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THURSDAY, JUNE 16th, 1965
Father's
Day,
Sunday,
June 19
Friend ---"Did you fish with
flies?"
Returning Gamper—"Fish with
them? We fished •-,' with thean,
camped with them, ate with them,
and slept with them."
WANT ADS
FROST GOVERNMENT WINS
The Frost Government has been returned
to office for another term with the ranks of
its supporters almost untouched by the vote
of June 9th. One Citbinet Minister was de-
feated, Hon. W. E. Hamilton, the former
aeiember for South Wellington, but otherwise
the Opposition parties made little ithpact
upon the will organized Conservative party.
Liberal leader Oliver will have ten sup-
porters in the new House, five of these having
gained seats formerly held by Conservati'es.
The C.C.F. leader, Donald MacDonald, also
gained a former Government seat, and will
head a group of three including, himself.
In Huron and .IIuroIi-Bruce the former
members, Thomas Pryde and John Hanna, were
returned with large majorities.
In Huron the only municipality that made
a complete turnover •was Seaforth, Mr. Scott's
home town, which favored him with a margin
of 237 votes in comparison with a• majority
of, 103 for Mr. Pryde in 1951. ' With this
exception the iuost favorable result from the
Liberal standpoint was in the town of Gode-
rich, where the Conservative .Margin was cut
from 329 in 1951 to 156.
For the Province as a whole the popular
vote for the Conservatives was' reduced from
49 per lent. in 1951 to 47 per, cent. this year,
the C.C.F. vote declined from '19 to 17 per
cent., while the Liberals polled 33 per cent.,
a gain from 31 per cent. in .1951. This is
small eousolatiori for Liberal adherents, how-
ever, while Conservatives are jubilant over
their successful repulse of the attack upon
their stronghold in this Province.
Details bf the vote in Huron are given
elsewhere in this issue. -
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WARNS
1)r. Sidney •Surit11, president of the Uni-
versity of Toronto in an address last week
. again gave warning of serious results _—
"jehaos" is the word attributed -to him—from
}t(' gr'(lWing enl'I,Ilneitt. itt Canadian univers-
ities. Ile was not- deploring the number of
seekers for cultural development ; his coin -
'plaint was, "-We are adnilttiq many, young,
men and women who have neither the brains
nor the moral stamina to puroue advanced
studies."
Declaring, that, university teachers should
not have their classes "swollen and deadened
by those who are fumble or unwilling to
learn... I)r. Smith advocated the introduction
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aturday, June 18th
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Sponsored by Rotary Club of Georgetown.
of some altitude test as an adjunet to written
examinations. For years to come, he pointed
out, increasing numbers will present them-
selves for a(liitission "to. universities and unless
there is some method of weeding out the • un=
desirables condition; wild become chaotic.
The public has serious concern iu this
survey of the universities. Government
budgets are loaded with large appropriations
for the, universities, and :these will increase
with the growing numbers in attendance.
Students who show the desired intellectual
eapacitr should be encouraged and assisted
by scholarships and bursaries rather' titan that
the taxpayers should be forced to call a' halt
to the demands upon their purses.
EDITORIAL NOTES
The 9th of Jtine, 1955, may be remembered
as the date of the big Frost: » '
* * *
Excitement over the election—if there was,:
any—ceased abruptly at about 10 o'clock ori
Thursday night.
* * # * 4
N'o Communists were elected to the Ontario
Legislature last week. All women candidates
were rejected. • 'There is no' connection be-
tween these incidents of 'June 9.
* * * *
The labor move for °,, .guaranteed annual
wage, which looked like the beginning of a
long-drawn-out struggle, .has been met by two
of the great automobile concerns, Ford and
•General Motors, in agreements which, while
not accepted as a permanent settlement, appear,
to assure peace in these great industries for
a few years. The public will no doubt have
to shell out more for their cars, but probably
•veil l prefer this, to. long -continued industrial
-strife. The agreements so far reached appar-
ently are not binding upon 'the Canadian
branehes of the companies involved, but event-
ually these offshoots of 'the big U.S. concerns
will have to folio* snit, or at any rate make
_cont.essions..applicable._...to somewhat different.
'conditions in this country.
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ft is said, ttpoii Nvhat authoiity we do not
know', that two traffic laws have been pro-
clainl.ed in Nandi, Arabia. One is: "If an
accident oeenrs as a result of speed and
ziegligetiee, and does not result in death, the
offender will be imprisoned for one year and
his driving license will be with►lrawn.'' The
other. "If an accident results in the death of
any passenger, and the driver is proved to
have been the eatuse, he. will be executed,' who-
-ever he'might be." These warnings should
be followed by reports of a e0uililete.cessation
of motor fatalities in Ar•abiir, first
through the ex(Tutiou of one half of the
motor drivers; second, 1►y refusal of the other
half to ' risk the los, of their heads. So
travellers, to that country should "fake along
their own ears: if they kill themselves there
will he no further penalty.
* * # 4
inee •the war industrious Germany hag
made a remarkable recovery in production and
trade. She has resumed her pro -war position
in third place among the nations in the matter
(if foreign trade, and in doing so has displaced
Canada from that position.. The iUnited States
leads • in -`=-foreign- -trade, with a considerable
margin over Britain in second place. Germany
!{which means, West .Germany alone) is a
rather poor -,third, with Canada close behind
sin fourth plane, and France trailing in fifth
position. Conei'ti•eriiig Canada's :ymaller popu.
dation, the record even of 1954,, -in which year
Canadian trade dropped 'below that of pre -
',lions years, gives her people easy pre-eMinellee
in the field:of foreign trader While -the United
States has ten times Canada's populaticht, the
total of foreign trade in 9904 credited to the
States 'is orxly ,three times-'• larger than that
arehieved by` .Canada. ,,,
;.'• • • •
.
'Tho ' Federa't • Government is putting
through a bill to revise the Unemployment In:
atrrii.nnce•Act; extending the period of maximum
yjnente ,from .30 to r36 ;w;eek and afro sn=
in'g' the amounts' " payable to= joble'as
1,�gQi 'he revisit► is ,cxjerimetitall.',,the
'' ► l$t e$"" 1 b{' cru l' 'fol •:t free. f ear$ •iri ,'order `to
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determine to what degree the expanded benefits
achieve the purpose for which they are in-
tended. The inclusion of fishermen in the Act
is also- being considered. A further .measure
for the benefit of ..the fishing industry of
Western Ontario is before the Commons. This
is similar to the act under which farmers are
given financial assistance by way of loans.
The 'Government will guarantee to a stated
amount advances made by banks to commercial
fishermen, the loans to apply on the purchase
or repair of egirlpment: .These measures for
the benefit of fishermen arc in recognition of
an industry which is of importance ;n many
communities.
TO PRESERVE VALUABLE BOOKS
(Peterborough Examiner)
We have the warmest sympathy for a book-
lover
ooklover of Victoria, B.C., who has left a collection
of 'rare and valuable books to the public library
there, on the condition that they will be available
only to people with clean hands.
The Victoria Library Board apparently does
not know how it can guarantee" anything of the •
kind; we think it would be- very simple. If the
books are - really—valuable •we''presume that they
will.,noC, be._kept-. on the. open .shelves;—they—will..
be available only if a librarian makes them sb;
and it is not beyond the power and authority of a
librarian to ,say politely, "We must, ask yoq to use
the greatest care when handling these books, and
therefore . we are sure that you • will not mind
washing your hands before doing- so." "
A race horse had a bad year. He had finished.
last, many times. In an effort to change his luck
he went -t'o Churchill Downs. One morning he -was
having a workout on the track when he stopped
to speak to another horse.
."I can't remember your name," said our colt,
"but your tail is familiar."
BIRDS ARE ?UMAN
45 Years Ago
Rev. R. W. Millyard, pastor of
Victoria Street Methodist Church,
was elected president of the Lon-
don Conference of the Methodist
Church at a meeting held in
Chatham. •
Goderirh's' assessment for 1910
showed an increase' of: $48,592—
from $1,963,608 to $2,012,200.
Population showed a relatively
small increase of 79—from -4,551
to 4,630.
One of the largest excursion
trains to -have come to Goderich
in some time arrived 'from Lin-
wood and points along the CPR
to McGaw. - The train consisted of
11 coaches and it was estimated
that at least 1,000 persons patron-
ized the excursion.
At 'a meeting of Bruce County
Council it was decided to appoint
a committee to confer with Huron
County Council ' regarding a pro-
posal to establish'a joint sanitar-
ium for the two counties for the
treatment of consumptives.
25 Years Ago
Goderich Town Council was
asked by the. Public School Board
to consider enforcing the curfew
Eby -law.
Rev. John Linton, pastor of High
Park Baptist Church, was guest
preacher at anniversary• services
in. Goderich Baptist Church.
Goderich was planning for a big
Dominion Day =celebration. The
program included .a parade, races
and a horseshoe pitching contest
in the morning, a double-header
.baseball game between the House
of David Team and Michigan's
Colored Team in the afternoon and
a.. band__concext_an.d_street _...dance
_
at night.
A meeting of the Presbytery of
Huron of the United Church was
held at Belgrave and the following
officers were elected: Qhairman,
Rev. C. J. Moorhouse, EiMter; sec-
retary, Rev. W. A. Bremner, Bruce -
field; assistant secretary, Rev. A.
Sinclair, Hensall; treasurer, W. G.
Medd.
15 Years Ago
Air Minister Power announced
to the House -of Commons in Ot-
tawa that $42,000 had been allotted
by the Air Department of the
Transport Department for"'develop-
me' of work on the airport at
Sky Harbor for military. purposes.
Ho ,announced also that $700,000
and $304,800 allotments had been
made for establishment and de-
velopment of an air navigators'
school at Port Albert.. •
First annual field day and picnic
of 'the Huron County Holstein
Breeders' Association was held on
the ,Bisset Brothers' farm at Salt -
ford Heights and proved to be an
outstanding success:
A runaway 100 pound tire caused
considerable_ damage and created
much excitement when it crashed
into a show window of George
MacVicar's shoe : stare on the
Square. The tire had been on top
of the cab of a truck and bounced
off, rolling along the street. A
couple of hours after -this incident
another window, at Jack McGee's
automobile .showrooms on' St. An-
drew's street', was broken when a
man drove his car into it after
swerving to avoid a .woman
pedestrian. •
Reeve Turner suggested to Town
Council that a system should be
adopted whereby a certain amount
of permanent road should be con-
structed each year,
10 Years Ago
L. E. CardiffProgressive Con-
servative candidate, was • re-elected
Member of Parliament for North
Huron, defeating two opponents
Major Douglas Nairn, Liberal, and
Morley' UCF candidate; Mr.
'Oard+'iff. 4.had a plurality of 1,821
votes
last .,Reverend John Thomas
Kidd, Bishop, of London, officiated
ata confirmation service for a class
of ..317. candidates in St. Peter's
Roman Catholic Church; G'oderich
/.
Someone with time to spare has compiled.
this list of feathered creatures that may have
resemblances among. human beings:
The penguin, who wobbles from side to side
and struts his stuff at banquets and conventions.
The eagle, who soars ,among the clouds and
rarely gets down to earth. -
The parrot, who simply repeat's what other
parrots are saying.
„The humming bird, who flits from flower to
flower.
• The heron, who has an awkward approach, but
sticks its neck out anyway.
The owl, who looks wise and doesn't give ..a
hoot for the opinions of others.
The stork, who thinks all we need is lots of
babies.
The sparrow, who darts off at a tangent when-
ever it is cornered.
The loon, who always sounds the same doleful
note.
The pelican,`.' sprig. swallows every 'fish story
. that comes 'along.' ' • '
The magpie, who chatters . so incessantly that
no one else can ber heard: - . •
The guinea ben, ,vwho lays -an: egg. every time
• it oSens its motipi. ., `° • •
.The raven, who quoted ominous ' rumors ',of
' disaster. '
The whippootwil1, who blames others when it
-"gets out 'on a limb.
The stat ling,wwho,,is a constant nuisance around;
g'otieritment l.buildings;
Clinton Hospital Board asked
Huron County Couneil for a grant
of $25,000 toward the cost of an
addition to the hospital.'
Doctor—"Well, Mr. Jones, how
are you,.tfeeling this morning?"
Jones -"Much 'better, thank you.
The only thing that troubles me is
my breathing." .
Doctor—"Um-yes. We must see
if we can't ,get something to stop
that."•
GODERICH REBE'KAHS
, HONORED AT TORONTO
The coveted Decoration of
Chivalry, 'highest award of the
I.O.O.F, Rebekah ' Assembly,
was conferred on two mem-
bers of the Goderich Rebekah
Lodge No. 89 at Toronto on
Monday evening. -
Mrs. Mabel Tweedie and .
Mrs. Pearl•Lawrence, of Gode- •
rich, were so honored at. the
Rebekah Assembly, Grand
Lodge of Ontario, at its 65th
annual sessions held at Tor-
•, onto in conjunction with the
100th anniversary sessions of
the Independent Order of Odd
fellows. The Rebekahs have
'a membership of more than
30,000 in Ontario. Recipients
of the award., *ho numbered
53 in all, received. them for
meritorious and outstanding
service to their respective
lodges.
To All My Friends
and Supporters who
worked and, voted for
my re=election at the
w '
polls election day.
,john W. Hanna
usihess!
There's no doubt about it ... GMC makes a powerful
first impression with its streamlined styling, "driver -
designed"
cab and new raked -back windshield.
• But that's not all—for back of all'this class and
comfort is a . tough''rugged truck that's leader in
power and performance.
GMC has the biggest range of engines in the
industry -3 V8's, 6 Big 6's and 3 Diesels. Frames
and axles are new for longer, trouble-free service—
wheelbases are shorter for easier turning—and
share's the -widest range of trucks equipped with
Hydra -Matic* automatic transmission-hrthe business!
• Plan to meet this ail newiruck' senlration. at your
GMG dealer's today ---it's positively the "Big Wheel"
of the trucking business!
•Aveti bb ai rare cod ai ea moods
A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE
THE SIGN OF GOOD BUSINESS
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The class. presented by the: 'KINGSTON, AND VIC.TOR/A STS
pastor, Rev. Fr. C. F. Nagle.