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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-09-29, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Community First B'tibitShed at SEAPORTS, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers �` � O ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario e Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations. ABC \ e Subscription Rates: • Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year t/ L A► SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 29, 1980 Costs Of Upkeep Are Cemetery Problem Difficulties being faced in the op- eration of Maitlandbank Cemetery, as revealed in a report of the respon- sible committee in last week's issue, point up the necessity of increased co-operation on the part of the pub- lic. There are few cemeteries in the district that have as pleasing a na- tural setting, or are as well maintain- ed as Maitlandbank. But in this era of rising costs, location and mainten- ance are not enough. There must be made available the finances neces- sary to carry on the cemetery opera- tion. Whileit is true the cemetery is the property of Northside U ni t e d Church and is operated by a com- mittee appointed by the congrega- tion of that church, in practise it .serves as .a community cemetery, serving all Protestant congregations in Seaforth, and to a lesser extent those in Tuckersmith, McKillop and Hullett. Seaforth Fall Fair It was evident on Friday that long hours of hard work by officials of Seaforth Agricultural Society, over • several years, have paid off. The fair which the society presented was, by long odds, the best seen in Seaforth. • The weather helped, but this in it- self would have meant little had there not been crowded classes in almost every department; or had there not been the large attendance from such a wide area. While the fair established flew re- cords for which the directors are tb be congratulated, its success must be regarded, not as a sign that the job is finished, but rather an opportunity to plan improvements. The number of exhibits pointed up the need bf ad- ditional display space. This was ,par- ticularly apparent in the domestic departments. While improvements to the display building carried out this year added to the appearance of the displays, additional lighting is required if exhibits are to be seen to best advantage. Increasing popular- ity of the Seaforth Fair among breed- ers indicates the .desirability of more • covered . sheds. Unfortunately there was not the number of merchants and manufac- turing displays this year as there has been in previous years. It is difficult to understand the lack of in- terest in this respect, considering the increasingly -wide area from which the fair is drawing attendance, and the wide publicity which it brings the town of Seaforth. Perhaps in another Recent changes in administrative procedures and in the schedule of fees have resulted in increased rev- enue, but not in an amount sufficient to provide for continuing mainten- ance at a proper scale. The difficulty arises from the necessity of provid- ing maintenance on a perpetual basis for hundreds of lots, payment for which was based on costs as they ex- isted thirty or fifty years ago. - The trust fund established over the years to provide for such perpetual maintenance simply cannot produce sufficient revenue to meet today's cost. The answer, of course, is to in= crease the trust fund, and it is for this purpose that the committee seeks assistance of the public. It• is a worthy appeal—one which should receive the wholehearted •support of the community that for too long, per- haps, has tended to take for granted Maitlandbank cemetery. Sets New Standards year the Chamber of Commerce could undertake, early in the season, the development of an exhibit that is truly representative of Seaforth, manufacturing and. merchandising. Another area where there is room for improvement is the parade. There should be some *ay of bring- ing all school entries thattake part in the parade up to the generally ex- cellent hshrdlu cmfw xzfifl -) ? ( xz cellent standards established by the average rural school. Is it possible, too, to encourage the appearance of floats by area organizations and. in- dustry?. Probably the most necessary im- provement is a proper grandstand, and it is understood consideration is being given this by the directors. If it is possible to erect a new grand- stand, located in such a' way as to make full use of the great variety of exhibits and program which the fair is attracting, in time for next year's show, it Will go a long way to- wards making Seaforth's Class• Fair the best in the province. The creation of a fair that has the confidence of the exhibitors and pub- lic alike, and that is a credit to the area it serves. is a process that takes many years, but the officers and di- rectors of the Seaforth Agricultural Society have gone a long way towards establishing just such a fair in Sea - forth. They deserve congratulations on the work which has been done and wholehearted co-operation as they plan for even better fairs in the future. T 1T 1T 1T IT IT J.TJ.TJ.T.L SPECIAL SALE We are Overstocked on 842-12 Paige Wire and we will sell this Paige Wire at a Special Price for 40 -Rod Rolls, until our stock is cleared out ! SPECIAL PRICE – $1.22 per Rod in 40 - Rod Rolls IMPORTED BARB WIRE — $8.75 per Spool yTyTyTy"TyTj, INQUIRE ON BULK FERTILIZER DELIVERY T'jT IT IT IT j BULK BEEF PELLETS • $43.00 per Ton OPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED PlIONg 716SEAFORTH' 'rfE MOST VALUE FOR THE FARMER'S DOLLAR " T TiLT .LTJT LT ±TJ. 0 Oi The Week* • "Pardon me, but aren't you on some committee that meets Tuesray nights?" —SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY It all depends on where you sit. Years ago, I used to be bitterly critical of the newspapers. It didn't require much intelligence to see that editors were craven, afraid to publish the truth. It was obvious that their policies were dictated.,by- their advertisers, that publishers were interested only in profits. I'd have written them some pretty fierce letters on the subject, I can tell you, but they probably wouldn't have printed them anyway. Then I became a newspaper edi- tor. In ten years on the job I found out that editors were absolutely fearless, dauntless and selfless; that : they were idealists, devoted to progress and the betterment of the community; that they cared nothing about money. if a princi- ple were at stake. During the same period, I dis- covered that newspaper subscrib- erswere irritable, unpredictable and impossible to please; that they were demanding, did not appreci- ate the editor, and would not write a letter to him unless they had an axe to grind. As an editor, I criticized the op- erations of various organizations, from the fall fair ,-board to the tourist association. I suggested they were poky, somnolent. anti- quated. I claimed that they need- ed new ideas, a better system. I inferred that the executive was asleep at the switch and badly in need of new blood. Invariably, at the next annual meeting, I would be elected to the board of directors of the' organ- ization. Within a hear, I would have found cut that a few harass- ed officers were doing all the work; 'that you practically bad to use a gun to collect annual fees from the members: and that the latter's chief pleasure in life was criticising the executive on street - corners or in. saloons. I remember when I used to be an ordinary-, complaining. irate taxpayer. I felt nothing but the ut- most contempt for the stupidity. the narrow-mindedness of 't h e members of the town council. Their callous neglect of such vital problems as resurfacing the street on which I lived was little short of criminal. Then one winter night. half-de- linous from the 'Cu. I allowed my name to be put forward at the annual nomination meeting. For the next two years. I served on the town council. I was shocked and disgusted, during my term in office. at the pettiness, the orner- iness. and the utter disregard of the fundamentals of municipal ec- onomy, that existed among the taxpayers. During one phase, I was cer- tain that raising beef cattle was the ultimate in easy money. You just bought some cattle, put them on the grass, sat back on the porch and watched them swell into big, juicy sirloins at $1 a pound. Then 1 learned that it goes like this. You buy some cattle in the fall. at 23c a pound. You feed them $500 worth of hay, and pump water to them all winter. In the spring, you put them out to pas- ture. One falls into a crack in the rocks, and breaks his silly neck. Another expires horribly, after eating a broken beer battle that somebody threw over the fence. A third comes down with the bloat. But they've gained 100 pounds each, and you can still break even. So you ship them to market in the fall. And that week the bottom drops out of beef pric- es, and they go under the hammer 'at 18c a pound, leaving you a net profit of minus $700. Until this year, I regarded teen- agers as the twentieth century's answer to the bubonic plague, or the Great Fire of London. I knew they were lazy, insolent, selfish, dull and not worth a fiddler's foot. This year, we have a teen-ager of *Ur own, and I've discovered that they are essentially lively, high- spirited, lovable, warm-hearted and fascinating young people, the hope of the future. As a frazzled editor, putting in a long work -week, I used to view with envy, and not a little indig- nation, the teachers ambling down- town about 4:30 each day. With other disgruntled ratepayers, I spent hours figuring out how many days they worked, how Many holi- days they had, how much money they got, and how Mile they 'did for it all. Now I'm a teacher. I've been at it for only a couple of weeks, but I've caught on gitickiy. Al- ready I realize that nobody is so vital to the welfare of the com- munity as our teachers. No one is so overworked, underpaid and un- appreciated, as the teacher. I've learned .that teachers are com- pletely- uninterested in salary sche- dules, annual increments and sup- erannuation figures. They just do it for the sheep love of it. It all depends on where you sit. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Where Are the Shickshock Mountains? They are the mountains that dominate the interior of Quebe's Gaspe Peninsula. The range, a part of the Appalachians, runs roughly parallel to the St. Lawr- ence and near Ste. Felicite reaches the shore. offering a magnificent panorama to drivers along the coastal highway. The name Shick- shock is from a Micmac Indian term meaning "rocky Mountains". Champlain named them the Notre Dame Mountains. The highest peaks include Mount Jacques Car- tier, also known as Tabletop Moun- tain (4160 feet), Mount Riohardson i 3885 fet). Barn Mountain (3775 feet) and Mount Logan (3700 feet). Most of the highest peaks are in Gaspesian Provincial Park. $ * * When Was a Train Seized For Taxes? In 1889 the municipal authorities of Port Arthur. sister city of Fort William at the Lakehead, seized a Canadian Pacific Railway train in a dispute with the railroad over taxes. It bad been at the request of the CPR that Port Arthur had changed its name from Prince Ar- thur's Landing in 1882: the follow- ing'.ear'the railway had built the community's first elevator. CPR President Var. Horne. highly in- cersed ever the town's action. -wore that "for this the grass shall gr( w in the streets of Port Ar- thur." He paid up the taxes but transferred all CPR business. , pack- age -freight warehouses and offices' to Fort William. In 1902 the Cana- dian Northern Railway made Port Arthur its lakebead terminus and the town was able to recover from the blow dealt it by the CPR trans- fer. ('a FEDERATION NEWS - Sy J. CAiiiir 1AMINGWAY As the month of September draws to a close, no doubt many poultry prodtucers are wondering ,if there will be another deficiency payment coming to them some time in the next six months. In fact, until just the other day at least one poultry producer was wondering whether he was going to get a deficiency payment for last January - March' period. How- ever, the payment finally arrived and the secretary at the egg -grad- ing station is now in the clear. Prospects for the deficiency pay- ment after the year end of Sep- tember 30 are becoming quite 4 m. As of September 3, the estimated weighted average price for A Large was 29.7 cents. With the support price at 33 cents, this would seem to indicate a defici- ency payment of 3.3 cents. How- ever, whether you understood it or not, the Government stated that the January -March payment was an interim payment and would be used• to equalize any £ttzther pay- ment for the rest of the year. The payment of eight cents at that time equals 2 cents for the whole year; therefore the support price now is really 31 cents. This still leaves a possible payment of 1.3 cents, but with prices con- tinuing well above the support price throughout September, the weighted average price is expect- ed to be only a small fraction of a cent below the support price, if any. In any case, the cost of sending out cheques would be too great" and it is expected that any defici- ency- payment will simply be held as a credit until a future payment is justified.. I was interested • to- see in the Ottawa report a statement to the effect that Mr. Harkness's defici- eOgy payment plan had proved quite successful in increasing price and reducing surpluses. This is true, but there are other results to be considered( The' reason that prices are up and surpluses are down is because of reduced production. This simply means that some producers of eggs and hogs have been killed off. The method is effective, but I still have grave doubt that this cure was desirable or necessary. 0 u r manufacturing industry with apparent approval of Govern- ment, has tried this method through tariff restrictions and the result has been the importation of a great many articles that could very well be manufactured in Can- ada. If too many poultry and hog pro- ducers are killed off we can look forward to eating imported eggs and pork. In many cases this, will also mean a poorer quality pro- duct. In reply to a letter to one of the county papers regarding the coloring of margarine, my answer is still the same: Let it be color- ed. any color except to imitate butter. Then we will know when we are eating it and enjoy it ac- cordingly. * a * Who Was Canada's First Woman School Inspector? Aletta Elise Marty, who was ap- pointed inspector of Toronto schools in 1919. Miss Marty was born of Swiss parents at Mitchell, near Stratford, Ont, in 1865 and at the age of 16 began teaching in country schools while continuing her own studies. In 1904 she re- ceived her M.A. from Queen's Uni- versity. Before her Toronto ap- pointment she taught French and German in collegiate institutes in St Thomas and Ottawa. In addi- tion to' being the first woman school inspector in Canada, she was the first Canadian woman awarded an honorary degree by Queen's University (LL.D., 1919). She was active in the Home and School movement and in teachers' organizations and was for some years vice-president of the Cana- dian , Chautauqua. In 1928 Dr. Marty went to South Africa as an exchange inspector and she died there the following year. Rev. H: Funge Is Bethel. Speaker Rev.. H. Funge, Londesboro, was guest minister at Bethel United Church Sunday when that congre- gation celebrated their annivers- ary. His morning subject was, "Ye Are Not Saved Without Christ," while in the evening he spoke on "The Three Crosses." Soloist was Miss Margaret Hil- len, who sang, "Thanks Be To God" and •'I'll Walk With God." The choir. directed by ,Miss Jean Hillen, organist, sang, "From Glory Unto Glory" and "He Must Reign." Tell some people i ou can't get along without them and before :erg you can't get along with them. Most youngsters think there are ,only three seasons in the year— baseball. football and basketball. McDDFF OTTAWA REPORT OPERATION BOO't!'STRAP "Operation Bootstrap "—the con- certed effort by the four Atlantic provinces to pull themselves up to the standard in the rest of Can- ada—completed its sixth year last week. The Atlantic Provinces Econom- ics Council held its annual meeting at Halifax to renew its efforts to find ways of ending the vicious cir- cle that for so many years has made the Maritimes the most de- pressed area in Canada. The Coultcil, launched under the initiative of New Brunswick's de- feated Conservative Premier Hugh John Fleming, is an exciting ven- ture to promote the return to pros- perity the Maritimes knew before the end of the days of sail. he-jiroblem is fairly basic. With very limited natural resources, and a relatively small population of 2,000,000 and hundreds of miles from the densely populated mar- kets of central Canada, the Arlan° tic provinces could maintain only a very limited number of manu- facturing industries. Rather than being able to build up its popula- tion and thus create a reasonable market, it continued to lose people over the years to other areas of Canada. For 50 years the Maritimer has bitterly railed against his lot, blaming it on the greedy capital- ists of "Upper Canada," without ever really attempting to make a determined effort to do something about it. They allowed their industry and commerce—what there was of it —to remain backward and ineffici- ent. They envied the strong poli- tical power of the prairie farmer that served to bring abundant Fed- eral Government aid, but at the same time they were ineffective in applying political pressure of their own because of disunity, lack of aggression and lack of purpose. All that is changing. .. "• - Through the Atlantic Council and through regular meetings of the four Atlantic province premiers, a new sense of purpose is being giv- en to the whole region. APEC has become important for two reasons. The first. is because it is rapidly giving -the Atlantic provinces a political voice which they never had before. It is, al- though no one would admit it in such bald terms, an excellent pres- sure group. It is slowly gaining the power that is essential to coerce the Federal Government in- to taking measures which should have been launched years ago and if the Maritimes had been organ- ized as the Prairies are, would have been launched years ago. The second is because it is pump- ing some new life, a new spirit'of aggression into Maritime business- men themselves, compelling them to bestir themselves to modernize their operationg and actively go out and seek business. New mar- kets in the North and in U.S. mili- tary bases in Newfoundland have been opened up, for example, as a result of the leadership provid- ed by .APEC. Don Jamieson, vice-president of the Newfoundland Broadcasting Co., laid it on the line for domes- tic companies. "Never can we forget that better freight rates won't help a horse -and -buggy in- dustry in this age of automation," he. declared. "Roads to resources will be blind alleys of continuing frustra- tion if we lack courage to put our money where our mouths have been for so many years." When its members talk of the Atlantic Council, .they like to de- scribe it as an organization de- signed to help the Martimes pull itself up by its bootstrap's, not to seek charity. In the next breath they move on to the pressing need for Federal aid. The first and most pressing de- mand is for increased Federal sub- sidies to reduce transportation costs and make it easier for. Mari- time arrtime goods to compete in the mar- kets of the rest of Canada. The second demand usually in- volves some form of capital assist- ance, either through loans or tax inducements, that will expand in- dustry in the area and provide more jobs. What no one points out is that transportation, subsidies w o u l d have to be maintained indefinite- ly. I#, they were at a 'rate that was sufficiently high to permit Maritime industry to compete and thus attract new plants the total amount of Federal subsidies would continue to increase year by year. That is a possibility that should be recognized and faced up to, but it does not mean that the subsidies should not be approved. For too long have the people of the Mari- times suffered from low incomes and few opportunities by compari- son with Central Canada, although they have continued . to provide a captive market for many of the tariff -protected industries of On- tario and Quebec. There seems little doubt that whoever is in power in Ottawa will have to reckon with the Atlantic provinces as a far more powerful political force than they ever have been in the past. KIPPEN Mrs. Vera Gatenby, of Sceptre, Sask., is visiting a few weeks with a cousin, Mrs. Robert McLean, and Mr. McLean. Rev. D. A. MacMillan and Mrs. MacMillan, of Ilderton, visited an afternoon last week with friends in Kippen. Sympathy is extended by neigh- bors and friends of Mr. and Mrs William Coleman and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Finlayson in the pass- ing of a mother, the late Mrs. Coleman. Mr, Lloyd and Miss Ella Dow - son, of Varna, visited recency with Mr, and Mrs. Dowson. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dickert visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wahl, of Listowel. WMS Meeting The WMS. of St. Andrew's Unit- ed Church of Kippen met for their September meeting . on Tuesday evening with Mrs. Ralph Turner and Mrs, Winston Workman as hostesses. Mrs. John Sinclair was in charge of the worship and took for her theme, "Responsibility." Mrs. John Anderson chaired for the remainder of the meeting. Af- ter the minutes and the roll call, Marjorie Turner favored with a piano instrumental. Mrs. Morley Cooper gave the visitors' report. It was decided to pack a bale at the end of October. Mrs. Ross Love read a paper on Christian Stewardship. Mrs. Eldon Jarrott gave the Sunshine report and Mrs. Allan Johnston read a poem. Mrs. Ronald Mc- Gregor gave the study, "Your Second Job," as told • by Albert Sweitzer. After the October meet- ing was reviewed, Mrs. Ross Broadfoot gave the courtesy re- marks. The meeting closed with a hymn and Mizpah benediction. Lunch was served by . Group 3, who were in charge. - Thrifty Kippenettes The fifth meeting of the Thrifty, Kippenettes was held at the home of the assistant leader, Mrs. H. Caldwell, on Sept. 23, at 9 a.m. The meeting opened with the ,4-H Pledge. Minutes of the last meet- ing were read and adopted. The roll call was answered by eighteen members. Mrs. McGregor demonstrated how to make a cocb.a paste. The leaders had made some cup cakes; each member demonstrated put- ting fancy icing on the cakes.. Dis- cussions were on "Planning a Party." This . included party themes, table decorations, addi- tional decorations, party games, introductions and the party guest. The riteeting closed with '"God Save the Queen." Everyone enjoy- ed sampling the cup cakes. The roll call for the next meeting is "An exchange of material for your reference file." The home assign- ments were: Make cocoa and serve at home and report in record book; record book and reference file's brought up to date to the next meeting. Splinters on the ladder of suc- cess are much--sarper on the way down, IN THE YEARS AGONE Hensall Players` Win Trophies Boys in Zurich and Hensali were among the many hockey players across Canada who were present- ed with Robin Hood trophies at the close of last year's season. Players to 8ensall were . S. 'Kyle, Robert McNautton, D Moe** and Robert Moir; ZaXt'14+ BArg B tlat<y G y and Ricin* Sts Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor September 27, 1935 Thomas Sills won the S.C.I. championship at the Seaforth Col- legiate sports day on Monday. An Oxford ewe, owned' by Wm. J. Dale, of Kinburnr gave birth to twin lambs on Sunday and also a single lamb in February. This is the first beard of 'an Oxford breed to give birth twice in one year, certainly not three lambs in sev- en months. Mrs. E. Appleyard was named president of the Women's Hospital Aid at their meeting last Thurs- day. The Farmer's Club at Cromarty have given the corner store a coat of paint, which adds greatly to the appearance of the building. Miss Kathleen ,Stewart left this week to attend the University of Toronto; Miss Margaret., McKellar and Miss Muriel Beattie to attend the Ontario College of Education, and Miss Alice Devereaux and Miss Elizabeth McLean to attend the University of Western Ontario At London. Mr. James Scott left for Toronto this week to resume his studies at Toronto Medical SchooL Mr. Alex Kerr, who bak be `n ill' with pneumonia, is now making a satisfactory recovery.' Mr. Frank Donnelly, well-known young Goderich lawyer, received the unanimous nomination at Hen- call on Friday as Conservative candidate in the ,federal election. An immense crowd attended the Seaforth Fall Fair on Friday last, when perfect weather helped make the show the best in years. Twenty-two rinks participated in the trebles bowling tourney staged at the local_,greens on Wednesday afternoon and evening of this week. • From The Huron Expositor September 23, 1910 It is understood that the Clinton Motor Car Company will shortly be incorporated at Toronto. The concern will be a subsidiary of the Canadian Flax Mills Limited. Mr. W.. T. Box has purchased a handsome new five -passenger Mc- Laughlin touring car. Mr. W. Cole has also purchased an automo- bile. The old red schoolhouse on the Kippen Road, Tuckersmith, and which has been used as a public hall, has been moved to the farm of Isaac Moore, where it will be used as an implement house. Mr. Kelly, of the Dominion Bank, and Mr. Stewart Scott were in Goderich this week, taking part in a tennis tournament. Forty-five tickets were sold at Londesboro Tuesday morning for the London Fair. Mr, A. D. Chisholm, an old Sea - forth boy, has been elected presi- dent of the Winnipeg Grain Ex- change. Mrs. Charles Aberhart, of Eg- mondville, has put a new roof on her house and also a coat of paint. Mr. Naylor, manager of the clothing factory, is removing his family here from Lucknow, and will occupy the Pickard residence on Goderich St. Mr. Reynolds, the new station agent, has assumed -his duties at the Kippen station, and with Mrs. Reynolds are getting things in shape for their new residence. Mr. T. N. Forsyth, who for the past 20 years has taught the school in Section No. 2, Tuckersmith, has announced his intention of retiring from the profession at the close of the year. The Moncrieff Harvest Home Festival was a great success in every way. • From The Huron Expositor September 25, 1885 Mr. James A. Cline, formerly of Seaforth, was appointed captain of the Wingham Fire Brigade recent- ly. Mr, L. E. Dancey, barrister of town, .represented Seaforth at the Young Men's. Liberal convention in Toronto last week. The rate of taxation here this year is 19 mills on the dollar, be- ing one mill higher than last year. Mr, John H. Hamilton, of the Wellington Marble Works, Guelph, was here this week erecting a handsome red granite monument over the grave of M. Buggin, in Maitlandbank cemetery. ' There is considerable sickness in town this week, caused no doubt by the sudden change in the wea- ther during the last four or five weeks, Mr. Robert Govenlock, of Mc- Killop, has rented his farm to his son, John, for four years. and in- tends retiring from active busi- ness life, Mr. Alexander Munroe, former- ly of Tuckersmith, ' and his bro- thers, have taken up three farms near Long Rapids, and are all do- ing well. Mulkeron & Co. have commenc- ed the erection of a new brick block in Mitchell. The Misses Wright have com- menced dressmaking in the rooms in Scott's Block, Seaforth, lately occupied by M' ss Laird. A large number left Sensed on Wednesday to attend the Zurich, or World's Fair, A large quantity of apples and potatoes are now being brought to market, Mr, ThOnas Berry, Hensall's well-known horse buyer, intends shortly erecting a large stock and wile stable. i" a 4t 7