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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-03-16, Page 2TEEfj Since 1860, Serving 'the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers 41 E O ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor .0Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario • n ..Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: • Ijjj u Y Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $3,50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,.MARCH 16, 1961 Seaforth Offers School Site Advantage Seaforth Council acted wisely at its meeting Monday evening in offer- ing full co-operation to the end that a technical training school may be located at Seaforth. Assurances of this co-operation and a sincere invi- tation to establish the school here are contained in a letter which Mayor Daly was instructed to forward to the Minister of Education and Huron's MLA, Charles MacNaughton. In taking the action it did, council not only recognized the need of such a school to serve the Huron and Perth area, but also placed emphasis on the advantages which Seaforth offers as a site. It is over a year ago that The Ex- positor first drew attention to the need for technical training in areas such as Huron, that are predominat- ly rural. What was said in these col- umns in February of last year is equally true today. We pointed out at that time that "there is no reason why students in rural areas should be denied the opportunity to acquire the technical education for which they may be particularly adapted. This is particularly so when their brothers and sisters in the Iarger cen- tres have the advantage of this edu- cation." The situation in which rural peo- ple find themselves is that a student desiring an education designed to fit him for a career in a trade is denied the opportunity for such training except at substantial cost as a result of enrolling in a city school. There can be no justification for such dis- crimination against a youth because he happens to have been born and to have grown up in a rural area. Technological changes on the farms of today have reduced still further the requirement for purely agricul- tural labor and make it even more imperative that training of a tech- nical nature be made available out- side the cities. That the Department of Education is reaching the same conclusion is suggested by the hearing which the minister, Hon. John P. Roberts extended to a delegation from Huron a short time ago. For some months now the Farmers' Union has .been studying the question and it was re- presentatives of that organization who placed the results of the study before the minister. It can not •be expected that there • could be established technical schools in every town or, for that matter, in every county. But there is no reason why schools could not be sited to serve students within an area that can be served by daily transporta- tion. Such a school at Seaforth would be within easy driving distance of pupils from Goderich to Stratford, and from equal distances to the north and south. Seaforth has available facilities necessary to complement the basic services provided by such a school, and particularly suitable sites can be made available. To this may be add- ed the assured co-operation of the municipal council and of the -board and Principal of the Seaforth Dis- trict High School. All this makes the early establishment of a technical school in Seaforth to serve the Hur- on -Perth district highly desirable. HACHBORN'S Seaforth s Leading Meat Market -- THIS WEEK. =END SPECIALS -- CHICKENS - - - Ib. 390 Rolled Prime RIB ROASTS - 750 SIRLOIN STEAK - - - 730 SPARE RIBS - - - - 49¢ FROZEN FOODS CHICKEN BREASTS and LEGS OCEAN PERCH - - 2 -ib. Poly Bag PEAS - LAKE ERIE SMELTS 0 0 - 59c lb. 35c - 47c - 19e Hachborn's Meat Market " PHONE 58 — SEAFORTH We Deliver - Phone 58 For the Most Furrow GASOLINE Refined to give you the; most powerful arrangement of molecules, CO - OP GASOLINE assures you of the maximum amount of "pull" per gallon of gas. This means the lowest fuel cost per acre plowed. It means that you have the fuel that will make your tractor deliver its best all day long. CO - OP GAS .• • The Gasoline for Heavy Work ! SEAFORTH FARMERS Parma — �AFORTII ST. COLUMBAN Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maloney and their family held a reunion at the home of their son-in-law "and daughter, Mr. and -.Mrs. Pat O'Rourke, Burlington, recently. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Maloney and Vincent Maloney, St. Columban; Mr. and Mrs, Harold Mederak, Arlington, California; Mr. and Mrs. John Maloney, Sea - forth; Mr, and Mrs. Len Morri- son, Kinkora; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloney, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ma- loney, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ma- loney and Peter Maloney, Kit- chener, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hagarty, Guelph. Kenny Ducharme, of Wingham, with Mr. and Mrs. Auguste Duch- arme. Miss Mary •Melady,. London, with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Melady. Miss Joan Dalton. Preston, with Mr, and Mrs. Maurice Dalton. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Whaling, ' of Stratford, and Miss Cleo Bowman, London, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowman, Misses Anne and Helen Ma- loney, London;, Leonard Maloney, Lucan; Miss Catharine Ryan and Miss Mary Cronin, Kitchener; Miss Beatrice Maloney, Stratford, at their homes. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hagerty, of Guelph, • with Mr, and Mrs, Peter Maloney. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Purcell and family, Kitchener, with Mr. and Mrs. Jack McIver and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Purcell. Michael Murray has returned home from Stratford General Hos- pital. W.O.A.A. GROUP FINALS Atwood vs. Winthrop in SEAFORTH ARENA THURSDAY NIGHT March 16th Game time — 9:00 o'clock International HOCKEY DEARBORN (Michigan) *vs. .SEAFORTH Saturday, Mar, 18 IN SEAFORTH COMMUNITY CENTRE Anyone wishing to accommo- date a BILL i' p1PpLE contact 1 arr T.7 wiummanammummilounq SUGAR and SPICE ounown By Bill Smiley Ullrit Ili "How do you like the teaching game?" So many people have asked me this question in the past few months that I thought I'd try to answer it here. My Usual reply is what I hope is an eloquent shrug. One reason I left the newspaper business for teaching was that I thought it would give me more time with my family. As a weekly. editor, I was out night after night, covering meetings, attending ban - quest and the like. The only time I had with the kids was on week- ends. As a teacher I spend a lot more time at home. And I see even less of my family. I'm locked away in the smoke-filled little room on the second floor, five nights a week and most of Satur- day and Sunday. I see so little of the kids that there are times when I can't quite remember their first names. Another reason for embarking on a teaching career was all those holidays. Two months in the sum- mer. A week at Christmas and another at Easter. Of course, last summer I had to go to summer school and work like a dog for two months. And this year I have to do the same. And at Christmas I spent exactly 471/2 hours during my holiday week marking papers and it will be the same at Easter, And then, at the end of another year, when I am qualified as a teacher, I have to go back to sum- mer school for yet another eight weeks to get my specialist's cer- tificate. But just think in 1963 I'll have the whole summer off. That's certainly better than the one mis- erable week a year I used to take in the newspaper business. And then, of course, the money is good. My take-home pay is bet- ter than that of many truck driv- ers—almost as good as that of a welder or a bricklayer. Unlike them, I don't draw overtime, but think of the security. All I have to do is teach for 35 years, and I get the full pension Am I ever going to raise hell around the lawn bowling club when I get on that pension! Wheelchair or no wheelchair. But all these things are mere adjuncts to teaching. After all, we're not just interested in money and security, are we? Well, ARE WE? Of course, ,we're not. Money is no more important than, say breathing. No, what we are con- cerned with in life is the deep, basic things. Like, us, satisfac- tion in a job well done, and, uh, the rich reward of guilding young lives, and, uh, stuff like that. You have no idea of the thrill a teacher feels when he realizes that but for the guidance he has given young Joe, the latter might have wound up in the penitentiary. Instead of just reform school. And there is nothing to equal the rich satisfaction a teacher de- rives when he has taught some- thing so difficult that the sweat is running clown his back. And he knows he is getting through to them when he sees young Mary's face light up like a flower. And he nods to her in kindly fashion when her hand is raised. And she asks, courteously and intelligent- ly, "Sir, may I go to the wash- room?" It ' makes everything seem, you know, sort of worth- while. There's a completely different atmosphere in the schools these days. When I was in high school, if a kid got out of line, the teach- er would clobber him. My old sci- ence teacher could clip a large lout right off his stool, across two desks, and into a limp heap, of rags on the floor, without disturb- ing a test-tube. My old maths teacher favored a two -knuckle smash just above the kid- neys, which enabled you to say nothing but "Huh! Huh! Huh!" for about four minutes. That old brutality has all gone by the board now, and a good thing, I say. Nowadays, if a kid does something that disqualifies him for a sound belt in, the chops, you realize he's not doing it just for hellery,he's emotionally dis- turbed. And the kids appreciate it. Aside from the fact that they'd have a lawyer on you if you gave them a dirty look, there's a wonderful new sympathy between teacher and student. I'll bet there's not a single kid in any of my grades who would refuse to sign the class cards of condolence to my wife, if I were to be run down by a bull- dozer. * ac How do I like teaching? Well, say, I haven't really time to dis- cuss it, right now. I have four hours' homework to do, an exam- ination to prepare, and an hour's work on the school yearbook. Come back and ask me in the sum- mer of '63. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) What 'is Excise Tax? Excise is a federal tax paid up- on delivery to a purchaser of cer- tain goods when they are taken out of a factory or warehouse, if produced in Canada, or when im- ported. Excise taxes and duties are derived largely from three classes of commodities: alcoholic beverages, cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, and automobiles„ tires and tubes. Numerous other com- modities however, are subject to excise tax. Practically speaking, the sales tax is also an excise tax. Where Are the Kootenay Passes? There are three Kootenay Pass- es through the Rocky Mountains on the British Columbia -Alberta border, all within 30 miles of the international boundary—the South, Middle and North Kootenay pass- es. The South Kootenay Pass, eight miles north of the border, was one of the chief routes used by the In- dians in prehistoric times and it continued to be used by the. Kutenai Indians in the 19th cen- tury as their route to the annual buffalo hunt on the plains. Asfar as is known, the first European to cross the South and North Koot- enay passes was Blackiston of the Pallister Expedition in 1858. Did a Canadian Invent Fivepin Bowling? Yes, the popular. game of five - pins is a truly native Canadian game. In the early 1900's busi- nessmen who bowled at the To- ronto Bowling Club sought a fast- er, less strenuous game than ten- pins. Duckpins and candlepins were tried but did not find favor, Finally, in 1909, Thomas J. Ryan developed an all -wood pin smaller than that used in tenpins. He plac- ed five of these pins on the alley instead of the larger ten. The faster and lighter game was quick- ly approved and in 1910 the first fivepin league was organized. Two years later the Senators of Toron- to were declared the first team champions of the fivepin league. It was difficult to score. a strike against all -wood pins, so a rub- ber band was added around the pins. The rubber deadened the force of the bowling bail's blow and made it easier for a player to make a strike. With this innova- tion, the popularity of the fivepin game increased rapidly. The •first recorded game having a score of over 400 was bowled in 1918 by Alfred Shrubb, a famous English long-distance runner then living in Canada. In 1912 Bill Bromfield scored 450 in the first -known per- fect game. HALF ai FAST .1;14 SO MAD AT THAT JUDY/ Z GOT ALG SET /N PoS/T/ON AND THEN SHE O1/My macro FOR TWO M/Nt/TES, REV. ROBERT 11. HARPER FLYING KITES A few days since a small boy came running through our back yard and disappeared beyond the corner of the garage. He soon re - kite. Thepeared nnetet side day I esaw tht wite frame of a kite dangling high in a tree. Memories of boyhood stirring, I was glad to see at least one boy to- day flying a kite. For that employ- ment has become unsophisticated for the high-powered boys of the present. I began to think about kites I have known. The first was the old-fashioned •kind that had a long tail. Then I learned how to make a tailless kite, and a box kite. A story in one of McGuffey's readers told of a boy who flew a kite at night with a light attach- ed. The last story that I recall to you is that of a boy who was fly- ing his kite in the late afternoon. The twilight came on but the wind kept up and the boy still„ flew his kite. A man seeing the boy with hands uplifted and asking, "What are you doing, boy?" was told, "I'm flying my kite.' Scanning the darkening heavens, the man said, "1 don't see any kite." "I don't either," said the boy, "but I feel it pull." We cannot see God, but through faith we can know his presence, and feel his gracious in- fluences in our lives." Just a Thought: Sometimes it is much easier to find an adequate solution to a difference of opinion when each individual acknowledges at the outset that there is a slight pos- sibility of finding some merit in the other fellow's stand on the matter. It's the • LAW . , , The Surveys Act, R.S.O. 1960, chapter 390, provides that: 6 (1)—A surveyor or a Per- on in his employ while making a survey may: (a) At any time enter and pass over the land of any per- son; or (b) At any time suitable to the occupant of a building en- ter the building and do any act thereon or therein for any pur- pose of the survey, but the surveyor is liable for any dam- age occasioned thereby—a pen- ality of up to $100 may be im- posed upon summary convic- tion of a person who interfers with or obstructs a surveyor in the exercise of these powers of entry. Boy, aged six: "I love you. You are the only girl I ever loved." Girl, aged 5: "Darn it, another beginner." A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT HIGH COST OF DRUGS This Spring is expected to see public probe into the prices o drugs and the practices of pharm aceutical houses, launched in Can ada. The subject has become a liv one, with one Large group of news papers in the country carrying series of articles loaded with cau tic criticism, under the title, "Th Truth About Drug Prices." B long before the newspaper serie appeared the Combines Commis- sioner, at Ottawa, was prying into the prices of drugs in Canada. The Combines Commission completed his investigation las month in this field. He presented his report to the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission on March 1. The Commission, under the chairmanship of C. Rhodes Smith, is now studying the Commission er's report with a view to determ- ining whether or not it should hold public hearings across the country. Because of the widespread public interest in the subject it is ex- pected the Commission will de- cide on public hearings and will tour the country to hold those hear- ings in key centres this summer. After the Commission has com- pleted its hearings, at which in- terested parties will have been in- vited to make representations, it will write its report. Meantime there are rumbles em- anating from the Government members that would indicate that the present Administration, at Ot- tawa is becoming increasingly con- cerned over drug prices. In fact there have been suggestions that the Government may consider the need for establishing a Royal Com- mission on the subject. Drug prices in Canada have been a live issue since the Kefau- ver Committee in the United States made its inquiry into drug prices and the practices of drug manu- facturers. In the House of Com- mons at the last session Frank Howard, the C.C.F. member.for Skeena, noted that if the material submitted to the Kefauver Com- mittee could be relied upon it would. appear that Canadians paid, the highest prices for drugs of any people in the world. He said that the average cost of a prescription had increased by over 100 per cent between 1949 and 1958 and claimed that this was an exorbitant rise when compared with the rise in the. cost of living. Mr. Howard was joined by his leader, Hazen Argue, in calling for a committee of the House of Com- mons to make a study and investi- gation of drug prices. Later, speaking on the estimates of the Department of Health and Welfare, Dr. Hugh M. Horner, P.C. member for Jasper Edson, agreed with the CCF that the ques- tion' needed investigation. But, he t cautioned that the inquiry should I be so conducted that the Canadian Pharmaceutical Industry was not hampered in its medical research g program and so that there would be no holdups in getting drugs to the patients who require them. b Dr:, Horner, according to all re- i ports, was echoing sentiments that f have been more freely voiced by 2 members on the Government side, h behind closed doors in the Caucus d Room. c A return brought down in the House of Commons at the last ses- sion in response to a query from f Mr. Howard showed that the pub- _ lic pays a price for its drugs far in excess of that paid by the Fed- eral Government. The Govern - e ment, he found, had refused to pay any fancy prices for fancy a brands. s. To bring the information up to date Mr. Howard has again plac- ut ed a question on the order paper s at the current session of Parlia- ment. He wants the Department of Defence Production and the De- partment of Veterans Affai s to ✓ provide data on its purchas4s of t certain wonder drugs since Janu- ary 1, 1960. The replies will augment infor- mation he already has obtained. So far the answers reveal that pur- chases of drugs by generic name, rather than brand names, are sav- ing the Canadian taxpayer many thousands of dollars. One solution suggested by the CCF Member of Parliament is that the Federal Government go into the field of drug production, He contends that it would save the taxpayers millions of dollars if a crown corporation would pro- duce drugs at cost for the use at least of the Department of De- fence Production and Veterans Af- fairs, He also suggests that the • Provincial Governments partici- pate in the capital costs of such production facilities and then they too might benefit from the sav- ings which • would accrue. Should the Federal Government eventually set up a Royal Com- mission to study this whole ques- tion of drug prices the practicabil- ity of such suggestions could be thoroughly explored. Capital Hill Capsules Recently Members of Parlia- ment noted that the parliamentary cafeteria had blossomed forth with some new stainless steel flatware, But when they turned the forks and spoons over, there on the back was stamped, "Made in Japan", Mr. Speaker Roland Michner ex- plained that there had been ' a "mistake" by the Department of Public Works which purchases such supplies. Said Public Works, there had been a "mistake" by the firm supplying the flatware. Re- placing the Japanese stainless- steel flatware will be new knives, forks and spoons, "Made in Can- ada". "An "Argue for leader" office and staff has been set up in Ot- tawa by supporters of Hazen Argue. He is now national leader of the C.C.F. and has thrown his hat into the ring for the leader- ship of the New Party. Surprising s the amount of mail reaching Ot- awa that favors his candidature. t appears that his chief opponent will be Premier T. C. Douglas, of Saskatchewan, who has been drag - ed reluctantly into the fray. The next Federal budget will be nought down in the Commons late n April with no tax relief in sight or the taxpayers. April 25 and 7 have been suggested as,possible udget dates, The House was sche- uled to rise for the Easter re- ess on March 29 and return to work on April 10. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor March 6, 1936 During . February, 11 cases of measles and 10 cases of chicken- pox were reported, according to a report presented to the Board of Health at a meeting on Friday. There were 66 births in Seaforth during the year 1935, and in the same period of time there were 12 marriages and 53 deaths, ac- cording to Clerk J. A. Wilson. The resignation of Mr. John Pethick as caretaker of Seaforth public school, was accepted with regret at their February meeting. A very fine concert was pres- ented in Egmondville Church Fri- day evening, when Miss Rena Mac- Kenzie and her Young Ladies' Bible Class presented a program planned in a novel manner, being divided into four parts represent- ing four parts of the Empire—Eng- land, Ireland, Scotland and Can- ada, Mr. W. E, Southgate, Jr., has joined the staff of the Toronto - Dominion Bank here. Mr. J. G. Mills, manager of the Bank of Commerce, has leased the residence of Mr. Walter Murray, on Goderich St. East, recently vacat- ed by Postmaster Sills. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Grieve celebrated the 30th anniversary of their marriage on Friday last, when a surprise party was held in their honor. Mrs. Hester, of Kansas City, Missouri, has purchased the resi- dence of the late Mrs. David Ross on Centre St, Seaforth, Miss Mary Walker left for Ot- tawa recently, where she has ac- cepted a government position. Mr, Robert McKercher has re- turned from Humbolton, where he was lecturing at a Government short course. Miss Erma Broadfoot, daughter of Mrs, Alex Broadfoot, Mill Road, leaves on Friday for Hearst, where she has accepted a position 'as dietitian in St. Paul's Hospital. Mr. George Seip has leased the south half of Mr. Thomas Dick - son's flour and feed sore and is having it fitted up for a harness and repair shop. Miss Helen Britton, of Constance, was 'successful in passing grade 10, senior, in piano at the Toronto Conservatory of ,Music examina- tion held ,in Stratford recently. From The Huron Expositor March 10, 190 The glaziers at Hensall are put- ting in new. plate glass this week in the fronts that suffered from the late fire. Mr, and Mrs, Johi Dodds and Messrs. Robert and Earl Beli'were in Toronto last week attending the automobile show. Mr. John McKenzie has changed the name of his picture theatre and in future it will be known as the "Princess". Mr. Arthur Forbes, who'recently sold his farm at Roxboro, has pur- chased a coal and wood yard in Clinton and will move shortly to that town. With the approach of Spring comes Mr. , E. H. Ayer's announce- ment of the annual excursion by Steamer Greyhound from Goderich to Detroit, the date being June 17. Mr. Henry Cudmore, who recent- ly said, his farm in the west end Tuckersmith, has purchased the residence in Harpurhey recently occupied by Mrs. McCammond, to- gether with adjoining property be- longing to the Brewer estate. Munn Bros., of Leadbury, have placed a fine new circtflar saw in their sawmill. John will now rip the logs into lumber in good shape. Mr. Thomas Leeming, one of Leadbury's most prosperous farm- ers, has had a nice parlor organ placed in his home. The annual seed show, under the auspices of the South Huron Agri- cultural Society, was held in Ross' Hall, Brucefield, on Friday. There are good prospects of an- other factory being started in Sea - forth for the manufacture of cloth- ing, etc. The object is the pur- chase of a building, Lorne 'Armstrong, a 20 -year-old youth of Stanley Township, was ar- rested this week in Goderich Town, ship by Chief Wheatley, of Clin- ton, on a charge of horse steal- ing. From The Huron Expositor March 5, 1886 Monday morning last was one of the coldest of the season, the ther- mometer registering 13 degrees be- low zero. Mr. A. J. Wilson, of the Excel- sior Poultry Farm, Seaforth, has issued his spring circular and has now as choice a collection of birds as can be found in this section of the country. Mr. Ed. Mills, who for some time has been salesman in Mr. Pickard.za store here, left on Mon- day for Brantford, where he has obtained a good situation in a large establishment there. ofAt t h eeebSea of shareholders ecation Grounds Company, held an Moil. - day, Mr. F. Holmested was 'elect- ed president and Mr. A. H. Ire- land, vice-president. Mr. George McEwing has pur- chased the premises he now occu- pies on Main St., from Curry Bros. for $500. Mr. Ed. McNamara, of Lead - bury Hotel, has purchased from Mr. John Swallow, in McKillop, the Bowie farm, which contains 376 acres, for $2,600, Dr. McIntosh, of Brucefield, pur- chased a very fine black team from Mr. Eddy, of Londesboro, paying the handsome sum of $300. Mr. Alex Mustard is getting in 'large quantities of saw logs at the Brucefield Mills, and is also kept very busy chopping with his mill and is giving general satisfaction. Rannie and Urquhart, of Hen - sail, the enterprising grain merch- ants, shipped 18 carloads of grain this week. Mr. W.. B. McLean, of Hensall; recently sold a nice building lot on Queen Street in Henll to Mr. W. Colwill. Master M. McPherson, of Hen- sall, won the $5,00 prize in the three-mile race in Clinton on Wed- nesday. Mr. Duncan McMillan, of Tuck- ersmith, has sold his farm on the 9th concession to his brother, Hugh McMillan, for quite a bit less than he had been offered by others wanting to purchase the farm. THE HANDY FAMILY I CAN NEVER FIND I'LL MAKE A W E OuG TO T f STORAGE RACK FOR HAVE A PLACE TO THOSE FILES 6TOReTHEM! FROM AN OLD 2x4 BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM JUNIOR'S BILE & RASP STORAGE RACK CUT ANA ED GROOVES lr WAY THROUGH 2.x4 A • • • • e • • • w • r A 0 •