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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-08-10, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers E D w ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor S ( N Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association o Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association 0 Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: z Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Q Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year U L A` SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 10, 1961 Carelessness Contributes To Farm Accidents The public quite properly continues to be warned about the dangers of driv- ing in today's traffic and of the hazards which exist in boating and swimming unless proper care is taken. Yet, despite the toll in lives which results from carelessness on the -road or in the water, the cost is little differ- ent than that which carelessness on the farm exacts. We are told that one in 25 of Canada's farm population was injured in an ac- cident during the period of a one-year survey by the Canadian Council of 441 Clubs and Canadian Chamber of Com- merce, and one in 50 accidents was fatal. Of the injured, half went to hospital. The survey, reported in Canadian Doctor, covered about 49,000 persons living and working on various kinds of farms in Canada. A third of all ,re- ported accidents happened to those be- tween 13 and 20 years old. One in five accidents involved wo- men. Most occurredin the farmyard, others in the fields, buildings and barns and the homes in that order of fre- quency. Farm machinery was involved in 27 per cent of the accidents. Acci- dents to farm families off the farm were evenly divided between highways and secondary roads. Contributing to many accidents was the inexperience and youth of the op- erators of heavy farm machinery. Trac- tors driven by small children, whether on the farm or on busy highways, can be potential killers. Records show that most farm acci- dents occur during the months of July and August and that more than half of all farm accidents throughout the year happen to young people, those under twenty-one. Concerned with the problem,' The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has published a booklet on farm acci- dents, based on two independent sur- veys by different farm organizations and governments. The conclusions to be draw from them are substantially the same : farmers ought to take extra care while they go busily about their work during the summer. And what is probably more- important, they should see to it that the young people are forcefully reminded that the price of carelessness is often painfully high. The disturbing feature of the sur- veys, however, is the fact that farm accidents are increasing, while the farm population of Canada is actually declining. There always will be accidents that couldn't be prevented, but farm fam- ilies and farm communities must work together to eliminate those accidents that are preventable—that result from carelessness. There is no reason why farming can't be the safest industry in Canada, if those engaged in it are hon- estly concerned. Ontario Sales Tax Will Be Costly Experience (Thedford Enterprise) It's in the book! The 72 page book which the Provincial Government has issued in an effort to explain the new sales tax that Queen's Park is putting a tax on taxes! Here's how it works : Some items, such as commercial print- ing, are already subject to a federal sales tax of 11 percent. Now the Pro- vincial Government comes along and announces that it will charge an ad- ditional 'three percent. But this additional three percent will not be calculated on the basic price BEFORE federal sales tax. It will be charged on the price with federal tax included. Thus, not only is Queen's Park put- ting a tax on a tax, but it is, in effect, imposing a provincial sales tax of more than three percent (when you consider the basic price of the product before federal tax). Is this playing fair with the consum- er? We submit that if the Government intends to charge this additional three percent, it should charge it only on the basic price before federal tax. In the course of a week, we have an opportunity to chat with many business men around the district, and in the,past week or so we have noticed increasing complaints about the impending three percent tax and the headaches which will come with it. It is the general feeling that the amount which the Government intends to pay retailers for collecting the tax will not cover the retailers' expenses. Also many feel that the vast army of new Government employees needed to police the tax will take too large a bite out of the revenue produced. By using existing tax machinery, this would be a much less costly method. There are still many, of course, who feel that this additional tax is unnecessary and that the Government could avoid it by cutting down on wasteful spend- ing. The average person has about one chance in 90 of being polled during his lifetime for his opinion, the ►- station he listened to, or the book he read. Readers of this newspaper express their opinions every issue — either they buy it or they don't. It's as simple as that. ASK TO SEE A COPY OF OUR ABC REPORT ONLY THE HURON EXPOSITOR provides audited circulation in the SEAFORTH AREA. After nearly fifteen years of complete bewilderment I think I'm beginning to understand the Old Battleaxe at last. This sum- mer, I'm taking a course in psychology, and it fits her like a suit of wet long underwear. I used to think she acted the way she did because she was a woman. Or because she had a large dollop of pure Irish in her. Or because I wasn't making money, or wasn't a good enough father, or didn't do the chores around the house. But it wasn't of these things. It was because she's just about as psychological as they come. It's all beginning to fall into a pattern. When I began taking these lectures, there seemed something familiar about them —as though I'd taken the course before. Then I realized that my wife was a walking case history, and that she'd had practically every one of the neuroses we were discussing, at least once. Only last week, I realized that all these years, she's been suf- fering from in inrefiority com- plex. As the fellas say, ya coulda fooled me. But now I'm trained in psychology, I can see the signs. It says in my notes that the person who is over- compensating for failure to achieve his goal—a typical in- feriority complex case—may be- come pugnacious and belliger- ent. That's my girl. Of course, sometimes the per- son who cannot solve a problem, or reach a goal, succumbs to another way out, it says. This results in the Emotional Ex- plosion, or, as you old-fashioned lay people might term it, the temper tantrum. This is usual- ly produced in babies by a re- striction of some sort, such as holding their arms. It is produc- ed in exactly the same way with ladies who are trying to clobber you. They become even more violent when you wrap your leg around theirs, so they can't kick you on the shins. This requires a good deal of facility in stand- ing on one leg. Just call me "Stork". Another little gem I've culled from the course is: "Reason and emotion don't mix. Apply any reason and it will cut down on emotion." Well, I've tried that with the Old Girl: When -.,she gets emotional, I get reasonable. rm afraid they're going to have to remove that maxim from the books. Maybe there's something wrong with the reason, I apply, but every time I do it, it's like applying a torch to the drapes. « « « Strangely enough, I'm scarce- ly psychological at all, myself. However, in all fairness, 1 must admit I've found a couple of labels that apply to me. When I'm frustrated, I have what is known as the Indirect Reaction, instead of the "Emotional Ex- plosion. In this bit, you can do one of several things to compen- sate for your failure. One is having Delusions of Grandeur. This one I have never managed. It's impossible for a father and husband in these times. A second reaction is the Suf- fering Hero. This is one of my favorites, and I use ft often. I see myself lying there, after the accident, covered with blood, cold, stiff, amazingly handsome all of a sudden, and my wife hurling herself, weeping bitter- ly, on my chest. She shrieks, "Darling, come back to me! I didn't mean a word of it. You've been a wonderful husband!", while the kids stand by bawling piteously and, for once, not wanting me to take them swim. ming. The other type of Indirect Reaction is Rationalization, and it fits, too. This consists of con- vincing yourself of something that is not necessarily true. But this I've been doing for about the past 35 years, so I might as well relax and enjoy it. However, these are mild and harmless reactions, so you can see that it'd"" not me, but my wife about whom I'm concerned. It's difficult to understand how a person can live all these years with someone as normal as I and still be psychological. « « « Another of her troubles is that she's obviously a passive periphrastic. Woops, Just a min- ute. I've wandered over into my Latin notes. No, here it is. She's a straightforward case of anx- iety. This is typified by worry, foreboading, dread, inner dis- tress. That is, something is go- ing to happen, or you think it is. For example, she always thinks we're going to have another baby, but then when we don't, she's kind of sore about it. Some of the anxiety symptoms are: depression for no apparent reason; upset by little things; snaps at attempts at 'kindness; angry at nothing at all; nervous, edgy; streak of cruelty. This is our place, practically any Sun- day morning. It's fascinating, even if a little disturbing, to see someone 'you know so well unfolding right before your eyes, like a drunk who has been sleeping on the lid of the toilet bowl all night, in the foetal position. But we're only.. scratching the surface. We haven't come to it in the course yet, but I'm look- ing forward to learning the psy- chological motives behind her taking up playing the organ, and her throwing a perfectly good gin -and -tonic all over, me last Saturday night. I'll fill you in as we get to them. UM /1 i By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER The Bible Today The British and Foreign Bible Society and the American Bible Society from 1911 to 1936 dis- tributed 121,000,000 copies of the Scripture in Chinese. In 1960 these two societies in concert` with the National Bible Society of Scotland and the Canadian Bible Society, circulated in Hong Kong and Formosa a total of 750,00 Scriptures. Western missionaries are not permitted on the mainland bur the eight Bible houses there still function in a Hauled way. The most widely spokttn langu- age in the world today is Chin- ese Mandarin, used by 46.1,000, 000 people. This fact points up the importance of the new, full revision of the Chinese Scrip- tures. Mr. Lu Chenching has been working for the last seven years on a new translation. The Roman Catholic Church has just finished a new transla- tion of the Chinese Bible with doctrinal and historical intro- ductions to each book. This is the combined work of the Ger- man, Italian and Chinese schol- ars and will be published in eight volumes. The Bible Socie- ties are preparing for the time when the Scriptures may be freely circulated on the Chinese mainland. Suggested Bible Readings Sunday, Corinthians 5: 1-20. Mohday, Isaiah 38: 9-20 Ttiesday, Isahiah 40: 12-23 Wednesday, Isaiah 40: 12-23 Thursday, Isaiah 40: 24-31 Friday, Isaiah 42: 1-13 Saturday, Matthew 9: 9-13. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) When ;Did Canad Get Its First Separate External Affairs Minister? Not until 1946. The Canadian Department of External Affairs was created in 1909 for the pur pose of conducting "all official communications between t h e Government of Canada and the Government of any other country in connection with the external affairs of Canada." The term "external affairs" was ne- cessary to cover both Imperial and foreign' questions and the two could not be separated since foreign .relations were still con- ducted through Imperial agen- cies. The new department was at the outset essentially a "post office" and came under the direction of the secretary of state. In 1912 the prime minister, was designated secretary of state for external affairs. The ,,two portfolios remained com- ibined until 1946 when the Rt. Hon. Louis S. St. Laurent be- came the first minister in charge of external affairs only. * * * What Is a Community Chest A community chest, s o m e - times known as a welfare fund or welfare federation, and sym- oi The weeize I 0 "I'd say he was rather brave about it, wouldn't you, doctor?" bolized by the Red Feather, is a co-operative organization of citizens and welfare agencies that raises funds from voluntary contributors annually for the current operating costs of the voluntary social welfare and health agencies affiliated with it. The funds obtained by a community -wide campaign are distributed among the agencies in accordance with an agreed budget procedure that takes in- to account the relative priorities of the community's welfare needs. In conjunction with or through a community council, a chest further promotes the community's well-being by co- ordinating existing services, pre- venting overlapping of services, administering common central services, such as the social ser- vice exchange, seeking to im-° prove standards of service, pro- viding an avenue of joint action, and developing better public understanding and support of welfare services and aims. The community chest movement be- gan in Canada with the forma- tion of a Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in both Montreal and Toronto in 1917. These fed- erations were followed by the foundation in Toronto •of the. Federation for Community Ser- vice in 1918. . A MACDUFF OTTAWA RERORT TOIL AND TROUBLE OTTAWA— Another political convention has come and,.gone, Ottawa's Coliseum is agin silent after ringing again to the voices of men and women who believe they and only they have the answers to Canada's problems. This New Party convention was unique in many respects. In some ways it was a three- ring circus; there were three .separate and conflicting factions represented, all seeking to mold the New Party in their own im- age. The result was a confused program that satisfied few, and disappointed many. There were the solid phalanx- es of organized labor, voting on command, a little bewildered by all the talk on political matters. There were the old-line CCF'ers, shunted to the background by the shirtsleeved trade unionists, and there were the somewhat woolly-headed representatives of the New Party Clubs. The mixture was stirred' mightily, but the ingredients didn't blend too well. Originally, the New Party was touted as a political force that would unite the farmers, the workers and the liberally -mind- ed. To the dismay of the orga- nizers, the farmers didn't show up. Craft union representatives stayed away in droves, and the liberally -minded were the same school teachers and university professors who have been with the CCF for many years. It was a' big crowd, by any standards. But one wonders how big a crowd it would have been if the trade unions had not put up the expense money for their delegations. But that, of course, is the whole purpose of submerging the CCF in the New Party struc- ture. The CCF has been dying a slow death, and it needed an infusion of new blood and new money, and the unions appear willing to put up the money. Many CCF'ers left Ottawa wondering if the price they paid wasn't too high. For to win the backing of organized labor, they have had to abandon their prin- ciples. Socialism, they were told repeatedly during the week-long convention, is a dirty word. The program that finally envolved was a limp and innoxious docu- ment when compared with the passion of the Regina Manifesto. Doctrinaire socialists winced as they heard speaker after speaker say the CCF "was all right in its time, but you can't win votes with CCF policy these days." . There were the die-hard CCF'- ers who fought every inch of the way, but the combined forces of the trade unions and the New Party Clubs- easily overcame every attempt made to pull the Party to the left. Now to the future. What chance of success has this New Party? From this point of view, very little. As it stands, the Party is a disorganized imitation of the Liberal party, Its adherents, although enthusiastic, are un- sure of their ground. After this convention even they don't know exactly where they stand on the issues of the day. Many were disgusted at the obvious attempt to win votes through such ridiculous planks as a Guaranteed Employment Act, under which a New Party Government would guarantee every Canadian a job as a social right. No mention, of course, was made as to how this was to be implemented. Most important, the N e w Party -doesn't offer the voters an alternative to the Liberal or Conservative parties. It is simp- ly an immature Liberal party, not quite certain where it is headed, badly split by ideolo- gical disputes. The men who brought it into being, the men at the top, are political ad- venturers and masters of exped- iency, barren of profound poli- tibal convicitons. Although every attempt was made to bury socialism, includ- ing leaving the word out of the draft platform, the New Party will still be labelled a socialist party in the eyes of the voters, a class party, in fact, and as such will have little appeal to the Canadian electorate. There may be an initial flush of success, but, since the New Party is founded on nothing more than a desire for power, it will not last, Capital Hill Capsule Premier Bennett's take-over of the B.C. Electric power utility angered B.C. delegates to the convention when they heard the word. Bennett, they said, took the thunder away from the New Party in B.C., and the delegates complained: "Unfair!" Such a take-over has been the main plank of the CCF party in B.C, for many years. Who Is The Comptroller of the Treasury? The comptroller of the treas. ury is an officer of the federal inance Department, conducts a pre -audit or running financial control of government financial operations. His staff includes treasury officers in each depart- ment, whose approval is neces- sary to ensure that public ex- penditure is made strictly in accordance with, the intention of parliament. Unlike the audi- tor general, who is an officer of parliament, the comptroller of the treasury' is an executive offi- cial. * • * Who Was Quebec's First Chief Justice? William Gregory—a man who seems to have had the knack of recovering from setbacks. Born in Ireland, he was called to the bar in England, but in 1760 found himself imprisoned for debt. He came to Canada after the conquest and was appointed the first chief justice of Quebec in 1764, despite the fact that he knew no French, a situation that no doubt handicapped him in the exercise of his functions. In 1766 he was dismissed at the suggestion of Governor Murray. He practised law for a while in Montreal, then returned to England where he once more, in 1769, found himself in a debtor's prison. Nothing further is known with certainty of his career, although he may have been the William Gregory who was judge of the Supreme Court of South Carolina in 1775. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor August 7, 1936 The Kippen elevator, owned by George Mickle and Son, which has been closed for the summer months, was re-opene9 this week for the benefit of the farmers. Mr. Richard Dawson, assistant superintendent of the Detroit Street Railway System with Mrs. Dawson, were guests at the home of Mrs. Dawson's sister, Mrs. J. F. Reid. Mr. John McTavish, of the Hudson Bay Company, Edmon- ton, and Mr. Dan McTavish, of Paris, two well-known Sea - forth old boys, spent Tuesday in town. Mr. Robert McDonald, Wal- ton, was badly burned when some gasoline ignited and ex- ploded near where he was work- ing in a garage in Londesboro Tuesday afternoon. The first hole -in -one to be re- corded at the new Seaforth Golf and Country Club, was made on Thursday by J. A. Egan, Nap. anee, who is visiting in this district. As hundreds of chickens dis- appear from Huron farms, farm- ers in the county are sleeping with one eye on their chicken coops and shotguns beside their beds. Dr. and Mrs. J. J. McKenna, former Dublin residents, but now of Sarnia, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Saturday. • • • From The Huron Expositor August 11, 1911 Miss Grace Murdock has been engaged to teach in the Stan- ley school near Brucefield. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daley and daughter, Miss Sarabel, left on Monday on a six weeks' visit to Mr. Daley's daughter at Pen- ticton, B.C. Mr. George Paterson was in Southampton this week inspect- ing a quantity of lumber for the Bell Co. Mr. G. B. Parkes, Dunnville, and former manage:l' of the Sea - forth branch of the Bank of Commerce, has been elected an honorary president of the Inter- national Bowling Association at its meeting in Buffalo last week; Mr. A. McAllister, Hensall, has passed his Ontario Medical Council examinations complete and is now ready to follow in his chosen profession. Mr. George Murdie showed us the other day a ripe tomato which he had grown in his gar- den and which weighed one and one-quarter pounds. Miss Margaret Horton, Har- purhey, has been engaged to teach in a school near Windsor. On Sunday afternoon there was quite a heavy hail storm in Dublin and neighborhood, when large chunks of ice came down. A good deal of, grain has been housed, so litle damage was done. Mr. John Smale has purchas- ed the property of the late Mrs. Chappel from Mr. Thomas Cam- eron in Staffa. * * • From The Huron Expositor August 13, 1886 Mr. Bethune, agent of the Grand Trunk Railway, with his usual thoughtfulness and erer- gy, has procurer very cheap rail- way rates to surrounding( points, and we have no doubt cbut that our citizens will largely avail themselves of the facilities offer- ed. The following are the rates to several places: Toronto, $L75 return; London, $1.25; Goder- ich, 40 cents; Stratford,,60 cents. Mr. Moore, the very efficient secretary and librarian of the Seaforth Mechanics' Institute, has been granted two week's , leave of absence. Mr. A. Strong has been ap- pointed agent here for the Can- adian Pacific Railway. Mr. Arthur Forbes has leased McQuade's stone quarry on the first concession of McKillop, and will open it out and work it. It is said to contain an unlimited supply of the very best building stone. Mr. Hastings has opened up a law office in Cady's Block, op- posite the Commercial Hotel. Mr. Rodger Pepper, of lot 36, con. 3, LRS, Tuckersmith, is rig- ging up a new cider mill and will soon be able to make sweet cider for all who will favor him with their patronage. Representatives of the Wo- men's Christian Temperance Union are now engaged in pro- curing the signatures of women to a petition to the governments of the world. The object is that the women of the whole world might unitedly appeal to the men of the world in Legislative Assemblies to prohibit the manu- facture and sale of intoxicating liquors. 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