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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-09-14, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association / ADC \ d Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year s O!D Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year 4 fL A ` SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 14, 1961 Inducement To Vote is No Help Those most closely in touch with municipal affairs express concern at the Iimited interest which the average ratepayer takes in a municipal election. This prompts various suggestions as to how a greater number of voters can be induced to go to the polls. Latest, and certainly one of the sil- liest suggestions, is that which has originated in Trafalgar Township. Councillors there are studying a pro- posal that a reduction of $10 be grant- ed each household in which eligible voters cast ballots at the municipal elections. Apart from the administrative dif- ficulties which the suggestion poses, there is the erosion of the responsibil- ity which every citizen should have with respect to his municipality. Part of that responsibility is to pay taxes and to have a voice in the affairs of his community. A vote that must be purchased either by fear of a fine, by tax reduction, or by a political handout, does nothing to further the democratic,process. In fact, the reverse is true; such a vote, cast for, personal reasons, does irreparable harm and weakens the whole fabric of government. The suggestion has aroused the Acton Free Press to comment that: "It all seemed so incredible we could hard- ly believe such a suggestion would be given more than passing attention. Per- haps it will die at the committee stage. In the meantime, it may have stirred some serious thinking. "Municipal voting never seems to set any great records for attendance at the polls." In the last Trafalgar elec- tion, 21 per cent of the electors cast. their ballot. This illustrates the extent to which voters exercise the freedom not to vote. It is indicative of apathy that is dangerous. "It is shattering to think that in this democracy we are all so supposedly' proud of, the almighty dollar should .have to be introduced as the incentive to vote. Surely that takes us only steps away from the situation now being, ex- posed in Quebec, where tax dollars were being used to buy influence and eventually votes. "There are penalties imposed and in- ducements offered in other countries for voting but these appear no more acceptable to us. A forced vote is not r necessarily an intelligent vote or an in- formed vote. It is simply action taken for immediate return, either exemption from penalty or to earn an inducement. "While voting records in any muni- cipality seldom show an encouraging interest by electors, votes are not held to accumlate statistics. They are held to elect citizens to positions of responsi- bility. Experience has shown that the apathetic section of an electorate does not resent elections controlled by a minority until some crisis develops. Then of course the electorate becomes aroused." Certainly a $10 tax inducement to voting would not necessarily lead to any effective voting that we have at present. Ambassadors of Agriculture The fact that less than three per cent of the Ontario Agricultural Col- leges' 1961 graduating class will re- turn to the farm is not something to cause concern. The figures were made available by Dr. J. D. MacLaughlin, O'AC President. The important thing, of course, is that there has been graduated a group of young men who are familiar with the problems of the farm; who under- stand the underlying reasons for the fast -changing farm outlook, and who have the training and the background which permits them to appreciate the farm viewpoint. While they may not be back home on the farm, they will continue to serve agriculture—in most cases more effectively than if they were directly employed on the land. A review of the employment which the grads of '61.. have obtained indicat- ed how well placed they •are to do a job for agriculture. The government service, this year, took nearly one-quarter of the class, while agriculture industry claimed 14 k. per cent of the graduates. The number entering the teaching -profession climb- ed from 13 per cent to 18 per cent. Nearly one-third are engaged in post- graduate studies. Each of these graduates, while not actually tilling the soil, will be a valu- able ambassador for agriculture. �j£�P QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY THE RESEARCH SERVICE OF THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE How much is a Billion? The nations of the world have differing ideas as to how much a billion actually is. In Canada and the United States, and in France too, a billion is one thousand millions, written as a one with nine zeros after it --X1,000,000,000. In France, this number is sometimes call- ed a milliard, a term that is always applied to it in Ger- many. In England and Ger- many, on the other hand, a bil- lion is one million millions, written as a one with no less than twelve zeros after it —1,000,000,000,000. Canadians and Americans call that num- ber one trillion. * * * What is a divining rod? "To Divine" is an old-fashion- ed verb meaning to "foretell." A divining rod is supposed to fbreteil (when used' by a man with special ability) places on the earth where underground water will be found. The rod is usually a forked twig from a hazel tree, The divinator, as the man is called, walks over a farm holding the stick loosely by the ends, in two hands. 'When the joint turns down- ward, he will tell you to dig your well at that spot. Belief in divining goes far back into history; and there are still peo- lile, who employ divinators. Divininly' rods have been used alsu.' tr$ to locate gold and Wier and Even burled treasures. Another name for diving rod is dowsing rod, * * • Why do we see our breath on a cold day? Though therbii ath conning out of 'bur bodiee is always about the same temperature, the temperature of the air out- side varies very much. You know that there is a good deal of moisture in our breath in the form of water gas. On a cold day this gaseous water condenses as it leaves our bodies. That is, it is suddenly turned so cold that it forms a little cloud, made—like other clouds—of drops of water. That is what we see when we say that we see our breath. It is the water in our breath that has been turned liquid by the cold. There is just as much water in our breath on a warm day, but then it remains in the form of a gas as it comes from our bodies. But if we take a piece of cold glass, even on a warm day, and breathe on it, tae get a little cloud of water on the glass and that is "see- ing (heath." "You and your lack of tact!" the wife scolded, as soon as she and her husband were out of the Smith home. "How can you be so stupid," "Vow, what did I do?" "You asked Mrs. Smith how Ilea husband was standing the heat. Didn't yon, .know tow been deadator three months?" FOR BETTER HEALTH By C. A. DEAN, M.D. MEDITORIAL: Blindness would decrease appreciably if all patients with eye symptoms received medical eye examina- tions promptly. I find too many people ignoring complaints which should be brought to their doctor's attention, In many cases the patient says, "Gee, Doc, I didn't know it meant anything. Surely if I even suspected for one mom- ent that the condition could be serious I would have seen you long ago." I certainly agree that there are many symptoms which are insignificant and should be ig- nored. But, on the other hand, there are certain complaints which should be checked im- mediately. I have compiled a list of seven danger signals which you should never ignore. They are: 1. Persistent redness. Ser- ious infection and chronic eye strain can do this. 2. Persistent discomfort or pain, especially after injury. A detached retina or posttraum- atic glaucoma are two things which cause this. 3. Visual disturbances such as loss of side vision, foggy vision, halos around lights and double vision. 4. Cresting of eyes, especial- ly in children. 5. Growth or cloudiness in the cornea (clear part or win- dow of 'eye) or lens. 6. Persistent discharge, crust- ing or watering. Allergies ac- count for many of these cases and Can be readily treated. 7. tThellual size or distorted Shape o£ p'upi'l, 41. Backache? Feel listless? Nerves frayed? Why don't you do as I did. Get away from it all by entering the-wleaching profession, and revel in those long, golden, summer holidays. A year ago, I had one week off between the end of sum- mer school and the beginning of the teaching year. We spent the week winding up our af- fairs in one town and moving to another. I had two days' vacation ,c Sunday and Labor Day. ' * * * This year, however, dile to superior planning and the un- canny timing of my wife, things are different. I had one day off —Labor Day—and I spent half of that mowing the lawn, the other half writing a column. I don't like to think I have a personal diet who is deter- mined that a holiday would be bad for me. I prefer to put it down to sheer fate, bad man- agement, or some kind of psy- chological block I have devel- oped, which steers me away relentlessly, from anything tad looks like a vacation. * -* * It all started on the last day of summer school. White and shaken from a brutal Latin ex- amination, I tottered back to my .room to find the whole fam- ily waiting for me, aflame with excitement, for various reas- ons. The kids were all agog be- cause they figured they could con me into taking them to the_ Exhibition. My wife was all atwitter because she had just made a deal, -out of thin air, to move to a different house, which she'd had her eye on for some time. * * * Right there, I almost broke down and wept. But, with that simple heroism that is the hall- mof the .modern husband an Tither, without bitterness, with no recriminations, I pull- ed myself together. I waved a wistful mental farewell to my week of fishing, golfing and bumming.. I grinned a ghastly grin. I agreed that it certainly was a coincidence that the Ex was on, and that it certainly Was lucky that we had a week in which to move to the new house (with the big rent). It all seemed 'sort Of preor- dained, and I didn't struggle. Just cried a little, inside. The kids took nue for a horrible ride, financially, and on a num- ber of rides, physically, at the midway. Every time it happens I swear a deep and desperate oath that I'Il never do it again. But I'm a sucker for midway rides. It's a hangover from childhood, when I never had enough money for more than one thrilling trip on the ferris wheel. * * At any rate, we tried them all. That is, all the rides that scare the liver out of you, from the Wild Mouse to the Giant Rotor. My wife, brave little wo- man, was a good sport, as us- ual. She stood on the ground, alternately chewing her fin- gers and covering her eyes in horror, as we hurtled through space. But she did have the decency to help me stagger from one of these monstrosities to the next, and she did tell me I was white as a sheet and to stop being such a dam' old fool. That was a fitting introduc- tion to the week that followed, my holiday week. When we SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley got home, we moved. As far as I'm concerned, moving and nightmares are in the same category. They're unreal, un- desirable, and deeply disturb- ing. The only difference is in the temperature of -the sweat they produce. With nightmares it's a cold sweat. * * * It was tate usual performance. My wife throwing out valuables and the kids and I lugging them back in. Hundreds of cartons jammed with everything from toilet paper to toe rubbers, and nobody knowing what was in which. Furniture that had gone in easily through doorways but resolutely refused to come out through them! And just to add a little spice to this move, a mother cat rub- bing our legs for food when we were carrying refrigerators, three kittens climbing out of their box and heading in three directions and a crazy pup dash- ing wildly between the legs of the movers as they gingerly tot- ed the hi-fi. * * * The only thing that preserv- ed my sanity was the fortuitous recurrence of an old ailment in the general area of my back. This prevented me from lifting anything heavier than a cushion but did not interfere with my natural ability to give cool, clear directions. It also proved something I'd suspected for a long time—that the Old Girl is a lot stronger than she looks. As a fitting climax to the moving, it started to rain just as we were going to movethe piano, and the mover had an open truck. My, it was excit- ing! You should have seen them Put their backs into it— the two moving men and the two neighbors I had recruited. There was a great flurry of tarpaulins, grunting and bad language, but they moved that piano in jig time, I can tell you. It was all I could do to stay out of their way as I show- ed them where to put it. * * * Ah, well, we got settled in, after a fashion—the four cats, the dog, and the four of us. There's a buffet and a china cabinet out in the garage, and I think a whole suitcase full of my socks and underwear went off to the dump, but that's all in the game. I'm not really bitter about it and already I'm'making plans for my week's holiday next year. But I had to assert some will power to keep from punch- ing right in the nose some of my students on the first day of school, who greeted me with a cheery "Had a nice holiday, sir?" VPCP (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadians) Where is the Canadian Miami? In Manitoba. The community of Miami lies 80 miles south- west of Winnipeg on a Cana- dian National Railways line and on Highway' 23. It is the seat of Thompson Rural Municipal- ity. Settlement in the Miami district dates from the late 1870's. In 1889 the Northern Pacific Railway (now the CNR)- built a line west from Morris, Man., and one of the principal ei The glieekes 'ahttifts. if lila ofe fri,nralillil!►9t lifde could move aWW$r *front tbls Wot'IdeYfpl &anti °' By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER GOING FISHING - Certainly, by example, fish- ing was approved by the dis- ciples and by their Lord him- self. Jesus called several of his. disciples from fishermen of the Sea of Galilee, saying, "Come ye after me and I will make you fishers of men." And He bade Simon Peter to cast a hook in the sea and to take from the mouth of the fish he would catch the coin he would find there and use it for the tribute money. And after the resurrection, in the early morn- ing on the seashore, Jesus was known to the disciples in the miraculous draught of fishes. But all this build-up is not needed to make the average boy or man want to go fishing. So get your rod and outfit and go fishing. You may come beck with red bugs and ticks, but the outing will do you good. Just a Thought: When the time comes that nothing seems right with the world, it is time for the indi- viduaI to retire to some quiet and peaceful spot for a few moments of serious considera- tion . and personal evalua- tion. One will then become aware that the world is not such a terrible place after all. points established on the Iine for handling grain and goods was Miami. In an agricultural area, it is the retail and service centre- of the municipality. * * * Where is the Koksoak River? The Koksoak River, draining an area of 60,000 square miles, flows through northern Quebec and empties into Ungava Bay. At its mouth it is three miles wide and even 90 miles up- stream it is a mile wide. It aplyt derives its name from the Eskimo term for "big riv- er," Navigation on the river is made difficult by the high tides which reach 40 feet in the spring. The Koksdak is formed by the eonfluence of the Larch River from the west and the Kaniapiskau River _ from the south. Including the Kaniapi- skau, its length is 660 miles. * * * Who Was Prince Edward Is- land's First Newspaperman? James Robertson, born in Ed- inburgh in 1740, who in 1787 began publication of the Royal American Gazette and Weekly Intelligencer in Charlottetown and thus became the pioneer printer and newspaperman of the Island of St. John, as Prince Edward Island was then called. About 1764 Robertson, who had learned the printing trade from his father, left Scotland for Boston. He engaged in many printing enterprises in the Am- erican colonies until the Revo- lution drove him to Nova Sco- tia and later to Prince Edward Island. The date of his death is not known. It is said that he was conducting a printing and book -selling business back in Edinburgh in 1810. 1 MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT WHERE WE STAND ON BERLIN OTTAWA—During the cur- rent tense international situa- tion over Berlin mail crossing the desk of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker has contained a large number of letters from Canadians who are genuinely puzzled over the crisis. Many ask why Canadians should be manoeuvred into a position where they may have to die for Germans. This mail made the Prime Minister aware of the Iack of understanding in this country of the facts behind the crisis. He decided to do something about spelling out the situation, not only to put Canada's posi- tion on the record in simple terms for Canadians but also so that her allies would know where she stood. The Canadian. Bar Associa- tion, meeting at Winnipeg, of- fered the first national forum for the Prime Minister to make such a speech. Mr. Diefenbaker and his advisors worked strenu- ously on the address for several days, carefully weighing the thoughts and statements that went into it. Mr. Diefenbaker flew out to Winnipeg on a Department of Transport aircraft, taking along with him a coterie of news- papermen. The dinner at which the Prime Minister was billed to speak was the big social event of the week-long conven- tion. A white tie and tails af- fair it was preceeded by a re- ception and the assembly of lawyers and their ladies were in a gay mood as they sat back and prepared to listen to the Prime Minister. The gaiety soon disappeared as Prime Minister Diefenbaker embarked on his address in solemn tones that emphasized the extreme seriousness of the international situation. He pull- ed no punches, made it plain he was worried as are the West's leading statesmen, over the implications of the Russian action in exploding nuclear de- vices. Then he.. turned to do the job he had gone out West to do. He said Canadians in common with people everywhere Were asking whether the crisis will continue to mount and how it will end. Some Canadians with the memory of two world wars were asking whether the West- ern nations should risk war ov- er West Berlin. They were ask- ing whether the Western na- tions were courting war over a rubber-stamp by their refusal to accept at check -points en route to West Berlin, passes signed by East Germans rather than by Russians. Mr. Diefenbaker Was convinc- ed the `average Canadian wanks his country to be heard speak- ing words of counsel with' firm- ness, but with calm moderation. The Canadians wanted their country to exert its influence to ensure that every possibility of finding a peaceful and honor- able way out of this crisis was fully and patiently explored. The Prime Minister set out just -what the Canadian Govern- ment regarded as non-negoti- able and what it regarded as negotiable insofar as the nego- tiable areas could be referred• to publicly. One of the difficul- ties he faced was that the areas that .are negotiable ' cannot be spelled out in public before the negotiations start. He stressed that not negoti- able are the rights of West Berliners to be part of the free Western world, the rights of the Western nations to main- tain troops in West Berlin and the rights of the West to have free access to Berlin. Setting aside those three key points which are not negotiable the Prime Minister emphasized that there are many other is- sues on which the Western world and Russia can negotiate in the Berlin crisis. One such point would be, for example, the size of the forces to be maintained in Berlin. Canadian authorities were alarmed that the weight of an inflamed public opinion in the United States might stampede the United States Government into precipitate action. T h e Prime Minister wanted to get across the firm Canadian belief that there are areas for nego- tiation in the Berlin crisis, areas in which both sides can make concessions. Reportedly French President Charles de Gaulle has shown stubborn opposition to sugges- tions for negotiation with Rus- sia over Berlin. This has arous- ed concern in Canadian official circles.,The Prime Minister's. addresurging caution, wise counsel and firmness but with calm moderation was pitched not only at Canadians but at Washington and Paris. The Can- adian position has been outlin- ed in private to her NATO allies, now Mr. Diefenbaker has put the position on the public record. His address brought favor- able comment in the press across "Canada. It got wide- spread coverage in Canadian papers but unfortunately it was largely ignored in the United States press and received little attention in the British press. This is perhaps an indication of the low level to which Can- ada's prestige , in international affairs has shinnied. Later at a press conference Liberal Leader Hon. L. B. Pear- son praised the speech. He said he had read it with interest and it appeared to him to have been very 'carefully prepared and "seemed to strike the right note". Mr. Pearson said the Berlin situation was very serious be- cause "there is the ever pres- ent danger of an accident that frightens me as indeed it fright- ens everyone". He suggested that eventually the United Na- tions would be required to move into that potentially dan- gerous situation where the 'tvorld'ia on the brink of a third world war. On the eve of the opening of the resumed session of Par- liament, Prime Minister Dief- enbaker invited Mr. Pearson to call on him for talks on the serious international situation. It was the first time they had met together since the summer recess of the Commons. Mr. Pearson said after the meeting that in an international situa- tion as touchy as the present crisis on Berlin, the Liberals wanted to keep as much unity in the Canadian Parliament as possible. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor September 11, 1936 That Hensall is recognized as a grain market is evidenced by a report and figures show- ing that no less than 144 cars of grain were shipped from there during the month of August, totalling 5,300 tons. Miss Mabel Turnbull has been appointed music teacher in the Seaforth Public School. She has been taking a course in music during the summer vacation. Farmers are busy preparing land for sowing fall wheat. A large acreage will be sewn and some farmers have completed the work and the Wheat is al- ready showing above t h e ground. Miss Mary Buchanan, of Hen- sall, left on Saturday for Nia- gara Falls, where she has ac- cepted a position as superin- tendent of the General Hospi- tal. Mr. George Clark has pur- chased the Foster Estate, west of Varna. IVIr. K. C. Beattie, who has been on the staff of the Bank of Commerce, Dublin, for some time, has been• transferred to Stratford, where he will re- port for duty on Friday. * * * From The Huron Expositor September 15, 1911 Hensall's new and most up- to-date Commercial Hotel open- ed up on Thursday last. Mr. J. Ferguson, who has been manager of the furniture factory here for the past three years, is being transferred to Woodstock, and leaves town the first of next month. Mr. Andrew Beattie, of Mc- Killop, recently delivered to Mr. R. Winter an extra fine bunch of export -cattle. There ere 20 tad 'In 'the hhlliiiietit aed the "tidgf'egitfe "'lgiit fifth MIX is"diiltds;-ii i`d it Mir i ?di center a' .pottiid toy Johnston Bros., of Varna, re- cently sold to Mr. John Spar- Iing a fine two-year-old draft gelding for which he paid the handsome sum of $255. Miss Mildred Jones is teach- ing in Dublin for Mrs. Scott. Last week Mr. Eli Rapien, of Manley, met with a painful ac- cident when one wheel of a threshing machine passed over his foot, leaving it badly bruis- ed. Work has commenced on the new dry kiln for the Canada Furniture Manufacturers o f town. The nominations of South Huron were held in Hensall on Thursday when a very large crowd was addressed by the candidates, Mr. M. Y. McLean, in the Liberal interest, and Mr. Merner, in the Conservative. * • 4. From The Huron Expositor September 17, 1886 Mr. Bright, who for the past year has been in partnership with Mr. William Campbell in the merchant tailoring and clothing business, has now as- sumed the entire control of this old and well-known estab- lishment. Mr. Robert Jamieson, who is an ardent admirer of every- thing pretty, brought with him from the Old Country a clump of heather in bloom, which he had plucked from the Scottish hills. It is growing nicely so far. • Mr. C. L. Papst has opened a new jewellery store in the Campbell block. Fall wheat in this .vicinity is coming up nicely and many of the fields are already quite green. Mr. Henry Oughton, Walton, shot a bear in the swamp back of Downey's mill one day last week. Mr. John Landsborough is enlarging and improving his barn and has had a stone foun- dation 'plated under it. At the Judge's Court of Re- vision held at Brucefleld on Tuesday, out of a list of some 70 appeals against -the town- ship voters' lists, 17 names were added. The July and August cheese made at `the Winthrop factory has been sold for 10 tents. Mrs. Andrew Young was out driving 'Wehridsday, the `first time she has been out since her accident. She is recovering nicely, but still requires the aid of a crutch to get around. 111E NM FAIOY THERE ARE A LOT OF NICE BIRDS AROUND HEkE THIS YEAR, SUZY, -i'LL BUILD A FEEDER TO ATTRACT THEM Y LEEYDllieffillalli • • • • • • • a i« • • • • a • • a • • s • • • • • • • a • • • v • M