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The Huron Expositor, 1960-06-02, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Community First PIMISiled at SEAFORT11,, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by - McLEAN Bios., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year • SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Pt Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 2, 1960 Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association The Farmer Faces Heavy. Odds Every Spring.., Every Spring the farmer makes his annual investment—or perhaps gamble is more accurate—in many hundreds of dollars worth of seed, fertilizer and labor. Those that know, estimate the cost of planting the average field- to be about $20 an acre, so that when the farmer looks back at the field he has finished planting it is with the know- ledge that he has in it a sizeable in- vestment. It is a short term investment of about three months. By the end of August he expects to get his invest- ment back, plu§ a reasonable profit. But he never knows. It is years like the one we are now experiencing that point up just how great a gamble is the farmers with formidable problems over which existence. Already pressed by the he has little if any control. This year cost price squeeze, so that regardless they seem to be greater than ever, of the return his product bring the with prices and weather combining money he has remaining after pay- to createl added difficulties. Scholarships Are Worthwhile Contribution ing expenses becomes less and less, the farmer this year has had the add- ed hazard of weather. While we in Huron and Perth have not experienced theweather prob- lems of those in some Ontario,coun- ties, conditions nevertheless have been such as to create real hardship for many farmers. Continued wet weather has result- ed in some fields remaining unsown, even at the end of May. On hundreds of farms large areas of seed have been drowned out, making it neces- sary to re -seed. All this has added to the uncertainty of farming over and above the usual hazards of wind and: hail and disease. The farmer always has been faced Recent announcement by the Bank, otMontreal that it was making schol- arships available to secondary school . pupils is an example of how industry and commerce ,can contribute to a better Canada. • No matter how effectively a state: operated school system may function, there always will be some potential engineer, scientist or doctor forced to give up school for lack of financial assistance. When this happens, it is the community at large that suffers. A scholarship as such may not be large in terms of money. Neverthe- Who is °Interested We wonder if the average Cana- dian, paying the highest pegcetime taxes in history, and with the na- tional debt at an all time high, is in- terested in developing a square pea that wont roll off his fork? According to the New Orleans Times -Picayune, that is just what Dr. William S. Hunter, director of genetics and plant breeding for the Department of Agriculture at Ot- tawa is doing. Quoted in an Ottawa dispatch to The Times -Picayune, Dr. less, it can provide that encourage- ment that means the difference. be- tween Pursuing a higher education and stopping school. It follows that the more scholarships there are available, the greater number of stu- dents there will be who may be pre- vailed on to continue at school. The objective should be to ensure that every student with potential abilities is assured of the necessary higher education so that he can make the contribution to the community- of which he is capable. Only then can - we consider we are making the most of our human resources. in Square Peas? Hunter asks, "why not square peas? Carrots used to be purple and round. - Radishes were once white and long and thin. Botanists have already de- veloped a green pea in a purple pod —making it easier to spot on a green vine—so what should be so surpris- ing about a square pea ?" While the invention of square peas. might be helpful to a hurried eater, we doubt they will be welcomed by the already overburdened Canadian taxpayer who will be called on to foot the bill. Two Years Of Just two years ago the Diefenbak- er government was elected with the largest majority on record. The Canadian people can usefully pause at this halfway point in the normal four-year term of a Canadian government And observe what has happened since the polls closed on March 31, 1958. The survey must be rather dismal but it should help us to get our bearings for the second half of the term. ,The most obvious fact in retrospect is that nothing has happened as plan- ned and solemnly promised': It is, difficult, indeed, to believe that this is the same government which won the last election, or the nation. then portrayed in the Conservative vision. Government expenditures that were to be reduced have massively increased, with- unprecedented de- ficits. Taxes that were to go down have gone up. Trade that was to be diverted from the United States has been concentrated more than ever in that single market. Money that was to be loosened remains tight. Inter- est rates that were to be low remain high. Unemployment that was, to be cur- ed at a time of recession is still a grave problem at a time of high pros- perity and takes on an increasingly permanent look. National defence that was to be reorganized has be- . come only a national botch. Above all, the nation which was to be rescued from Liberal bungling and prodigality suddenly realizes that it • has been living far beyond its means "oj the loans of foreigners and is still bOttoWiiir to par its housekeeping the Vision bills and the interest on its debts. Since the, nation began in 1867 the last two years have never been equal- led for reversal, disillusionment and anticlimax. In the Western world, at any rate, no nation has equalled Can- ada's mismanagement of its affairs. —Winnipeg Free Press. Why Retire? One successful may to beat the idle- ness of old age is to ignore an idea which has practically become a way of life in our society. This is the atti- • tude fostered by many that one's en- tire career is shaped to one goal; a relatively early and comfortable re- tirement. It is quite practical to plan financially for the years ahead but if these plans narrow themselves to the preparation of a fixed income for a useless tailend sort of life, then one is a prime candidate for the "pseudo senile" classification. — Kingston Whig -Standard. Putting the Point Across A Texas editor gave advertisers this good advice in his weekly col- umn. "Did you just happen to see her, walk up to her, ask her to marry you and call in the minister—right on the spot? "Perhaps not. It probably took lots of phone calls, many evenings on the family davenport, movies, flowers, candy, and a lot of nice things over a period of time before you closed the deal. "It's the same with advertising—. you cam't woo customers with one.ad —you've got to ca on them over a ,period of time. Consistent advertis- ing wins customers for you." HAISce PAST TEEN ercN6115 AND 2" HAP A 4,ERY Qua7; PuLL, ,4N0 UN//vTERESTING PATE: WHAT ELSE WHEN ALL HE HAP n4SF/F7Y CENTS. MA1-10+4W -SUGAR AND By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY‘' This week 1 celebrate my 40th birthday, For a woman, that is a fate worse than death, She shies at the cruel harrier like a jumper refusing a too -tall hedge. For my own part, I view the situation with equanimify, interest, and .not a lit- tle satisfaction. There were a good many times in my life when I didn't think I'd reach 40, hence the satisfaction. This is the age when a man is supposed to get restless, and kick over the traces. Hence the inter- est. And I only have thirty years to go for the pension. Hence the equanimity. * * * To my children, my 40th birth- day marks the approach °of sen- ility. They look on me with a mixture of amusement, affection, and indignation. As a father, they are fond enough of me.' It's my old fashioned ideas they can't stand. Like thinking they should go' to bed some time before mid- night, and should not go swimming on the first of April, and a lot of mossbound old stuff like that. To my wife,'I am a mature man who should start acting like one for a change. I'm a poor father, a useless homemaker and I smoke too much. I am impossible in an argument, sometimes going to the lengths of disagreein.g with her. But she's looking forward to the future, nonetheless. She's con- vinced that given another 15 years she'll have me housebroken. To myself, I'm a mere youth, just entering the best years of my life, handsome, courageous, ad- venturous, and only prevented from running off to the South Seas with Gina Lollobrigida by. the fact that she hasn't asked me. That gray at the temples merely adds to my sophisticated charm, Those groans when I get up in the morn- ing are ,,not my sore back, but manifestations of my horror at facing a world in which I am not fully appreciated. Fortieth birthday is a good time to balance the books. You find out whether there's any working capi- tal to buy a toboggan for the long slide down the other slope of the mountain it's taken you 40 years to climb. Looking over my assets, I find that I've had more than my fair share of good fortune, and can face the coming years, if not with joy, at least without despair. Physically, I'm lucky. Lots of men my age have paunches, not mere pots. Lots, of men my age have neither their own teeth nor hair, and mine, while not luxuri- ant, are my own. Lots of men my age are toting enough blubber to make an Eskimo's mouth wa- ter, and I have to eat like a hyena, just to stay even. * * * Lots of men my age have ,an ulcer, a liver condition, high blood pressure or a strained heart. I've been spared these banes. Can't smell a thing, but I can see right across a room, and I can hear a mouse burp at 20 paces. Don't worry, I'm typing this with all fingers crossed. The years have been good to me financially, too. When I was married, I had $108.60 in the bank and didn't owe a cent. On my 40th birthday, I have $35.40 and owe everybody in town. But I have a big, old house half paid for, and two kids all paid for, and a wife who still hasn't got that fur coat but has a floor polisher and built-in cupboards. In the mental and spiritual de- partments, 1 have improved with age. At 40, my mind is so quick and active I can keep my wife in a good humour about one day out of three. The ratio used to be one to ten. And on Sundays I'm right up there Ili the front pew with the best of them. Provided, of course, that 1 don't have one of those Sunday morning colds, or it's too rainy to go fishing, or I haven't been up too late the night before. * Yes, the years have been good to me. By rights, I should be fer- tilizing some portion of a foreign field. By rights, my kids should have turned out looking like me, instead of getting, their mother's 'good looks. By, tights, I,should be a dull, poky protester, absorbed in the 17th Century Minor 'Poets-, instead of a bright, lively editor absorbed in sewage disposal meth- ods. Counting your blessings may .be considered corny by the cynics, but it has always been ene 01 MY favorite rainy -day sports. Not many men at 40, for example, have been blessed with wives three times as smart as themselves. Most are only twice as smart. I could go on, listing all the good things I have as I step over the threshold into the frightening for. ties. Suffice it to say that I'm looking forward to it. I'll have lots of company. Some of my best friends are 40. And have been for years. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Who Wrote Of Life In a • Lighthouse? Evelyn May Richardson, whose first book, "We Keep a Light," was the story of her life as the wife of a lighthouse keeper. It won the Governor. General's Literary Award for creative non-fiction in 1945.. Mrs. Richardson was born at Emerald Isle, N.S., in 1902 and was educated at Halifax County Academy and Dalhousie Univers- ity. In 1926 she married Charles Laurie Morrill Richardson. Her second book, "Desired Haven," won the Ryerson Fiction Award in 1953. * * When Did Canadian Agriculture Begin? At least 400 years ago, on the shores of the St. Lawrenceand in the Georgian Say region of On- tario, bands of Indians were till- ing the soil and raising crops. Their primitive efforts yielded beans and peas, melons and squash, tobacco and Indian corn. In 1534 Jacques Cartier met In- dians at Gaspe who had Indian corn "the same as in Brazil, which they eat in place of bread." In the following year, at diochelaga, he writes, "They make also many kinds of soup with this corn as well as with beans and with peas of which they have a considerable supply, and again with large cu- cumbers and other fruits." * * * Where is the Garden of Saskatchewan? The region around the town of Kamsack and Duck Mountain Pro- vincial Park is known locally as the Garden of Saskatchewan. The park is heavily wooded. Kamsack is situated northwest of Yorkton on the Assinboine River, 14 miles from the Manitoba border. Its name was that of a post office established about 1888, which was named after a well-known Indian. The general area was fur -trading territory for many years and the first homesteading began' about 1833. The first settlers were from Eastern Canada; then came Douk- hobors, and .later a large number of Ukrainians. Kamsack itself was badly damaged by a devastating cyclone in 1944 and much rebuild- ing followed. * * * What Island Was Created By Gluskap? Partridge Island, in Saint John Harbour, New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St John River. Ac- cording to one of the legends as- sociated with Gluskap, the benevo- lent supernatural figure revered by the Maritime Indians because he protected them from menacing an- imals and other dangers, there was a time when Beaver threaten- ed to drown the people by impound- ing water behind his huge dam at the mouth of the St. John. Gluskap came to the rescue by kicking out a piece of the dam, allowing all the water to run out. This piece is Partridge Island and the Re- versing Falls now flow through the remainof the dam at the Mouth of the river, THE BIBLE TODAY The need of Africa's too hundred and thirty million people, of whom about thirty million are Christians, is evident to all people today. The Bible Societies are distributing ap- proximately one and one half mil- lion Scriptures annually in 392 languages; 59 whole Bibles, 114 New Testaments and 219 single Books of the Bible. The Congo distribution is an illustration of the accelerated pace at which the Scriptures are being made available ha- Africa. In the past three years (1957-1959) there has been supplied- to the Congo about half the amount of complete Bibles as' were distributed in the previous fifty years (1905-1956). During this same three years 200,- 000 New Testaments were distri- buted which is approximately 25 per cent of the whole circulation during the period 1893-1956. Yet all this is. not sufficient to meet the need even for the Chris- tian churches. At present for all of Africa south of the Sahara, over 40 complete Bibles are in various stages of completion and fifteen more are being revised. In a few years it is hoped that Africa will have the whole I3ible in over one hundred languages and the New Testament in 150-200 languag- es. Suggested Bible, Readings - Sunda—Exodus 4:1-31 Monday—Exodus 5:1; 6:1 Tuesday—Exodus 6:2-13; 6:28; 7:13 Wednesday—Exodus 7:14; 8:15 Thursday—Exodus 8:16; 9:7 Friday—Luke 189-14; 2 Corin- thians 8:8-15 Saturday—Matthew 6:1-18 A SMILE OR TWO After a month at sea, the sailor hit port and headed for the nearest taven. Pointing to a patron who lay prone on the floor, he instruct- ed the barkeeper, "Give me a shet. of that." The wife of a middle-aged busi- ness executive met him at his of- fice late one afternoon. As they were going down in the elevator, it stopped and a high-octane secre- tary got on. Poking the executive in the ribs she said gaily, "Hello, cutie pie?" Unperturbed, the executive's wife leaned over with a smile and an- nounced, "I'm Mrs. Pie." One of die best marksmen in the country was, passing through a small town and everywhere he saw evidence of amazing shooting. On trees, on walls, on fences, and on barns were countless targets with a bullet hole in the exact center of the bull's eye. So the man sought out the person responsible for this great marksmanship. "This is the most, wonderful shooting I have ever seen," the man said. "How in the world did you do it?" "Easy as pie," replied t h e marksman. "I shot first and drew the circles afterwards." A *DUFF OTTAWA REPOki RUDE AWAKENING OTTAWA—With its high hopes for an early disarmament agree- ment virtually shattered by Pre- mier Krushchov's performance at the Summit, the Federal Govern- ment almost inevitably will be compelled to face up to the many long -deferred defence policy deci- sions before it. For over a year the Diefenbaker administration has been marking time on defence in the hope its problems would met away under the warmth of Russia's new ap- proach towards the West. That hope was rudely dispelled in Paris recently, as Prime Minister Dief- enbaker himself made clear. "The'West has been -Waken Trott - whatever complacency which may have been developing in the minds of some people about the ruthless- ness of the methods and the reali- ties of the objectives of commun- ist strategy . . . world domina- tion," Mr. Diefenbaker declared in a television broadcast. Nearly a year -and -a -half ago the Canadian Government announced its decision to work out an agree- ment with Washington for the ac- quisition of nuclear warheads that would remain under U.S. owner- ship and control for Canadian forces. That agreement has never been' signed and negotiatons leading up to it came almost to a standstill because of the Government's hope the West might be able to come to terms with the Communist world. Over- a year ago the Govern- ment scrapped the supersonic Avro Arrow as a replacement for the nine obsolete CF -100 squadrons that now form Canada's active air de- fence. For a year -and -a -half it has been considering whether some other plane should be acquired to take the Arrow's place. To some extent rapidly changing strategic concepts — particularly about the threat from the manned bomber—have played a part in the long delay over reaching a de- cision. But, the underlying reason again appears to be the thought -fin the Government's mind that some agreement on disarmament might make any decision unnecessary. Last year the Department .of National Defedee and the Govern- ment decided to replace the Sabre jet interceptors now flown by eight RCAF squadrons in Europe under NATO with a U.S. fighter convert- ed to a ground -attack plane and designated as the CF -104, However, there is still no deci- sion on the future of the remain- ing four squadrons in 'the Air Di- vision that are now equipped with the CF -100. A whole' host of other questions involving nnajor decisions on the procurement of other equipment for the three services have like- wise been shoved aside. In terms both of the total and in relation to Government spend- ing as a whole, the defence bud- get has been reduced significantly in recent years by the Diefenbaker Government in the belief that the relaxation of world tension made this a safe place to save funds. Each year, not only has the total defence budget gone down, but the proportion of the defence budget for new equipment has also gone down until the amount available for new equipment has now al- most reached the vanishing point. Put another Way, military effec- tiveness of our defence expendi- ture has gone down far faster than tication comes true. the 'amount of '‘defence expendi- ture. A baby -sized defence "white pa- per" made public recently by De- fence Minister Pearkes disclosed that on a per capita basis Cana- dians will spend only $89 on de-. fence this year, compared to for each U.S. citizen. Little won- der the U.S. is calling the defence tune we dance to. In his television speech Prime Minister Diefenbaker expressed his belief that Premier Krushchov was forced to back away from his soft- er policy towards the West by his, own military commander* and the leaders of lied China. He describ- ed as a "very frightening state- ment" the assertion by China's 11.117-uster of Defence that "hundreds of millions strong can overwhelm the enemy in the flame of an all- out people's war." Given this Sharp change in the international clim- ate, the Canadian Government may now begin to face up to the prob- lems of reshaping Canada's de- fence policies to fit the nuclear age. * * * Capital Hill Capsule During the past winter unemploy- ment came close to matching the, postwar peak of 1958. The Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics reported that as of mid-March the number of people without jobs and actively seeking work came to 566,000 com- pared to the postwar record of 597,000 two years previously. While the figures on unemployment were very much the same in _the two periods, there was a very great difference in the impact this situa- tion had on the general public, a difference which has puzzled both the Government and the Opposi- tion. In 1958, a year of recession, the heavy rise in unemployment brought a sharp reaction from the . general public and heavy criticism' down on the Government. In 1960, when. prosperity generally was climbing to new heights, there was hardly any response at all. Pro- nouncements from labour leaders and the members orthe Opposi- tion in the House of Commons were desultory and the public was 'apath- etic. . The explanation probably lies in the psychology of human' nature. When times are good those who have jobs have a tendency to be complacent about those who have not. When times are bad the pub- lic generally looks to the extentof unemployment as the - best • mea- sure of the recession facing the country as a whole. Unemployment can still become an explosive political issue in this country, as politicians of all stripes are well aware. For the Govern- ment it could become just such an issue next year. A number of its own economists have suggested the economy may turn downward in 1961. If that • happens there could be tens of thousands more added to the un- employment rolls. One of the cur- rent dangers is that we will be starting off with such a high level of unemployment when we go in- to the next recession. The Federal Department of Labor has already submitted a report to the Government warning of the possibility of heavy unem- ployment ahead. With a new gen- eral election looming up over the horizon there could be serious po- litical consequences if this prognos- IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor .of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor May 31, 1935 Mr. H. G. Meir, who was recent- ly appointed to the Library Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. A. F. Cleft, took his seat and was appointed to the book committee. A number of Seaforth streets were treated to oil during the week, being done by the county truck. The anniversary of the Egmond- ville Young People was held on Sunday, May 19. Miss Evelyn Golding leaves this week for Toronto, where site will take a special -nursing course in the Sick Children's Hospital. Miss Donelda Adams, of Toron- to Normal School, spent the holi- day and weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Adams, of Constance. Rev. G. A. McLean, Mrs, Mc- Lean, Mr. C. C. McLean and Mrs. T. Mercer, of Toronto, spent the national holiday with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Knechtel. Rev, Mr. McLean is interested in Social Service Work for the Dominion. Miss H. Isabel Graham is in Ot- tawa attending the triennial meet- ing of the Canadian Women's Press Association. The local baseball team played the first scheduled game in the Huron -Perth League at Mitchell on May 24, and won by the.score of 12 to 5. The late rain has improved vege- tation to such an extent that all seems well with the hopes of a bumper crop. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Carter, of the Huron Highway West, cele- brated their 25th wedding anni- versary on Saturday, June 1. Mr. ,and Mrs. A. R. Box, Mr. Bill Box, Mr. Keith Sharp, Mrs. J. E. Willis and Miss Peggy were in Ethel on Victoria Day attend- ing the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. McDonald.. * * From The Huron Expositor June 3, 1910 Mrs. W. R. Gallagher, near Blue - vale, reports a freak chicken with two pairs of legs, each turned in opposite direetions. The chicken is well formed in other respects and quite smart. Recently Miss Lily Tremain, for- merly of Brussels, took a dose of Gillett's lye in mistake for medi- eine, It was feared fatal results d follow, bat she hi now mak- faVeralile progress. Her slater is Mt. Harry Drage, Brussel. The old rivals, the Berlin Rang- ers and the Hurons played a Sen- ior WFA match on the recreation grounds here on Tuesday evening. Cold damp weather kept away the crowd, but quite a few were out to see the home team win out. W. Pickard & Son, who have been carrying on a large dry goods and clothing business here for a number of 'years, have decided to go out of business in Seaforth and will go to Calgary. Lt has been announced that N. D. Gunn, Seaforth, passed his fin- al examination at the Ontario Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons. The Presbytery of Huron met in St. Andrew's Church in Kippen on Tuesday, with the main business of the meeting iteiag the ordination and induction of Rev. Mr. Richard- son. A very sad accident occurred in Mr. H. Smale's gravel pit, Staffa, on Saturday. A large amount of earth and gravel fell on Mr. R. J. Dalton. His lower limbs are par- alyzed; his spine is displaced, and some ribs knocked off the back- bone. He is not expected to live. ,* * * From The Huron Expositor May 29, 1885 Mr. James Landsborough, Tuck- ersmith, sold about 300 bushels of seed grains this spring. This is the kind of farming that pays'. On Saturday afternoon the only child ot Mr. B. Quarry, Centralia, a lad about two years old, fell into a pot of lye and was badly burned about the eyes and mouth. He is still completely blind. A few days ago a goose belong- ing to Mr. Elford, Holrnesville, laid an egg which was really two complete eggs in one, the inner one being as large as an ordinary goose egg and with a shell just,as hard, One day last week as Mrs. John Ewan and daughter, Grey, were driving into Brussels, their horse took fright .at a dog nearby and ran away. Both ladies were thrown out and injured, but not too seriously. Miss M. A. Diehl left Varna last week to join the Gospel Band, which was lately engaged at Bruce - field, and is now at work at Kirk - ton. The High School team here play- ed a football game with Mitchell High Sdhool in Mitehell. Mitchell team, althotigh not very heavy, are a great deal heavier than Sea - forth. However, the good team play of Seaforth won out. Brussels is going to have a cir- cus on June 4, being M. C. Harris' Nickle Plate Show, The Salvation Army had a big jubilee last week. Trout fishing is now the order of the day, but reports are not the best. lova It el I getZti !ZVI NMI '111111111 11+, Ns 711 " '4UMII II Intl t mit+ isio r r4'. 165 IfIX -r1,1 1 SuP1.01VX . . Ladder, need in picking froW won't eh* Into the ground or tip sideways when MOM with: wbit, IMPPOrts'In the *miner shown*USA. Hinters alkali *natio* to fold beak when -ladder use. • • • • 'An