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T. PRYDE and SON
CLINTON SEAFORTH
TN
BY DOROTHY BARKER
ATTENTION FARMERS
CONCRETE SILOS
It is appropriate that the
.first column in the pfoiblj year
pf publication of this Diary'
should be a reyjew. Every Can
adian must feel the exeitexnent
Of our. nation's centennial year.
. My; greatest reaction as the
New^Yeax’ dawned was a woh-
der at the marvelous things
that -haye- been achieved aven
in the - brief eight years since
I began travelling to find ma
terial for this column. Two
stories at least will affept not
only the peoples, of this country,
but the entire world tor gener
ations.
Taking them not necessarily
ip 'order of importance but
rather as. they come to mind, I
think I will begin with perhaps
the most impressive story. It
had to do' with the successful
mining of potash, This is my
lead for that memorable event:
“On June 8, 1962, at exactly
11:35 p,m„ the night 'shift
working at the. International
Mineral and Chemical Corpor
ation's potash mine near Yarbo/
Sask,, came up' with a true
sample. After several years, of
planning and construction, cost
ing approximately $40. million,
the lode was struck and astro
nomical numbers of growing
things will be- assured plenty of
fertilizer .for at least 200 years.”
, Three years later I wrote
about Kalium Chemicals Limit
ed, a firm which can boast of.
being the first in the world to
successfully mine potash by so
lution process at its plant near
Belle Plaine. These potash beds
are now reputed to be so ex-,
tensive they can supply the
world at its present rate of need
as an ingredient of, fertilizer
fox’ the next 8,000 years. This
is a substantial, increase over
the first prospects of the potash
potential — in 1965 Canada
produced one-tenth of the
world’s potash supply and by
1968, Canada will lead , the
world in production.
In ordei’ to write about it
authentically, I walked miles' of
the earth moving trails when
the South Saskatchewan Dam
was in process of construction.
It alone is an important chapter
in oui' Centennial book, for it
. will provide the irrigation for
thousands of acres of land that,
up until now, have had to de
pend on dry farming methods
to produce the best hard wheat
in the world in an often
drought-stricken area.
, ..Jt is a rather' tired old cliche
that the prairies are the bread
basket of the world, but here
. surely is evidence of the part
Canada will play in the pro
duction of an 'ingredient for jthe
stoff of life for millions.
Expanding Horizons
Not many women have been
privileged to watch nature be
ing harnessed to provide thous
ands of kiloWaltt hours in a
hydro- development literally cre-
ated in a wilderness hundreds
of miles north qf Winnipeg. I
was flown into Grand Rapids
as the guest of the Manitoba
Government bo be an eyewitness
of construction beyond the im
agination of the average ditizen,
What the Grand Rapids Power
Development will mean to
future industrial growth in and
beyond that prairie province
would take an experienced
economist fo .dWcrfoe.
But perhaps one' of my most
memorable trips wias to the
vexy new town of High Level in
the Peace River country. It has
sprung
Great
snaked its,
.Alperta, to
Point mine
some odd
Originally intended for shipping
iron ore, trains over this line
now have an assorted cargo of
oil drilling apparatus, foiod for
the rapidly" expanding popula
tion, and construction supplies,
All of* these projects have
been serviced by Canadian Na
tional Railways. A special spur
line was built and ore cars sup
plied for Shipping potash, an
other special rail line was laid
to carry construction supplies
to . the South Saskatchewan
Dam; CN trucked hundreds .of
loads of equipment into' Grand
Rapids and (built the Great
Slave Lake Railway which it
now operates.
In the space at my disposal I
cannot possibly review ail of
the important stories I have
'written about * accomplish
ments that have added to' our
stature as a contributing coun
try in the family ' of nations.
My pride in this land is great
and I look forward to continu
ing to bring to readers of the
weekly press reports of Can
ada’s citizens, its industries and
its achievements.
into being since the
Slave Lake Railway
way from Roma,
•service the Pine
four hundred and
miles due north.
Lions and Guests Admire Guest Speaker's Gift
Clinton Lions Cluh presented a most appropri-
ate gift to the District Governor of District A-9 on
his official visit to the Clinton club last week. The
gift was a blue china lion which is being admired
by officials and guests. From the left, Russ Archer,
the new manager of Beatty Farm Service Centre,.
Rattenbury Street, a guest, at the dinner meeting;
Lions President Ken Flett; District Governor Ken
Waines, from Owen Sound,, and Clinton Lions Secre
tary William MacArthur. (News-Record Photo)
KIPPEN \Matter of Principle
1967 will be a big year in construction. Farmers in
terested In building a silo. 14 feet in djaiwtor, should
contact us immediately.
The average farmer has ope to four sijos on his
farm — how about you? Do you need another silo?
WES HUGILL & SON
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LONDESBORO
Christian Youth- Week Service
Was well attended last Sunday.
The Scout colour party and
Cubs were led by flagbearers
Robert Anderson and Don Mc
Gregor and Jeffrey Shaddick
presided for the opening ex
ercises.
Everett Smith read the scrip
ture passages and the CGIT
provided the musical numbers.
Everyone enjoyed Mr. Smith
and “Shorty” and their ques
tions about scripture were read
ily answered by the chlildiren.
The community appreciates
the interest and. the work being
done by the Leaders of these
youth groups.
Cheerio Club
■ The Cheerio ' Club met on
Wednesday at the home of Mrs,
Laura Lyon, the program con
sisting of readings -and contests
by group 3. A social hour fol
lowed. .
Group 4 provided a tasty sup
per.
Mrs. Ed. Youngbluit received
a gift th honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Youhgblut’s Golden Wedding
Anniversary which, waS cole-.
brated the following Safurdiay
in the Community' Hall. Mem
bers of the United Church
Women catered for the family
dinner.
y Personals
We are pleased to hear that
Mrs. George McVattie has re
turned from Victoria Hospital,
and is recuperating at the home
of her brother, Herb Oakes in
Clinton. She has been a patient
in Victoria Hospital for the past
two months.
Miss Linda Thompson, Strat
ford, spent the weekend With
her. parents.
Wallows Mountain, Mrs. Elgin
Josling and Marie, left on Sun-
. day morning to attend the fun-
Officers Installed
The Royal Scarlet Chapter of
South Huron met in the Orange
Hall recently and elected' its
officers for 1967.
Officers elected were; Past
Worshipful Commander Well
wood Gill, Grand Bend; Wor
shipful Commander, Ronald
Denham/ Woodham; District
Commander, Alex Hamilton,
Grand Bend.
Chaplain, Charles
Varna, recording
Carmen Stacey,
treasurer, Wm. Dickey, Wood
ham; Marshal, Edward Gill,
Grand Bend.
First lecturer, Ivan McQymont,
Varna; second lecturer, Max
Switzer, St. Marys; first con-
Reid,
secretary,
Woodham;
MRS. BERT ALLEN
Phone 523-4570
eral of the former’s siister, Mrs.
William Glover, Detroit, Mrs.
Glover had been suffering ill
health for the past several
months and passed away on
Friday morning. The sympathy
of the community is extended to
the sister, Mrs. Robert Young-
blut and Mr. and Mrs, Mountain
in their bereavement.
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. MRS. NORMAN LONG
Phone 262-5180
Mir. and Mrs. Jerry MoffaiT
and children spent the weekend
at Ridgetown at the heme cu
Mr. and Mrs.' Lloyd Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt to
gether with Mr. and Mrs. Don
Mpusseau of Hensall attended a
curling bonspiel on Saturday at
R’idgetown. ' ..." '
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Parsons
and Jimmy, Seaforth, visited on,
Sunday' with Mr, and Mrs.
Archie Parsons and Donald.
R. T. Bailey, Exeter, left on
Sunday by plane for a vacation
at Vero Beach, Florida,
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Do you remember when
Mother’s meals were carefully
thought out instead of thawed
out?
estrictions
J. Carl Hemingway
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
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ductor, Donald Dunnigan,
Greenway; second conductor,
Johnston Robertson, Woodham;
Herald, Harold Davis, Kirkton;
Sentinel, Ralph Stephenson,
Varna.
The officers were installed by
Past Commander Fred McCly-
mont and Fred Jamieson.
Personals
The skating rink committee is
holding a skating carnival on
Saturday evening, February 11
with a good list of arizes.
Mrs. Fred McClymont has re-,
turned homie -after visiting in
King, Agincourt and Buriford.
A Pancake Supper is sche
duled for Varna United Church
on Tuesday, February 7.
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Relative Dies
In Alberta
AUBURN — Word was re
ceived here last week by Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver. Anderson that
his aunt, Mrs; Peter Patterson
had passed away, in the Vulcan
Nursing Home at Champion,
Alberta. - She was in her 86th
year. She was the former
Mayme Linton and was bom in
Galt. The funeral was held last
Saturday from the Champion
United Church with .burial in
the Champion Cemetery.
Are you worried about the
Canada — United States Crisis?
This was the question that rep
resentatives of the TV program
“Sunday” asked a good many
people on the streets of New
York.
Apparently the average Am
erican didn’t knew there was a
Canada — United States Crisis.
What akput Canadians? Do
they know anything about the
Canada —United States Crisis?
I’m not sure that there - is
any Canadla — United States
Crisis but I do think there is a
Canadian Crisis of a pretty
serious nature right now, •
It has been building up for
quite some time and with, the
return of Walter Gordon to the
Liberal Cabinet, the govern
ment has become very upset
about United States ownership
of Canadian Corporations.
The first step in asserting
Canadian National policy (or
should we say oligarchic policy)
is to" prevent expansion of the
Mercantile Bank in Canada.
The Mercantile is a wholly
owned subsidiary of one of the
large American Banlcs.
The reason given for this re
pression of the Mercantile Bank
is that Canada doesn’t want ex
panded American ownership of
Canadian resources.
This sounds quite good be
cause most of us feel that Am
erican ownership of a high per
centage of Canadian industry
could lead to political domina
tion.
It is also agreed that Canada
needs American investment
capital if we are to develop our
resources at a satisfactory rate.
What does a Bank do? To the
best of my knowledge, a Bank
does not' take over
industry. It simply must lend
money to survive. L_'__
money doesn’t give
any conti'ol over the 'indiusitty. It
simply collects the 'interest.
There must be another reason
tor restricting Mercantile’s act-
-ivities.
Could it be that large sums
of Ameiican money are avail-
control of
Borrowed
the lender
Junior Farmer
Groups Elect
Officers
At the January 18 meeting of
Clinton Junior Farmers, new of
ficers were elected for -both the
boys and ' girls • groups.' The
meeting was held in the board
room' Of the Department of
Agriculture Office in Clinton.
John Seaman, a Goderich
high school teacher, was guest
speaker and gave an Interesting
talk on the problems that face
the' high school drop-outs of
today.
The 1967 officers are: boys,
Jamieson Ribey, president; John
Black, vice-president; MaUrinus
Bakker, secretary; Bob Hickey,,
treasurer; girls, Joanne Cook,
president; Barbara Watkins,
vice-president; Alice Allen, sec
retary-treasurer; Della Allen
is secretary-treasurer of the
joint meetings of the two
groups.
able to Canadian industries and
this might create competition in
the money market that would
reduce interest rates ? This
could reduce profits for Can
adian Bank shareholders.
The lower strata of our ’
people might reap a real bene- ,
fit. It could make money avail
able at a rate of interest that
homeowners and ordinary
people could afford. It is com
monly accepted that lower in
terest' rates increase, expansion
of business though this wouldn’t
necessarily mean increased
pocket money for the “elite” of
our society.
Are our Canadian Banks so
powerful in our government
that competition can be elimin
ated ?
My reasoning may be all
wrong, but there seems to be.
something wrong with the
“facts” on the questions that
are being presented to the Can
adian Public in the Press.
It seems ridiculous that an
American Bank 'which only
lends money should be restrict
ed by our government', when
that same government is de
termined' to buiild. a major1 pipe
line from Manitoba to Ontario
through the United States.
It seems hard to believe that.
the operations of the Mercantile
Bank would be more detrimen
tal to the Canadian economy
than the current increase in the-
price of sted Which the govern
ment has stated it doesn’t even
intend to investigate.
Surely the Canadian people
are worthy of at least plausible
answers from Government.
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