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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1966-10-13, Page 8Page 8—Clinton News-Record—-Thurs., Oct. 13, 196$ Plaque Unveiled -t I* Alberta’s First SC Premier Was Raised Near Seaforth An historical plaque com memorating r William Abehhart, founder of the Social Credit Party and farmer premier 'of Alberta, was' unveiled' in Sea forth yesterday, Situated at th© Seaforth and Distinct High Sbhpoll which Mr, Aberhart attended, this Plaque is one of a, series being erected tliroughput the province by’ the Department pf Tourism aud' In formation, acting on the ady.ice ’ of the Archaeological ahd His toric Sites Board of Ontario, Wednesday's ceremony was arranged and sponsored by the Seaforth DHS Board. The plaque was unveiled by Mrs, Charles MacNutt pjf Cal gary who is a daughter of Mr. Aberhart, Mrs. MacNutt also gave .a resume, of her father's career. .< Others taking part in the program were His Worship J. J. Flannery, Mayor of Seaforth; the Honourable C. Naughton, . MPP Ontario’s Minister of High ways; Mr. R. E. McKinley, MP (Huron); ahd Mr. K. Stewart, Warden of Huron County.' Interesting Background William Aberhart was born in 1878 on Lot 29,' -Con VIII, Hibbert Township, Perth Coun ty of German and English par entage. His father, William Ab erhart, had 'been brought to Canada as a boy by his parents in the 1840’s to escape, like so many others, from the oppres-. sive military service regulations of Prussia. His mother .was Louisa Pepper,' an English-, woman. About. 1886'the family moved to the first of two farms they occupied ’ near Egmondville, Tuckersmith' Township, Huron County. It was 'here that Wi liam grew up on his' father’s dairy farm with his two sisters and five brothers. The Aber hart children from the eldest to the youngest were: Augusta, Charles, John, William, Louis, Monetta, Henry and Wilfred. Although they are all deceased, the name of Aberhart is still well known in the Seaforth area. Aberhart received. his ele mentary education at the Eg- monddiUe Public School. He at tended the Seaforth Collegiate Institute (now the- Seaforth and District High School): from 1893 when he commenced in “A form” to his “senior leaving” m the spring of 1898. . An excellent student, he never had a failure in the rig orous departmental examina tions. which were a feature Of the Ontario educational system in the late nineteenth, century. Although interested in all his • subjects, .mathematics — which he was later to teach so suc cessfully — was his favourite. In this subject he exhibited .the amazing power . of concentra tion* and retention which _ weire often remarked on later in his life. Although as a farm boy he had his full share of chores, he managed to find time for par ticipation in high school sports, and won local fame as a foot ball player. Seaforth at the time had one of the best teams in Western Ontario and Aber hart was considered (its best player. • After graduating from the Collegiate Institute, he attend ed Chatham Business College and Hamilton Normal School ' from which he received a teach ing certificate. He taught school in Wing'ham until 1901 when he moved to Brantfoid., In 1902 he married Jessie Flatt of Galt. They had' two daugh ters. Ola (now Mrs. Charles MacNutt of Calgary), and' Khona (Mrs. James Cooper of Half Moon Bay, B.C.). Aberhart so'on became prin cipal of ’Central School in Brantford where he taught S. Mac- for Huron, book-keeping and other com mercial subjects and later com pleted his B.A. requirements at Queen’s University.. In 1910t in search of greater opportunity, Aberhart decided to move to Calgary, then at the height pf the boom period, By the middle 1920’s, Aberhart had built up an enthusiastic person al following in Calgary. But it was the radio broadcasts he began to deliver in-1925, which enabled him to reach an even larger audience. Hi? dynamic personality and gift of’■'oratory soon made him' the foremost fundamentalist religious leader in Alberta. Soc. Cred. Rise - By 1932, the people of Al berta began tp be seriously af fected by the depression — bread lines appeared, farmers lost their land when mortgages were' fore-closed and growing numbers of unemployed Were forced to go on relief. It was' at this time that Aberhart, greatly distressed by the suf fering around him, first en countered the theories of Majoi C. H. Douglas (1878-1952), a British engineer and originator of Social Credit, ,Aberthart be came convinced that the only solution to the economic prob lems of the time lay in a com plete reformation of the mone tary‘and banking system. With evangelical fervour he promot ed the doctrines of Social Credit in his radio broadcasts. People listened; Aberhart’s voice became a voice of hope for thousands during the dark day's of the early thirties. ■ Within a year public meet ings and study groups were or ganized, pamphlets were dis tributed and Aberhart lectured tirelessly not "only in Calgary but also in towns and villages throughout the province on his interpretation of Social Credit. Everywhere he went he found increasing support from the people of Alberta.. Although in the beginning, the Social Credit movement Was. an educational and partly religious campaign, it emerged '' - '1 by 19,35 as a powerful political farce, Once political action was decided on a party - structure was quickly organized, a plat form was formulated and con ventions were held to nominate /•andidates. The election of August 2:5, 1935, was a Soci’al Credit land slide. The party’s candidates won 56 out of .63 seats; the United Farmers of Alberta, the farmer governing party, went dpwn to total defeat, Although Aberhart had not been a .candi date jn the election and stated that he was not interested in public office, his followers in sisted that/he become premier once the election had been won He was called upon to form an administration 'and on Septem ber 3, with himself as premier and minister of education, his Cabinet was sworn in to be come the first Social Qredit government in history. William Aberrant served as premier' of Alberta for five years. During this time his gov ernment made many attempts to implement Social Credit theories of monetary reform at the provincial level. However, the specifically Social Credit measures passed by' the provin cial legislature in 1937 and the following years' were declared unconstitutional by the courts or were disallowed by Ottawa. In practice, the fiscal policy of the Aberhart government de veloped into a financially ortho- d'ox and even conservative one. While on a visit to British Columbia, Mr. Aberhart died suddenly in Vancouver on May 23,1943. VIEWS (Continued from page 7) . anything and everything that had never or seldom been used before simply to make another Kennedy documentary. He was a 'great man — a great Presidenit. And, when wail the next Kennedy “special” be scheduled? Probably next month. - Are ah these really necessary? .................... ~*1 25c a Pair Substandards An , electric blanket free with every neiw electric clothes dry er sold in Ontario between Oct ober 1 and November 12 in this year’s “Hydro Special” promo tion campaign. Appliance dealers and electri cal utilities ate co-operating in the provihce-wide promotion. Participating applli'ande deal ers and electrical utility offices Will have .samples of the bonus electric blanket on display during the campaign period. The .'floral print blanket is double bed size with a single Control. Ontario Hydro will Support the “Hydro Special” promotion by including electric clothes dryers and electric blankets in its mobile display coach and in exhibits at fall fairs and exhi bitions. Hydro’s homo econom ists Will feature the care and use of dryers ahd electric blan kets in their presentations. At present nearly oriSf of every three Ontario families ehjoys the Convenience of an electric cictheS dryer. MIDDLETON The Women’s Auxiliary of St. James’ Anglican Church, Mid dleton will meet Thursday evening .of this wok at the home of Mrs, MUton Steepp, 114 Orange St. Clinton. The roll 'call is “A reason to be. thank ful." Mrs, Donald Middleton, Mrs. Ray Wise, Mrs. Edward Wise and Mrs. S. Middleton attended the Fall Session of the Deanery of Huron held in St. John’s Church, Brussels, on October 5., . Mr, and Mrs, Jahn Gould of Toronto visited district rela tives1 last week. Dr, and Mrs. Andrew Grind- lay of London spent Thanksgiv ing- with Mr, and Mbs., Fred Middleton, , Yoqng Winner Master Robert McCullough, the son of Mr. and Mi’s. How ard McCullough, RR 1, Gode rich, won second place in the Aberdeen-Angus Oalf scramble held last Saturday .at Brigden. Bob is only 13 years old and competed with boys up ' to seventeen years old. He woh a $100 certificate towards ’ the purchase of an Angus calf. ---_------Q_ --------- Clinton Ins. Man Wins UMLIC Prize The Union of Mutual Life In surance Companies, Toronto, announced recently that Frank McCowan, Clinton placed *in the numbex* one spot in the com pany's -“care” campaign. Mr.' McCowan’s prizes were six 150 pound “care” packages which were sent overseas in his name, This unique contest resulted in over 2,000 care packages be ing sent' by‘ members of the UMLIC. r—.................................. Clinton Memorial 4 y< /■ Health Tips from the CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 1 CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES ' 4 Children today are inoculated' for prevention of polio, tetanus, diptheria, whooping cough and smallpox, and in, many cases, inoculation completely prevents, the onset of disfiguring or crip pling disease, reports the Can adian Medical Association, These routine inoculations are a very necessary step in disease prevention and the small discomfort of the inocu lation and the rare reactions and side-effects are far out weighed by the deerease in morbidity and mortality, No re sponsible parent could possibly justify'not allowing, or neglect ing to arrange for, inoculation of thfe'ir selves. This is looks at crease in polio-and smallpox — two diseases which have been ail but eliminated. > ■ ' Usually an inoculation pro gram, requires 'that a second in jection be given three to four weeks after 'the first, and a third injection be given three to four weeks after the second. “Booster” shots are usually given periodically through sch- children and them* emphasized when one the tremendous de- pol years every four to years and are essential maintain a high level Of muniity. ‘ • The Q.M.A. notes that pre ventive medicine is one of the most important branches of medicine. 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