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The Huron Expositor, 1961-01-12, Page 26•`..7,4:,,."..., �' Since 1860, Seruing the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario t ` �\T, Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: '�u U / Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year / Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year -4/ p"a SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized' as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 12, 1961 Council Committee Work Increases in Importance The Goderich Signal -Star, in a re- cent issue, quoted from an interest- ing editorial which appeared in The Huron Signal in January of 1851. The editorial in question discussed the problems Huron County Council of that day was facing in determin- ing on reasonable recompense for its members and the necessity for an im- provement in the method of selecting committees. While through the years remunera- tion of councillors has been adjusted to reflect increasing costs,;,the selec- tion of committee membe]„,s to pro- duce the best results has been a mat- ter for continued study. To an increasing extent, the coun- cil committees today are being called on to deal with matters involving Subsidies Can much detailed study and substantial sums of money. It is essential from the standpoint of the .county and its citizens that .the recommendations produced by the committees are the right ones. Under the committee system as it operates, many factors must be tak- en into consideration in determining the membership of each of the com- mittees, including seniority and poli- tics. In view of the increasing re- sponsibilities which are devolving on council committees, perhaps in future it will be desirable to consider in ad- dition the aptitude of a member for the work of a particular committee, as well perhaps the extent to which his background Aand training might best be used. Hurt As Well As Help_. There are reports current that the Government is seeking means of cut- ting the retail price of butter in an effort • to move government-held sur- plus supplies. It is understood that at the end of "1960, surplus butter amounted to 131 million pounds, and it has been suggested that unless domestic butter purchases increase substantially the surplus will grow at the rate -of nearly a million pounds a week during 1961. The surplus, of course, came about as a result of action by the Diefen- baker Government , wkn •May 1958, when the support price was raised to 64 cents a pound. This put the retail price at about 70 cents, making but- ter non-competitive with margarine at half that price. There is evidence that producers are not unaware of the problem fac- ing them and that government sub- sidies often can be harmful, . as well as helpful. An indication of this was a recent speech to the Ontario Cream Pro- ducers' Marketing Board by C. A. Cameron, executive secretary of the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Express- ing a realistic view of marketing problems, Mr. Cameron said,. "Most of our agricultural organizations are committed to a very basic, and ex- tremely desirable objective—the win- ning of better prices. But our farm organizations must look beyond the immediate question of pricing and devise remedies for their current problems. , "Subsidies are not my idea of re- alistic remedies. .I fail to see how anything can be solved by paying sub- sidies which encourage the increased production of any given commodity. If production is increased—or even maintained—while consumption does not keep step, it seems obvious that the subsidy is a waste. "A subsidy can be justified during a period of readjustment, or to main- tain a supply for the benefit of con- sumers. But subsidization on a con- tinuing basis is not a final answer. I,. strongly suspect that the almost for- gotten law of supply and demand should be exhumed, ..put back to work and rather rigidly enforced." Extra Care "If death on the, highway is •ac- cepted as one of the unavoidable facts of the day—unfortunate but some- thing that has to happen—there will be little hope for improvement. On the other hand, if every driver re- cognizes the fact presented by safety officials—that most accidents should never happen—and takes that little extra care which is the margin be- tween safety and danger, the fatal trend can be reversed. "Safety is an individual concern, a responsibility of everyone. Once that responsibility is properly shouldered, the lists of dead will shrink in news- papers the day after holidays."— Victoria, B.C., Daily. Times. Heads or Tails? Insurance statistics present the owner of a small car with a nice problem. It has been shown that the driver of a compact model benefits from lower accident insurance prep -r- , iums, but when an accident does hap- pen he, is more likely to be severely injured because the small car offers him less protection. On the other hand, the compact's ease of operation is said to make it easier to avoid acci- dents. But still another factor is that when a big car hits a little one, the latter may be crushed while the for- mer is only dented. In short, you just can't win.—London Free Press. Start the New Year Right with v.: STATIONERY and OFFICE SUPPLIES Typing Papers - Counter Cheque Books Bristols - Envelopes - Copy Paper Stencils Rubbers Stamps, Pads, Ink TYPEWRITERS a.nd ADDING MACHINES , i Felling Cabinets Filing Supplies OFFICE FURNITURE ' urn Phone 141 -- Seaforth SUGAR AND SPICE By 'W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY' One of my Grade II students is intensely interested in unidentified flying objects, and visitors from outer space. I think he expected me to scoff when he told me about it. On the contrary, I assured him there was nothing ridiculous about such stories, and mentioned one such visitor I'd had myself. He spread the word, and next thing I knew, ail the kids in they class were clamoring to hear the story. * * * There was no choice but to read it to them, just as I had put it down two years ago. Most of you will' remember it, but I think it bears retelling, if only to prove that you can't tangle with the 'flue, eleventy-seven exam papers, and the January blues and turn out a scintillating column. So here it is. * * * It was about 10 p.m. My wife was out to a meeting. The kids were off to sleep. I was looking, at a picture in the paper, conclu- sive evidence that the humanrace is mammalian, of Miss Jayne Mans- field, tnodelling a dress cut to prove that the young lady's bust is indeed bigger than her butt, or whichever it's ..supposed to must admit I was enjoying my- self, in a disgusted sort of way. * * * Suddenly I bad a nasty feeling that someone was reading over my shoulder. I whirled around apo there he was, Next thing I knew, I was up on top of the mantel, quavering: "Hoor you?" * * * It wasn't the fact that he was stark naked and four feet high that startled me. Nor that he was a peculiar pea-green all over. • Nor that he had only one eye, and that of deep purple, set right at the end of his short, square nose. * * * What really shook me, and con- tihued to alarm me throughout the ensuing exchange, was that he had soinething that mightily re- sembled, a stalk of celery growing out of his navel, and that every few minutes he'd snap off a piece, sprinkle some salt on it, and, shov- ing it into his mouth, which was, of course, located in his left arm- pit, crunch happily on it. * * * Then he spoke. At least, I'm not sure' whether he .oke, He may have used some ty: ",of men- tal telepathy, or thought t :psfer- ence, At any rate, we-carrieon a conversation. "Don't be alarmed," he sooth- ed. "They told me to find an av- erage Earthman, and you're about as average as they come." Crunch, crunch. "Well, thanks," I retort- ed, trying to get some sarcasm into my shaky trembolo. "Thanks, very much, I'm sure." * * * "They wondered," he went on rather indifferently, snapping off another piece, crunch, crunch, "if there was any point in taking over this third-rate planet, as planned, and trying to do something with the natives. Far as I'm concern- ed, you're not worth the trouble we'd have with you. But -I'm on- ly the chairman of the investigat- ing committee," Crunch, crunch. * * * "Hey, wait a minute!" I protest- ed, albeit faintly. "We're not so bad as all that. We may have our little faults but after all, we're all human and ." But I stopped talking and shook in my boots when his purple eye turned red and angry -looking. ** "Human, eh?"hesnorted. "Oh you're a grand lot, you humans. You preach brotherly love, and every 20 or 30 years you murder each other by millions. You boast of human kindness but you bold your grain for the right price while millions of humhn starve. Your best brains are totatlly engrossed in making two things -more horrible Weapons and more churches are 'monuments loa st cause. Your wonnien are greedy shrews. You wallow' in poisons— liquor, nicotine, coffee. 'Your her- oes are adulterous actresses and thick-headed athletes . . * * * I guess he was getting pretty worked up because .just then the top his little pointed head smoke pourd out. I mut have fainted in terror because my Wife came In and found me in front Of the fireplace in a deep, swoon. When I tried to tell her about it, she went straight to the kitchen and checked the contents of the medicinal bottle of brandy. There wasn't a drop out of it, so she said it must have been the 'benison pie and the cream cheese crust that I'd made for dinner. * :x * But I knew better. I stopped trying to convince her, but I did permit myself a mirthless littleG chuckle when she wanted to knowf, why I had let the kids drop celery all over the living 'room. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Where is Cape Eternity? This majestic promontory, 1600 feet high, is on the south shore of the Saguenay River, about 40 miles from where it empties into the St. Lawrence. The water at the base of the cape is of great deapth. The name is derived from the gran- deur of the scenery. West of the eapeis a bay into which the Etern- ify River flows. Opposite the cape, across the bay, is Cape Trinity, * * *. How Did Ethelbert Get Its Name Ethelbert, Man., a village 38 miles nortwest of Dauphin on the Canadian National Railway line to Swan $fiver, is said to have been named after Ethel Bertha, a daughter of Sir William Macken- zie, presidentof the Canadian Northern Railway, which built the present CNR line in 1899." The first settlers—from Ontario, Manitoba, .the United States and central Eur- ope—arrived two years before the railway reached the site. One of the early Ukrainian rural settle- ments in Manitoba was in the sur• rounding rural municipty;-•where the population is now 90 per cent of Ukrainian origin. Ethelbert was incorporated in 1951. * * * When Did a Bowien Succed a Bowen? In 1950 ,John James Bowden, at one time operator of the largest horse ranch' in Western Canada, succeeded John Campbell Bowen., Baptist minister and Liberal poli- tician, as Lieutenant -Governor of Alberta. Bowen, who served as a chaplain to the Canadian Expedi- tionary Force during the First World War and later sat as a Lib- eral member in the Alberta legis- lature, was Lieutenant -Governor from 1937 until 1950. He died in Edmonton in 1957. Bowien, who had also been a member of the Alberta legislature, served as Lieutenant -Governor until his death in December 1959. Bowen was a native of Ontario, Bowlen of Prince Edward Island. * * * What Printer's Appreptice Became Prime Minister? Mackenzie Bowell, who in 1833 at the age of ten came from England to Upper Canada with his parents, He became a printer's apprentice on the Belleville Intelligencer and eventually the owner and editor of the paper. Ile was closely associ- ated with the Orange Order and was for many years grand master of the Orange Association of Bri- tish North America and its spokes- man in the House of Commons, where he sat as the Conservative member for North Hastings from the year of Confederation until 1892, when he was appointed to the Senate. From 1878 until 1891 he had been minister of customs in Sir John A. Macdonald's• govern- ment. When Sir John Abbott be- came prime minister, Bowell was appointed to the cabinet as min- ister of militia and under- Abbott's successor, Sir John Thompson, he became minister of trade and com- merce. On Thompson's, death in December, 1894, Bowell became prime minister. After a difficult period In office he resigned in April 1890, to be followed by Sir Charles Tupper. Bowell and 'Ab- b'ott have been the only two Cana- dian prime Ministers to hold the office while sitting in the Senate. Bowell died in Belleville, Ont., in 1917. • REV. ROBERT H. HARPER NEW YEAR 1961 The year 1960 is dead but no man was able to say at what . microsco- pic point the pendulum, in its ceaseless oscillations back and forth, was neither in the old year or the new. For time cannot be divided by any imaginable line, however small. It is true that we have figments of the imagination to mark the passing of time and similar per- iods to punctuate days, seasons and years. But there is no break in the onward going of time. It is all one even as it has been through all the past, with its many thousand years. But alas! We mortals are as the word implies. We are destined to die ere long and the places that know us now will know us no more. So as we come to the end of another year, it is well that we pause to reflect on the brev- ity of human life in the unending sweep of time. It is a time, too, for reflection upon the past and thought and right imagination for the future. So may we find forgiveness for the follies and sins of the old year and strength for days to come. Just a Thought: If we would profit from the mis- takes we make in day-to-day liv- ing, then we must learn to do our best to correct these mistakes and then turn our thoughts to new things. It is useless to waste time wishing for a chance to "do it all over again." TIMELY TIPS A dry fire extinguisher -having -a, five -pound charge is adequate for most farms, advises Hal Wright, Ontario Department of Agriculture Safety Expert. This size Off, unit will handle fires when they 'first get started—and it's the first two minutes that are important in put- ting out any fire, he says. Cost: about $30 to $35. Don't forget to check the extinguisher at least twice a year to be sure it's fully charged. * * * "Snow traps" are a trick that some farmers use to prevent snow buildup in the yards, This is how it works: Farmers plant a thick row .of willows about 150 feet out- side the tree windbreak (usually evergreens, maples and poplar) around their yard. The snow 'and wind slow up when they bit the willows; some of the snow is de- posited there and the rest drops between the willows and the wind- break. The result: a big buildup of snow over the willow trees and between the willows and the wind- break, a'id little, drifted snow in the yard. Some farmers seed the "snow trap" area to garden in the spring. A *DUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN Prime Minister Diefenbake latest utterances indicates that intends to follow a course of p formance, not promises, for, t year ahead, building for a 19 election. But the activity in t political bull pen is getting tense. The Liberal Party is meeting Ottawa this week to choose weapons for the next round the polls, and to reaffirm its fai in Lester Pearson, who is gradu ly but assuredly building a rep 'cation for effective Criticism the Government's failings a achievements. The Conservatives have a sim lar for Marc 16, pep-meeting7 eso in planned 'and 18,Ottawa. Both meetings will have an u easy eye on a third event, set the end of July—the founding co vention of the CCF -New Party the Ottawa Coliseum, which ma turn out to be the political bloc buster of 1961. Not to be outdone, the apostle of the extreme right, Social Credi will bring their politico-religiou message to the capital later thi year for not one, but two gather ings—one to endorse a new con stitutlon and choose an executive the second to elect a new leade and draft an election platform. All this activity, in a year whic may see no sterner test on eithe the Federal or Provincial seen than the occasional by-elections, i revealing. It seems to mark the year 1961 as one of political soul searching, shift and change. After three and a half years o Conservative administration in- Ot tawa, the political air is turbulent. All parties sense this, and feel they must put on a burst of speed to Aare the prizes in a 1962 election. The Tories have been rudely awakened from their contented slumber of 1958 and 1959 by a series of reverses at both Federal and Provincial levels. Last year ,sawthem lose four out of five Provincial elections (counting Que- bec), and three out of four Fed- eral by-elections. The Gallup Poll passed them by in favor of the Liberals for the first time since1957, and both Social Credit and the CCF fought them off in their own Provincial strongholds. The Diefenbaker forces are alert to the danger now, and fighting back. Propaganda material is pouring off the Conservative Party presses; M.P,'s are being urged to study the record, and tell the peo- ple about it at every opportunity. The Liberals are studying the record, too, but reading different lessons from it. The very throne speech that opened the fourth ses- sion of Canada's 24th Parliament in October is variously described t as "imaginative and. lengthy . . . t a broad and far-reaching program" (by the Conservatives, of course) i and "shocking in its lack of aware- ness" of the unemployment prob- t lem (by‘tab Liberals). New Party off as a CCF -with -a- new -name. They are less jovial is no even a mite concerned that he the dues of union members by the er- thousands may mold an effective he political force. 62 While opposition from any guar - he ter is something to be reckoned in- with, however, the Conservatives appear to be less vulnerable to the in New Party threat than the Lib - its erals. In the next 12 months, it at is the Liberals who must present th themselves as the logical alterna- al- tive to Diefenbaker Government. u_ Hence the evidence of real con - of cern in Liberal smoke-filled rooms nd at the current Ottawa rally, cupied the middle-of-the-road posy-. cupied the middle-of-teh-road posi•. h tion the Liberals used to control, sa effectively under Mackenzie Ring, n_ the Liberals must strike out anew for for an organizational base, The n- expectation is that their -shift will at be to the left—but perhaps not as y far left as the New Party, k- Where does Social Credit fit in- to all this? For the moment no s one can tell. t Social Credit was always the s least popular of the parties in the s Commons, before its banishment in the 1958 election, But it still com- mands considerable support in two provinces — British Columbia and ✓ Alberta—and spotty support else- where. h The party has been beset by ✓ leadership trouble—Solon Low, the e chief since 1944, has been ill and s wishes to step down—but with a dynamic, younger man (if he can be found in Socred ranks) it could be a significant force again in Fed - f eral politics" The Socreds, of course have no- where to go but up. The Liberals, on the other hand, must keep push- ing forward and fend off the splin- ter parties as well. And if the CCF -New Party drafts Premier Tommy Douglas of Saskatchewan as its leader, the Liberals will have plenty of competition, This very division in the opposi- tion ranks may be the salvation of the Diefenbaker Conservatives. In fact, the emergence . of the new party might have been the Prime Minister's reason for delaying a general election test in 1961. Only time will determine the ef- fect of this year's jockeying on Canada's political future. The el - feet may be almost immediate, in the event of an early election, or more gradual and less noticeable, But it is probable that when, the tumult and the shouting dies, poli- tics will have a distinct new Iook in Canada. Capital Hill Capsnles One labor source predicts that if an election 'were held tomorrow, he New Party would capture be - ween 50 and 60 of the 265 seats n the House of Commons. Heav- est support is expected in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and On- ario, where CCF strength has. een centred in the past. * * * Watch for a Liberal answer to the Conservative's latest handbook, The Record Speaks". Last year they answered another Tory book - et entitled, "Here Are the Fact" with one labelled "Here's the TRUTH About the Facts." The truth and the facts were actually somewhere n between the two blications. While 'e»Liberals and Conserv- atives carry on their lint -picking arguments about the state of the economy', the CCF and its power- ful friends in the organized labor vement move steadily forward, nfident that they can marshal 1 nificant support to the still-un- rn New Party in the next elec- n. pokesmen for the older parties re once inclined to laugh the pu mo co Then there was the moron who sig cut a hole in the rug so he could bo see the floor show—and covered it do up because he didn't like the dirty S cracks. we IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The .Huron Expositor January 3, 1936 Seaforth Juniors lost to Stratford Midgets Monday night by a score of 9-1. This score by no means indicates the play. The statement of the treasurer of Seaforth, J. A. Wilson, just is- sued, shows the town to be in an excellent state financially. William H. Golding, M.P,, con- cluded at the end of the year, 22 years' service in Seaforth munici- pal life. From 1921 to 1929 he was Mayor. Seaforth voters will this year have to choose from 21 names when they mark their ballots on Monday. It is the largest number of candidates for at least 30 years. Announcement has .been made that car licenses must be secur- ed by January 15. The Christmas tournament of the Seaforth Badminton Club, held on Friday evening, was largely at- tended. Officers were installed at Sea= forth Britannia Lodge on Friday evening. The January meeting of the Thomas McMillan Young Liberal Club will be held on Wednesday evening. The speaker will be W. H. Golding, M.P. Mr. G. A. Jackson leaves Satur- day for a trip to New Zealand and Australia, spending a month at Honolulu en route. * * * From The Huron Expositor January 6, 1911 Those interested in the Farmer's Bank are thinking, they will get Iittle of their money, according to accounts in the daily papers. Mr. R. 13. McLean is away these days attending Farmers' Institute meetings, telling the farmers of other counties how the prosperous farmers of Huron till .the soil. The municipal election on Mon- day resulted in the election of Mr. J. M. Govenlock as reeve of Mc- Killop; Induction services for Rev. b. Johnston in Varna and Blake Pres- byterian Churches were Field in the Presbyterian Church in Varna on Tuesday. Seaforth Juniors are going right along and at their present pace should land the championship of the district. At the annual meeting of the Sea - forth Fire Brigade, held Tuesday night, Mr. J. P. Bell was .elected chief. Other officers were also elected. Rev. D. Rogers, pastor of Sea - forth Methodist Church, has re- beived a call to become pastor of Central Methodist Church, St. Thomas, On Monday morning- a large block of ice fell from the roof of the Kidd block on Main' Street, carrying part of the dkvestrough with it. On Sunday last Mr. Arch. Scott, son of Mr:'Tames Scott, who is studying for the ministry, occupied the pulpit of Egmondviile Church. * * * From The Huron Expositor January 1, 1886 The the London, l Huron and Bruce rain merchants Railway are complaining of the lack of ac• commodation- Their barns are ov- erflowing and there are no cars to be had to move their grain. The list of convictions by the magistrates of the couhty for the quarter shows a total of 99, out of which 24 were dismissed, 11 were for breach of the Scott Act, 10 cases of drunkness, and others, The anniversary jubilee given by the children of First Presbyterian Sabbath School on Tuesday even- ing was a very pleasant and suc- cessful affair. Dickson & Mann, horse dealers of Seaforth, shipped on Tuesday a carload of very superior draught horses to Lancaster, 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. A few nights ago a drunken man, mistaking his bearings, attempted to walk through a window, Ile broke a large pane of glass and cut himself considerably. A brakeman, named Thos. Green, was badly injured by being caught by the engine of a special train which was shunting here. He waa dragged some distance. ' The Christmas Fair for the ex- hibition of fat stock, was held in Clinton on Saturday, Dec. 19. Be- ing stormy weather, those from the country were forced to miss the fair. Walton LOL elected its .officers on Friday for the ensuing year. A SMILE OR TWO She: "The contralto certainly has a large repertoire." He: "Yes, and that tight dress sure shows it off." The plumber was instructing his assistant in conduct„ emphasizing that he must be polite and tactful. "If you walk into a bathroom to fix a pipe and there's a lady in the tub, you close the door quickly, saying, 'Beg pardon, sir.' The 'beg pardon' is politeness and the `sir' is tact." Customer: "I warn you I'd like this suit for Christmas but I won't be able to pay for six months." Tailor: "Oh that's all right, sir." Customer: "Thanks. When will it be ready?" Tailor: "In six months, sir." Sam had backslid again and his pastor was upbraiding him for it. "Why didn't you say, 'tet thee behind me, Satan'?" "I did say dem very words, par- son,��Sam explained, "Den Satan he say, 'All right, Sam, I'll get behind. Since we bofe goin' de same way, it make no difference who take de lead'." 1E MI FAMILY THIS SPAM sgatw BE USED UNDER THIS COUNTER I'M GOING It) MAKE A TUX -OUT LAUNDRY BIN �!1 A SWELL BY MB IIIIIINSHAM DAi51.EA FOR A TILT - r -BIN IXIit USE UN= grraett, eAnigoom QiC FtACt . Wm. CLEATS PLYWOOD a 1 • •