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SEAFORTH, Friday, June 19, 1953
Temporary Evils
Trade Minister Howe says Canada
and Britain are at the opening of a
brighter chapter in commercial rela-
tions. Canadians want a strong and
prosperous Britain and they are
ready to accept as necessary the pre-
sent trade restrictions which econ-
omic conditions have imposed on the
British economy.
As Mr. Howe says, it is encourag-
ing 'that these restrictions are uni-
versally recognized as nothing bet-
ter than necessary evils, and that
they will ultimately be removed. In
the meantime, Canada is ready and
willing to buy British Goods. No
country in the world has fewer quan-
titive restrictions on trade or with
lower rates of duty.
Mr. Howe is not one to say other
than what he means. Recently speak-
ing in Britain, he said in part: "A
country that can lead the world in
jet aircraft, that can produce the
Centurion tank, that can tender the
lowest price for power plant equip-
ment in the highly -competitive mar-
ket of the United States, a country
that can do things like these is sure-
ly not lagging behind in energy and
enterprise. There are, indeed, good
reasons for the people of Britain to
hope that thiS is not only the begin-
ning of a new reign, but the opening
of a new and promising chapter in
their history."
The Ottawa Journal, commenting
on his _speech, went' on to say: "It
was inevitable that the logical Mr.
Howe should go on to suggest that
the United Kingdom would not wish
to persist unnecessarily in restrictive
and discriminatory trade policies,
and he hoped for improvements in
trading relations between Canada
and Britain. That is the way a busi-
ness man should speak, and the Min-
ister of Trade is, above all, a man of
business."
Farm Markets
Sometimes in all the talk about
agricultural markets we fail to ap-
preciate/ the fact that the volume of
agriculture exports in 1952 reached
an all time high. The same trend
continues to be apparent in 1953.
During 1952 Canadian agricultural
products valued at more than a bil-
lion dollars were sold to more than
100 countries throughout the world.
As has always been the case, much
of Canada's agricultural exports go
to Britain and the United States.
But the feature 'of the export situa-
tion that gives evidence of assured
markets in the future is the extent
to which the tharket is diversified.
In 1952, for instance, slightly more
than half the agricultural exports
went to the United Kingdom and the
United States. At the same time
47.8 per cent of the exports went to
more than 100 other countries. At no
time in the history of Canada has its
agricultural trade been based on
such a broad demand from so many
countries.
To suggestions that Canada had
lost the British market, Minister of
Agriculture Gardiner recently had
this to say:
"Britain is buying carcass.beef in
Londdn at 16 cents a pound. We are
telling ours at 39 cents a pound in
Montreal. Britain is buying her
badon at 31 cents a pound. We are
--telling-trurs at 45 e-ents in Montreal.
"Irritain is buying her butter at 41
'ft a pound, We are selling ours
cents in Montreal. Britain is
,,egcaeeSe iron), New Zealand
•otind. We are selling.,
•$its in Montreal: Britain
go at46 cent g dez-
iSesse:."
We are selling ours at 53 cents
a.
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"WV laid we wish to sell those
products in I4Ondon at those prices
in preference to prices received in
Montreal or Toronto?"
That is the question.
A Good Job
Huron County Council at its meet-
ing last week made reference to the
assessment of storm damage that
had been prepared by County Asses-
sor Alex Alexander, working in con-
junction with local assessors in the
municipalities concerned. He was
commended for the fact that a com-
plete assessment of the storm dam-
age spread over four townships, had
been prepared in a matter of some
eight days. Attention was paid; too,
to the complete manner in which the
report had been prepared. It was
appreciated that in making available
such a comprehensive report so
quickly, many hundreds of miles of
travel and long hours of work were
involved on the part of the county
assessor.
But it was not until a meeting in
London this week, presided over by
Acting Premier George Doucette,
that the full extent of the Huron job
was learned. Huron, it was disclos-
ed, was the only County of those
which suffered storm damage to have
completed an assessment and filed a
claim with the Province.
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GRADUATION TIME
Long Association
The fiftieth anniversary which the
Ford Motor Company is celebrating
this week recalls that a Seaforth
family has been handling Ford pro-
ducts for 43 of those 50 years.
It was in 1910 that John F. Daly
undertook to sell Ford cars in the
Seaforth district. For years prior to
his death in 1947, he was proud of
the fact that he was the oldest Ford
dealer in Canada. He was proud,
too, on the several occasions when
the Company recognized in various
ways his years of association as a
dealer.
True, there is a change in the name
of the firm, from John F. Daly to
Daly Motors, but it is still the same
. Daly family, now represented by a
son, Edmund Daly, that is selling the
1953 version of the Ford which first
came to Seaforth in 1910.
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Be Careful With Trees
(1$yel Banner)
Town Council this week took steps
to eliminate indiscriminate cutting of
the town's trees. From now on, a
permit, in writing, will have to be ob-
tained from the chairman of the pro-
perty committee before any pruning
or cutting of town trees may be un-
dertaken. This seems only prudent,
considering the rapid disappearance
of stately trees that have been the
pride of the town for many years.
There has been some confusion about
the rights of property owners re-
garding the trees on their street
frontage. Some trees have been re-
moved with verbal permission from
some member of council. Others
have simply disappeared.
Evidence, Please
(Winnipeg Free Press)
It is the cry of the Opposition par-
ties in the Federal Parliament that
the St. Laurent Government has
ruined the country.
This is odd, because the facts point
to a quite different conclusion. Here
are the statistics on international
trade for the four leading trading
nations.
In 1951 Canada stood fourth
among the nations in the value of
trade.
In 1952, Canada stood first.
The figures for 1952 are as follows:
Imports Exports,
(millions) (millions)
U.S $11,632 $15,164
U.K. 9,733 7,540
Canada 5,458 4,729
Fran -0 4,431-3,896
Considering that the United States
has about 12 times our population,
the United Kingdom about four times
and France a little less than four
timesthat isn't a bad performance
for a country which is supposed to
be in an advance .stage of decay.
All the colleges and universities
across the country have been busy
these last couple of weeks or so
handing out aheepsktne,-to hundreds
and hundreds of young men and
women, which will prove that they
have graduated from one of our
recognized halls of "higher learn-
ing."
Almost everybody now agrees
that, in the main, this will turn
out to be a good thing for the
country.
At Toronto last week they had a
banner crop and graduated 410 stu-
dents from the arts colleges alone.
That's a lot of potential school
teachers, and we can stand them.
But there was one fellow I am
particularly. wondering about. I've
forgotten his name now, but he
was a student in his last year at
Victoria College at the U. of T.
Maybe you remember him. He
caused quite a stir a few months
back when he announced that he
didn't choose to graduate.
Such a decision in itself is not
too surprising. I have known more
,than one student who, just before
exam time, decided that he
wouldn't bother to graduate. His
reason, for such a decision, of
course, was simply that he had
come to realize he had squander-
ed his time all jeer and he didn't
have a chance fi5 graduate no mat-
ter how much he wanted to. In
such a case, perhaps, discretion is
really the better part of valor.
The /ad I'm talking about, how-
ever, was not that sort of student.
On the contrary he was one of the
steadiest, brightest, hard-working
men in the college. There was no
doubt in anybody's mind, that if he
wanted to graduate,' all he had to
do was write the exams and he
would probably come out at the
head of the class.'
But he said he didn't want any
part of this at all. He said that
after four years of it, he now knew
that colleges were a waste of time.
They make people empty-headed
snobs, he s/aid. The things they
WW1 you are often wrong.
Well! Well! •
You know, I bet there never was
a fellow who got up as far as his
entrance who hasn't discovered af-
ter going out into the world that
quite a lot of the things he learn-
ed in school don't work too well,
Take, for example, the problems we
used to have in our arithmetic
books about how to measure
room for wallpaper. Never in my
life have I met a paperhanger who
did it the way I was taught in
Junior Fourth..
So what?
Does that, mean, I'm sorry I ever
went to school? Does that mean
that I am going to go around ev-
erywhere running down the old
school? If I did any such thing
you would say I had turned out to
be a pretty foolieb fellow. And
you'd be right.
As for colleges being snobbish, I
don't think -they are different in
any way to any other sort of
school. Half the people 1 know get
worked up every time they think
of the little red school house. Just
listen to any of us, and tell
you that our particular red school
house was the best, the very best,
there ever was. We'll start telling
you about all the great men who
learned the three R's there and
we'll boast about how we had the
best football team in '03. Come
right down to it we're snobbish as
all get out when it is a question
of our own school,
If that 'chap didn't graduate the
other day, I'd say he didn't deserve
to. In spite of his high marks and
good record, he hasn't grown up if
he can't see that the thinga lie
criticized Victoria College for are
just the plain simple, human things
you'll find anywhere.
Seaforth Spectator Tells
Of Coronation Splendor
(Continued from Page 1)
colors are undressed. This inter-
esting ceremony goes on just below
us where they take the salute.
A busload of Yeomen of the
Guard, or beefeaters, as they are
familiarly known, go by in their
long scarlet tunics, heavily em-
broidered in gold and their gleam-
ing white stiffly -starched ruffs
about their necks. At first glance
they give the impression of white
beards. A bobby has a little girl
up in his arms. She is apparently
th trdubie as she is crying. In her
hand she has a Union Jack. Sev-
eral people have been taken away
under St. John's Ambulance escort
—some stretcher cases. What a
disappointment!
9:15: It is still cloudy, but no
rain.
9:30: A procession of Beefeat-
ers, this time on foot; are swinging
along, like thessseterans they are,
also the Queen's Bargemaster and
twelve Watermen. They are in
long red tunics with black vel-
vetee,n caps.'
The glass coach, which is to car-
ry the Queen Mother and Princess
Margaret, goes by empty on its way
to Clarence House. The escort is
the first and second division of the
Captain's Escort Household Cavalry
with Standard. Mounted on beau-
tifully matched black horses -they
are an impressive sight with their
white plumes waving in their hats,
a study in red. black and white.
Uproar From Canadians
9:40: The Commissioner, Metro-
politan Police, Sir Harold Scott,
mounted on a white horse, under
escort, clears the way and then the
procession to the Abbey begins. We
follow the order from the loud-
speaker and our progrananaes.
In the carriage procession of
colonial rulers, Her Majesty the
Queen of Tonga, with the Sultan of
Kelantan, steals the show. She is
one of the few who rides in an op-
en coach. Wearing rose colored
satin with a headdress of two thin
sticks and flowers, she flashes a
beaming smile as she acknowledg-
es the wild cheers of the crowd.
We are able to recognize Sir
Winston and Lady Churchill lead-
ing the procession of prime minis-
ters. They are escorted by eight
Of the Queen's Own Hussars, the
regiment he joined as a subaltern
58 years ago. Closely folloiving is
Mr. and Mrs. Louis St. Laurent,
escorted by four Mounties repre-
senting Canada, the first ,Dominion.
No mistaking where the Canadians
are sitting from the uproar!
After the Prime Ministers Come
the Princes and Princesses of the
Blood Royal, Most of these we are
able to pick out, .being familiar
with their pictures.'
Some of the mounted officers of
the Navy and Air -Force have dif-
licutly managing their horse, At
one point they get quite out of hand
but no casualties resulted.
The Great Moment
a 10:20: The great moinent we
have been waiting for! The state
coach, in all its splendor, is com-
ing out of the Palace gate, led 'by
the Queen's Escort. It rounds the
Victoria Monument and is now in
plain. sight. It is coming along the
Mali drawn by eight Windsor greys,
from the Royal stables. Amid the
uproar they remain undisturbed, for
they have been especially condi-
tioned for large crowds and land
noises. Continuous waves of cheer-
ing roll along, and no it is our
tura, for here below us le the coaeh,
with Her Majesty, stalling and wav-
itg to he peePle, looking every
neh queen. Oti her left ia the
Duke 'who take e hie Place In the
toy -d1 Plettire so gallantly. The en-
chanting Stone hi' :Iasi or a Mom,
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ent and we settle down warmed
with the radiance of her personal-
ity, while the cheers roll -on and
on. Thus, it is, all the way to the
Abbey—cheer upon cheer is record-
ed on the loudspeaker, Now we
know why people have come from
the four corners of the earth. No
matter what our race, color or
creed, we are united in this great
Commonwealth of Nations, with
the crown as its symbol. We are
indeed a fortunate people for even
though our governments may waver
and all we still have our Crown
which knows no politics and is con-
stant as the sun. May it ever be
so!
Even the Queen's dress of white
satin symbolizes the Crown uniting
the Commonwealth. On, a back-
ground of white satin it is encrust-
ed with emblematic embroidery, on
the full -flowing skirt in diamonds,
crystals, pearls, amethysts, rose-
colored stones, gold thread and col-
ored silks.
"Fairy Tale" Coach
Emblems are the Tudor rose,
leek, shamrock and thistle of the
British Isles, maple leaf of Canada,
Wattle and fern of Australia and
New Zealand, protea flower 'of
South Africa, two lotus flowers of
India and Ceylon, the wheat cot-
ton flower and jute leaves of Paki-
stan. Scallops of seed pearls en-
close the emblems. The gold em-
broidered white satin of the six
maids of honor make a striking
contrast by their simplicity'.
The state coach has every ap-
pearance of coma; 'straight from
a fairy tale. From the golden palm
trees flanking its doors, to the four
fearsome sea gods at the front and
rear pf the undercarriage, the
coach is a magnificent and imagina-
tive creation. It was built in the
reign of George III. The panels on
the side were painted by the Italian
artist, Giovanni Cipriani. They
symbolize industry, justice and the
arts and sciences. For this state
occasion it has been regilded and
made much more comfortable for
riding.
The entourage, passes quickly
from our sight and we relax to
await thetriumphal return from
the Abbey. We explore our lunch
basket as we feel the need of food;
nine hours is a long time, but it
does not seem long to us.
Two trucks carrying camera -men
go swiftly by. On the loudspeaker
we hear the cheers of the children
on the Thames Embankment and
voices from, the Abbey describing
the scene—including Ted Briggs, a
Canadian. The Queen is entering
the Abbey and, as she does so, the
sun tries to peak through.
A Queen is Crowned
, 11:10: The guards along the
route march off in small groups.
The service from the Abbey Is COM-
ing over the air now, the same to
US as to Canada and all parts of
the world. There is a definite sil-
ence over the crowd as they follow
the service from their programmee.
After lunch we leave out seats to
stretch ourselves and have a cup
of hot coffee—good coffee, too, in
spite of the great demand. Behind
each block of seats, light refresh-
ment booths and other convenienc-
es are established. The ceremony
goes dn. It doesn't seem long Un-
til the actual crowning takes place.
and we hear the forty-one gun sa-
lute from the Tower of London. A
Queen is crowned!
I have a long chatAewith Frank
Golding,. . . Viten cortling through
the gate to resume our places the
attendant, in a jovial mood, said to
nie, "Yoti'll have to shoW your
ticket, lady, evert though you are
sporting that Maple Leaf." Per -
hap that ivrattt,!4 Leaf 'Will get Me
Mit of feW tight PitideS.
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D140 for au ell -day rain,:The guardn
don their grey capes, concealing
their scarlet einies, and the eciefie
becomes grey and dull. The cere-
mony continues and wesjoin'in the
singing of "All People That on
Earth Do Dwell." The guards car-
rying the colors wrap them up but
continue to march up and down.
1:20, p.m.: Still raining.
Waiting For the Procession
1:40: More rain, but in our
crouched positions, ..n.ci one seems
to care, One can get used to any-
thing. The service in the Ab,bey is
over and we await the procession
back to the Palace. The rain stops
and the sun makes a feeble attempt
to shine. We are thankful for
small mercies. The H.M.C.S. Que-
bec boys, have come to life and
stage a real sing -song. The crowd
Joins in lustily when they know the
words. One sailor, a self-appointed
leader, leads us through "Alou-
ette," with its many verses, much
to the amusement of the Scots
Guard Pipers below us. It is now
their turn. On the march they .play.
some rousing Scotch tunes on the
bagpipes. A lone horse of the Lon-
don mounted police takes exception
to this type of music—some call,
"Who can blame him!" Others,,
"We want more!" And more they
give us. Time passes pleasantly.
3:20: The guards remove their
capes, brightening the scene once
mwao3yr:e4a,
d things are beginning to
Mounted Police clear the
happen, The Royal Parks trucks
go by spraying and cleaning the
pavement,
Overwhelming Pagentry
4:10: The Mall is bristling with
activity as we hear the bands com
ing closer, This is the procession
which seems to dwarf the previous
one. Never before have I seen, and
certainly never again do I dare
hope to see such pageantry -29,200
troops from every corner of the
globe—moving along wave upon
wave. It is overwhelming. Such
a riot of color, such variety of uni-
forms, such precision marching—
on they roll to •the martial music
of the many bands grouped by
twos and placed at convenient in-
tervals. It takes 45 minutes for
the procession to pass a given
point.
The Mounted Band of the Royal
Horse Guards (The Blues) are
spectacular. The horses are train-
ed to guide themselves, leaving
both hands of their riders free to
use their instruments. We may
well be proud of the Royal Cana-
dian Mounted Police. They are a
gallant company in this proud pro-
eession, which mere words fail to
describe.
The Royal Coach comes into
view and the continuous cheering
rises with ever-increasing enthusi-
asm. The Queen is smiling. On
her head is the Imperial State
Crown, in her right hand the Scep-
tre, and in her left the Orb. These
symbols remind us of her voice so
strong and resolute as she dedicat-
ed herself to the service of ,,her
people. The coach moves along out
of sight, but the grandeur, the
pageantry, the solemnity, and the
deep meaning of it all is echoed
in our hearts. By the radio, over
television, and on the Royal route
itself, many eyes are misty and
many prayers are offered for her,
whose great responsibility it is to
rule the peoples of her vast Com-
monwealth wisely and well.
Long may she reign!
Ninety-four Years of Age
Ms William Souch celebrated his
94th birthday last week at his
home on the third line of Morris.
Mr. Souch, has lived at his present
home nearly all his life. His wife,
formerly Charlotte Jewitt, died 20
year ago. He has three sons, four
daughters, 35 grandchildren and 57
great-grandchildren. Some members
of the family live in the West.
Present at the birthday supper
pally were two daughters, Mrs.
Frank Stamper, of Bluevale, and
Mrs. Mildred Stewart, who lives
with Mr. Souch, one son, Charles
Souch, of Morris, two sisters, Mrs.
Henry Bone, of Morris, and Mrs.
Adrian Porteous, of Seaforth. The
dining table was centred with a
birthday cake, and ,floral decora-
tions. Numerous gifts, messages
and visits from friends made the
day a memorable one. Mr. Such
enjoys fair health, though suffer-
ing somewhat from the effects of a
recent ,fall. --Blyth Standard.
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From The Huron eepositor
June 22, 1928
The large bank barn, straw shed
and hog pen of Mr. Walter H. Mil-
ler, 14th concession, Hay, south of
Zurich, were totally destroyed by
fire Saturday evening. All the live
stock was ,save4 except 17 pigs.
The loss la partly covered by in-
surance.
IDr. William Al berhart has leased
an office in the Queen's Hotel
block, and la having it fitted up
for use in the practice of his pro-
fession. Dr. Aberhart is; well-
known in both town and district,
being a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Aberhart, He is a graduate of
Seaforth Collegiate and Toronto
University.
Dr. H. H. Ross, his daughter,
Miss Margaret Ross, and her aunt,
Miss Schaeffer, Listowel, left on
Tuesday on an extended trip to the
0111, 'Country.
Messrs, W. A. Crich, C. Adams,
C. Glow and G. D. Haigh are up in
the North Bay district' this week
on a fishing trip.
Mr. Dawson Reid, customs collec-
tor, and Mr. Gordon Dick, teller in
the Provincial Bank here, are
spending their holidays in New
Ontario.
Mrs. P. M. Chesney leaves Sat-
urday on an extended trip across
the continent. She will go to Van-
couver by the Canadian route and
will return...to New York through
the States,
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From The Huron Expositor
June 19, 1903
On Wednesday Mr.' Chas. Schroe-
der, Dashwood, met with quite a
loss. He had been at work swamp-
ing out wood and at noon unhar-
nessed his horses that they might
pick grass while he went to the
village for his dinner. On his re-
turn he was surprised to find, his
wood, wagon and harness .reduced
to ashes, they having caught fire
from a stump which he had lit.
MacArthur & Co,, Hensall, who
have carried, on a private banking
business for a great many years,
have disposed of their business, to
the Sovereign Bank, who have tak-
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The excurij to Niagaaa
under the, auspices of 'the Cana.diala
Order of Forresters on Friday was
attended. The special train con-
sisted of six oa.rs, all well filled.
There were 200 tickets sold here,,
There were 170 tickets sold at
Seaforth for Stratford on Saturday,
that being the day of the chose
there.
Kennedy Rros. recently Purcluts-
eci four spring laraibe three months
bld from William OliesneY, Tu.clrer-
smith, which averaged •57 pounds
each.
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