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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-06-01, Page 2ExpQSITOR, SEAFQRTH, ONT., JUNE 1, 1956 11; )N EXPOSITOR Established 1860 A. Y. McLean, Editor �ember of Canadian reekly. Newspapers Association. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, June ,1, 1956 An Historic Occasion Tuesday was a proud day for citi- zens of Huron County as the county's new Court House was officially op- ened by Premier Leslie Frost. The most modern in the Province, the building, in its quiet dignity, is a reflection of the stability which is characteristic of the county and its citizens. The structure is a fitting successor to the more than the hun- dred -year-old court house destroyed by fire two years ago. The opening ceremonies on Tues- day marked the end of a strenuous two-year task for members of Hur- on County Council and county offi- cials. Not only had they to contend with the problems raised by the de- struction of the court house and records by fire, 'but there was the added problem of establishing tem- porary quarters, and at the same time the responsibility of bringing into being the new court house. While every member of council and every official played his, part in achieving the results that were ap- parent to the public on Tuesday, probably a greater degree of re- sponsibility fell on the Wardens who were in office during the construction period, and the members of council who served as chairmen of the pro- perty committee. These were War- den W. J. Dale who was in office when the fire occurred and when initial de- cisions were taken; Ex -Warden Earl Campbell, who served during the year construction was in progress, and the present Warden, John Fischer, who has seen that final de- tails were worked out. Chairmen of the building committee were ,V,eeve William McKenzie, of Exeter, and Reeve Orville Taylor, of East Wawanosh. The greatest contribution, how- ever, undoubtedly was that of Clerk Harvey Erskine. It was Mr. Ers- kine, who day by day for more than two years, kept careful watch on the committee's details, that are part • and parcel of any successful building project, and who throughout that period, in conjunction with members of council, the architects and con- tractors, co-ordinated the various aspects of the work. Certainly the fact that construction proceeded so smoothly and so quickly, and that the completed building will serve so well the requirements of the county, is due in no small measure to Mr. Erskine's tact and ability. The Huron that existed when the original court house was erected was a far cry from that which exists now. _ Few at that pioneer time would have suggested that in the more than one hundred years during which the building was in use, the county would advance in the manner it did. It is not too extravagant to suggest that during the life of the new build- ing the economy of the county wand the standard of Iiving of its citizens will advance in even greater mea- sure. in Proper Prospectus • In all the thousands of words that have been spoken in the pipeline de- bate at Ottawa, and in the welter of confusion that has been created by repetitive points of order, the gen- 4eral public can be excused if sight has been Iost of the prime purpose of the bill and the Iong time benefits it will makeossible for the Canadian :people and the Canadian economy. The Independent Financial Post puts the discussion in proper pros- pectus when it 'says: "Here is an important piece ofnational business ;to get crone. Weather in thiscountry limits, the coIlstt`uctibn season. "One of the main reasons for the Fe nment going to the help. o :the elin,ers at all is to make co te`Alhirts t �.stjs .,. .•v' f, aw..a. e4a mons result in the waste of another construction season, "And this is important: -a1l the po- Iitical parties say they wanta pipe- line fast. There is no longer any argu- ment as to what route the line should take. The only argument turns on what company shall do the job. "The recent noise on Parliament Hill over the gas -line should be re- cognized for what it is: a violent ef- fort by the opposition parties to mis- lead and befuddle the Canadian pub- lic in the hope of making political profit." What Other Papers Say: Litterbug Gets It Back (Chicago Tribune) One way of dealing with litterbugs has been suggested to us by an inci- dent related in the Farmers Weekly, published in London. A tidy minded woman in Croylon picked -up a candy wrapper as a passer-by discarded it and handed it back with the polite remark that he seemed to have drop- ped something. "But I don't want it!" exclaimed the startled offender: "Neither does Croydon," was the quiet reply. We salute a brave women for set- ting a fine precedent, although we are not incautious enough to propose that Chicagoans tax all our litterbugs with like rebukes. We don't want to be responsible for any,tma hem that might result. Perhaps a start could be made with children, especially those on the beaches- where trashy Iandscapes are the rule despite the presence of trash containers. If the young get into the habit of using them, after being chided into doing so, it might shame their elders into accepting similar counsel through- out the city. Too Many Irons? (The Rural Scene) ► A few weeks ago the Canadian National Railway undertook to build a hotel in the city of Montreal. About that time the non-operating railway unions succeeded in expand- ing their membership to include the employees of all hdtels operated by railway companies. The unions' next step was topersuade the powers-. that 'be to rule that the .employees of railway -operated hotels are rail- way employees and must be paid railway wages, which are much higher than competing hotels have to pay. This was a blow the C.N.R. had not expected. It opened the com- pany's eyes to the fact that hotel keeping and railway operating don't mix, and that the fewer hotels it op- erates the better it will be for the railway. It decided not to operate any more hotels than it already had on its hands; and it made a deal by which the new hotel in Montreal would be operated by a hotel com- pany that is not in the railway busi- ness. It also began to look about for opportunities to dispose of some of its other hotel properties. • Who Pays Your Pension (The Acton Free Press) The Ontario teachers' pension fund is down $90 millions below current needs, according to the provincial auditor. Unless this is made• up promptly, he adds, in 15 years more money will be going out than is com- ing in. This is not -the only teachers pension fund in Canada that has been shown to be actuarially, un- souncc, declares the Financial Post and some others, Iike those of the federal civil service and for certain groups of municipal employees, have had to be heavily subsidized by the taxpayers from time to time to keep them afloat. The plain fact is that in many of these schemes covering teachers and other government workers either contributions from the employed have not been big enough or pensions paid out to the retired have been larger than the contributions justi- fied. Private industries simply cannot operate their pension schemes that way If • their funds got behind there would . be no handout from the . eneral ,tap. a er: That t is y the o d be fors others, tdo. We need, practical as well as theoretical' i .+cation in -our addrnistratlon of, n fend . You::"• ;n'E.. ,r ti .. oit f,.,. �L, } ut in. . SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS To Pitch Bail At StraUarrd :- Bob Yungbluet left for Stratford on Wednesday where he has se- cured employment in the C.N.R. shops in cenuection with a sports offer from the Stratford Junior `A' hardball team. Bob tried out with the team as a moundsman, and apparently impressed with his ef- fort and will be taking his turn on the mound. He attended Teachers' College there this past year, and is a product of the Auburn hard- ball minor clubs.—Blyth Standard. Iles Kneecap Removed A host of Blyth friends will learn with regret of an unfortun- ate accident which occurred at Seaforth last Thursday, when Mr. W. James Sims, former merchant and lifelong resident of Blyth, suf- fered a severe injury when he fell on the sidewalk, fracturing and splintering his right kneecap. He was taken to Scott Memorial Hos- pital, where doctors found it nec- essary to remove the kneecap.— Bly Standard. Pilot Lands in Field A NATO pilot trainee crash-land- ed his plane, into a field south of Centralia Friday, but all that was seriously damage was one fence post. Sgt. Max -Marie D'Ainmon- ville, of Versailles, France, experi- enced engine trouble shortly after his take -off at 1225 p:.m., and brought his Harvard training air- craft down on the farm of Percy Knowles, who is employed at R.C. A.F. Station, Centralia. Crash trucks and ambulance reached the plane in less than six minutes af- ter the crash but crews found the pilot uninjured and Little damage to the aircraft.—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. • Motel Opens The Parker House Motel, gleam- ing, white with sparkling blue roof and blue trim, opened for busi- ness last week under the manage- ment of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stur- dy, Auburn. Situated one mile south of Clinton, on the west side of Highway No. 4 (almost directly opposite the Huron County Home) the 14 -unit motel is the first to be erected in this part of the county. Owners of Park House Motel Lim- ited are John and Wilfred Parker, of Par -Knit Hosiery Limited. These young businessmen are well known in town, since in 1949 John, pur- chased the Richmond Hosiery Mill on Albert Street (at the foot of Vinegar Hill). --Clinton News -Re- cord. Policeman's Car is Recovered Four hours after it had been stolen, a car owned by Provincial Constable D. H. Whitfield, of Gode- rich, was found abandoned near Clinton Radar School. The vehicle was stolen shortly after Sunday midnight from in front of a Bri- tannia road residence where Con- stable Whitfield was visiting friends. It was recovered about 4:30 a.m. Monday when Cpl. R. Stewart, of R.CA.F. service police, became suspicious of a car park- ed on a sideroad near the Clinton Radar School. Ironically, the car was spotted by Goderich town po- lice as they raced to answer a fire call about 12:50 a.m. Monday. The town police almost stopped the officer's car to ask why its lights weren't on; but they decided to continue to the fire instead. The investigation is continuing.— Goderich ontinuing—Goderich Signal -Star. From The Huron Expositor June 5, 1931 Mr. Gibson White, of Seaforth, who is attending the University of Western Ontario, graduated with honors in honor classics, standing first in his class and winning the gold medal in Latin. The Ontario Bakers' Association held a business meeting in Sea - forth and made plans for the com- ing summer. Miss Rose McQuaid, St. Colum - ban, was one of the twelve girls to graduate from St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto recently, and was winner of the 'highest stand: ing award in observance to hos- pital rules, senior class. Mr. John. Cornish purchased a Chevrolet Special car from Mr. Passmore at Hensall Iast week. Miss Ernestine White, daughter of Mrs. M. White, Seaforth, has received, a gold bar pin from the staffs of Grace and Western Hos- pital, Toronto, she having taken first place in general proficiency in the first year nurses' traing course, Mr. W. J. Faulkner, who has been teller in the Dominion ank here for some time, has been trans- ferred to Brantford. Mrs.' W. J. White and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell attended the commencement exerCises ill con- nection with Western University at London on Friday. Mr. Jack Daly, who has been on the staff of the Bank of Commerce at Dublin for some time, has been transferred to the Lucanbranch. From The Huron Expositor June 1, 1906 Mr. Roy Scott has sold his Ford' .autotntlbile to Mr, A. McDonald, of Stratford; taking in part payment a horse and pneumatie 'tired bug- gy. Mr. George F. McKay, of Kip - pen, has his new cement machine at work mixing cement for the basement of Mr. F. Gale's new residenee.It works very nicely and teems to be a labor -salter. Mr,• J. R. Govenlock has two stearin hay .presses - at work, one to the ,north and one to the .south of r5`eefortlir biding the tonna*, f {hely the lark* have th t re elk" • eate, Windmill At Museum Five hundred articles, including a 14 -foot windmill, have been add- ed to the collection of the Huron County Pioneer Museum since last \ year. Altogether, there now are 3,500 pieces in the collection, which many consider the best of its type in Canada. Curator J. H. Neill explains that two men help- ed him install the big power wind- mill, which is of the kind'used ort barns in earlier times for grinding grain or pumping water. The wind- mill was donated to the museum by R. A. Aitken, of Teeswater. An- other interesting exhibit, which has just been acquired, is a wood- en plow used 100 to -150 years ago in Ontario. Instead of turning a furrow, this plow rooted up the ground and was pulled by oxen. It made a'seed bed of the type which one often sees today in some foreign countries which are not as advanced as Canada. The plow was loaned to Huron County 'Pio- neer Musuem by Ernest Hord, of R.R. 2, Ilderton.—Goderich Signal - Star. To Enforce Bike Law Town council has instructed po-`• lice to enforce the by-law which prohibits children from riding bicycles on sidewalks. At its meet- ing Monday night, council approv- ed a warning system to offenders which will involve parents. When a youngster is caught riding on sidewalks, police will send a note to parents warning them that if the child violates the by-law again prosecution will be taken. The parent -warning system was advo- cated by Councillor R. C. Dinney, chairman of the police committee. He said that warnings to offend- ers themselves would not be suf- ficient because they would not tell their parents. Monday night's 'ac - ton was the firt definite stand council has taken on bicycle rid- ing on sidewalks for some years. Former councils didn't enforce the by-law because they felt it was itazardous.for children to ride on roads, particularly crowded Main Street. This latest move was prompted by several recent acci- dents in which pedestrians have been knocked down and injured by bicyclists. — Exeter Times -Advo- cate. To Sell Clubhouse Shares . Further plans for the building of a clubhouse for the Wingham Sportsman's Club were discussed at a meeting of the club in the Legion Home on Tuesday last. President Don Hildebrand presid- ed at the meeting. A committee will investigate sites for a club- house and bring in recommenda- tions at the next meeting of the club. Several sites in the neigh- borhood arenow under considera- tion. Finance plans forthe new clubhouse were also under discus- sion at the meeting. A suggestion was made that shares in the•new venture be sold at $1.00 each to the value of the land and building decided upon. It is expected that total value will be in the neighbor- hood of $3,000. Members of the club volunteered their services in building the "@lubhouse. Don Ad- ams, of the membership commit- tee, reported that membership has risen from 60 to 130 since the last meeting, two weeks ago, It is hop- ed to eventually have at least 200 members in the organization.— Wingham Advance -Times. YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, .50 `and 75 years ago. Mr. James Purcell has returned to Seaforth after spending some time near San Francisco. He was there when the great earthquake took place, and the shock was so severe that he was thrown from his bed and otherwise tossed about. Previous to his return, he visited the city and ,went over the ruins. He said no description could do justice to the damage. As" Mr: Haa�te-rz•y Tyndall and his assistants were working with the township's stone crusher in Mr. Fotheringham's quarry in Tuck- ersmith on Friday, they unearthed a human skeleton. The• remains were about two feet and a half be- low the surface. As soon as the skelton was exposed to the air it fell into pieces so that it was im- possible to tell whether it was a skelton of a man, woman, or of a white or Indian. There is no doubt, however, that it was a human skeleton, as the teeth and several of the larger bones were still in- tact. From The Huron Expositor June 3, 1881 Messrs. Alex Davidson and M. Morrison have -purchased the stock of dry goods, groceries, etc., of the estate of Hill Bros., Seaforth, for 60 cents on the dollar. Tenders are being received for the work of erecting the new Meth- odist parsoilrage in Walton. The manufacturing of- cheese be- gan on May 25 in Walton. On Tuesday last the two barns of William McCall, lot 17, conces- sion 7, Morris' Township, were burn- ed. The fire took place about 5:00 o'clock in the evening and caught from a neighboring bush.fire. Mr. McCall's loss is very heavy and he is insured for only $200. Mr. Henry Allan, of Harlock, has erected on hips residence a splen- did new bell, which will be rung regularly at stated times during each. day. Jr. Jaes McIntosh, ofie e Mill -Raki,., is erecting a lar bank barn with a • scone o gar fun . ilei n. The •strawberry season is now - Open 'and berries are quite plenti- firs, Mrs, McCash.'has"sold .a strip 80 feef4ide off .het ;lot bei ari*, $brei t,t°a'"M? Kn!i ,,tfor e stun. A PARSON'S SKETCH BOOK . (By J. R. HOLDEN) 1 A drive through any rural town- ship in Western Ontario last week would provide glimpses of men and tractors at work en the land. When the fine weather carne at lasts seeding operations swung in- to high gear. Some farmers work- ed on into the night, and in some instances their wives pitched in to help. By Saturday night quite a few could report that the crop was in. The tractor has greatly shorten- ed the time required for plough- ing, cultivating and seeding, and its usefulness has been amply proven. Anyone driving on con.- cession on.cession lines or sideroads would be lucky to see a seed drill drawn by horses. . The horse has disappeared from many Ontario farms. Some farm- ers who still have teams, as well as tractors, have not much work for the horses to do. It is not that the horses are whinnying for longer stable and pasture hours, but because it is more convenient to hop on the tractor seat than to harness up the team. In spite of the mechanical effici- ency of the tractor, something al- most intangible is lost on a farm when the team goes. A horse is a creature of God, and indeed one of the most beautiful of all His creatures. He has a will and some intelligence of his own, and has to be treated with understanding. If a man handles horses well, you can generally infer something good. about his character. There is a bond of sympathy be- tween a good man and a well cared for team. His step is wel- comed at the stable door, and with a "Hello" for Pat and Prince, or whatever their names may be, he can share the mood of the morning, as he can not possibly share it with the conglomeration of metal and bolts, which consti- tute a tractor. If he takes pride in his team, his children will likely share his love for horses, and even the toddler will delight to be held up so that he can give an apple to "horsey". Old men, bent over with rheum- atism, straighten up and their faces brighten, when asked to talk about their teaming days. They were in their glory when they held the reins on wagon or on sleigh. No such lasting enthusiasm is dis- played for tractor driving, even by young fellows, who effect a fine disdain for horse-drawn vehicles and machinery., ' Many a farnYer, if he is candid, has to admit that his wife, or thirteen -year-old boy can handle a tractor just about as well as he can. But a spirited team of ,three- year-olds—that would be different. Johnny would. hardly dare to touch the reins unless Dad was with him on the wagon seat, and the Missus would look on with awe as the head of the household sallied forth on the manure spreader like a noble Roman in a chariot race. Then at the supper table father's opinions would ring out with a new and enhanced authority. LETTERS ►°E EDITOR Toronto, May 18, 1956. Editor, The Huron 'Expositor: Dear Sir: I was more than casually interested in that mes- sage by one of your national ad- vertisers, entitled "The Right Price," in the current Expositor, and especially the following brace references to the price of a sic industrial products "in an e paneling country such as Can- ada": (1) it "should be low en- ough to encourage maximum sales --against world-wide competition"; and (2) it "should also be high enough to recover all costs and provide an adequate profit". From an agricultural viewpoint I see no fault in the above econ- omic mechanism or price formula —i.e., so long as the principle ap- plies to all, rather than some, Can- adians. As you probably know a deal better than thTi rural reader. a very large segment of the activi- ties and production along this country's very ambitious industrial front—namely, to be specific, in town and city—operates within the protective rays of the tariff; and to this extent can, hardly qualify for the description as being truly subject to "world-wide competi- tion." Indeed, to be realistic, it should be added that certain areas and produ'ets in agriculture have, also, a measure of the same pro- tection. Yet, in an overall sense, our primary producers are not exactly nourished by the protec- tibe tariff as are our brethren in the secondary industries along the pavements. If theywere, the fol- lowing figures would not be pos- sible: According to the estimates of the Ottawabureau of statistics on "Personal Income in Canada" in 1946 the non-farm income was 8.6 billion dollars, while the net farm income in that year was 1.09 billion dollars. In 1954, however, while the net farm income was almost at the identical figure, 1.0$ billion dollars, the notre�-farm in- come had almost doubled, at 17,08 billion dollars. I' suggest, with due respect, that there is something very wrong somewhere, in such a trend. • FARM READER Despite his pleas that they should travel light, his wife in. sisted on Ioading him up with four large suitcases, `rI wish," said the husband thoughtfully, "that we had brought yotir piano." ,:porn, try to be funny," csitte the frig;d epxy I; S.$ THE LAST LAUGH. f$Y JAMS .7.441ga scorn Last week—for a few days any way -.-the rains stopped. I don' think I can ever remember a time when the countryside looked so busy as it did those few beautiful dry days. During that time I tray elled several hundred miles through the Western Ontario area and everywhere you looked, at a mosts any time of the day or night the men and the machines were busy crossing and yet crossing again over the rich fields, sowing the grain, happy at long last to be on the land. In a few days,. many farmers had -the whole of the seeding done. A modern miracle! A wonder which would have been incredible to our fathers and our grandfath- ers. And all made possible by the skill of mail who indented the won- derful machines which could do a day's work in a few hours. But, you know, there's always a catch. Up near Fergus, I stopped by to have a,chat with a farmer I know; Just as 'I came up his laneway his two boys were leading a big, raw-boned horse out of the barn.. Now right there is a sight which is rare enough these days to snake a man stop dead irf his tracks. I was especially surprised because this was a particularly modern and prosperous farm which I was vis- iting. "What's the idea?" I asked my friend. •"Have you gone back to the horse and buggy days?" For an answer, the farmer point- ed beyond the bare, over to where a little creek meandered through the meadow and on up to the other side where a gentle slope reached out to the fields. About half way up that slope 'was a very sad sight indeed. A light tractor, hitched to a red and yellow seeder, was sunk deep in the,mud. In front of the small tractor was a big one, and it was in up to the hub caps, and that's a long way when you think of the size of the back wheels' on such a machine. It ,wag easy enough to see what had happened. The light tractor and the seeder had got stuck in the still soggy soil near the creek. They sent out the big job to the rescue and the big fellow just went in deeper than the rest. And now they were falling back on old faithful—the horse. Now this was a horse of some spirit. He was a powerful fellow but he had a Mind of his own. No doubt as he allowed himself to be led over to the machines wallow- ing in the mire, he had a few thoughts of his own. Perhaps he was thinking of all the days they bad passed him by'and let him stand in idleness in the barn, while they took out the shiny machines to do the work that once was his. Anyway, when he got to the scene of the accident, and permitted them to hitch him to the seeder, he decided to protest a bit. • He just sat down on his hind haunches and would not budge. They coax- ed and cajolled and threatened and swore, but the' big fellow just sat there and every time they got him up he sat down again. /01 course, it was all a joke. He' t was just showing them how impor- tant he was and finally,. when he decided the joke had gone far en- ough, he got . up and with a few mighty heaves he pulled out the seeder, the little tractor and the big one. I- $ut Old Dobbin had had the last laugh. Sodality Crowning; St. James' Feature' Amidst beautiful flowers and Iighted candles, the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary stood on a. high altar in the Sanctuary of St_ James: Church, where the annual: crowning by the Sodality took place. Sunday evening. The procession, consisting of the.• school. children • and flower girls,„ wearing white veils, followed by- the ythe Sodalists with flowing gowns. and blue capes and hats to match,. with little Madeline Hotham bear- ing the crown, preceeded Miss Shir-- •ley Bedard, president, formed on. the school grounds and proceeded to the church, singing the hymn., "On This Day, 0 Beautiful Moth- er." Miss Shirley Bedard, assisted by' Miss Mary Anne Reynolds and' Madeline Hotham, placed the. crown on the Blessed Virgin, fol- lowed by the hymn, "Come, Holy - Ghost." Rev. Father E. P, Weber gave a very interesting sermon on the Virtues of Mary: Father Weber be- gan with a quotation, "Behold, from henceforth all generatious shall call me blessed." "A cere-- mony such as this," he said. "is• a token of esteem for the Mother of God, and is one in the long chain of devotions to our Blessed Mother. It is a fitting tribute to. Mary and likewise co-ordinates at. this time when the Rosary Crusade• rally is being held here. The ros- ary is the best known prayer. in. the church." He continued, "In:. choosing Mary as their Jpatron,,. they become `children of Mary," to show their love for her and' should not wane wherever you' go."" Benediction of the Blessed Sac- rament_ followed with the Sodalists singing. "0 Salutaris, "Tantunx. Ergo". "Laudate." On leaving the church, the So- dality and children tang the hymn, "Children of Mary, Hight Your Voices Raise." Bannerbearer was Miss Mary Anne Reynolds, with Susan Leon- hardt, Mary Anne Philips, Juli-• anna Rau and Dianne Burns as'. streamerbearers. Flower- girls were Marie Travaglione, Mary Lansink, Stella Bushie, Johanna Rovers, Helma Van Loon, Diane Salisbury, Catherine Phillips, Bren- da Flannery, Joan Bannon anc1 Katie Hussey, while Madeline was crownbearer and Miss Shirley Bedard, Sodality pres- ident, crowned the Blessed Virgin statue. Use The Huron Expositor classi- fied ad columns regularly. • as near as your telephone A COMPLETE TRUST SERVICE IN WESTERN ONTARIO Call RAPE B. PATERSON, Trust Officer Hensall, Ontario, Phone 51 For • Estate Planning and Wills • Real Estate Services • Investment Management and Advisory Service • 4% Guaranteed Investments • 2M% on savings -deposits may be mailed Or Contact Any Office Of GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA Toronto • Montreal • Ottawa • Windsor Niagara Falls • Sudbury Sault Ste. Marie - Calgary • Vancouver Seaforth District High School GRADUATION DAY EXERCISES in the Auditorium Friday;J1st June , at 2 o'clock Guest Speaker Rev. Harold Snell, of Exeter The public is cordially invited to. attend. Tea will be served at the conclusion cere- monies to parents and on of the Gere - l, friends of the graduating e ass on the north lawn. '^ti 1 n..x. ry J