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SEAFORTH, Friday, October 13th
On Democracy
There is a tendency among us all
to take for granted many of the
benefits we enjoy without giving a
thought to all that is implied in their
possession. It is not until someone
makes -a speech, or writes an article,
or in some other manner attracts our -
attention, do we hesitate long enough
to give a second thought.
Such an address was that given re-
cently by Supreme Court Justice
Felix Frankfurter, when he pointed
out the meaning of democracy.
He said: "Even its enei les pay
democracy the tribute of appropriat-
ing its name. For democracy is the
only form of social arrangement
which fully respects the richness of
human society and, by respecting it,
helps to unfold it. Democracy is thus
the only adequate response to the
deepest human needs and justified as
such by the long course of history.
All the devices of political machin-
cry—parties and platforms and votes
—are merely instruments for enab-
ling men to live together under con-
ditions that bring forth the' maxi-
mum gifts of each for the fullest en-
joyment of all.
"Democracy furnishes the political
framework within which reason can
thrive most generously and imagin-
atively on the widest scale—least
hampered, that is, by the accident of
personal antecedents and most re-
- rdful of the intrinsic qualities in
men.
"tt only the experience to which
history testifies, but nature herself
vindicates democracy. For nature
plants gifts and graces where least
expected, and under circumstances
that defy alit the little artifices of
man. To meet nature's disregard of
distinctions that are not intrinsic, but
merely man-made, we need political
and economic institutions which al-
low these mysterious natural boun-
ties their fullest outlet.
"Thus we ... are enlisted in a com-
mon enterprise—whatever our ante-
cedents, whatever the creed we may
avow or reject—the bold experiment
of freedom. It is bold because it can-
. not be realized without the most dif-
ficult and persistent collaborative ef-
fort. It demands the continuous.sex-
ercise of reason, and self-discipline of
the highest order.
"We are thus engaged in the most
difficult of all arts—the art of living
togettrer in a free society. It is com-
fortable, even if slothful, to live with-
out responsibility. Responsibility is
exacting and painful. Democracy in-
volves hardship—the hardship of the
iixnceasing responsibility of every
citizen.
�;. "Where the entire people do not
take a continuous and considered
part in public life, there can be no
democracy in any meaningful sense
of the term. Democracy is always a
beckoning goal, not a safe harbor.
For freedom is an unremitting en-
deavor, never a final achievement.
That is why no office in the land is
more important than that of being a
citizen.
"The upheavals of the war let
loose forces from which ' hardly a
corner of the world is immune. Over
vast areas the very foundations of
Society have been shaken. Great ev-
ents are in process, and great events
must be met by greater daring. The
Ultimate task of the statesmanship
0,today is to translate edifying pre -
about the digniy Qf man into
ressive fulfillment.
,a? d 1 ares heirs of a noble
is prologue,
rs and 'm •dis-.
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Monument to a Fiction
From the time we were.little chil-
dren we have remembered the story
of the Dutch child who stuck his fin-
ger in a hole in a dike, stopped a leak,
and thus saved an entire town. His
perseverence and bravery have been
inspirations to countless children.
The story was first told in 1865 by
Mary Mapes Dodge, -aa;I1 American
author. In the intervening years it
has assumed all the proportions of a
true story, so much so that tourists
to Holland insist on seeing the exact
spot in the Haarlem dike where the
event occurred. Patiently, the Dutch
explained the story was but fiction.
But finally Hollanders have given
up the ghost. They have, in fact,
built a monument to it. The Nether-
lands Government has unveiled a
statue to the boy dike-stuffer in
Haarlem. . Now tourists and the
Dutch Will be much happier. Fiction
may not be as strange as fact, but it
is often harder to discredit.
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Checkerboard Farms
Contending that as much produc-
tion could be obtained from a farm
if half of it was planted in trees as
can now be obtained by working it
all, a correspondent in a recent issue
of the Woodland World, suggests the
. farm lands should be arranged in a
checkerboard design. Plots of trees
would alternate with tilled land, he
proposes.
The novel plan would result in
perhaps as many as twenty plots in
the average 100 -acre farm. It com-
pletely reverses the present trend of
larger fields and fewer fences. Its
inventor claims, under his scheme,
the timber would prevent hot winds
from driving away needed noisture,
since it would be held in the area
nearest the growing crops. Another
advantage which is suggested is the
additional water which will be re-
tained in the soil, and which will aid
in raising the water table.
No matter how great the long term
advantages may be, we rather im-
agine the average farmer will hesi-
tate before he returns half his farm
to forest.
What Other Papers Say:
Fine Work Of Service Clubs
(Bowmanville Canadian Statesman)
We were surprised to read in the
daily press the other day where an
eminent Toronto divine had made
the statement that the service clubs
are taking away from the church's
leadership. Those who make such
accusations certainly are not familiar
with the contributions that service
clubs have made to the community
Life, including the church.
Those who have been in close con-
tact with the service clubs' movement
have realized that they are becoming
a greater force in the development
and activities,of the church. Through
their programmes and associations
with actual circumstances, these men
have been brought to realize the ef-
fectiveness and the necessity of
maintaining and supporting the
churches. -
Right in our own town the. Rotary
Club and the Lions Club have and
are doing many unselfish and human-
itarian activities that can be listed as
practical Christianity.
In Kiwanis Clubs the corner stole
of their first great object is "To give
primacy to the human and spiritual
rather than to the material values of
life." This shows the tendency of
this great organization. It commends
to its members the building up and
supporting of their churches, not by
contributions of money only but by
personal activity and leadership.
A survey of service club members
would show that -a very large per-
centage of the members are actively
engaged in the church work. It is,
therefore, rather an uncalled for
statement that condemns service
clubs generally for trespassing on
the church work. When these state-
ments are made b . responsible peo-
ple they should take care that they.
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Better Schools Campaign:
1By Elaine A. Wailer, in The Christian Science Monitor}
How do you persuade people to
vote themselves a 5.7 mill boost
in tax levies?
Fargo, North Dakota, uncovered
the answer last year when 80' per
cent of the voters said yes to a
$2,000,000 bond issue for school
buildings. The formula? Months
of personal campaigning, miles of
type, hours of radio time, photo-
graphs, movie trailers, window
cards. . . and determination.
What really happened was that
Fargo voters talked themselves in-
to the increase -2 rough their Cit-
izens School Committee.
Since 1943 each year's school en-
rolment in Fargo has exceeded
that of the year before by from
75 to 100 children, and most of
these were in the lower grades.
The city is expanding on its out-
skirts. Many elementary build-
ings, 50 years old and older, were
crowded firetraps, lacking gymnas-
iums, home economics and shop
rooms and other facilities.
The picture was clear: Fargo
like practically every city in the
country, needed an over-all school
building program to meet present
and 'future requirements. Aided
and abetted by teachers and ad-
miniatrators, the board of educa-
tion drew up just such a plan, the
All -Fargo School Plan. It called
for the construction of a new jun-
ior high school and an addition to
an existing junior high building.
The construction would release
present junior high space for ele-
mentary use and thus make pos-
sible the retirement of several old
firetrap grade buildings. .
The price tag was $2,00.0,000.
Would the voters pay the price?
School people believed that they
would, happily and understanding-
ly.
Their first move was to sell the
chamber of commerce and labor
groups on the seriousness of the
schools' problem. Convinced com-
munity leaders in these organiza-
tions wasted no time in forming
the Fargo Citizens School Com-
mittee, composed of the Fargo
Parent -Teachers Association, the
Fargo Trades and Labor Assembly,
the Fargo Chamber of Commerce
and the Fargo Junior Chamber of
Commerce. Press, radio, and
churches promised their support,
and the campaign was on.
In the weeks that preceded the
election, hardly a single Fargoan,
unless he hibernated completely,
could have existed without hearing
or ,tieing something about the All-
Fargo School Plan,
Open his net9•spaper, and pic-
tures and headlines told him the
woeful , tale of inadequate school
buildings. "'Would you believe this
could happen in Fargo?"
1 Turn on his radio, and a panel
of laborers, professionals and busi-
nessmen would be 'discussing the
costs for value receiv, d. "The
cost to each resident `Y' Fargo
would average less than one Cent
per day-.'
Visit his luncheon club, and a
businessman, a speaker from the
Citizens School Committee, was
there to spread the good word.
"As Fargo grows, its schools must
keep pace."
Stop in at a union meeting, and
the president of the trades and•
labor assembly would be on hand
to )stress labor's need for good
schools. "Better schools make a
better community in which to live."
Attend the movies, and before
his eyes flashed: "Vote for the
All -Fargo School Plan on April 20."
Go shopping and in every store
window two youngsters appealed
Grain Mission Leaves For Europe
A three-man grain mission has
left for the United Kingdom and
Western Europe. The mission will
cat/ upon: the sLaia trade, millers
and government authorities with a
view to facilitating the trade in
Canadian wheat, grafn and' flour.
The mission is headed Irk Dr. C.
F. Wilson, Director of the Wheat
and Grain Division of the Depart-
ment of Trade and Commerce. The
other members are R. W. Milner,
Commissioner of the Board of
Grain Commissioners for Canada,
and J. B. LaWrie. Executive Assist-
ant to the Canadian Wheat Board.
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Final Payments Being Made
On Oats and Barley Pools
The Canadian Wheat Board will
commence final payments on the
1949-50 oats and barley pools on
Oct. 16. In the case of both pools,
the final payment will be on a
grade basis. The Board's oats and
barley accounts were in the pro-
cess of being closed, but it ap-
peared that the final payment on
malting grades of barley will av-
erage about 57 cents per bushel,
while the final payment on the
principal grades of feeding barley
will range from 44.5 cents per
bushel to 47 rents per bushel. The
final payment of the principal
grades of oats will average about
19.5 cents per bushel, The combin-
ed distribution' from the 194950
oats and barley pools will be about
$42,500,000.
to him from a poster, a boy and
a girl standing on their school
steps and beaming between the
captions "Ail -Fargo School Plan—
For Us."
The beauty of the campaign was
that lay citizens • were doing all
the "showy" work. Sohool people
didn't• have to be afraid of being
criticized for "blowing their own
horn:" There were plenty willing
to blow it for them. Teachers and
administrators worked in the back-
ground,
ackground, ready to hand out sta-
tistics, photographs and any other
needed campaign ammunition.
Meanwhile, subcommittees were
dispatching speakers to every,com-
munity group that sq much as had
a mailing list; writing spot an-
nouncements and arranging panels
for radio publicity; distributing
posters, and compiling a six-page
brochure that told the schools'
story through the question -and -an-
swer approach.
Fargo's daily paper, the Forum,
assigned one staff writer to han-
dle the campaign. Every day dur-
ing the two weeks before election,
the paper ran articles and photos
on school inadequacies. Few Far-
goans could have ignored the un-
posed, untouched shots of young-
sters sitting on the floor in a
crowded study hall; the worn
wooden steps in a firetrap build-
ing; a clothing class basting 'blous-
es at makeshift tables in the hall
between rows of old lockers; a
school gymnasium, really only a
basement playroom dangerously
cluttered with cement pillars; or
the stove -heated frame portable
classrooms.
The committee sought and got
endorsements of the All -Fargo
School Plan from community lead-
ers, and these endorsements were
published daily in the Forum with
thumbnail photos of each support-
er. Among the backers were re-
presentatives of business and lab-
or, Protestant ministers, a Roman
Catholic bishop, and high school
students who could give firsthand
information on the inadequacies of
their junior highs.
On April 19, the day before the
election, the committee bought a
full-page advertisement in the Far-
go Forum. The ad summed up all
the arguments for the School Plan
and included a sample ballot,
marked the "right" way. Adding
up the bills, the campaigners found
they had spent $2,400, raised
through contributions of interest-
ed citiZ81!6.
When the votes were counted on
election night, it was evident that
all the newsprint, lung power, and
shoe leather expended during the
campaign had paid off. Eighty per
cent of the voters had approved
the issuance of. $2,000,000' ill bonds
that would take the All -Fargo Plan
off the architect's drawing board
and make it take form in brick
and steel.
lagadjan Wheat Continues
To Move To Latin America
Canadian wheat and wheat pro-
ducts have continued to move to
Latin American countries in sub-
stantial quantities, shipments for
the 1949-50 crop year being esti-
mated at 25,000,000 bushels. Recent
international developments would
indicate that some difficulty has
been experienced by certain Latin
American countries in scouring
Shift/118h Of wheat from Argentina,;
With; the result that 'Canada, bait
Scold sizeable :t
amounts of 'wheat .t
idhhie .u4; rpm.'moi
A Smile Or Two
"If I refuse to be your wife," she
whispered dramatically, "will you
really commit suicide?"
"That," he said grandly, "has
been nay usual procedure."
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The teacher was questioning the
class on the alphabet. "Now, John-
ney," she asked, "can you tell me
what comes after G?"
"Whiz!" came the unexpected
reply.
airs Apne
Interesting Items Picked From
.The Huron Expesltor of Twen-
tyfive and Fifty Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
October 16, 1925
'Messrs. F. McKercher, Thomas
Wheatley and George Little have
returned from Regina, where they
spent six weeks at "Gienolaugh
klarm," the home of their brother-
in-law, Robert A. Robinson.
The euchre and dance Monday
night, held by the Lions in the
G.W.V.A. Hall, was a wonderful
success. The euchre prizes were
won by P. Patterson and Louis
Devereaux; lone hands, Mrs. Mur -
less -Jones and Ross Sproat; con-
solation, 'Miss M. Dorsey and Cecil
Farnham. Mr. Hugh Chesney play-
ed several selections on the violin,
accompanied by Miss Edith Hunt.
The Stewart Harmony Boys play-
ed for the dancing.
Mr. Wallace Parke left Tuesday
morning for his home in Norwich,
England. Following his discharge
from the British Air Force, he
came to Canada and had lived here
for five years. He was accompan-
ied home by Mr. P. C. Calder, for-
merly of the Dominion Bank staff,
who is returning to Scotland for
the winter.
Miss Mary Dpoherty, of ' town,
has been successful at her exam-
inations at Queen's University,
Kingston, and has also received
elementary certificate in physical
culture and swimming. She is now
teaching in the suburbs of King-
ston.
At a congregational meeting held
in the Lutheran Church, Zurich,
Sunday, a resolution was passed
authorizing the trustees and com-
mittee to proceed with the plans
to have a suitable basement built
under the church and other im-
provements made.
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From The Huron Expositor
October 19, 1900
Mr. Wm. Dalrymple, of the 12th
concession of Hibbert, the well-
known thresher, has threshed for
Mr. Wm. Sinclair, of the llth con-
cession of Tuckersmith, for 26
years in succession. Mr. Dalrymple
has also used the same 'threshing
engine for 21 years.
T. R. F. Case & Co. have dis-
posed of their meat business in
town to Fred Gales, who takes pos-
session the beginning of next
month.
The 33rd Regiment Band gave' MI
an entertainment in Clinton Fri- --
day night, They were assisted by
Wm. McLeod, the comic vocalist,
and presented a program of more
than ordinary merit.
Alex Winter and ;. P. Henderson I
are making arrangements for the
publication of a picturesque souv-
enir of Seaforth.
John i3eattie and J. O. Rose left
-Wednesday for Lambton on a quail
shooting expedition.
Miss Jessie Gillespie, of Crom-
arty, who had been visiting friends
and acquaintances in Wingham and
Whitechurch, returned home about
a week ago. She stopped overnight
with airs. Jos. Upshall, of Kippen.
Mr. Hugh Dunlop, of Constance,
has sold his farm on the 8th con-
cession of Hullett to a gentleman
from Morris.
The brickwork of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen's Hall
at Wlalton..is-••now completed and
the carpenter work will be pushed
ahead as soon as possible.
Count G. K. Ray•ajian, from
Armenia, preached in Zurich Ev-
angelical Church Sunday evening
to a large congregation.
OCTOBER 13, 1950
Seen in the County Papers
Receives Southampton Contract
The contract for an addition to
the Ssugeen Memorial Hospital
has been let to Duncan MacDou-
gall of Wingham. The work will
start immediately and it is hoped
to have the work completed in two
months.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Music Supervisor Honored
The teaching staff of Wingham
public school met last ' Tuesday,
morning in the •school office to
felicitate Mr. A. W. Anderton, on
his having been music supervisor
of the Wingham public school for
20 years. Tea was served and a
short social time was spent.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Injured During Heavy Fog
Mrs. Mary Ann Baker, of town,
was admitted to Victoria Hospital,
London, with a compound fracture
of the right elbow and a fractured
left shoulder. Admitted to the Gen-
eral Hospital, Wingham, on Sunday
night, after a car mishap on High-
way 86, she was removed by am-
bulance to London. The accident
happened near the Morrisband cor-
ner. Mrs. Baker, it is reported,
was riding on the running board
of bhe car holding a flashlight af-
ter the lights of the car failed. The
car, driven by A. Jacobs, of Wing -
ham, apparently struck fresh grav-
ed, causing Mrs. Baker to lose her
hold, throwing her to the highway. —Mitchell Advocate.
The mishap occurred during a
heavy .fog. — Wingham 44yanee-
Ti'mes.
Big Smoke But No Fire
Firemen received a,)ca)1 between
10 and 11 o'clock Monday morning
when an alarm was turned in from
the Commercial Hotel. Employees
at the hotel became alarmed when
the building began to all with
smoke. Firemen and residents were
quickly on the job, but no trace of
flames were evident. A Are ` had
been lit to heat a water jacket,
but it was ,burning' normally. In-
vestigation disclosed that the chim-
ney was clogged with soot, and the
smoke from the fire could not es-
cape through it.—Blyth Standard.
Trustee Board Appointed
In connection with the erection
of the Mitchell and District Mem-
orial Arena, a board of trustees
was appointed at Monday night's
council meeting in compliance
with provincial authorities as fol-
lows: They will be the Reeves of
the Townships of Fullarton, Logan
and Hibbert; D. Eizerman, D. P.
Monaghan, W. F. Walther, L. Edi'
ghoffer and the Mayor and Chair-
man of the Property, Park and
Shade Tree Committee. A bylaw
was introduced and passed con -
Arming the appointments which
will be for one and two-year terms.
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23—Peruvian aborigine
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14—Artist's tripod
17—Silky-haired cat
18—Bulbous-rooted
plant
20—City (11)
21—Natural fool
24—Artless
'28—Recover
29—Musical drama.
32—Become visible
33—Preserves
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36= Bridle etraps
38—Prison rooms
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44—Tend in sickness
47—Outset
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50—Elongated fishes
51—Sphere
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55 --Frozen water
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IT WILL MAKE
There's going to be a new factory
out on River Road. It will make
a big difference to the town—
another payroll, more jobs, more
opportunity, more business for merchants.
When the local bank manager was asked
for facts about the town as a possible
factory site, he got them—fes After a.
while things worked out.
Now the''town has a new industry. The
bank manager has a new customer. Soon hes
will be servicing the factory's payrolls,
extending seasonal credit, making
collections, supplying market informal °.
... doing all the things a local bank'
manager is trained to do.
Itis apart of his job to heIph
community grow.
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