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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-09-28, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers `t E D A Member ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association qr Audit Bureau of Circulations ^ Subscription Rates: A C = Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year • V L PSINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottaway SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961 New Canadians Make Contribution One -of the more serious problems that has arisen during the past two or three years is the reduction in immi- gration to Canada. It is a situation, the effects of which will be felt for years to come. The flow of immigrants has been re- duced to a trickle because of restric- tions introduced by the Government at Ottawa. Faced with unemployment, brought about by lack of economic poli- cies, the Government took the expedi- ent view and closed the door on immi- gration. Prompting the action, of course, was the thought that immigration added to unemployment. That this 'IS not the case is evident to anyone who is familiar with the great contributions which New Cana- dians have made to their chosen coun- try. The situation in Huron is typical'. How many empty farms would there be in the Seaforth area had there not been a movement of responsible citi- zens from other lands to Canada? How much less business would our merch- ants, our manufacturers have done had these new customers not come to our area? The extent to which immigration has fallen is emphasized by the Acton Free Press, who comments that it is hardly surprising in view of Ottawa restric- tion, and the bad publicity Canada has been receiving, abroad, that immigra- tion . in the first half of 1961 is well down even from last year's low intake. The comparative figures are. 58,041 in 1960, only 36,782 in 1961. Under pres- ent Ottawa policy, immigratiion from Italy was highest in 1961 with the United Kingdom second and the United States, third, the figures. being 7,314, 6,177 and 4,684. Nearly one-half of the newcomers, a total of 18,297, are listed as "not des. tined to the labor force." These are mainly wives and children. Of those who came seeking employment, only 2,085 were classed as laborers. Manu- facturing and mechanical workers num- bered 4,668; service occupations, 3,530 ; managerial and professional, 3,139 ; clerical workers, 2,362; farm workers, 1,563. It is probable that some Canadians will grumble that even this limited im- migrant intake is unwise in these times but this is an extremely shortsighted view. Most of those entering the labor force bring skills that are needed here, and in total the newcomers represent a not inconsiderable addition to the mar- ket for goods and services, the Free Press points out. Though it was a limited study, the findings of a survey made by the De- partment of Immigration and Citizen- ship indicate that it does not take long for our immigrants to fit in and make their contribution to., the country's eco- nomic growth. Certainly this is the case with the large number of New Canadians in this area. They have made a major contribution to the growth and stability of the district. The study covered 6,969 immigrants applying for citizenship in Toronto and Montreal. In their first year here the newcomers earned about one-third less than a comparable group of Canadians, but by the time they could apply for citizenship they had achieved about the same incomes as Canadians. Immigration, in short, contributes to employment, not to unemployment. Im- migration has made possible a growth that otherwise. would . never have been possible. 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There's nothing in this world to beat our September, when it's a good one. The country is a panorama of green and gold. The Bay deepens its blue to an incredible shade. The fairways are emerald velvet. • • • Each day has an expectant stillness. Mother Nature sprawls in the yellow sun, tir- ed, but content with the latest fruits of her womb. The Sep- tember air is as sweet and clean as the first kiss of a six- teen -year-old. Each day is pre- cious and perfect. The evenings are smoky and a little sad. Night comes quick- ly and there is a new excite- ment in it. The moon sails high and calm. There is a stirring in the blood. The air is cool. The breath of furnace and fire- place are welcome. • • • In September, we eat like gods. Huge, sun -ripened toma- toes, cold and juicy. Sweet yel- low corn, slathered in butter. New potatoes, boiled in their skins. Rosy peaches in sugar and cream. Grapes bursting with sweetness. Apples so Crisp they snap when you bite them. City -dwellers have retreated once again to their concrete can- yons. The small towns, where the tourist reigned supreme in summer, have regained their identity, renewed their intim- acy. Life is more leisurely, yet there is a bustle of living, new and ancient, with each Septem- ber's return. There is the color and excitement of fall fairs and track meets and football games. There is the last lovely boat ride, the last trout trip, the final game of golf. * * * Yes, as far as I'm concern- ed, September is the ultimate in every respect. Except for one thing. It's full of the same old people, trying to drive you up the wall. Take .my kids; Fort' exa'mp'le. Except that they're a foot tall- er than they were a year ago, they're the same old kids—de- manding, expensive, cheeky and lazy as coon dogs when it comes to anything but enjoying them- selves. * Y Take my wife, as another for -example. Every year, as summer ends, she plans to "get organized," settle down, do some preserving, get on a sche- dule, start baking cookies, keep up with her ironing, hang onto her temper, stop talking so much, and provide a quiet, gra- cious home, where everybody is pleasant -spoken and well-man- nered. And every September, she plunges into some wild, new un- dertaking that upsets the pres- ent .shaky system, precludes all possibility of organizing a new schedule, and has us all run- ning around in right-angled tri- angles. * * * This year, she's up to her ears, and ours, in a new job and a new house. The job, of course, doesn't affect us. Not much. She has taken on the position of organist and choir - leader in the church. All this means is that young Kim has been press-ganged into the choir, young Hugh has to serve as an altar -boy, and old Dad has already been approached about teaching a Sunday School class and taking up the collec- tion Sunday nights, when all the other sidesmen want to stay home and watch Ed. Sulli- van. So we can all kiss Sun- day good-bye. The new house has already caused a few ruckuses, and I can see a good many more loom- ing. There's nothing wrong with the house, and it sits on a fine, great walloper of a lot, which I like., But therein lies the fly in the ointment that's brewing up a storm, the pebble in the shoe of the horse of a different color. * * * My idea of gracious living is to come home after work, rip the top off a cold one, and sit the middle of the estate, watch- ing the black squirrels hijack- ing acorns off my property. Her idea is that I come home after work, rip off my good clothes, chase a sputtering lawnmower for an hour, guly my dinner, lift all our shabby old furni- ture" out of the living room again so we can try the rug four inches to the south, then sit around for two hours talk- ing about drapes and wallpaper. Sometimes I almost wish I had married a fat, simple lit- tle girl who had never even taken a lesson on the mouth organ, who believed that inter- ior decorating had something to do with good cooking and who realized that a woman's place was in the house, not in her husband's hair. * * * However, this little conflict between idealism and realism has been in progress for 15 years, and neither of us has lost an inch of ground. So I managed to enjoy the lovely month of September as much as ever. Although I hope the leaves start falling soon so I won't have to mow the lawn. And then we'll need an early snow so I won't have to rake the leaves. And if we have an early snow she'll be , after me to shovel the walk, all 300 yards of it. Oh, dear, there's no end to the work a fellow has to avoid these days, if he's to maintain his principles. NO WO ID 1 (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Which Community Had Que- bec's First Free Public Library? Knowlton, a village on the shore of Brome Lake, about 70 miles southeast of Montreal. In 1894, just six years after it was incorporated as a village, Knowlton opened the Pettes Memorial Library, the first free public library in Quebec. The community has a museum that is a memorial to the founder of the village, Col. Paul Holland Knowlton, a member of Lower Canada's Legislative Council, who built the first grist mill in 1836 and also opened the first store. Encouraged by the Syd- ney Fisher Trust, established by an early resident, Knowlton has been prominent in public education. The first Large con- solidated school in the province was built here. Because of its 'e.ealty of Tk */ee½ ,ii By REV, ROBERT H. HARPER SEPTEMBER DAY In the sweet gloom of this Sep- tember day I wander through the paths we two have trod, And still along the dear fam- iliar way, Grow the blue aster and the goldenrod. So the poet wrote in the long ago, yet not .,,s,o long that the words of the song does not find an echo in the memories of one whose heart was light in the September days once known. And still it would be a blessing to hear "Love's Old Sweet Song." For sometimes there is a longing for the old songs and a sense of the incomplete in many of the songs of the pres- ent. The music seems to de- pend upon beat alone and oft .repetition. The words are a wretched jargon without sig- nificance enough to be remem- bered without effort. So let me dream I am hear- ing one of the old songs I heard when there was a sweet gloom in a September day and things to be remembered through all time. Gracious God, make all of us.. better for our memories. Just a Thought: The "bad luck" that befalls us today sometimes turns- out to be of our own making—once we take the time to look back and see what really caused it. We would be much better off if we could recognize things as they are — without having to wait until tomorrow to think things out clearly. Golfer: "I'd move heaven and earth to be able to break 100." Caddy: "Try heaven, you've moved enough earth already." location on the lake and near Brome, Spruce and other moun- tains, the village has been a popular tourist centre for Mon- trealers since the turn of the century. d.. Phone 141 : Seaforth s1k-si?i'•.r.'x:'i3.s::E%:r;�.:'s:s�is,;_:.�,:• ;2;:1:•11:.:: * * * What Are the Metis? The Metis of Canada are per- sons of mixed Indian and Eur- opean blood. Metis is a French word derived from the Latin miscere, "to mix." (The Span- ish-speaking people of the Am- erican Southwest use the term mestizo) Originally the word Metis was applied only to per- sons of French and Indian an- cestry but now it is used loose- ly to refer to all persons of mixed white and Indian blood in place of the term "Half Breeds." The Metis might be called the offspring of the Can- adian fur trade. This explains why so many Metis were of Ojibwa and Cree ancestry. There were, of course, unions with women of other tribes, but for the most part the Indian parents of the Metis belonged to the tribes through whose hunting territory the fur trade was carried on. Almost always the Metis were children of white fathers and Indian moth- ers. A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE LAST SPIKE OTTAWA—The case of the Pine Point Railroad gives one cause to wonder how the Fed- eral Government manages to keep operating. For sheer bung- ling and fumbling the Pine Point takes whatever prizes are handed out for bureaucratic failings. Construction of the railroad was promised to the people of Northern Alberta decades ago. Successive generations of poli- ticians have waded through the muskeg to pledge a solemn oath that they, and only they, would build the Pine Point, "at the earliest possible moment." The Progressive - Conserva- tives of John Diefenbaker were no different. Mr. Diefenbaker went further. He announced just prior to the 1958 Federal election, in the Speech from the Throne, that Parliament was going to be asked to auth- orize construction of the line.. Well, Parliament wasn't asked to authorize the Pine Point in 1958, or in 1959, or in 1960. It was found convenient to appoint a Royal Commission to look into a number of routes suggested down through the years. The Commission twid- dled its thumbs for months, and came up with one of the most ambiguous reports ever handed to a federal govern- ment. One commissioner favor- ed the Western route, through Grimshaw, Alberta, to Hay' River, on the shore of Great Slave Lake. Another favored the Eastern route, up through Waterways. The third thought that, perhaps, it would be bet- ter to forget about the railroad and pave the Mackenzie High- way. After months of wondering, the Government finally decided to build on the Western route. It ordered $250,000 spent on surveys. So far, the survey has not been completed. In the interim, the Govern- ment and the Canadian Nation- al and Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. started discussing the apportionment of costs, Cominco is a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific system, but the CPR hasn't shown any great enthusiasm for building the Pine Point, even though the primary purpose of the line is to tap the Pine Point base met- als deposits for Cominco's smel- ters at Trail, B.C. Why didn't the CPR build the line, since it was so closely in- volved? Who knows? If Trans- port Minister Leon Balcer knows, be certainly didn't re- veal any secrets to the House of Commons. Apparently some agreement has been reached on cost-sharing, but again, the Commons is in the dark. No opposition MP yet has had an opportunity of studying the agreement. And, although the route sur- vey isn't completed, the Gov- ernment is asking the House for authorization to have the CNR spend $86,000,000 on the line. According to Mr. Balcer, the estimate is for $75,000,000, but the Government has added 15 per cent for contingencies. That is not what you might call close estimating, particu- larly when you find that four years ago the CNR said the line would cost $55,000,000. There are many other unan- swered questions about the Pine Point, and, to the Govern- ment's credit, it intends shov- ing the whole affair off to a Commons committee for detail- ed study. Since this session will be over within a matter of weeks, that detailed study will have to await the next session, and that could delay the whole thing until the spring of 1962. According to the agreement, however, that still gives every- body lots of time, because the line doesn't have to be com- pleted until January 1,, 1967. It is hoped the committee will conduct a searching examina- tion of the proposition. Any project costing $86,000,000 is a major national undertaking, and the looseness of estimates and complete lack of details should not be left unexamined. Former - Liberal Transport Minister Lionel Chevrier men- tioned the disparity in esti- mateS during preliminary de- bate on the Pine Point. "The information which has been brought to my attention is that the line would,,, have cost be- tween $50 million and $55 mil- lion," he said. "If that is the case, the House is entitled to an explanation of why there has been an increase to $86 mil- lion." And he mentioned something else lacking in Mr. Balcer's ad- vocacy of the legislation: "We are entitled to know whether the taxpayers of Canada will get their capital back," said Mr. Chevrier. "Is this line go- ing to be economic in the light of the traffic which will move from the mines and the inter- mediate points?" Notwithstanding their objec- tions, the CCF and the Liberals voted for the Pine Point bill on second reading, which con- stitutes approval in principle. In fact the House was unanim- ous in its approval. The Pine Point could w ell be a solid project that deserves such support. There is no doubt it will open up a vast new territory' to accelerated de- velopment, even though much of the area it will serve is al- ready accessible through the Mackenzie Highway. But Parliament should not give its approval until all the facts are known. They were certainly not available from Mr. Balcer. * • . Capital Hill Capsules Exeternal Affairs Minister Howard Green set the mood for the resumption of Parliament with his declaration that the world ii on the brink of nuclear war. There followed sobering debates on national defence, and on the Emeigency Meas- ures Organization's survival program. It struck reporters here as a little ironic when the Government called the next order of. business: celebration of Canada's centenary in 1967. * * * Papers carried reports that Murray Smith, •Tory MP for Winnipeg -North, had his nose bitten by an alligator during a recent Tory party in the Cen- tre Block. What they d!dn't say was that Smith was doing a take -off on Diefenbaker that had the Tories in stitches. They took the precaution of locking the doors just in ease the Chief happened to walk by and look in. IN THE YEARS AGONE • Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. ' From The Huron Expositor September 25, 1936 Scouts of the First Seaforth Troup, together with Scoutmas- ter P. B. Moffat and assistants, W. C. Barber and Bill Hart, en- joyed a wiener roast in Bay- field on Tuesday evening. • Dr. W. Aubrey Crich, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Crich, Sea - forth, who for a number of years has been associated with the Lockwood Clinic, of Toron- to, has announced the opening of an office in the Physicians and Surgeons Building in To- ronto. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Thompson, former Seaforth residents, cele- brated the 55th anniversary of their marriage at their home in Toronto this week. There were 8,168 automotive vehicles registered in Huron County in 1935, according to figures recently issued. Mr. and Mrs. E. Adams, of Spring Bank Farm, Constance, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary when 100 guests were present. Frank Storey, McKillop Town- ship farmer, suffered painful in- juries as the result of being gored by a bull late Sunday afternoon. Mr. John McKenzie, of Sea - forth, purchased a fine team of Percheron horses at Mrs. Wm. Pullman's sale on Tuesday. Two new members, P. J. Bols- by and Elmer D. Bell, were in- troduced into the Seaforth Lions Club at the club's regular meeting on Tuesday evening. Announcement w a s made here Tuesday of the sale of the large three-storey Queen's Hotel to Thomas 11 O'Neil, of Phelpston, who obtains posses- sion Oct. 15. "You're not allowed to take my car out for a little spin at your age because I'm a vicious tyrant, that's why!" X X From The Huron Expositor September 29, 1911 The streets have been in darkness this week as the Change is being made from the present •system to the Hydro Electric system, which necessi- tated the taking down of the old street lighting lines. Mr. Pearson Grieve, son of Mr. John Grieve, V.S., left on Tuesday for Toronto to take a course at the Faculty of Edu- cation. Miss Mary Walker; daughter of Mr. W. J. Walker, left on Monday for Regina, where she has secured a good position. Mr. Alvin Surerus, of Zurich, who was a very clever pupil of the Seaforth Collegiate Insti- tute, left on Tuesday for Toron- to, to pursue his studies at the University. Mr. Fred Hiusser has rented Mr, J. J. Darwin's property. Miss Ada Govenlock and Roy Dorrance and G. Gauld have gone to Toronto to continue their studies. Mr. Melvin Twiss, who has completed his course at Strat- ford Business College, has ac- cepted a position as stenogra- pher in the office of Peart Bros. Hardware Co„ Brandon. Shortly after 9 o'clock Fri- day morning last, fire destroy- ed the stables in connection with the Queen's Hotel, Sea - forth. From The Huron Expositor October 1, 1886 Mr. John Turner, of Varna, has purchased Mr. Sidney Jac- ob's brick residence in Sea - forth and is coming here to reside. Mr. George Murray has plac- ed a handsome new dray on the street. The contract for building a new fence around the Harpur- hey cemetery has been award- ed to Mr. Daniel Grummett. Mr. G. L. Ball, L.D.S., Brus- sels, has purchased the old established dental business of D. Watson, of Seaforth. He moved here last week. Mr. Joseph Evans has pur- chased the farm of Mr. Patrick Ryan, on the 5th concession of McKillop, for which he paid $2,850. The root crops never promis- ed a larger yield in this vicin- ity than they do this season. Mr. B. Thompson, of the Hen- sall cider mill, is and has been for the past few weeks busily engaged in making cider. Mr. H. Rogerson has recently purchased a building lot from Mr. William Moir, of Hensen, and has already got the frame of his new building up. 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