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THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1952
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Just A Chance
Federal Finance Minister Douglas Ab
bott announced last week he believes in
the old maxim that a change is as good as
a rest.,
He changed the federal taxes but he
didn’t give taxpayers much of a rest.
The luxury taxes—the headliner ones
-—came down but that old drudgery, per
sonal income tax, went up.
He reduced income taxes six per cent
-—a pleasant note—but he added a Social
Security levy which will more than make
up the other saving—an unpleasant note.
He cut down taxes on cigarettes,
household appliances, cars and other lux
uries— i most magnanimous gesture on his
part especially when you consider the in
creased income taxes will leave us with
less money to buy them with.
Mr. Abbott predicts that the new taxes
will give him a surplus of $9,000,000. Last
year, he predicted he’d have $30,000,000
left over. He got over $356,000,000. over
10 times as much.
Now Canadians arc happy to endorse
the government’s “pay as you go’’ plan and
they are happy also to see the government
whittle the national debt down.
But to do it in chunks of $356,000,000
a year, is a bit unfair.
Surely we don’t have to pay
$11 billion debt in the next few
after all it’s taken us 85 years to
late it.
Oh, well, election year will be coming
soon.
(Important Decision
Ontario producers of eggs and poultry
will make an important decision this week
on whether the proposed scheme for mar
keting their produce is wise or not.
Two issues will be decided on.
The first concerns the establishment
of an egg marketing board to set up a
fund by a deduction of one cent per dozen
on any eggs sold through registered grad
ing stations.
Promoters of the scheme say this fund
can be used to sustain a higher floor price
than the government will adopt, and it will
insure egg producers against a serious price
drop at a time of over-supply.
A condition of the vote provides that
the proposal will not come into effect un
til at least two other surplus producing
provinces have established similar pro
grams and a national marketing board is
set up.
The second scheme will give authority
for the board to deduct one-tenth of a cent
per pound on poultry meat to provide for
establishment of an organization to nego
tiate control and conditions of sale of
poultry meat but not buying surplus meat.
These two issues, should they receive
the approval of the producers and be im
plemented, will mean an important change
in the industry and everyone interested and
eligible should vote Thursday, Friday or
Saturday.
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Finish The Job
‘ Let’s finish the job” is the appeal of
the South Huron Hospital Association in
announcing the final drive for donations
for the hospital.
Nearly $50,000 is needed to complete
and fully equip a building which is the
most essential to any community and one
which South Huron has always lacked.
The appeal is an urgent call for action
to people of this community who will bene
fit from a local hospital.
To answer the plea will mean a sacri
fice on the part of all of us. But it’s a sac
rifice we can well afford.
It’s the sign of a good community that
will erect a suitable building to care for
its sick. It shows that the people in this
community arc responsible for those among
them who need facilities for medical at
tention. It shows them to be loyal, faithful
and interested in the future of their neigh
borhood.
The need has been stressed before but
it’s worth repeating.
1. South Huron County is presently
without available hospital facilities closer
than London.
2. Approximately 13,000 persons are
resident in the area which the proposed
hospital would serve with the summer
population of nearby Grand Bend doubling
this figure.
3. In the north part of the county,
hospitals are located in four centres—Gode
rich, Wingham, Clinton and Seaforth,
t. Residents of South Huron are and
I have been paying taxes for the capital and
maintenance costs of these four hospitals
- without enjoying any of the benefits,
j 5. London hospitals and, in fact, hos-
, pitals everywhere are becoming more and
• more overcrowded, increasing the imme-
| diate need for hospital facilities within the
I district.
‘ Come on, South Huron, the challenge
j is here. Let’s meet it.
• Why not send a cheque now? Make it
I payable to the South Huron Hospital As~
i socintion and mail it to R. N. Creech.
! treasurer, Exeter.
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; Neighbors Still Count
i (Farmer’s Magazine)
' Many Canadian farmers have had lit-
I tie success in attempting to solve their
i labor problems with European immigrants.
I And yet many immigrants of good farming
stock have adapted themselves to Canadian
farm life, set up farms, of their own and
proved to -be as good farmers and as good
neighbors as native born Canadians.
And when misfortune strikes them
they are just as readily accorded the good
will which is characteristic of Canadian
rural life.
A York county farmer, an immigrant
from France, has been made well aware of
this. Former member of the Free French
and an active fighter with that under
ground movement, in his first few months
in this country he won the confidence of
his new country folk to such an extent that
he was enabled to get enough money to
begin farming on his own.
On his new farm near Sutton, he
proved a good neighbor and a good farmer.
He won the respect of bis community. He
established a hefd of purebred swine, built
it to sufficient size to begin actively sell
ing breeding stock, and then this winter
saw his hopes dissolved in the flames of
his burning barn. His barn and stock were
destroyed.
But he isn’t suffering his loss alone.
Neighbors have laid plans for the framing
of a new barn. At one meeting we attend
ed of a county farm group, nearly $250
was voluntarily donated and 10 bushels of
seed oats, and two sows were promised for
spring, to help this determined Frenchman,
now Canadian.
It’s the natural thing among farmers
to help their neighbors, and in doing it to
give little thought to the birthplace or the
language of the one in need. We can’t help
but admire every such incident.* * * *
Not Sale To Leave This
(Montreal Star)
There is a startling lesson for Canada
in the constitutional crisis now unfolding
in South Africa. There the courts have de
clared ultra vires an act passed by Parlia
ment on the ground that it did not carry
by the two-thirds majority decreed as ne
cessary when entrenched clauses of the
‘'colored” voters and it was a group of
these latter which brought the court action.
What action Dr. Malan’s government
is going to take no one knows, but it is a
simple fact that there is no constitutional
process which protects the entrenched
clauses involved. All that Dr. Malan has to
do therefore is to pass legislation by a sim
ple majority and the entrenched clauses of
the South African constitution can be
swept out of existence.
The parallel with Canada thus be
comes startling, for the procedure to
amend the British North America Act is
legally as simple and unprotected as that
involved in the amendment of the South
Africa Act. We too have not yet worked
out a complete process of amendment,
though Prime Minister St. Laurent and his
Minister of Justice, Mr. Garson, have been
hard at work on it in collaboration with
the provinces. The South African constitu
tion suggests that it is not safe to leave
matters as they are.
A newspaper item says London, Strat
ford, Kitchener and Waterloo officials will
get together to discuss .a proposal to pipe
water east from Lake Huron, Certainly
local communities will be interested in such,
a project and should follow the develop
ments closely.
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As the——
"TIMES" Go By
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50 YEARS AGO
Mr, and Mrs. E. R. Bissett
were honoured by 100 persons
before their departure for Cry
stal City, Manitoba.
Among the officers elected for
Trivitt Memorial Church were:
R. B. Samuel, S. Sweet, P. Row-
cliffe, A. Q. Bobbier, C. H. San
ders, N. D. Hurdon, E. Elliott,
George Harton, Joseph Davis,
Thomas Sanders, Adam Case, D.
Mill, J. Hawkins, John Hawk-
sliaw, A. G. Dyer, F. J. Knight,
J. Smallacombe, George Davis,
and George Atkinson.
Mr. William Yager, who has
for some time been engaged
with Mr. A. Hastings, as barber,
left Monday evening for Willow
City, Dakota, where he has ac
cepted a similar and lucrative
position.
Mr. Henry Cann has resigned
his position at the Hodgins
House, Hensail, and has accepted
a .position as mason with Mr.
George Heaman, of Exeter.
The following students were
among the first division of the
Crediton public school: Edna
Pack, Pearl Gaiser, William
Oestricher, Edith Hill, Carry
Wein, Herbert Fahrner, Everett
Haist, Emmery Fahrner, Charlie
Gower.
25 YEARS AGO
Messrs. C u n n i n g h a m and
Pryde have recently installed
some of the most modern equip
ment for the cutting and letter
ing of cemetery memorials.
Jdie Hogarth Chick Hatchery
is installing a new 47,000 in
cubator this week.
In the final intercollegiate
softball games for championship
played at Toronto university last
Wednesday, two Exeter students
were in the line-up. W. Lawson
played with the senior dental
team and George Beavers played
with the Victoria College team.
Twenty-five farmers in Us-
borne township have signed up
for hydro power and about eight
miles of line will be built the
coming summer to Thames Road,
Elimville and Winchelsea,
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. Harry Hoffman, of Dash
wood, winner of four gold med
als, has been selected as one of
24 Canadian singers who will
take part in the musical'-service
in Westminster Abbey on Coro
nation day.
Miss Margaret Taman, who
will graduate this year from
Western University has been one
of five to be chosen for the
Honor Society in view of the ex
cellent work she has done
throughout the year in the in
terests of the university.
Mr. W. C. Allison commenced
his ney duties with Mr. T. H.
Rowe on Monday.
Mr. Colby, the storekeeper at
Cromarty for the past three
years, has sold the business to
Mr. McDonald, Brussels, the
change to take effect immediate
ly.
1O YEARS AGO
Fine weather is being anxious
ly awaited to put the finishing
touches to the Centralia airport.
The buildings are in the last
stages of construction.
Members of the Exeter Bowl
ing Club executive were:., J. R.
C. Moffatt, W. G. Medd, George
Layton, T. O. Southcott, J. L.
Hembly, R. N. Creech and D. C,
Size.
Mr. William Preszcator, of
Stephen, has sold his farm to
Mr. Samuel Jory. On Tuesday,
Mr. Preszcator and family moved
to the farm of Mr. Ralph Willis,
of Stephen.
Mr. Sandy Elliot has pur
chased from the estate of the
late Thornton Baker, the busi
ness (property on Main Street
formerly occupied by Mr. Baker.
Rev. A. B. Irwin of Owen
Sound occupied the .pulpit at
James Street United Church on
Sunday. Rev. Mr. Page was at
Owen Sound.
... Neighboring News ...
N e w Indus try ?
Excitement has been running
high in Parkhill ever since the
first Gazettes reached the Post
Office last week.
Mayoi’ S. M. Emery has been
very much interested in securing
new industry for Parkhill since
taking office and he had a lead
towards a firm starting up in a
new location.
Naturally, one of the first
questions is whether there is a
sufficient source of manpower,
in this case, women. Within two
hours of The Gazette being
placed in the Post Office there
were replies to the advertisement
•and at the present time there
is a list of over 4 0 names.
At press time we have heard
no more facts about the new
industry but we believe there
are sufficient people ready to
accept work here and that Mr.
Emery has a strong talking
point when he again meets with
the officials of the company.
(Parkhill Gazette)
Child Has Arm
Caught In Wringer
Freddie Vock, 2-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Vock,
sustained a badly lacerated right
arm when it was caught in the
wringer of the washing machine
on Monday morning. X-ray in
Stratford Hospital revealed no
broken bones.
(Mitchell Advocate)
Purchase I>roperty
Two interesting real estate
deals were completed in Zurich
over April 1, in which Mr, Ivan
Kalbfleisch purchased from Mr,
Reg. Ullsley the farm just im
mediately west of Zurich on the
north side of the road, formerly
owned by Egbert Heideman, be
ing West half Lot 21, Concession
11, Hay Township. We under
stand Mr. Kalbfleisch wishes to
sub-divide part of the land into
building lots. Then Mr. Illsley
has purchased the residential
property along with the land of
Mr. C. C. McEachern in the
south-east corner of town, known
as the old .Haberei’ home. Mr.
Illsley, however does not get
possession of the dwelling as
long as Mr. McEachern requires
it, while he will have the use of
the land and the buildings at
the rear where he will operate
his Workshop in the art of pic
ture framing. (Zurich Herald)
Install Parking Meters
Parking meters in reduced
numbers are to be installed on
Queen and Water Streets, St.
Marys, according to the decision
of the town council at a regular
session on Monday night, when
a by-law authorizing into a con
tract with a meter company was
given its necessary three read
ings and’passed. Another by-law
making the enforcement of one-
hour paid parking legal was
given two readings and is now
before the Ontario Municipal
Board for approval.
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
McGregor: “What’s the *idea
of a (band of mourning on your
left leg, Jock?”
Jock: “My mither passed
away.”
McGregor: “But why on your
leg instead of your sleeve?”
Jock: “She was my step-
mither.”
Staffa Experiment
Something Sound In
Adult Education
By LILLIAN COLLIER GREY
| (Condensed from
“A mature mind is something
no person is born with. We
know our minds have to go
through different stages of
growth and development, and
because this is true there are
certain things we are not ready
or able to learn until we’re in
the adult group. That's why we
think every community needs
some planned program of adult
education.”
The young married man who
spoke those words was voicing
the opinion of a group of people
who have been highly successful
in the Staffa Community Work
ship, which is a new experiment
in adult education in Ontario’s
Perth County. Not a Short
Course, not a Folk School, but
a combination of the two, with
perhaps a little something more
thrown in—that is the Staffa
project.
When you ask, “How did you
‘happen to create this kind of a
pattern?”, you are told, “It just
sort of grew”. Other explana
tions follow, such as, “Bert Day
nard (the minister, you know)
really worked it up.” “Well,
there had been that three-day
Community School in Mitchell—
and the two-day Zone Farm For
um conference in the county.
Both of those got us thinking.”
Who Did The Ground Work?
An interested participant in
the two early ventures had been
the Rev. Bert Daynard, the Unit
ed Church clergyman at Staffa.
An observer of the Workshop
points out, “The personality of
the Rev. Bert Daynard must not
be overlooked in this develop
ment. He has been the prime
mover behind the scenes, and
his indomitable belief in people’s
ability to grow in knowledge and
understanding has been the vital
force of the Staffa Workshop.”
Bert Daynard, with characteris
tic modesty, ignores the part he
played and says, “The Work
shop could never have been
without the training received in
Farm Forums. It was there we
learned the thrill of group dis
cussion and activity. Nor could
the Workshop have been with
out the moral support, wisdom
and guidance of, the London
Branch of Community Programs
and the Stratford office of the
Department of Agriculture.”
Varied Groups Work Together
The School, which got under
way the first week in January,
1949, was sponsored by the Hib
bert Township Farm Forums,
the township Federation of Agri
culture, and two departments of
the Ontario Government. Financ
ing was not so great a problem
as might be supposed. Most of
the speakers were provided by
the Government departments
named, with a few coming from
Western Ontario University or
some other n’ot too far distant
source. The Federation paid the
rent for the hall, and the collec
tion which were taken at the
evening sessions were generous
enough to look after the other,
modest expenses.
To plan the project, a com
mittee was set up, consisting of
two representatives from each of
the four Forums in the town
ship, with the president and sec
retary of Hibbert Federation act
ing ex officio, The Forums were
asked to suggest the topics they
would like to see included in the
program.
No “Sugar Coated Education”
It was almost inevitable that
the topic for the first morning
sessions should be, “The Com-
Farmer’s Magazine) 1
munity”. Two or three people
from each neighborhood were
asked to discuss the history and
needs of the community. The
questions with which the group
ended up were searching ones—
“What is necessary for an abun
dant life?”, “What does loving
God mean?”, “What does loving
your neighbor mean?”.
For- the evening sessions,
speakers were brought in to
speak on general subjects. Those
chosen that first year were,
“The Soil”, “Rules of the Road”,
“The World Food Situation”,
“Law and its Enforcement”. The
final evening session ended with
a community dance and lunch,
which more than two hundred
people attended. “We had. the
best time we’d had in years,”
one middle-aged woman said.
While there were evening ses
sion each night throughout the
first season, these have since
been whittled down to three. It
was found that five nights in a
row were pretty strenuous, and
added to that was the difficulty
of obtaining so many good
speakers.
Even in that first year, one
of the surprising things about
the Workshop was how willingly
and naturally the people took to
study and discussion. Many more
people turned out to discuss
“The Community” than appeared
for the afternoon session on ad
justing binders and mowers. And
each successive year this has
held good, there being more de
mand for more and more study.
And what were the subjects
which the Staffa fojk wanted to
study? The second season, the
morning sessions were devoted
to these five topics: Devalua
tion .and its Implications, The
Future of the Farm Family,
Why Farming Is Worthwhile,
Efficiency and Management on
the Farm, and Father and Son
Agreements and related topics.
In the afternoons, the men had
instruction on “Control of Ani
mal Diseases” and “Farm Ac
counts”, while the women had a>
course in First Aid and Home
Nursing. That year, a judge was
invited to come in the evening
and speak on Law, and a labor
official came another night and
spoke on “Labor's View”.
“Good, Tough Subject Matter”
By this time, Staffa people
were ready for good, tough sub
ject matter as may be seen by
the list of morning topics: Is
the Party System Out of Date?,
What Do Other Democracies Of
fer?, Provincial-Federal Govern
ment: Are They Pulling Us
Apart?, Is the County Council
Necessary? The final morning
was open for free discussion,
and we’ll venture to say there
was plenty of it. The men
learned something about Animal
Nutrition and Silage this past
season, and the women spent the
afternoons on various crafts. One
evening topic was, “Planned
Production,” another “The Place
of the Senate”.
The second season, the group
themselves took more respons
ibility. More people came, from
farther away. Each year, the
subjects under discussion grew
meatier and weightier, until now
the group is wondering if next
season a university extension
course in some subject such as
Economics might be possible.
A Well Informed Community
The number of people who at
tended the Workshop usually
varied from twenty to one hun
dred, with many more turning
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LAFF OF THE WEEK
... So it shouldn't be hard for an intelligent man like you to see
why I can't possibly let you have any money with all of those
bills and my mother-in-law moving in on me and . .