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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 1, 1960
Seaforth Welcomes Vistors To Santa Claus Parade
Seaforth will play host on Satur-
day to thousands of area residents
anxious to join with townspeople in
welcoming Santa Claus.
Few people realize the amount of
time and effort that must be contri-
buted in order to make the parade a
success.
The event will mark the climax to
months of preparations on the part
of members of the Chamber of Com-
merce. Since early October the re-
sponsible committee has been meet-
ingrweekly to ensure that the count-
less details that are involved in a
successful parade are looked after.
Planning for the event began in
August, when the date for Santa's
arrival here first was announced.
The parade, of course, is but one
aspect of the Christmas program for
which, the Chamber of Commerce is
County Hospital Exp
The appearance before County
Council on Thursday of a delegation
representing the five hospitals in
Huron pointed up the problem of pro-
viding additional .accommodation
with which each hospital is faced.
Introduction of hospital insurance,
coupled with increasing population,
has created a demand for more hos-
pital beds. And while each board re-
cognizes that the need exists, little
action has been possible because
there is no money to provide for plant
expansion.
On other occasions when hospital
additions were contemplated, the
necessary funds generally were rais-
ed from three sources. The federal
and provincial governments provid-
ed by way of grants a substantial
portion of the cost; the local munici-
pality and the county made contri-
butions, and the remainder was met
by public subscription.
Today, however, that situation no
longer exists. Costs have increased
to an average of $14,000 per bed, with
the result that now government
grants represent perhaps but a third
of the cost; local municipalities, hard
pressed by post-war capital pro-
grams, including schools, sewers and
roads, have exhausted their borrow -
assuming responsibility. Included in
its plans are the Main Street decora-
tions, the contest for the best decor-
ated home and, in conjuction with the
Lions Club, a visit and concert for
the residents of the Huron County
Home.
It is an extensive program and one
that has been possible only because
of the financial co-operation of Sea -
forth business and professional peo-
ple and by the unselfish contribution
of hundreds of hours of time and ef-
fort by members of various commit-
tees.
All that is needed now to make the
Saturday parade an outstanding suc-
cess •.is reasonable weather. Those
from the district who attend can be
assured of a real welcome from the
"Christmas Town" and a parade long
to be remembered.
ansion Poses Problems
ing capacity; and with the advent of
the Ontario hospital insurance plan,
the "general public has the impres-
sion that all hospital costs are borne
by the Government, with the result
that money, at one time available
from public subscription, no • longer
is available.
The truth, of course, is that the
Ontario Hospital Services Commis-
sion provides only for the day-to-day
operating costs of the hospital. The
basic standard ward rate which each
hospital receives from the OHSC for`
each insured patient, is a rate de-
termined by the OHSC on the ° basis
of the actual operating costs of the
hospital. .It covers wages, supplies,
hydro, fuel, drugs and maintenance,
but does not cover provision of equip-
ment or cost of construction.
It was this situation that prompted
the presentation to Huron County
Council. The brief which was pres-
ented indicated it was the hope of the
boards that the problem existing
would be recognized by Council, and
that by working together a practical
plan might be found. Subsequent ac-
tion by council in referring the mat-
ter to its executive committee makes
possible discussions that well may
lead to a solution.
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By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY
There's a shocking waste of
time, money and energy, not to
mention the nervous strain, going
into education these days, accord-
ing to the ratepayers. And I
agree.
Vast, factory-like plants of brick
and steel and glass are- springing
up across the land. Thousands of
buses pour hundreds of thousands
of children into these structures ev-
ery morning, and haul them away
in 'the afternoon. Millions, if not
billions, of dollars are being spent
on teachers' salaries. And all for
now, as they used to say at The
Gate Hangs High, a very fine pub
in Yorkshire.
There's nothing new about this,
of course. It's been going on for
generations. But the full realiza-
tion of the appalling waste didn't
bit me until recently, when I at-
tempted, on several occasions, to
help my son with his homework.
I've been ' helping him for years,
and I might say that he has al-
ways appreciated the fact that I
had received an excellent educa-
tion, and could work out peri-
meters, and number of pecks in a
bushel, and that sort of thing.
* * *
Indeed, we've had some of o
most intimate moments, real Da
and -Son times, as I have carefg3ly
explained that Clfampagne was a
great French explorer, in history,
and that it is hotter in summer
than it is in Florida, in science,
and that hiss mother would help
him with his fractions, in arith-
metic.
* * *
Those friendly evenings are now
but a nostalgic memory. No long-
er do we spend a half-hour, beads
together, trying to figure out pis-
tils and stamens. Gone are the
pleasant times when we solved to-
gether the intricacies of the farm-
er who had ten acres of hay in
a forty -rod field, and traded it
for seven tons of coal at 50 cents
a bag.
He's in high school now. And
they're teaching' him all sorts of
nonsense like why Henry VIII mar-
ried six women, and sheep -raising
in Australia, and X plus 2— (-2X)
equals dear knows what, and con-
crete nouns, and the chemical for-
mula for buttermilk. and a whole"
lot of crazy stuff like that, that
he'll never be able to use.
' * •* *
Believe me. I know. I've been
going to school, in one way or an-
other. for about 25 out of the last
40 years, and I could write every-
thing I learned in school down in a
five -cent scribbler, and have en-
ough paper left to write an auto-
biography,
* * *
I have no quarrel with what we
learn in elementary school. There
they teach us to spell, write, read
and figure, all useful things. It's
in high school that the rot sets in,
Go up to any middleaged man, go
ahead, the first one you see, and
ask him the formula for hydrogen
sulphide. If he smiles sheepishly,
ask him for the square root of 37,
and when he begins to get annoy-
ed, demand that he tell you the
capitals of the Provinces of Can-
ada, He might get three of them.
This reveals the tremendous
waste of our educational system,
and if you're not convinced, sidle
up to a woman the next time you're
at a party. Act puzzled. Ask her,
gently, who fought in the War of
1812. If she looks around and gig-
gles, demand a definition of a
dangling participle. If she slaps
your face, you know that she's a
normal, well -adjusted Canadian
woman, with a perfectly good high
school diploma.
* * *
Personally, I have a deep feel-
ing of resentment that I spent so
long learning so little. I "put in"
no less than nine years learning
French, had an affair with a
French girl, and as far as I'm con-
cerned, Ia plume de ma tante is
still dans le jardin, In the Air
Force, they taught us all about
meteorology. And as sure as I
look at the sky and proclaim three
days of perfect weather, because
there is cirro-stratus cloud, I walk
out into a real soaker of a rain.
* * *
It's not until •our formal educa-
tion stops that we begin to learn.
Men learn how to swear at the
fellow who won't dim his lights.
They recognize, after a few pain-
ful experiences, that a full house
isn't much good when jacks are
wild. In a matter of a few years,
they find out that hell hath no
fury like a woman. It's only a
matter of time before they realize
that a friend in need is a friend
to be avoided like the plague.
A woman, very quickly, learns
that•she can get her -own way by
crying or raising hell. Early, she
recognizes that she'd have been far
better to have married that fel-
low who almost asked her for a
dance one night, and who went
into medicine. It's only a short
while until she discovers that two
wrongs make a right, if you raise
enough fuss about it. And in no
time at all, she has found out that
old Baldy isn't quite the charmer
he was when he had that head of
thick, wavy hair and didn't wear
long underwear.
• * *
It's sad to think about the gap
between what we are taught in
school, and what we know. It leads
one to suggest that we might just
as well spend the years between
thirteen and twenty-three sitting
around contemplating our navels.
It -"would certainly be cheaper.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
How Did Estevan Get Its Name?
Estevan, the Saskatchewan city
on the Canadian Pacific Railway
ten miles north of the United States
border, is said to have had its
name manufactured from parts of
the names of Sir George Stephen
and Sir William Van Horne of the
CPR. First settled in 1892, Este -
van was incorporated as a village
in 1899, as a town in 1906 and as
a city in 1957. In 1955 oil was dis-
covered in the area and in little
morrd� thea year the community's
populnbn doubled.
* * *
When" Was the Grand Trunk
Railway Built?
The Grand Trunk Railway Com-
pany'was incorporated in 1852-53
to construct the key railway •of
Eastern Canada. intended to serve
all the important cities in what are
now Ontario and Quebec. and to
connect them with Portland,
Maine. on the seacoast. The main
line between Montreal and Toron-
to was opened in 1856. Through ab-
sorption of other lines and con-
struction of new track it became
a continent -wide system. By 1923,
however, partly because of the fi-
nan ial burden imposed by the
con truction of the Grand Trunk
Pacific to the west coast, the
Grand Trunk had to be taken ov-
er by the federal government and
it became part of the Canadian
National Railways.
* * *
Who Shot Down 60 Planes in
World War H?'
Canadian ace Raymond Colli-
shaw was exceeded only by Billy
Bishop among Commonwealth air-
men in the number of enemy air-
planes downed during the First
World War. He shot down 60
planes; Bishop was credited with
a total of 72. Collishaw was born
at Nanaimo, B.C., in 1893 and be-
fore joining the Royal Naval Air
Service in 1915 he had already
served with the Royal Canadian
Navy fishery protection service
and with the Scott Antarctic ex-
pedition of 1911. For his • First
World War exploits, he was award-
ed the D.S.O., the D°'S.C. and the
D.F.C. with bar. Between the two
wars Collishaw saw service with
the Royal Air Force in Russia,
Egypt and other countries in the
Middle East. He served during the
Second World War in the African
desert campaign, where he intro-
duced a novel bombing technique
for destroying aircraft on the
ground, until his retirement in
1943.
BEGINNING BOWLS
In its discussion of the game of
bowls, the Book of Knowledge ex-
plains how the beginner should try
to get competent at the straight
ball and then develop skill; at de-
livering the hook ball.
THE BIBLE TODAY
The New Testament was origin-
ally written in Greek. The oldest
surviving authentic manuscripts
date from between three and
four hundred years after Christ.
Throughout the quistian era
Christian scholars ; have studied
and compared even fragments of
these old documents so that the
most accurate text will be avail-
able for study.
The latest examination . of • the
material available is being done
by a committee of scholars of the
Theological Faculty of the Uni-
versity of Athens, Greece, which
has haccess to several documents
and manuscripts not available to
editors of earlier editions. As a
result, a spokesman said, it is
believed that the new text will be
the most accurate ever published.
When published the new text is
expected to replace the current
edition used by Greek Orthodox
Churches. It is expected that this
new critical text will be publish-
ed some time in 1960.
Suggested Bible Readings:
Sunday -2nd Corinthians 3:1-18
Monday—Gala tions 5:1-26
Tuesday—Ephesians 4:1-32
Wednesday—Ephesiansc 5:1-33'
Thursday -Psalms 66:1-20
Friday—Psalms 136:1-26
Saturday—Psalms 103:1-22
The Season For
Plantation Owners
This is the time. of year when
Christmas tree plantation owners
are hoping to cash in on their
carefully tended Yuletide crops.
As in any other business, profit-
able operation depends on a com-
monsense approach not only to pro-
duction but also to marketing. The
following suggestions to growers
are offered by .,D. P. Drysdale, of
the Silvicultural Section, Timber
Branch, Ontario Department of
Lands and Forests:
Know what you have for sale
from the standpoint of both vol-
ume and quality, At the very min-
imum, this will require tagging
and counting all the trees which
you hope to sell. Grading the trees
as you :lag them requires more
time but is usually well worth the
extra effort.
Learn your market, You may
sell your trees to wholesalers; to
retailers or retail them yourself.
Talk to as many growers as you
can about prices which they hope
to obtain for their trees. Visit the
plantations of other growers to
learn how their quality compares
with yours. -
Some people claim that good
trees sell themselves, but if overall
supply is in excess of demand an
aggressive sales campaign is es-
sential. Some growers have found
it helpful to join a growers' as-
sociation to obtain the benefit of
greater advertising coverage and
sales promotion.
Sell only top quality trees such
as you would be proud to display
in your own home. Your success
in the Christmas tree business will
depend largely on your ability to
maintain uniform quality. Never
allow substandard trees, such as
those with crooked butts, off-color
foliage, inadequate handles, etc.,
to leave your property.
It is very desirable to have the
buyer sign a contract before any
trees are cut, and be sure to get
cash or a marked cheque upon
the transfer of title to the trees.
A 25 per cent deposit is' normally
required by most growers.
A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
FALLING ON DEAF EARS
On the heels of the throne speech
at the opening of Parliament, there
came a cartoon in a Toronto paper
showing Prime Minister Diefen-
baker on a pillared pedestal, high
above the heads of the unemployed,
reading from that portentous docu-
ment. Below was the caption: "I
see his lips -moving, but I can't
hear anything."
It was in many ways a cruel
jibe, but nevertheless said more
effectively than could thousands of
words how little there was of sub-
stance to provide any immediate
comfort for the hundreds of thou-
sands of Canadians who face the
threat of losing their jobs this win-
ter.
Embodied in the speech from
the throne drafted by the Cabinet
and delivered by Governor-Gener-
al Vanier was the outline of what
the Go'vernment represented as its
promised bold and comprehensive
program for dealing at once with
the problem of unemployment al-
though that word was not used
once in the throne speech.
The program does contain a
number of many and varied mea-
sures for tackling the ills confront-
ing the economy, ills caused partly
by the technological revolution now
in process and the growing compe-
tition facing Canadian producers
at home and abroad from Europe
and Japan.
But most of the policies will'take
months before they begin to have
any effect, just as the changes in
housing policy announced in the
Fall will make no real impact on
the economy until next spring.
Most people here would not hold
the Government responsible for
the fact that unemployment is run-
ing at a post -War peak and there
are limitations to what it can do
to create new jobs. If it is open
tocriticism, it is for having done
too little, too late, and, for not
being fully candid in public about
the -existence of the problem.
The Cabinet was aware as long`
ago as late last Spring that it
would be faced with heavy unem-
ployment this winter. In the early
summer months a cabinet com-
mittee began tackling the prob-
lem. In September, Prime Minis-
ter Diefenbaker publicly acknowl-
edged for the first time that the
economy faced a'serious situation
and announced that the Govern-
ment had its plans ready for deal-
ing with it, but it was not until
November 17 that Parliament was
called into session to implement
those plans.
Those specifically aimed at cre-
ating jobs included the following:
Improvement in the terms of
mortgage lending for housing con-
struction;
Acquisition and improvement of
existing housing as part of urban -
redevelopment schemes;
Long-term, low-interest loans for
the construction of university stu-
dent residences, technical training
facilities, and municipal sewage
disposal plants;
Loans for construction of the
Columbia River power develop-
ment and railway lines into North-
ern Quebec and Great Slave Lake
in the Northwest Territories;
• Government - guaranted bank
loans for: small business improve-
ment;
A far-reaching program for rural
rehabilitation and development;
Few here deny these are all
highly worthy project, but few
suggest any one of them will cre-
ate more than a handful ,jobs
this winter, since none can be ful-
ly launched without months of
careful preliminary study and
planning.
If there was any hope of Gov-
ernment action to provide an im-
mediate stimulus to the economy,
it lay hidden in one sentence read
by the Governor-General. "It is
the intention of my Minister of
Finance to present a supplemen-
tary budget to you before the
Christmas recess."
While that sentence carried the
uncertain promise of tax cuts and
other measures aimed at increas-
ing consumer expenditures, in line
with the Government's policy when
the last crisis hit late in 1957, it
also carried,- with it all the prob-
lems created by a heavy budget
deficit (Bank of Canada Governor
Coyne has just finished warning
again massive deficits as a re-
cession and unemployment cure].
When he launched into the
throne speech debate, Prime Min-
ister Diefenbaker accused Liberal
Leader Lester Pearson of under-
selling Canada by attempting to
sow fear and gloom in the hearts
of the Canadian people through his
warning that Canada faced an eco-
nomic emergency. Mr. Pearson is,
of course, not alone in sounding
this warning and in varying degree
Canadian business, finance and la-
bor leaders (not the least of whom
being Governor Coyne himself)
have recently expressed increas-
ing real concern about the present
Canadian economic situation.
"I am asking Canadians to come
out of the valleys of doubt," the
Prime Minister told the Commons.
"I am asking this House to leave
these valleys. Let us mount to the
hilltops of determination and faith,
Let us turn from gloom to produc-
tivity, to unity instead of class
consciousness and division."
If the appeal had any effect out-
side, it certainly made no impact
on Members of the House of Com-
mons. The Prime Minister's
speech, meant to be a stirring
challenge, was one of the most
lack -lustre he has ever deliver-
ed.
elivered.
That it brought no warming re,
sponse from Opposition Members
was to be expected. What was
strangeand unexpected was that
it failed to arouse more than the
most perfunctory response from
Conservative backbenchers who
usually react to the Prime Min-
ister with buoyant enthusiasm.
If Mr. Diefenbaker is in fact
losing the magic to stir even his
own supporters in the House of
Commons on such an occasion,
the question now being asked here
is what power he has left to re-
kindle the embers in the hearts
of the Canadian people, While the
Diefenbaker majority seems so
large as to be almost beyond top-
pling in a single election the next
time around, there are more peo,
ple here today who consider this
a real possibility than there were
a year ago. Even in the twentieth
century one is superstitious about
betting against magic, particular-
ly political magic. Those who think
a turn around in the next election
is possible will be watching close-
ly this session for evidence of any
decline and fall in the Diefenbak.,.
er magic. They will also be watch-
ing to see if Mike Pearson can
begin to project a clear image of
himself as a potential Prime Min-
ister who would give vigorous, far-
sighted and consistent leadership
for the solution of Canada's eco-
nomic troubles.
Who Was Principal of Queen's For
25 Years?
George Monro' Grant was ap-
pointed principal of Queen's IIJ�pm�
versity in Kingston, Ont., in 1'ii77
and he retain'ed that post until his
death in 1902. Born in Nova Sco-
tia in 1835, Grant was educated at
Pictou Academy, West River Sem-
inary and Glasgow University. In
1860 he was ordained in the Church
of Scotland and from 1863 until his
Queen's appointment he served as
minister of St. Matthew's Church
in Halifax. He was for many years
an outstanding figure in educe,
tional and political circles, e
author of several books on r ion
and the author of a political work
and a famous travel book, Ocean
to Ocean. In 1899 he was elected
moderator of the Presbyterian
Church in Canada and two years
later he became president of the
Royal Society of Canada.
IN THE YEARS 'AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
November 29, 1935
Seaforth Collegiate Institute foot-
ball team wound up the football
season in a blaze of glory on Wed-
nesday, when they beat Listowel
2.0 to win the Haugh Cup.
Notice has been received that
the. Seaforth Customs office, will
be discontinued as of December 1.
Mr. William Pennylegion has been
in charge.
The annual meeting of the Jun-
ior Farmers' Hockey League was
held on Saturday night with a good
attendance. Ferg Bullard, Win-
throp, was elected president at the
meeting.
Commemorating the tenth anni-
versary of the founding of the
Canadian Legion, a special meet-
ing of the local branch was heid
in the club rooms on Monday eve-
ning.
Mayor A. D. Sutherland, Sea -
forth, was elected President of the
Western Ontario Hockey Associa-
tion at the annual meeting in the
Town Hall, Palmerston.
Richard Gibb, a former Seaforth
merchant, was killed and two com-
panions injured, just outside Wind-
sor on Wednesday.
The annual at-home of Edelweiss
Rebekah Lodge was held in the
G.W.VA. Hall on Wednesday.
R. G. Parke was named chair
man and J. A. Case, secretary, of
the newly -formed welfare board.
At a meeting Friday evening, the
Campbell plan of administering re-
lief was outlined.
Seaforth Boy Scouts motored to
Wingham on Tuesday evening,
where they were entertained by
the Wingham Scouts.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
November 25, 1910
Mr. Thomas Cottle, of Clinton,
has been elected a director of the
Ontario Horticultural Association.
Recently the Dominion Govern-
ment opened a rural mail delivery
between Clinton and Summerhill
post office. There are 11 subscrib-
ers on the line at present.
The balande of this season's
make of cheese at"the Holmesville
factory has been sold to Lovell
and Christmas, of Montreal, at
10'/ec per pound.
Mr. George Nesbitt, of McKil-
lop, says that an eclipse of the
sun on the first of the month and
an eclipse of the moon on the 16th,
are responsible for our bad wea-
ther.
Mr. F. Burgard is offering the
Egniondville pottery for sale by
auction on Saturday afternoon.
Workmen are busy repairing the
stores in the Kidd block, so that
the tenants, Greig and Robinson,
may return to their old stands.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
November 27, 1885
Last Saturday, Dan McNaugh-
ton, of Brussels, was injured at the
new skating rink by a falling plank
striking him on the head.
As Messrs. Robertson and Wan-
less were threshing in Stanley on
Friday last, the youngest son of
Mr. D. Robertson, of the Bayfield
Road, got 'caught in a shaft. He
lies in a precarious state, but un-
der medical treatment it is hoped
he will recover.
On Wednesday afternoon of last
week a fire broke out in Harry
Towns' residence, Brussels. The
alarm was rung and the engine
and carts taken over. The house
was damaged a good deal.
Thomas Carey who stabbed John
Thompson, of this town, has been
sentenced to two weeks imprison-
ment in the county jail.
Mr. A. W. Thompson, of Port e
Arthur, a former Seaforth boy,
has been appointed police magi,
strate for that town.
The recent hard weather has
had the effect of freezing up the
mud, and the roads, although
rough, are now getting good..
Mr, D. D. Wilson, of town, has
stored about 700 barrels of apples
in his refrigerator, which he in-
tends keeping for the spring mar.
ket.
Trade, owing to the very bad
state of the roads, is rather quiet
in Hensall at present.
The salt well at Hensall under
the able management of Mr. Geo,
McEwen, is and has been doing a
large share of business—so well
that the building has to be ex-
tended in order to carry on the
business.
Two cattle beasts, owned by Mr,
Webb, of Hibbert, smothered un-
derneath a straw stack• this week,
The cows had holes made in the
old stack for shelter and when
threshing the new straw covered
the cattle completely.
THE HANDY FAMILY
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