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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-03-30, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First -Batted at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers. Association, Ontario .. . Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations e n n a Subscription Rates: '+ = Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES —. 5 CENTS EACH • 'u P Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 30, 1961 Vacation Guide Map Will Encourage Tourist Travel - In an editorial entitled, "Correct- ing the Record," the Listowel Ban- ner takes to task those responsible for the preparation of the. Vacation Guide Map, recently published by the Mid -Western Development Associa- tion. The Mid -Western Development As- sociation is an organization made up of municipalities in the Counties of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Welling- ton. It has as its purpose the de- velopments of the area as a whole. It operates on the not unrealistic as- sumption that what serves to the ad- vantage of the entire district will, in the long run, benefit to greater or lesser degree every municipality in the area. So it was in this sense that pre- paration of the Vacation Guide Map was proceeded with. The map was designed to create in the minds of tourists unfamiliar with the area a desire to drive through and visit in the several counties. It obviously was impossible to set out in detail the points of interest in each of the municipalities for the result would have been so cumbersomeas to ren- der the map useless. To this end the organization nam- ed a committee to 'which local repres- entatives were invited to submit ma- terial for inclusion. The result is a well-balanced publication that sets out graphically the advantages of Truly, Trade -Must Be There is something rather strange and inconsistent in the way in which Mr. Hees, the Minister of Trade and Commerce, last week in Ottawa ex- horted the members of the Women's Progressive Conservative Associa- tion to buy domestic goods at every opportunity. The inconsistency flows from the fact that this is the same Mr. Bees, who Only a few short weeks ago, launched an across -the - world high pressure sales campaign to sell more Canadian goods abroad. Trade, he told the world, with whish he wished to do business, must be a Sound Advice Those who have livel long years have acquired a knowledge that all too frequently those of us,who are younger tend to write off as being but signs of senility. In doing so, we lose advantage of something that can be gained only through long can'be gained only through years of living. So it is that the advice of a gentle- man who looks,:back over 80 years is of particular value to youth of to- day. As recorded °in "Industry", it con- sists of a few simply stated truths. Because they are in danger of being lost sight of in the world as we know it, it merits the widest circulation. "I advise them," he writes, "not to burn their bridges behind them, al- ways prepare for a rainy day s and remember that a dollar saved is a dollar earned. "A good education is priceless. When you take your place in the °world of men you will be at an ad- vantage with a high school diploma or a university degree. "Learn a trade. In this age of automation it's the man with the know-how who will hold a steady job. "Never lose faith in the democra- tic system. Democracy means free - dorm --but don't misuse it." Sound advice this, all of itl offer- ing the promise of a rewarding fu- ture to those who follow it. This May Help Note to those who range from overly plump to gobby fat: A psy- &iolf gi t says use of a purple table- &%tl>ti will cause you to eat consider- ali r .TI'ig . =-1- Ritcherler-Waterloo Re - e'er travelling in Huron, or in Perth, or in Waterloo, or Wellington. Distri- buted throughgut Ontario and at border points, The "Vacation Guide Map" cannot but be the means of encouraging an increased tourist movement throughout the district. That Listowel is unhappy about the data that refers to that town points up the fact that the success of such a co-operative venture is de- pendent on the extent to which those responsible for its production are in- terested in seeing that a proper job is done. Compared to Listowel's dissatis- faction is the -favorable reaction in Seaforth. Details concerning the town are set out correctly, and em- phasis is placed on those features that visitors here find so attractive— such as the L"ions Park and Pool, re- creation facilities, and so on. The difference, perhaps, lies in the fact that Ross Savauge, who is Seaforth's representative to Mid-WODA, al- though not a member of the Guide Map committee, spent long hours de- veloping information concerning Seaforth and in ensuring that the information was presented correct- ly. Perhaps the difficulties of which the Listowel Banner complains, , and which it lays on the doorstep of the Mid -Western Development Ass cia- tion, arose much nearer homer a Two - Way Street two-way street. The Ottawa Citizen reminds us that the minister did not altogether forget Canada's dependence on ex- port markets. He spoke of the need not to invite retaliation through fur- ther tariff increases. But what he seems to • be trying to do is to cut down imports through persuading Canadians not to buy foreign goods. He goes so tar as to urge them to accept goods of different quality or less attractive .in price — until at least, fully competitive products can be supplied by Canadian firms all along the line.' He proposes to press domestic manufacturers to give Canadian consumers exactly what they want. Mr. Hees' object,es can probably be reached only in a very limited way, without a further dose of tariffs. But in the meantime his speech can only cause misgivings among suppliers abroad, the Citizen warns. They must wonder how long they can ex- pect to sell their goods in Canada. And should Mr. Hees' campaign of persuasion succeed to a substantial extent, the effect on Canadian exports will be exactly the same as if it had been achieved through the ordinary protectionist devices. Exports will slump. So will the economy at large. 25 Years Of Service m An event some significance in of Canadian agriculture occurred re- cently when the Canadian Federa- tion of Agriculture marked the 25th anniversary of its founding. Co-operation a n d organization among those engaged in the farming industry have come a long way since the foundation, for what has become the Federation of Agriculture, was laid at a meeting in Toronto a quar- ter of a century ago. The group that gathered at that time was the fore- runner of countless other groups that in the intervening • years have through their unselfish efforts made a major contribution to the welfare of the industry generally. The move- ment has played a particular role in bringing to the attention of the coun- try -generally the contribution which agriculture makes to the economy of Canada. It has, through emphasis on agricultural problems, made pos- sible a substantial improvement in the standards enjoyed by those en- gaged in the industry. SUGAR aim SPICE By BiII Smiley This is the fag -end of the year. Winter has retreated as sullenly as a rattlesnake with an ulcer; Sum- mer is as remote as heaven. And the citizens of Canada are at the end of their tether. In most northern countries, win- ter is the bad time. The Finns and the Swedes and the Russians do most of their suiciding in the mel- ancholy of the long, dark months. Not Canadians. We are too busy curling and going to meetings and watching the hockey games on television. No, we get through the winter famously. It's around the end of March that Canadians begin to brood, to draw in on themselves, to eye each other darkly. About this time of year, though an out- sider would never suspect it, most Canadians are as mad as March hares. What's behind it all? First, it must be remembered that we have just come through a five -months siege by a fierce, determined and implacable enemy. We •have fought gallantly and well, but our nerves are frayed, our bodies racked, and our galoshes holed. Second, though the siege is raised, and the enemy has moved off, the relief column is at least a month away. Our starving souls must feed on some- thing, and there's nothing around to eat but people. There are terrible scenes in our homes, as men and women chew at each other and children snap at their parents. In offices, bosses snarl and secretaries weep. In schools, teachers run amok and hurl themselves headfirst at black- boards. The March madness takes many forms. Honest, upstanding citizens spend hours crouched over income tax forms, trying to diddle the government. Elderly ladies stum- ble around their backyards in rub- ber boots, peering wildly at the ruins of last year's herbaceous border. ' Other men drive far into the country and sit alone on a little bridge, bitterly watching rainbow trout leaping up a little waterfall. Other women dye their hair puce, or start frantically painting their kitchens. There's nothing unusual about all this. It's simply that the resi- dents of this country have entered that miserable, wet, cold, frustrat- ing, dismal season that delights in the name of Spring, gladsome Spring. We might as well be hon- est about it. Spring in this coun- try is a hideous nightmare that may' last from the end of March' to the middle of May, necause we are a people used to Doing, rather than Thinking, we find spring an excruciating ex- perience. There's nothing to DO! Curling is about shot, and it's too early for boating, gardening, golf ing or fishing. It's the mating season, presumably, but every- body is so irritable it's rather a waste. In other springs this waiting period, this spell of madness, has resulted in near -tragedies around our place, I have seen myself pick up a coal shovel and batter a harmless old furnace with it un- til I dropped from exhaustion. I have seen my wife trembling with homicidal intent on catching me chipping pieces of coal with my nine iron when I was supposed to be cleaning up the basement. In some countries spring may be a season for light hearts, for love, for song and laughter and dancing. But in the true north, strong and freezing, it's a gray time of waiting, of despair, of the March mania. You can't have a `light heart when you have a heavy fuel bill. I defy anybody to fall in love in Canada in March. Your song can't be heard above the howl of the wind. The only people who are laughing are being taken away by the boys in the white coats. And it's pretty awkward 'dancing when you're up to the knees in mud. Oh, I'm, all right. I haven't snapped yet. But my wife and kids are looking rather sinister these days. And some of my neighbors are beginning to act mighty peculiar. And don't tell me that old lady who tried to push me in front of a moving cart at the store the other day was completely sane. In the spring everyone in this country except me goes slightly mad, mad, I tell you, mad. Hee! Hee! Hee! (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) When Was the European and North American Railway Built? The European and North Ameri- can Railway was a line built from Moncton to Shediac, N.B., in 1857. Three years later it was extended from Moncton to Saint John. Branch lines were built from Pain - sec to Sackville in 1860 and from Fairville to Vanceboro in 1869. The Fairville-Vanceboro line became the St. John and Maine Railway: It was leased to the New Bruns- wick Railway in 1883• and to the Canadian Pacific Railway in. 1890. The rest of the European and North American was absorbed by the Intercolonial Railway in 1872. Does Canada Prevent Food Adulteration Yes, such protective standards have been developed under the federal Food and Drugs Act, Can- ada in fact was the first country on the North American continent to have a national law prohibiting the adulteration of food and drugs. This law was passed in 1874. Can- ada was also well to the fore in the grading of foods for quality. It is believed to have been the first nation in the world to enact legislation providing for the grad- ing and grade -labelling of canned goods. But in the development of standard specifications andof ade- quate labelling practices for com- modities other than foods and drugs,. Canada's progress has been slow, - What Was the Commercial Union League? It was an organization founded in Canada during the latter part of the 19th century to promote the idea of a customs union between Canada and the United States. The phrase "commercial union" is to be ,found in the debate in the House of Commons in 1870 on the motion of L. S. Huntington in fav- or of §uch a customs union. Eras- tus Wiman, a Canadian resident in New York, applied the expression in 1887 to his campaign for free trade, with a common tariff for the two countries. In Canada the movement was endorsed by a num- ber of prominent men, • including Goldwin Smith. The Commercial UnionaLeague was formed, with Smith as president, and G. Mercer Adam as secretary, and efforts were made to form branches. The Toronto Board of Trade refused to endorse the idea, however, despite the fact that its president was ac- tive in the movement. The move ment made little headway and gave way to other forms of advo- cating reciprocity. *241 col Th. Weehe HN -f ✓ .:E::•i:h�.:::.:'s:' .' ::.•::iii':i.:::•:.::i5 J':ii ' ii3iii+.:`::i:: i::: {5:;':`..i: ri' $":: •. "Large or small chef's salad?" REV. ROBERT H. HARPER NEW PRESIDENT On the Ides of March in the cen- turies gone, Julius Caesar was stab- bed to death by Brutus and his fellow conspirators. Perhaps it is well that we no longer inaugurate a President in March but we now have the event in January. That month is named for the Roman god who could look backward and before. Mr. Kennedy looked back in. his inaugural address and he also look- ed forward to the years that be- fore the country. Let us .stand firmly with him through the hours that shall try men's souls. As vali- ant tribesmen in the dim antiquity held up the hands of Moses until victory was won, let our citizens hold up the hands of the new President. And with a Bible in our hands, whether a King James version or a Douay, let us know that the na- tion is blessed whose God is the Lord and the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance. And while we may look for toil and tears and sweat along the future way, may we find not blood but peace that shall draw all men to- gether in a circle of brotherhood. It's the LAW . The Muhicipal Act, •R.S.O. 1960, C 249, Sec. 227, provides that: "A local municipality that forms part of a county, with • the consent of the county coun- cil, may appoint the comity assessor to . be the assessment commissioner or assessor for the local municipality upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the county and the local municipality." A SMILE OR TWO The applicant for a job said he didn't smoke, drink, didn't go out with wild women, didn't loaf. The boss said he was amazed, because the man didn't seem to have any vices at all. "I have only one," the applicant admitted. "I tell lies." The young couple had just fin- ished going over their monthly bills and were down to the last two. "Gosh, honey," said the man, "we're practically broke. I don't know which to pay -the electric company or the doctor." "Oh, the electric company, of course," answered his wife, "Af- ter all, the doctor can't shut off your blood." - A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT COMMONWEALTH CRISIS OTTAWA—South Africa has with- drawn ithdrawn from the Commonwealth. She has left the comforting shelter of that unique organization, and now stands alone on the tip of the African continent. A terrible burden of hatred presses down on her from the north, and what will- happen to South Africa with the passage of time is a subject of international concern. Canada played a major role in the Commonwealth drama that led to South African Prime Minister Verwoerd's decision to withdraw his application for continued mem- bership. Were we right or wrong? And what are the consequences of our action? It is generally conceded South Africa's withdrawal was inevit- able. Her policy of apartheid is repugnant to the other nations of the Commonwealth, particularly so to the non-white majority. Although technically, South Africa withdrew, in actual fact she was thrown out. Thrown out, because other Com- monwealth leaders set up a rule, a requirement for membership, they knew Dr. Verwoerd could not accept. That rule was revealed to the world by India's Nehru: "We, the Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth, recognize that the principle of racial discrimination is inconsistent with membership in the Commonwealth." It was Dr. Verwoerd's abjection to that declaration. that predicated his abrupt withdrawal. What are the consequences? Liberal Leader Lester B. Pear- son had this to say in the House of Commons: "Let us not deceive ourselves. The implications of the procedure that has been followed and the results that have flowed from it at this conferehce are very important and very far-reaching." He then quoted from a statement made last May by Prime Minister Diefenbaker: "If we ever arrive at the point where we will discuss (at Com- monwealth conferences) the inter- nal affairs of other countries, and determine the course by a major- ity, then there will be problems that will arise, and it could only mean that several countries in the Commonwealth could not ac- cept the decisions of the major- ity." Mr. Pearson argued that that, in fact, was what happened at the latest conference. "The Common- wealth," he said, "'has now reach- ed and passed this point of non- intervention." And he told the House that in vietyv of what happened in London, "it has now been established that the policies of any of the mem- bers of the Commonwealth which affect racial discrimination in any form, or constitute a violation of human rights or human dignity, are now subjects for discussion at the Commonwealth conferences." It is doubtful if the Common- wealth will undertake such discus- sions in the near future. The fate- ful consequences of the South Afri- can issue are tooClose to -Mind to permit of any move that would further rock the Commonwealth boat. But there is no doubt the non- white members will, in future, feel perfectly free to raise such sub- jects as the "White Australia" pol- icy, and of Canada's own racial bars in the fie s of immigration. The Govern ;' here doesn't boast about• k-pping non -whites out of Canada as does the Gov- ernment of Australia, but that does not change matters. There is a coldly deliberate policy follow- ed by successive Canadian Gov- ernments to close the gates to all but Western Europeans. Other Commonwealth countries c ou l d raise their form of racial discrim- ination as a subject for discus- sion. And in the field of Indian legis- lation Canada's purity again leaves much to be desired. Already Mos- cow radio is sneering at Canada's role at the Commonwealth confer-. ence because of our Indian Act, and the existence of Indian reser- vations in a nation that preaches: racial equality to South Africa. There are many problems ahead for the Commonwealth. Even the United Kingdom is considering the imposition of barriers against fur- ther immigrants from the West In- dies. In Ghana and Pakistan there is a limited.measure of political freedom. In India, the age-old caste system imposes a form of discrimination that would be un- thinkable in Canada or the U.K. If Mr. Pearson is right, the Com- monwealth member nations, not through the ouster of South Africa, but by the procedure through which she was ousted, may well have opened a Pandora's box. Capital Hill Capsules One of the resolutions passed at the recent Conservative Conven- tion is causing some worry to members of the Senate. The reso- lution asked the Government to consider retiring senators at a Oxed age. At present they are appointed for life. The move is in line with the Government's pol- icy of retiring judges at the age of 75, and would be one way of cleaning the deadwood out of the Red Chamber. It could also pre- cipitate a serious constitutional battle. MP's never become so serious they can't pull a practical joke now and then. A group of Tories recently had a page boy put a glass filed with gin on the desk of a Liberal MP who was in the middle of a speech. Thinking it was water, he drained half the glass at a gulp. The Tories thought the shock would halt the speech. Instead, a slow smile spread over the face of the Liberal member, and he kept going for another 20 minutes. Many politicians are wondering how long Prime Minister Diefen- baker will delay calling bye -elec- tions in the four vacant Federal ridings of Esquimalt - Saanich, Leeds, Kings, and Restigouche- Madawaska which have been with- out representation for months. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor March 20, 1936 Miss Virginia Lippert, Kitchener, granddaughter of Mrs. W. J. Lane, Seaforth, won first prize in a pub- lic speaking contest• conducted by the Catholic Women's League of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McKel- lar, of Cromarty, will celebrate the 51st anniversary of their marriage this corning Wednesday. F. G. Sanderson, Member of Par- liament for Perth and deputy speaker of the House of Commons, was one of those on the Chicago - Montreal Flyer which was derail- ed near Guelph on Saturday. Mr, Murray, Savauge, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Savauge, of town, received great praise from the To- ronto Telegram for his perforttt- ance as an actor in the play, "The Forest of Happy Dreams," in Mar- garet Eaton Hall, Toronto. Seaforth's "thirteenth power bill", received by the Public Util- ity Commission, shows that the local commission• has a credit bal- ance of $431.81 in ,its power ac- count with the Ontario Commis- sion for the fiscal year, which ended on October 31. Miss Jennie Logan, 65, deaf Blyth spinster, was the victim of a brutal attack by a lone marau- der at an early hour on Tuesday morning. Wilfred Graham, whose car was partially destroyed by fire on God- erich Street, Seaforth, last week, was arrested this week for theft in January of 18 hides taken from a butcher shop in Goderich. The Department of Lands and Forests says Huron County wood - lots are rapidly diminishing. Mc- Killop has 96.3 per cent cleared and Tuckersmith has 912 per cent cleared. Many of the bushes have been thoughtlessly destroyed. Canon E. Appleyard has been called to attend the quarterly meeting of Huron College Council, t6 be held in London on Thursday evening. Mr. Edmund Daly was in Toron- to on Friday attending a meeting of Radio Engineers. Slides of Africa and her people will be shown in the schoolroom of Northside United Church on Thurs- day evening, and a large attend- ance is expected. From The Huron Expositor March 24, 1911 .ev Mr. Thomas W. Parlmer is pre- paring to reopen in the shop re- cently occupied by Mr. F. W. Smallacombe in Hensall as a storeroom, Business is very lively at the GTR Station in Hensall, with many shipments being made to the West, as well' as to other -points. Mr. Milne .Nannie, who was en- gaged with his brother until the recent fire, has accepted a situa- tion with Small & Ingram. in Lon- don, and left this week to enter upon his duties. Mr. David Hastings, who has been in the employ of Mr. Robert Norris for the past two years, but who left on a trip to Scotland about the middle of January, has return- ed, bringing with him three fine colts—two Clydesdales and a Hack- ney. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the United Workmen, held in Toronto last week, Mr. Geo. Patterson, of Seaforth, was ap- pointed assistant watchman. Har- ry Morris, of Goderich, was ap- pointed superintendent of the Hur- on District. Miss Jean Govenlock. who has been on the teaching staff of the public school for some years, has resigned to accept a position in Windsor. Messrs. Oscar and Jake Sproat left Seaforth on Thursday morning for Battleford, Sask., where they intend engaging in business. The country roads are in pretty bad shape for travelling these days but a few fine days will take down the snowbanks, Mr. August Waunkle, who recent- ly purchased the farms of Mr. A. Forbes and Mr. J. McMillan, at Roxboro, has moved here from Port Credit. Mr. William Smith, of Hullett, left on Tuesday for Milestone, Sask., where he has rented a farm. He took a carload of effects with him. 6: From The Huron Expositor March 19, 1886 Mr. E. Hickson, of Toronto and formerly 'of Seaforth, was one of the passengers on the ill-fated "Oregon", which was wrecked near Saniy Hook on Sunday morn- ing. Mr. George Good has purchased the house in which he now lives 'from Mr. Lawrence Murphy, fors the sum of $1007. Mr. John Fortune, Sr., of Tuck- ersmith, has purchased the house and lot on George Street, at pres- ent occupied by Mr. James Walsh's family, and intends moving to town. The last contest for the three- mile race on the Dominion Ice Rink, was won by Mrs. Hugh Smith on Monday night. Quite a number from the neigh- borhood joined the excursion for Manitoba and Dakota. Choice new seed wheat can be bought at the 0. C. Willson's Seed Store for 80c to $1.00 per bushel. The sleighing in and about town is nearly gone and wheeled ve- hicles are becoming common. The essessor for Hay, Mr. Bon. thron, was in Kippen last week and added several names to the vot- ers' list for the township. Mr. Charles Hamilton, the well- known auctioneer of Blyth, held a very successful sale on the farm of Mr. F. W. Crieh, on the• 8th concession, of Hullett, on Wednes- day. A carload of horses was shipped from Clinton this week and it is surprising how fast the value of horse flesh increases when they change hands. Alex Murdock, of Blyth, has sold his boot and shoe shop to D. Mc- Kellar, of Blyth. .Mr. John Thorpe, of Tucker - smith, was in Brucefield with a few teams of three-year-old geld- ings, which he thinks cannot be beat. A Navy recruit lost his rifle on the firing range. When told that he'd have to pay for it, he pro- tested. rotested. "Suppose I was driving a Navy car and somebody stole it. Would I have to pay for that, too?" He was informed that he would have to pay for all government. property he lost. "Now I know," the recruit said, "why the captain always goes down with his ship." TIE HANDY FAMILY THIS PAPER'S AITHESE CANS GIVE MESS- ITS J ME AN IDEA -I'M SOAKING WET! 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