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The Huron Expositor, 1960-06-30, Page 2.ti Since 1860 Serving the Community'FLrst �ibl)Slted at SEAPORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor , . � Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations. Subscription Rates: • MUG Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year O Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS RACH Authorized as Second Class 14111l, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 30, 1960 Area Parks Provide Needed Service While there are no provincial or -county parks in Huron there are miles of beautiful beach, some of which continues to be open to the public, and there are a number of smaller parks, such as the Seaforth Lions Park, in which either groups or individuals may relax and enjoy themselves. But we are reminded by the �St. Marys Journal -Argus that the Pin- ery Park is available to the people of this district, and is within easy driving distance. "In summertime the life of many of us is made brighter due to the new Pinery Park on Lake Huron, south of Grand Bend," the Journal -Argus says. "Of course we could go to the beach at Grand Bend, or Ipperwash. They are fine if you like crowds—but for those over their teen -years they have their disadvantages. "The Pinery Park is the place for the family. It is the place also for couples and groups who like to be able to find a stretch of beach which they can have to themselves a great _. deal of time—pr where you can have a picnic table with a grill nearby. There is space galore, even on a busy holiday—space for parking, facilities for changing clothes, lots of handy containers for garbage, flat places for a pick-up ball game—and hilly places, for hide-and-seek, or just plain tumbling. "The Pinery Park has 4,250 acres. It has almost five miles of the finest sand beach in Ontario. There are five hundred sites for campers in it, and nearly 2,000 picnic tables are provid- ed. There is even a canoe launching site, new this year. "We think it is great that the Pin- ery Park and other parks like it have been established in Ontario by the Department of Lands and Forests. These places can be used'•by everyone but are especially wonderful for the family which has not a summer home at its command. "Too many of our wonderful lake beaches have already been appropri- ated by private.. residents. It was well time that some of the remaining por- tions be kept for the public before it was too late. The Pinery is an excel- lent example of this preservation for the people of their rights." - Population Changes Affect Canadian Economy. A recent issue of the Bank of Montreal Business Review has re- vealed in striking fashion the chang- es which are due to occur in the struc- ture of the Canadian population dur- ing the next decade, and has pointed out some of the effects that these changes will produce in the Canadian economy. Not only will the Canadian popu- lation as a Whole probably increase from about 18 millions to some 221/2 millions between 1960. and 1970, but there will also be significant changes in the number of people in different age groups. For example, provided that pres- ent birth and death rates are main- tained, there will be a large increase of children under five years of age. Because of the "baby boom" of the post-war years there will also be a large expansion in the number of teen-agers, especially in the early' 1960's. In the late 1960's this wave of 'young people will be marrying There will be vast increases in the number of products and supplies re- quired by babies.-' Within the next few years the so-called "teen-age market" will become even more im- portant and significant than it is now. That demands and requirernents such as these can be forecast so far in advance is one of the results of the statistical revolution that has taken place in this- century. To a greater extent than ever before, in- dustry and services need rely less and less upon chance, and can count more upon • the results of careful' planning and study. Certainly it would•seem that on the basis of pres- ent indications the future may well bring a considerable economic ex- pansion. --Montreal Gazette. "Here's someone wants to buy a Xiphias Gladius*" Whether it's a used *swordfish, a surplus display case, or a grandfather's clock that you wish to buy or sell, tell the readers of this newspaper about it with an advertisement in our classified colulnns. These inexpensive messages may be used effectively by business men to supplement . their display advertising and by others to locate items needed or to dispose of those no longer wanted. When you advertise in this paper your invest- ment is made on the basis offacts—verified circulation. Ask to see a copy of our ABC report. It gives you complete, audited information about the circulation your advertising will get when it 'is published in these columns. e a . we have, where it goes, how obtained, acid other facts that tell you what yon get tar You#' ,advertising money crrn,k+' when vett Use this paper, hur.1I This newspaper is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation an association of nearly 4,000 pub- lishers, adfvertisers, and advertising agencies. Our circulation is audited by experienced'ABC circulation auditors, Our ABC report shoves how much circulation THtr PR/NC/PA4 1•I�AS VERY 01..1.1n/7: Aeon- /T, MOTHER. ,iV 5A/P 'YOU PLC/ANEW ----SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY We old air force types are rest- ing easier these nights, secure in the knowledge that the great tra- ditiens we helped to establish are in safe hands. I've felt this way since I read in the papers the oth- er day about the new pamphlet for air force personnel., * * * Entitled A Guide to Social Re- creation in the Royal Canadian Air Force, it is .a 118 -page document. They quoted only a few passages from it, in the newspaper stories. But these were enough to convince me that life in the air force these days is just as exciting as ever, and a whole lot more fun. * * * The pamphlet is designed to help the airman get acquainted., be ac- cepted socially, and lose his feel- ing of personal insignificance. To bring this about, and help him feel that he is one Of 'the gang, the booklet suggests some fascinating games that can be played at RCAF station parties. * * * Most of these ice -breakers seem to be played'on your knees. That's as good a method as any of abol- ishing stiffness and reserve, and levelling differences in rank. Here's one of them. It's called Rabbit. "All kneel on the floor in a circle. The leader asks each one in, turn if he knows how to play rabbit. When they admit they do not, he rises and says: 'Well, I guess we can't play it then, no one knows how.'" That would cer- tainly establish an informal, friend- ly 'attitude at any party. * * * Here's another. "All are asked to kneel in a circle to be initiated into theorder of Siam. They are requested to repeat after the lead- er the oath of allegiance: `Owa Tagoo Siam'. They say it slowly at first; then rapidly. One by one they realize that they are saying, '0 what a goose I am'." Hey, wouldn't their. faces be red? * * * Just one more sample. "All play- ers are told to get in a crouch position on the floor with their heads down. They are told to re- peater after the leader, Iine by line: 'With all my heart; with all my mind; I know that I; stick out behind'." Imagine the roars of laughter, the gay camaraderie this one would produce. * * * All .I can say is that it makes me sick with envy. We sure .didn't have any fun like that when I was in the air force. Night after night we'd just sit around the mess and drink beer and argue. Heck, some- times we felt so socially insecure we'd have .to gee right out of the mess and cycle five miles through the blackout to a -pub so we could get into a lively game of shove ha' penny. * * * Oh, we did have a few old games that might' crop up once in a while at a station party. But they were pretty effe ate,, badly organiz- ed efforts, dompared to Rabbit, for example. We did have one, though, that was played on hands and knees, like these new ones. * * '* Two large, preferably thick- headed young pilots were chosen. Each was .given a• weapon, consist- ing of newspapers or magazines, tightly rolled. They were blindfold- ed. Then on hands and knees, they stalked each other. Idea was to find your opponent and club him unconscious. First to draw blood was,•:the winner' and the loser had to buy a roundfor all hands. * * * Another of our simple little games was something like that one they play at the Women's Institute called Sing, Say or Pay. We'd all stand in a circle. Bach in turn had to tell a story, sing a song, or have his trousers removed and a pint of cold ale poured over that part'of his anatomy between navel and knees. This always led to some goodnatured, boyish scuffling in which one type lost tufo front teeth and 'another got a' warped nose, at one party I remember. * * * Then there was Boomerang. This was ,played only when most of the players were leaving first thing in the melting for a new station. First, .you gathered all the plates and saucers from the'llning room retired hastily behind a barricade consisting of the piano or a large table turned on its side. Then you skimmed a plate every time one of the -opposing ..team stuck. his head up. You'd get one right back at you, hence the name Boomerang. This was a jolly,~cheerful-game, designed not only to break down. the traditional reserve of the fight- er pilot, but also every window in the place. • * * • And 'of course there was Mess Rugger. This was a high-spirited game in which any number could take part. Having to gallop over the chesterfields and around the tables made it more •interesting. The smallest pilot in the mess was used as a ball, and the game end- ed when someody was successful in drop-kicking him over the bar. * * * I know that sound's like pretty anemic stuff compared to the red- blooded virility of Owa Tagoo Si- am, but it wasn't our fault that we were born 20 years too soon. EC NO 109 (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) • What Is the First Meridian? This is the basic north -south line from which lands are surveyed in the prairie provinces. It is at 97 degrees 27 minutes west, just a few miles west of Winnipeg. From this line townships are • surveyed and numbered east to the second initial meridian east, at 94 degrees west, just east of the Lake of the Woods; and west to the second in- itial meridian west, at 102 degrees weft, not far west of the Mani- toba -Saskatchewan boundary. Here township numbers begin again, then again at the third Meridian west, a few miles west of Moose Jaw, at the fourth meridian west (the .Saskatchewan -Alberta boun- dary), at the fifth meridian west, near Calgary, and: at the sixth meridian west, near Jasper. * * * How Many Prime Ministers Have Survived Defeat? Three Canadian prime ministers have survived defeat to return at a later period to lead their coun- t's government.The three have beets. Sir John"Maedo'nald, Ar- thus Meighen and William Lyn" Mackenzie King. Macdonald, after six years as prime minister, was defeated by the Liberals tinder Alexander Mackenzie. in 1873, but he was returned to power in 1878 and continded in office until his death in 1891. Melghen, leader of the government in 1920-21, was de- feated by King, but again took the reins of office for a short period in 1926. King, who bad already giv- en way to Melghen in 1926, was defeated by the. Conservatives un- der R. B. Bennett in 1930 and for five years remained as leader of the opposition. In 1935, however", he regained office and served as prime minister until his retirement in 1948. * * * Where Was the Talbot Settlement? In southwestern Ontario, Thomas Talbot in the early years of the 19th century obtained from the British government a . grant of many thousands of acres in the Lake Erie region, established him- self a Port Talbot On Lake Erie and gave his name to the capital of his settlement, St. Thomas. Many prosperous communities in the Ontario counties of Essex, Kent, Lambton Norfolk, Oxford, Elgin and Middlesex owe their ori- gin to his colonizing efforts. Born in Ireland in 1771, Talbot followed. a military career until settling permanently in Upper Canada in 1802. He had previous spent four years in Upper Caned on military duty, part of the time as private secretary to Lt. -Col. John Graves Simcoe, the Lieutenant -Governor. A picturesque figure in sheepskin coat and fort fur cap &replete with ears and tail, Talbot governed his Vast settlement in almost patriar- chal •State, for nearly 50 years. lIe never ti led. ;<n , het died in •TiVo•ttntrlrs *ere ideked, and each Landon; (>ariad 'Wes TUE BIBLE TODAY :. The fabled land of Ethiopia has been the scene of many historic events, not the least of which was the :presenting of a beautiful bound copy of the New Testament in thtbiople (the liturgical language of e' Church) to His Holiness Abuna Basilios, the first Patriarch of .the newly autonomous Church of 'Eth- iopia. The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia is one of the most .ancient of all the Christian Churches and is tra- ditionally linked with the Coptic Church of Egypt which Looks to St. Mark, the author of the Gospel which bears his Game, as its foun- der. Until 1950 Egypt had provided the Ethiopian Church with its Archbishop but in that year the Venerated Abun Basilios was consecrated its Archbishop. He was consecrated Patriarch in. Cairo in June, 1959, and on his return to Ethiopia the Rev. Canon A. F. Matthew, an Honorary Life Gover- nor of the British and Foreign Bible Society presented the new Patriarch with the New Testa- ment. - In Ethiopia the new revised Am- haric Bible is meeting with a great response from the people. Suggted Bible Readings Sunday ---1 Timothy 6:1.21 Monday Psalms 90:1-17 -• Tpesda'—Exodus 12:29-51 - Wednesday—Exodus 13:]-22 Thursday—Eitodus 14t1-31 Friday—Exodus 15:1.21 Saturday—Luke 10:25-42, Matt. 7:1-12. Who Was the First Protestanr Clergyman in Montreal? . John Ogilvie, an Anglican chap- lain. He was born in New York in 1722 and was educated at Yale University, receiving his B.A. in 1748 and his M.A. .in 1751. Shortly after his ordination he became a chaplain with the colonial forces in the Seven Years' War and from 1760 to' 1764 he. was stationed in Montreal. His register of births, deaths and marriages for this per- iod is still in existence. Ogilvie died in New York in 1774. YOUR GARDEN HUS NEED LI1TL1 'CARE The iris .is one garden favourite that can get along without a great deal of fuss and bother, say On- tario Department of Agriculture sources, All plants need water, though; and the iris is no exception. Water the plants enough before blooming time to keep the soil moist, but not wet. Remove weeds and grass around the rhizomes. Loosen the surface soil with a hoe just before the plants bloom. Be careful not to injure the rhizomes or the roots. Cut the flowers as soon as they fade, unless you want seed for later use. Fertilizer? Although most plants do not need it, the time to apply fertilizer is just after they blbom. Apply about one cup of fertilizer (such as 5-10-5). to each large iris clump. In the early fall, cut the plants to a height of about seven inches from the ground. A McDUFF . oTTAW!A REPORT t Queltee once• More ,toe KW, OITAWA .The best known: het on Parliament Bill for the Qgebec elect"tion could not, have had much lower stakes : fot'mer Labour Min- ister Paul Marth 'won his ten cent wager 'with Theo Ricard, the P.C. member for St. Hyacinthe, that the Grits would win. There was comfort and discom- fort for everybody in Canada's first two provincial elections this year. However, the defeat of the Union National is of major significance and goes far beyond the 5044 seat figure, No provincial victory could have meant as much to the Fed- eral Liberals as that of Jean Lesage in their traditional anchor province of Quebec. The stunning Liberal win there over the Union National is the first, solid basis for their hope of up- setting the Diefenbaker Govern- ment next round, In no other prov- ince is organization and money so important, and the Union National defeat will leave their organiza- tion (on which the Federal Tories leaned heavily in the 1958 elec- tion) in shreds and the coffers very low. The defeat is doubly serious for the Federal Tories as they have yet (after three years in power), to develop a Quebec leader of any stature and there is still no one on the horizon. The Provincial Liberal success raises the possibility of the Liber- als corning out of the Maritimes and Quebec. with as many as 80 seats in the next Federal election. While it would still be quite a dis- tance to a majority victory it could mean a Diefenbaker (or ev- en Liberal) minority government, depending to a great extent on the.split of opposition votes in the rest of the country between Lib- erals, the New Party and Social Credit. This is still just specula- tion, but before Quebec it was only hopeful Liberals who indulged in it. * * *• The Annual Chorus ' Voices calling for the reform of Parliament are usually heard loud- est and longest in the spring of the year and early summer. The gen- eral public may be a little mysti- fied by the timing of this annual chorus, But the reason is simple. It is at this time of year that Members of Parliament face the fact that the inefficient operation of the House of Commons is going to force them to sit through an- other sticky and sweltering sum- mer. They can't expect much sympa- thy from the public. :The' MP's find that most of their constitu- ents don't know at any particular" time whether Parliament is sitting or not. But ttie public should take more interest for -the basic reasons behind the summer sittings, be- cause they relate to the effective- ness of this country's most impor- tant elective institution. The problem in a nutshell is this: While the country has rushed for- ward and grown in the postwar period, Parliament has been stand- ing still, or almost standing still. Each session there is far more leg- islation for the House to consider than there was the session before. Each year its job of controlling the executive and administration grows in scope because of the growth and proliferation of govern- ment departments and agencies. Yet the House of Commons—and we talk about the Commons,.mot the appointed Senate, because the Commons is where real power lies —meanders along scarcely recog- nizing the changes'that have taken place around it. The old rules, the old habits, the old procedures and the old speeches prevail, making the Green Chiiplber geem.s'almost as much of an anachronism and museum -piece in the west end of the Centre Block as the Red Cham.. ber does in the east end. Although a Commons committee has recently been appointed to try to work out ways of making the House more effective, it is a eau tion to remember that the Rouse; is the way it is today 'despite in,. corporating the recommendations of a similar committee five years ago. Anyone who has visited the Com. mons for any length of time can immediately put his finger on one of its main weaknesses. The speeches are too long and too re- petitious, insufficiently researched and prepared, and there are too many of them on any one subject, In other words, the places bores to death M,P.'s and visitors alike, Except on rare occasions when there is a reasonably short time limit, debates in the Commons are not deb ates "at all; they are a ser- ies of after-dinner speeches that lack focus and go on interminably. The first and most obviously nec- cessary steps is to cut down the length of speeches and impose stricter time limits on debate. This is not suggested mainly as a time- saving device—a sort of stop -watch recommendation of the efficiency expert. The real purpose would be to keep debatesto the point of is- sue, to make it .essential for the speakers to make every word count and to ensure that debate has not time to wander into irrelevance and repetition. • But even if the House is given a better chance to produce good debate, the advantage will be lost if the business of the House is not so ordered that the M.P.'s know well in advance what iscoming up; that is, what they have -to pre- pare for. Experience of the past 10 years indicates that the Com- mons has to sit for more than half the year and that it tends to get sluggish and careless if kept through the. summer. The second step would be to move the opening of Parliament forward to the fall and divide it into terms, like the school year, Then a general schedule of busi- ness could be laid down for each term, since parliamentary business breaks down fairly easily into cate- gories: general debate on admin stration, legislative enactment and control •of spending. Visitors to the Commons often exclaim askance over the low at- tendance. They shouldn't. Attend- ance and participation are an M. P.'s first duty. But except for cer- tain times, such as Question Per- iod and major debates, it doesn't take a full or nearly -full House to make an effective debating cham- ber. In fact, the more the Mem- bers do their research andpre- paration outside the House, the more the House itself is reserved for matters of moment. Also a 265 - member chamber is a quite un- wieldy instrument for detailed work. This has . already been recogniz- ed. The growth of the committee system to do much of the work of scrutinizing legislation, keeping a check on the mushrooming bur- eaucracy and more particularly go- ing through expenditure with a fine tooth comb, has been a welcome development. But here again effici- ency is severally hampered by the way the job is done. Most of the committees are too big -30 to 60 members. With so many commit- tees this means that each M.P. be- longs to several and his possibili- ties of specializing are limited. An investigation is usually more ef- fective if only a few people do the (Continued on Page 3) IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor June 28, 1935 I0 the mined bowling tournament on Friday, the east side of Main Street played the west side. The east side won by 36 points., There were 34 entries. In the baseball tournament stag- ed at Zurich Wednesday, Seaforth ousted the Mitchell team by a score of 11-6. The game with Zur- ich ended in a 3-3 tie. The Seaforth Athletic Associa- tion is interested in forming a jun- li* Ieagye of boys, between the ages of 12 and 16 years. They will play baseball and football. The men's open doubles bowling .tournament for the Savauge tro- p'hy Wednesday was halted by rain, and the winners were select- ed by drawing from a hat. Alan Keys, fifth form student at the Collegiate here, has been awarded the second annual Alumni Memorial Scholarship. More than 1•,000 • persons accept- ed the invitation of W. A. Crich to inspect his fine modern bakery on Saturday evening. The large plant was crowded from 7:30 to mid- night. Only 36 are writing entrance ex- aminations this year. The number has been reduced by the recom- mendation system begun a couple of years ago. The class writing each year used to be in excess of 100. Mr. Charles Aberhart has sold his large brick block on the corner of Main and John Streets to Dr, J. A. Munn. A mixed open twilight tourna- ment will be held at the bowling green on Friday, July 5, Cavan Church, Winthrop, cele- brated its diamond jubilee an Sun- day, followed by a largely attend- ed garden party on Monday eve- ning. * * * From The Huron Expositor July 1, 1910 Irl' the third game of the semi- finals, the Rovers of Brucefleld defeated the Brussels intermedi- ates by a score of 1 to 0. It was the first time in 10 years that they had met defeat itt football on their own grounds. The Reiman bowlers have equip- peddeir beatitifiti new green Witha spline engine to Operate their force ptttnp for watering, , Rev. Mr. Hart, the retiring pas- tor oqf the Kippen Methodist Church, de1i.V'ei^ed his farewell sermon Iast Sunday morning, Rev. Mr. Newcombe, of Clinton, was run into by a boy riding a bicycle and knocked down, with the result that one of his ribs were broken. � A barn belonging to H. Carrick, of Clinton, was destroyed by fire the other night. He got his horse and harness out, but a sleigh, some coal,-bay,,-ete,r were -destroy- ed. , A train on the Buffalo and Gode- rich branch of the -GTE, ran into a team of horses that had strayed onto the track at Stapleton, a mile east of Clinton. Both horses were killed. They were valued at $500, In addition to other ' improve- ments to be made to First Pres- byterian manse, the managing committee have •decided to erect a new veranda in front. Another batch of Tuckersmith farmers were before Police Magi- strate Holinested for an infraction Of the dog by-law. Most pleaded guilty, Mitchell and Seaforth played an intermediate championship la- crosse game here last Tuesday. The Mitchell team won out. * From TheHuron Expositor — June 26, 1885 Messrs. S. Sanders and David Johns, of this district, recently re- turned from a very successful fish- ing expedition in the Northern VIE MANY FAMILY townships. In one day they caught 200 speckled trout Mr. John Sparrow, of the •Parr Line, had his blood colt hitched up, and hen he took it out Of the sul- ky it reared up and fell • on its back It lay in this .position all .night. When it got up it bled about a pailful from the nose. There is little hope of its recovery. The. High School annual games will commence on the High School grounds this afternoon at 3 p.m. In the evening a strawberry social will be` held. The Doherty Organ Band, of Clinton, will be in attend- ance. Mr. Thos. Govenlock has shown us a sample of spring wheat °pick- ed from a field on his farm, the stalks of which measure 27 inches in length. • Mr. Robert Govenlock, McKillop has shown us several stalks of fall wheat picked from his farm. The longest of the stalks is 64 inches, and is of 'the Lancaster variety. There are more new buildings be- ing erected. in Seaforth this year than for some past years. Rousing accommodation is very scarce, and there is hardly a vacant house or room to ..had in the town. Buttermilk is becoming a popu- lar beverage since the Scott Act came into operation. It is good and wholesome if not adulterated. A cricket crease has been made in the centre of the new recreation grounds on South Main Street, with a bicycle track around the entire grounds. The grounds are being put in nice shape. IMMO'SININGRAM NOW MADE A SWINGING SP CE TRAY o I 'AMtANDMCAKE0 MMw P)tt Pt ATE1� IN MOUNT t3F1 ni EtP Wfti1 BOMAN, • WASHER., DOUrto a itAvtst<rCN •WASWia