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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-11-24, Page 2. Since 1860, Serving the Community First #'ublfshei at SEAFORTFI, ONTARIO, every Thursday -morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers 0A ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor + Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario 4.0 Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations t ABrj O Subscription Rates:�j,J- Z, Canada (in advance) $2.50 Year o Outside Canada (in advance) $3.60 a Year F. SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 24, 1960 Small Grocers While more and more people look to Government to solve their eco- nomic ills and to seek a helping hand, one class of Canadian businessman has decided togoit alone. And they are making a good job of it too. "If ayone had reason to go to the wall it was the small storekeeper when the huge chains moved in on the lush urban and city market," says the Meaford Express. "Lacking the buying power to get rebates for big orders, without the money to go into the glamor displays, and the customers to make these. things possible, the groceryman, af- ter some :hard wallops on the chin, sat doisvn and talked the matter ov- er. "They did not call for subsidies or floor prices, or bonuses to keep th ;fin afloat. They figured if they were iso- ing to keep their chins above water there was only one guy going to do it. That was themselves. "Their answer to. their economic plight was what they termed Volun- tary Chain Markets. One grocery store lacked mass buying power. But enough of them combined provided a market welcome to anyone. "Several things have developed. Some individual stores have expand- ed their local business to the extent that they can buy at a price to com- pete with the • big chains whose buy- ing volume is, in the long run, curb- ed by the expense of warehouse and long transport hauls. . . Canadian small grocers have proved to them- selves and the world that if they have a service to°:sell to their community they need not fear to step out with the giants of the business and hold their own. "Independent grocers, including in- dividual and group concerns, have 56 Growing Flood Pro The Hanover Post' draws atten- tion to a practise that each week is becoming more prevalent in smaller towns across Ontario. Seaforth, like other towns, is being flooded with promotion pieces from city cut-rate firms. "An influx of third class mail ad- vertising sheets from out-of-town stores recently should make Hanover merchants cognizant of a few facts," suggests The Post. "The foremost fact is this: These stores are probably selling consider- able merchandise to people in this town, or they wouldn't waste their Point the Way per cent of the total food business in Canada today. "What the small grocers have done should be possible for other small operators who have been more in- clined to cry on the shoulders of gov- ernment than to get out and solve their own problems," the Express concludes. The Busier, the Better -, How often have you noticed that the person who is busiest is frequent- ly the one to whom others turn when they want a job done ,quickly and well ? The busiest businessman generally is the one who is most willing to take on a community chore, to help, out in an organization when the going gets tough. Dun's Review, a periodical of business management, makes the point editorially in a recent issue when it says: "Men who complain that they are too busy' usually find time to do the things they want to do. When they say `I don't have time'—to read, to converse, to serve their industry or community—Qthey mean their other interests have a more urgent person- al appeal. "The busy man has to discipline his time to the things that must be done, the things that ought to be done, and the things he wants to do. Persistent self-discipline brings a sense of sat-. isfaction—but duty should not re- quire the rejection of every pleasur- able task. "People are,creatures of habit, and executives are no exception. The busier an executive is, the more like- ly he is to have time left over for some worthwhile altruistic effort." ves Advertising Value advertising here. "Some of these towns are smaller than Hanover and a few of them are larger. "Secondly, these out-of-town mer- chants are taking prospects from right under the noses of Hanover merchants. "How are they doing it?" the Post asks, and answers its own ques- tion with the word, "Advertising", and adds: Advertising has long been estab- lished as the most" effective merchan- dising media available to business- men. The most successful merchants, inclusively, advertise regularly." • It's time to shop for your PERSONAL C�IS11��S CMO•S that vital iiek 'n each • of your friendship !'hoose from the 6166LST most , BEAUTIFUL and VARIED display of Christmas Cards we have shown in many a year. YOU'LL LIKG THi � gatI4 F•stund IN THS NATIONAL LING • . • Order them through The Huron Expositor Phone 141 • • • • •.• • • • • • • • • • i,t • • e• -e''\\° v I/, • • • • • 0 •�e.euast.•su V241 0/ The Veeke i 1 F.R Sa.e I� - "I've learned not to whistle at 'em unless I've got money in my pocket" SUGAR AND SPICE. By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY A couple of months ago we be- gan a new life in a different town, with a new job '.and a different home. Have you ever considered pulling up stakes and making a completely fresh start? It's quite an experience. Let me tell you about ours. For ten years I was editor of a small town weekly newspaper. When we began that life, I work- ed very hard. We didn't have any money. What we had was faith, hope and mortgages. The faith and hope seemed to decrease much more rapidly than did the mort- gages. But gradually things improved. Sheer grit, honesty and ignorance were not to be denied. For exam- ple: after my wife had been cook- ing for only years on a two -burner hot -plate set up on the ironing - board, we were .able to buy an electric stove. This was accom- plished by borrowing .money on my insurance policy. After this, life got better stead- ily. I was able to borrow enough. to put a down payment on a used house. An old aunt of mine died and left me a 'legacy of $50. With this, I was able to buy a car, five years old, with only 36 months to pay. We managed to establish a -fuel bill, tax arrears and several grocery bills, sure signs of suc- cess. Despite our steady progress downhill, those were the good years, as people in their dotage are fond of saying when they re- call those horrible early years of marriage. We raised two chil- dren who, were a continual source of amusement delight 'and irrita- tion. We made many friends who were..a .continual source of good fun, good food, good talk and bad whisky. * * * Of course, it wasn't all roses, mind you, The Old Battleaxe and I fought frequently and hotly dur- ing those years, over anything from my laziness around the house to my inadequacy as a father. The kids complained bitterly about go- iryg to bed so early and not hav- ing more spending money.. I talk- ed continually about how hard my job was on the nerves. My wife rarely ceased. lamenting her men• ial role in life. But on the ,whole, we led an av- erage, wildly disorganized, noi'm- al, Canadian family life, and most of the time thoroughly enjoyed- it. We had definitely put down roots, even though most of them were busily ,engaged in either mucking up our drains or heaving our foun- dation. Why would a family, moored to a • snug berth, suddenly cut its hawsers and drift off into un- known waters? You might as well ask why'a hen wants to cross the road, or an octogenarian decides to get married. It's a cross be- tween: "to see what it's like" and "just for the hell of it." As Brutus said: "There is a tide in the affairs of men ." This was just before he went out and got his head knocked off by the bad guys. Or as Robbie Burns put it: "You tak the high tide, and I'll take the low tide ." Well, we took the family size tide, and we've been at sea ever since. * * * You've no idea of the tremen- dous changes in our lives since we made the big move. My own life has undergone a general up- rooting that has made it almost unrecognizable. For example: I used to put on 14 storm windows every fall; here I .just slide down the aluminums. I psed to write this column on the kitchen table; now I write it on the card table. I used to have Just a cup of tea for breakfast; now I must gag over an egg. I tell you, I don't know whether I'm coming „or go- inIt's been even'more of a wrench for my ., ife. 'Used to the deep, rich satisfaction of looking after a big eight -room house, she's frus- trated by the ease with which she handles this mere six -roomer. Us- ed to lugging the garbage cans out from the back shed, she finds it no challenge at all to hoist them the 20 feet required here. She's quite at a loss with doors that close tightly and windows that go up and down. These may seem like -little things, but they mean a lot to a woman and she's be- come so neurotic from the,leisure of life here that she's taken up the violin. * * * Kids are tougher than adults, but the change has upset even them. It's obvious in young "Hugh. Sometimes he's so disturbed he can scarcely eat a third piece of pie. Little Kim, too, has been deeply, affected by the move The usually boisterous hoyden has be- come so quiet and repressed that there are ' days on which she knocks over her milk only once. All in all, it's been quite a shake- up, and it's a pretty tragic thing to 'see a family torn up by ;the roots and shattered like this, How- ever, I think we'll be adjusted af- ter another 10 years. And when that happens, I'm going to leap out of my rut again and head for another one, whatever the cost. Maybe go farming. (Prepared by the ResearchtStaff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) What Community Did Longefellow Make Famous? • Grand Pre, the tiny village on the south shore of 'Nova Scotia's Minas Basin, was made famous by Longfellow's poem Evangeline. It was here that the Acadian French had their chief settlement in cen- tral Nova Scotia. Furthermore, Grand Pre was the centre of the controversial expulsion of 1755. Re- settled in 1760 by New England planters, it has since been a quiet farming community. Grand Pre was the birthplace of Sir Robert Borden, prime minister of Canada during the First World War. Near the village is a memorial park containing a statue of Evangeline, a replica of an Acadian church and an acient well. It is a popu- lar tourist attraction. * * * When Was the Canada Temperance Act Passed? • The Canada Temperance Act, also known as the Scott Act, was passed by the federal parliament in 1878. Under its provisions a I simple majority of voters in any (Canadian city, county- or smaller county subdivision, who expressed at the polls their desire for prohi- bition, could prevent the local sale of intoxicants for all but medicinal, sacramental and mechanical pur- poses. In Ontario and Quebec this act superseded the' 'Temperance Act of 1864, commonly known as the Dunkin Act, which had been passed by the legislature of the old Province of Canada. The Dun- kin Act had provided that any municipal council could pass a by- law to prohibit the sale of intoxi- cating liquors and the issuance of licences therefor, if a majority of the electors within the municipal- ity declared in fav&r of such a law. * * * When Did the First Estonians Come To Canada? The first Estonians migrated to Canada around 1900 and created new farming settlements in Al- berta. An attempt to organize mi- gration on a larger scale was made in 1927 and several settle- ments developed in the Kitimat area of British Columbia before the depression forced a halt. On the eve of the Second World War only about 1000 Estonians remain- ed in Canada. Most of the Eston- ians now in Canada, numbering more than 15,000, belong to the great stream of refugees who fled the second Russian occupation of the Estonian Republic in 1944. They were fleeing from a recur- rence of communist terror experi- enced during the 1940-41 occupa- tion, when More than. 10,000 of their countrymen were arrested in a single night and, deported to Siberia. Each year Estonians in Canada commemorate this night of horror. "So your fourth daughter is get- ting married., eh Jock?" You must be very pleased." "Aye," . responded the Scotch father of six girls, "but the' Con; fetti is becoming a bit soiled." REV. ROBERT H. HARPER SURFEIT OF NEWS Older persons can remember the time when remote sections and ev- en 'villages and towns that are now places of consequence were dependent for the U.S. mail upon post riders who were often as res- olute and hardy as the men of the famed Pony Express. The daily newspapers were unknown in many homes and all the means of modern communication had not then spread their lines of news bearing over land and sea and through the air. Every reader of history knows that the Battle of New Orleans was fought by Old Hickory after the treaty of peace had been sign- ed in Europe because even great nations were dependent upon slow - sailing' ships to bear news across the Atlantic. Now the representatives of near- ly a hundred nations of the earth, as well as those that are not mem- bers of,the U.N., may be watched and heard around the world, as they speak in the assembly and one of the listeners tries to inter- rupt and pounds the desk with a chubby fist. ' This writer suggests that this age now has a surfeit of news, and that we need a wonderful gadget that will silence the heck- ler but allow "us to listen to the eloquent speaker. Just a Thought: It is quite human to make mis- takes; to wrongly judge'the actions or intentions of another. . But we compound this mistake when we refuse to admit that we were wrong and tell ourselves that it makes little difference in the long run. Stealing another's reputation is just as wrong as stealing his money. To the Editor Urges Support For Campaign • Toronto, Nov. 18, 1960. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: Christmas will soon be upon us, and those of us who love children know that there are few gifts that small fry look for- ward to with more excitement than cateher's mitts, tricycles, fishing rods, skates and baseball bats. They help active youngsters get the most out of our great out- doors—the wonderful playgrounds that our country offers in sum- mer and winter. Some children, however, cannot Cake advantage of these recrea- tional pleasures; not because their parents cannot afford the equip- ment, not because they lack the space. to play, but because they are crippled bp muscular dystro- phy. What use are skates to par- padalyzed legs? What use is a baseball bat to arms too weak to hold it? It would be a cruel joke to give MD vicitims such gifts. The only thing we can give thou- sands of such handicapped chil- dren is hope—hope born of • our faith in the ultimate victory of medical research over muscular dystrophy. The Muscular Dystrophy Associ- ation of Canada will be canvass- ing your readers during the week of November 20-26 for money to finance that kind of research. I hope that everyone will give gen- erously, for only in this way can we bring to an end the long wait on the sidelines endured by the victims of MD, and place in those eager hands the treasures they have dreamed of holding. Yours truly, GUS RYDER, Honorary Campaign Chairman. -A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE GOVEREN S AND THE During the past year Mr. J. o Coyne, Governor of the Bank f Canada, has been making public addresses in which he has repeat- edly exhorted Canadians to learn to live within their means. Alarm- ed at the rising scale of Canada's foreign debt he has sought to, fo- cus public attention on this prob- lem, most recently in mid-Novem- ber in Toronto. He addressed his audience not as "Fellow Cana- dians" but as "Fellow Debtors", stating that Canadians "are more heayily in debt than any other peo- ple in the world." He acknowledged that the debt of the national government at the level of $17 billion, almost entirely held within Canada, was not quite as large per capita or in propor- tion to national income as the pub- lic debt in some other countries. But, he pointed out Canada had a foreign debt, net financial and eco- nomic liabilities to foreigners, which was as large as our domes- tic public debt, and stated no other country of any substance has gone nearly that Ear.. The Governor of the central bank has recently moved from monetary affairs, control of credit, currency and such matters, to broad fiscal policy. In recent speeches he appeared to be advo- eating the restriction of, or even the exclusion, of some classes of imports, and to be favoring a sig- nificant degree of economic na- tionalism, This has aroused some criticism of the Governor in some quarters among well informed per- sons, who feel his nationalism has a political as well as an economic basis. Mr. Coyne stated his belief that central bankers had a responsi- bility to point up the major eco- nomic problems of the day, and went on to declare in•Toronto that massive government deficits and large scale monetary expansion were not the remedies for a situa- tion of large and rising unemploy- ment. (It is understood in Ot- tawa that Mr. Fleming has block- ed any major additions to Govern- ment expenditures at this time.) "They would not provide a cure at all, but would do great further damage to the Canadian economy; inflate prices and costs; reduce the real value of the fixed incomes of millions of Canadians and, in effect expropriate part of the sav- ings of all Canadians," the Gov- ernor warned. Again he voiced his plea—sound- ed frequently by the Governor in the last 12 months, to Canadians: "To learn to live within our means and increase our means by our own efforts." What was required to rectify a persistent deficit in the balance of payments, to overcome unemploy- ment and maintain , continuously the highest possible level of un- employment without inflation, was a strong and active policy, in the economic sphere on the part of all levels of government. The lead in Such matters, he said, , should al- ways come from the national gov- ernment, although the co-operation of provincial and municipal gov- ernments, of business enterprises and of individual persons in all walks of life was vitally impor- tant. The Governor sounded a note of caution to the Federal Government. He said that the more action is taken to make economic conditions prosperous, in Canada and to en- courage increased production and employment in Canada, the more rather than the less eager, will American corporations and other foreign companies be to expand their interest in this country. He emphasized that unless the inflow of capital is reduced all attempts to rectify the deficits in our bal- ance of payments must be self- defeating. "We will be faced with the pro- spect of an increase rather than a decrease in the inflow of capi- taI, unless by some means (some Coyne critics say one means would be an easier Canadian money pol- icy at this time of under employ- ment and plan making borrowing' in Canada easier and cheaper) Canadians can be discouraged from borrowing in the U.S..; other Can- adians can be encouraged to invest in Canada; and, the rate of foreign investment can be reduced," he declared. To Mr. Coyne the object of "liv- ing within our means" carried with it the idea not of austerity, but of increased productivity, increas- ed production, increased employ- ment and the elimination of un- employment. He stressed that the key to the whole problem was that we must carry on the future economic de, velopment of Canada on the basis of Canadian savings — Canadian capital, not foreign capital—along the lines that make for a strong diversified independent Canadian economy, not an appendage to a foreign economy. Monetary tinkering and repeat, ed doses of exchange depreciation will do more harm than good, the Governor warned, There were in- dications that his warning was sounded not just for Canadians as a whole but for the Federal Gov, ernment in particular, as it pre- pared for a new session. of Par, liament. It is believed that Mr. Coyne's views and Mr. Fleming's are in tune, so that if Mr. Fleming gets his way in Cabinet, this session of Parliament may point to the means of "living within our means". In the meantime, for all, Coyne's worries, Canada continues to meet (if to a somewhat lesser degree than previously) the test of confidence in the international marketplace. However, there are many who feel that there is abroad in Canada an unhealthy brand of Canadian„ nationalism which 'may impede a realistic appraisal of our present economic position. It is still difficult to distil fact from fantasy in this area. Adjust. ments ("living within your means" or "making the most ' of your means") are obviously needed but what is important is to treat the causes -and not the symptoms. The present danger, to many informed minds, is that it will be the symp- toms (heavy American invest, ments) which get the treatment, Thus, while agreeing with Mr. Coyne that things are out of bal, ance, they will still watch critical, ly for motives of political nation- alism as a substitute for an eco- nomic policy which would require Canadians to meet the test of the international marketplace, a n d give Canada the long-term bene- fits of selling in the deares mar, ket and buying in the thea st for goods, capital, knowhow an men, EGMONDVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Herb Coombs and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Coombs were in London on Sunday, having re, ceived• word that a nephew, Mr, Ed. Wyatt, had passed away in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Mrs.•Jno..Earle and son, George, were in London on Sunday visiting with Mr. Earle, who is still a patient in Westminster Hospital. Mr. Cleave Coombs was in To-. ronto on Monday in connection with the Ford truck exhibition. A SMILE OR TWO A father returned home from his' usual day at work in the fields and found his small son sitting on the front steps looking mighty unhap•' y. p "What's wrong, son?" he asked. "Just between you and me," the lad replied, "confidentially I sim- ply can't get along with your wife." Where Did Algoma Get Its Name? The Algoma District in Northern Ontario gets its name from a word that was coined by the American ethnologist and explorer, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. Schoolcraft ad- vocated the word as the name for Lake Superior in recognition of the Ojibwa claim to it as the Algon, kin sea, The Al comes from Al- gonkin and the goma is a variant of gum-ee or go=m-ee, meaning •wa, ters. The Ojibwa Indians, a branch of the Algonkin nation, were the firt inhabitants of Algoma. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor November 22, 1935 The rooms in the Town Hall oc- cupied by the Seaforth Highland- ers Band have been redecorated and improved during recent weeks. The work was done by the mem- bers of the band. The S,C.I. football team will meet Listowel in a challenge game for the Haugh Cup at the recrea- tion grounds here on Saturday af- ternoon. Enquiries came from Aylmer, Strathroy and Waterloo, Wisconsin for details of the Lions Park and Pool. The Seaforth project also received considerable notice in a recent issue of the Lions Magazine. Local hunting experts have been busy during recent days. Mr. John C. Crich arrived in town Sunday evening with a fine deer. Mr. W. C. Bennett, of Walton, also secur- ed a deer on Monday, The diesel electric train No. 629, was on its way to Goderlch Tues- day afternoon when the leading journal on one of the right wheels broke and fell to the track, tear- ing up a large number of ties. The accident occurred two miles east of Clinton: The new story hour being held at the Library makes a strong ap- peal, for there were 54 children frorh the ages of 5 to 12 attend- ing, Considerable damage was done the scar of Mr. R. A. Walter, when it Was struck by a hit -and -run - driver as it stood parked on Main Street in the early hours of Sun- day morning. Hockey in Seaforth promises to have a highly successful season. Teams representing the Hoy Scouts, High School and Public School will probfibly compete; From The Huron Expositor November 18, 1910 Rev, C. R. Gunne, of Clinton, has been asked to bcome rector of Christ Church, London. The Huron Poultry and Pet Stock Association will hold their annual show in Clinton on Dec. 20, 21 and 22. Mr. N. Warrener, livery proprie- tor, has been awarded the con- tract for conveying His Majesty's mails on the Hensall, Chiselhurst, Lurnely and Hurondale route, com- mencing the first of January. M James Elliott was killed on Satu day by the bursting of a chop ing machine in the flour mill at Brussels. The old Reliable Guy Brothers minstrels will appear in Cardno's Hall this Friday evening and will, no doubt, draw the usual large crowd. Anniversary services for First 'Presbyterian Church will be held on Sunday, Nov. 27, when Rev. J. C. Tolmie, of Windsor, will preach. The stores and other business places were closed on Tuesday dur- ing the hours of the funeral of the late 'Robert Willis. Rev. W, A. Campbell, M.A., of Toronto, preached in Egmondville Presbyterian Church last Sabbath morning. Jeannette Jewell Kellogg, of Buffalo, N.Y., one of the foremost readers' and entertainers of Amer- ica, has been engaged to give a concert in Cardno's Hall Wednes- day evening. A meeting for the purpose of re- organizing the hockey club was held on Tuesday. Attendance was good, and prospects look bright for the coming season. From The Huron Expositor November 20, 1885 The morning express on the Lon- don, Huron and Bruce Railway struck a steer 'just this side of Hensall on Friday. The locomo- tive held the rails and no one in the passenger cars felt the shake. The school board of Brussels have announced that all parties having whooping cough in the fam- ily are to keep their children from school. Several cases are reported in the village. Hugh Williams & Son Brussels, have turned out a lot ot: very fine cutters this season, and have sold one to a liveryman in Toronto. Vanstono & Sons are pushing the work on the new Brussels skating rink. There is $800 of stock yet to sell. Roads ally over are in bad condi- tion owing to the recent heavy rains and snowfalls. The new addition to the Metho. dist Church in Hensel] is nearing completion inside and will add greatly to its appearance. The painting and repairing of the Methodist Church in Varna is. progressing very rapidly. A few days ago while John Stev. ens, of Colborne, was leading his colt to water, it reared up and struck him, fracturing his arm just above the wrist. The McDowell Comedy Co. ap. peared on Friday evening last. They had a fair house. The coms pany is good, but the play, "The - Private Secretary," is very indif- ferent. Mr. John Logan's horse fell into, a cistern last Thursday night while passing through the yard to wit - ter. It was removed by ropes and was not much injured.