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The Huron Expositor, 1960-10-20, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTB, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor _40,'i e Or A Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations. 01 ABSubscription Rates: • Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year or O Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year ♦ SINGLE COPIES -- 5 CENTS EACH V `�,� Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Ofiiice Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 20, 1960 Common Sense Tax Payments On a number of occasions it has been suggested in these columns that a greater efficiency in the collection of municipal taxes would result if a system of monthly collection was introduced. Of course there are problems in the way of such a system—not the least of which is that the Municipal Act does not permit it. Certain changes would be required in admini- strative procedure, but these are of a routine nature. While there would be some additional cost, this would be more than offset by savings in in- terest and in the reduction in tax arrears that would result. The system as followed today—an annual lump sum payment or,. at best, two or three instalments—ignores completely the present trend to- wards payments at regular intervals. Perhaps the change is near at hand. In any -event, Toronto has ask- ed Queen's Park to introduce legisla- tion permitting monthly payments. Commenting on the action, the To- ronto Star urges the government to support the change. "The govern- ment should support the change and the legislature should give council the required permission to introduce taxes by instalment," the Star says. "Taxpayers will benefit because Local Histor The history of a district or a com- munity can be a fleeting thing, and unless it is nutured and preserved can be lost to succeeding generations. So it is that those who realize the extent to which the past determines the future are placing increased em- phasis on the maintenance of proper records of the past. Discussing the tendency to mark down the importance of things his- torical, the Wingham Advance -Times warns there is a danger that we may lose knowledge of our own begin- nings. "In a land as young as ours, many people are inclined to be particularly lacking in a sense of the value of his- tory," the paper says, as it recalls the recent ceremonies at the Dunlop tomb near GGoderich, and the fact that as far as the general public was concerned, few even know that the area's founders lay within the sim- ple monument atop Saltford Heights. , "However, even in those early days there were a few people intensely interested in the history of the coun- ty, and it is a crowning achievement for them to see the Dunlop tomb pro - their bill will not descend on them in three big wallops crowded into a few summer and fall months, but will come in smaller instalments easier to manage. The city treasury will bene- fit because it will start receiving the tax money early in the year and not have to borrow until June in order to keep city services going—thus sav- ing interest charges." The common sense way to pay municipal taxes is by a monthly pay- ment, like rent. Press Makes Contribution This week is Newspaper Week, when attention is directed to the con- tribution which a free press makes to the communities it serves. A newspaper is only as successful in its task as each of those engaged in production makes it. This newspa- per has the responsibility of covering the life of the community in an objec- tive and complete fashion. That The Expositor has continued to do so week after week, month after month, and year after year, for one hundred years, is a tribute to the conscien- tious manner in which its employees and its correspondents through the years have accepted their responsi- bility. y Is Valuable perly marked so that our children and grandchildren will know the im- portance of the site. "The sad aspect of neglected his- tory is that all too soon accurate in- formation is lost. Right here in Wingham, as recently as the celebra- tion of the town's 75th anniversary, one or two of the older resident were able to point out to us the site of the first home ever erected in the Town Plot of Wingham. Now those men are gone and it is very doubtful that many remain who can recall the house and its,location. "Edward Farley arrived in what was later to become Wingham, in the spring of 1858, a little more than -102 years ago. He built his house on a knoll at the rear of the present Cecil Walpole property. That site, we feel, should . be suitably marked while knowledge of its existence is still available. "Towns the age of our own are just young enough to be careless about their history,' and just old en- ough to be in danger of losing knowl- edge of . their own beginnings," the Advance -Times warns. CNRISi It's time to shop for your PERSONAL vis CAOS that vital ink in each of your friendships Choose from the BIGGEST most BEAinlElll and VARIED display of Christmas Cards we have shown in many a year. YOU'LL LIKfi THfi Atrium, IN THE Z- T� • i NATIONAL LINE 7' Order ThemmTThrough the Huron Expositor Phone 141 or 142 TAKE MY BOY MIEN), FOR INSTANCE --,ANY TIME THE KIPS AT (SCHOOL HAVE r'i i A PR08LEM- -SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY Well, the school board hasn't had me,on the carpet yet for that last column, which urged the abolition of Religious Instruction from the curriculum. Maybe it's just be- cause they haven't had a meeting. in the meantime. Before they do, I might as well unload all the other ,bbefs I have about the edu- cational system. * * * Its major flaw is that it costs money. Municipal councils wail with increasing regularity that the economy of Endsville is being wrecked by those madmen on ,the school board. Educators observe with equal monotony that we spend more on smoke, or liquor, than we do on schooling. * * *• Most of us who have children don't kick too much. After all, if you have garbage, you expect the cost of its pickup to be added to your taxes. But when a farmer retires and moves to town, it hurts when he finds that half his tax bill is made up of educaffotl costs. He forgets ,of course, that his grandchildren who live in the city are being educated at tremendous cost, and half the tab is picked up by some poor old trout who is try- ing to hang onto her house on the old age pension and the income from her husband's $4,000 instt'r- ance policy. • * * Another thing wrong is the tre- mendous waste. Every day, skill- ed teachers are found climbing the walls after trying to insert in some Neanderthal brain the rudiments of learning. Apparently there are to be no hewers of wood or draw- ers of water in this brave, new Canada. ,In this democracy of ours, it seems that you can't scrub a floor or fill a gas tank unless you are able to identify an in- transitive verb. You are not able to carry a plank from here to there unless you are 16 and have learned more mathematics than I knew when ,I was flying a $50,000 aircraft in the service of his late Majesty, George VI. You can't even have a baby until you've made a weed collection or taken some options. * * * Another sore point with me is the course` of training given to teachers. They are not brutalized enough. They are taught neither judo nor unarmed combat. They are given no idea of how to deal with teenage tears. What, pray, are they supposed to do when a six-footer, weighing about 180, "So I ain't got my homework done. So what?" Or a 16 -year- old sylph looks up, bats her eyes, admits she doesn't have her home- work done, and starts to bawl? *_ * * Then there's this business, for the teacher, of being "on stage" all the time. Every classroom should have a little alcove to which a teacher could retreat, at least once a period, and make sure his fly is buttoned, or her slip isn't showing. * * * It's 35 to 1, and I have a lot more sympathy now for some of those drill sergeants I hated so intensely in the air force. The other day, for example, the kids were killing themselves laughing at me, and I didn't even know what' was going on. * * * I'd asked them to build a por- trait of Brutus, from the play, "Julius Ca,sar," by giving me im- aginary details of his appearance. I asked a boy first, and after shuffling and snuffling for four minutes, he blurted out: "Well, he's medium height and medium weight." A dazzling thrust of the imagination as you can see. I asked a, girl to add to the picture. She suggested he had dark brown hair. Immediately, there was a class snicker, and several kids hollered: "Not He has grayish hair, sorta curly." So I wrote that down, scowling at them about the snicker. Next kid said Brutus had a sort of red face. It didn't sound much like a Roman sena- tor to me, but I put, it on the blackboard, in the midst of an- other wave of giggling. Another volunteered that Brutus had a big nose, and the entire class dissolv- ed into hilaria. I got pretty sore and told them they'd probably fall in their examination, and such like. It wasn't until they'd left, still chortling, that I looked at the portrait they'd drawn in words, and realized that they were de - their gray-haired, red-faced, big - nosed teacher. * * * Another thing wrong with the educational system is that there are too many common people get- ting into the teaching profession. When I was a kid, teachers knew their place. When the last lout was released from the last deten- tion, about a quarter to six, the teacher hurried nervously home, eyes fixed carefully on the ground. You know what some of them have the nerve to do nowadays? They hunt, fish, play golf, have a smash, drive a nice car. They act just as though they were like other people, and I think it's time some- body put a stop to it. * * * The only other major complaint I have concerns the treachery of the students. I spend hour telling my wife what a delightful, intelli- gent, well-mannered young girl is Susan, and what an utterly it--' responsible, insolent young mon- ster is Sam. Then we're down- town. We go into the supermar- ket. The "monster" is working there, after school. He smiles broadly, carols "Hello, sir," and hustles around giving me the super service. My wife says: "That's one of the nicest boys I've ever met." We come out of the store. And flying past on the rear seat of a mortorcycle, thuming her nose at me, is delightful, intelligent, well-mannered Susan. SAME OLD THING One Sunday, when the pastor of a large Methodist church had been reappointed to the charge for an- other year, he was facetiously in- troduced to the church school as- sembly as the "new" pastor. Whereupon, a small boy peeped mischievously around a pillar and was heard to exclaim, "0 pshaw, the same old thing." When the bearded revolutionist was overcoming Batista, I was in- terested in his achievement, with promises of all kinds of reforms in Cuba. But so far as dictators go, he is found to 'be the same old thing. And he adds to his of- fending, the encouragement to the Russians to establish a beach- head almost in the sight of the Florida coast. It will be a very serious thing indeed if our Country should be called upon to defend the Monroe Doctrine. What can be done in the situation presents a grave problem to the guardians of our country. Just a Thought: Sometimes, when we become ov- erly impressed with our own im- portance, we seem to forget that the world has carried on for cen- turies, despite the coming and go- ing of thousands and thousands of leaders and benefactors. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Which is the Shallowest of the Great Lakes? Lake Erie is by far the shallow- est of the Great Lakes. having a maximum depth of only 210 feet. This makes it peculiarly liable to be a dangerous ground swell in storms. In addition. its shallower parts freeze easily and the lake is not navigable during the winter season. The deepest of the Great Lakes is Superior with a maximum depth of 1302 feet Figures for the other lakes are: Michigan. 923 feet; Ontario. 774 feet; and Huron. 750 feet. Install Slate At Brussels Mrs..Jack Lowe was installed as noble grand of Morning Star Re- bekah Lodge at a meeting in Brus- sels. The installation was conducted by the Alistrict deputy president, Mrs. Lillian Grummett, and her installing team from Edelweiss Lodge, Seaforth. Mrs, Vera Hast- ings, junior past noble grand, pre- sented Mrs. Grummett to the lodge. Other officers are: vice -grand, Mrs. C. A. Meyers; recording sec- retary, Mrs. Jean Little; financial secretary, Mrs. George Evans; treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Williamson; warden, Mrs. William Leach; con- ductor, Mrs. Clifford Marks; chap- lain, Mrs. David Hastings; musi- cian, Mrs. Harold Thomas; color bearer, Mrs. Raymond Bronson; right supporter, Noble Grand, Mr,s. Rae Crawford; left supporter Noble Grand, Mrs. Ralph Pearson; right supporter Vice -Grand, Mrs. Mack Stephenson; left supporter Vice - Grand, Mrs. George McCutcheon; inside guardian, Miss Jessie Lit- tle; outside guardian, Mrs. Winni- fred Edgar. Mrs. Annie Thynne, retiring noble grand, was presented with her jewel by Mrs-. Grummett. Visiting lodges who participated in the occasion were Wingham and Monkton, with their • district deputy president, Mrs, Alan Mc- Taggart, A social evening fol- lowed the installation ceremony. * * * Where is the Poets' Corner of Canada? This is the designation given to Frederiction. N.B., by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, which in 1947 erected a memorial on the campus of the University of New Brunswick pro- claiming the city to be "the Poets' Corner of Canada" Such a desig- nation pays tribute to the literary tradition of the area. During the second half of the last century three poets of i1lt rnational dis- tinction were born in the district. They were Sir Charles G. D. Rob- erts, Bliss Carman and Franois Joseph Sherman. * * * What Does U.E. After a Name Mean? Only persons who are descend- ants of Loyalists whose names are to be found on what is called the Old U.K." List are entitled to affix the letters U.E. to their names. The term United Empire Loyalist is commonly applied in Canada to those Loyalists in the American Revolution who emigrated to the British North American provinces during or immediately after the Revolution, and to their descend- ants. In 1789 Lord Dorchester, then Governor General of British North America, proposed "to put a Marke of Honor upon the families who had adhered to the unity of the Empire, and joined the Royal Standard in America before the Treaty of Separation in the year 1783,' and ordained that nil Loy- alists of this description were "to be distinguished by the letters U. E. affixed to their names, allud- ing to their great principle, the unity of the Empire." A list of these Loyalists, known as the Old U.E. List, was drawn up; in Upper Canada additions to the list were made by Lieutenant-GovernorSim- coe. It is a fact sometimes for- gotten that no one is entitled to be described as a United Empire Loyalist who has not an ancestor scribing, with the uttnost glee, on this list. A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE NEW LOOK Prime Minister Diefenbaker is ready to faee the opposition in Parliament and the electors in the. next campaign wltii a new look in his Cabinet—the biggest in nearly 100 years of Canadian history. With a gentle appreciation of all the potential trouble spots on the political spectrum, he has done these things: Given Quebec a sixth place in the Cabinet, replacing Secretary, of State Henri Courtemanche, and one of the most important portfolios, the Department of Transport. Raised Ontario's representation to seven ministers, including the key departments of Finance, Trade and Commerce, Labor, Pub- lic Works, Immigration, and Health and Welfare. Shifted the prestigious, although troublesome mantle of national de- fence from British Columbia to Alberta. P,ut agriculture back in its most logical location, his own Saskat- chewan. Presented Manitoba, the small- est of the four western provinces, with a second cabinet minister and a parliamentary secretary as well.. At long last, given Newfound- land's representative in the Cab- inet a job to do, albeit a small one. Handed British Columbia a new Lieutenant -Governor, in the per- son of his dearest political friend, old warhorse George Pearkes. Established a New Brunswicker in the new and potentially impor- tant role of Minister of Forests. Only two provinces—Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island — are unaffected by the wholesale shake- up and transfusion that Dr. Dief- enbaker has administered. And it is those two provinces where his Party's prestige appears to re- main unimpaired; where be can afford to keep things as they are. The addition of four new min- isters, and the reassignment of six others, represents the biggest change—in the Cabinet since it 'was first formed on June 21, 1957. It now bears little relationship to the fledgling group of more than three years ago. Only seven of the 24 ministers, including Mr. Diefenbaker himself, are doing the same jobs they were given in the Tories' first blush of power: Capable Howard Green started in Public Works and with the death of Sidney Smith went on to External Affairs. Flamboyant George Hees has moved from Transport to Trade and Commerce where .his personal salesmanship can ,be put to the international test. Douglas Harkness has gone through Northern Affairs to Agri- culture and now into the danger- ous whirlpools of National De- fence. Ellen Fairclough survived her ministerial baptism as Secre- tary of State and went on to tackle the infinitely more difficult De- partment of Citizenship and Immi- gration. Leon Balser, banished to the dark corner of Solicitor -Gener- al in 1957 (he hadn't been forgiv- en for his attempt to beat Diefen- baker at the Conservative conven- tion the year before), now gets his chance at long last in the Trans- port Department, The cabinet is so full of new look it's difficult to find the old one. But Donald Fleming, with in- creasing sureness of touch and suave diplomacy, remains in Finance. Davie Fulton continues to add prestige to the Ministery of Justice. George ,Nowlan keeps up his workmanlike job in Na- tional Revenue. Michael Starr still "Aren't ants funny little things," said one little boy. "They work and never play." "Oh, I don't know about that," replied the other. "Every time I go on a picnic they are there." toils in the depths of the Labor Department. And Angus MacLean and William Hamilton carry on with their lesser responsibilities in Fisheries and the Post Office: The fact that the remaining ones are doing a capable job is not news, It is more interesting to examine the new ones. Hugh John Flemming, of New Brunswick, the ex -Premier and " new Minister of Forests, can be counted on for a solid, if colorless contribution to Federal Affairs, Quebec's Noel Dorion can turn his fine legal mind onto the less than weighty problems of the Secretary of State. Walter. Dinsdale, of Manitoba. adds a new intellectual touch to the Cabinet in the Northern Af- fairs Department. And Ernest Hal - penny, the pride of London, On- tario, will be a useful and intelli- gent adjunct in spite of the fact that, for the time being at least, he has been denied a portfolio. All in all, Prime Minister Dief- enbaker has added strength where it was sorely needed, and balanced himself delicately on the geogra- phical measure that afflicts all Cabinet-making. There is a possi- bility that his special fondness for Manitoba, a Conservative province both Federally and Provincially, may alienate the affections of vot- ers elsewhere in the West. But they can hardly claim that 'they are being ignored with a major portfolio (or two) in each prov- ince. By the time that Parliament meets.—and more important, when he hits the road again looking for votes—Mr. Diefenbaker will have a solid line of talent to back him up * * * Capital Hill Capsules The inclusion of Manitoba's War- ner Jorgenson as a parliamentary secretary in the lineup of Cabinet announcements tells a story in it- self. Mr. Jorgenson and Mr. Dins - dale. the new Minister of Northern Affairs. had been running neck and neck in the recognition race. Noth- ing could be done for Mr. Dinsdale without a bone being thrown to Mr. Jorgenson as well. Watch this young farmer—he is both a comer and a Diefenbaker favorite. * ** • George Pearkes, the Queen's new representative in Canada's most spectacular province, will go down in B.C. annals as the man who said "no" the most often, and consistently, to reports of his im- pending future. The Lieutenant - Governorship rumors started last December, and kept up until his appointment more than nine months later. To the last mom- ent, Mr. Pearkes denied knowledge or intention to seek the post. But the newsmen who predicted the appointment, for once, got the last word. A SMILE OR TWO Never mind the business outlook. Just be on the lookout for busi- ness. Country people are those who really want to know when they say "How are you?" He: "Now that we've struck it rich, you're going to have some decent clothes." She: "Nothing doing. I've been stuck with decent clothing 'all my life. Now I'm going to dress like other women." IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago; From The Huron Expositor October 18, 1935 W. H. Golding, Liberal candidate, was elected in Huron -Perth by 3 256 votes, and R. J. Deachman, Liberal winner in North Huron, by 729 votes. Mr G. A. Ballantyne, principal of the Seaforth Collegiate Insti- tute. was elected president of the District of Ontario ,Secondary School Teachers' Federation, at a meeting here last Saturday. As a result of prevailing epi- demic, both the Hensall public and continuation. schtibls and all Sun- day Schools in the village have been ordered closed until all dan- ger has passed, Someone took time off from the election celebration Monday eve- ning to steal a box of Seaforth Creamery butter' from the truck of Mr. Peter Maloney. On the annual Boy Scouts' Ap- ple Day, the local troop disposed of over 600 apples this year. William Kerr was re-elected president of the Highlanders Band for the fourth term, at their annual meeting and banquet on Tuesday evening. The Town of Seaforth has red'eiv- ed $60 in Mines during the past year and also sold 100 dog tags. Douglas Stewart was elected president of the Seaforth Colleg- iate Literary Society at the annual election held on Monday. Taxes collected to the end of September this year amount to $29,092.03. This includes 1935 tax- es, $23,513.21; 1934, $3,346.19; and 1933 $2,232.63. Tax arrears stand at $8,447.19. Perth returned its veteran Lib- eral member, Fred G. Sanderson, with a plurality of 5,208. Dr, Ernest Appleyard, M.R.C.R., is returning home on the S.S. Duchess of Athol, after being in England for three years, taking postgraduate work. * * * Froin The Huron Expositor • October 14, 1910 Mr. Andrew Pennington, who is employed by Mr. James B. Mc- Lean, Kippen, had a narrow es-' cape the other day, when he was kicked in the shoulder by a horse. Fire started in the kitchen of the dwelling part of Mr. Alex Mur- dock'sremises, Main St, Rensall. Are There had gained considerable al headway. but fortunately it was a calm night and the fire company were quite prompt. It was soon put out. The carpenters are completing the roof on the new hotel in Hen- sall. Mr. George Brownlee moved this week into the house on James St., which was recently purchased from Mr, McGrath, who moved to Mr. Brownlee's farm in Tuckersmith. The farmers in this vicinity are busy getting their -corn and roots harvested. Mr. Munroe, teller in the Bank of Commerce, has been transfer- red to a western agency. Seaforth council have placed a cement crossing opposite the resi- dence of Mrs. Archibald, Goderich Street West. Mrs. John Anderson, of • Kippen, has purchased a house in the vil- lage belonging to Mr. Frank Mann, of Harpurhey:' Adam Dickson has been appoint- ed collector for the current year in McKillop. The Nash and /Illlen drains in McKillop are nearing completion. Parties on which municipal drains are located had to remove fences and other obstructions, so the wa- ter would not be impeded to flow. Mrs. F. Case has returned home after an extended visit in New York, Philadelphia and other Am- erican cities. The Electric Light Company complain that boys are in the habit of throwing stones at the street lamps and breaking the globes. A special sitting of the Division Court was held here on Tuesday. From The Huron Expositor October 16, 1885 Mr. William Haines met with a very painful accident at Kidd's Salt Works one day last week, when a heavy plate of iron fell on him, breaking his leg. Mr. James Stewart, of town, has been appointed agent for the Sin- ger Manufacturing Co. Kyle and Mustard, of the Eg- mondville Mills, are receiving sev- eral carloads of wheat from Mani- toba for grinding in their mills. Mr. A. Brewer, who has oceu- $ied the position of miller in the flour mill here for several years past, in company with Mr. G. Doupe, of Mitchell, rented a mill in Lucan for a term of years. Mr. E. McFaul, of this town, has one of the handsomest dry good stores in Canada. The mail car on the day train going east has been transferred to the morning train, and there will, hereafter, only be a closed mail on the day train and no side ser- vice. Bell and McNeyin, of Kippen, are engaged in repairing and put- ting into running order the saw- mill, so as to be prepared to do sawing at any time. The barn of Mr. Wm. Brigham, on the 6th concession of Hullett, was destroyed by fire on Friday evening of last week. Mr. John Goven]ock left for Manitoba on Monday. The Londesboro bridge to be er- ected will be approximately three feet four inches lower than the old pne, and to make up for this will cut down the hill on the north side of the bridge. THE HANDY FAMILY By USN BIRMrnCn n •�y '