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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-07-28, Page 2Stine 1860 Serving the Community First " r1401/4911ecl, at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor 11slit* 4 Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations. p Subscription Rates: anada'(in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 28, 1960 Carnival Deserves Support. Of Pui tic There probably is no one facility in Seaforth that provides„ greater en- joymentlo a greater number of peo- ple during the summer months than does, 'the Lions Park and Pool. Not only does the Park serve Seaforth, but its pleasures are 'enjoyed by old and young throughout a wide area. This year even greater numbers of children are enrolled for swimming instruction. It is impossible to esti- mate the lives that may be saved in years to come because of this train- ing which is being made available to. district children. All this has become possible be- cause members of the Seaforth Lions Club for more than '30 years have never lost sight of their long. range plan to provide the best in ' park facilities for Seaforth. They have never hesitated to devote hour upon hour of their time with no rgmun- eration, other than the satisfaction of • :knowing that something- ,worth- while was being created in the Sea - forth community. Throughout the years the public has co-operated in making available necessary funds, and this teamwork has created a Park arrangement the equal ofany available in towns of similar • size in Ontario. During recent years increasing costs of everything that goes into the maintenance and operation of ' Sea - forth Lions Park has made more dif- ficult the task 'of the Lions Club. Each year the public has an oppor- tunity to co-operate with the Lions Club, and that is on the occasion of the annual Summer .Carnival. The proceeds from .the carnival determ- ine the degree of maintenance that is possible for the Park. This year the Carnival takes place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings of next week. Citizens should require no urging to indicate their appreciation of the park facili- ties by attending the Carnival. Not only is a full evening's entertainment guaranteed, but those attending will have the satisfaction of having had a part in making possible a continua- tion of the Lions Park program. hey will have had a part in making t possible for Seaforth district chil- dren to learn to swim. A special attraction this year are the Carnival admission tickets which are now on sale and which include the opportunity to win a top award of $1,000. Congratulations, Brodhagen A shining example of what can be accomplished by a community when everybody co-operates to get the job' done will be unveiled Wed- nesday, when the modern Com- munity Centre at Brodhagen is. of- ficially opened. Serving an area in McKillop and Logan Townships surrounding the Village of Brodhagen, the large and 4- well-appointed structure has been in use .for somemonths. The idea for a community centre grew from the need to provide re- freshment facilities at a new park which the community established east of the village a couple of years ago. Instead of the small" stand which wascontemplated originally, those in charge embarked on a program to provide year-round facilities for the Community, comparable to anything .existing in much larger centres. That they were so successful is a tribute not only to their ability to arouse the interest of all in the community, but also to their untiring efforts throughout the program. The build- ing being opened Wednesday is a monument to a community spirit—all too rare these days—which resulted in every citizen of every age contri- buting to the best of his or her abil- ity for the common good. The Brodhagen Community Cen- tre will be a focal point for the activi- ties of the area for years to come. But just as important is the fact that Brodhagen will be a better commun- ity because of the experience gained in working together on the project. FROM $390.60 to $500.0 in -just : 5 years Your money grows this rapidly when you invest in a safe, guaranteed British. Mortgage ACCUMULATIVE certificate. Interest is paid on the maturity of the certificate. To invest — see your local agent or send us your cheque. Certificates are issued inamounts of $100. or more. s M® GAGE &TIM COMP Founded in 1877, Head Office: STRATFORD TO: 'BRITISH MORTGAGE & TRUST COMPANY, STRATFORD I enclose my cheque for $ for investmentin a British Mortgage ACCUMULATIVE Guaranteed Investment Certificate. NAME Address 0 Please send me a folder giving full information about British Mortgage & Trust Guaranteed Ihvestment Certificates British Mortgage and Trust Company represented by W. E. SOUTHGATE Phone 334 -- Seaforth British Mortgage and Trust Company represented by JOHN A. CARDNO Insurance Company Phone 214 Seafoith 4 SUGAR AND SPICE - By W. (Bill) B, T. SMILEY There's always something to take the joy out of life, isn't there? If a fellow was running barefoot through a field of violets in pur= suit of a beautiful young creature, there's certain to be a broken bot- tle amopg the flowers, and the nymph would turn out to have buck teeth and a goitre when you caught er. . * * That's the way I've been frus- trated by the business of eating nut, in the city. There have been many occasions, in 4he past de- cade, when I have thought it must be heaven to eat out, at a restaur- ant, every- day, all alone. Our house at mealtime has always re- quired nerves of steel and a cast- iron stomach. • * * * ' Meals around home' were always a mad melange of gags, giggling, arguments, questions with no an- swers, 'fights over dessert and an endless recitative of domestic, so- cial and personal problems, con- tributed by the cook. * * * Sometimes I used to clench my teeth, •close my eyes and. retreat from the babel into one of my favorite dreams. There I'd be, in a romantic restaurant, just sitting down to a dazzling spread of gleaming silver and white napery. A white -gloved waiter would be bending over me solicitiously. In the dimly lit interior, gypsy music stirred the senses. Several devast- ating women, obviously rich, lone- ly and bored, would be eyeing me with interest from,. neighboring tables. ;de, * * * I would sip my aperitif, glance with casual insolence about the room,, and greet the head waiter familiarly, as he scuttled over to discuss .the wine list with me. He would slip me a note from the Baroness Gorki, seated across the room, to whom I had nodded cold- ly when I entered. I would read it, given a short; hard laugh, and turn my entire attention to the gently roasted duclg; festooned in truffles, and specially prepared by then hef. * * * Just then one of the kids would knock over a glass 'of milk,. and I'd be back at the kitchen table at home, gulping a hot dog, and assuring my wife that, all right, I'll get the dam' lawn cut but she doesn't need to blow a -gasket. I'll never know how went through years of this without developing an ulcer the size -of a turnip. • * * That's why I was looking forward to eating out when I went off to summer school. I could picture it all: a light breakfast, with per- haps just orange juice, crisp ba- con, roll and honey and coffee; a spartan lunch consisting of •a mere omelette, a salad, and perhaps a banish pastry; but in the evening, the works. I planned to nose out all those charming little foreign restaurants my friends in the city are always telling me they almost went to one night, and do them up brown. * * * I was looking forivard to cold vichisoisse on a hot evening, con- sumed with quiet appreciation and crusty bread in some candle -lit French place. Followed, of course, by golden new potatoes, crisp frogs legs and a superb salad,, the whole washed down by a light Rhine wine. Topped, naturally, by a choice Camembert and an ancient and honorable brandy. • * * * Well, I don't like to admit it, but something has gone wrong. My breakfast has turned out to be toast and coffee, same as at home. Lunch has become a cheese sand- wich and the soup du jour, some of which was definitely made le jour before yesterday. These are eaten in hot, . crowded, shouting dumps in which the flies are twice as active as the waitresses, who look at you as though you'd made an" indecent proposal if you' ask them for a spoon. * * * But the real heartbreaker' is the dinners•. I tried it just once. Went out all by myselfto a posh chip joint, and went all out. You know something? I was ready for .a straight jacket before they brought my toffee. It was so lonely in that rornSntic cellar that I was ready to cry. The Baroness didn't hap- pen to be there that night, either. If it hadn% been for a nice old couple from .»'ort William at the next table, I'd have felt as friend- less as the Prisoner of Chillon. * * * So from now on, that dashing boulevardier standing with his nose pressed against the window at Murray's restaurant, reading tonight's special on the menu pin- ned up,, will be yours truly. And I -don't care if I neven-see another French -fried potato in my life. And I count the days until the week- end, when I can get home and en- joy a• real meal in the proper atmosphere of kids fighting, spill- ed milk, and four people' all talk- ing at once about four different things. • • (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Which Martimes Port Was a Haven For Privateers? In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when privateering flour- ished and was considered thorough- ly respectable, Liverpool, N.S., was a,haven for these doughty sea dogs. The history of Liverpool goes back to the earliest days. Known to the Indians as Ogumki- queok, the site was christened Port Rossignol by Sieur de Monts, in 1603. When settlers from New.Eng- land arrived in 1759-60, .the, coin: munity was given its present name in honor of the English metropolis. * * * How Many Grain Elevators Has Canada? In 1879 there was one country elevator in the West. By 1890 the number had increased to 90. In 1900 there were in Canada 421 ele- vators and 97 warehouses for the storage of grain, with a total ca- pacity of about 12,500,000 bushels. By 1916 all grain in storage was handled in elevators, of which there were 3,300 with a capacity of some 105,000,000 bushels. To- day about 5,500 elevators 'are cap- able apable of handling approximately 600,000,000 bushels. More than 99 per cent of all elevators arid more than 84 per cent of total storage capacity are located in the prairie provinces. ' was * *. * What Was the Gouzenko Case? This was the most widely pub= licized case of .espionage Canada has experienced. Revelations con- cerning the extent of Soviet espion- age in this country Were brought to light when Igor Gouzenko, cipher clerk to, the military attache in the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, left the embassy on September 5, 1945, with 109 documents which he plac- ed before the R.C.M.P. two days later. Early in 1946 a Royal Com- mission was appointed to investi- gate and evaluate the evidence and its report was made public on June 27 of that year. A number of Can- adians were found to have been implicated in this espionage net- work whose most important single objective was information concern. Ing the atomic bomb. The Gouzen- ko disclosures were followed by the so-called "spy trials." * * * Are There 'Marbles Quarries in Canada? Yes, marble has been quarried in every province except Prince Edward Island, but principally for crushing and grinding. Most orn- amental marble is imported, chief- ly from Italy and the United States. Marble is actually limestone that has recrystallized under the influ- ence of heat and pressure. It can occur in many forms and colors. The largest marble quarry in Can- ada is at Phillipsburg, Que., near the „northern end of Lake Cham- plain. The product there is a clouded grey marble. A black marble is quarried in Russell County, Ontario, while some white marble has been quarried near Victoria, B.C. Canadian marble is usually marketed as -terrazzo chips, poultry grit, stucco dash, marble flooring or as an aggregate in the manufacture of artificial stonel During 1959 the index of Can- ada's industrial production rose 8 per Cent to 169, basis 049 equals 100. ,, Another indicator ,of national growth, Rev. Robert H. Harper BLACK AND WHITE One of the three primary laws of thought upon which all reason- ing must ultimately depend is the Law of Contradiction—that nothing can be and not be at the same time and in the same place. A piece of clean white paper may be burned to a crisp, but it cannot be white and seared at the same time. White is white and black is black. Good is good and bad is bad. The two cannot be mixed. Much of human error is due to reasoning in a way contrary to this law of Contradiction. • The worst thing is that some men try to shape their lives apart from this law. They are trying to compro- mise between good and evil. There are only two roads told of in Holy Writ that lead from time to etern- ity—the one straight and narrow leading to the gate of heaven, the other broad and smooth but lead- ing downward to the gates of hell. These are the only ways from time to eternity. There is no middle way that leads off between. Strive to keep in the straight way. It may be narrow, but it is wide enough for you. It may be straight, hard, difficult, but its course is always upward and it leads to the gate of heaven at last. Just a Thought: There are in this world many people who have much, but are un- happy; others who have little, but live ina world of joy and happi- ness. It is not a matter of being contented with what one has. It is, instead, a willingness to share a little of what we have with others. A SMILE OR TWO A cowboy on a dude ranch was watching one of the guests trying to saddle a horse. "Pardon me," he said politely, "but,you`'re putting that'saddle on backwards." The guest was annoyed. "What makes you so sure?" he snapped, "You don't even know which way I'm going." Doctor: "What's the old skin- flint complaining about now?" Nurse: "He's angry because he got well before the -medicine ran out." After discussing world affairs and the state of the nation, the talkative barber observed, "Your hair seeds to be turning a little grey, sir." The man in his chair responded, "I'm—not surprised—can't you work a bit faster?" We interviewed leaders in var- ious fields to get their opinions on business conditions and here are the ratings: Baker: "I'm making goo d dough." Baseball slugger: "I think there are too many strikes being call- ed." Doctor: "We need more pa- tients." Counterfeiter: "I'm making more money than I can spend." Dressmaker: "Things are sew - sew with me." . Barber: "With everybody else screaming for a raise I'll take all the cuts I can get." Motorist: "How cal!' anyone get ahead. with those traffic cops?" BYE 1 YE SURPLUS OTTAWA — Unemploment: in- vestigation of its causes and pos- sible steps .that may be taken to alleviate the situation, are now receiving top priority attention from the Diefenbaker government. There is grave concern in gov- ernment circles that the Canadian economy is heading back into a period of recession. Should the economic setbacks develop, Hon. Donald Fleming could easily end up with another substantial deficit instead of the $12,000,000 surplus he happily forecast in his last bud- get. this Happens It would be the fourth consecutive year that the Diefenbaker Government had to use the red ink in totalling up its financial operations. The addition- al deficit would swell still more the ttotal deficit of well over ,$1 billion dollars' on the current ac- count (more than twice this if capi- tal and current accounts are taken together) accumulated during the past three years. The Government is well aware that it is going, to have to prime the pump to keep the expansionary pressures from falling off as they seem to be doing. For example, a survey of capital spending inten- tions made in June by the Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce showed, while still high, a decline from expectations earlier in the year, with the major downward re- visions being -in the housing pro- gram. With one eye on the winter un- employment totals the Diefenbak- er administration has announced a broadened program of funnelling federal dollars into housing loans by two moves announced by Pub- lic Works Minister. Walker. First, more medium income families (in- come ceiling has been raised to over $7,000) will be permitted to qualify for direct mortgage loans from Central Mortgage and Hous- ing Corporation, the government horsing agency. Second, CMHC will also provide direct loans to merchant builders (who are able to -produce more for less through mass building techniques) encour- aging them to hunt out would-be buyers of new homes. In addition to further spending to curb unemployment, the Finance Minister is expected to have to dip into: the federal funds to provide additional payments .to .western. grain farmers ($44,000,000 last year); and, to meet the federal share: of hospital insurance costs in Quebec (probably, $10,000,000 for the last two months of the current fiscal year). With such additional demands on the treasury Mr. Flemings' expenditures are expect- ed to soar to unexpected heights. Arriving at his forecast surplus in the last budget Mr. Fleming based his estimate in part on a six per cent increase in national pro- duction, This would have brought in large revenues. But it now, ap- pears that he over-estimated and miscalculated the onset of a re- cession which has been forecast not only by economists in private business but by government econ- omists in the Trade and Commerce Department (most prominently by Dr. Firestone who is now leaving the Trade and Commerce Depart- ment to take a university post). The gross national,.product went up at the average rate of 7.9 per cent each year since 1950, but the rise during the first quarter of 1960 was less than one per cent. Meantime- unemployment h a s shown no signs of improving. Ac- cording to the latest federal gov- ernment statistics there were 300,- 000 seeking work in June, of whom 85,000 had been seeking work for less than one month; .91,000 for. • one to three months; and, 124,000 for four months or more. The June estimate the latest available—represented' 4.6 per cent of the labor force unemployed com- pared with 3,7 Per cent in June, 1959, and 5.2 per cent in• June,' 1958, with four-fifths of the in- crease occurring. in the Ontario. and Pacific regions. To cope with the growing unem� ployment problem the federal gov- ernment might be forced into ad- ditional action and expenditure. Last year, the government spent about $10,000,000 on its winter works program. It may find itself spending more this year, possibly by raising from 50 per cent to 75 per cent its share of the costs. An additional 160,000 Canadians seek employment each year as the tabor force grows. But the recent rate of economic progress hgs not been sufficient to overcome what appears to be a built-in unemploy- ment situation. Against this background, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker has in- structed a special interdepartmen- tal committee of Civil Servants to keep the unemployment situation, under constant review and make recommendations. Both long term programs, as well as steps for immediate action, are under study. In the short run secondary Indus tries seem the more likely source of more employment. Employment on the farm and in primary indus- tries is continuing its decline and the shift of workers from the land and from primary industries means that they are- searching for work in the manufacturing and service industries.' Employment has gone up steadily • in the service indus- tries but it seems inevitable that the factories must be encouraged to keep operating and even to ex- pand if sufficient work opportuni- ties are to be provided. Means by which development in secondary industry can be encour- aged include tax concessions, tar- iff protection and subsidies, but these are not all that simple to apply. Uneasily aware that condi- ---tions are -deteriorating. inthe eco- nomy the federal government will take a stiff stand at the tariff ne- gotiations this fall at Geneva when the nations participating in GATT negotiate. The difficulty is that the political and economic factors of the un- employment problem may be at. odds. From •an economic point of view, the persistent unemployment through relatively good items seems to reflect the need for long term structural adjustments in the make-up of the Canadian economy requiring from the Government specific long term remedies. The political problem of the Diefenbak- er Government, probably accentu- ated by its public stance to date that there is no real unemploy- ment problem, may involve the temptation of a fast cure before another election, which in turn may actually complicate the ulti- mate cure. A recent poll that showed unem- ployment as ,a prime worry among Canadians has caused alarm among Conservatives. This, coupledwith a decline in their popularity (last Gallup+ Poll showed Conservatives 42, Liberals 40), and the setbacks. in provincial elections, has now spurred the governmentinto ac- tion. The immediate results of it all seem likely to be "B'ye Bye Surplus". A Vegetarian: "Pardon me, sir,' said the waiter, taking up the money, "but this includes nothing for the waiter." "I didn't eat one, did I?" said the professor, glancing up from his • IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 • and 75 years agl,. From The Huron Expositor July 26, 1935 The record-breaking heat wave of the past two weeks was broken on Thursday when a two-hour rain fell at Seaforth. The third annual Band -Legion garden party on Thursday evening Was a splendid success, with near- ly a thousand people in attendance. With the perfect weather which has prevailed during the past week the work of cementing the Lions Park swimming pool is being rush- ed to Completion. Seaforth town council, at a spe- cial meeting Monday afternoon, entered into an agreement of op - lien with E. Turgeon Ltd.), of Mont- real, for the purchase of the flour mill property. -• While playing baseball on Tues- day evening, Ted Taman, valued player of We Seaforth team, was spiked in the foot. He will be con- fined to his home for a week or 10 days. • Dr. Gilbert C. Jarrett, who has been taking a six-week post -gradu- ate course at Bellvue Hospital, New York, will return home Fri- day and resume his practice here. Mr. and Mrs. 4Yohn McClure, two of McKillop township's most es- teemed residents, celebrated their golden wedding at their' home in Winthrop, when 85 guests assem- bled to honor them. Harvest operations are in full sway and by all appearances it will be .a bumper crop which will, we hope, bring relief to depres- sion and once mote build up trade for everyone. This district gives every prom- ise of a record crop in field, gar- den and orchard. Mr. Alex Wal- lace, Kippen Road, has: 'an apple tree bearing apples and blossoms. * * * From The -Huron Expositor July 29, 1910.. Rev. F. W: Charlesworth has re- signed as pastor of Clinton and Auburn churches. On Sunday' last as Mr. William Chapman, Sr., of Tuckersmith, and his daughter were returning from church, their horse was fri'ghtened,by an autombbile. Both. person's were thrown out, but tedrdnt' Witted. During the storm on Thursday night there was a particularly sharp flash of lightning, which set the Seaforth fire alarm going. The street„ committee have this week had .Goderich Street scraped and cleaned. The Clinton Collegiate Institute Board hpve appointed Mr. Tre- leaven, of the present staff, as principal in place of Mr. Gundry, who recently resigned. Work has been commenced on the new verandah to be ereeted at the Presbyterian manse, Seaforth. Mr. Thomas Grieve, McKillop, brought the first new wheat to town this year. The grain was shrunken ,,and many fear this will be' the case with much of. the wheat in this neighborhood. At the recent boys' model aero- plane contest held in Montreal, Master Frank Docherty, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Docherty, was among the successful competitors. Civic holiday passed over very quietly this year, owing to the strike and cancelling of trains. A large number of Indians, to- gether with their families, are in the area pulling flax, and more are expected. * * * From The Huron .Expositor July 24, 1885 The list of voters in Clinton this year embraces the names of no fewer than 81 ladies. There are also recorded on the list 225 per- sons qualified to act as jurors. The firemen appeared for the first time in their new uniforms on Tuesday evening last. The uni- form consists of scarlet jacket and blue pants with red stripe, and looks very handsome. Mr. A. G. Van Egmond has dis- posed of his interest in the wool- len manufacturing business in this town to his sons, William and Leo- pold. Mr. Hugh M. Chesney returned home from the Old Country Satur- day last. The vessel on which he was travelling was wrecked off the coast of Ireland but he is. none the worse for his adventure. The people of Egmondville have had a considerable length of 'new sidewalk laid down, both wood and gravel. It really improves the ap- pearance of the old town. Mr. James McMaster, Ridge - town, -,has purchased the lot on Main' Street, opposite Kennedy's Hotel, and intends the erection of a roller skating rink at once. Mr. William McKay, the noted amateur bicyclist of Seaforth, won a $25 gold medal at the Stratford tournament on Wednesday. Seaforth and Clinton were the only places in Huron represented at the annual shooting match of the 'Western Ontario'Rifle Associa- tion, held at London last week. Both places carried off several prizes. As we predicted they. would do, the Seaforth Fire Brigade distin- guished themselves at the Strat- ford tournament on Wednesday by carrying off first honors. :new AMLT itr aril elm= 4 4 • • A