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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1955-02-11, Page 7it {)1 rJ y� x Gv CANADA'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (Continued from "Page 2) 4Cident so trifling that, in the hands - of a competent weekly newspaper reporter, may not be developed into a news story—and frequently such stories make better reading than much of the "big" news crowding upon people through other media. Newspaper textbooks have a lot to say about the value of "human interest" in reporting and editing. The big daily newspaper has to work harder to -print human inter- est stories than does the weekly, for an obvious reason: the thou- sands who read the daily paper are not interested in Thomas Jones himself, but in the pictur- esque or tragic thing that has be- fallen Mr. Jones; the hundreds who read the rural or suburban weekly paper are interested in Mr. Jones himself, because they know him. What happened to Mr. Jones need not be urgent, but only some- thing that affected him pienati r - ably or adversely, or something that might conceivably have hap- pened to the reader. Editors of weekly newspapers could, if their time permitted, add to the value of their papers by writing occasional expository articles dealing with issues of lo- cal importance. Such exercise would, too, be a relief for the edi- tor because it would allow him to sink his teeth into something big- ger than routine. An example might be the issue of whether or not to add chemicals to the water supply: the weekly editor who clarified such a subject, telling his readers what the points are upon which arguments are based, would be highly appreciated. Given the bent for it, and skill in arranging his duties so as to allow time for it, the weekly edi- tor will derive immense satisfac- tion from writing authoritatively Town of Seaforth Tax Prepayment Receipts for 1955 The Town of Seaforth will pay 4% per annuls, up to August 31, 1955, on all Prepaid Taxes. Certificates and full particulars may be obtained at the Town Clerk's Office, in the Town Hall. D. H. WILSON - Treasurer as near as your telephone A COMPLETE TRUST SERVICE IN WESTERN ONTARIO Call RAYE B. PATERSON, Trust Officer Hensall, Ontario, Phone 51 For • Estate Planning and Wills • Real Estate Services • Investment Management and Advisory Service • 3%%,Guaranteed Investments • 2t/zcJo on savings—deposits may be mailed Or Contact Any Office Oj GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA Toronto • Montreal • Ottawa • Windsor Niagara Falls • Sodbury • Sault Ste. Marie Calgary -• Vancouver lh VA ;11 a1: ett on local issues: and, if he does his job competently, he need not fear competition from any source, ev- en including the high-priced syndi- cate columnists with their wide- ranging polemics. The Editor Intelligently developed, the pres- tige latent in editing and publish- ing a weekly newspaper in Canada provides satisfactions that are at- tractive to men of ability. The independent owner of a weekly newspaper is well known and respected. He is the upholder of the values that count most in his community, the champion of every righteous cause, the propos- er and supporter of changes that mark advancement over the ,old order of things, an anchor in time of storm and the troubler of the public conscience when it becomes too complacent. From him there issue ideas, solutions and enthusi- asm. The best editor will be out and around his community so as to be in touch with the interests of his readers. He will be like the artist in ancient Rome who concealed himself behind his paintings to lis- ten to the criticism of passers-by. He will have a sensitized mind, picking up every impression that may serve his readers. People A DEPENDABLE MAN IS A MAN WHO ADVERTISES • NINE times out of ten you will find that the magi who advertises is the man who most willingly returns your money if you are not satisfied. • He has too much at stake to risk losing our trade or your confidence. You can depend on him. • He is not in business for today or tomorrow only—but for next year and ten years from next year. He knows the value of good -will. • You get better merchandise at a fairer price than he could ever hope to sell it if he did not have the larger vol- ume of business that comes from legitimate advertising and goods that bear out the promise of the printed word. • Don't miss the advertisements. This very day they call your attention to values that tomorrow you will be sorry you overlooked. Don't Miss the Advertisements! THE HURON EXPOSITOR Established 1860 McLEAN BROS., Publishers Phone 41 -- Seaforth 1 will consult him, because of his wide range of knowledge and un- biased interest. He will try to see both sides of controversial matters and he will not suppress news that should be printed or views that represent a section of the public mind, These virtues add up to make a man who makes a newspaper that is read and digested for its good- ness. Mr. W. Telfer, Managing - Director of the Canadian. Weekly Newspaper Association, said this in a letter to the Monthly Letter: "If someone asked me to list the virtues of the weekly press, I would give readership the- prime position. Any paper if it is to be influential must not only have sub- scribers—it must have subscribers who read it thoroughly. My own opinions, and those of many read- ers and publishers with whom I have talked, make it appear that the weekly newspapers have per- haps a better claim to this criter- ionof worth than other news- papers." Cultural Force Editors see the weekly news- paper as a pulsating, vital insti- tution that reaches to the grass roots of the community social structure, reflecting its life, cus- toms and culture. The Royal Com- mission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences was hesitant, in making its report in 1951, about giving this credit to the press. Alluding to the newspaper press as a whole, the report said: "To what extent the newspaper press of Canada contributes effectively to the development of Canadian arts and letters is a matter of opinion. Although many of our leading newspapers over t h e years have devoted generous space to book reviews and to commentar- ies on music and the arts, .and al- though we have in Canada many editors who write thoughtfully and with distinction, we should hesi- tate to assess these influences up- on our cultural life." Half of our Canadian people liv- ing at the time of the census a few years ago were born before 1924. They spent their formative years in .a society relatively un- touched by radio, to which tele- vision was unknown, and in' which moving pictures were not the hab- it they now are. Certainly, in such a society, the local newspaper should share with the church, the school and the local library the credit for being the art, letters and science of the people. Great movements in what the Royal Commission report calls "cultural life", such as the little theatre, had their modest begin- nings as local drama groups spon- sored and supported by the press. The press — and -not least the weekly press — can justifiably claim credit for developing among readers support for orchestras, bands and art groups, and for en- couraging young people pursuing their muse by publishing their handiwork. It would be interest- ing to learn—and perhaps some future commission may find out —how many of Canada'snational- ly-known writers, artists, musi- cians and other cultural crafts- men received their first public support and encouragement in their local weekly newspapers. Editorial Page Newspapers commonly reserve one page as the mouthpiece of the editor and his readers. It is a place where the news and trends of the day are discussed and an- alyzed, and where debate clarifies issues. The editor who takes his editorial function sincerely is in position to influence his community for good by speaking frankly, now softly and now with vigor, on matters that merit community thought and action. The weekly editor knows that big words do not guarantee big thoughts, and he is given to clear, simple writing, perhaps punctuat- ed with homely sentences and ex- pressions. His editorials reflect the needs and thoughts of ordinary people. They draw on a rich fund sanity and candour. Mr. Cranston remarked in his article: "There is not a Member of Parliament at Ottawa or in any of the provincial capitals who does not watch close- ly what his local weekly editors • For the first time, security has been lifted to allow photographs to be published of the multi-million dollar radar network stretching across Canada. The code name of this vast chainof stations is "Pinetree". At this station, 280 highly trained R.C.A.F. experts are con- stantly watching the radar scopes, on the lookout for both friendly and enemy aircraft. The station covers over 50 acres of bleak, snow-covered hill, but this is considered "home" to the R.C.A.F. men, women and families. There are 70 separate buildings, including a grocery store and soda fountain, hospital and fire hall, and school and mar- ried quarters. This station, situated somewhere in eastern Canada, is typical of the many Radar stations that form the "Pinetree" chain of de! fence. (1) These domes are for defence—this is an exterior view of the "nerve centre" of one of the R.C.A.F.'s radar stations some- where in eastern Canada. Beneath the domes, men and women of the R.C.A.F. are busy 24 hours a day scanning the skies with the use of radar scopes. • (2) Each of the three domes contain an antenna. This photo- graph shows a close up of one of the constantly revolving antennae. (3) The Radar Scope, as seen in this photograph, is of prime importance in the operation of a radar station. The first indica- tion of an enemy aircraft would be the appearance of a spot or "blip" on the circular dial of the scope. Keeping a watchful eye for the unusual, is Flying Officer John. Vickers, of Killaloe, Ont. (4) To the average person, not familiar with the intricate equip- ment used on a radar station, these instrument panels may appear confusing. However, the R.C.A.F. personnel at the radar stations must be thoroughly familiar with all the various types of equip- ment. Here, LAC. W.W. (Wayne) Kelly, of Hubbards, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, left, and Airwoman Barbara Sayer, of Holland, Manitoba, are shown checking equipment in the monitor control rom at one of the R.C.A.F.'s radar stations somewhere in eastern Canada. (5) An important part of any of the R.C.A.F.'s radar stations is the plotting room. In this room, personnel plot the course. height, speed and type of an approaching aircraft on a large board. With this system, officials are able to tell at a glance the position of an aircraft. Shown "fixing a plot" on. the board. are left to right: Cpl. D. N. (Doris) Shea, of Edmonton, Alberta. and LAW. I.M. (Iiota) Little, of Three Hills, and Calgary, Alberta. are saying." It is the editor's business to look out upon the world as pictured in the news columns and try to un- derstand it. Where the news calls for action, he will suggest, with reasons based upon the evidence before him, the course he thinks it should take. He, following his detached and painstaking research is in position to point out the, vital and perhaps hidden significance of a proposed community project. He is, in the best tradition. ap- pealing to truth and reason and intelligence; not to prejudice, pas- sion and ignorance. Such an editor makes his page the legitimate stage from which to express opinion, expose bias, and invite debate. He develops his "Voice of the People" column into a meanin.gful' forum, open to everyone who has something worth saying. On such a page ideas strike sparks, and opposites rub each other into usable size and shape. The editor who can pro- mote a lively readers' forum, printing several letters a week on topics of community interest, is contributing in an important way to the stability and betterment of the community. Continued Importance Statistics are not very helpful in judging a phenomenon with so many aspects as the press has, but from the figures available it seems at least apparent that Canada has a vigorous weekly press, increasing in circulation and advertising. The other judg- ments, those of worth, are indi- vidual things, affected by many aspects of the publication: its com- munity, its sort of reader and its editor's ideals, intelligence, ex- pertness and energy. It can be said with certainty that it is through the press that the people receive the information that enables them to change their ways of life for the better. When this information is given in the form of balanced presentation of basic facts, telling the fundamen- tal purposes sought and outlining the alternatives, all spiced by skil- ful thought, and observation, then the newspaper is living up to its high purpose. Such a newspaper demands that its editor shall have ability, char- acter, leadership and genuine skill in his craft. It is the sort of news- paper referred to by Lord Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England, when he said: "De we always think as gratefully, or indeed as justly, as we might, of the amaz- ing ability, diligence care and learning; the wit, the 'humour, the skill and the versatility; the duti- fulness, and courage, the conscien- tiousness, and the sheer hard work which go to the making of the best kited of newspaper?" Auburn Church Starts New Year The annual congregational sleet- ing of Knox Presbyterian Church. Auburn, was held in the Sunday School room on Wednesday. Rev. R. G. MacMillan, interim modera- tor, presided. and Don Haines was secretary. Mrs. Edgar Lawson, reporting for the Ladies' Aid, said there was a balance of $102 on hand. The Ida White Mission Band re- port, submitted by the leader, Mrs. Don Haines, showed a contribution of $27 for missionary work. Re- porting for the W.M.S., Mrs. Jack Hallam said a bale of clothing had been sent to headquarters and the allocations had been over -sub- scribed. Mrs. W. Good, church treasurer, distributed copies of the financial statement. which showed a balance of $1,042. Wil- liam Watson, clerk of session, pre- sented the allocation for the gen- eral budget of the church. John Houston gave the Sunday School report, which showed a substan- tial balance on hand. Edgar Lawson and Kenneth Scott were elected managers for a threee-year term; other man- agers are W. Good, Alvin Lether- land, Don Haines, Arthur Yung- blut and Major Yungblut; church treasurer, Mrs. W. Good; auditors, Arthur and Victor Yun.gblut; budget treasurer, Victor Yung- blut; ushers, Don Haines, Gordon Dobie, Ken Scott, Wes Bradnock; church organist. Arthur Yungblut. QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. To collectors, what is Canada's most valuable stamp? 2. Does annual welfare spending by government agencies only now total about. $90 per Cana- dian family, $240 per family, $370 per family? 3. In dollar value what are the principal catches of the Atlan- tic and the Pacific sea fisher- ies? 4. In what year did the Halifax Explosion occur? 5. In 1939 the average Canadian family paid less than $300 a year in taxes. What is the present total? ANSWERS: 5. Over $1700 per year. 3. Of the Atlantic fisheries, lobster; of the Pacific, salmon. 1. The 12 -penny black, Issued in 1850, now valued at $2,500. 4. Itt 1917, when an exploding Munitions i ship killed 1,800. 2. About $870. ON In the big citien and tnwi then are countless peeple, Young' and. old, who gro lonely fog .,eke rf the plaCes from Which theycarne hungry for the bind Af nevus that is buried in the blunder and. seur-. ry of the metropolis.. For fifteen years now Neighborly News has been the unfailing comfort and glee of these exiles from God's country. We must credit Andy Clarke with setting the tone of Neighbor- ly News, for he had an eye for the homely, the wise, the humor- ous and the human, long before he was chosen to speak and edit the radio survey of the week's coun- try press. When he was news editor of the old Globe, they ran a joyous little item each day call- ed the Southeast Corner, which was in the bottom right-hand cor- ner of the front page, And it was such stuff as Neighborly News is made on, something picked out of the daily torrent of the news which had the veritable country feel to it, of tenderness, of surprise, of human frailty and human kind- ness. Ivor Brown, one of the greatest living British journalists a n d critics, has this to say in writing about an anthology he was edit- ing, a collection of choice pieces from the Manchester Guardian. "Political events," he says, "ex- cept the largest, wither quickly in interest. The debate that seem- ed to make such lively reading one morning is dead matter with- in a week or two, dead beyond any form of resurrection in a year. When, for example, a French gov- ernment falls, it is as though a pin had dropped, and the tumbling of pins does not echo down the years. Politicians only exist, it will not flatter their self-esteem coinrllllk convfnienvo Vis" :s# provide,, ow' )0,, our way of work, ott sports and weaaid4;g felicity.'' So tad O!'Air. uely Galled PQ even when it 15 ,14P1 - such an achievementtas with beauty,writilOg-' tile, able word, making the itti song, and achieving t ier;gt► man therapy ' and • Odnablithq laughter is a durablee Ohio That was Ivor• Brown could be truer of Canari?a[* ;'b; try weeklies? What con'-' truer of Neighborly News'( It scans the country's week j for the stories, in a warring w�Tr of men and women and childieiy living in peace, And the men who,:': have spoken it each week are sarin with many other jobs to ban4 e, men to whom broadcapfg "Neighborly News" ;is . a labor of love, and who bring to it the sW it of fun, fancy and unpretentious wisdom in which "Neighborly News" was conceived. It's an in- stitution. Be thrifty! Phone 41, Sea - forth. Classified ads. are re- sult -getting. The Huron Ek- positor. Husbands! Wives! Want new Pep and Vim? Thousands of couples are weak, worn-out, ea - haunted solely because body lacks iron. Fornew vim, vitality, try Ostrea Tonic Tablets. Supplies iron you, too, may need for pep; supplemen- tary doses Vitamin Si. Introductory or "get - acquainted" size only 600. At all druggists. SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS OPEN DAILY — PHONE 363-J T. Pryde & Son ALL TYPES OF CEMETERY MEMORIALS Enquiries are invited Exeter Phone 41-J Clinton Phone 103 YOUR .BUSINESS DIRECTORY - MEDICAL DR. M. W. STAPLETON Physician and Surgeon Phone 90 : Seaforth If no answer. call 59 JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 Hensall SEAFORTH CLINIC Telephone 26 E. A. McMASTER, B,A., M.D. Internest Telephone 27 P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Telephone 55 C. ELLIOTT, M.D. Telephone 26 EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m. Appointments may be made. OPTOMETRIST JOHN E. LONGSTAFF Optometrist Eyes Examined. Glasses Fitted. MAIN ST. SEAFORTH Office Hours: Daily, except Mon- day, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CLINTON— Monday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Mc- Laren's Studio). VETERINARY D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M. Veterinary Surgeon HENSALL, ONT. : PHONE 99 TURNBULL & BRYANS VETERINARY CLINIC T. 0. Turnbull, D.V.M. W. R. Bryans, D.V.M. Phone 105 Seaforth AUCTIONEERS EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer Correspondence promptly an- swered. Immediate arrangements can be made for sae dates by phoning 455-J, Clinton. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaran- teed. LEGAL A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Phones: Office 173, Residence 781 SEAFORTH ONTARIO McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. MCCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS, Q.C. County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 CHIROPRACTIC D. H. McINNES Chiropractic - Foot Correction COMMERCIAL HOTEL Monday, Thursday — 1 to 8 p.m. ACCOUNTING RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant CLINTON ONTARIO Office: Phones: Royal Bank Office 561, Res. 455 A. M. HARPER Chartered Accountant 55 South St, Telephone Goderich 343 Licensed Municipal Auditor. INSURANCE THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE--SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS: President - J. L. Malone, Seaforth Vice -Pres. - J. H. McEwing, Blyth Manager and Sec.-Treas. - M. A. Reid, Seaforth. DIRECTORS: E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; S. H. Whit- more, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Bornholm; Robert Archibald, Sea - forth: John H. McEwing, Blyth; William S. Alexander, Walton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield. AGENTS: William Leiper, Jr., Londes- boro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 W. .I. CLEARY o o J. A. BURKE a O Seaforth, Ont. 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