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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 5, 1961
An Opportunity For Seaforth
Among proposals advanced by the
Federal Government to combat
mounting unemployment in Canada
is a program which offers assistance
to municipal sewer projects.
The program provides a splendid
opportunity for Seaforth to acquire
the basic elements of a town -wide
sewer system at little more cost than
that of the limited project for which
approval has been obtained. The
council should act at the earliest
moment to take advantage of the,
federal offer.
In Ontario, work under the federal
plan is being co-ordinated by Central
Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
and the Ontario Water Resources
Commission. ' The legislation permits
CHMC to loan two-thirds of the cost
of an approved project and .to for-
give 25 per cent of such a loan pro-
viding work on theproject is com-
pleted by March 31, 1963. The cur-
rent rate of interest is to be 51/s per
cent, with repayment of the capital
over an extended period up to 50
years.
Commenting on the federal pro-
posal, Hon. W. K. Warrender, On-
tario Minister 'of ' Municipal Affairs,
said that the OWRC will be prepar-
ed to enter into agreements with
municipalities under the conditions
mentioned to permit them to take ad-
vantage of this"- federal financing
plan. The fact that the winter works
subsidy also applies makes quick ac-
tion essential.
"The Ioan and subsidy will be'
made directly -to the municipalities,
but the OWRC may continue to act
as the agent of the municipalities in
carrying out those projects where
the municipality also wishes to take
Liberals. Lay Ground
A sure sign that the political
climate is warming up for the next
federal election is shown by party
activities on the national scene. On
January 9th the Liberals lead off in
Ottawa with a three-day National
Rally called by Lester Pearson.- The
Conservatives plan to meet in they
spring, and the C.C.F.-New Party
will have its founding convention
during the summer.
For the Liberals, the January rally
will be one of the most important in
their history. Public opinion polls
across the country show that the Lib-
eral Party is making a comeback,
while the Conservatives have gone
down. This has been the. result of
conditions in the country and the
performance of the government.
However, to get back into power
the Liberals wiII have to do much
more than rely on falling public sup-
port for the Conservatives. They will
have to present the voters with real
alternatives as a means of tack -
advantage of the provisions of the
Ontario Water Resources Commis-
sion Act," -le said.
"Municipalities are reminded that
this new program makes no change
in the requirement for approval of
project plans by the OWRC. The
Commission will be prepared to deal
promptly with applications for ap-
proval and to act as agent for munici-
palities desiring such representa-
tion."
The Ontario Municipal Board also
is' prepared to deal with applications
quickly, the minister added.
At the moment, Seaforth has ap-
proval for limited sewer extension
to provide service to the northwest
corner of the town—through use of a ,
pumping station at James and West
William Streets. By taking advant-
age of the federal offer, it would
seem not unreasonable that the main
trunk line could be continued to
Coleman Street and along Coleman
to a disposal plant as recommended
by the engineers. By following this
course, not only would the costly
pumping station be eliminated, but
25 per cent of the overall cost would
be absorbed by the federal govern-
ment. Once perimeter trunk lines
are in operation, the matter of pro-
viding service in any particular area
becomes relatively simple. The need
for compromise solutions in the face
of emergency demands is eliminated.
It is understood members of coun-
cil already are investigating this pro-
posal and are possessed of necessary
information. It is important now
that council as a body act to press
an application, so that Seaforth may
take advantage of this opportunity
to provide the first stages of a truly
town -wide sewer system.
work For Election Test
ling national problems. That
they are aware of the job that
lies ahead is shown in the way
that the Rally has been set up. Or-
ganized into twenty-one work-
shops the delegates will study prob-
lems in farming, unemployment, for-
eign policy and defense, labour, for-
eign investment in Canada, problems
of small business, and many other
subjects. Much• preliminary study
was given to many of these questions
at the high -Level Kingston confer-
ence held in September. Now the
rank and file of the Party will work
out the platform on which the Party
will go to the country in the next
federal election.
The participation of Canadians in
this way in the political life of their
country is a good -sign of a strong
democracy and of an awareness of
the duty a citizen owes to his coun-
try. As a federal election approach-
es it is to be hoped that many more
Canadians will take an active part
in the political party of their choice.
Start the New Year Right with
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IIALF FAT TE(FI
WELL 60S11—)VUR DAD
SAID THAT WHILE I WAS
WA/T/MG 70 'MAKE MY—
IF AT /c wE.'
SUGAR AND "SPICE
By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY
Well, here we go into another
twelve months of that fascinating,
irritating, horrible,' beautiful, tra-
gic and joyous process known as
living. I've seen forty of these
boxes of tricks and treats opened,
and I hope I see forty more. And
the same to you.
* * *
I don't remember much about
my first New Year's, in 1921. It
was spent in a small village in
Quebec. I was staying with my
parents at the time, as I was six
months old. The Great War had
been over for more than two
years. The post-war boom was
still on, and my Dad had bought
his first car, a Chev. with side -
curtains. He treated that car, and
every one after it, like a particu-
larly intractable horse, which
would respond only if you yelled
hard enough and swore at it with
enough feeling.
* * * •
Ten years later, we stepped into
1931 with the sentiments of a man
about to jump into a barrel of
broken glass in his bare feet. The
Great Depression had begun. Busi-
ness was terrible. The mortgage
prowled, like a great beast, al-
ways there, slavering, when my
Dad looked over his shoulder. My
parents held long, late -at -night
conversations, and to the small
boy, lying half -awake, uneasy, they
had sinister undertones.
* * *
The hunger of the beast would
not be denied, and in the end, the
mortgage swallowed everything for
which my dad had worked so hard
for more than twenty years. What
a prospect that must have been!
Fifty years old, five children to
feed and clothe, home and busi-
ness lost, and thousands of younger
men scrambling for every job in
sight.
* * Y.:
But the Great Depression had
failed to reckon with my mother.
She was a bonny fighter, with a
tough and cheerful spirit. In the
next decade she took on the Great
Depression and licked it single
handed. My dad worked at any-
thing he could get. My mother
sold home baking, took in board-
ers, and in the afternoons, trudg•
ed the streets, selling a line of
cosmetics to her friends. Some-
how, we staggered through the de-
pression, kept off the relief rolls,
and never missed a meal.
* * *
Remember New Year's of 1941?
That wasn't exactly an occasion -of
great rejoicing, either. The Ger-
mans had overrun Europe. Eng-
land and the Commonwealth fought
on, back to thea wall. My parents':
had three sons, ripe and -ready to
be pulled down by the dogs of war.
Three times they were to receive
one of those dreaded telegrams.
* * *
The first read: "Critically in-
jured." But eldest brother fought
a hard fight, had a tremendous
constitution, and pulled through
with -the loss of one eye. The sec-
ond read: "Missing in action."
But a cannon shell missed young-
est brother's head by an inch, and
after two days drifting in a rub-
ber dinghy off the coast of France,
he was picked up by Air -Sea Res-
cue. The third read: "Missing in
action." But middle brother had
climbed safely out of a crash-land-
ing in Holland, and a few months
later the word trickled through
that he was alive and a prisoner,
* * *
What did New Year's of 1951
bring? Nothing spectacular for
yours truly. The Cold War wds
on, but the important things in
life were a wife, a small son, and
what turned out to be a small
daughter well on the way. There.
was also a mortgage of mountain-
ous proportions to gnaw at. We
gnawed for the next decade,"and
chewed it down to a hummock,
losing a few teeth- in the process.
* * *
Suddenly, it's 1961. Both my
parents have died, slowly and
painfully, in the last ten years.
But the process goes on, always
changing, always exciting, There's
a new job, in new surroundings.
There is a boy whose voice is
changing to that of a man, and.
whose feet are the same size as
his father's. There is a girl with
auburn hair and a cheeky „face
who topped the honor' roll in Grade
5. There are new little cousins
springing up all over the country.
There is a brother just gone to
Europe, and another just coming
back from South America.
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The hair is a little thinner, the
glasses a little thicker, and the
day after a New Year's Eve par-
ty something to be contemplated
with real horror, but there's plen-
ty of life in the old boy yet, and
I can hardly wait to see what's
going to happen to the world, and
to us, before somebody hollers,
"Happy New Year," and I realize
that we're about to totter into 1971.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Where is Lake Ojibway?
It isn't—anymore. Lake Ojibway
is the name that is applied to a
glacial lake that existed to the
north of the height of land in East-
ern Canada at the time the prehis-
toric ice sheet was receding to-
ward Hudson Bay. The so-called
clay belt in Northern Ontario and
Quebec represents the deposits in
this lake. Its outlet is not defin-
itely known. As the ice reached
Hudson Bay the lake was drained
off, leaving as its successors the
Abitibi lakes and other smaller
bodies of water.
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Whose Mother Was Daughter of the
First White Woman in the West?
Louis Riel, the famous leader of
the Metis during the Red River
Rebellion of 1869-70 and the North-
west Rebellion of 1885. Riel's fath-
er, who lived from 1817 until 1864,
married Julie Lagimodiere. Julie
was the daughter of Marie Ann
Gaboury (1782-1878), believed to
have been the first white woman
in the Canadian West. In 1807 at
Maskinonge in Queb.ec. Marie
Anne was married to Jean Baptiste
Lagimodiere, a voyageur, and she
accompanied him to the West
where they lived at Pembina, Fort
des Prairies (now Edmonton) and
Red River. Their daughter Reine,
born in 1808 and ,lulie's older sis-
ter, was the first white child born
in the West.
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Who Edited the First Collection of
Canadian Short Stories?
In 1928 Raymond Knister, Cana-
dian poet, novelist and short -story
writer, edited Canadian Short Stor-
ies, the first collection of its kind.
Knister was born in Essex County,
Ontario in 1899. He met a tragic
death
Ontario,
drowning in Lake St.
Clair in 1932. His work as poet,
critic and short -story writer was
just beginning to achieve the re-
cognition it deserved at the time
of his death. His first novel, White
Narcissus, was set in rural On-
tario and appeared in 1929. His
second, My Star Predominant, a
fictional life of Keats, won a prize
but did not appear until 1934 ow-
ing to the failure of the firm that
offered the award. Knister's Col-
lected Poems were published in
1949, with a memoir by Dorothy
Livesay.
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When Were Copper Smelters First
Built in Canada?
The first copper smelters in this
country were erected in the East-
ern Townships of Quebec in the
period between 1879 and 1890. They
were small plants and none oper-
ated very long or very success-
fully. The nickel -copper ores of
-Ontario's' Sudbury" District Were
discovered In 1883; five years lat-
er a smelter was built at Copper
Cliff. British Columbia, however,
was for many years the principal
copper -producing province, with
smelters at Trail (built 1895, clos-
ed 1927) to treat the rich copper -
gold ores from the Rossland dis-
trict, at Grand Forks (closed 1920),
at Greenwood (closed 1918) and at
Anyox, north of Prince Rupert
(built 1912 closed 1936). In 1921
copper -gold ores were discovered
in northwestern Quebec and the
Noranda smelter commenced op -
orations in 1927. The smelter lo•
Dated at Murdocbville in the Gaspe
Fe lfnsula began operations in 1955,,
Rev. Robert H. Harper
BLESSING IN TROUBLE
Recently a rift came in the close
and affectionate relation 'between
two women. Then came the shock
to the older woman of bejug told
by a surgeon that she must have
an operation without delay.
Word of the serious illness reach-
ed the estranged kinswoman and
she came immediately from her
town to see the afflicted woman
and also the next day, after the
operation had been carried out and
with every indication of a success-
ful issue,
The happiness of the convalesc-
ing woman is good to see. Her
illness and hospital experience
have been a blessing in disguise,
as the old saying goes.
On the day she went to the hos-
pital, the reconciliation that had
united erstwhile friends fortified
her with new hope and courage
to face a trying ordeal. And with
the surgeon's assurance and the
reconciliation with her friend it
would seem that trouble has
brought her a brighter day.
Just a Thought:
True friendship has a way of
winning out — regardless of the
odds. And sometimes, in the midst
of great difficulties, we learn that
there is no real substitute for a
real friend.
BRUCEFIELD
Mrs. Alex Paterson spent New
Year's with her mother, Mrs. Shol-
dice, in Exeter.
Miss Marion Triebner visited with
her sister, Mrs. Don Jolly, Exe-
ter, for the holidays.
Mrs. Atkinson and Miss Edna
Atkinson, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Gemmell, of Egmondville;.
Mr, Allan Ester, of Biggar, Sask.,
and Mrs. Hess, Hensall, visited
with Mrs. Wm. Douglass recently.
Guests for New Year's with Mr.
and Mrs. L. Eyre were: Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Lee and son, Seaforth;
Mr. and Mrs. William Cole, Hen-
sall; Mr, and Mrs. Campbell Eyre
and sons, Kippen; Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Keys and family, Varna;
Mr. and Mrs. David Reid and son,
Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cole
and family,. Cromarty; Miss Paul-
ine Adams, Seaforth; Mrs. W.
Douglas and Mrs. Hanley, Bruce -
field.
Mrs. E. Forrest is visiting with
friends in London for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. -Elgin Thomson
entertained .4 few friends on New
Year's Eve.
Mrs. C. Ham returned to Chat-
ham with her son, Wesley Ham,
to spend a few days.
Mr, and Mrs. Wesley Ham and
family, of Chatham,'spent New
Year's with Mr. Ham's mother,
Mrs. C. Ham, and Miss Mayme
Swan.
A McDIIFF OTTAWA REPORT
THE BEARDED TRADERS
OTTAWA—Fidel Castro's much -
publicized trade mission to Can-
ada has long since left our shores,
but the political fuss it created lin-
gers on.
Seldom has a subject aroused so
many Canadians as that of trade
with Cuba. The vehemence of those
who would have Canada follow the
lead of the U.S. and slap an em-
bargo on trade with the island
republic is exceeded only by that
of those who would twist the tail-
feathers out of the American
eagle.
There are valid reasons for the
Government's decision to have
Canada pursue her own course on
Cuba. The decision was not taken
lightly; it was a deliberate and
reasoned policy decision, and the
Government confidently believed
most Canadians would support it.
Anti -Americanism has been one
of the main -stays of Conservative
politicians down through the years,
and since 1957 Prime Minister
Diefenbaker has been riding on a
crast of anti -U.S. feeling, much of
it motivated by his ultra -national-
istic speeches.
This anti-American theme play-
ed a role in the decision. But of
more import was the Government's
sincere belief that there is an ob-
ligation on Canada to continue
trade with a friendly nation{. And
Cuba, in terms of international di-
plomacy, is a friendly natid?n. Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister Howard
Green, after hearing from our lis-
tening posts in Latin America,
put the clincher on the decision
when he reported that most of the
Central and South American poli-
ticians were in sympathy with
Castro on general terms.
The U.S. clamped on the em-
bargo because Castro undertook
"arbitrary, illegal and discrimin-
atory" measures' against citi-
zens and U.S. interests in U.S.,tlba.
The reasons 'comprise a valid ex-
cuse for such an embargo. As
Mr. Diefenbaker has patiently ex-
plained, "Canada could not justify
an embargo or measures similar
to those taken in the U.S. on -this
basis."
Why then all the' fuss? First,
because Canada is in an unique
position in this dispute. The U.S.
embargo covers all the spare parts4
and machines that Cubans have
been bu'ing from the U.S. over
the years. The only other source
for them is' in Canada. European
and Conimunist block manufactur-
ers don't make spare parts for
U.S. automobiles and U.S. machin-
ery.. Canada is the Cuban's only
hope.
The U.S. embargo can only be
made effective with all-out Cana-
dian support. And Canada hasn't
been willing to provide that sup-
port.
Even on that basis, the Govern-
ment could have expected Cana-
dians to agree with its decision.
The Cubans sent a full-fledged
trade mission to Ottawa, and it -
was then the controversy started.
Trade Minister George Hees, his
political star rising rapidly, made
his first major political error.
Instead of merely extending the
normal courtesies to the Cubans,
and letting them go on their mer-
ry way, Mr. Hees got a little ex-
cited. He praised the Cubans to
the heavens and said "you
couldn't do business with better
businessmen anywhere." Govern-
ment officials talked optimistically
of picking up $150,000,000 a year in
Cuban trade that had been cut off
by the U.S. There was -a general
atmosphere' of gloating, and of
boastful sneering at the U.S. That
was the mistake, and a big mis-
take it has proven to be; mail to
Cabinet Ministers is now running,
strongly against the Cabinet deci-
sion. A reaction is building up to
the anti -Americanism, and more
and more Canadians are suddenly
coming to the realization that the
U.S. is still our best friend and
ally in a troubled world.
A second and ancillary blow fell
when the Cubans turned out to be
among the strangest trade emis-
saries ever to arrive in Canada.
They talked big for a while, then
went into hiding. Newspapermen
couldn't find them, and they
wouldn't talk when they were
found.
The blunt truth appears to be
that the Cubans don't have the
money with which to purchase
Canadian goods. Their trade mis-
sion was a big propaganda move,
ostensibly designed to drive a
deeper wedge between Canada and
the U.S. And to a degree it work-
ed.
Mr. Hees has already been slap-
ped down for his role in the fiasco.
He was to appear on a television
show on the topic;' -and at the last
minute was ordered to cancel the
appearance by Acting Prime Min-
ister Howard Green. Government
spokesmen are clamming up, and
for some days now there has been
no further talk of increasing trade
with Cuba at the expense of the
U.S.
Some people .in Ottawa believe
this Cuban trade issue could prove
Uo be something of a watershed in
.S.-Canadian relations; thatthey
will continue to deteriorate, or, un-
der the pressure of repentant
Canadians, start to improve,
Capital Hill Capsules
During the Christmas march on
Ottawa by 400 members of a ban -
the -bomb organization, an aide to
Governor-General Vanier was at-
tempting to "find someone who
would present him with the group's
brief so he could return to • the
warmth of Government House. He
approached one typical demonstra-
tor, who whispered, "I'm an RCMP
officer." The Special Branch
doesn't trust demonstrators. The
Mountie was busily taking note of
any names he happened to ever -
hear, to add to the dossiers on
suspected Communists.
* * *
You don't have too look far to
find 'out why Prime Minister Dief-
enbaker announced a Royal Com-
mission into a health insurance
program. The Liberals were all
set to come up with it at their
national rally. The literature 41 -•
prepared, and a spy slipped irto
the P.M. He cut the ground right
out from under the Grits.",
IN THE YEARS. AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and '75 years ago.
From The Huron Exposits„}
January 3, 1936 `
William H. Golding, M.P., who
although nominated, did not qual-
ify for P.U.C, Commissioner, con-
cluded at the end of the year 20
years' service in Seaforth munici-
pal life.
Announcement has been made
that car licenses must be secured
by January 15. Commercial ve-
hicles have until February 29.
Mr.' George Stewart, Harpurhey,
received . word last week of the
death of his brother, Mr. Peter
Stewart, of Fargo, North Dakota;
who was shot by a bandit at his
grocery store.
A new butcher shop is being op-
ened up by Mr. Harvey McCal-
lum in Londesboro, which will be
a great advantage to the village.
Miss Margaret Finkbeiner, a re-
cent •graduate of St. Mary's Hos-
pital, Kitchener, has successfully
passed the examination for regis-
tered nurse.
McKillop, Logan, Hibbert and
Tuckersmith are to be congratu-
lated for giving their township
fathers another year of office by
acclamation, and now it will re-
main to be seen that they will
practise economy as shown them
by the ratepayers.
The old council and Reeve J. M.
Eckert, of McKillop, were return-
ed on Monday of this week. The
councillors are R. N. Dorranee,
Joseph O'Rourke, Elmer Hackwell
and Hugh Alexander.
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From The Hpron Expositor
December 30, 1910
On Thursday morning last San-
ta Claus visited the public school
A SMILE OR TWO
A husband is someone who ex-
pects his wife to be perfect—and
to understand why he isn't.
An acquaintance inquired, "Did
you have any trouble choosing a
name for the baby?"
The new father responded, "No
-I
have a rich uncle."
A teacher gave her class this
problem in arithmetic: "If there
are seven flies on your desk and
you kill one, how many will re-
main?"
"One," answered her most logi-
cal pupil, "the dead one.".
"Your references are good, I'll
try you," said the farmer to a
young man who was applying for
a job on a dairy farm.
"Is there any chance RI rise,
sir?" the young man asked.'
"I'll say there is," replied' the
farmer. "You')1 rise at a quarter
to five every /horning."
and distributed candies, etc. The
pupils in Mr. Curtis' class present-
ed him with a watch.
Tony Vita's orchestra will pro-
vide music for the Uneedadance.
Club dance in Case's Hall on Thurs-
day evening next.
One day last week some person
stole some valuable fowl from the
farm of Mr. Luke Fortune, of Me-
Killop.
Mr. W. Bethune, purser on the
Keewatin, is home for the winter.
The annual meeting of the Staffa
Beef Ring No. 1 was held Dec. 9.
The ring was carried an success-
fully for 30 weeks last season,
and all the members were well
satisfied with the results.
The entertainment given by the
Sunday School pupils of First )?res-
hyterian Church on Thursday eve-
ning last was a very pleasing and
successful one.
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From The Huron Expositor
January 1, 1886
Dickson and McMann, horse
dealers of Seaforth, shipped on
Tuesday last a carload of very
superior draught horses to Lancas-,
ter, Pennsylvania.
On Sunday night some evil -dis-
posed person took from the show
window of Mr. McLaughlin's store
a set of furs and some other art-
icles.
Tuesday, December 29, was the
Hon. Mr, GIadstone's 76th birth-
day.
Mr. C. J. Ryan having sold his
farm in McKillop, left here this
week for his home in St. Pauls.
Mr. Thomas E. Mills and family,
formerly of Stanley, arrived at this
station on the 19th inst., from South
Dakota, after an absence of three
years.
The employees of Ogilvie & Co.'s
Mill on Thursday evening last pre-
sented the,manager, Mr. T. 0.
Kethp with a very handsome
Christmas present, in the form of •
a silver berry dish.
The Rev's. D. Ramsay, of Lon-
Londesboro, and R. Y. Thomson,
of Hensall, exchanged pulpits last
Sabbath.
The school trustees for the com-
ing year in Hensall are those of
the past year—Messrs. R. Carlisle,
Alex McEwen and R. Paterson.
Wie Week&
"I wouldn't pet him if I Were you -wit's too close to his ditinertitde"
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