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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-06-08, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First ll uhl shed 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 Subscription Rates: 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, JUNE 8, 1961 Plan Replacement Of Goderich Street Trees During recent years, as area highways have been rebuilt, we have seen hundreds upon; hundreds of stately maples and elms sacrificed to the demands of a wider road. Many of the trees were cut down as work proceeded, while others since have paid the price of severed roots and injury from passing equipment. In a few cases, contractors and high- ways officials took care to preserve the trees, but mostly they were regarded as something to be removed as quickly as possible. Even when the trees survived the original construction, it seemed that' the disruption had been too great and in subsequent years, one after another has died off. Since it seems inevitable that full grown trees must be sacrificed to highway construction, would we not be wise to plant new trees outside the limit of activ- ity. We are thinking particularly of the trees on Goderich Street, which even now are showing the result of heavy traffic and construction work of one kind or another. Each year additional trees are dying and the time cannot be far removed when, what for generations has been a proud .7tree-lined thoroughfare, will become a barren strip of asphalt paving. The answer, of course, is that ,new trees be planted at the property line as soon as possible, so that they may be reasonably advanced when it becomes necessary to remove the original trees. The task is one which Council cannot initiate too quickly, if a naked Goderich Street is to be avoid- ed. The Department of Highways, of course, is not unaware that each slaught- ered tree brings in its wake a wave of criti- cism. To its credit, some steps are being taken to replace that which has been de- stroyed. ' In a booklet entitled, "Trees For .the King's Highways", the department .tells what is being done: "Along the King's Highways and sec- ondary highways in Ontario the Depart- ment of Highways planted well over 46,- 000 trees in 1960. Over the past decade the Highways Department has planted about 1,600,000 trees and shrubs of ar- lious species across Ontario. "During the same period the Depart- ment's tree -saver ' successfully removed and replanted nearly 1,800 trees, many of which were mature trees up to 30 feet in heighth. Had it not been for this tree -sav- ing device—the only one in Canada—these trees would have been destroyed during highway construction. "Almost 6,000 acres or 28,556,000 square yards along highway rights-of-way were grass seeded during 1960, using the new mechanical seeding method whereby the grass seed is sprayed over the area. "As in previous years, a great variety of trees and shrubs was planted and care taken to locate the correct species for a site, bearing in mind both suitability and eye appeal. "The sturdy and adaptable Scotch pine leads the parade with a total of 8,765 young trees, followed by 8,198 maples of six well -tried varieties. Coniferous, other than Scotch pine, totalled 11,738 spread over 23 species, some of `which, like the Junipers, belong in the shrubbery group. "In locations where they can be display- ed to advantage, more oranamental trees .and shrubs were planted, such as flower- ing crab, barberry, lilac, honeysuckle, sil- ver birch, weeping willow, and other eye- catching varieties. "It is interesting to learn that of the 46,530 trees and bushes planted, only 8,081 had to be purchased from the out- side. The greater balance was, produced by the Department of Lands and Forests, or considered of local material." Surprise Members of Seaforth Council and others who for many months have been pressing ' the Ontario Water Resources Commission to begin action on Seaforth sewers, will be interested in a recent press release from John C. Scott, information officer of the OWRC. The press release points out that 37 projects were involved in the federal -pro- vincial winter works subsidy program, which concluded May 31st, and that the projects provided 59,846 days' work for 741 men. Then follows this statement: "OWRC projects which received 1960-61 winter work subsidies were" and high on the list under Sewers appears the name "Sea - forth." There may have been some activity in connection with Seaforth sewers at the OWRC Toronto headquarters during the winter just ended, but we doubt there was enough to justify such a press re- port. Certainly word of the activity never reached here and as far as Seaforth is con- cerned there is nothing to show for what- ever subsidies the OWRC says were paid. Recipe for Killing Associations a.. Every organization has difficulty from time to time in maintaining interest in its activities, and in attracting members to assume responsibilities. Sometimes this can be pretty frustrating and can lead to the conclusion that perhaps after all the worry isn't worth the results. Realizing this difficulty, the Canadian Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors As- sociation has listed foolproof methods of effectively killing an association or organ- ization, regardless of its aims. Here is the recipe: Get sore if you're not appointed to a cominittee. If you do get on a commit- tee, don't show up for committee meet- ings. If the chairman asks your opinion on important matters, tell him you've noth- ing to say. After the meeting, tell every- one how things ought to be. Do only what is absolutely necessary. When others work, complain that the or- ganization is run by a clique. Hold back your dues as long as possible —or don't pay at all. Don't bother about getting new mem- bers. Let the secretary do it. , When there's a dinner, tell everyone Money is being wasted on "blowouts" that aecompljsh nothing. But when no din- ners are held, say the association is dead. Don't ask for a dinner ticket until all sere sold. Then insist you've been cheated out bj',yours. 1.1 you're asked to sit at the speaker'd two, modestly refuse. If you're not ask- eii, > reign. • Don't 'tell the organization how it can help x944; If it doesn't help you, resign. If you receive service without joining, don't think of joining. If the association does not correct abus- es in your neighbor's business, howl that nothing is done. If it calls attention to abuses in your own, resign. Keep your eyes open for something wrong. When you find it, resign. At every opportunity, threaten to re- sign and then get your friends to.' When you attend a meeting, vote to do something. Then go home and do the opposite. Agree with everything said at the meet- ing; disagree with it outside. When asked for information, don't give it. Cuss the association for the incom- pleteness of its information. Get all the association gives you, but don't give anything. When everything else fails, cuss the secretary. At 150 M.P.H. It may be reactionary or even cowardly of us to view the future with such trepi- dation, but the prospect of travelling bumper -to -bumper at 150 m.p.h. on an "automatic" expressway gives us the shakes. The prediction that this guided control of private automobiles might be a realjty within 10 years fails to allay our fear that no matter° how pluperfect the \system might be we'll find coming at us on the same strip a carload of garrulous ladies or a confused arrival from the backwoods. Detroit Free Press. SUGAR and SPIcE By Bill Smiley What this country needs more than anything, in these trying times, is more conservatives. Now, don't go all chalky and trembly like that that. I don't mean Dief. enbaker Conservatives. I mean good, old-fashioned, conservatives. For the past couple of decades, "conservative" has been practical- ly a dirty word. People were as afraid of being considered con- servative as they are today of be- ing considered conformist. Lying awake and lonely in the small hours last night, I realized sudden- ly, with a flash like a camera bulb, that at heart I am a conservative. It was such a shock that I sat bolt upright in bed. This woke my wife, who lurched to her elbow, turned on her bed- side lamp and moaned, "Whassat?" This, in turn, disturbed my daugh- ter, in the next room. She yelped in her sleep, rolled over abruptly and crushed the cat, who sleeps beside her. He squalled and dug his claws into her. She hollered, All this woke Hugh, who stagger- ed out of bed and went to the bathroom. * * The sound of running water was too much for the rest of us, and there was a steady procession to the place, which wound up with me having to go down and let the cat out. He wouldn't come back in and twenty minutes later, standing there shivering and calling him and. worrying a little because we're not sure it's a boy cat and he might get pregnant if he was out all night, I consigned the whole conservative issue to the appropri- ate place. But this morning, on sober sec- ond thoughts, I realized that I had truly seen the light, that I was a died -in -the -wool conservative. I ex- perienced a vast wave of relief, as though I had just emerged from the confessional, or had just been awakened from one of those drag- ging, nagging, not -quite -terrifying bad dreams. * * * You've no idea what a release it was, to 'shuck off that false -face of liberalism I've been wearing all these years, uncomfortably. I felt better and better as the shabby, borrowed layers of tolerance, rea- son, and desire for change peeled off one by one, and left me an honest, naked, intolerant, illogical, prejudiced, small -c conservative. "Oh, boy!" I chortled. "No more having to get sore at anti-Semites. No more having to be nice to Irishmen or Armenians or Negroes, unless I like them. No more having to be tolerant of half-baked re- ligious sects. No more pretending that women are as smart as men." It's wonderfully refreshing to be able to look at life through your sharp prejudices and emotions for a change, after years of gazing at it murkily through the • thumb - printed, thick lenses loaned by small -1 liberalisre. No' longer, for example, must I put up the slightest architecture, Now I can say what I think: that new churches look like either tents or silos; that you can't tell 'a new school from a new factory; that the new split-level homes, with pic- ture window above and garage yawning below, resemble ,one -eyed harpies who have just been deliv- ered of monsters, by caesarean sec- tion. Oh, I'm going to enjoy my con- servatism, I can tell you. An im- mediate project in mind is the for- mation of a small -c conservative men's club, with one purpose in view—getting women out of our hair and back in the kitchen. We'll start in a small way of seeking legislation forbidding women to smoke in public. This would keep about 50 per cent of them at home. Another thing that's going to give me a lot of pleasure, in my new life, is squaring around some of my small -1 liberal friends. There's one who is always com- plaining about the lack of 'toler- ance shown toward minorities, in enay Lake, and extending slightly our society. Next time he opens his mouth, I'll say, loud and clear, "You're a fine one to talk about tolerance, when you can't stand the sight of your own mother-in-law!" Next time one of these birds starts bleating about the poor, starving people of Asia, I'm going_ to pull out a $20 bill and suggest, "Let's kick in $20 each and send it to CARE, right now." That'll turn him green. :k * * As a conservative, naturally I'm going to come out pretty strong for some things. For example—lower taxes; cutting off the baby bonus; dispersal of revolutionary organiz- ations like the Women's Institute and the Canadian Legion. But I'm going to throw my weight and influence just as strong- ly against other things, such as: letting American tourists stay in the country between sundown and sunrise; drinking while diving off anything higher than a dock; beat- ing children with anything thicker than a pool cue. From now on, no more hiding behind that phony liberalism, Let the chips fall where they may. I'm going to proclaim my real ideas, regardless of prejudice, lack of tol- erance, or any of the rest of that bolshevik jargon, I'm going all out to preserve the status quo, and if that doesn't work, we'll try the quo vadis. Better stand well back so you won't be splashed when I'm blown to bits by a bomb hurl- ed by some wild-eyed member of the CCF. EC NO (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) When Did the Boy Scouts Appear - in Canada? The Boy Scouts first appeared in Canada in 1908, the same year that the Scout movement was being founded in England under Lord Baden-Powell, In 1910 a Domin- ion Council was formed, with Earl Grey as Chief Scout, arid every Governor General since that time has accepted the office of Chief Scout. In 1914 the -Canadian Gen- eral Council of the Boy Scouts As- sociation was incorporated by act of parliament. Just this year the name was changed to the Boy Scouts of Canada. * * * Was the Great Western Railway in the West? Not as the term is understood to- day, for the Great Western Rail- way was opened for traffic in 1853- 54 between the suspension bridge over the Niagara River and Wind- sor, Ont., by way of Hamilton and London. Later a number of branch lines were built to such centres as Galt, Toronto, Guelph, Sarnia and Petrolia. During its relatively brief history the Great Western absorb- ed the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway; the London, Huron and Bruce Railway; the Canada Air Lirie Railway; and the Brantford, Norfolk and Port Burwell Railway. It was itself absorbed by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1882. * * * What Was Distinctive About the Kutenai Canoe? The Kutenai Indians of south- eastern British Columbia used a very distinctive type of canoe. It was made of pine or spruce bark, with projecting underwater bow and stern. This kind of craft has been found nowhere else in the world except in the Amur River valley of Asia. The home of the Kutenai is a high plateau between the Selkirk Mountains and "the Rockies, including the fertile areas of the Kootenay River and Koot- Oi The filee4e, QQ� Pia "Relax --I'll get the other after my coffee break." -RFV. ROBERT H. HARPER WHOSE OX JS GORED There is a saying that it all de- pends upon whose ox is gored. With all its implications and asso- ciations, there is much truth in the statement. It all depends upon one's relation to a person or ,a thing whether or not a certain course of action is condemned. A person employed as a collec- tor, while knowing the difficulties besetting a certain man, said to him, "A man should keep his bills paid." Years afterward, when the collector came to •life's end, and an accounting was made, there was a list of unpaid bills and a large overdraft. Evidently, the collector had not been as hard upon oneself as upon others. It all depends upon whose bill it is that goes unpaid, whose hard circumstances should be allowed to plead for leniency and consid- eration. It all depends upon whose need should be met when kindness and forbearance should be exer- cised. It all depends upon what man is involved when "circumstances alter cases," when we should' ex- ercise forbearance and mix love with mercy and justice. So we have often heard the injunction to put ourselves in the other fellow's place. Just a Thought: We can never really give the other fellow "his due" unless we accept the £act that he usually has what he considers a good reason for doing things that we do not agree with or consider right. The merchant sent his bill to a slow -paying customer with the no- tation: "This bill is one year old." By return mail he got a greeting card saying, "Happy Birthday, Bill:" over the Rockies into Alberta And south into the United States It is believed that the tribe spread west from Alberta in prehistoric times, perhaps as a result of hos- tility with the Blackfoot. Today in Canada there are betwegn 400 and 500 Kutenai Indians. * * * Are Commodity Standards Something New? No, ,the story of commodity stan- dards for the protection of the Canadian consumer goes back to the early colonial days. Between 1680 and 1750 the cities of Quebec and Montreal enacted a number of trade regulations to establish stan- dard weights and m e a sur e s. Among the earliest grading laws were those enacted in Nova Scotia between 1761 and 1790. They pro- vided for the grading of pickled beef and pork, pickled fish and butter. Compulsory labelling was introduced in the butter statute by requiring the quality grade of the butter — "prime," "second" or "third"—to be branded on each barrel or tub. Similar standards were established for bread, which was to be "sound, good and well made" and was to contain certain spa ified ingredients. A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE MARGIN NARROWS S OTTAWA—Federal election pro- spects for this year faded as politi- cians from all parties analyzed the results of the four by-elections held late in May. The Conservatives were happy, but far from elated over the re- turns, They had expected to win only two of the seats. The fact that they woh three was a reason for rejoicing, but the sharp cuts in the Tory majorities in all four conftituencies name as a shock, as did, the greater overall popular vote won by tile Liberals. The Liberals were disappointed they did not win at least two of the seats. But they were pleased with the fact that they rolled up a greater popular vote than their opponents. And capturing Leeds, long a Conservative stronghold, took the edge off their disappoint- ment. what impact the New Party had on the support for the two older par- ties. Only in the B.C. constituency did the New Party field a candi- date in the four by-elections. In 1958 the C.C.F, ran segond be- hind the Conservative winner, the popular George Pearkes. In the by- election last month the C.C.F,-New Party candidate was in third place with the Liberals moved up to close second place immediately be- hind the winning Conservative can- didate. The Conservatives won the seat in 1958 with 18,768 votes. This year they won by collecting only 81597 votes. The Liberal candidate was a close second this year with 7,828 votes; while the C.0 -F. -New Party candidate was in third place with 6,721 votes; but a re-count just completed has narrowed the above margin of victory to some 500 votes. W It was only the third time in 53 There were 10,000 votes that the years that the voters in Leeds con Conservatives captured in 1958 stituency in Ontario went Liberal. that were split among the Liberals, This setback for the Conservatives, the CCF and the Social Credit par - coupled with an earlier loss in ties in the 1961 by-election, On the Peterborough, Ontario, to a New face of it the advantage appears Party candidate, made it apparent to rest with the Conservatives to that the Party t has to do some have the CCF -New Party in the fence mending in critical Ontario. race. The Conservatives split the The Tories have already lost popu- votes they lost among so many lar support in Quebec. If their other candidates that the Liberals support begins to dwindle in On- were not able to pick up enough tario then they have little chance to forge ahead and win. of forming the next Government. The question remains, is this Spokesman for all three parties, what will, happen generally across Liberal, Conservative and C.C.F.- eres on Canada thehen political the New ceney Ob. New Party, were convinced the day v ously the Coservativeswill stu. after the voting that the Federal dy this development closely, It Government any would postpone until could be a strong argument for 1962,y plans for a general elec- the Conservative strategists to tion. The enthusiasm among mem- stall off a Federal election until bers of all political parties for a after the New Party is well or- snap election appeared to fade ganized and has candidates in all somewhat in the light of the by- ridings,. election results. Meantime one thing is clear. In the first flush of the three The Maritimes are still strong sup - victories for the Conservatives, Conserva- Senator G. S. Thorvaldson, of Win- porters uf theh FederalCoemnipeg, National President of the jives, True, the Conservative rna- Party association, said: "I would joritiesvwere row margin down to a Lib - strongly advise the Liberals not tp erais inr the two gMa Maritime es seats, demand a general election at this but nevertheless the Tories came time." But later, after he had time out on top. to examine the returns closely, Mr. Thorvaldson expressed his conic• Charlesaman Horne, a formera tion that the results would have Federal membev, 'lastJan his seat no effect on the date of the elec- as a hisnedstovhivh`me January and Mari - tion. He added that he did not returned a h home inai the hard think there was any reason for an times.theThere v ive cause against hard election in 1961. Liberal Leader forrival CLiberalbalive emie Loi L. B. Pearson declared, "The re- his ThatPremier, Louis sults indicate that the trend has Robichaud.fThat his was success - sults Moved against the Government and been el means that chances have they point up the desirability of the Conservative provincial leadethened to r a very early election to express ship in New Brunswick succeeding these views nationally. If the former Premier Hugh John Flem-- Prim thesee re ults as wister ants to arranting targern ming,m who is now Federal Forestry eral election in September we will Minister. be delighted." The fact remains that these four So there it was if Mr. Diafen- by-elections have limitations as a But baker wants to go to the country theyyedo£fit aroughlyional fothe pattern this fall the Liberals are ready and disclosed by the last Gallup Poll— willin Butnona gHazen Argue; atil CCF a slight edge to the Tories in the leader, did notdieply theona same Maritimes (the Tory wins in both willingness. Obviously he was con- ttoast w" Liberals ci; ht a slight he scious of the.. fact that the New L the wnxc in Ontario (thep Party organization convention will margin) --a win exceeded the Gallup not be held until the end of Jul margin}—a slight edge Toryo the Tor - and beginning of August. He said ies out West (the win was mar - that the Conservatives, even though g ) tlAnd, iless tisnot to Gallupan the over - they won three seats, must be con- looked that Quebec, where the_ Lib - era's by the fact that their ma- era's are strongest, and the Prair- jorities were so greatly reduced, ies where the New Party and So - The results," he said, "are no cial Credit are important factors, clear indication the Conservatives were not represented. will take a chance on a Fall elec- tion" Meantime, political observers Customer: "Do you recommend were trying to analyze the vote in this sleeping mixture?", the British Columbia riding of Druggist: "Yes, sir. We give Esquimalt-Saanich to determine an alarm clock with every bottle." IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 •years ago. 6 From 'The Hvron' Expositor June 5, 1936 Miss Dorothy Thompson, of Kip - pen; Miss Elizabeth I. McLean and Mr. John Louis Purcell of 'Seaforth were among the graduates of the University of Western Ontario, held -in the J. W. Little Memorial Stadiliin in London on Wednesday. Seaforth school children's de- posits in the Penny Bank have dropped nearly $250 in the year ending April 30. Rev. W. A. Bremner, of Bruce - field, was elected president of the London Conference of the United Church at the annual meeting, which was held at Metropolitan Hall, London, on Tuesday. The big annual picnic of the Huron Old Boys' Association of Toronto will be held in Area No. 3, Canadian National Exhibition Park, on June 13. Seaforth's share of the rebate of the tax on beer sold in local beverage rooms amounted to $8L46 for the five months period to March 31 this year, according to Treasurer John A. Wilson. About 60 people attended the dance held in Madison Square Gar- dens, Toronto, on the 28th of May by the Junior Association of the Huron Old Boys. The graduating class of Seaforth Collegiate voted on Wednesday for the winner of the third annual S. C. I. Alumni Memorial Scholar- ship - The twelfth annual convention of the Young Peopl'e's Union of the Huron Presbyterial was held on Saturday in Northside United Church, with an attendance of nearly 100. Having completed 42 years of service with the Post Office Depart- ment as a mail clerk, James A. Dalton has retired on pension and was honored by his fellow work- men at a' banquet tendered him at the Mansion Hduse, Stratford, Mrs. Dominic Reynolds had the misfortune to fall at her home last Friday, fracturing her hip. She was taken to Scott Memorial Hos- pital. * * * From The Huron Expositor June 9, 1911 Mr, James Fairservice, of Hul- lett, near Londesboro, has pur- chased the residence and 50 acres belonging to the estate of the late W, N. Cresswell, in •Tuckersmith. Missarjory Johnson and Miss Mary Walker, of Seaforth, have taken diplomas in the shorthand department of the Stratford Busi- ness College, the former standing first and the latter second in the graduating class. The Citizens' Band made their first appearance in the town park on Thursday night and were listen- ed to with pleasure by a large crowd. During the storm on Sunday night the flag pole on the Bank of Commerce building was blown down. Mr. Arch Scott, son of James, Scott, has gone to the Sounding Lake 'district in Alberta, where he will be engaged in missionary work during the summer months. Rev. F. H. Larkin and Rev. Neil Shaw left this week for ,Ottawa, where they will attend the Gen- eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Thomas Fowler, of Hullett, has purchased the old McDermid property in Harpurhey. Mr. Harold Dorrance, son of Mr. Joseph Dorrance, of McKillop, a graduate of the Ontario Agricul- tural College, has been appointed agricultyral inspector for the County of Dufferin, with headquar- ters at Orangeville. Mr, E. J. Whittaker, son of Mrs. Whittaker, of Seaforth, stood sec- ond in first class" honors in geology and minerology in his third year in his examination at the Toronto University. * * * From The Huron Expositor June 4, 1886 At a meeting of the directors of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company, held here there were 102 applications for insur- ance accepted. Mr. Robert Willis has had a large addition made to his shoe store in order to accommodate his rapidly increasing business. Mr. Isaiah Holman is having a very neat and comfortable new residence erected on the Wilson property. Rev.. Mr. Gray, of Windsor, preached two very able sermons in First Presbyterian Church here- on Sunday. -, Mr: R. N. Brett, who has been engaged in business in London fol• some months, has returned to town for the summer. Mr. D. Watson has purchased from Mr. James Beattie the three lots opposite the public school building, for which he paid $900. Mr. J. H. Broadfoot has had his residence removed further from the street and is raving a stone foundation placed under it and a large addition erected at the rear. Dr. Smith is in Toronto this week attending the annual meeting of the Ontario Medical Associa- tion. Mr, C. M. Whitney has the con- tract for putting the new tin roof on the Golden Lion store building. Mrs. Frank Case, of this town, accompanied by Mrs. John Willis, of Exeter, leaves here today for a trip to New York, Chicago and other leading American cities, Mr. J. Coulter, of Hensall, who sold his dwelling some time ago to Mr. J. H. Habkirk, is preparing to build a fine two-storey cottage for himself. Mr. J. Ingram, of Hensall, has completed his new bakery and en- gaged the services, we believe, of a good baker. THE HANDY FAMILY GOOD GRAVY, WHAT A TIME I HAD TO FIND THESES ES IN THAT - PII.E OF ro rwaAR ON OUR CLOSET FLOOt PERHAPS WE NEED A si4oE •RACK, M'PEAR 0- SY [LOYD 801111111111/ DAO MAPF A tyle 0° CLOSET WALL SHOE RACK 4- pared; soca MAAt-y SC MA HELVES AS DESIRED FASTEN TO WAW. 'WITH NAILS oft 01(21.6tti0ciS