Argus points out. The Church paper draws attention to a letter which has been circulating among United Church ministers. It begins: "Do you hate being asked to help raise money for your church group or club?" Then. the letter goes on to explain that by "going commercial" and soliciting friends and neighbors to purchase gifts from a 300 -page cata- logue (which the church group could get wholesale but sell retail) greatn sums could be made' for church work. The proposed method is "absolute- ly painless", the letter adds: Moderator of The United Church. -of Canada, the Right Rev, Dr. Angus J. MacQueen, describes the commer- cial plan. as "a false and distorted concept of Christian *discipleship." He said it was a "base and shabby approach to Christian giving." The Observer says: "Door-to-door selling in competition with our local . merchants isn't a dignified way to raise money for church work. We suppose we can't keep the money- changers from trying. But at least we canrefuse to co-operate." Versatile African Rooster is Exception That Rule In this area where there are prob- -ably more and harder working hens than anywhere else in the country, ,there will be ,interest in the problem ers. All hens lay more eggs at some time -of year than-. at others. Young hen lay smaller eggs than old hens.. Hens kept under cover are warmer,. drier -ai4dbetter fed. So in return facing the British Egg Marketing they lay more eggs than hens who Board. wander about the fields- with wet The Board finds it necessary to use feet." newspaper advertisements to tell the The exception that proves the rule public' the basic facts concerning the that eggs are laid by hens comes from industry. It describes what it does Africa's Cape Colony, where it is re- for egg producers, wholesale and re- ported a Banhoek farmer named tail trades, and consumers. Herman Schumer has a rooster that The report is prefaced by an in- has. laid 40 eggs. formative paragraph which says: It's a bi-sexual rooster, which also "Eggs are not made in a factory. has fathered chicks from the eggs of They are laid by hens. And hens are , two hens mated with him. Herman very wayward, feminine creatures. is trying to insure the rooster (a Some hens lay more eggs than oth- Rhode Island• Red) for $30,000. An Example To All Of Us There's much wisdom in the thought that we can hardly appreci- ate anything unless we've,experienc- ed it ourselves. A good illustration of this is that every generation .gener- ally repeats many of the mistakes of the generation before. Experience is still the best teacher. Consequently it has taken the Eski- mos of Frobisher Bay, on remote Baffin Island, to fully appreciate the plight of the world's refugees. In presenting some of their finest handicrafts recently to the United Nations special representative in Canada for World Refugee Year (which later realized about $5,000 at auction in "the south") the Eskimos' spokesman said, "We know that the refugees are in need of food, shelter and warmth. In the past we have liv-- ed this way ourselves. This is why we wish to join many of our fellow - Canadians in helping the world's re- fugees." A great deal is going On in our land to help. Many of us have "dome our bit," and many are continuing to do so. But we also know that a good many haven't honestly put their best efforts into doing their part to help refugees through the World Refugee Year. - This is the first world-wide •huinani- tarion year- the world has ever. known. In Huron, the campaign takes place this week. If the Eskimos, who live in a region devoid of any comforts as we know them, can take of their potential .meagre income to help the refugees, surely we in Huron cannot afford to do less! A VILLAGE CHANGES The year was 1898 , . . the scene an Ontario village. A local historian, reflecting on the things she remembered about the village, wrote that the village had "No electricity, no stone roads, no radio, no telephone, just coal oil lamps for light." Today in her village the coat oil lamp has vanished, pavement covers the dirt roads, and telephones, radios, and electric Iights are taken for granted. These changes were possible because' of steel. In 1898, Canada made less than 10 pounds of steel per person. Last year, the country's steel, industry pro- duced 660 pounds of steel per person. This higher productivity' comes from the factories „Canadians have built. For example, The Steel Com- pany of Canada, Limited has invested nearly $365,000,000 in plants and equipment since the - Company started operations fifty years ago. Canadians produce more mainly because Canadian companies are continually improving their plants and equipment. ',,H E STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA • LIMITED MONTREAL GANANOOUE HAMILTON 'BRANTFORD .TORONTO Canadian -made 8t> z -from Canadian -owned plants .- SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY We've just staggered through again. Each year -at this time when most folks are thoroughly enjoying the• burgeoning of spring some of us are going through the harrowing, destroying experience of the Music Festival. * * Each year it puts another splash of silver in my wig. Each year it carves another line in my already - furrowed forehead. And each year I am positive the Old Lady, won't get through it without a complete nervous collapse. * °* * gut t h e human constitution seems to be made of a composite of old rubber boots and scrap iron. I have already recovered to , the point where my head is no longer thudding like a bongo drum. And Muni has once again tottered back from the brink of insanity and is her usual brisk, bullying self. * * * This year, our .kids played in seven different piano classes. That meant °seven trips to the festival centre, and about 300 miles on the old.'54 Buick, which gives us some 13 miles to the gallon. * * * However, I don't mind the ex- pense. It's the bedlam that gets me down. Just trying to keep those kids in clean clothes for a week is enough to drive a saint straight up the wall. And some- body was always late, or had lost his shoes, or had got mud on her dress. We snarled and hurled re- criminations on every trip until we were five miles out of town. * * * The festival hall is always the same. Beneath its apparent quiet and orderliness seethes a .tangled current of conjecture, hope and fear. Women sit quietly about, nothing except their tatty hair, wild eyes and chewed lipstick to mark them as festival mothers. * * * Kids giggle and squirm with nerves as the big moment nears. The girls are all fussed up in their, best dresses, with fancy bows and sparkling eyes and shining hair. The boys are quieter, stiffer, pale and tense. Their hands are sweat- ing and they rub them on their pants. * * Scattered here and these are the teachers, outwardly calm, inward- ly churning. This is the culmina- tion of months of hard Work for them, and can bring elation or de- jection, depending on how their charges come through, * * Then the adjudicator rings his bell. Dead quiet reigns. The first contestant, feeling as awkward as an elephant, mounts the stage and the tension rises, One of those dis- traught mothers is holding her breath, her heart pounding pain- fully. * * * Sometimes one of the kids will get stuck. She'll bit a wrong chord, pause, try it 5gainn play a discord, and panic. She sits there looking at the keyboard as though it was a document in Chinese. She pokes at a couple of notes, looks desperately at the adjudicator and tries again. Her despair and ag- ony are alnlost matched' by those of the audience. * * This year our adjudicator, David. Ouchterlony of . the conservatory told a story about this sort of thing. It happened at a festival, in a five -and -under class. This little guy started off well, then gat stuck. He fumbled around for a minute, then got going again. *' * * But the second time, his right hand had started one note too high, and the whole piece went like that. He knew what order to play the notes in, and he was flying along in great style,, but after a minute realized it sounded like a cat on a tin roof. He stopped dead, put his hands on his hips and stared at the piano in silence. Then he piped up: "Hey, what's the matter with thin piano?" in a Clear treble. When a class has finished play- ing, everyone sits looking as calm as a canary, at a eats' tonventien. The adjudicator scribbles notes. Then:he walks'to The. front and:the safitilonailoll kart • ta1d tltghtly, skrung .like wire, and the moment of truth arrives. When it's all over, y'ou hate the man bitterly, or think him an exceptionally discerning type, depending on how he has treated your offspring. * * * • Tears 'lurk near the surface for the. -youngsters who --have -worked hard for month's, then made a mess of the piece because of festival nerves. Mature women feel like screaming. The odd father present slumps as though he'd had a heart attack: * * * Oh, it's a grand business, the Music Festival. But martyrs,un- like cats, have only one life. Next year, at festival time,,I shall enter a monastery for a week, and let the chips and the tears fall where they may. Niro u R . d (Prepared"by-the Research Staff ' of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Who Named Insulin? Insulin was named by its discov- erers,, Frederick G. Banting , and Charles H. Best, who were work- ing under the direction of J. J. R. Macleod in Toronto when they iso- lated the substance in 1921, Insulin is one of the class of substances called hormones, which have the function of exciting action in some organ of the body. In 1922 J. B. Collip did important work on the purification of the crude substance and insulin quickly came into gen- eral .use in the treatment of dia- betes. It is produced from the pan- creas of cattle. * * * • When Was Toronto's First Festival of Music? In 1886, under the,direction of Frederick Herbert Torrington, or- ganist and choirmaster at Toron- to's Metropolitan Church from -1873 until 1907 and organist of High Park Methodist Church. from 1907 until 1914, three years before his death in Toronto. Torrington, born in England in 1837, was an out- standing musical figure. He was a church -organist. and choirmaster in his native country at the age of 16 and after coming to Montreal in 1856 he served simultaneously as organist at St. James' Street Meth- odist Church, bandmaster to the 25th Regiment, violinist 'with the Montreal Orchestra and a teacher of piano. Later in Toronto he con- ducted most of the city's impor- tarlt musical organizations, gave the city its first complete produc- tion of Elijah, founded in 1888 the Toronto College of" Music, which affiliated in the following year with the University of Toronto, and di- rected the gala concerts marking the opening of Massey Hall in 1894. Can a Totem Pole Be Read? A totem pole, the term commonly applied to the carved wooden posts formerly erected by the Indians of the Northwest Coast from Alaska to the State of Washington, consist- ed of a number of independent fig- ures, one move the other each referring to some incident lin the past of the chief for whom it was erected. The figures were shown according to a series of accepted stylisms. For example, the raven had a long straight beak, the owl a curved one, and the beaver had a cross -hatched tail and a stick in its mouth. A totem pole could thus be "read," that is, the individual figures were recognizable, but the implication of each was entirely different since each depended up- on some incident connected with the ancestral records of the fain- ily. Actually, therefore, the full meaning of a totem pole could be understood only when the figures upon it were correlated with the incidents of the relevant myth or myths. The peak of totem pole constrttetion Was from 18'60 to 1880. During that period sonte poles were erected that were more than 90 feet in height. About 1,500 hospital beds must be added in Ontario even year to provide for the •normal growth .i population, THE BIBLE TODAY ' "What is a Bible worth?" or "What would you pay for a Bible?" are questions easily answered any- where in Canada. But in days gone by, even in Christian lands, the an- swer to either question would be dictated by the circumstances. Dr, Martin Niemoller said in an ad- dress given at the third Jubilee of the Scottish National Bible Society, "When the first Bibles were print- ed people had to pay very, very high prices for them—at the begin- ning of the 16th century a Bible cost our forefathers eight yoke of oxen. One Bible! Even so it was not the highest price paid for this Book. Many people living in the Alps of Aus- tria in the days of the counter- reformation paid for their Bibles with their homes and all their pos- sessions. There have been people who paid for the Book with their lives." There are still. places ' in the world where to be found pos- session of a copy. of the Bible means death. Suggested Bible Readings . Sunday—Proverbs 31:131 Monday—Genesis 49:28-50, 50:26 Tuesday—Exodus 1:1-22 Wednesday—Exodus 2:1-25 Thursday—Exodus 3:1-22 Friday—Philippians 1:21-30 Saturday—Matthew 5:10-16, 13: 31-35. A SMILE OR TWO -.A.locaL.weather official was, go often wrong in his forecasts that he became a joke to the commun- ity and asked to be transferred-. "Why do you wish to be trans- ferred?" his headquarters wrote him. "Because the climate here doesn't agree with me," he re- plied. The fellow required surgery af- ter his wife beaned him with a rolling pin. When he was wheeled into the operating room, be asked the doctor, "Will I be able to play the piano after the operation?" "Certainly," answered the doc- tor. 'That's funny, I never could be- fore." "To All Employees: We find it necessary to institute a new pol- icy, effective immediately. We are asking that somewhere between starting and quitting time and with- out infringing too much on the time devoted to lunch period, coffee breaks, rest period, ticket selling, holiday planning, social conversa- tions, washroom visits, clock watch- ing, window gazing and rehashing of last night's TV program or mov- ie, each employee find some time to be set aside and known here- after ig The Work Break" A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT SO GOES THE COUNTRY OTTAWA — How long will the Conservatives last ip Ottawa ? (nee again Federal eyes are turn- ing to the Provinces for the signs and portents which may help pro- vide an answer. June dates have been set for four Provincial elec- tions and British Columbia may go in September or next Spring. Experience since Confederation, although the evidence is sometimes blurred, indicates that as go the Provinces so—eventually—goes the country. The Progressive Conserv- ative Party, taking Ontario in the early 'forties, New Brunswick in the early 'fifties and Nova Scotia in 1956, edged into national power in 1957. Then, with the great Dief- enbaker bandwagon and the all- out support of the Tory -descended Union Nationale ,in Quebec, they made it a landslide in 1958. The momentum helped bring two more Provinces into the Tory fold. But in the case of Manitoba, Duff Roblin's renascent PC's were al- zeady well on their way to turning out the Campbell Liberals—indeed helped the Federal Conservatives in '57 and '58 and might well have won provincial power anyway. On- ly in Prince Edward Island is there clear evidence of the usual pro- cess being reversed and of a pro- vincial party owing its win to the Federal party. In every one of the past four years then, the Conservatives have been winning new ground provin- cially or federally. However, ,this year of a probable five provincial election campaigns may well mark the- end of the Conservative flood and the start of the Conservative ebb, The Conservatives may not lose any provinces, but in contrast to last year's five provincial bouts they almost certainly will not gain any. Alberta demonstrated last year that the Conservatives' extraordin- ary clean sweep of the Province federally could not produce a pro- vincial -revival. Saskatchewan•may make a similar demonstration on June 8 this year. Anxious Conservative eyes' are scanning from Ottawa the strength of Henry Hicks and his Liberals in Nova Scotia, where they lost by only a small. margin in 1956, and of rambuctious young Liberal Lead- er Louis Robichaud whom, in New Brunswick, has further to go to beat the longer -established Con- servative Government of Hugh John Fleming. Nova Scotia goes to the polls June 7 and New Bruns- wick, June 27. . In Quebec the Union Nationale has thwarted the cry of "time for a change" by a dazzling transfor- mation, under Premiers Sauve and Barrette, from Maurice Duplessis' reactionary regime to a moderate Liberal approach. The Conserva- tives probably have least fears here, This election is June 22. In British Columbia their federal gains were not as sweeping as on the prairies. Allowing for internal party dissension and the strength of the CCF and new Liberal activ- ity, there aren't any bright hopes in Ottawa for even forming the opposition to 'Premier W. A. C. Bennett's Social Credit regime. We have dwelt on the Tories to illustrate the thesis that they aren't going any place provincially and, in fact, face reductions. in popular- ity. But, if we say, the Conserva- tives will drop a little, the Social Credit and CCF will hang on to their province each, then what of the Liberals? Their comeback road to federal power almost certainly lies through strengthened provin- cial parties. Their outlook is rot glowing, but they are out of the slough of de- spond. Let's take them by order of election' dates. In Nova Scotia, as mentioned, they have remained stroiig, a sufficient strength to back a federal bid for power even if they don't defeat Mr, Stanfield. In Saskatchewan they are the party Tommy Douglas has to beat. Most people in Ottawa think the CCF will retain power but the Lib- erals will establish a clear ascend- ancy over the provincial Conserve-. due In difficult to plays. prophet since ,there's already- Quebec lready Quebec it's most di been a virtual "change of govern, ment" effected by Messrs. Sauve and Barrette, The Liberals, how- ever, are better; organized under their new leader, former Federal Minister Jean Lesage, and have fielded some particularly strong candidates. So while it's hard to discern any province -wide surge of Liberal popularity, better mobiliza- tion and concentration of the forces available may bring additional con- stituency victories. From the land beyond the moun- tains no word has come to indicate, that the Liberals are doing better than the Conservatives since the• days of their joint defeat in their• eventually disastrous coalition. Federal politicians can do more, as they have demonstrated, than simply stand back and regard the provincial battle scene. The Liber- als used the debate on the new "Quebec alternative" method of permitting payment of university grants out of provincially collected taxes to try to pin a tuencoat-label on, -the Union Nationale, They. used a two-day supply debate to propose a program of .aid to- the''Martimes and accuse the Conservatives of unfulfilled promises—especially to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Besides speechmaking in the Commons; individual members of the. PC's, Liberals and CCF are go- ing off on forays to the hustings, -there, to lend their persuasive and organizational talents to the caus- es of their provincial running mates. Yet, despite all the feverish ac- tivity and calculation, one hears few confident predictions from any quarter than any of the provincial opposition parties will defeat the government in power. The signs and portents for the Tories may turn out bad only in a long range sort of way, as far -as the provin- cial scene is concerned. But, they will be closely watched nonethe- less, * :h * Capital Hill Capsules A strong "surprise" candidate for the Liberals in Quebec is Rene Levesque, the lastute and entertain - g• commentator on' almost every- thiflg'.who known in every TV home in the Province. He's running in Montreal -Laurier which, by the way, is not in Lionel Chevrier's federal riding of the same name, IN THE YEARS A G0 NE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The • Huron Expositor May 17, 1935 ° Wednesday saw recruits of the Seaforth baseball club " awaiting their first practise. However, it was found that they had no balls or bats. .Someone drove all the way to Staffa to make the pur- chases, as they could not be made in Seaforth. The water in the Lions Park' pool will be drained out and the past five year's sediment will be re- moved. This will be done immedi- ately by the committee in charge. Seaforth closed 1934 with a de- ficit of $373.18, as compared to $2,077.10 at the end of 1933. Extensive alterations Piave been completed in the grocery store . of Mr. J, J. Cleary here. The floor space -has been greatly enlarged and, the interior completely re- decorated. Cadet inspection took place on Monday, May, 13, on the S.C,I, campus, when Major Jeffries, of London, paid 'an official visit to the school. . A Kingston airplane. was. taking passengers over the town and dis- trict on Wednesday. Mr. Kruse's field at Egmondville was used as a landing port. Notice has been given the town that Judge T. M. Costello, county judge, will hear the appeal of J. G. Anderson against business tax jevy on May 28 •here, First Presbyterian Church- in Seaforth is fortunate and highly favored in having secured Very Rev. Dr. Shortt for spring anni- versary service this Sunday after- noon at 4 o'clock. Mr. Shortt is Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Mr. Harvey Drown was kicked by a horse the other day "at the home of Mr. F. Tuffin, Hibbert. He was in serious condition and was taken to a London 'hospital. * * *. Wool The Huron Expositor May 20, 1910 The 33rd Regiment Band has been engaged for ,.the 24th of May. celebration at Brussels. Mr. Oliver Johnston left Clinton' last week with a carload of very fine horses for-Lloycjininster, Sask. This is the fifth load he has taken west this spring. - The Jackson Manufacturing dom- pany, Clinton, last week made a shipment of 1,000 pounds of cloth- ing .to one. large clothing house in Winnipeg, the express charges on which amounted to $50. Andrew Cook, a former 'resident of Stanley, is now sheriff of Regina, Sask. _•�'T'he young men of Kippers and vicinity are .having a meeting hi -The village s k'riddy tight for the purpose of organizing a foot- ball club. Mr,+A. Harvey, Kippen, jumped from a car in which he was plac- ing horses and alighted on a nail, which penetrated and entered deep- ly into the foot. He was treated at Clinton. The heavy frost in this part of the county proved very disastrous to much fruit in blossom. Mr. N. Warrener has moved . his new livery stables, immediately west of the Hensall Observer of- fice, and has fitted up the same in good shape. The two log houses on the -Mill Road in Egmondvilie,- old land- marks, halve been torn down and removed, Seaforth Public School trustees are having a room in the school fitted up for a kindergarten de- partment and have advertised for a teacher. This is a very com. mendable move on their part. Downip's Trained Dog and ani- mal Circus 'is to exhibit here on Monday next. .... * * From The Huron Expositor. May 15, 1885 The Brussels Post is pleased to hear that Mr. Ronald, of that place, has disposed of one of his excellent fire engines to the town of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. It will be shipped soon. William Vanstone and Sons, of brussels, have given an order for a new 75 -horsepower engine to Cowan and Co., of Galt, to be used in their roller mill. A joint stock company is being organized in town for the purpose' of purchasing and . fitting up a cricket and general recreation club, and a considerable: number of shares have already been tak- en.' aken: We understand that , Blatchford and BroWn, Hensall, intend shortly adding a storey to their already large blacksmith and carriage shop. Mr. John Broadfoot, Seaforth, contemplates erecting a fireproof engine house detached from the other buildings, and - also adding another storey on the factory_ and_. covering it all with a flat fireproof roof. A detachment of .the. Salvation Army from here, headed by the clever and energetic district offi- cer, Captain Ludgate, will open fire at Mitchell Sunday next, with the view of establishing a corps in that town. While Mr. Duncan, blacksmith of Varna, was °shoeing a spirited horse, the animal kicked him in the face which is only slightly cut, but badly blackened •and bruis- ed. The lake being now clear of ice, the rowing season will be starting as soon as the weather becomes a little warmer. Taffy parties are a common oc- currence in this vicinity. Such a party was given by the Gleaner T. Publishing Co. to a number of the young lassies and gentlemen last Friday evening. !IMt LFrf y v, )<a^ r .NMI 'M11.'�. 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