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The Huron Expositor, 1960-09-15, Page 2n Published at Since 1860 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) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENT'S EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, -Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 15, 1960 Making Greater Use Of School Buildings With the increasing cost of provid- ing school accommodation in Ontario, an examination of the possibility of making greater use of existing school plants is in order. With this in mind, the Goderich Signal -Star asks: "Is the time ap- proaching when more and more high schools in Ontario will be conduct- ing summer schools? If this pattern becomes established in a widespread manner, will it lead to 12 -month schools?" When Ontario was primarily agri- cultural there was practical reason for concentrating the classroom term in the colder months and turning the children out to help on the farm in the summer. But with Ontario be- coming more and more urban and New Recognition We are reminded by the Acton Free Press that we males in regard- ing ourselves as the stronger sex have been laboring under a serious delusion. On four different counts the record would seem to put the matter beyond all reasonable doubt, hard- as this may be on the male ego. The infant mortality rate for fe- males is 25 per cent lower than that for males. At the same time the male suicide rate is 11.8 per 100,000 of pop- ulation compared with only 3.0 for females. In mental institutions, males out- number females by 15 per cent. Fin- ally, the .life expectancy of the fe- child labor outlawed, the effect of the long summer vacation for teen-agers is becoming debatable. With such a heavy investment in schools today, taxpayers are wonder- ing if they are being used to the full extent that they might be. Even im- patient youth is beginning to wonder about getting through high school earlier and getting prepared that much much earlier for their life work ahead. Some grownfips have asked, "Why not a 12 -month school year, perhaps divided into quarters?" The Goderich paper agrees that this might involve some rotation and rest periods for teaching staffs, but concludes that "if Johnny or Mary needs- a vacation it might be as wel- come in December as in June." For Females male of the species in this country is a' good five years greater than that of mere males (71 years against 66). To sum up: The Canadian male is more likely than the female to die at birth'; enter a mental home; commit suicide; and fall short of three score years and ten. All of which should cause us to re- vise our ideas about which of the sexes is basically the stronger, at any rate, in terms of capacity for survival. The Free Press concludes that no matter how much more tenderheart- ed the Canadian female may be, she obviously is not weaker than the male. secret weabon for anyone selling cars cough drops calico or cans of corn The secret weapon is FACT! ..." backing up your advertising . in our newspaper with down-to-earth, proven circulation , figures. Our membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations* pro- vides you with the safeguard of knowledge ... full knowledge of where and to how many people your advertising message goes. No matter what you sell or the size of your, budget, every advertisement should be planned to reap the greatest benefits at the cash register. Knowledge ... facts about the circulation audience you are trying to sell ... gives you an extra dimension of confidence. Mk to see a copy of our not -so -secret ABC report. Fact -by - fact, it 'contains the story of our audited circulation to help you plan more effective advertising. Aurtroa • This newspaper is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, an association of nearly 4,000 publishers, advertisers, and advertising agencies. Qui circulation is audited regularly by experienced ABC circnlatien auditors. Our ABC report, shows how much circulation Ws have, *here it g(las, WV obtained, and other fact* that tell yon whit OW get for yens adiarf sthg atofty whe yoit Ole this neWdpaper. imaimommesiastemstassmili C"Mf•W, OA©. You PROM/6E0 7 G/VE MEA OR/t//NG LESSON TODAY/ —SUGAR AND SPICE. By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY Well sir, we moved last week. And the next time I have to be moved, I hope it's in a hearse. When the movers were giving us an estimate, they asked my wife how many cartons we'dhave, be- sides the furniture and all the us= ual stuff. He meant cartons pack- ed with books, dishes and odds and sods. She suggested there would be six. Alarmed, I told her I was sure there'd be at least eight. We had something like 34 car- tons, ranging from things the size of a..shoebox to vast cardboard edi- fices which must have housed pre- fab homes, in their original state. These latter would go through doorways only when turned on their sides, when there would oc- cur such a tumbling and a rumb- ling from their innards as to make my wife turn green and the eye., Of the movers roll heavenwards. I still don't know how it was possible for four ordinary humans, in a few years, to accumulate so much under the heading of mis- cellaneous. Perhaps it was be- cause our house had so many clos- ets. About the only thing that didn't emerge from them during the ordeal was a skeleton. The sorry no• te about this junk we lugged more than 100 miles was that it was the bare residue. For a week before we moved, I ran about six trips a day from our house to the garbage dump. In fact, I got so friendly with some of the rats at the dump that they were eating out of my hand. Just the fleshy part, of course. Perhaps • we'd have been all right if we'd let the Old Girl throw out everything she wanted to. But the rest of us watched her like jackals following a lion. Every time she made a kill, we'd dart in, snatch a choice morsel, and carry it away. It was only by using these desperate measures that we were able to save such valuablesas my turtle -neck swea- ter that went all through the war. with me; Hugh's collection of toothpaste caps, and Kim's box of beheaded dolls. I guess the Old Lady threw ..out some items as many as five times. Young Hugh was the only one who showed any real enterprise• in the big move. He gathered to- gether several hundred comic books, from all over the house, went into the used -comics busi- ness and did a roaring trade. He cleaned up $6 and cut his sister in for 20 per cent for her share of the stock. For days before we moved, every time the dodrbell rang, there'd be a freckle -faced kid there, clutching some pennies, and asking: "Is this where the comics sale is?" * as I planned to*get in on a good thing, and filled two large cartons with used pocket books. But I couldn't find any customers. So I put the cartons out on the porch to take to the dump. You can imagine my gratification when both boxes turned up among the items the movers''carried into our new home, along with two old mops, a broken -legged table, and a busted lamp, all of which we'd set aside to ego to she dump. Those movers were right on the ball. They were supposed to ar- rive at noon on moving day, and we were all ready for them. That is, we had just half a day's pack- ing left to do, the stove and dryer to be disconnected, and a few score other minor chores. So they ar- rived at 8 a.m., ready to go. The rest of that day made the Charge of the Light Brigade look like a Girl Guides' outing. * * a: It was only the personalities of the two men on the moving van that sated the day. They were the essence of easy good nature in a basically irritating job.My wife expressly told there to leave her cosmetics kit until the last. An hour later, she teamed It had been Packed, 4S mintites before, jest ahead of thestove, washer and refrigerator. there was the mak, IMO of eft incident that welild have Made the Coirggo look like a Snip dk' Sell6O1 Plaid.. The situation' Wks eerodd When One df the ittevbrs" told hid she didn'tdt:crd fat lip AL% At Sited trent the Vey she was. During the scramble of packing, I stabbed my wife in the back of the hand with the scissors, while trying to cut some string. It went right to the bone, -bled like a foun- tain, then swelled into a dark egg. I rushed her td the hospital. When we got back, the driver told her she was lucky. They'd moved an old lady last spring. She was fus- sy and critical, nagging their ev- ery move. Furniture all loaded, she went up the steps, key in hand to lock her door, and looking over her shoulder to give the movers a final blast, felland broke both her legs. This story didn't cheer my white-faced wife noticeably, but it delighted the movers. Some ten hours later, in our new house, one of these charac- ters carried a box of looks up to. my new "den", a five-foot square converted cupboard. Look- ing around at its cell-like confines, hequipped: "What's dis, de psy- chopatrick ward?" We came through the moving very well, however, especially my wife. Oh, she cried three or four times the day we were leaving the old house, and she burst into tears the minute we entered the new one, but she's been a brick, on the whole. Considering that none of the drapes fit any of the windows, that we had to put so many chairs in the cellar it looks as though there is going to be a meeting down there, and that you have to sit on the dining room table to play the piano. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Where is Canada's Serpent • Mound? • The Serpent Mound, a•burial site constructed by prehistoric Indians, is situated on a hill overlooking Rice Lake in Ontario, about 12 miles southeast of Peterborough. Rice Lake is a part of the 4Trent Canala system, once a major wa- ter highway for the aboriginal peoples, and the area holds great interest for the archaeologist. In 1952 an expedition of the Royal Ontario Museum began work on the Serpent Mound, believed to have been built by the Hopewell moundbuilde-rs who spread from the Mississippi Valley and reached this northernmost,known point about the time Caesainvaded Bri- tain. The mound, in the shape of a snake, is located in an oak grove. It is about 190 feet long and five feet high, In front of the serpent's head is a large egg -like mound and surrounding it are five ancient burial mounds. The Serpent Mound at Rice Lake is similar to one 1330 feet in length that has been found in Ohio. Who is Ritchie House Named For? Ritchie House Is the headquar- ters of the Children's Aid Society in Toronto and it perpetuates the name of Alice Alberta ;Ritchie (1882-1953), Mrs. Ritchie Was born in Gtayenhurst, Ont., and in 1901 she joked a British team teaching English to Boer prisop- ers in South Africa, After return- ing to Toronto in 1903 she entered upon a nursing career and served as superintendent of nurses in Ken - ora and Barrie Hospitals before her marriage in 1908 to Harold F. Ritchie. She was one .of the found- ers of the social -service depart- ment of the Toronto General Hos- pital and was active ' in planning and establishing the St. John Con- valescent Hospital at Willowdale near Toronto, considered a mode{ of its kind. Her work with the St. John Ambulance Brigade extend- ed over many years. She was vice- preaid'etfit of the Harold F. Ritchie canipatliee from the time of their formation in 1908 and, after the death of her husband' in 1633, she eitatitfled the ptesidelir±j' 61 the fifth *hiih had rattail 1h 53 ebi1nttiea. The keine of'the Clr11d`'iefi'it Aid 8pciety bernaatteTh noMtliefhor- titek ° Het'• oiitanding kdrt+iebs tb th 1beff ire. THE BIBLE TODAY In a recent book named 'Wayale- ski' by Peter Fraenkel, which tells the absorbing story of the early days of the Central African Broadcasting Service, a quotation from a letter sent ban African listener sums up the effect of this broadcasting to Africans in the words: "My radio brings the whole world to°my hut." The heat rising from a million little hut fires has combined to create the thunder storms of change which the political weather prophets of the West only recognized when they are breaking overhead. To quote the author of the strik- ing phrase above we hear him say, "I hear some important events happening in Europe . . . I listen to talks on agriculture, veterinary and English. The reading of the Bible is not excluded . . . I feel proud when I switch on my Sauce- pan Special, and have the whole world in my hut." • By the miracle of electronics the Word of God is brought to the ears and often to the hearts of millions of Africans by the ser- vices of the Central African Broad- casting Service. Suggested' Bible Readings Sunday—Micah 7:120 Monday—John 3:22-36 Tuesday—John 4:1-26 Wednesday—John 4:27-54 Thursday=John 10:1-18 Friday—Psalms 104:1-35 Saturday—Psalms 8:1-9 Fall Feeding Helps. Trees, Shrubs If you fertilize your trees and shrubs this f ll, you'll be fighting poor growth;'insect pests and dis- ease isease all in one swoop;- say horti- culturists with the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture. A good lawn fertilizer is also the best bet for trees and shrubs and the best time to apply it is when the leaves be- gin to fall. For small trees and shrubs, ap- ply at a rate ,of 1 cup per 1,0 square feet. Spread evenly over the area covereEI• by the crown of the plant. If the plantings are on grassy sections, be sure that the grass is dry before application; this precaution will prevent burn. For larger trees, first take the diameter of the trunk at shoulder height. Then, use three or four pounds of fertilizer for each inch of trunk diameter. Some garden- ers put fertilizer in holes bored under the outermost •branches of the tree. Make two or three cir- cles of these holes (11-2 inches across, 18 inches deep and 18 inch- es apart). Use about 1 cup per hole. Here are a few tips to lessen the chances of fertilizer burn on lawns where the shrubs and trees are lo- cated: Be sure that the grass is dry. Sweep or rake the lawn to knock any fertilizer lumps off the grass. Water -in all fertilizer thorough- ly. Where possible, use mulches around the shrubs. What is a Shake? A shake is a type of shingle made in British Columbia from western red cedar. Cedar shakes are used both for roofing and sid-• ing. Thicker than ordinary shin- gles, shakes may be of uniform thickness or they may be tapered. They are made mainly or entirely by hand with the aid of a sharp= bladed steel froe (a cleaving tool with the handle at right angles to the blade) and a wooden •mallet. A McDUFF OTTAWA ' REPORT MAJOR CABINET ,CHANGES IMMINENT OTTAWA: The construction of a cabinet is always the major head- ache to confront a new Prime Min- ister. And after it bas served in office for some time, the day comes when the leader of the gov- ernment must consider the cab- inet's reconstruction. That is what now faces Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, It is regarded as a foregone con- elusion here that Mr. Diefenbaker will shuffle his Cabinet before the next session of Parliament. But who he will bring into the inner circle and who will be transferred to new portfolios within the Cab- inet, are secrets the answer to which are known only to the Prime Minister. This is a difficult job in Canada, made doubly so because of the fac- tors of race, religion and geogra- phy that must be taken into con- sideration. When the time comes that Mr. Diefenbaker will announce his revision of the Cabinet make- up, it is expected that four or five key posts will be involved. There are already two vacancies that must be filled in the existing Cabinet. At the last session of Parliament a new Department of Forestry was established. A mini- ster remains to be named. There is a vacancy created by the for- mer Secretary of State (Henri Courtemanche), who was sent to the Senate. The Prime Minister was under the gun, When he selected the ex- isting Cabinet. His government had just been elected and he had to come up with a cabinet; choos- ing from members of parliament who were neophytes at the art of governing. In some cases the M.P.'s he had on his list as pos- sible cabinet appointees were also rank amateurs • as members. He picked his men, and apparently he was satisfied with his choices be- cause he has made no major cab- inet shuffle since his initial selec- tions • However, the word is out that a re -organization will not be long coming. This is nothing new. Prime Minister King in his day and, Prime Minister St. Laurent, indulged in the ancient and hon- orable practice of shuffling their cabinets, giving ministers experi- ence in more than one post. They were not averse to bringing in men from outside the commons mem- bership. Prime Minister Diefen- baker has already done 'this with the appointment of the late Hon. Sidney Smith, as Secretary of State for Exeternal Affairs. There are persistent reports that Hon. George Pearkes, Minister of National Defence, will be shaking off the worries of that senior port- folio and heading back west to take up the post of Lieutenant - Governor of British Columbia. If he does not go to that high office, .he will be given. a less onerous job in the Cabinet such as Minister of Veterans Affairs. He has earned some relaxation. The Minister of Veterans Affairs, Hon. A. J. Brook, is reported to ,be headed for ,a seat in the Senate. One man whose name crops up continually when there are reports of Cabinet changes is Hon. E. D. Fulton, Minister of Justice. How- ever, it was learned reliably that he will probably stay where he is come the Cabinet reorganization because he has several jobs in the Justice Department that have to be completed. Mr. Fulton's stock as the likely successor to Mr. Diefenbaker as leader of the Conservative party seems to have gone into' a decline. Succeeding Mr. Fulton as likely candidate for the leadership, should Mr. Diefen- baker step down, are Hon. Donald Fleming, Minister of Finance, and Hon. George Hees, Minister of Transport. Should Mr. Pearkes leave de- fence, Mr. Diefenbaker must find a suitable man for that top cabinet post. The finger points to Hon. Douglas Harkness, Minister of Ag- riculture. If Mr. Brooks leaves the Cab- inet to enter the Senate, the man most frequently mentioned for pro- rt}}mrotion is Thomas Bell (New Brunswicker). Mr. Hees is expected to move from Transport to the Trade and Commerce portfolio. The present Minister, Hon. Gordon Churchill, is Said to be slated for Veterans Affairs, The new Forestry Minis- ter is expected to be Hon. Ray- mond O'Hurley and Hon. George Nowlan, Minister of National Rev- enue, may move over into the Transport Department. ,The port- folio of Solicitor General' may be dropped and Hon. Leon Balcer retained as Secretary of State, a portfolio he now fills on an acting basis. Whatever the changes, the Prime Minister is expected to announce them before the next--\ session of Parliament. Capital Hill Capsules The Prime Minister will an- nounce the personnel of the pro- posed Hoover -style Royal8Commis- sion this Fall and it will' get down to work before the winter. Mr. Diefenbaker has made it clear that the new Commission will not concentrate its enquiries on the Civil Service alone. In its exam- ination of Government operations and spending the administrative practices followed by senior Civil Servants will also come under the scrutiny. * * * Opposition Leader L. B. Pear- son has stressed that the Cabinet decision to commute the death sentence imposed on Ronald Mc- Corquodale, of Calgary, a convict- ed sex murderer, demonstrates the undesirability of abolishing capital punishment by abinet de- cision. Mr. Pearson de tared in a recent press conference that Par- liament should decide whether capital punishment should be abol- ished instead of it becoming "cus- tomary" for the cabinet to com- mute death sentences. TO THE EDITOR: c/o Grammar School, Kingston, St. Vincent, W.I. September 6, 1960. Editor, The Huron Expositor: My wife and I would be very pleased if you would send our Expositor to the above address. It's been only a week or so since we left, but already Seaforth seems to be faraway indeed. Living here is going to take a lot of getting used to, but we seem to be fitting in to this strange land a bit better every day. The worst feature is the heat at night, but the people here all assure us that we arrived at the hottest time of the year, and we shall be more comfortable in the "fall." I have met your counterpart on the Island—the Editor of the "St. Vincintian" (a weekly paper)— who is very interested in seeing one of your papers, so after we •have read your first issue to ar- rive here we'll pass it on to him, Yours sincerely, DICK WHITELEY A SMILE OR TWO Salesman:' i1Boy, I want to see someone around here with a little authority." Office Boy: "Well, I have about as little as anyone. What is it you want?" A little girl was showing her playmate henew home. "This is thy daddy's dep.," she said. "Does your daddy have a den?" "No," was the answer, "he just growls all over the house." Insurance Manager: "But look here, you've just written a policy on a centenarian!" Insurance Agent: "Why not? Our statistics show that practically no- body dies after 100." IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor September 13, 1935' Walton won the Stephenson Cup for the third time in four years, by defeating St. Columban in the Huron League finals On Friday. night. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Scott, of Roxboro, were honored at a sur- prise party on Friday evening, prior to departure to a new resi- dence, Mr. Stanley Dorrance is taking a course at Clinton Business Col- lege. CNR workmhave " completed tenhe work of painting and redecor- ating the station, -laying new floors in the waiting rooms, and re -roof- ing the building. Reeve Crozier, Seaforth, has dis- pos'ed of his British -American gas service station to Mr. John Clark. Mr. G. W. Nott and Mr. Bert Boyce have left for Manitoulin Is- land, where they will purchase a consignment of cattle. Miss Davidson, Mr. C. B. Stew- art, Miss Nora Stewart and ,Miss Jean Stewart left on Monday on a motor trip to Pennsylvania and Virginia. R. J. McMillan, who was nom- inated at theconvention called by the UFO at Hensall, has been ap- proved as the Reconstruction par- ty candidate in Huron -Perth rid- ipg. Mr, A. McDonald, of Staffa, has subsdribed, to The Huron Expositor for the last 65 years, and never Waged a Week in that titre. Misses dell and Marryy Scott, who halve been spehding. some time at Braeebrldgl' and Mttskoka Lake, have retirrded Mite. Seiidral froi!ri this Vleinity " ate attending the Lond-on Fair, The Huron Presbyterial Of the` WMS hhl4.thb1r golden annivelay In ?kat a sfteriah Church this Week, With thembefd' floor llirneet field, Godetl0h rind Cliii%b+n. From The Huron Expositor September 16, 1910 At the meeting of the Ontario Postmasters' Association in Toron- to last week, Mr. Thomas Farrows, of Brussels, was elected president, and James Scott, of Clinton, one of the vice-presidents. Mr. James Walker, of Tucker - smith, near Brucefield, sowed a field of fall wheat on Saturday, and on the following Thursday the grain showed green all over the field. Miss Iva Dodds, who has com- pleted a very successful course at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, announces that she will receive pupils for ,voice culture and tone production. Mr. James' Snell, of Hullett, the well-known stockman, was one of the three exhibitors ' who Cleaned up all the prizes for his lahibs at the Toronto Exhibition. Aikenhead Bros. have sold the Hector Reid farm on the 3rd con- cession of Stanley to Mr. William McKenzie, son of Mr. John Mc- Kenzie, Mill Road. Mr: James Boyce, while driving along the second concession of Stanley, turned off to one side to avoid some' gravel; when- the box of the buggy came off, pulling Mr. Boyce into the ditch with it. He was considerably bruised around the hips. -,:u Mr. Jafnes Stewart was appoint- ed tax collector in Tuckersmith again this year at ebuitcll meeting last week. Mr, George Coleman was appointed inspector of the Tab braitt in cotlneetton with the Big Drain in Tttcker8tnith. Mr. William Berry,ho has purl chased, Mr. George RE'S hbuea in Brueefiield, intends leaving the ferth and Broviftg to the village, Ver, largo iWMbere OYfle ate' leaving' HMSO'daily at- teeiid. 'ti* LO ddn :E'9thfbititnt1. From The Huron Expositor September 11, 1845 On Friday night last as Mr. Thomas Hall, of Brussels, with his wife and child, were returning home from the races, the night be- ing very dark, the collided with an- other vehicle and his occupants were thrown out. None of them was seriously injured. Messrs. Van Egmond, of the Sea - forth Woollen Mills, carried away some six or seven prizes in com- petition with many of the most extensive manufacturers of Can- ada, at the London Exhibition. Several wagon loads of cheese from the Winthrop cheese factory were shipped from Seaforth this week. Butter manufactured at the Sea - forth Creamery was awarded first prize at the Provincial Exhibition in London this week. Rev. Mr. Brock, of Brantford, preached in the Mthodist Church on Sabbath last, and delivered two very able sermons. Mr. E. McFaul, of town, is mak- ing room for increased business by placing an addition to the rear of his store. Dr. Coleman is having the swamp on his farm at the north end of town, drained, logged and cleaned up, which gives that part of the town a much better appear- ance, Dr. Stewart, of Montreal, for- merly of Brucefield, has been Choseh general secretary of the Dorninioh Medical Association for the next year. Mr, M. Williams, of Cromarty, has purchased the Murphy block in Seaforth for $5,200. Mt% George Stott hes purchased the hotete and lot Adjoining the Widened. ref Me. Jtilifi Lyons, froth 1faffits cohhor for r2S, and ifitends reildiflg in It, Mt. cohmlf's has pun bhk4ed f'tblfi Mit, Matt the souse n rear of the U81464 ant '8tere.