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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 31, 1961
Free. Enterprises Produces
The efficiency so typical of modern
industry is indicated by the results of
a recent call for tenders to manufacture
picnic tables and benches. The results
point up once more the fact that a free
enterprise can outbid a_ government -
operated enterprise and save the tax-
payer money in.the process.
According to a despatch from Guelph,
the Ontario Reformatory, near - that
city, has lost out to a private concern
in a bid to build park tablesand
benches.
The Ontario Department of Lands
and Forests has awarded a contract to
Knechtel Bros., of Brantford, tomanu-
facture the tables and benches for
$14.30 each. The Reformatory tender
for the same units was $17, and was
based on an unlimited supply of free
labor and free material grown on the
Reformatory property.
It was the first time the department
has called for tenders on the job rather
than ordering the units from the Re-
formatory.
"I'm still going to make a. profit,"
said Fred Knechtel, president- of the
firm, is quoted as saying.
And we hope he does! He deserves
congratulations too, for the blow he
has struck for free enterprise.
New Approach in Education
(The Toronto Star)
There is no longer a useful place in
the adult world for untrained minds or
unskilled hands. The secondary schools
must, therefore, provide courses of
study more varied and more intensive
than ever before.
That is why the "sweeping changes"
in the high school program that Educa-
tion Minister John Robarts has an-
nounced make "sense.
The new courses, to be instituted
gradually starting a year hence, are
not revolutionary. They will do little
more than bring Ontario up to what
some of the other provinces are doing,
and impel school boards generally to
fit courses to students' aptitudes the
way some larger school systems—To-
ronto, for instance—have done for
years. -
There will be three channels, much
as now, from, which pupils may choose:
Academic, technical, commercial. The
new feature is that all three can lead
to university, if a pupil elects to take
a five-year course. At present most
technical and commercial programs
are dead-end, precluding university en-
trance. This has tended to down -grade
vocational courses and also to push too
many students into the academic ma-
triculation rut. A boy who may have
his eye on engineering or accountancy
should henceforth be confidently able
to take a technical or commercial high
school course without prejudicing his
future scholastic career.
Each of the three channels is to have
two streams, one for pupils university -
bound, the other, of four years' dura-
tion, for those expecting to take a job.
If these four-year courses are to at-
tract pupils and do a proper job for our
youth, the standards will have to be
raised. The present four-year certifi-
cate is a farce.
A disquieting aspect of the reorgan-
ized system is the seeming .necessity
imposed on pupils to "'choose their fu-
tures as early as Grades 9 and 10. How-.
ever, the Department of Education says
there will be considerable flexibility,
allowing for transfer from one stream
to ,another.
If the new system is widely adopted
—it will not be compulsory on school
boards—and i%bhe curricula are ade-
quately devised, Ontario's youth should
be able to leave school equipped with
enough mental skill to do advanced
study or enough vocational skill to lead
a useful life in society.
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SEASORMI
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I have just tried to wade
through a novel, written by a
woman which contains 4085
pages of fine print. And I use
the word "wade" advisedly. It
was like lurching through a
swamp in a pair of leaking hip
waders, with a 100 -pound sack
of wet fish on my back.
The only thing the novel con-
veyed to me, after hours and
hours of reading, was some-
thing of which I was already
aware — that women, talk too
much.
* * *
Now, I'm not trying to be
offensive when I say that. I
am merely making a scientific
observation. It's easy to utter
generalities, and I don't mean
that all women talk too much.
No more than a woman means
all men, when she states flatly
—and I've heard it a hundred
times—"Men are selfish; utter-
ly selfish!" She just means all
the males she has ever known.
And I just mean all the. women
I've ever known.
I've made something ofa
study of this, in moments of
quiet desperation, and my con-
clusions are based on actual
observations. My mother talk-
ed too much, my sisters talk
too much, my mother-in-law
talks too much, and my small
daughter is turning into , quite
a yakker.
* * •
I repeat. I'm not tryingto
be snide about this. It is mere-
ly an interesting phenomenon,
which I think has had an over-
whelming impact on world his-
tory. Who, for example, start-
ed chewing the fat with that
reptile, in the Garden of Eden?
It wasn't Adam. • And we all
know where that bit of female
blathering landed us.
Why do women talk so
much? Is it because they feel
insecure? I doubt it. Is it be-
cause they're nervous? I doubt
that, too. Poor or rich, skinny
or fat, nervous or placid, se-
cure or insecure, ugly tit beau-
tiful, they talk too much, and
I honestly believe they can't
help it.
• * *
Now, I'm not trying to sug-
gest that men are strong, sil-
ent types whonever open their
mouths unless they are about
to emit some morsel of wisdom.
Some politicians and some
preachers can talk more and
say less than a whole gaggle
of women. But they're the ex-
ceptions. Few men can talk
endlessly, without apparent ef.
fort. Most women can. And do.
I am not suggesting that this
is a bad thing, necessarily. The
cheerful chirps of the ladies
over the tea -cups is a symbol
that all's well with the world.
The interminable telephone con-
versations about clothes and
pickles and what Maisie said
to Thelma a r e reassuring
sounds in a far from reassuring
society.
.
It is not the talk of women
that sends nations reeling into
annihilating wars. It is not the
talk of women that introduces
corruption into public affairs.
It is not the talk of women
that produces inflation, starva-
tion and all the other "ations"
that beset us.
No, these delights of the
modern world are produced by
the talking of women that hush-
es the frightened child, that
soothes the old person in pain.
It is the talking of women that
keeps husbands from polygamy
and a fondness for the grape.
It is the talking of women that
produces better schools and bet-
ter hospitals.
SUGAR
and
SPICs
By Bill Smiley
There's no doubt about it.
The band that rocks the cradle
rules the roost, or something.
Like the weather, death and
taxes, we can look forward to
the talking of women as a sure
thing, and while it may fray
the nerves to the shrieking,
point, at times, it will not like-
ly do the world any perman-
ent harm.
It's alsouseful as a weather-
vane. Around our house, the
only time the Old Girl stops
talking is when she's mad. And
when that happens, we all
know enough to head for the
storm cellars.
For the last 20 years or so
of his life, my Dad pretended
he was so.deaf he couldn't hear
a word my mother said. And
the longer I'm married, the
more I respect, his native cun-
ning.
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(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Were New France's Troupes De
La Marine Fighting Marines?
No, although the French
phrase is sometimes mistaken-
ly translated So as to give the
impression that the fighting
man of these units was the
equivalent of the modern mar-
ine. During the French regime
in Canada the country was de-
fended by three types of
troops: troupes de t err e,
troupes de la marine and the
militia. The militia was com-
posed of able-bodied settlers.
The other two were regular
troops, the troupes de terre be-
ing regulars from France and
the troupes de la marine being
regulars permanently stationed
in the colony. The latter were
known by this name because
they were controlled by the
minister of marine, who ad-
ministered the French colonial
empire. The troops serving in
Canada during the French re-
gime were almost entirely in.
fantry.
* « *
What Battle Was Fought at
Lacolle, Quebec?
On March 30, 1814, Lacolle,
just five miles north of the in-
ternational border, was the
scene of the last attempt of the
Americans to invade Canada
during the War of 1812. An
army of 4,000 men, led by Gen-
eral Wilkinson, ,was defeated
by British troops under Major
Handcock. A monument near
Lacolle bridge commemorates
the battle. The • village was
again the scene of fighting in
February 1838, when a body of
the rebels of 1837, who had
meanwhile been in- the United
States, recrossed the border in
an attempt to take Lacolle.
They were repulsed and driven
back across the border, where
American authorities arrested
them.
* « *
When Was the Ontario Agri.
cultural College Founded?
Ontario Agricultural College
(commonly referred to as OAC)
the provincial institution at
Guelph for training and re-
search in the science of agri-
culture and related subjects,
was developed from the On-
tario School of Agriculture, es-
tablished in 1875. It took its
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By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
A GOOD MAN
Recently I was asked to pre-
pare the memoir of a fellow
minister. And drawing upon
my memories of association
with the brother and after get-
ting the main facts, of his life
and career from his daughter, I
prepared the- memoir and sent
it to the editor of the Confer-
ence Annual.
After the memoir had been
written and mailed, I reflected
upon what I had written and
upon the picture of the man I
had drawn and I felt I had writ-
ten of a good man who had
been true to his Lord and the
responsibilities imposed upon
him as a faithful minister of
Jesus �hrist.
Quiet y, even gently, he had
done what he could to make
the earth a better place to live.
And in the language Theodore
Roosevelt once used about a
deceased man who had been in
the government service, "he
was a man worth while." <,
In the years that I had known
him and known about my de-
parted brother, I had never
known him to do an unworthy
thing. And surely that is the
best that I, can say about my
friend.
Just a Thought:
Life, like business, usually
pays dividends in direct pro-
portion to the individual in-
vestment . and the small-
est share of the profits usually
goes to the individual who ask-
ed, "What's in it for me?" in-
stead of "What can I do to
help?"
A cold is both positive and
negative; sometimes the eyes
have it and sometimes the nose.
present name in 1882. In 1887
the course was lengthened
from two to three years and
the college was affiliated with
the University of Toronto for
the granting of degrees. In
1903 Macdonald Institute, nam-
ed for Sir William Macdonald,
who founded - ,and endowed it,
was established as a part of
the college for the training of
young women in domestic sci-
ence.
* *
Is the Opossum Found in
Canada? -
The opossum, a small mam-
mal about the size of a house
cat, with loose, grey hair and
a naked, scaly tail, is found in
Canada only in Southern On-
tario. It belongs to a group of.
animals known as marsupials;
so called because the young are
carried in a pouch, or marsu-
pium, during the greater part
of • their development. ;The ges-
tation period of the opossum is
only 13 days and the young are
less than half an inch long at
birth. They remain in the
pouch until as large as house
mice. Opossums feed on a
wide variety of foods, both ani-
mal and vegetable.
THE SILENT BURDEN
(The Montreal Gazette)
In J. B. Morton's memoir of
Hilaire Belj_oc is this remark-
able passage:
"Sometimes, when the mel-
ancholy mood was over him, he
allowed you to see deep into
his mind. Usually it was a
mere flash; a phrase that es-
caped him. But he had too
much courage and too much
dignity to allow a mood of de-
pression to last long . . ."
Restraint with words is al-
ways essential to the dignity of
human suffering; the garrulous
can claim no dignity. But
something more than. courage
or dignity may explain this sud-
den closing over of distress—a
distress that is seen only in a.
flash. For much of the human
burden can never be shared;.
it has to be borne alone; it
may be glimpsed by others on-
ly in the involuntary, and un-
intended expression.
T h e actor, Sir Johnston
Forbes -Robertson, w a s once
taken by a friend to visit the
great library in J. Pierpont
Morgan's New York mansion.
While they were there, Morgan
himself entered. It was past
six o'clock and he told them
he had just come from his of-
fice downtown. He . welcomed
the visitors most cordially, and
took down one .or two volumes
lie especially wished them to
see.
Then Forbes -Robertson says:
"Presently we moved into the
big library on the west side of
the building, his- particular
sanctum, where he sank into a
chair before the log fire, and
for a moment was a little re-
move& from two or three of
our party, when came from
him a long, heart-rending sigh,
unnoticed by the others, who
were talking . .
"It is many years since I
heard that pitiful sigh, and I
have never forgotten the haunt-
ing ring of it nor the lesson it
conveyed."
What is heard by chance
makes the deepest impression.'
It is the , "cri de coeur," which
finds sympathy so readily be-
cause it asks for none. It is
free from all the devices of
those who wish to be heard,
the special pleadings of those
who use their troubles to serve
many ends.
In the early days of the Am-
erican Civil War the city of
Washington was in danger of
capture by the Confederate
forces. President Lincoln .in
the White House showed no
sign of panic. He spoke easily,
even making jokes at those who
were full of alarms. The rein-
forcements, he said, were on
the way, and all would be well.
But at the end of one day of
great anxiety • in Washington,
after the business in the White
House was over, and Lincoln
thought himself alone, one of
the White House staff happen-
ed to pass the door of the Ex-
ecutive Office. The door stood
partly open. Lincoln was pac-
ing the floor. He paused to
look wistfully out of the win-
dow, in the direction from
which help was expected. "Why
don't they come?" he could be
heard saying aloud to hixSself.
"Why don't they - come?"
There are burdens that time
itself may remove; their cause
may pass away. But there are
others that nothing can ever
make the less; they can never
be changed. These lie hidden in
the long silence of the years.
Marshal Foch learned in
August, 1914, that his only son,
25 years of age, had been kill-
ed in the fighting at Gorcy on
the Meuse. Foch was at Chal-
ons - when word of his son's
death came to him. He simply
asked that he should be left
alone for a while, and stayed
in his office for about half an
hour.. Then calling back his
officers, he said, "Now let us
get on with our work."
In the days that followed, he
would eheck with a gesture
those who came to him with
condolence. He would cut them
short: "Yes, yes. Never mind
that!"
His aide - de - camp, Major
Charles Bugnet, was one of the
few who saw how deep the sor-
row went. In the years after
the war he knew that Marshal
Foch, every August, Would
break off his holiday at his
property in Brittany and would
make his pilgrimage to Gorcy.
There he would seek out the
wooden cross.
"Before it," said Major Bug -
net, "the Marshall uncovers and
kneels. For a long moment he
remains rapt in prayer, with
no sign but a shaking of the
head. This gesture, at once
simple and significant, token of
his grief in the presence of
what cannot be healed, is deep-
ly human in its unaffectedness;
and, coming from such a man
in such a place, more eloquent
than any words of sorrow."
It :nay be said that those who
are the true consolers in this
world are those who say the
least. They do not try to argue
others out of their sorrows, for
they know that the greatest
burden anyone carries is that
of which nothing car( be said.
The sorrow that is freely talk-
ed about is already in decline.
"The hearth knoweth his own
bitterness. . ." said the writer
of the Book of Proverbs. ,And
those who are wise respect with
silence the burdens that silence
must enfold.
A SMILE OR TWO
Two gents, who had been
celebrating well ; but not too
wisely, were driving home on
the broad (but not quite broad
enough) highway. Suddenly the
car hit a telephone pole with
a terrific jolt, folding up the
radiator and hood.
"What'so matter, yourself,"
responded ' his companion, rub-
bing`his eyes to shake out the
fog. "I seen it all right, but I
thought you were driving."
A would-be soap -box orator
who had reached the argumen-
tative' stage sat down next to a
clergyman on a bus. Wishing
to get into an argument, he
turned and said, "I'm not going
to heaven because there is no
heaven."
His words, however, got no'
response.
"I said I'm not going to heav-
en because there is no heaven,"
he said again, almost shouting
as he came to the end of his
sentence.
"Well then," replied the
clergyman calmly, "go to hell,
but be quiet about it."
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting Items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50 and
75 years apo.
From The Huron Expositor
August 28, 1936
Mr. and Mrs. C. Eckert, Sea -
forth, celebrated the 48th an-
niversary of their wedding on
Sunday, wipen friends and rela-
tives of the couple gathered at
the home of Mr, and Mrs. W.
Manley, at Manley.
Mr. CIarence McLean, son of
Mrs. J. B. McLean and the late
Mr. McLean, of Kippen, and a
well-known graduate of Sea -
forth Collegiate Institute, sail-
ed from Montreal recently for
Geneva, where he will attend
the World Youth and Peace
Congress.
In the recent contest, spon-
sored by Crich's Restaurant in
connection with chocolate, bar
wrappers, Harry Scott was de.
clared the winner, and was
awarded a fine tent.
Stewart Lyon, chairman of
the Ontario Hydro Electric
Commission, announced that
power supplied in the Niagara
district would probably be re-
duced to $2.00• a horsepower,
which means a saving df $1,000
to Seaforth.
The UFO at Cromarty are
still improving their property
by putting in a new sidewalk
and steps.
Little Joy Perham, of Win-
throp, had the misfortune to
run a thorn into her eye, and
is in Stratford for treatment.
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From The Huron Expositor
September 1, 1911
The rink of bowlers, skipped
by Mr. G. F. Coiling, won sec-
ond prize in the association
match at the Exeter tourna-
ment last week.
Thomas McMichael and son,
of tlullett, have their horses
at the Toronto Exhibition.
Mr, William Payne has sold
his dwelling to Mn Thomas
Pulitttan and with Mrs. Payne
will go to' Galt to make their
home with their daughter..
Mrs, Prank McCann tttet with
a NOW aces ens at the. fora -
tura faeturyy_,d belt bean and
struck Mr. McCann. On exam-
ination, besides being consid-
erably bruised, he had a rib
fractured.
Messrs. Wesley • Harvey and
H. McDermid, of the second
and third concessions of Stan-
ley, have each sold their 100-
acre farms to the Fowler Bros.,
from the vicinity of Toronto.
Mr. Peter McKay, Tucker -
smith, has sold a fine 12 -months:
old, bull to Mr. Charles A. Mc-
Kay, of McLennan, Algoma, and
it was shipped from Goderich
on Tuesday.
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From The Huron Expositor
September 3, 1886
Mr. G. Percy, a resident of
Huron County, and whose feats
as an athlete we have frequent-
ly made mention before, has
again been distinguishing him-
self. At the Irish games at
Boston, on August 5, threw. a
56 -pound weight for height, at-
taining the height of 14 feet 2
inches, beating the record by
1 foot 2 inches.
The Scottish games are to
be held in Seaforth next Fri-
day, on the occasion of the Cal-
endonian games. The eelebra•
tion will conclude by a grand
concert in Cardno's Hall.
Miss Kennedy, daughter of
Mr. H. P.•Kennedy, of Seaforth,
has secured a school at Cale-
donia, and left for that place
on Saturday.
Master William Sloan, who
left last spring to join his father
in China, has arrived safely in
Shanghai.
We °understand that Mr. Jas,
Leatherland, Jr., who has con-
ducted a very successful tail-
oring business here for some
time, has disposed of his stock
and business to Mr. Charles
Stewart, who is well known as
a skilfull and popular workman.
Mr. O. C. Willson has moved
into the residence on Goderich
St., which he recently purchas-
ed from Mr. J. Duncan.
Mr. John Dorsey has sold his
handsome bay driving horse to
Rev. Mr. Musgrave, of McKil-
lop, for $230.
Mr. J. Sinclair, Hensall, met
with a serious accident while
engaged in cleaning ou man-
ure. It appears he was sta
at the front part of the w
and where the load extende
over the box, and in stepping
forward he fell behind the
horses and in front of the
wheels, and the horses becom:
ing startled and springing for
ward, brought the wagon, with
its load, across his under jaw
and over his chest, causing
painful injury, and breaking a
couple of ribs,
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