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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-08-11, Page 2Published at !I I Since 1$q0 Serving the Community First SEAFORTH, 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: Canada (in advance) $2.60 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, AUGUST 11, 1960 Huron's Railway Engine Recalls Age Of Steam Huron County, because of the fore- sight and imagination of the county museum curator, Herb Neill, has on display a steam railway engine. As a result, generations yet unborn will be able to see at first hard a machine that each week is becoming scarcer, and more than any other made possible the development of Canada as it is today. It was the steam railway engine that bridged the distance between the Atlantic and the Pacific and made Canada a na- tion. The age of steam on Canada's rail- ways is nearly at an end. It began at least 125 years ago and passed into history, as far as the two major sys- tems were 'concerned, before sum- mer. The CPR removed its last steam locomotive in April and the CNR did likewise in June. The ,CNR was the first railway in North America to turn to diesel power. That was back in 1929, but it was not until nearly 20 years later— Wingham Endorse Like Seaforth, the town of Wing - ham recently has taken steps to tighten theregulations having to do with building. ' Endorsing the action, the Wing - ham Advance -Times comments that "though we are not at all in favor of thcurtailnient of any of our hard- won freedoms, the town's recent move to tighten u13 -the local building code is a good one." "If the building inspector fails to approve the construction of a- low grade structure, no doubt the owner is going to feel pretty sore at the• in- spector, the town council and all con- cerned. However, it must be borne in mind that whenever a building is erected it is of necessity adjacent to some other person's property, and on the neighbor's land there may well be a home of which the owner - is. Pearson Sense Of • Mr. Pearson's leadership in opposi- tion has been distinguished above all by responsibility. He has been criticized by some im- patient Liberals for declining to in- dulge in the, conventional tricks of politics, to outbid the government with attractive b u t impractical pledges, . to propose expenditures' without admitting their cost. As a matter of fact, Mr. Pearson's method, his rejection of easy prom- ises, his refusal to play games with the electorate, has begun to attract•. votes. His patience is being reward - in 1948—that the switchover was launched in earnest. By then the CPR was also undertaking a great conver- sion program. What has happened since represents a revolution on the rails. Viewing the changes that have oc- curred in railway motive power, the Ottawa Citizen permits itself pleas- ant memories of the old order and comments: "This no doubt is all for the better. The railways must keep abreast of the times if they hope to stay in busi- ness, and the shift from steam to oil means greater efficiency and lower operating costs. " "Yet when the last of the snorting iron monsters make their farewell runs there will be nostalgic sighs from a multitude of Canadians who, had grown up with themand who could never quite reconcile them- selves to thinking of these newfang- led diesel jobs as belonging on a rail- road." s Building ' Control proud:, If a poor building goes.. up next" door the value of the finer pro- perty is definitely curtailed. "At the present time there is con- siderable building in •progress in Wingham. We are under the influ- ence of post-war conditions and there may never again be a time when as many buildings are being put up at any one time. It would, therefore, be a shame to permit hazardous build- ing and poor planning." While the new procedures have been in effect in Seaforth Lbut a few weeks, already it is apparent that definite benefits are beillg derived, in that the town now h' knowledge of the constructionthat is under way. The fact, too, that'a potential builder knows his plans are to be scrutinized means that more care will be taken than might otherwise be the case. Responsibility Pays ed, his judgment confirmed, his faith in the good Sense of the people vali- dated by recent elections. The Lib- eral party has definitely turned the corner of its defeat three years ago and the government has turned its corner, too, in the opposite direction. Thus both in terms of electoral. politics and the more important terms of the nation's welfare Mr. Pearson's principle of responsibility is paying off. The Canadian people have grasped at last the meaning and consequences of irresponsibility, and they are looking for an 'alternative. —Winnipeg Free Press. We're celebrating two anniversaries this week. Three years ago we mov- ed into our new showroom in Zurich. Two years ago we opened a branch in Seaforth. Visit Us Before August 20th FREE PRIZES—Tickets for everyone (adults or children), nothing to buy Our Zurich Store is open every night Our Seaforth Store is open Saturdays until 10 SATURDAY, AUGUST 20: Afternoon and Evening =- Taste our Birthday Cake at the Seaforth Store. FRIDAY and SATURDAY—Taste our Cake at our Zurich Store. INGERICH'S SALES andSERVICE PK.34 '- ZURICHPhone 585SEAFORTH 'ex." The Weeh "Wouldn't it be a dirty trick on her if we never came back" SUGAR AND SPICE' By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY Most of us who are taking the special summer crash course for fledgling high school teachers are finding it pretty strong meat. It's especially invigorating for refu- gees from other fields, like my- self, whose peak of intellectual ex- ercise in the past decade or so, has been working out a crossword puz- zle, or watching the late, late mov- ie. Thus, we have former insurance salesmen laboring over Latin." We have men who were in the retail business anguishing over algebra. We have married women who have learned nothing since they left col- lege, except how to run a lot of push-button kitchen machinery, a- ghast over the geography of Africa. But every second week, the pres- sure of study is relieved. As a special treat, we are allowed to play a game. At one time it was known as Daniel in the Lions' Den. Later, it turned up as The Span- ish Inquisition. Now it is simply called Practice. Teaching. ❑ ❑ A week of this can shorten' your life by ten years. Which is a lit- tle hard on us middle-aged types who are already worried about be- ing able to hang on until we get the superannuation, some 30 years hence. A friend of mine on the course suddenlycrumpled the other day. We rushed him to the em- ergency department of the Gen- eral Hospital. They gave him about 37 tests of various kinds. They asked him a lot of questions. He kept throwing up and complaining of pain. Fin- ally, they ,told him rather vaguely that he had a virus, gave him a prescription for some expensive medicine, and told him to go to bed for a few days. I could have saved everybody a lot of time and trouble. I knew what the "virus" was. My friend had to practice -teach mathemat- ics the next day.. Last time he studied mathematios was a few years after the first World, War. Or maybe the Boer War. Anyway, he's lurking happily in bed, clutch- ing the little note from the doctor which excuses him from practice - teaching this week. Oh, I tell you, it makes your heart bleed, to see some poor de- vil, who used to be the confident president of the Rotary Club back home, standing there, craven, gray, perspiring. It almost makes the tears start when you see some girl, happily married for nine years, who had worked her way up to District President of the Women's Institute in the home town, up there with her knees knocking, mouth twitching. It shouldn't happen to Lumumba. I don't worry about the student teachers who are just out of col- lege. • They're almost as Cocky as the teenagers themselves. It's the older types, on the come -back trail, sporting the wounds of the years bravely, who wring your heart. You feel like saying: "There, there, old boy, I promise we'll send you back home, to the good old boring job you left for the glit- ter of teaching, on the first train, .as soon as you come out of the "shock." And to the girls: "Nev- er mind, Mum, I'll bet you're a darn good- cook, anyway". ❑ ❑ Experienced teachers do a lot to cheer you up, though. One fellow was telling me the other day that it's not so bad, once you get started. In the next breath, he casually informed me that three teachers of his acquaintance are now happily cutting paper dolls, or making like Napoleon, on a per- manent basis. One good thing about it. Those of us who make the grade will be steady, dependable teachers. Never again will we think the grass on the other side of the fence is green- er or .more succulent than.the bur- dock we are chomping. ❑ 0 There is a hilarious logic to the pr a c t i c e -teaching sessions. If you're going to be teaching Com- mercial in September, your first assignment will be a lesson in Grade 12 French. If you are teach- ing nothing but English this fall, you are likely to be tossed in front of a class in Grade 11 Geography, which. you last studied about the time Mussolini was shouting from a balcony. This element of surprise adds a great deal to the game, giving it a distinct flavor of that old parlor pastime, Russian Roulette. It has one of two results. Either it im- bues the student -teacher with un- warranted self-confidence, or it marks him for life. ❑ ❑ So you get up there in front of the class, lesson notes fluttering hysterically in your hand, sweat running down your spine. A strange, trembling voice tells the class to turn tb page eleventy- seven. •You open your mouth again to begin teaching, and your mind goes stark, staring blank. 8 0 • The students observe you with the bold interest of sharks about to rend a dying whale. Your fel- low student -teachers watch with aching sympathy. Your critic teacher eyes you with a fine blend of impatience and disgust. All you need is a chair in one hand and a whip in the other, and you'd feel like an apprentice lion -tamer on his first trip inside the big cage. ❑ ❑ At you go through the lesson with all the enthusiasm and spon- taneity of a zombie, your inner churns: "What am I doing here? I never wanted to be a teacher anyway. They talked me into it, Who can possibly stand teenagers all day? I'II go mad. I want to go home to Min and the kids. Help!" VI CA CO/') (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadians,) Where Is the World's Most North- erly Permanent Settlement? At Alert on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, in Canada's Arc- tic archipelago. The radio and meteorological station at Alert was established in 1950 and is operated jointly by Canada and the United States. Since its establishment the station has been the most norther- ly permanent human habitation in the world. Alert lies at almost 83 degrees north latitude. * * * Who Won 45 of 46 Murder Trials? Robert Andrew Bonnar, of Mani- toba, one of the ablest criminal lawyers of his generation, lost on- ly one of 46 murder trials in which he represented the defendant. Bon- ner was born at King, north of Toronto, in 1860, the son of a Scot- tish schoolmaster who had come to Canada and taken up farming. He was taught at home, attended Barrie Academy for a time, and then studied law in Winnipeg. In 1689 he was called to the Manitoba bar and in 1915 he was created a K.C. Bonnar died at Headingly, Man., in 193e. * * * Where Was Bonar Law Born? Andrew Bonar Law, the only prime minister of Great Britain (1922-23) not a native of the Bri- tish Isles, was born in 1858 at Rexton, N.B. He was the son of the Presbyterian minister, the Rev. James Law, in this Kent County community. Rexton is sit- uated on the Richibucto River, three miles south of the town of Richibucto. Until 1901 the com- munity was known as. Kingston. It was founded in 1825 and became a -prosperous shipbuilding a n d lumbering centre. When the fer- ry downriver was replaced iby a bridge at Rexton, the main road came through the community and the population further increased. A cairn to the memory of Bonar Law has been erected in Rexton. Rev. Robert H. Harper AUGUST It seems a pity that the present month may inferentially remind us of war. Augustus Caesar was not averse to war, in fact he ra- ther seemed to enjoy it. And he made it hot for those who oppos- ed him, gust as the present month makes it hot for those who swel- ter through it. Remember the saying that "It will be a cold day August" when such and such a thing will happen. But though migratory birds for ages have gone from one clime to another, men have only recently learned to simulate a change of climate in conditioning their dwel- lings and places of labor. And we may wonder if there can be a way so to condition the whole of lie that men many beat their swords and spears into plough- shares and pruning hooks and learn of war no more. It is not far-fetched to Write of air-conditioning the world. For that is what is needed because commercial rivalries, racial hat- reds, and insatiable ambitions generate heat and drive men to war. But however it may be illustrat- ed an air-conditioned world can only come through peace; peace can come only through love, and love 'can only come as the gift of God through our faith. . Just a Thought: It is not always the wealthy and the powerful who •shape the course of the world. Men have risen from insignificant beginnings - to leave indelible marks upon history. Each of- us, every day, by good works and by example, can help to make a better world in which to live. * * * What Ships Were Built To Be Torn Apart In the first half of the 19th cen- tury Europe and the West Indies were hungry for the cheap timber of North America. This appetite inspired. the most daring shipbuild- ing project in Canadian maritime history. In 1823 John and Charles Wood, shipbuilders at Port Glas- gow, Scotland, decided to evade the British timber tax by building huge wooden ships in Quebec, sail- ing them across the Atlantic, and thenbreaking them up .for tim- bers. The Columbus, first of the lumber ships, was launched at a specially assembled shipyard four miles from Quebec City on July 28, 1824, • and rigged as a four- masted barque. She was 301 feet long and registered at 3690 tons. She was not only the biggest ships of her day but, with oneexception, the largest vessel built anywhere in the world for the next 30 years. The Columbus reached England safely. Then construction began on the Baron of Renfrew, an even bigger vessel -304 feet long and 5880 tons. The Baron of Renfrew sailed in the summer of 1825 but was wreckedin the English Chan- nel through a pilot's error. John and Charles Wood, her imagina- tive builders, collected from the loss an insurance payment that was a record for the times. "I know I'm not much to look at," admitted the suitor. "Oh, well," philosophized his bride-to-be, "you'll be at the office most of the time." Magistrate --It's you again. Did- n't I suspend your driver's license Three months ago?. What's the charge now? Defendant -,Jaywalking. A M,*DUFF O.TTAIWA REPORT • THE TRUMPET SOUNDS AGAIN OTTAWA—The political trumpets are sounding out in the far West, British Columbia is going to hold a provincial election, and - M.P.'s. of all parties will be packing their bags for still another political pil- grimage; they can't resist the call, B.C, elections are rowdy and rough. As a bellwether the Prov- ince is completely •unpredictable. There are five parties in the field this time—Social Credit, CCF, Lib- eral, Conservative and Commun- ist. Despite the built-in unpredict- ability, or perhaps in spite of it, this particular election is of all - consuming interest to Ottawa. This is a big one, make no mistake: For Social Credit, it could be a turning point. The party has been suffering setback after setback at the hands of Canada's voters. In 1958, Prime Minister Diefenbaker and his Conservatives removed the last Social Credit M.P. from the House of Commons. In Saskatche- wan recently, the Party lost three sitting members, and saw its pop- ular vote drop from 22 per cent to 12 per cent. In the scheme of things, the next election held in Canada following that in B.C. will be a Federal elec- tion. If Social Credit is to make a Federal comeback, it will have to show its strength in B.C. A recent Social Credit gathering in Ottawa heard Premier Bennett, of B.C., and Premier Manning, of Alberta, say Social Credit's great- est appeal Federally is the con- tinued overwhelming support it has garnered in those two provinces. A significant loss of seats, or a defeat in B.C., then, would destroy ,whatever Federal appeal the par- ty may have. - There is also a lot at stake for the CCF in this election. The New Party concept is well on its way to reality, and in effect the New Party will be tested at the polls. The Liberals. ' need to improve their position in B.C. Failure to do this could brand the Party as the Party of French -Canada, with- out a broad national base. Any in- crease in seats or popular, vote would be encouraging to the Lib- erals, and to become the official opposition would be counted a ma- jor victory. The Conservatives, who will -be making their strongest bid provin- cially since 1952, have been taking a terrible drubbing at the polls. in recent months, and desperately re- quire a shot of enthusiasm for the ,Party's entire national organiza- tion. The Communists are not a ser- ious entry and can be discounted, although their unusually high num, ber of candidates (at least a doz- en) poses a number of interesting questions. Present standings in the B.C. House are: Social Credit •38, CCF 10, Liberal 3, Labour 1, for a to- tal of 52 seats. Because of the number of parties in the field, So- cial Credit has been coasting into office with a minority of the popu- lar vote. Here's a breakdown of the popular vote in the last elec- tion, back in 1956: Social Credit 374,711, CCF 231,507, Liberal 177,- 921, Conservative 25,077, and La- bour 1,321. Total votes cast 810,- 537. In 1956, Conservative candi- dates contested less than half the seats. As in the past, Premier Ben- nett is confronted with three major opposition parties, all of them dis- organized to some degree. The Liberals have a new leader in Ray Perrault,, a former public relations and advertising ,man with a flair for snaking news,but with. no practical experience in the art of politics, although he worked in. party headquarters for a time. He is young, and his popular appeal is untested. With some regret, .the Conserva- tives have held on to party leader Deane Finlayson, who rias shown a singular inability to obtain a seat in the Legislature in several previous attempts. If the faith shown in Finlayson by Federal Conservatives is any criterion, the party mus be badly divided in B.C. Rdbert Strachan, the CCF Op- position Leader, is a canny Scots politician given to excessive and exaggerated language. There is some question as to the hold he has on the CCF party. In the last session of thei Legislature, his caucus overruled him on a major issue—Premier Bennett's $50 home- owner grants—and Strachan was forced to eat crow, very public- ly. All in all, Mr. Bennett has good cause for confidence. A defeat for his eight- year - old government would be considered a greater up- set than New Brunswick. There are a dozen issues, none of them of particular interest out- side of B.C., with the possible ex- ception of B.C.'s running battle ov-s er power development. Premier Bennett has neatly straddled the fence separating public and priv- ate development. On the one hand he promotes the private Wenner- Gren power scheme in the north, and on the other the public Colum- bia River development in the south. School financing will be an issue, so will corruption, for the case of Robert Sommers will not soon be forgotten in B.C. High- way construction, debt manage- ment, welfare programs (includ- ing a health insurance plan) will all be up for public discussion. ❑ (`7 Capital Hill Capsules Social Credit's recent Ottawa meeting gas heart to the Liber- als, Conservatives and the ,CCF. They feel Social Credit, in soft - peddling its monetary reform theories, is removing one, ..of -the major reasons for its existence; without Social Credit monetary re- form it has nothing distinctive to offer the voters. They were also intrigued by the election to Na- tional President of Robert Thomp- son, a chiropractor from the Red 'Deer district in Alberta. Mr. 'rhompson's qualifications for the job are not impressive, and his claim to' have arrested leprosy with chiropractic manipulation while in Ethiopia is not the type of thing to command the support of a sober-minded citizenry. ❑ ❑ Ottawa is still in a flap over Ontario Premier Leslie Frost's tactics at the Federal -Provincial Conference. Mr. Frost was out for bear. Insiders say he didn't even consult his own cabinet members before asking Ottawa for another $1,600,000,000 a year for the .prov- inces, and that four of them are boiling mad. They feel their leader's demands were irrespons- ible. So does the Federal Govern- ment. It was known for Sometime that Frost was expressing disallu- sionment with Diefenbaker, but here was the first clear public in- dication that Frost did not intend to worry about how his actions might affect Mr. Diefenbaker. Many feel Frost may have over- played his hand, in contrast to the moderate a constructive ap- proach of new Quebec Premier. Jean Lesage which attracted fav- our here. IN THE „,YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75. years ago. From The Huron Expositor August 9, 1935 An excellent entry is assured for the race meet being sponsored by the Seaforth Turf Club here on Wednesday of next week. It is threeyears'since races have been held in Seaforth. Mr. C. H. Joy, Who has been manager of Hensall's Bank of Montreal for over 13 years, has been superannuated, having serv- ed with the bank for over 35 years Ralph (Cooney) Weiland, Eg- mondville old boy and outstanding National League hockey player, established himself as a golfer of no mean ability when he shot a 38 at the Seaforth Golf and Country Club recently. Dr. James A. Munn moved his dental office from the Sills' block to the new offices which he has built in the block he recently pur- chased from Mr. C. Aberhart. Dr. H. Ernest Appleyard has been successful in passing the ex- aminations for admission to the Royal College of Physicians, Lon- don. Dr. Appleyard is a son of Canon. and Mrs. E. Appleyard, of Seaforth. Crops are so heavy the farmers will have to thresh to make room for the remainder of the crop. Arrangements have been com- pleted to hold an R.O.P. poultry breeders conference at Scott's Poultry Farm on Friday, August 16. Representatives from Ottawa and Guelph will speak to the con- ference. 1V Ir. John Murray, Egmondville,, was honored at the Murray -Gibson picnic on Wednesday, it being his 80th birthday. Play commenced this week for the Cresswell, Savauge, Southgate and Broadfoot cups at the Seaforth Golf and Country Club. ❑ ❑ From The Huron Expositor August 12, 1910 Rev. Dr. Stewart has just com- pleted his 22nd year as pastor of Willis' Presbyterian Church, Clin- ton. While operating a buzz planer in the Clintgn organ factory, Geo. Cook had two fingers on his right hand taken off. Rev. T. Charlesworth, who has been pastor of Clinton and Auburn Baptist Churches for the past two years, preached bis farewell ser- mon on Sunday. Quite a severe electrical storm passed over the area on Monday, doing considerable damage. W. Berry & Son, Brucefield, have sold their well-known standard bred stallion, Electric B, to Mr. T. J. Berry, of Hensall. The pea crop in this district is almost a complete failure, many fields having been plowed down. Mr. J. C. Greig has leased one of the stores new occupied by W. Pickard & Son, and will move there from the Oddfellows' block about the end of the month. • Mr. G. A. Sills has been award- ed the contract of installing a complete system of plumbing and closets at the Collegiate Institute. The cost will be about $800. Monday was quite a busy day in town owing to the voting on three by-laws. They were the Hydro plebiscite, Hydro by-law and Bell by-law. Quite a large number from Hen- sall and district attended the sports at Grand Bend last week on tie occasion of the Old Bpys' Reunion and Gala Day. Hensall brass band was engaged for the day. 0 0 From The Huron Expositor - August 7, 1885 Dr.-Hurlburt, formerly of Bruce - field, has been elected a trustee of the Mitchell public school. Mr. William Phillipa;' formerly of Stanley Township, has a Ow which gave birth to two calves, one two days after the other. This is a freak of Nature, the like of which we seldom hear. . Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Sperling, of McKillop, returned from their European tour on Friday last. Mr. Marenette, of Hamilton, one of the best tenor singers in Can- ada, will sing in St. James' Church choir, Seaforth, on Sunday next. Nearly every farmer in this vi- cinity uses a self -binder now. The flax •crop is good this year, and it looks as if our enterprising flax manufacturer, Mr. L. Mur- phy, would have a profitable sea- son. We understand it has been de- cided that the civic holiday for Seaforth will be on Thursday next. Heavy and frequent showers of rain have fallen during the past few days checking harvest work, but benefitting pasture fields and root crops, which were beginning to suffer. A team from the Seaforth Crick- et Club went to Brussels on Wed- nesday and played a match with the Brussels club, when the latter came out victorious. The Messrs. Case, of Seaforth, have bought and shipped 500 cat- tle this season. This, at an aver- age of $70 per head, would make the large sum of $35,000 that has been paid out by one firm for cat- tle alone in this vicinity during the present season. The Bicycle Club intend having their annual tournament on Wed- nesday with $400 in prizes to be given away. Thomas Govenlock and Robert Winter, of McKillop, have gone to Montreal to look after a num- ber of fat cattle they are ship- ping to the Old Country. MUEB Flan al SMIIMMIAM r t 1 4