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The Huron Expositor, 1960-06-09, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday miming by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (hi 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, JUNE 10, 1960 Imbalance In Assessment Leads To Higher Taxes Within a few days Seaforth rate- payers will receive notices indicating the amount of taxes which will be demanded of them for the current • year. The Seaforth rate, which it is ex- pected council will adopt next week, will be at a new high. There are sev- eral reasons for this, not the least of which is the continuing demand on -the municipality for the provision of services. Yet despite high tax rates, the St. Marys' Journal -Argus reminds us. that in most towns the average home does not pay its way. "The fact that the average home in this community and others does not actually pay its way as far as the expenses of the municipality are con- cerned is a thing which seems to be realized by few people;' the Jour- nal. -Argus says. ",This is espec- ially true when new areas a n d • streets are opened up requiring new water, sewage and.electrical services. It' is even more unfortunate in this , community when it is obvious that many older areas which already have these services along' their streets handy for ready installation continue to have more than their share of vacant lots. "As the community grows it will be most helpful- if these older settled areas are filled out with new homes Seat Belts in About four years ago, r one of the big automobile manufacturers launched a safety campaign, which included the offer of seat belts as an optional accessory in its cars. It sold fewer cars than it counted on while thiscampaign lasted. The company, was discouraged, and since then neither it nor its competitors have done much more about seat belts. The public was not interested. Several reasons have been advanc- ed for this indifference. Seat belts add to the cost of a car, especially if they, are not installed at the factory in the first'.place. They are not very comfortable, in long journeys. And, unless the fabric- is carefully dyed or else left in its natural color, clothing may become stained.. However, the case for seat belts as a safety measure is so strong that renewed efforts are now being made to promote them. Their effectiveness has been proved, sometimes in the most dramatic circumstances.. _,Of course, they cannot always guaran- as well as there being the develop- ment of new subdivisions. Let us hope we do have 'a happy combina- tion in these two directions. "The reason for these-sruggestions? Here are some of the facts: "A tax authority in a nearby city recently revealed that education costs,in elementary- schools were about $230 per child and $350 per student in secondary schools. The average house should thus bear an assessment of about $6,200 to pay its way in tax dollars for education alone." (- So that enough taxes be raised to pay all municipalcosts it is thus nec- essary to maintain a balance between industrial -commercial ana residen- tial assessment in order to maintain a healthy economy: Root of much of 'the difficulty is this imbalance in assessment. - • - The Journal -Argus sees the prob- lem as a continuing one unless there is an increase in commercial assess- ment. This is why we see that "bedroom communities' near metropolitan cen- tres sometimes find themselves in difficulty. The hundreds or thousands of homes just do not pay their own way, and if there are not a number of commercial properties developed within the community the municipal- ity finds itself in a tough spot—more ' orless permanently." Automobiles tee that a life will be saved, but seat belts reduce the chances of death' or serious injury. In 1959, according•to the Ontario Department of Trans- port, there were 1,187 traffic deaths in this province, and 59 per cent of these featured fractured skulls or spines, the kind of injury a seat belt is most likely to prevent. Consumers Union, which has been making a study • of the problem from the motorist's standpoint and has been testing various makes of seat belts in the United States with refer- ence to federal specifications, lists a number o organizations, including the influential National Safety Coun- cil, which are showing an increased interest in these devices. Stfch measures, •even supposing they are adopted, are not enough in themselves. A U.S. study of acci- dents involving nearly 2,000 cars equipped with belts has revealed that the belts were not in use in almost 70 per cent of these cars when' the accidents happened. — Ottawa Citi- zen. 7. i "It's something like pinning the tail on the donkey—only they "^ • call it pinning one on." -SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY • This is the time of year when - hundreds of thousands of young people. across . the land have one foot in• the air, ready .to take a big step. They are the graduates. It's a little sad 'for us older folks in June, as the graduation pictures flower and the yearbooks sprout. It means the old vulture with the scythe has put another notch in our particular post. * •* * But it is comforting to know that the reserves, fresh, strong and well equipped, are being rush- ed up to support the tattered, weary, front-line troops in the bat- tle of life. We need them. * * * Finishing public school•, and just busting to get into high school and be real teen-agers, is the Grade 8 gang. No nostalgia for them. They liked public school, but that's kid stuff now, and the sooner they're out, the happier they'll be. * * For the boys, it means they will no longer be treated as children, which is the bane of their exist- ence. Now they'll be students. It means they can start sneaking in- to the poolroom, shaving, giving their parents a little more lip, and getting their hair cut the way they want it. It also means pimples, paying girls way to the show, and the first, and worst, experience with love. But they don't know that, so they're as happy as tur- nips. 37,000 NAMES There are more than 37,000 manufacturing companies in Canada turning out the products Canadians use every day. These companies provide more than products, , however. For example, The Steel Company of . Canada Limited, since it was incorporated in 1910, has: • n• ode 36,817,000 tons of steel; • paid $1,020,000,000 to its employees; • paid 076,000,000 to government in taxes; • spent $1,930,000,000 for materials and services; • invested $365,000,000 in plant and raw ' material sources. This is how Canadian manufacturing contributes to the wealth and progress of Canada. THE STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL GANANONNE HAMILTON aIANTFORD TORONTO Canadianmade steel from, Canadicin-owned plants * * * It's even more exciting for the girls leaving public school. For some reason, girls in Grade 8 are a foot taller than boys in Grade 8• This make's love affairs, in which girls are interested even in Grade 8; rather awkward. Moving on means they'll be mixing with real BOYS, their own size, who treat them as members of the opposite sex' and not with stunted demons who wrestle them,' push.them, trip them, punch them and mock them. * a: * High"'chool graduates are not soecstatic about leaving. In fact they're almost reluctant, in ,many cases. They'd never admit it to their parents, but they've had a ball for the last four or five years. Now the cord must be cut. Friends must be left. The familiar and comforting dependence on parents and teachers is at an end. Life looms ahead, large and faceless. Within them lurks a delicious fear, mingled with the excitement of knowing they are almost men or women, and will have the freedom and responsibility this entails. , * * * FATHER'S PAY - Having celebrated Mother's Day among the springing flowers of May, it is fitting that we now hon- or Father in' the full strength of June. . One of my earliest recollections is that of standing in the shadow of my father. He was a big man, an even six feet, • and he cast a shadow that amply covered me. Alas I the day came when his shadow fell by my side. And through the days and the years, I hai'e found that the world is a dif- ferent place since he went away. No longer have I been able to go to a source of wisdom that had never failed me, and to a heart that was always kind and true. Such must have' been the e,tj3eri- ence of every man who has' had a good father. Let us honor Father June 19, not only with the flower we wear, but also with his presence and influ- ence in our heart. Above all, let us remember that God used an earthly father to illustrate his love and care for us. "When ye pray, say, Our Father." How homelike and beautiful it seems that we can look heavenward and call God our Father, who will not give tis a stone when we ask for bread, nor a scorpion when we ask for a fish. And it is enough to lead any father of today to resolve to be the best father it is possible for him to be, that his children may look to him in perfect trust and follow in his foosteps. fewer thorns than did ours. Keep a stiff upper chin. Look life squarely' between the ,eyes.•And if at first you don't succeed, re- member what W. C. Fields said: try, try again, and then quite be- fore you make a damn fool of yourself. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Where is the Hozomeen Range? It is the central range of the Cas- cade Mountains in British Colum- bia. It lies between the Skagit and Okanagan Ranges and constitutes a transition both in elevation and relief between these two. The gen- eral level of the peaks is around 7500 feet but towards the Okana- gan Range there are many sum- mits that exceed 8000 feet in height. * * Where Was Canada's First Graded Road? The first graded road in Canada, a military road, connected Digby Cape with a fort at Port Royal, N.S., a distance of about 10 miles., It was built by Samuel de Cham- plain in 1606, a year after he and the Sieur de Monts had established Canada's first permanent colony at Port Royal. The first road in. New France, 16 miles long, was built in 1665 between Chambly and Mont- real. It was 1734 before a road connected Montreal and. Quebec along, the north •shore of the ,St. Lawrence. One traveller reported that 'it took four and a half days to make the trip by this road in a, carriage during the summer, What Famous Broadway Producer Was, a Native of Newfoundland? John Murray Anderson, who was born in St. John's; Newfoundland, in 1886. He was the son of the Hon. Jolm Anderson. 'Educated at Edinburgh Academy and .at Laus- anne University, he was an art dealer before entering the theatri- cal field. Anderson's first produc- tion was The Greenwich Village Follies, , presented in. New York in 1919. From then until his death in New York in 1954 he was respon- sible for hundreds of productions of ,a lighter character -- musical comedies, miniature revues, mas- ques, pageants and films—for the New York and London stages. His final production, John Murray An- derson's Almanac, was running on Broadway at the time of his death. l�. A McDUFF OTTAWA -REPORT. THE PREMIER COMMITTEE REPORTS Canadians probably don't realize that when they perform the simple act of voting in a federal election they are following the provisions of one of the most complex laws on the statute books, and certainly the most amended. The Canada Elec- tions Act says who can. vote and tries :to protect voting from any improper practices. ' Long after each. election cam- paign, when the sound of battle has died away and most of the is- sues are forgotten, a committee of the House of Commons goes through the Act with a fine-tooth comb. Their objective is to see if the act can possibly be improved, if abuses have crept in, or if con- ditions of modern life have opt - dated any of its provisions. The group of 29 M.P.'s who undertake the job is the Common's Standing Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions, rightly known as the "pre- mier committee' of the House of Commons", for it deals with one of the citizen's most essential rights in a parliamentary democ- racy—the right to vote. The committee, under the able chairmanship of a former profes- sor of political science,. Health Macquarrie, Conservative M.P. for Queens', P.E.I., has just complet- ed its review of the act in the light of the 1957 and 1958 elections. If the government adopts the com- mittee's legislative recommenda- tions and the House approves them, Canadians will find next time they gb to 'the polls that the rules governing campaigning and voting have been refined, but not radically altered. EGMONDVILLE Mr. -and Mrs. CleaveCoOmbs ani Mr. and Mrs, James Watson were in Toronto on Monday, Mr.. Wat- son remaining at Malton Veterans' Hospital for treatment. We extend congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Cleave Coombs, Who celebrated their 19th wedding an- niversary on Tuesday, June 7. ' Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Brown were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elliott and sons, Dublin; and Mr. and Mrs. Roily Vanstone and family, of Herisall: Mr. Thomas Jackson quietly celebrated his 84th birthday at his home on Sunday, June 5. Congrat- ulations! For many of those leaving fi'igh school, graduation is surrounded by a special, rosy aura, because they are in love. It may not be deep and lasting, the stuff that will carry them through 50 years of domesticity, but it's just as real, just as painful, just as blissful as any they'll ever experience. * * * Within a year, the high. school sweetheart may Abe just a pleasant memory, but right now, it's true love, and they burn with it, lan- guish with it, and have their hearts broken by it. They don't remem- ber that the heart is merely a very tough pump, which goes right on pumping after it has been al- legedly fractured split in twain, or torn to ribbons by love. * * * Then we come to the university graduates. Scarcely can they be recognized as the gawky, small- toWn adolescents who went off to college four years ago. They are blase, well-dressed, opinionated and. sophisticated. On the outside, at any rate. # * These are the people who are going to make a great deal ,pf money, write hit plays and suc- cessful novels, find a cure for can- cer, build mighty bridges, or win the cold war. * * * .'4 BLAKE Mr. and Mrs. James 111cNain, of Amberley, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy McBride. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Oesch and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Erb and family. Mr. Archie Mustard, of, Sarnia, spent the weekend with bis wife and family. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Erb visit- ed with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Zebr, of Kitchener. ' A harsh supervisor was repri- manding a meek worker in his de- partment. He stormed, "Jones, I derstand you've been going over m head." • "I wouldn't dare do that, sir." "But isn't it true that .you've been praying for a raise?" On the sample ballot, Mr. Smith will become Mr. Doe. The fear was that the sample X opposite the sample Smith might have been construed as indicating that the real Smiths—and there are several in every election—are the" candi- dates- to_ vote__ for... iSo- far _there has never been a Mr. Doe run for public office.) In another recom- mendation the committee - would legalize one of the prominent fear tures of modern election campaigns —the neighborhood tea or 'coffee party to meet the candidate. It feared that under the present law even such modest entertainments might be interpreted as "treating" the electors in an effort to "cor- ruptly influence" their vote. The major changes being pro- posed by the Committee are aim- ed at throwing the vote open to all who will be away from hho home then 'erection day, and to voters' lists more accurate. At present the advance polls are held only a few days before elec- tion day and are restricted to coin: mercial travellers, fishermen, ser- vicemen, transport workers and the R.C.M.P.' But under modern conditions this is a very unrealis- tic limitation since far niore peo- ple are on the move. Hence the plan to hold the advance polls a full week before 'election day, in- crease the number of such polls, and make them available to any voters . on the basis of a simple declaration that he will be away from home on voting day. • The committee's other main re- commendation would establish the new position of "revising agent". It has been found that in the crash program of an enumeration—which amount§ to a census of about 9,- 500,000 voters taken in six days by an army of 65,000 enumerators— whole sides of streets or apartment blocks are sometimes missed. The job of the revising agents, appoint- ed in pairs like enumerators, would be to stand by and do an enumera- tion in such instances and in gen- eral to assist in making sure that all the voters have their names on, the list. Both these 'measures—for unre- stricted advance voting and for re- vising agents—are second bests.. They were approved by the com- mittee after it had rejected the idea of permanent voters' lists and • absentee voting. Under this sys- tem the voters' lists are made up by a house-to-house canvass much like the enumeration but are kept up to date by twice yearly canvass- es. There is far less chance of in- accuracy, about three weeks are cut from the election campaign be- cause the enumeration and revis, ing period is no longer needed and —the main advantage—a person can vote for candidates in his own riding wherever the lists are avail- able: either throughout his province or throughout the nation. Our theoretical Mr. Doe, a na- tive of Saint John's, nfld., could appear on voting day at a pooling booth in Victoria, have his name checked off the list for his home • riding, and cast his ballot It could be expected that the lists, once established, would also be used for provincial -and munici- pal elections thereby saving a lot of the expense of duplicating the lists. But this advance would in- volve more uniformity of federal, provincial and municipal voting qualifications: there is a trend to- ward uniformity—several munici- palities have abolished the proper- ty qualification, for instance—but it still has a long way to go. Then again the lists could be used for redistribution, the job of altering constituency boundaries every ten years to take account of' population movements. In Britain, Australia and New Zealand, which have permanent lists and absentee voting,' the ridings are distributed according to the nuinber`Of voters they contain. In Canada the census of general population has to be used; but it must be said that- this is probably not a serious short- coming. The Committee appears to have turned down the more radical change because of cost. Chief elec- toral officer Nelson Castonguay estimated it would come to $6,000,- 000 to $7,000,000 todraw up the lists and $5,000,000 annually for the twice -yearly revisions. Privately several experienced M.P.'s on the committee have described perman- ent lists as something that "will come" but not for some years. This is a pity. Permanent lists and absentee voting would be an improvement in making sure in this age of high mobility in which the "floating vote" floats from place to place. as well as party to party—that everyone in the coun- try has a chance to vote. But in electoral reform as in parliamen- tary reform, Canada always ap- pears to lag behind Britain and of...... , ten Australia and New Zealand as well. Probably if more people took an interest in the vote between elec- tions, the M.P.'s would be more impressed with the need for change. Those organizations like the Jaycees which put on great campaigns to "get out and vote!" might do an even greater service if they put more effort into get- ting people interested in the vote itself, what it means and how it could be improved. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25 50 and 75 years ago. �, From The Huron Expositor • June 7, 1935 Some good catches of perch are being made at St. Joseph with hook and line. - At the County Council June ses- sion, Mr. Merton A. Reid, of Sea - forth, was appointed a member of the Mothers' Allowance Board, to succeed the late Col. R. S. Hays. Reeves, Crozier of Seaforth, J. M. Eckert of: McKillop and W. R. Archibald, of Tuckersmith are in Goderich this week attending .the June session, of the county council. Mr. Ross Hamilton, nephew of Dr. H. H. Ross, passed his fifth year in Medicine and will be an interne in the Western Hospital at London' for this year. Mrs. William Archibald and Mr. Robert Archibald, of Tuckersmith, are in Toronto this week attending the .graduation of her daughter, Alice, from the University of To. ronto. Mr. Aubrey Hiles Carter, of the College of Education, Toronto, has been successful in obtaining the position of Science Specialist • on the staff of the Picton Collegiate. After 26 years away from home, Mr. Williani Morrison, of Rabbit Lake, Sask., visited his -parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison, and notes many changes in Sea - forth. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grassie, na- tives of this district, now in Van- couver, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in that city on Monday, June 3. Miss Margaret McKellar and Miss Muriel Beattie have graduat- ed from the University of Western Ontario, Miss McKellar taking sec- ond-class honors, and Miss Beattie taking third in French and Eng- lish. Eleanor Evans successfully com- pleted her third year in the Physi- ology and Biochemistry course at the University of Toronto. * * * What is the Caae? This N the abbreviation for the Canadian Association for Adult Education, a . voluntary organiza- tion established in 1936 as the clearing house and headquarters for adult education in Canada. Fin- anced by grants from individuals, corporations, trade unions, co-op- eratives and government depart- ments, it is managed by a national council with representatives from every province ands every walk of life. Its head office is in Toronto. The CAAE provides assistance to persons and organizations on many problems—where to get books and pamphlets, how to prepare or find study or correspondence materials, how to learn the most effective ed- ucational methods, where to get training and where to get trained staff. It participates in the plan - ming of the National:.Farm Radio Forum and Citizens' Forum. I hope nobody tells them, but they're probably going to have to settle for malting a living, writing letters to the ,editor, finding a cure for their hemorrhoids, build- ing a house with a mortgage, and fighting a running, inconclusive battle in the hot or domestic war. * * Gradiatesl We who are about ready to cry, salute you. May the roses along your pathway, have A SMILE OR TWO Will: "Help me out of this shirt, Pete; this collar is choking me." Pete: "Get out yourself, stupid; you have your head through a but- tonhole." Stranger: "You had a prize hei- fer here last week, Mr. Jones. Mind telling me how much she's worth?" Mr. Jones: "Well, it all de - e; are you the new tax col- ector,l-or has she been killed by • an auto? chased from Mr. W. A. Pickard. The kindergarten department in the Seaforth public school' has an attendance of 38 and more to come. We understand that 70 new teachers are required in this coun- ty to resume work after midsum- mer holidays. Mr. C ..Simpsen, -of Egmondville, who recently went West, has been fortunate in securing 320 acres of land at Morse, Sask. Mr. James McQuaid, of McKil- lop, left on Friday last for Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he will visit his sister, Mrs. (Dr,) Mulligan. From there he is going west to Calgary and maybe to the coast. Miss Ranton, who has been the agent of the Bell Telephone Co. here since they took over their own office, has been 'promoted to the position of head operator in' Woodstock, and leaves for that city this week. The excursion to the Experi- mental Farm at Guelph on Mon- day was fairly well attended. There were five well-filled coach- es on the train from Seaforth., Mr. James Lockhart, of Sarnia, is visiting friends in this vicinity. * * * From The Huron Expositor June 10, 1910 The work on the cement abut- ments for the new bridge at Rox- boro is about completed, and the iron for the superstructure is on the ground. Five or six of the residehts of Tuckersmith appeared before Po- lice Magistrate Holmested on Sat- urday and were fined $5.00 each for allowing their dogs to ;run at lar e. l r. and :)lilrs. 'Thomas Daly are ,nolocated in their home on God- erich oderich St,, wbic'b they 'recently put - * * * From The Huron Expositor June 5, 1885 Calder and Livingston, of Blyth, have their mill running a blast, and run out about 12,0 of lumber a day. The High School football club of this town intend holding a tourna- ment here on the afternoon of Saturday next. Clubs from Mitchell and Clinton are expected. Mr. Hector Cowan, son of Mr. feet John Cowan, of McKillop, who re- cently passed such a creditable examination before the Law Socie- ty, -of Toronto, has located for the practise of his profession in Pais- ley. The famous Georgia Minstrel Company, which is said to be com- posed of 20 of the best minstrel performers in America, will give one of their entertainments in ' Cardno's Hall on Tuesday evening next. Mr. John „Hligill has rented his farms on. the Huron Road to his son and has removed into town and now occupies the residence on John Street which he recently pur- chased from Mr. Brett. ]Mr. and Mrs. John McMillan ar- rived home from the Old Country yesterday. Mr. McMillan brought, out with him several five young stallions. From the first of June last year to the first of May this year, Mr. Andrew Calder, of this town, net- ted the sum of $108 from his Ayr- shire cow. This included the calf, the butter and the milk sold for one year. We learn by circular from the agent, Mr. Alex Jacques: that John B. Dorris, Inter -Ocean Circus, Mus- eum and Menagerie, will visit Sea - forth about the 2nd of July. Mr. Peter McEwen met with a painful accident while watchinga football game, and as the ball came near him he made a kick and dislocated his knee. • • The guest finally decidedito leave and apologized, "I do hope r haven't kept you .up too late." "Not at all," replied his host, "we would have been getting up soon anyway." :TIE NANRY FAMILY BY LLOYW MNt1IIMNUIM 9