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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-08-25, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Community Pint Pdblished at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN $I1OS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly , Newspapers Association, Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations. Subscription. • Rates: Canada (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; AUGUST 25, 1960 Some Traffic Noises Are Unnecessary It seems strange that our scientists who have been able to explore space and by their abilities have, in effect, eliminated distance, have done noth- ing about ordinary everyday traffic noises. People living near main streets or highways become accustomed to cer- tain of the more ordinary noises of traffic on the move. While they don't like them, they at least can learn to live with them. Butwhat they never can become ac- customed to is the noise of defective mufflers, of grinding gears, of squeal- ing brakes. It is in these fields that the inventors and engineers could make major contributions. Surely it must be possible to devise a muffler that won't go off like a gun, or brakes that may be applied smoothly. The human element is a factor that must be considered and probably some of the noises that disturb our rest can only be eliminated by elim- inating the human behind the wheel of the noise -making car. This is something the Ontario Department of Transport might think about. Cer- tainly too many motorists are using the streets for speedways and appar- ently stay up late at night practising new ways of producing maximum noise from their vehicles. Perhaps those in authority are studying.. the problem. If not, it is time unnecessary traffice noise was recognized for whit it is—an unjusti- fied intrusionn of privacy—and steps , . were taken to bring it under some manner of control. 1s Compulsory insurance the -Answer? Almost 180,000 drivers on Ontario highways are without car insurance. If an insured driver is injured in a serious accident, with any of them, he faces the expense and the delay of taking court action to collect lim- ited damages.. This condition would not exist if every driver was required, to carry adequate insurance, says the Toron- to Star in a recent editorial. court awards against_ uninsured drivers are collected from the Unsat- isfied Judgment fund. The fund is not "insurance" for the uninsured. It recovers the money from drivers for whom it pays claims, and a driver so obligated loses his driving license un- til he repays in full. If the judgment against him is large, he could lose his home and spend a life -time in debt. For even this meagre protection against the uninsured, the insured driver must pay one dollar annually to the fund, a levy on them of more than $2 million a year. Yet the legislative conimittee stu- dying car insurance is reported cool to colliipulsory insurance. Provincial Treasurer Allan, committee chair- man, favors merely increasing from $5 to $15 the annual fee which unin- sured motoristspay into the fund. He says this could induce more mo- torists to take out insurance—an un- proved supposition — and provide more money for the fund. Mr. Allan's patchwork proposal is an exercise in futility. Ontario needs every motorist insured for his own and others' protection, declares the Star. Ontario also needs a system where- by every auto accident victim is en- titled to compensation for injury without the necessity of costly, and lengthy court litigation or the need to prove anyone's liability. — (St. , Marys Journal -Argus). Harvest Time Throughout this area farmers are busy with harvest operations. Though spring seeding was delay- ed by weather conditions and there were the customary prophecies that this would be a poor year for har- vesting, crops have come along well and the pledge of seed time and har- vest once more is being fulfilled.— (Kincardine News). "1 saw your advertisement in the paper." Many a shopping list is made up .from the advertising columns of this newspaper. Whether ,Mrs. Housewife goes to market pushing the baby carriage, in the family car, or by phone, she knows she will save time and money by first reading about the merchandise and services featured here. Make your advertising a helpful guide for buyers by regularly publishing the news about your business in this paper. Ask to see a copy of our ABC report.* It gives you complete and audited information about the circulation that your advertising will get when it appears in this paper. Nuns This newspaper is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation an association of nearly 4,000 pub- lishers, advertisers, and advertising agencies. Our circulation is audited by experienced ABC circulation • auditors. Our ABC report shows how much circulation we have, where it goes, how obtained, and other fact§ that tell you what you get for your advertising money when you Wase this paper. HALF - S EEN SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY This has been quite a summer in our family. For year I was, certain that our domestic life was hectic to the ultimate degree. Now I know better:" I hbve realized that our normal home life was as placid as a millpond. Perhaps a pond in which people were always drown- ing, Perhaps a pond into which - somebody was always hurling boulders. But nevertheless, a ver- itable millpond, compared to the roiling flood water of this sum- mer. * * * My own part in it • makes the celebrated Dr. Jekyll -Mr: Hyde look as well -adjusted as a. Sun- day School superintendent- In the city I am the keen student, the dedicated teacher. With other stu- dent -teachers, I spend hours grave- ly discussing the vital aspects of education, like "how much they gonna pay you?" and "guess yell hafta sneak our beer in after dark, when we start teaching." * * * On weekeeppds I rush home, and am transforthed into ardent hus- band, devoted father, editorial writer, social butterfly and big,- `tine real estate operator. The theory is that I go home every weekend to get away from the arduous studies, to refresh myself in the cool, clean, northern • air. The reality is that I climb on the train Sunday night for the trip back to the city, looking as though a cross word would make me burst into tears, and feeling as though I had been keel -hauled. * * * At the other end, things aren't much better. When I get home, the Old Girl has just been through a grueling week in the editorial chair. She is firmly convinced that nobody appreciates her. The kids have been getting tippy. There has been 16 long-distance calls for me, and none of them would tell her what it was all ,about, which infuriates her. A subscriber has bawled her out: She has bawled out a good advertiser. She's just had about all she can stand. And so on. * * * So we sit up until 4 a.m., drink- ing coffee and stuff, and- trying to outdo, each other with details of the ordeal we've been through: Ac- cording to me, I study until two o'clock in the morning, and am at the end of my resources. Ac- cording to her, she's doing the work of three women, running a house and a business and bringing up a family. I haul out all my schoolbooks to show her how much work I have to cover. She drags me out to the laundry room and makes me look carefully at the heap of washing she has to do. Neither of us will give an inch.' All this gets the weekend off to a refreshing start. * * * The rest of the weekend main- tains the pace. The kids appear on the scene early, brown, healthy and just squirming with energy. They've had 10 hours sleep. They don't care whether I drown from sheer exhaustion, as long as I go swimming with them. There are 64 things to dost the office. Some- body invites us to the cottage for a• quiet supper and a pleasant eve- ning around the fireplace, and it turns out there are 18 other peo- ple there who have no intention of spending a quiet evening. * * * About ten minutes to train -time Sunday evening, we realize we have hundreds of important things to discuss. My wife has another surge of self-pity. The kids wail: "Hey, Dad, you just got here!" And I wearily pack my untouched books back into the suitcase, for- get my shaving brush and tooth- paste, and we bead for the train. There is a great orgy of waving as the train pulls out, and another refreshing weekend is' down the drain. * * * However, bad times, no Iess than good, must come to an end. My course ends this week. And then we have a delightful week's holi- day, with the loving family re- united, and nothing to do for sev- en whole days. Except publish a paper, sell a house and business, pack and move to another town 100 miles away, and figure, out bow we're going to get the furni- ture from, a house with nine large rooms into a housewith six small rooms. * * * All in all, it's been an unusual summer, as- Noah remarked after the thirtieth day of rain, but an enlightening experience. I was giv- en to understand that when you reached the age of 40, you were lucky if you could make life's brief candle flicker at one end. In the past eight weeks, I've had it blaz- ing like a Roman candle at both ends, and there seems to be • a little powder in the old magazine .yet. • (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) When Was a Copper Nugget Presented To a Hing? In 1668, three years after re- ports ,of copper finds were sent out from the Lake Superior. region by Jesuit missionaries, a "consid- erable nugget" of copper was sent first to Intendant Jean Talon and later to the French King, Louis XIV. It was this that prompted Talon in 1671 to• send one of his lieutenants to search for copper along the shores of Lake Superior and, at the same time, to take for- mal possession of the interior of the continent in the name of Louis XIV. * * * What is 'the Ancient Royal Game? This is a designation frequently applied to lawn bowling. In most countries where the game is play. ed it is referred to as the game of bowls, but in Canada and the Unit- ed States it is called lawn bowls to distinguish it from alley bowl- ing. The origins of the game reach far back into antiquity. A form of it was played in Egypt as, early as 5000 B.C. It was probably in- troduced into Britain around the 12th century, The game appears to have first been played in Can- ada-, about 1734,, probably by the officer's of the garrison at Port Royal, N.S. Lawn bowling has achieved its greatest Canadian popularity in Ontario. * * * Is the Goldeye a Mooneye? Yes, the famed Winnipeg gold - eye, highly prized as a table del- icacy when. smoked and dyed, be- longs to the Small family of fresh- water fish known as mooneye. It is a narrow, deep -bodied, silvery fish, shadlike in appearance and covered with large, loose scales' and charaeterized by a small mouth with many sharp teeth lo- cated in the jaws and on the tongue. The average goldeye is about a foot long and weighs less than a pound, although some reach a length of 17 inches and a weight of two pounds. Commercial quan- titiesof goldeye are taken in gill - net fisheries in the lakes and riv- ers of Manitoba, in Lake Claire in northern Alberta and in Sandy Lake in northern Ontario. * * * What Was Canada's First Heavy Industry? The St. Maurice Forges, operat- ed nine miles north of Trois Riv- ieres in Quebec from 1730 until 1883, were the first heavy indus- try operated in Canada. Deposits of iron had been discovered m the Trois Rivieres region as early as 1670 and Intendant Talon tried to get reduction furnaces established near the deposits. Since it was government policy to discourage the establishment of industry in the colonies, it was not untl 1729 that a wealthy Canadian obtained a franchise to work the deposits. The following year he built a fur- nace, financial assistance was ob- tained from France, and in 1733 the furnace produced one ton of iron. In 1748 control of the,forges was assumed by the king and in the next decade stoves, plate and bullets in quantity, and also three canons were produced. After ces- sion of the colony to Britain the forges were reorganized and re- constructed by the government. In 1765 they were rented to a pi'ivate operator and until their closing more than a century later sever • fortunes were made and a few lost by v'aidens lessees. ' Rev. Robert H. Harper A BLOWOUT While reflecting upon what I should write about for my next Six Inch Sermon, I had my answer from the busy street that runs back of my house. There was a loud report that I at once recog- nized as a tire blowout. As I look- ed out the door, I saw a moving cloud of dust but I did not hear a crash. Then f knew the driver had been able to hold the car in the road and avoid disaster. But it is not always possible for a driver to hold a car in the road when a blowout comes. And he may end up in the ditch or in a crash against a tree or a light pole. In such an instance foresight would have been better than hindsight. Better it would have been to ex- amine the tires and buy a new one if needed. Constantly, through the press and the radio, we are being cau- tioned to drive carefully, that the life you save may be your own. And you certainly desire to save a life, no matter whose it is. So be careful—in effect you are driv- ing a powerful locomotive and you should observe all the regulations even as does the engineer driver on a great railway. Just a Thought: The road of life sometimes is not so clearly marked as is the con- crete highways. Most of us, how- ever, are able to recognize the danger points, even though we may pay less attention- to them than we do to the highway signs. Seen In the County Papers Tape Used To Save Drowning Man Paul Spain, who fell into the har- bor dock between the north dock and the dredge scow Friday morn- ing, was lucky that a public works; crew was in the vicinity. And luck- ier still that Cyril Proctor, Bay- field road, a member of the PWD party, carried a steel tape. With its assistance, he hauled Spain out as he came up a second time. Mr, Proctor points out that the pier timbers are no longer solid, and there is no steel piling at this spot, making it hazardous unless special care is ex rcised.—Goderich Signal - Star. Material, Labor Donated For Park Harold Congram, local contrac- tor, has donated 4,000 cubic yards of fill to be placed behind the re- taining wall on the river front at the new picnic park between the upper dam and the highway. In addition, he is trucking the mater- ial to the park without charge. Berry Door has also donated enough steel to place a metal liner behind the wall and so prevent erosion of the fill. Negotiations have been completed for the pur- chase of the Wingham Manufac- turing Company property on the corner of Josephine and Albert Streets as the site of the new re- tail liquor store. It is understood that the present factory building will be removed and a modern retail store erected in -its place.— Winglfam Advance -Times. A McDLJFF OTTAWA WORT SATURDAY'S oftuiDREN Unsung and unloved, the third session of Canada's 24th Parlia- ment has passed into limbo after 146 days and nights of sound and fury about nothing very much at all. The time has arrived for Prime Minister, Diefenbaker and the 'voters of Canada to take stock. If there is to be a Federal elec- tion sometime next year—and the signs continue tq point to such a likelihood—..Canada's first Conserv- ative government since the thirties is going to have to put on a new face. Even some of the staunchest Government supporters have join- ed a growing chorus of criticism of some Diefenbaker ministers, and begun to call more or less openly for a major cabinet shuffle The betting in Ottawa is that Mr. Diefenbaker will move shortly to grant their wish. He still must make good on a long-standing promise to appoint another cabinet minister to repre- sent eastern Quebec. He has spok- en vaguely at other times of beef- ing up the representation of one other province, popularly presum- ed to be Alberta. And at least two of the greyer grey -beards in the present cabinet lineup are patiently waiting for the call they know will come—to the Senate, or other lush green pas- tures of retirement.- The rumors persist that Mr. Diefenbaker is about ready to find another assignment for Trade Min- ister Gordon Churchill, whose per- formance as the Government's star salesman has been unimpressive. T h e Government - loving Toronto Telegram has suggested that Mr. Churchill may go to the peaceful surroundings of the veterans' af- fairs department—if he does not leave political life altogether. None of this speculation assumes that a change in the cabinet line- up would detrimentally affect .the acknowledged strong men of the Government — Finance Minister Donald Fleming, External Affairs Howard Gteen, Transport Minister George Hees,, or Justice Minister Davie Fulton. Mr. Hees and Mr. Fulton might, however, be in forbigger and bet- ter things. The men most likely to go are Defence Minister George Pearkes, an old soldier and loyal supporter of Mr. Diefenbaker, nearing the end of his political unsefulness at the age of 72; Veterans Affairs Minister Alfred Brooks, an unas- suming New Brunswicker who is ready for the Senate when the Prime Minister gives the word; Mines Minister Paul Comtois, a 65 -year-old qualified agronomist, who seems to lack the interest and ability required for his growing portfolio of minerals; and New- foundland Minister without port-' folio William Browne, who pre- sumably has held on this,long only because of the Government Party's weakness in his part of the coun- try. The people who advise Mr. Dief- enbaker—sometimes successfully— have already suggested to him that Agriculture Minister Douglas Hark- ness would be an acceptable suc- cessor for Mr. Pearkes in the fast - spending defence department. Mr. Harkness, a former lieutenant - colonel, would probably welcome the change, since he finds agricul- ture an unmspiring life for a poli- tician. Mr. Fulton's name has also been 'mentioned, although he is believed to dread' the assignment. Public Works Minister David Walker, a new boy in the Cabinet and a close friend of the Prime Minister, is a logical man to follow Mr. Fulton in the exacting role of Minister of Justice—the Government's top law- yer. - Revenue Minister George Now - Ian, who once was reported on shaky ground with the Prime Min- ister, seems to have proved his ability to Mr. Dlefenbaker's satis- faction and has. an assured career ahead—either in his present port, folio or in finance, should Mr, Fleming move elsewhere. The Prime Minister is still bad- gered by the fact that he lacks an acceptable strong mah from Que- bec. The Liberals. can be depend. ed on, with the willing help of Que. bee's new Liberal Premier, Jean Lesage, to capitalize on this in any election campaign, to the embar- rassment of the Conservatives. Quebec has always jealously de- manded its share of attention in the Federal Government, and pre- vious governments have always been careful to see that the due share of attention was given. Mr. Diefenbaker had an ironclad excuse for not showering Quebec with more Ministers prior to the 1958 election — he had only nine members from the Province, and three of thein were put into the Cabinet—but the excuse disappear- ed when 50 Conservatives turned up from French Canada in the landslide victory that year. He subsequently built Quebec's number of Cabinet posts to six, later reduced it to five with the departure of Secretary of State Henri Courtemanche to the Sen- ate. But none has been given a senior portfolio, or shown the abil- ity to handle one. If he hopes to maintain his strength in Quebec next time at the polls, he must move soon to - distribute the favors more widely. As the opposition has frequently, and mercilessly, pointed out, the talent is there on the Conservative back benches. The Prime Mini. ster's problem is to move them forward gracefully, without step- ping on too many political toes in the process. • • TheLL• reward, in terms of young. ' blood in a Cabinet which often seems bereft of new ideas,' could be a substantial one if Mr. Diefen- baker hopes to test the feelings ni the people next year. * * * Capital Hill „Capsules A new deal for Civil Servants who wish to enter municipal poli- tics has been approved by the' Government. Previously, they were limited to holding offices which paid les than $1,500 a year. Now the limit has been removed, but the Civil Servant must either take leave without pay, or convince his Deputy Minister that outside of- fice will not interfere with his Fed- eral Government duties. * * * For the first time in more than 30 years, Canada will be officially represented at the Inter -Parlia- mentary Union conference in Tokyo September 29 to October 7. Par- liament has approved renewal of Canada's membership in the 72 - year -old Union. Heading the Cana- dian Parliamentary Grotip is Van- couver Conservative M.P. Ernest Broome, who attendedan'IP'U con. ference at Rio de Janeiro in 1958 as' an observer. The guest had been staying at a fashionable resort hotel and was paying his bill when he suddenly looked at the cashier and asked, "What is that you have around your neck?" "Just a ribbon," she answered. .why?" "Well," he replied, "everything else around here is so high, I thought perhaps it was your gar- ter." IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor August 23, 1935 William Aberhart, founder and leader of the Alberta Social Credit League and former Seaforth resi- dent, will lead his party to the polls in Alberta on Thursday. For the first time in nearly 15 years the Seaforth station is re- ceiving a new coat of paint. The color will be red with cream trim- mings. Mr. James Rankin is taking the place -of Chief of Police Helmar Snell, while the latter is on his holidays. It is expected that Hon. David A. Croll, Minister of Welfare, will be present at the opening of the Lions Park pool on Thursday eve- ning next. Seventeen cinks competed in the men's annual open rink tourna- ment held at Seaforth. They were from Goderich, Stratford,- Hensall, St. Catharines, Brussels, Wingham, Lucknow and Seaforth. Work commenced this week on the erection of a new storehouse and garage for the PUC, south of 'e waterworks, behind the Town Hall. Poultry breeders from all over this part of Ontario were present at the ROP breeders' field day held at Scott's Poultry Farm here Fri- day. Fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed the frame barn and drive shed on the R. S. Smyth and Son farm, adjoining Clinton, Saturday night. The fire was visible for many miles. Quite a number of children have been poorly in Hensall during the past couple of weeks, largely caus- ed by the eating of green fruit, but ail seem to be recovering nicely. ? * * From The Huron Expositor August 26, 1910 Clinton's rate of taxation this gear is 26 mills on the dollar. Last week an additional switch- board was placed in the Central Independent Rural Telephone of - flee, Brussels, so that two opera- tors can work instead of one, D. H. Stewart, a student of Clin- ton Collegiate Institute was award- ed the Prince of Wales and first Edward BIake Scholarships in gen- eral proficiency. An electrical storm, passing near here on Monday, did damage to at least two barns. Mr. Alex McKenzie, Kippen's en- terprising harnessmaker, is mak- ing further improvements in his s Tho. e' Brucefield Rivers will play an exhibition game with the foot- ball teats of Grand Bend on Sat- urday in Grand Bend. On Friday night some evil dis- posed persons set fire to a stack of pea straw on Mr, John Archi- bald's property. The straw was destroyed. The members of the Seaforth Cadet corps, who took part in the, rifle matches at Toronto last week, made a very creditable showing. Mr. Ed. Case had a field of fall wheat at Silver. Creek containing seven acres; which averaged 45 bushels to the acre and tested 62 pounds to the bushel. This is the champion field so far. The alterations and improve- ments being made by Stewart Bros. in their store for 'the accommoda- tion of the new millinery depart- ment are now completed. Reeve Robert McKay, Tucker - smith, holds the record so far this season for wheat. * * * From The Huron Expositor August 21, 1885 Five Brussels boys pulled 11/4 acres of flax one day last week in. eight hours. Who can beat it? The Brussels Caledonian games will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 8. A long list of liberal prizes are offered for conipetition. The new bridge near Kippen, on the town line between Stanley and, Hay, has been completed. It is a very substantial and satisfactory - structure. Mr. Thomas Shipley delivered the first new wheat at Fair's Mill, Clin- ton, on Tuesday. It was a good sample of Defiance and yielded' over 30 bushels to the acre.' Mr. Ronald ' McNaughton, Brus- sels, was seriously• injured last week. His horse was frightened at a pig and he was thrown violently from his wagon. Mr. James Swan, of Tuckersmith, threshed 700 bushels of fall wheat in eight hours Iast Tuesday; 600 bushels of this was the product of 14 acres. Winthrop village is supplied with tile -makers" brick.makers, cheese- makers, merchants, blacksmiths, wagon - makers, carriage - makers, constables, and new dealers, but it is sadly off for a resident Mini- ster, a doctor and an issuer of marriage licenses, for if rusty wheat and cheap'` milk does not prevent, there will be stirring times in matrimonial circles this fall and winter. The stables belonging to. the Queen's Hotel, Clinton, owned by Mrs. MacLaren, were destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening Last. A large amount of rain has fallen during the past week, so much so that it is becoming serious with the farmers in the matter of har- vesting. THE HANDY FAMILY won. 61ZAVVi WHAT A JOS 7o FIND A l'ENClI.: -HERE'S 0)16 AT LAST, Ill HAVE TO MAKE A PENCIL MQLGEa Toil 'MAT, DRAwO-R- sod PENCILS wont ext. 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