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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-04-27, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First tnblis#e4 at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MeLEAN BROS., Publishers K O. ANDREW Y. MGLEAN, Editor '�`�.;,o,m„ �,• Member Canadian, Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario i Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations O Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year 10 Outside Canada (in advance) $3.60 a Year p'� SINGLE COPIES -- 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 27, 1961 • County Studies Assistance Tile difficulties facing Scott Memorial Hospital in providing accommodation for the sick of the area were emphasized by • reports made available at the annual meeting of the board last week. Occupancy which last year rose to 94.7 per cent in medical and surgery has gone over 100 per cent during the first three months of this year. This means simply that more patients are being accommo- dated in the corridors. It means the list of those sick people desiring admission is growing larger day by day. It means that the conditions under which the staff oper- ates each day becomes more difficult. Plans set in motion by the board to pro - .vide improved accommodation met with general approval of the meeting, which was well attended and representative of the area served by the hospital. While planning for a new hospital is well advanced, no definite action leading to construction can be taken until it is known what financial assistance will be available from sources other than the pro- vincial and federal grants. There is, of course, but one source from which the funds can be obtained, and that is from the public. The problem is to.. spread the load over the area being serv- ed in the most equitable fashion. " That is why five Huron hospitals, each of which is faced with a building program, have looked to the county to provide a sub- stantial amount of the capital funds re- quired. The county is the only single municipal entity which over -rides the boundaries of the area served by the five hospitals. Assistance advanced by the county thus falls equally on all the citi- zens being served`by the five hospitals. Under the plan proposed by the five hospitals, not only would the load be spread equally, but the cost to the aver- age citizen of Huron would be nominal each year. The extent of the capital assistance, and particularly the way in which it may be made available, are being studied by a committee of county council. When the report is received and acted on by Huron To Huron Hospitals Council, hospitals will be in a better posi- tion to know when it will be possible in motion. set their plans to Survey Brings Comment April is here which reminds us that Daylight Saving Time, Friday evening store hours and other features of the warmer seasons will soon be upon us. • In Seaforth a struggle is still going on to determine whether it is better for Local retail stores to be open on Friday or Saturday night. According to The Huron Expositor, of Seaforth, the merchants are canvassing district residents to assess whether a real preference exists for either night. Clinton and other nearby towns have stores open on Friday evenings, but the Seaforth people apparently are not yet quite convinced that the old time Sat- urday night has gone the way of the horse —and what was that rig it pulled? Actually, Friday night store openings have been adopted in a great many On-. tario centres and have come to be largely accepted and welcomed.—The St. Marys Journal -Argus. Longer School Day? . We don't know what the students might think of it, but certainly this suggestion, advanced by the London Free Press, has some merit, particularly when there is an increasing demand being made for addi- tional school accommodation. Says the Free Press editorially : "Adding thirty minutes to the school day may in itself sound revolutionary, but the recommen- dations that this be done in Alberta is reversing the almost universal trend to- ward shorter working hours for every- one. "Over the next two years the, high school day in that province will be in- creased to a maximum of three hundred and sixty minutes a day from the present three hundred and thirty. This will be only six hours of instruction per day, not an onerous schedule." iii' tell you, Orville, it will never fly!" 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Others feel advertisers should be satisfied with unverified claims. We are members of ABC and would be pleased to show you a copy of our latest circulation report. It will quickly demonstrate how you, too, can conquer space. SUGAR and SPICIE1 ...�., By Bill Smiloy Things are tough all over. Un- employment is creating night- mares in Canada. The Laos situa- tion is confused. The blacks are rising in Angola. And there's hell to pay in Cuba! And do you know something? I don't give a diddle. Normally, these circumstances would be of the utmost concern to me. But at the moment, I couldn't care less. Let them all go to it. I'm too busy getting ready for Opening Day. To the non -fisherman, this may seem puerile and irresponsible. But Drake had his game of bowls before going out to clobber the Armada. And -I'm going to enjoy one more Opening Day, even if I emerge from the bush at the end of it to find that Canada has de- clared war on Castro. What is Opening Day? What does it signify? Well, on the sur- face, it is merely a day on which about a hundred thousand Cana- dians pour, into the wilds at day- break, seeking the livs of a few thousand trout. In t process, they alienate their wiv s, catch more colds than trout, and strag- gle home exhausted but happy, * * * However, there's a great deal more to it than that, underneath. It's a response to an atavistic im- pulse as compelling as that which makes a wolf howl at the moon. During__ winter, this urge slumbers under the tranquilizers of overheated homes, television, and big meals. The trout fisher- man looks and acts like any hon- est citizen. He is no more fiery than the trout itself, buried in mud at the bottom of ,a stream, sleeping the winter away. But when the raw winds of April blow, and the ice breaks up, look out! The rainbow swarms up the streams, to spawn. The lovely speckled darts. The voracious brown prowls. And within the fisherman, something savage and primitive stirs and calls, By Op- ening Day, it has swelled to; a lust that will be appeased by noth- ing but the blood of a six-inch trout. Opening Day has, -Tor. the -trout fisherman, the significance, the symbolism, the grace and passion that the bullfight holds for the aficionado. Here, there's no use going on like this. I'll try to reconstruct the ritual of Opening Day for ,you, and perhaps you will see for your- self. * * *' First of all, it must be approach- ed with the proper feeling. You don't just pull on some old clothes and barge into thebush with a fishing pole. Nothing of the sort. No more than you'd think of rush- ing up to the first attractive wo- man you saw and embracing her rudely. What you do is start driving into the country about three yveeks before Opening Day. Ev- ery time you see running water you stop. You drag your wife out of the car and eagerly exhort her to "just look at that water!" All she can see, poor soul, is a muddy little -stream. But you know perfectly well that that hole below the bridge is boiling with' speckled. And you will bet any amount that there is at (east one huge rainbow, or maybe a pair, lurking behind that big log which you are sure would be there if only the water were clear. That's the way you work up to it, gradually. You just go out into the country and spot all the places where the trout are as thick as flies" This saves a lot of time on Opening Day. And of couse, you keep it to yourself. You don't want a whole crowd of those fellows from the city jammed around you while you're catching your limit, * * * The night before Opening Day, for the fisherman, is like the night before her first big dance, for a maiden. The air is' electric with excitement. And while you're get- ting your gear together some of the chaps -drop in, just to see if you're all set. And no, they can't stay a min- ute, because we have to get up at four, so we'll be right at the pool at first light—well, maybe a short one, and make it light. And first thing you know it's •9 a.m. and you haven't started look- ing for your waders. Three pours later, you totter out of the house, feeling as though you'd been clubbed. But the cold air hits you and your savage, primitive instinct begins to surge again. And you sneer down the street at the darkened houses of all the Little, soft people who are still in bed. And yolk, race for the stream, blood pounding, through the raw dark morning. With the heater on high. And you slip up that back road and park a quarter mile from the pool so nobody will follow you and spoil that first glorious cast. * * * And you stumble through the bush, careless in your hurry to be the first, and alone. And in the dark, you tear your pants and go in over the tops of your waders. But the wild exultation drives you on, indifferent to discomfort. And you . feel your way along the little path, past the big stump, until you know the pool is just ahead. And you stop there and breathe deep in the darkness, and you fel good, and alive. And carefully, by touch, you put your bait on. Then, the black turns to gray, you advance cautiously to the pool's edge, and prepare for your first cast of the season, feel- ing like a king. And swiftly comes the first light now, to reveal, standing shoulder to shoulder, nineteen trout fisher- men ringing the pool. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) What is a Teacherage? This is a term widely used in the rural communities of Western Canada for a school teacher's resi- dence provided by the school board. When it was difficult to find a family in a school district with whom the teacher could live, the school board frequently erect- ed a teacherage near the school, where the teacher maintained his or her own household. Sometimes teacherages were erected because it was felt they would prove more attractive to married teachers, who were likely tp remain in the posi- tion longer than would single per- sons. 1* * * Where is the Fluorine Content of Water High? The village of Ripley, Ont., is served by a water supply that is one of the highest in fluorine con- tent on the North American con- tinent, Ripley is situated in Bruce County, nine miles southeast of Kincardine. It traces its origin to the arrival in 1852 of 108 Scottish families that had emigrated from Lewis, the most northerly island of the Outer Hebrides. Four years later a post office was established and given the name of Ripley, after a town in Derbyshire, Eng- land. In 1874 the post office chang- ed the name to the Scottish Ding- wall. The railway station, how- ever, retained the original name and to avoid confusion the post office returned to the name of Rip- ley in 1880.. The community was incorporated as a village in 1925. *24 The Weehe. "If you'll shut your big mouth for a few minutes, Mac—r11 tell ypu why I was fined from my last three jobs." REV. 'ROBERT H. HARPER BLUE AND GRAY One of the poems I read as a boy told of the fact that the citi- zens of Columbus, Mississippi, lead decorated the graves of soldiers regardless whether t h e silent sleepers had worn the Blue or the Gray. As one who from early boyhood has heard from both Robs and Yanks tales of the great War, has visited nearly all the great battle- fields, has been where Stonewall Jackson and Abraham Lincoln were shot and Albert Sudney Johnston died, and a fort one's own father helped to build, a wholesome respect has been de- veloped for both the Gray and the Blue. We may feel that it is fitting that there is - a united centennial of the Civil War and we trust that in review of the times and the great War we may be able to put ourselves in the other fellows' places — to understand the mo- tives of those who marched to bat- tle a hundred years ago. Recall the poem about two great armies that met one night on op- posite sides of the Rappahannock and the bands engaged in a musi- cal duel. From one side came Yankee Doodle and the other the strains of Dixie. When the bands had exhausted their repertoire, there was a pause. Then a lone soldier began to sing "Home Sweet Home." Just a Thought: The wise individual takes care of today's problem TODAY—with- out giving it the opportunity to grow into a big headache for to- morrow. It's the LAW , . Section 59, of Bylaw 441 for 1942, of the Town of Seaforth, provides: "All shade trees hereafter planted on the streets in the Town of Seaforth, shalt be planted not less than 10 feet nor more than 12 feet, from the outer edge of the private property opposite which they are planted, and not less than .25 feet apart along the line of the stree-t, blit no 'tree shall - be planted in front of or to cause any obstruction to pri- vate roadways or entrances adjoining lots, houses or other premises." And Section 62 provides: "No person shall tie or fasten any horse or other ani- mal to any tree planted or preserved for shade or orna- ment, on any street within the town . , ." Wife to sick husband: "What do you mean you have nothing to live for? The house isn't paid for, the ear isn't paid for, the TV isn't paid for . , , A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT • SOCIAL CREDIT CONFLICTS OTTAWA -- Social Credit is again making the type of noises that indicates the Party is about to launch still another attack in the Federal field. Someone is pumping enormous amounts of money into a televi- sion and radio publicity campaign in Eastern Canada, and the odd meeting is being held in the East in an effort to stir up interest. One such meeting was held re- cently in Ottawa, Alberta's Pre- mier Manning was there to lend an aura of respectability to the of fair, which, despite some ballyhoo, attracted but .150 people. Half way through the meeting, the Chateau Laurier staff drew screens across the hall, to spore those at- tending from the embarrassing view of row upon row of empty seats. For sheer enthusiasm, none " of the speakers could match Reale Caouette, President of Le Raillie- ment des Credistes du Quebec, the Quebec ,wing of the Social Credit party, and disciple Gilles Gregoire. They confidently predicted the Socreds will pick up at least 45 of Quebec's '75 Federal seats in the next general election. Mr. Caouette said the Party was promising Que- bec residents $100 cash for every man, woman and child. Premier Manning, whose Alber- ta party dropped the "Social Cre- dit dividend" idea many years ago, shulldered visibly at Mr. Caouette's approach. Premier Manning tried to give his version of what Social Credit should stand for now, as opposed to its radical and unintelligble monetary theories of the 1930's. It should stand for freedom of the individual, and should oppose "statism," said Mr. Manning, who defined "statism" as the turning over to the state responsibilities which create an all-powerful state. In other words, he believes So- cial Credit should clearly stake its claim to be the party of the Right in Canadian politics, the party of reaction, With respect to Mr. Man- ning, few Canadians outside of Al- berta and B.C. have harbored any doubts of the reactionary nature of his Party. Ottawa is giving considerable thought to Social Credit these days as the next Federal election ap- proaches. No one is quite sure how the Party will fare. After 1958, when every Social Credit candidate went down to de- feat, most of them by humiliat- ing margins, Ottawa said the Party wouldn't make a Federal come- - back, and would inevitably die as a political force when defeated provincially in Alberta and B.C. Now, with the Liberals picking up strength _on the Prairies, and- in $.C., the possibility i t badly -split - votes in many ridings has led to the further possibility of Social Credit victories. None of the three parties in the House of Commons wants that to happen. Their dislike of Social Credit transcends normal political differences. It is considered to be on the lunatic fringe of the politi- cal tapestry. Mr. Caouette and his $100 dividends; Socia Credit na- tional president Robet+t N. Thomp- son and his constant'feferences to "sinister forces at work in Can- ada," and, his claim, to have cured leprosy „with chiropractic manipu- lation in the Ethiopian dessert; the tie-in of some Quebec Socreds with the one -strong Fascist move- ment in that province -.- these things and many Others have giv- en Social Credit a very black eye. There is also the religious ritual enacted at Social Credit meetings, at which the audience is asked to rise and sing "0 God, Our Help in Ages Past." Not that politicians generally are not church -going Christians; they don't like the dem- agogic approach of making politics a religion. Scandals in B.C. have illustrated that Social Credit does not have a monopoly on Christian virtue. One of the questions being ask- ed now is: Who is financing the Federal Social Credit Party? The same Mr. Thompson is heard regu- larly on Eastern radio stations, something the Liberal and Con- servative parties, for all their al- leged party war chests, are unable to afford between elections. In Quebec, the party supports a four -city TV broadcast once a week, and intends buying time on a Montreal station. Again, that costs money, big money. The usual theory is that the funds are coming from the B.C. and Alberta parties, The B.C. par- ty is undoubtedly well-heeled, but Premier Bennett, an old-line Con- servative who runs an orthodox, right - wing , Tory government, wouldn't for a moment support the type of people now running the show in Eastern Canada. And, his ambition for Federal office has dimmed with the years. Premier Manning is from much the same mold; his Government is a Tory Government, with very old-fash- ioned right-wing ideas. And, he too has disclaimed. any intention of entering the Federal field. Surprisingly enough, it was Pre- mier Manning who gave National President Thompson his job, for reasons known only to himself. The B.C. Socreds .had their own man picked out; Herb Bruch, a Social Credit MLA, who lives out- side of Victoria. Bruch was de- feated by the Alberta delegates at last year's convention, and the Alberta delegates were told how to vote by Manning himself. Thompson was almost unknown in the Socred party. For a number of years, he says, he was in the Ethiopian desert; he was a chiro- practor in the Red Deer district, and he toured Canada on the luncheon circuit as a lecturer. As far as anyone knows, his first ac- tive appearance at Social Credit gatherings was when he was naYn- ed to the full-time salaried job as National President. With the inner turmoil and in- trigue now going on inside the Party, with the obvious conflict of ideologies, Social Credit won't get very far in Eastern Canada. PPhat-1t-will-do-in--the-- oneof the big puzzles that can only be answered by the next Federal vote. * * * Capital Hill Capsule Free trade versus protectionism is shaping up again as a basic con- flict between the Liberal and Con- servativenparties. The recent visit to Ottawa of British PM Harold Macmillan added fuel to the fire. He favors North Atlantic free trade area, but found Mr. Diefen- baker very cool to the idea. The Government's protectionist policies stem from its need to hold On- tario next election. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting itemsgleanedfrom The Expositor I of 25, 50 and 75 yea k ago. From The Huron Expositor April 24, 1936 Mr. John Sproat, formerly of Seaforth, celebrated his 85th birth- day on Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ray Glinske, in De- troit, Mich. E. A. Corbett, well known in Seaforth and Director of Exten- sion, University of Alberta, has been appointed Director of Adult Education throughout Canada. The position is the first of its kind in Canada. Edward Treffry and his sister, Miss Jennie Treffry, elderly resi- dents of Staffa, had a narrow es- cape from death early Tuesday when their home was destroyed by fire. • George Spotton, Conservative Member of Parliament for Huron North, from 1928 until the gen- eral election of last year, passed away in Wingham General Hospi- tal on • Monday. When Mr. Mitchell F. Hepburn announced at the beginning of the month that he would not retire with the leadership of the Liberal party in spite of illness, Mr. J. G. Stanbury, President of the Lib- eral Association, sent a wire of appreciation and best wishes. Joey Nigh eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Nigh, Sea - forth, can walk and play for the first time, thanks to. Dr. D. E. Roberton, a Toronto surgeon. Joey at tvfo years of age had badly de - forded legs and seemed doomed to tlje life of a cripple. Miss K. Kehoe left on Monday for Toledo, where she will visit her brother, who has been in poor health for some time, Dr. E. A. McMaster left Wednes- day on a holiday trip to Bermuda. During his absence his practise here will be looked after by Dr. Gorwill, of London, Mr. Harold Snell, who graduat- ed this year with honors in Theol- ogy from Queen's University, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Belmar Shell. Mrs. W. J. Finnigan attended the funeral of the late George McKay in Toronto. , * * From The Huron Expositor April 28, 1911 The road and bridge committee of the County Council inspected the London Road bridge, just south of Clinton, on Good Friday and report it will have to be rebuilt before long. On Thursday evening fait Mr. .Tames Campbell, of the 14th eon - A cession of McKillop, gave a fare- well party to about 150 of his friends in honor of his son, John, who left the next day for Cali- fornia to res,ide with his uncle, Mr. James M,c adzean. The Dominian Parliament has been dissolved and writs issued for a new election. The date of the election is, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1912.. Mr. John Beattie has entered an action against the town for injur- ies received by being thrown from a sleigh a few weeks ago. The Hydro Electric construction gang arrived in town on Monday and are engaged in the construc- tion of the pole line which has been built to within about five miles of Seafortli. Persons on Main and Goderich Streets wishing the street in front of their premises washed during the summer, have to sign a peti- tion and present it to the council at once, as the cart cannot be put on the streets until this has been done. Forbes Bros., telephone contrac- tors, have a large contract in the Township of East Zorra, The annual meeting of the ves- try of St. Thomas' Church was helde'on Tuesday of last week and adjourned to last Monday even- ing, when the treasurer's report was received, being very satisfac- tory. McIntyre & Edge, hardware mer- chants, are having their formal spring opening on Friday and Saturday of this week, when a number of firms whose goods they handle, will have demonstrators present. Mr, James Watson has been limping around for a few days, having cut his foot when chopping wood. From The Huron Expositor April 23, 1886 Broadfoot & Box have placed on the road a handsome new furni- ture van from the carriage works of Mr. John Dorsey. The contract for the erection of Mr. Wilson's stable has been awarded to Tyerman & Sparling and Mr. F. Gutteridge, the former the woodwork, and the' later the masonry and brickwork. •A valuable cow belonging to Mr. R. McLennan was killed on the' railway tracks a mile west of the Seaforth station on Monday eve- ning by the five o'clock train. The street committee have had the mud scraped off Main Street and it now presents a highly re- spectable appearance. Mr. Hugh Robb has purchased the old Adam homestead, consist- ing of two lots, on Goderich St. from Mr. D. D. Wilson. Mr. John Beattie has been ap- pointed clerk of the Seaforth Di- vision Court, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late L. Meyer. Mr. C. M. Dunlop has engaged Scott Bros. as travelling agents for their musical. instruments. Mr. James Stewart, one of the most energetic agriculture imple- ment agents, delivered to farm- ers here on Tuesday, one carload of the celebrated steel binders manufactured at Brantford, The Josie Mills Comedy Com- pany played here every evening during the present week to fair audiepces. Laidlaw & Fairley, of ,the well- known Central Grocery, have put a handsome new delivery wagon on the road. Main Street, was watered for the first time this season on Wednes- day, the 21st. THE HANDY FA1171LY I CAN \ WHAT INE NEED NEVER SEEM TO M'DEAR 15 A NCI: FIND A BLOTTER ROLLER BLOTTER IN 1F45 DESK DOR OUR OESK WHEN I NEED IT EY LLOYD YIHAIV&HAJI }IC\1' DAD A 'DE A ROME RCM t.R 4- METAL ORAWER KNOB • • • • • •. • 4 • • • • • ttt�K PIECE BLOTTER 5".PS 3°x r*" %I ' SOLT COUNTER- C.UT to SHAPE &UNIC IN BOTTOM SAND AND V Nt$N V4001* if