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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 3, 1959
Welcome laaeen Elizabeth: To Area
The Queen visits' our area this
week. With Prince Philip, she will
spend some hours inStratfork thus
providing an opportunity for Many
• in the nearby centres to pay personal
tribute to her by their presence dur-
ing her visit.
• Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
will be welcomed *ith the • same
•warmth that all our people showed
for them at the first state visit in
1951, a few short months before the'
Queen ascended the throne, and with
the Same wa-rnith that greeted their'
second state visit • two years
• when Gariada"-S-Parliament was . op-
ened for ,the first time by its ereigfl
The visit has precipitated Some
criticisms, of course, but they have
been criticisnis of arrangements, and
in no wise challenge the depth of our
• affection :and..,regard for the- Qteen
and her husband.
•With-C-anadians across the land,
We Wish them well; May they enjoy
their visit in their Canadian hmrie
•much as we, the Queen's subjects,
enjoy having them. And particular-
ly may they enjoy •their visit this
week to the Huron tract.
Fiscal Policies Produce
-----Someofthe_difficulties being eX,
_ pierienced by -the Diefe-nbaker-*17;-. ;.
"ernfrielit firlts financing . arrange-
ments- are -pointed up by
nouncement from the D.epaxtraent, of -
Finance and bearing the name of the.
-minister, Mr. Fleming. Mr.
ing revealed that the books of the
• _government's new $200 million lean
were closed 251/2 hours after- they
were opened. • On the basis of other
similar transactions, this is far from'
record breaking speed.
The issue and its acceptande has
resulted in considerable press com-
ment, such aathat in the Ottawa Citi-
zen -which discusses it in: -these
words:
• "The proceeds of this lean are to ,
be used to retire the balance of a bond
issue maturing on July' 1 next. Two
different short-term issues were of-
fered, one for nine months and the
other for 171/2 months. The firstland
larger of the two ($125 inillion) con-
sists of 23/4 per cent bonds, the other
($75 million) of 3 per centers.
"These are modest rates, but as the
•'departmental statement points out,
the 23/4 per cent bonds were offered
at 98 to yield about 5.5 per cent to
maturity, and the 3 per cent bonds
were offered at 96.3 to yield about
• 5.68 per cent to maturity. -•-
• "Thus the investor stands to make
a capital gain' of either $2 or $3.70
- per $100 bond on these issues, since
the government . undertakes to -pay
him the full face'value of $100 at ma-
turity; The individual or corporation
• pays income tax on the declared in-
terest rates, but the capital gain is
not taxable under existing legisla-
tion." „
And the Winnipeg Free PreSs fig-
• ures it, "If the government had sold
• the bonds at par, then in order to pro-
.',.14igh • interest ....Rates .„
'duce ,,the same, returnthat: the • pres-
ent, bonds-4111--yiele-iniVestor,-Lat----:-,
„ ,
ter he
takes the declared interest rate on
. the nine-inenth bonds -Would have had ,
to. be, 817 .pr '. CentOn the 171/2
-
Month' bondsitwoUld .have had to be ;
• , .
827 per .
Thus is seen the eXtent to which'
government financial .„dealings have
„forced Up the intereStrate,. and as
the Free Pres points out, Mainly to
the benefit of the lar er 1 *tor 'in-,
te re -stip dj. in capital gal
(Ily REV, Rel3gRT H. HARPER)'
• .StiutseLETH ••
'Mete ois an interesting account
of:the rOut fti battle,and the doom
that came open. the fleeing
Ephriamites because •they could
mit say. correctly the word Shib-
boleth. Everyfugitive .who .said
.Shibboleth was slain: His inability
to •Speak the • word with a `sh'
sound betrayed him as one, of the
enemy. • ,
The incident might be cited by
the makers' and sellers Of diction-
aries, to say nothing of :the literati,
• to stress the'importance of.correct
•speech and rightly -spoken Words,
But in thecase of • .the -doomed
tribesinen, the trouble rat deeper
than slovenly habit and deficieincy
of speech' dne t� unfandliatity with
the. language. They had come to
their doomed, condition by their.
mity •and treachery. Their 'tfailute.
to say Shibboleth • Correctly • • con-
fitmed their guilt and gave: them
over :to the Sword, •• •
May we -be careful • of the
language we leatn, and the thoughts
that `•sway us day after day: For
the eVil day may -come when we
,shall not, be able to say the Word
t'hat;wonld •saye. Us. franketernal
deatir.,..., The apostle' writes ;• that the
Werd•ig nigh us; even, in, 'our hearts.
And like Christians; in,the foul. and
gloorny dungeon Of. Giant Despair,
we can 'bring out the key that will
unlock allthe dimgeon,doors in the
_
"Prone this moment On, You shall be queen -of all..yonstirvey."
°thing's oo Big
. .
During the past year railroads in
• South 'Africa have repokted the dis-
appea-rance. of 30, cars,' 800 tOns of
rails and 50,000 ties. Neither the
thieves nor the receivers of these
• stolen goods have been apprehended:
—(La Deipeche, Algiers).
,
Early To e
mosdt people consider street lights
:necessary accessories in ant coin-
,
rnunity deyelopinent.
But not all Feople.
•In the little Suff011c, England, vil-
lage of untingfield, the parish coun-
cil decided last week that street
lamps are not necessary.
Ansi for a very good reason —the
255 residents of, the Tillage seldom go
,
•
out at night
It is tantalizing to contemplate the
municipal savings_and lower. taxes___7_,
_ ____
that would probably result if every-
• bpdy followed the example of the
• good. folk of Iluntingfielcl. Early- to
bed., in this case;mav at least make
a man wealthier..., -(Sherbrooke Daily
Recercl):
The esthnated price tag is $1,083,-
In SeafOrth1104Atal h uhl
e
Robbie Lawrie, son of Mr and h God
charged with $849,500, The province
Mrsed,7a,,_:iijdasmty7_,LA,Wryliellz.Bserurd, a_ry_eceal4144::- would rfaze tzail t_pazti p
-:$213a!,300. Thug; on
4nicire-eastlyfor7Goderichtlian*"-go-
'a•-milic, truck driven by his uncle, ;ing-it-alone." Ancerding to a re-.
• Mt Owen Fleniiing and had, the, . rt 'prepared a few • yearg... ago,
misfertune "of. having -his et Goderich,,,couldbuild itsigwo plan
crushed in the door Of, the,. truck indePeod.ently for • $582,750:-.4vhich
Robbie .was •mitutite .to his is $266,750 less -than the teWn would'
grandmother in. Milverton.-:-Elyth
Standard.,
• .•Linila Causes CMS
:Alex Robertson' aged 31„: -Of •
. .
4, • Elmwood; was ,admitted to•th
Wingliam General-,.1-lespitat : on
Ttiesday of last week ttiffering
from injuries received when he was
caught by, the branch :Of 'a falling
tree. - 411e. Was . °Retiring -a' Chain.
Saw ma Woodlot. in this:area:When
ft:ie.-accident' happened... It was
foundthat liehad cuts enthe fate,'
.head,'arriis, and cheSt,..He iept•
in hospital; :lint ,ctiodition -is-
tha
,.Groderieh. Signal -Star. •
charged. under the Joint Plan.,,7.,
•''Pile ' Driver Smashes,'Iliunb
Robett.Blair xnet•.with'ra, painful.
aceidentenTlitirsday•last when his
left thumb was:Canglit 'mid crush-.
ed with the ha -miner' of -a •Pile, driv-
ex:., He'ig progressing..well: and it
is felt that 'the -thumb -will be sav-
ed, :although .grafting -Will"
necesgary:,•Wifti., two other local
men, Dooglas •Gemeiiihardt , and
WilliamOrr,: Mr. Blair was. •en-
gaged ,M putting, down test holes •
at the: seuth ,gide. of the river, tin-,
satisfactory. Wmglia.m Advalice-
, &di direction :•• of the Department
Tlineg • of :Public orks With. , vietirr• to
st,;i4,0, By, c‘#:iten , extending, the fishetmen's dock,In,
76c; opp cpnst•ahle, csoamuseiii,Ingaiinteer, atheeeidmeentt7,_,..,`.10;cciiknetdAccording on
lianit, Reid, ef 'the 'Exeter:detaCh-= News -Record.'•• •
inent, :aChatge ef.cateless driVing.._. • ',•
bas .heen laid:- against :Beverley ' Peg 'Pack Ender Way: ..
TaylorIrensall.; who on Saturday 'Peapack at 'the -local plant of
evening,:•Struck'•a.: parked car- M :Canadian Canners Ltd.'begau'Wed-,
Zurich:;and.kept-right. „On riesday, with. a_ Short I-nil...Full Pte.
Taylor Was.:-follpiied by a ,ptonl-in- duction is expected to: start ,at the
ent ToCal litiStriesgman• Gerald -GM.- :first , of ,next week, aeeodingto
brick- 'Who. 'caught 111) to ie :manager' Don 'Graham. AbOirt-100
and brought .hin-r-baek to po:otae,will b ernPloYed during the
[-SUGAR AND,$P10E
By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY
That was ,-quite a shaker last
week, when a horde of CBC people,
big and little; resigned im a fine
frenzy of foot-stamPing. It was
as interesting as it was refresh-
ing. Rather like -seeing Little Eva
putting the boots to"Simon Legree.
• Personally, I think- it was the
best thing that has ever happened
to the CBC„ The resolting furore
should mean a thorough house-
cleaning, long overdae:
77,c-
the 'Scene ef' the 'aCeideot, 'The •easoni:',Nyhichisejeeted t& last
15ked:•Vebiele. b0,10ege4 to :Harry , Until the end of july,.'•,Mr;,Graliarry
Hartleib., London. who: having deScribed . the • Yield as::average.
Now, don't think I'm going'. to
launch into an attack on the CBC.
'llere is alteady one weeklY c°1- slop they' serve. It ° would `give
CBC programmes to flavour the
the culthr.e vultures of the CBC a
chance to Cool down and. realize '
• that outside the palisades; they
• are no -longer unappreciated'genius '•
but merely people out of, a job,
ith the bills piling up.• • •
tions bf the rribrister's anatomy—,,
let us have the facts and have them
smartly. If , they are not
and the. producers ,are merely be-,
ing temperamental, their resigna-
tions should be accepted' and the
Whole joint closed down. for the •.
summer,
-• A couple of months :without the
CBC wouldbe goad for.:everybody.-- -
ft would be better than medicine
for the TV addiets,. Someof them
might even kick the habit, It
would reveal the poverty of.. the
private stations, if they had no
E E-1)1TORI--
Stratford,' June 25, 1959,
Editor; The Huron • Expositor:.
„.
Dear 'On behalf cif.'The Sal-
vation Ainny,.we would like to •say
dinner in the Dommion.Botel. His
car was parked in .front of the
buikling.--Zurieh Citizens News..
Joint ?Ian Costly
Just how' much a joint Goderieh-
Provincial Hospital ,water supply
plant • could gest Goderich was
'Wed' like, to have,solne rain,' he
said. In.'quality, the plant hopes -to
maintain. .fancy and choice grades
thronghout the Pack Mr, Graham
indicated it was too early to de.
_terrnine the prospects for the corn
cro:but. at the, moment it looks
"pretty., good."—Exeter Times -Ad -
learned by -town council Friday.
YOUR NI
A ()PIE
From The Huron Exkositor
•31113r- O., 1934
, Seaforth lost to Kippen in Huron
Leagke foethall on Wednesday
night to:the score of 2-1. Seaforth
thuS takes its place at the hot -tern
of the league. - . • ' , .
Mr, Jehn A, McEwan„ of Bruce -
'field, itad the misfortoneto break -a'
bone ni his 'ankle and will be laid
up for a few weeks: ,
. Following are: the teSultsof a
few students of the •Jiiiie Promo-
tion,. exa_minations. in Seaforth pub -
lie ,sChool: A, firgt.class honors; B,
second class hOnors; C. pass Stand-
ing. In Room I, ..Ir, IV to Sr. IV:
Relent Swan, A; Mae Hodgson, B;
Betty McLeod.C. In Room 2, Sr.
lit to Jr.:IV: RUOVJoynt, A; Stu-
art Wigg, Clayton Dennis, B; „lack
Moore, C. In Boom 3,,promoted to
Sr. III: Kenneth Southgate, A; Mar-
garet Hudson, B; Ruth 'Fraiser, C.
ItoomIr, promoted to Jr, III.:
SouthgaterA; Margaret' Dale,
B; Donald Wood,. C. In 'Boom 5,
'promoted to II Cass: George Hil-,
debrand, Janie Moffat, A; -Alvin
Hoff; B; Ross -Montgomery, C. In
Roorri 6, Promoted to first class:
Marjorie IVIcKeniie, A;' Kenneth
Hatt. BvErnest Clarke, 9.
••••• -
Interesting Items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
. and 7,5 years
a word of thank grail to the citizens
of Seaforth, Egmondville, Bruce -
field, Dublin and Brodhagen, for
their wonderful response to the re-
cent Red Shield Appeal. A total of
$66028 was received from these
areas:. , • -
Through thii "generons response
to our Appeal,we will be, able to
continue bringing help and hope to
the needy, without distinction of
race, creed or *colour.
, God bless you!
Yours sincerely, •
•GEORGE C. KING,
' Captain.
,
.al/Onk_ia..ter., arm. She ,is .90..years.
.of age. so that the shock to her
system is .corisiderable.
Willianc„Stewart, 1VICKil1oP,
Met with a painful :accident Mon-
day` of last Week, He was working
with the team he barn when
in some man e was thrown to,
the ground and, trampled Upon by
one of the horses, inflieting Painful
injuries to his thigh .and, anide.
,
Mr, H. Ricker, Kippen, has dis-
posed of his carriage' -shop and
residence to Mr. Alex McKenzie,
who has had .it rented ,for some
urnmst who makes 'a hobby of
this. And, a well-paid hobby Ill
bet it is, as his column is offered
free,and you don't get free col-
umns these -days unless sornebodY
is grioding an axe for some
in them. - ,
• There is no &VIM-. that the CBC
has gathered to its Freudian breast
a number of the brightest and
moSt creative minds in the coun-
try. Among them were those pro-
ducers who led the walkout the in taxes. Families would get to
other day. 'One must admire their know each other again. There
glimPtion. In aoy age, any sittia- would be an upswing in the nation,
• Tliat's'probably the best solution
—a CBC -legs summer, 13y tlie end
of AuguSt, even the politicians
inight :be, missing the good old
Jarvis St jezebel. The enforced
holiday would save a few million's'
tion, many will risk their lives or
their ideals. • Few Will risk their
livelihood. ° . •
On the other hand, it is equally
apparent that the CBC nurtures
a goodly brood of idiot children,
along with the bright ones. These
may be found anywhere in the cor-
poration, from the board of direc-
tors tlewn to,the girls -at the switch-
board. All large public -supported
bodies are equally inflicted.
When Mr: Davids oft Donlon ,was
_
cociotis and, Sametinies,embarrass-
ing4amily,-"everytheirig if not.
• like clatkwork, at least as sinTieff:
ly• as a Maw Kettle movie. He 'en-
couraged the 'bright :ones;',covered,
up for the backward, :ones. and
managed' to keep meat•on the table
by Presenting •a stordy front -and,
-ready tongue Whenever his', em-
ploYerdandlord called for a teck--
• His successors have not been as
able, apparently, becans e•.:the
bright children are staging,''a tan,.
trion, and fhe slow ones are drool-
ing badly. The result,is, a delight=
• ful fracas, the second in a row
that has been staged, in the .middle
• of the Queen's.viSit by those weird-
ieg. who populate our home-grown
broadcasting ' and teleffsion •mon-
w o Prevent
ower Acadent5
• Haying has -started and Ontario
Department of Agriculture Safety
Specialist H. E. Wright expects to
i'eceive accident ,reports, that -Will
inclUde a host of lacerated ankles,.
slided-off• fingers, and dags` Jegs.
"If the pattern. of 'accidents in
1959 follows those of the last few.
,years/'. repOrts Wright, "here is
some' advice that should. help a lot
of fariners.". ' -
• ;Wright suggests the first step is
getting -the mower into good re -
air. Sharpen the sickle • sections
..and register them so that, they're
inialignment. , • - •
"Sometimes the cutter bar Is left
in the lowered position when mov-
ing, 'the :mower frOm, one field to
another," adds' the safety expert.
'This practice. sonietimes results
4n. the- outer - shoe catching -a gate-
post with' probable damage being
done to -the cutter har or tile hinge
pins or braces."' •
..."The bar may appear to have
suffered. no darnage,, but the sickle
may be forced out, of 'register so
that the •pints • of the sicide„Jec-
tions don't line up exactly with the
Centres of the guards." -
Wright claims that poor registra-'
tion of the sickle could cause. plug-
ging arid in. -the rush of haying sea-.
sona fanner' conkl get careless
when lie trieS ta-unplug it. ,
"Another 'perfect setup for lac-
erated or aniputated fingers, due to
clogging an be Cairsed. by ,a `Worn
gutter :bar,". adds the safety ex-
pert. The gutter bar may lag doe
to accunaulated wear. This could
cause incomplete 'shearing of the
• grass stems and cause, the mower
to dragand tear' off some a these
stemsinstead of cutting them. off
• on $1:6-6. or iitoiiinVOOted for 3:4 or 5 sears in a Er1tfh /0-tglfgreeerrtifielf,e0
To invest-Anst cnend us your cheque. British Mortgage looks after 411 details.
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• At St, James' School the follow-
ing students were successfulin
their examinations; Grade A, hon-
ors; Bpass -standing: Grade 710
,8: Lorretta Bannon, B; Grade 6 to
7: Doreeo Regiet, A; Peter,Bao-
non,•B. Grade 5 to,. 6: Teresa Mc-
Iver, A; lqary Duncan, 13. Grade 3
te 4: Betty Bannon, A; Jaines Flan-
nery,43, Grade 2 to 3: jame8 At-
IthiSori, Grade I to 2, promoted at
Easter: Panline Mattliews,Peggy
13eche1y. Grade 1 te 2; Louis Nigh,
Francis, Oqteilly. Primary Grade:
Tommy Bicknell and Rmiald Bar -
Mr. Archie McGregor, ICippen,
had the misfortune this week to
have a valuable brood mare and
foal ,sIie
Mr. Joseph Kenney; who gathers
cream for the Winthrop Cream-
ery, met with a painful accident.
The Mines started to run and he
managed to get hold of the lines,
but he fell under the' wheel which
passed ever hint. He was bruised
considerably. ••••
BRITISH. MORTGAGE & TRUST CO1VIPAN4 STRATFORD •
pkase zend me a folder,' giving afar:nation about yaiir Guarantee& Certificateg
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Froin The Miran Expe*:sittir
,
July 1909
The residence of Mr. Robert Gib-
son, on the 5tli conceSsion of Me-
Eillep, together with- its entire
dontellts,i was 'destroyed by fire
about.duSk on Friday evening last.
Mr. Robert lAc,Cartney,. Who with
his son, George, rettirned from the
Moose 41aW district to their home
on the Mill Road, Tuelcersmith.
• While going upstairs the other
• day, Mrs. Young tripped and fell
the, fuli flight of Stairs, fracturing
•
* * *
If the claims of the resigning
producers are trtre -- that there
has been political Pressure brought
to bear oo certain sensitive por--- or us, too.
al health as people stopped watch-
ing those cruddy late Movies and
got some sleep; Even the, teen.
agers might be so sickened of
rock-and-roll and cowboy "music"
they'd be ready for something in-
telligent
• • •
let _me make one thing clear,
If the CBC -board ,of. directors de.
cides'.to accept, ray suggestion, And
shin UP sin* for the sun-oner,
Want them to get their 'lases to -
the Wheel and beready to
back. Tull. operation -in Sep;,'
_ •
:TheCBCCafl, anddoes, make a
would be be a, sorry country if the
corporation folded, and "our na., ,
tional 'entertainment and ecluca-
tional programmes emanated frem
:those purveyors of pap, the rnivate
stations,
,
Over the years; the CRC has
given us a lot Of. claPtrap. But
has also provided us With a lot .
of stimulating, intelligent Pro-
grammes, and some first -tate en- •
tertainment. A, good proportion Of,.
its stuff, is superior to '13ritish, or „.
U.S„ ...radio and •television. And
all this on a comparatively miser,-
• So come back, boys and • girls.-,
All is forgiven. You give us' a-,
pain in the arm at time) ut, .we
couldn't' get ,alo,Lig
We .won't letthosepoliticians_yrusli
,you, around,';After all,.they work
McDUFF
•
CRCEIVI- MA
' OTTAWA—;Peopl,e OttaWa *he
folio* the goings, and comings of
the 'Canadian '.Broadcasting Cor-
poration, Canada's--most''expens'ive
plaything,•ate 'beginniitg to, getthe
uncomfortable' •feeling that they
aregoing to a funeral.' The CBC's
tuner al. ' •
•„The • •Corporation,, . which
:Weathered, a multitude .of gastY, Po-
litical...stoinis” in its quarter-cen-
torY of existence,seerris to be -los-
ing its held.' - • • •
TAWA
TliiSis mot surprising since ithaS
Undergone a 'torrent a.treuble.and
abuse in: the last two years un-:
ntateheddn intensity by "anything
in the'past . • .' '
It has/lost= its 'great,. bulwark
against criticism with. the 'depar7:
tore of chaiiinair.DavraSerf'Dun-•
ten to the smoother and less trot"-
gdocatiaii....Betis_naw„
presideAt Of Otta-We's, Carletaullni-
versity, and: reported very . happy
and secure. "Mr.„Dunton's succeS-
sor, Alphonse. Oulmet,- was count
ed out early in the,game 13y a_heart
attack -which -has: left him onable
to take a firm grip on the radio -
television oetopus at this critical
stage 'nits affairS. • .
•
His jab' has been filled in, an',
• acting .capacity by:131g, bltif-f Ern-
est Bushnell, who also holds , the.
position's of -vice-president, , genet -
al manager and ' member of the
CBC -board of directors., ,
• It has been Mi. Bushnell who has
had te •undergo.,the eross-fire :and
criticism of the House -of Commons
broadcasting cominittee, an, ordeal
that has left him 'Map 'and eithrtust-•
*1 *
• From The Huron Expositor
July 4,1881
Mr. TliontasFrazer, of the 3rd
Concession of 'Stanley, was soft -
struck working in `the fiehrone day
last week, and although no serious
results followed, he is still suffer-
ing from the effects 'thereof.
On Monday evening of last,week
the barn of Mr. John Smith; near
Varria, was struck by lightning, but
fortunately sustained. no damage.
• Mr. Sohn Dickson, 'of MeIC.Mop,
has sold his splerldid team of heaVY
draught horses, which took first
prize at all the shows laSt fall, to
Messrs: Winters and Donovan, for
the sum of 352• 0, "
Mr, S. Dickson is having ekten-
siVe altera.tions and improvements
Macle in the Postoffice-in'Seaforth.
Mr. Adam Sproat of the 2nd Um-
gession;•Tutkersroith, met with
rather a serious accident on Mon-
day last. He was Working in 'a
gravel pit when. Ale earth caved
in on him, Wining ,his back so
severely that he has been Iaid up
ever since. •-
•• IVIrs. David Campbell' aceidental-
ly fell ,off a lounge on whieh -she
was -reclining arid struck her side
againgt the 'rocker ef a chair, from
the effects of winch she is still
unable to attena to her household
duties,
REPOR'r
major centres of Tororf•to and Van-
couver., CBC Montrea still co
mands a 'majority 'television audi-
ence, but the, intrusion of Ameri,
.can progranis is, growing. Dispas-
sionate.observers in the capital put
a lot of.the ,CBCs current trouble -
•down to the 'fact that it lacks
strong,' unswerving direction -front' '
.the top. It seems to•blow with the
wind; especially_ the wind _corning
out of the broadcasting ceinmittge
on Parliament Hill. "
There is still no sign Of the •fin, ,
'andel • clean -lip the Diefenbaker.
government sought . so avidly when
it set up the new.CBC, board of di- '
rectors. The spending goes on and
on, faster and freer.
It's •almost as if the Corporation z,
was caught up*in a .mad rush to
the -wire, with a violent sense of
urgency about spending , as much '
money as possible fore the
-tine, falls- _
If the CBCdoesge—or even if
"Many farmerS leave the mower
in gear when. they leave the trac-
tar seat to clear the cutter bar.
Sincethe sickle is moving and can't
distinguish' between the grass and
clover stems and the fingers,you
could end up with a 'short' finger
or two if you try to clear it, he
explains. . _
Even if you're rushed, the sae -
t expert advises you to take time
to shut off -the P.T.O. before oil-
ing or cleaning, out. Also, to
aveid damage to the bar when
transporting it, raise the cutter
bar to transport position.
'Other safety pointers that Wright
suggests are: .
Keep your dog tied up if he has
a habit of tbllowing you in the
field. He -cotild easily jump
through the tall grass' in front of
the mower and get Mut. IVIight be
a good idea .not to have ,chiekenS
Cir other livestock in the itieinity
too --a rnovver 'moving through the.
grass is bad to see.
Keep fenees-,free of chokecher-
ries and otherloW-growing brush
• so they don't plug the mower. Fur-
rows should be at least partially
filled before seeding to a hay niix-
tore so the tractor and mower will
pass over them smoothlY,
it Carries on. in a minor role,
picking up the leftovers from the
table.of the private broadcasters,,
many in Canada vvill niourn its de-
cline. and fall. , ,
For the CBC.Itas served minority
groups well; in -Variably tried to
seethat all got their point of view "
expressed, their time before the
carneras.
And there, perhaps, lies another
fault.It has' catered to the min-
ority audience often at the expense
of losing listeners and viewers to
stations -providing simpler', more
popular fare. •
It has done its patrons another
favOr by avoiding the wild excess-
es of commercial advertising Ise
ed. after seine particularly gruel- often practised by its private ra-
sesSions. - •
• Mr. Bushnell has been beaten
down by the committee on. the on-
ly issue on which he tried to take
a stand—against' revealing detail-
ed program costs and the share
paid, by commercial, ad,vertisers.
And, in quick succeasion While
the parliamentary wolves gathered,
the CBC has become enmeshed in
an unparalleled succession of bloo.p-
erg—the:Grey Nuns television pro
gram on the French network, the
Joyce Davidson incident and, the
unfortimately-executed decision to
abolish a- program of political com-
mentary out of Ottawa.
Add to these woes (1Matio Pre-
mier Leslie, Frost's bitter tirade
about., CBC "leftism", the McCar-
thy -type crusade in important see -
tions *the nation's press, and a
hundred other more minor factors
• which make 'Mr. Bushnell"s posi-
tion thoroughly unpleasant. Even
the CBC's best friend's have been
turning against it in its time of
trial, A prominent Liberal Who has
often ,spoken up in its support put
it this way: "The CBC is a fine
national asset. But how can you
defend it when it does stich silly
things and spends so much nioneY
needlessly?" • (The Corporation is
into, the federal till thig year for a
record $69,000,000, exclusive of the
•'Have you ever driven g ear?"
the lad y• applicant for a license was
asked. -•
"Over 100,000 miles," put in her
husband, "and never had a hand
on the;, Wheel,"
•
,dio competitors. To do this, it has
,passed along the tab to the tax- -
payer instead. And most people in
Ottawa -agree -that this milking of •
the taxpayer has 'a limit, and that
the,CBC has been approaehing per
ilously close -to it in recent years.
l'her.`e are very few, even. among
the private broadcasters, wbo
would prefer to kill the oetopus al-
together, The government's posi-
tion seen -is -to be that it should car,
Fy on, but learn to live within its -
income.
• And of this. the CBC seems to be
incapable. • •
For the sake of its own' future,
it must gain that ability.
, The opposition's guess is that
Parliament's long and weary ses,
tions • will Come -to an end about:,
July 15, 'ph oppositim is often the
best judge of this, because it does 1d
ng bulk of the ng and can;
either speed up or slow down the
• government's legislative, program.
The July 15 guess, however,' as
gumes that ....
-Ptinte Minister Diefen,
baker will' decide to wait for an-
other session to deal with his bill
of human rights, None of the three
parties in the Conimons has the •
• desire to tackle another heaVy and
difficult debate at this stage. ••
com erei a1 revenue it draws)
There's eRo doubt that the CliChas
brought q,uality: network radio and
teteviSion service, to remote cant-
intinities that would •have been left
out completely if the ugly necessity.
,of making. a profithad ruled. •
13nt„the GEC's own. figures show
that it trails badly behind conaPeti-
tiVe Ameriean stations 'serving the
A little old lady handed the post -
office clerk a package containing g
Bible. '
• "Anything ' breakable in • this?"
he asked.
• `1:1\tothing but the Ten Command-
ments," the little lady replied.
Fine paper is niade from rags,