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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 27, 1961
Lions Carnival Deserves Support
There probably is no one facility in
Seaforth that provides greater enjoy-
ment to a greater number of people
during the'summer months than does
the Lions Park and Pool. Not only does
the Park ' serve Seaforth, but it's
pleasures are enjoyed by old and young
throughout a wide area.
This year even greater numbers of
children are enrolled for swimming in-
struction. It is impossible to estimate
the lives that may be saved in years to
come because of this training w
being made available to distric
ren.
All this has become possible because
members of the Seaforth Lions Club for
more than 30 years have never lost
sight of their long range plan to pro-
vide the best in park facilities for Sea -
forth. They have never hesitated to de-
vote hour upon hour of their time with
no remuneration, other than the satis-
faction of knowing that something-
worthwhile
omethingworthwhile was being created in the
Seaforth community. Throughout the
years the public has co-operated in mak-
ing available necessary funds, and this
teamwork has created a Park arrange-
ment the equal of any available in towns
ich is
child -
of similar size in Ontario.
During recent years increasing costs
of everything that goes into the main-
tenance and operation of Seaforth Lions
Park have made more difficult the task
of the Lions Club.
Each year the public has an oppor-
tunity to co-operate with the Lions
Club, and that is on the occasion of the
annual Summer Carnival. The proceeds,
from the carnival determine the degree
of maintenance that is possible for the
Park.
This year the Carnival takes place on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday even-
ings of next week. Citizens should re-
quire no urging to indicate their appreci-
ation of the park facilities by attending
the Carnival. Not only is a full even-
ing's entertainment guaranteed, but
those attending will have the satisfac-
tion of having had a part in making
possible a continuation of the Lions
Park program. They will have had a
part in making it possible for Seaforth
district children to learn to swim,
A special attraction this year are the
Carnival admission tickets which are
now on sale and which include the
opportunity to win a top award of a
trip for two to Nassau, in the Bahamas.
Composite School Should Be Given Chance
All but final approval has been given
the establishment of a composite school
at Clinton to, serve pupils of Huron
county.
For the first time county pupils will
have the opportunity of gaining advanc-
ed instruction in other than purely
academic subjects without the necessity
of travelling to a city many miles away.
The proposed curriculum will not pro-
vide vocational training as a thing apart
but rather in the composite school con-
ception. This practical instruction will
complement the instruction of a purely
academic nature already being made
available.
The new program cannot be expected
to eliminate the student drop out prob-
lem or to convert into trained people
boys or girls who have no interest in
applying themselves or who have as
their goal only a 'fast buck'. It will, how-
ever, make possible a better utilization
of all the talents which the students
may possess. It will permit the student
—no matter where his interests may
lie—to be better fitted to gain employ-
ment in an ever more demanding labor
market.
Inevitably there will be differences
of opinion as to the benefits which•the
new school will provide. There will be
arguments about the distribution of
costs and whether each board gave pro-
per consideration to the location of the
Hospital Visits
The perfect hospital visitor trampeth
not on hard heels; neither does he
shout. He walketh softly and speaketh
quietly, for ill people are easily dis-
turbed.
The perfect visitor goeth home soon.
He (or is it more often she?) might
like to chat all afternoon, but is con-
siderate of the weary patient—particu-
larly in hot weather.
The perfect visitor talketh of the
pleasant things in life; he smileth of-
ten and his demeanor is cheerful.
Though at heart he may be a pessimist,
he knows that the patient has his own
more imminent troubles.
The perfect visitor knoweth what a
chair is for—he sits on it. He perches
not upon the bed jouncing the aching
head or obstructing the restless foot.
The perfect visitor beareth with him
no cold in the bead.. Though he may
consider a sneeze or a cough as noth-
ing, . he, inflieteth not his germs upon
the helpless patient.
The perfect visitor thinketh about
gifts. If he bringeth flowers, he selects"
those of a'delicate fragrance or a plant,
which lasts longer. He considers care-
fully the appropriateness of fruit or
candy for those with troubled stomachs.
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school.
Certainly these are matters that lend
themselves for discussion, but at the
same time little would be gained at this
stage by opening such questions. The
fact is that the school is ab t ut to be-
come a reality and like all ne "` ams
there will be difficuties to e ironed
out in the initial stages. The thing to
do now is to provide necessary support
and perhaps accept certain compromises
to the end that the area youth may gain
the maximum benefits from the added
educational facilities about to be offered.
Hensall Gives An Example
(Stratford Beacon Herald)
It is not necessary for a centre to be
big, to have some' bright minds among
its population.
Hensall, (population 906) a village
32 miles west of Stratford, has some
business leaders who have grasped the
idea that the world does not stop at the
Canadian border, and that there is busi-
ness to be obtained in export markets,
for those who have the enterprise to
seek it.
The main industry in Hensall is the
General Coach Works factory, which
makes a variety of house trailers and
trailers for commercial and industrial
uses. W. C. Smith, president of 'General
Coach Works of Canada, learned that a
trade mission was to visit Canada this
month, from Nigeria, the largest of the
newly independent African nations. On
the principle that you can't get new busi-
ness by staring at the ceiling and dream-
ing about it, he went to work as a sales-
man, and unfolded the story of what the
Hensall factory can do, to the African
Business Corporation for Development,
P ,
an agency which serves as a go-between
in meeting the development needs of
the young nations of Africa.
As a result, Nigeria is interested.
Within the past few days, newspaper
readers have seen the pictures of a Ni-
gerian delegation being received by
Canadian cabinet ministers, on an offic-
ial visit to Ottawa, The round of formal
politeness at Ottawa is to be followed
by down -to -business discussions of what
Canada can supply that Nigeria might
want to buy.
On the itinerary of the Nigerian pur-
chasing commission, which is to make
the decisions, is a visit to the trailer
factory at Hepsall. The order which is
being considered, it is• reported_ by the
Huron Expositor, Seaforth, is "sub-
stantial".
A practical sales effort like this is
worth more than a million words of
talk. In a country like Canada which
must export to live, we could use a lot
more efforts like the sales effort made
at Hensall.
Rolling down from the north
country early last Monday morn-
ing, I couldn't avoid thinking
back about three decades. There
we were, pounding down the
super -highway, doing a 90 -mile
trip in less than two hours. And
there, in front, behind, and roar-
ing past us like guided missiles,
were thousands of fathers head-
ing back to the city after a week
end at the cottage, each of them
as grim and determined as a
chariot driver on the day of the
big race.
What a difference a hand-
ful of years have made! When
we used to go to the cottage,
back in the Twenties, it took a
whole day to travel the 90 miles,
And there was none of this busi-
ness of Dad running up next
week end with anything that
couldn't be carried on the first
trip.
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There was only one trip. Ha
took us to the cottage when
school was let out, and he came
back for us on Labor Day week
end. We didn't see him in be-
tween, and he was 'a tueh
healthier and happier man for
it.
We'd get an early start on the
big day. Dad would be out
about 6:15, kicking the tires of
the car, and filling the radiator
with water, and checking his
patching outfit. Then he'd start
strapping and tying huge
bundles onto the roof, running
boards and bumper of the big
'27 Dodge. By about 6:45 he'd
be damning and blasting like a
civil engineer.
Around 7 a.m., he'd come in-
to the house roaring, "Are you
fellows ever going to be ready?",
just about the time my mother
was getting breakfast for five
kids, finishing her ironing, and
packing a huge lunch for the
road.
After eating a hearty break-
fast, he'd go out to the car, kick
the tires all around once more,
climb in and honk the horn
every two minutes as a "hurry -
up" signal, while my mother
was doing the dishes, changing
the baby, and putting down all
the windows in case it rained.
We'd get on the road about 9.
Three miles out of town my
mother would remember some-
thing that was indispensible.
My Dad would turn around with
a ferocious tearing of gears, and.
drive back, muttering something
about cancelling the whole dam'
trip if we couldn't give him a
little co-operation.
Dad used to estimate our time
so that we'd 'hit the ferry "right
on the nose," as he put it. But
he always neglected to allow for
the inevitable blowouts. So we'd
tear down to the ferry dock just
as the boat was in midstream,
heading for the other side. My
mother would sit placidly
enough, fanning the baby, while
my -dad spent the next thirty
minutes in a colorful outline of
the character flaws of tire man-
ufacturers and ferryboat cap-
tains.
When we got to the other side
of the river we began to get
excited, as we inhaled the be-
loved scent of "Pine country"
once again. Even my dad sim-
mered down and relaxed enough
to take off his straw hat. By the
time we got to the cottage, he'd
be speaking quite decently to
my mother.
I'll admit that to -day's father
is just as bad-tempered about
the original trip to the cottage.
But there the similarity ends.
All my dad had to do when he
got there was drag the boat out
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from under the cottage, throw
it in the lake to soak, put up
the pipes and start a fire. Then
he'd send one kid for a pail of-
niilk, another for drinking water
and sit down and wait for his
dinner.
Next day was the same. He
didn't do a tap. He just sat
there, looking at the lake, and
maybe telling my mother she'd
better paint the cottage this
year. After lunch, he'd give her
some money, kiss us all around,
and head for home, serene in
the knowledge that he wouldn't
see any of us for two lovely,
peaceful months.
Nowadays, on opening day,
father has to hook up the water
system, get the hydro turned on,
and start wrestling a huge boat
and motor out of storage. He
barely has the car unloaded
when he's sent to town for,
groceries and beer. When he
gets back, he's expected to take
the kids for a swim, then cook
a barbecue dinner. Later, he's
expected to sit up half the
night talking to the people from
the next cottage, who just drop-
ped in for a night-cap.
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And that's only the beginning.
Today's father is expected to
hurtle over the highways, any-
where from 100 to 300 miles,
every weekend, so that he can
go through roughly the same
performance. He arrives back
on the job Monday morning feel-
ing like a bull fiddle that's been
left out in the rain for a week.
In my father's time there
wasn't much that could g o
wrong with a cottage. The toilet
might flow over, but it couldn't
back up. The water system
couldn't go on the blink, be-
cause you got it from the lake
with a pail. A hydro failure
meant nothing when you cook-
ed with wood and lighted with
coal oil. If you got a hole in the
roof, you put a bucket under
it to catch the rain water, which
was nice and soft for washing
the hair.,
Nowadays the poor, harassed
devil who arrives at the cottage
Friday evening after a three-
hour drive is greeted with the,
news that the septic tank is not
septicing, the stove is blowing
fuses, the hot-water tank has
burst, the kids have smashed
the propeller of the outboard on
a reef and "We're having a few
couples in tonight."
The whole business is another
example of today's man ener-
getically wielding a spade at
the digging of his own grave.
In my dad's day the male was
smart enough to work six days
a week and have the family cot-
tage far enough away so that he
couldn't possibly "run up" on
weekends. It's a wonder to me
that there isn't a wave of sui-
cides in the cities every Friday,
about noon, all summer in these
times.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
How Did Franklin Help Arctic
Exploration?
In addition to the great ser-
ies of ' explorations he carried
out himself, Sir John Franklin
in death was the cause of great
advances in knowledge concern-
ing the Arctic, In 1847 Franklin
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By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
SIN WILL OUT
Several thousand years ago,
in their journey toward t h e
Land of Promise, the Israelites
at one point were warned a-
gainst disobedience, when Moses
told them their sin would be
sure to find them out. In this
day, the wholesale murderer of
Jewish people was located in
South America and spirited a-
way to stand trial by Israelis.
Thus, through the ages the
words of the Great Lawgiver
have been fulffilled in the case
of the Hebrews. And the same
has been true of all peoples.
The skill and persistence of the
law enforcers of our country in
apprehending criminals has been
remarkable.
JUST A THOUGHT:
When we set out to do some-
thing that we know is wrong,
we should have less fear of
getting "caught"—and be more
concerned with the possibility
that we might not be able to
live with ourself tomorrow.
and all his men lost their lives
when hemmed in by the ice
near King William Island, al-
though their fate was not known
for a number of years. In 1848
and subsequent years numerous
expeditions were sent out to
search for Franklin and his men
and, in the course of this grim
search, the whole of the Aretie-
coast of Canada was charted.
Ships, sailing west from the At-
lantic, met ships sailing east
from the Pacific, and thus the
existence of a Northwest Pass-
age was at last demonstrated.
The actual navigation of the
Northwest Passage from the At-
lantic to the Pacific was first
achieved by the Norwegian ex-
plorer, Roald Amundsen, in
1906.
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What Was Described as
Canada's Chief Town?
In 1608 a pamphlet was pub-
lished in•Lyons, France, describ-
ing Brest, a Labrador harbor,
as the principal town of Cana-
da "peopled by about 50,000
men." Despite the fact that
there was probably never any-
thing more on the site than a
block house and some huts;
this story of the former great-
ness of Brest persisted in one
form or another for nearly 300
years. The harbor is on the Lab-
rador coast, about 30 miles
southwest of the southern end
of the Strait of Belle Isle. It
had already been frequented
by Breton fishermen when Car-
tier visited it in 1534.
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What Was The Peace of Breda?
The 'Peace of Breda was a
treaty signed by England and
France in 1667. By it Acadia,
(Nova Scotia), which had been
captured by the English, was
handed, back to France in re-
turn for French concessions to
England in the West Indies.
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
THE "MAINSTREETING" P.M,
OTTAWA — Prime Minister
Diefenbaker as soon as Parlia-
ment recessed far the summer
took off on a tour of north-
western Canada and the Arctic
regions. He was the first Prime
Minister to travel north of the
Arctic Circle and thoroughly en-
joyed himself seeing at first
hand what has been accomplish-
ed in ,the north and meeting
the people.
During the first part of his five
day tour it had all the aspects of,.
a pre-election campaign. The
Prime Minister engaged in his
favorite electipneering tech-
nique of "mainstreeting", a
term applied by newsmen to
Mr. Diefenbaker's practice of
walking dawn the main street
of small towns to stop and
shake hands with all the local
inhabitants who appear • in his
path.
But when reporters suggest-
ed to Mr. Diefenbaker that" he
appeared to be embarking on
a preliminary election cam-
paign canter he laughed and
said his tour was strictly "non.
partisan", As his tour neared
a close there was less empha•
sis on the electioneering as-
pect and even at Whitehorse in
the Yukon when he was billed
to address a Conservative politi-
cal rally Mr. Diefenbaker made
what he described as a "non-
partisan" speech.
It was a peculiar speech for
a politician to deliver at a party
rally. It was an odd mixture of
international affairs, domestic
political developements and
jokes. Not once did he refer to
the recent Coyne affair, nor did
he comment on the . Senate's
challenge to the Governtnent in
refusing to pass two govern-
ment bills.
He did indirectly refer to the
Senate and it drew the biggest
Laugh of the night from his
audience of 300 that partially
filled the hall in Whitehorse.
He spoke of the number of let-
ters he received from would-be
senators whenever an elderly
senator became seriously ill. In
an aside, he said with a smile,
"The Senate—that is a great
place to have a vacancy." His
failure to pound home his Gov-
ernment's position on the Sen-
ate or to mention Mr. Coyne led
reporters to conclude that there
was no election on the fall hori-
zon.
But they were puzzled at the
Prime Minister's tactics in going
out of his way to act like a
politician hitting the campaign
trail. Re shook hands with hun-
dreds of voters. He mingled
with crowds and exchanged
jokes and recalled experiences
with scores of people. Wherever
he found someone from Prince
Albert he made a point of sing-
ling them out and calling out to
the accompanying reporters that
again he had found a former res-
ident of his home town.
It was reminiscent of his elec-
tioneering tactics in 1957 and
1958. But each time the report-
ers suggested that he was pre-
paring for a Fall election the
Prime Minister scoffed and said
it was "wishful thinking."
He did drop a clue however
as to why he went out of his
way to follow his favorite cam- s
paign tactics of mixing with
the people. One day after ming-
ling with the crowd and ob-
viously enjoying himself he
sauntered over to a group of
newsmen who were standing
watching him.
He spoke of what a big kick
he was getting out of shaking
hands and meeting the people.
"Beats sitting behind a desk in
Ottawa," he said with apparent
•satisfaction. Then he added with
a twinkle in his eye, ."1 guess
you fellows will be writing about
how Mr. Diefenbaker is as good
a campaigner as Mr. Pearson
in meeting the people. when
you get back. After all we read
a good deal about how Mr.
Pearson had improved as a
campaigner in mixing with the
people during the by-elections."
It seems that Mr. Diefenbaker
was determined to demonstrate
to the press that Mr. Pearson
still had a long way to go to
catch up to the Prime Minister
as a "Mainstreeter",
The Prime Minister flew back
to Ottawa, non-stop from White-
horse in the extreme north-west
corner of the country to the
capital city in the extreme
south-east corner, a 2,500 mile
flight. He arrived at 5:30 a.m.
on a Sunday morning And Mon-
day he was back at his desk
preparing for a full-day session
of the Cabinet at which the in-
ternational situation and the
Berlin crisis was discussed.
The following day the Prime
Minister was off to the hustings
again. This time he was main -
streeting in southern Ontario.
He and Mrs. Diefenbaker at-
tended the Stratford Shakes-
pearean Festival and the Prime
Minister kept some speaking
engagements in the Kitchener -
Waterloo area.
Other speaking engagements
are being planned in various
parts of the country through
August and September. The
Prime Minister is losing no time
in getting back to the grass. He
has been obviously disturbed at
public poll results indicating
that his party has lost some of
its popularity,
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Capital Hill Capsules
Canada's economy appears to
be taking a turn for the better.
Plans for business investment
are now about $100 millions
greater than had ,been planned
at the start of this year, accord-
ing to a survey made in May
and June brthe Trade and Com-
merce Department. The pro -
program of private and public
investment represented an in-
crease of about three per cent
over that of last year.
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The Berlin crisis and how it
involves Canadians is under a
close study by the Federal Cab-
inet. Prime Minister Diefenbak-
er during his northern tour on
two occasions sharply criticiz-
ed Premier KKhrushchev for
making the international situ-
ation "perilous to a degree that
none of us could have thought
possible a few years ago." He
warned that the Russian prem-
ier had gone further in recent
weeks than anyone had gone
ince the days of Hitler.
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50 and
75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor '"
July 31, 1936
A storm of cyclonic propor-
tions visited the Walton-Londes-
boro district on Tuesday when
a large amount of damage was
done to farm buildings and
trees.
A number of friends gathered
at the home of Mrs. Robert
Hawthorneon North Main St.,
recently to celebrate her 80th
birthday.
Competitions for the Gibb Tro-
phy, which has been underway
for some time at the horseshoe
club, were concluded on Tues-
day night, when Fred Reeves
was declared the winner.
Dr. D. C. Geddes, recently as-
sociated with Dr. J. A. Munn
and a graduate of the Faculty
of Dentistry, University of Tor-
onto, has purchased the prac-
tice of Dr. F. A. Axon, Clinton.
Workmen during the past
week have been painting the in-
side of the PUC water tank at
the rear of the town hall.
Mr. Merle Dunlop and Gor-
don Mohr had a miraculous es-
cape from serious injuries when
the car they were driving turn-
ed over a number of times on
the Kippen road, about three
miles south of town Friday even-
ing.
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From The Huron Expositor
August 4, 1911
The council at Hensall are
preparing, at the request of
petitions, to lay quite a stretch'
of cement walk.
Messers. D. Germotte and S.
Williams, Hensall, are having
good success in drilling and
during the past week struck five
springs at Sutherlands and Pet-
tys, the former a depth of 90 ft.
Messers. Friggerson and Luk-
er are busily engaged in sinking
wells in the village of Hensall
and vicinity.
The flax pullers and onion
pickers in this area are making
good headway, the weather be-
ing favorable.
Mr, Stewart Scott, who has
been in Stewart Bros.' dry goods
department for the past couple
of years, has accepted a posi-
tion with a Toronto wholesale
house to travel for them.
Mr. Frank Sills was in Toron-
to on Saturday last attending a
meeting of the Ontario Football
Association.
Mr. M. Williams has moved
from the corner store in the
Campbell block to the store in
his own block, one door north
of McIntyre and Edge's hard-
ware store.
Men are engaged digging the
holes for the poles to be used
in the new Seaforth street light-
ing system after the inaugura-
tion of Hydro Electric power.
Dr. F. J. Burrows, Seaforth,
has been selected as one of the
examiners for the fall examina-
tions in eonection with the On-
tario
Medic 'al '
Council.
The harvest in this district
is progressing rapidly and if
the weather continues favorable
it will only be a short time un-
til the harvest is over for anoth-
er season.
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From The Huron Expositor
August 6, 1886
The Voters' Lists, under the
Ontario Act, for the Town of
Seaforth, are now issued. An
analysis of the list shows that
there are 568 persons who are
entitled to vote at. both munici-
pal and elections to the Legis-
lative Assembly.
The first fall wheat of the new
crop '"was delivered at Ogilvie
& Co,'s mill in this town on
Monday by Mr. Wm. Adams, of
McKillop. -
Mr. Thomas Daly, formerly of
Egmondville, who has been in
business in Blyth for some time,
has removed to Seaforth, and
has purchased the grocery and
bakery business of P. Megarey.
Always alive to the interest of
the place and ever anxious to
supply- the wants -of his numer-
ous customers as well as public
at large, Mr. Weismiller sup-
plied a long -felt want by open-
ing a boot and shoe shop' in
connection with his store. Mr.
Weismiller's establishment ranks
second to none in the country.
The Messers Welsh Bros., who
have the contract for the re-
building of Marshall's brick
block in Hensall, are pushing
forward the work and in the
course of a few weeks will have
it all finished.
The business at the Grand
Trunk Station, Hensall, has been
very good during this season,
which is generally looked upon
as the slackest part of the year,
and as a proof of the business,
we might mention sthat the earn-
ings for week ending July 30,
show an increase of nearly $200.
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