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SEAFORT11,- ONTARIO, JULY .3.1, 1959.
Mem r- of
Canadian Weekly
Newspapers
Association
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•'Carnival Is Opportunity For Public To Take Part
. There probably is no one facility in
Seaforth tliat provides greater en-
joyment to a greater -number of peo7
ple during the summer months than
does the Lions Park and. Pool. Not
• only does the •Park-serv-e Seaforth,
but its pleasures are enjoyed by • old
- and young throughout a wide area.
It is impossible to estimate the regard the Park as a matter of right
drownings that have been avoided as --something for which they have no
a result of the hundreds- upon, hun- responsibility. Fortunately, such a
drecls of district children who have feeling is not widespread.
been taught to swim at the, Lions.; ,Each year the public has an op -
Pool. •-- - portunity to co-operate—witl-L. the
All this has become possible be- Lions Club, .and that is on the occa,-
cause members of the Seaforth Lions sion of the annual Summer Carniyal.c.
Club for more than 30 years have, The proceeds from the carnival de -
never lost sight of their long range termine the degree of maintenance
plan to provide the best in -park that is possible for the Park. ,
facilities for Seaforth. They have This year the Carnival takes place
never hesitated to devote hour upon - on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
hour of their time with no. rennin, ___,„exenings_of---next,week,T-he, public
eration,other than the -satisfaction Of :18- urged to indicate its appreciation
knowing that something worthwhile of the park facilities by tttending the
was being- created-in----tIre-Seafort 1Val:Net-011 yls a- --ul - _
_..____community. -Throughout the_____years-----entertainme,nt-guararteed, but those
the public has co-operated in making attending -'will---have--the -satisfaction_
available necessary _funds, and this of having had a part in making pos-
teamwork has created a Park ar-' ,sible a continuation of the Lions
rangement the 'equal of any avail- Park program.
able in tovais of similar. size
• During recent years increasing::
'costs Of everYthing.thatgOeS into the
maintenance and operatiOn_of Sa
• forth Lions Park has made more dif-
ficult ,the task of the: Lions... Club:
Aildia-g to
on the the part Of Soine of the public to .
;.•
'Tnever saw suchan'opttimuiist (71.7„...7thinks'the world is going
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SEE
g Away
'..:A--three-31eaW'r-alloirrIpitiiistriet
.gurlildinissiesienpliifig3rzy,..g.!lpecrancr4-, vtvwatS,,
Miles, 'from. where' 'she...had disap-,:',
pear, --police -reportdfStindaY.r4ean,
Bars,'' daughter a ,Mr. andrIVIrs":,'
. .
T.p'ats,v7ita-2icippo-,L-fell_.
asleep in front of the .I.VIaple - 1'0e
j.
,;410. 1,1")-lel'ff7-.usszttr)clie:Cro,110 It:141
b1-
y One ofvt.he-r-resiclents; who nod-.
fied pollee: Thegirl had laeert.Switi-
'‘:Ining 'at L.Turnbitir§ • Grove. -Exeter
Times-AdVoente., .
, .
. .
itinvink Inland
• Merchants , on the -west side of
Josephine South have been COM -
Larger Fatnis•'Means: 'Fewer:, FarMers. : plaining for a long time about the
and it -seems that th :have reall
•
vast water puddles in.tlie back lane
Y
There • is no doubt that the •
--trend today is-toAkrger .farms and.
• fewer farmers. At the same time stu=
dies show that while there maybe-
-- fewer farmers, there will Continue to
be just as big, if not a bigger, pfir-
Chasing power presentin the
areas. Fewer fariners.'..will
more, not less, consumer goods.
In the U.S., the trend towards
large .farms -and .fewer farmers is..
several years ahead of Canada, but
studies there are an indication of the
Situation to be expected here. The
National Industrial .Gonference
Board in the U.S. has completed a
survey that shows a substantial 'in-
crease in farm purchasing poiVer..:
The conference board 'reports
"Since the late thirti_eS,- the rininber
of persons living on -,farms in -the'.
U.S. has dropped by about one-third, -
from 31 million to 21 million; and -the
number of farms has fallen .by a
fourth, from 6.5 million to. 17
lion. Despite thiS drastic shrinkage;
fanners last year bought about $40.
`billion worth of producers' and con- .
Rimers' goods and services, compar-
ed with an annual average of around
$11.5 billion during- the years 1937-41. .
Valued at 1958 prices, total expendi-
- tures for production -and family liv-
ring averaged about $20
1937-41. Hence, it real terms, farm-
.. ers bought abOut. 50 per cent .inore
Attitude- Of Citiiens
The ,Bulletin of Brooks Alberta
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has been' delving into the form of
publicity that provides the greatest
'benefit to a town. It concludes, and
in this we agree, that the attitude of
local citizens particularly business-
men, to their community can do more
to. make or break a town than any
other single thing.
The Bulletin has this to say: "If
peopje get good treatment and good
service at what theyconsider to be
fair prices, they will- throng to that
town. -
"On the other hand, if people are
• shabbily treated and are not provid-
ed With a Wide range of services at
reasonable prices, they will avoid that
town.
-"The enterprising spirit of bUsi-
nes;% ancl .professional men aIso'heips
in a town's growth. We see -evidence
Of this in our town through the ac--,
• tivity of service clubs, lodges 'arid
other. civic grams.
'A town should have good,church-
„es which contribute to the religious
life of a wider community.'
'A town should have good schools
, for the training and educating of
Sueb is a matter of major
iniPortalice.
"Cultural life suId •not be neg.
ec neither sb� d sports. and On”
last year than 20 years ago."
The an-sWer, of course, is simple.
As -fArins'inerease in size, a great-
er quantity of indilern machinery is
required and there is a resulting de-
crease in the labor used. But the
--ma,Chinery is niore efficient and" the
output is , greater than if the farm
had continued to be operated by man-
power and 'the return is proportion-
ately greater. -TFhe difficulty, of
course, insofar as many farms are
concerned, is that they are not large
enough to support efficient large-
scale inachirierys: And their owners
are denied the increased purchasing
power which that same machinery is
producing for owners of larger oper-
ations.
Hitcher -hiker Menace
To heed the hitch -hiker andstop
may be dangerous in more ways than
one. ..Firstly, it is dangerous to pull =
out of a fast-moving stream 'of traf-
fic nd 8econd1y, you don't know• -
Who you are picking up.
The -_pained look on tIie hitch-
hiker's face asyou drive ast may
make you feel a bit of a heel. He may
be an honest Citizen or a young stu-
,clent. But,then, you never know. It
is better to feel heel thanto feel a
knife or gun in your ribs.—(Brock-
r ville Recorder and Times).
Makes the . Difference
tertainment, -Such acti'vities round
out a town'contribution to a much
enlarged population.
"There are other fattors „ which
tend to develop a town. One of them,
we meekly observe, is a good news-
paper."
Coddling the Cows
Only a„ few generatiOns ago, man
had to bed down on an uncomfortable,
arrangement of ,rope springs and
horsehair mattress. Lucky - indeed
was -the householder with a feather
ticking'
e
But times have -,changed for man—
and ,for beast. And, if anything, the
•beast is -making faster progress to-
ward complete comfort,
Proof of -the matter: An .English
cattleman now has his cattle sleep-
ing On foam rubber rnattressesta,ste-
fully covered bY an envelope of
-strong plastic.
It saves labor—the mattresses are
, quickly 'hosed down every morning.
It saves money,---stiaw is hard to'get,
and increasingly' expensive beca,use
modern field machinery doesn't leave
• behind as ml taw as the old-fash-'
lolled threshing machine.
And it makes for contented cows.
Now the never'get out of the wrong
side of the bet.(Financial rost)v
seMething -to sq.nawk about:One
evening -.at- the weekend two ,rural,
Hydro employees and:One Of Ahe
bnesSmen 'spent , 'Considerable
time ,:the Pur;
suit of a, ,seagull " had:
landed' on one of, the. Wathr,-heleS,,
no 'doubt in , the Mistaken- belief,
that -he was tniehing doWo. on -Lake
Huron.-Wingliain;Advance-Times.
• Brings Honour - :
Dr, E. Kirk Lyon, . Leamington,.
has brought', great henour toHui.'
lett, township . where he .grew,
to, Clinton. , District :CoUeglate
where . he , attended secondary
School,: and to his HiS-
,nidther, Mrs. Lyon; lives in..„,:the
village Of" Londeshoyo. •When the
Dirke Of 'Edinburgh; 'Priede
Was. inStalled as president. of the
'Canadian Medical' As,scidiation in
:1Toronto earlier this summer, the
,Prince Wined oVer.the active -dir-
ties of; this ;PbSition to' -Dr.. E. -Kirk
Lyon. Present at theeyent were
YEAR
AGONE
-From The Huron Expositor
August 3, 1034
Dr. W. C. Sproat, Seaforth, won
third prize for the second nine at
the Western Ontario Academy of
medicine golf tourney, held at
Fairnfount Course, London, on Wed-
nesday. Dr. W. Aberhart, Mitchell,
also- won third prize for the second
riine in the first handicap class.
Fire, believed .to; have been
started by improper electric wir-
ing, broke out in- Huron County
Home, Clintqn, on Sunday evening,
The blaze, which had gained, ;con-
siderable headway before being
• discovered, started in the , attic,
Only, the quick work of_the man-
ager, using fire •protection, apPli-
ances, saved the building from ser-
ious damage. ,
Hon. Duncan Marshall, Provin-
cial Minister of Agriculture, has
accepted the invitation of the di-
rectors of the Seaforth Agricultural
Society- to Officially open theSea-
forth Fall Fair on September 21st.
Mrs. S. J. Houston, age 71, Tuck-
ersmith, and her daughters, Miss
France S and Miss Betty ,Houston;
were admitted to St. Joseph's Hos-
pital, London, on Monday after-
noon as a result of a collision at
• the intersection of ItghWays Nos.
4 And 22, north of London, in which
they were hurled from the car.
Mrs. Houston Suffered severe head
Wounds and a crushed pelvis, and
her daughters' injuries were of a
less serious nature. ,
UNTY PAPERS
Dr. and, -Mrs. Walter , Oa es,„
News4teeord.
1Ionetieliair ,. .
:-.:LakeshOre, ,(TOrinito.)La_MOose ex -7
Tebutors,,,'Mr and Den-
orne' 'haVe.boen 'awarded'-toP hon-
ours in the.MooSe .fraternity. Mr..
Denome ITTaT-r.tative- Of 'tlie4tirieh-
distriet,...and-has:,-,se-Verat--SisterS2
liVingin the distriet. Mr.-1)eno'nie;'.
Deputy: Supreine Governer.for :Ora-
• tarie. and 'Past' governor .of
Shore Ledge, TeceiVed tie ,Piliiiiri
-Degree of 'Merit. for Ilia '"continued
.devotion- to .the philanthropic ainiS
of:the .LoYal! Orderof Moose?' The
'distinction. 'Of - the ' award is that,
orily•one of -19,000 Moose members
receive. the ,,degree each
airich' Citizens NewS.
**Mein' Creek
Confronted . with' a 'report "1- that
arSeniehad been found in drain-
age. Water-lioni-.7the town-,1-eouricir
LMondaY. night -requested the litiren:
County Health Unit -to determine
llie;!.Souree,,of Ahe.-Poiseriing, .Whicli
:has,-aireadY, kilted ,one-Cattle'beast.•
Council' agreed to reveal, the ..corf-:
dition-to the Ontario '' Water
sourCes'COMmiSsien which is Mak;
ing,a study !Of the„,town's sewage,.
P-reston Dearing, prominent 'Steph=
en.tOW:aship „sheep farmer,: report-
:6d- an: ,'OAd analysisof a Steer.
Which died, in May revealed arSenie
liadhcen found in :the beast's,liver
,andstornaeli„ as well as in sam,
pie. of water taken from .the -creek
Whielt flows; 'through the. Dearing
ieVe aka
'hehad lostla 'Sheep last 'week. It•
'died in •the' same fashion as the
steer. The Stephen 'farmer has Won
.for-inanY yearS ' top :Canadian
•aWards. for -Dorset -Horned.
,Exeter Tim -Advocate. '
From The Huron Expositor,
•
July 30, 1909 ,
. Mr, J, Wade, who has been on
the staff of the Bank of Commerce
here, has been transferred to the
'Winnipeg branch and left for ,,that
city oil Wednesday.
' Messrs., T. ',Renlde and E. Mc-
Murray haVe had their residences
in Agmendville newly painted and
•freshened up, Mr. Beak ha § also
had a ea -Rent -Walk laid, dowii-riast-
his place. ' -
The Eleetric Light Company
have taken out their small boiler
and are installing a 125 -horsepower
lioiler, inariufactured by, The tell
Engine Co.
The rural free mail:delivery will
be inaugurated on Monday, Aug, 2,
�ri, Route NO. 1, Huron, that is, the
Seaforth-Harleek route, All the
boxes, are not M, hand yet, but.
those WhO have boxes and that are
in position, Will. be served.
The reef '4the-ClitttOn station-
houae caught fire frOnt a spark
•-Interesting items gleaned from.
The Huron .gxpositoe of -25, 59
and .75, 'years' 'ago."
The fire was noticed in me, how-
ever, and Was extingili heci before
any serious damage was done.
This season -has-seen more im-
provements in the stqre fronts on
Main Street -than usual. Among'the
•latest to freshen up with paint is
Mr. Geo. A. ,Sills,,hardware merch-
• Mrs. John McLaughlin, of "Exe-
ter, met with another painful -ac-
cident. A. few days ago, while car-
rying a pail of boiling water from
the stove to pour it into a tub, she
slipped and Ithe water spilled over
her face and breast, scalding her
severely. A. short time ago ,Mrs.
McLaughlin I had the misfortune to
fall from a cherry tree and, break
Mr. "William Webber, :of HenSall,
has added to the appearance and
-comfort of his , dwelling on Rich:
mond St. North, by raising the kit-
chen part to the sante height as
the main dwelling, and also other-
wise improving the interior,
From The Huron' Exi)ositot-
,
• August I, 1884
Mr. Edward McFaul, "The 'Cash
Dry Goods; Man", has purchased
that handsome store on Main St.
.which he .now •occupies, for the
sum of $3,250 cash, and in a short
time'tvill commence improvements
for the actommodation of other
departmentS. .t
, Orr 'Wednesday evening last as
Mr. 'John G. Wilson was driving
into town his horse got frightened
at a bicycle, and making a sudden
jump broke one of, the shafts, arid
then becoming uncontrollable up.
set the buggy, throwing Mr. Wil-
son out on ,the hard -ground. The
animal ran; to theQueen's
dragging the buggy, oin its side,
Where it Was caught. Mr, Wilson's
face was slightly scratched, but he
escaped • very fortunately, and
neither the 'horse nor buggy Were
Wick
Mrs. MeKnightfTof "ruckersmith,
hag sold her farm, the old Mc -
Ewing honiestead, tO a gentleman
from Uaborne, for the sum of
$8,000. • Mrs. •ft clCnight intends
coining la ,Beaforth to reside.
Mr. John Brunsdon, of Landes -
bora, had a, valuable mare die last
week, making the third animaLhe
has lost in two months,, one being
a cow for which he refused $71), the
three animals making a loss' Of
abein $200.
Mr; Andrew'Calder, of this tattn,
'has sold his thoronghbred Ayralike
WM calf to Mr. Jacob Bruxer, Of
Mm an engute in /Jay recently. .
(I3y REV. ROBERT H. uHARPER)
. COMING SOON -
When a small bay, visiting
country, I clinibed boldly up the
wall of a corn -crib and on to the
edge of the roof and reached the
top. The crib was built with large
pine poles and the wail was -,*as
good as a ladder. And the roof was
not Very steep. I felt like a- con-
1lUeror until I thought of getting
de-Wri'.---Recause -of---the,4-projecting_
roof, I could not see the ladder -
like wall and the ground., at a dis-
tance looked very far.
Fortunately, nty uncle's stont son
canie along. I knew the strength
of his brawny arms and, the
warmth of his big heart. And when
he said, "You just jump down and
I'll catch yen," I knew he would,
-antij
hadu-nlooPt"T-i
heard the.h" of -rockets
to the moon. Now I wonder' hew
the space travellers are going tO
land on the -moon. And how are
they going to return '' tit earth?
When the friction of the earth's at-
mosphere begins -to burn up the
rockets* the man inside would seem
to have little ehanCe. No doubt this
,phase of the space trip is giving
some concern to the wise _men,
We are often confronted with the
problem of coming down or get-
ting -back. It is well to consider
the consequences of an 'action and
to think of the end of ,the matter.
The Great Book will give you a
sure plan of- life's, journey.-
ortationi_Of
en'and Mone.
-e-T-CunadaT
,Ever since the, earliest settlers
located -In . Canada the development
of the country has dependedun the
importation of meh and of capital
from abroad.
• Our most prosperous Years have
.always been_ the years in which
both capital and labor have been
free to enter the country and to
seek out whatever opportunities for
development they could' find with-
in its borders awl, to go ahead.and
develop' them. '
Our leanest years hive been the
Years in which he entry, of People
and capitairhai been most restrict-
ed, and their activities most ham -
Capital seldom enters a, develop-
ing country in the form -of, cash. It
comes --in---the-forin- of material§
and equipment needed for the de-
velopment of the country's resourc-
es. Frequently it. is accompanied
by:rnen with the experience and
,the aby to clireCeits inVestment
and tc;, plan -and. manage the in-
dustries it establishes. , '
It would have been -the height -
of folly for Canada to have insisted
that foreign capital coming into,
the country must be in the form
of cash to be spent- in Canada on
Canadian -made products,. that,it,be
directed and managed by Cana-
dians and that' the equipment it
needs be Canadian made. •
When the Canadian. Pacific Rail..
way was. bailt, Canada hacl neither
the money nor the rails, noir• any of
the equipment, :tor the means -Of
producing them, nor the experi-
ence needed to construct and oper-
ate such an enterprise. -All we' had
*as faith in the country as &place
where Men could make a 'living if
it were properly developed.
We had.a population and a gov-,
eminent with the goed,sense to al-
low' development and enterprise to
proceed with a' minimum of gov-
eminent meddhng.. They didn't
worry' in. those days. about the na-
tionality of the bond -holders or the
stock -holders, or. of the -directors
or• the senior- officials, or where
Alley bought their supplies_ Their
concern was tok get the railway
built ,and in operation. ,• '-
That policy paid of by creating,
for our use, a railway that bound
Canada together, that served it
arid is still serving it vvell, and is
one -of the very few railWays-on
the continent that has 'never been
in the hands of a receiver. .
Since the second. world war we
have had a greater influx of for-
eign Capital into...Canada than we
ever had before-naost ofit.frorn
the United States. We have need
for it all; but are we using the
same good judgment in -dealing
with this imported capital as our
grandfathers did during the last
century? - •
-We have contplained abut our
adverse trade balairee with the
country froin _which, this eapital is
coming, ' and we have "elected a
•Government pledged to redress
that "balance. But, have we ever
considered how we can import
capital on the scale we have been
doing, without incurring such- ad-
verse trade balances
H. We insiat or buying no__more
from the United States than she
buys from us, how are we ever
'goingto import the capital she is
sending up here for investment?
We can't have it both ways. We
can't have the real benefits of
American investments in our coun-
try if we insist,orr Americans regu-
larly taking hack as Much as we
take from them. To do so would
be to reduce Americans' invett,..,
ments- in Canada to zero. - •
'We hope it is not too late for
our Government to reconsider its
policy of 'balancing trade,. with
coontrieS from which We are anx-
• imouesaMinimcpanoratdaea±itertlurfoani inseVeenset:,
July -'59). '
• Two politicians had .spent the
night in,a, hotel.• Next morning, one
said, "Joe, the country's in a mess.
Things look bad."
"How conk?" 4rep1ied the sec-
ond. "Last night you told the vot-
ers• thing, neva' looked resier,"
"That's different,'! snapped the
first candidate, '"Lait /light Was
talldrigThls taornhig km' think -
Sitting on- the front steps on a
-summer night, listening' to -the rob-
ins thrashing around in' my cedar -
cum -maple hedge, I got te vvonder,
Mg- why in the world they don't
make summers the way they used
The, summers these days are not
as long, they're not as hot, they
don't smell as_ good; , an& perhaps -
worst of all,they don't sound the
same. And that's not 'nostalgia
for something that's gone. It's
Why thirty years ago, I did more
in one day in the sun -inlet- than I
do--in-a--week_now..._The days were
twice as long. There were inter,
minable games of baseball tq be
played. There was, The- Sandpit to
visit. -There- were suckers- to be
caught and sold for.'two cent
pound td the ancient and honour-
able Jew who bought all bur mer-
• chandise.
* *
There -Wig- gardening -and other
work to be avoided, which took
lot of tirne and ingenuity. There
was Swimming for hours, until your
lips turned blue, ,the'sign it was
time to quit. There was smoking
to be done at The Cave, with
swiped tobacco wrapped in toilet
paper. There were kids to fight.
•Don't tell me kids are the, same
to -day. I know ,better. Ote'they're
fine, if they're playing some ball
that some service club has organ-
ized for them. They're happy en-
ough if they're having their super-
vised swimming. But- the res of -
the
, day, they just loll' around,
whining that there's nothing td do
and waiting for their Poor, bedrag-
gled father.,to come borne from
work,,_s.o_lie_can_take_ them --sWin-e-
min, or to -the -Drive-In, or ;.any-
where, as longas they're liehrg en-
tertained. ,
And • 'take evenings..
,
arid leisurely, full of deep peace
.and contentment. They were quiet.
They -smelled good..
, In the evenings, the men would,
sinoke their pipes on the Verandah;
,they would water their lawns with,
relaxed-Coneentration;' the Y . would
go M .the ball, game . iwith :their
.sons and walk horne',:.through the
dusk, beneath the insh maples, eon.
tent.
• * *
In the, evenings the wGmert.
would potpri in their gardens;
they would sit and rock their babies
on the verandah; they would
make vast pitchers of iced lenion,
ade-,. they wohld sit and talk the - •
endless, simple, complex_ talicof, -
wOmen, content.
In the evenings; ,the children
Would pursue their eternal games
of Hide and- Seek, Red Light, and -
Run; Sheep, Rut; they would reL
spond reluctantly to their mothers': .
hooting •Oe the third eall; they
.weuld stagger, Upstairs; suddenly '
exhausted, andlimp as -wet towels,
'fall inte bed, ,content.
Nowadays, summer ev,enings,,
like- everything -else, are short, -
snappy and, cool, Father watts to
go golfing: The kids are determ-
inecl on a swim. Mother is; bound --
sire wants . the car -to go visiting.
By the time the fiat is Over;;%so
t.he evening, and they disgruntledly
do nothing, except all stay up too
Remernber,.the gotmds Of -a .surii-
mei-, evening, each. With Its special
romantic -in. the warm, Still
'The lazy chatter of ,a :man -pushed
lawinnoWer; the rythmic smack of
'ballon glove as .two kidsplayed
'catch;,. the 'cries fromthe howlirig7,-
green, muffled it the-Velvet.night'
And 'When theclorkiteSs earne,.
and 'the, night , grew', qUieter: , the -
murmur of voices. ftorn, .the Ver,:
aridahs; the uneven click of
ofi sidewalk, as ,loverSa'rnbled home.:
froth the MOyies; .the.. squeak Of
haminocktsWinging
Porch.; -.the'liiiiely-Whistling of . .
lonely,youth; the thin strains Af'
gramophone. ' „
. These , 'sounds; .eann With. an inti .
niate_rneaning,Jiave-been-replaced.--'---
by, the ,snarl. of :the pewer :mower; .„
the,roar Of earsrushing: nowhere' ;
in pal -Met -liar; .the scream of
and Shriek of brakes::: the blatting '
nf'. futebOx ; or television...; , They..
are, not sounds but noises• "
On second thought, maybe it's
not summer that has become less
pleasant. Maybe it's society.
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A ,..McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT •
THE SESRON CLOSES
•O'ITAWA-Weary M.P.'s pet on
a spurt last week to push their way
through millions, of dollars in fed-
eral estimates and tag ends ofleg-
islation, in order to bring _the •six-
r."-tiadinithen-ttoaclose.
long sessionof the 24th, Par-
• It was a session that was long
on talk, but short on concrete re-
sults. It was easily the stormiest
faced by the Conservative Govern-
ment. since it came to office two
years ago, and. clearly !narked an
end to the post-election honeymoon
• of the new ministry. The Unseemly
rush by members to' rubber-starnp,
tens of millions of dollarsof gov-
ermnent expenditures, and jam
through bits and pieces of legisla-
tion after months of dawdling aim,
lessly demonstrated once again.the
urgent need far the Canadian, Par-
liarnent to take a -leaf from the
•United Kingdom House in the pro-
per organization of its business.
Probably one of the most txotabie
aspects about the sessio-ii, just past
was the part played- by -commit-
tees. Under the Liberal regime,
they, had become perfunctory af-
fairs after 22 years,- the Op-
position' banging its head to no
avail against the massive -wall er:
ected-iiy th:e-GOvernilleartItajority
to resist any attempt to carry out
a, proper investigation of "the busi-
ness of government.
• The committees this session -
arid there -were -more of them sit-
ting than at any lime in recent
memory -tickled their jobs with
an unaccustonied vigor. Although
the Conservatives dominated all
committees, -a number of them
bronghtin reports highly critical of
various phases Of government ac-
tivities. •
This is not to say they all did a
good' job. Some of them, like the
Commons Broadcasting Committee',
seemed to be intent on destroying,
or at _least 'seriously eripPling an
institution that has 'rnade a major
contribution to the development of
a sense of nationhood from shore
t�shore-the OBC. But over-riding
that consideration wat the new vi
tality whieh seemed to transfor-m
Parliament into more than a rub-
ber stamp. For ail the long months
that- it sat, •Parliament actually
passed few pieces of major legis-
lation. A bill to establish' a Na-
tional Energy Board was probably
one of the most,' important. .
There were other bills to help
curb obscene: literature; extend
farm credit; provide for the hug
mark slaughter of animals; estab-
lishinng-term export credit; and,
reliey&toa limited eXtent the im-
pact of the 17.per cent increase in
freight rates on the Maritimes and
the 'West. Apart from that, most
of the legislative changes werein-
significant.
Throughout the session the goy,
ernment stumbled from one storm
centre ,to anOther. The first came
over its refusal to Send RCMP re-
inforcemente to Newfoundland dur-
ing the loggers' strike, which led
to the resignation of Cornmissioner
L. NicholSon. Soon after that
Ottawa was: in hot water- again.
With its blunt treatinent-nf the
land Province in the provision of
„special aid.unclet the terms of un -
A i_iidginent handed down by Mr.
Justice Thorson, of the Exchequer
Court, diselosing that John Pallett,
Government whip and COnservative
rneiriber for Peel, had instructed a
real estate agent, which -he per-
suaded the government to appoint
as an appraiser, to put as high a
valuation as, possible on land ex,
propriated . for IVIaIton- Airport,
touched oft another n kciat 'The
Goyernxiient found itseif itt another
erisiewhen it perentterily Strapped..
the , supersonic , Arrow, 'threwing-
over 10,000 ,A.Vro employees QUt Of,
Work. While if Stilt prOorastinated
on ,its, decision about-'reequiPping
the Canadian squadrons in Etirope..
Sharpest cmit,ro-versy'of
alidevel-
oped at the tail -end, of the Session
when acting CtC.Presidpnt; Erneat
:Bushnell;`,' orderedcaneellation- .
a Morning radio commentary 'Pro-.
grain, on •Parliainent, touching off,
charges of. "clandeStme, political in•
Iluenee's from.' three senioroffic.
ials and mass resignation �f: em-
ployees in •the talks- and ,ptiblie •
affairs departrnerit: • -
,With the send of the 'sesSion,' one
of the :urgent lobs fading Prime
Minister Piefenbaker was a re4.4-
shuffle in his cabinet.
Most presamg was the aPpointo..
ment ' of 'neck •-11/iiiiiter Of • Vublic-
Works to fake over from the Hon.
Howarth, Green., Who''Vras' transfer."
red to the Ex'terlialt Affairs Port- ,
folia. The Prime Minister has in-
dicateci- this wllI be • done • Very
shortly, .1:nit when ft -comes to mak-
ing appointment Mr. Diefenl3aker at time can put. to-- shame "Old
Tomorrow?', as ,Sir John A. Mne
donald the first Conservative-
Primie Minister -was nicknamed,'
Capital 141I Capsules
One of the top contenders fin -the
public wok § post is said to be
David Walker, Conservative mem.
bet for Toronto -Rosedale, -whose
appojntment would almost eertain-
ly force the Prime 1VIinister to re.
shape his cabinet. Nomination oi
Mr. Walker would increase the On.
tario representation in the cabinet ,
to seven and raise the number--
froiri the Toronto area to the un.
precedented total of five.
• * * *
The Prime Minister neW has on-,
ly five niembers from. Quebec; in ---
his tninistry, despite the fact that
he -promised to name a sixth very
'soon after the election In March,.
1958. NM' do any of those in tho
cabinet play any major role. The
'Most senior and the 'best knoWn In
Quebec, the Hon. Leon Baker, was
put into the post of solicitor -gener-
al, a portfolio that can almost to
described ,as a $27,00"0 -a -year
cure.
The last -Gallup Poll showed a
sharp break in Quebec support for
the • Conservative , -.party, which,
many observers have attributed to
tie failure of PrirneiViinister-Dief.
en13aker to provide adequAte num,
erical -representation, and, mare
important, his failure to name any
Quebec Minister Who -holds the high
regard Of ,the French-Canadian
People -
SMILE OR TWO
"Hi, Jim! FiShingf
7'Naw; just drowning worms.'
When yoti knock at her door and
her husband opens some.
thing, brother -sell something!
A Canadian was playing eliess by
mail with a friend iti South Africa -
After lir months and no word, the
South African Wrote to inquire
about the delay. "Gell" the Can.
adian replied, "I thought it waa
your move,"
The traffie officer waved down'
the lady- motorist, took out hiS:little
book, and said: "As soon.„as I saw
you dome areund the alltVO, I said
to mytelf, 'Forty-five at least!'"
"Officer," remonstrated the lady
indignantly, "yen are'Very much
riliStaken. It's this hat that niakert-
e look so d.
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