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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-02-01, Page 2Iln EN IN THE COUNTY P • {sal Since 1860 Serving the Community First fibibbed at Seatorth, 'Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year. United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year. SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 1, 1957 Bros., Publisheira Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Huron Offers Advantages There will be general support throughout Huron County for Hur- on M.L.A., Tom Pryde, in his efforts to have located in Huron a proposed Ontario Hospital School for retard- ed children. Mr Pryde, it was dis- closed at County Council, has been at work on the project for nearly a year. County Council has endorsed the project and named a strong commit- tee to work with Mr. Pryde in his discussions with Ontario officials. It is to be hoped other municipal bodies will,end similar support. The task, of course, is not easy, because other counties are hard at work seeking approval of their par- ticular localities - as a site for the school. The claim which is advanced for Huron is a strong one, and one For School, Site which the Ontario Government can not well ignore, having regard to all the circumstances. Huron has no provincial establish- ment within its boundaries, being one of the few counties in Ontario in this category. Adequate sites are available, pro- viding a choice not possible in other municipalities. Any location in the county is central to the main areas of population in this part of Ontario. As the leading agricultural county in Ontario, the county offers particu- lar advantages in the availability of fresh food products. All in all, an excellent case can be made out for Huron as the site for the school. Mr. Pryde deserves all the assistance he needs in order to convince his colleagues on the gov- ernment of the merits of the Huron proposal. We don't Want To Compete For the Record We have had unusually cold • weather during this winter and as a result there are those who begin talking about record lows. While it has been cold, there have been occasions when it was much colder, we are reminded by the North Bay Nugget, who says the "biggest freeze" of all was in 1935. The all-time record for Ontario, according to the Nugget, was 73 de- grees below zero set at Iroquois Falls on January 23, 1935. The record was set during a month long seige of bittery cold weather which gripped the whole north and produced unofficial temperatures of between 50 and 60 below zero at many points. After about three weeks of sub-. zero cold the weather changed abruptly. Temperatures started to rise and the optimists figured the worst was over. But the climax was still to come. On January 22 the mercury was at 10 above zero in Iroquois Falls— practically balmy. Then came the plunge. In less than 24 hours the thermometer slid 83 degrees and by dawn of the 23rd almost every ther- mometer in that town was frozen solidly- into a small red ball at the bottom of the glass. This district will have no inclina- tion to contest the claim of Iroquois Falls. It has been cold enough as it is. Why Not Pay Municipal Taxes on Instalment Plan? A Toronto alderman has proposed that arrangements be made whereby municipal taxes may be paid on an instalment basis. The Gordon Com- mission proposes the same thing. Certainly this would provide many advantages to the already well -bur- dened municipal taxpayer and ad- vantages, too, to the municipality. To a majority of citizens the monthly payment has become an ac- ceptedway of their financial life. The car is bought on monthly payments; insurance premiums come due each month. Hydro and water bills are paid at regular intervals throughout the year. An additional monthly it - MI, representing one -twelfth of an "annual tax bill, could be worked into the family budget much more read- ily than can a bill of a hundred or two hundred dollars a few weeks be- fore Christmas. Not only would an instalment tax paying plan be welcomed by many ratepayers, but itprobably would save money for the municipality. Certainly there would be additional administrative costs involved in a monthly collection system, but these would, it is certain, be more than offset by the savings in interest pay- ments that would result from there being a year round flow of funds into the municipal coffers. A portion of such savings would, of course, be reflected in discounts al- lowed on monthly instalments. It may be said that since it is not possible to set a tax rate until well in a new year, it would not be pos- sible to determine on a monthly rate in the interval. This, however, need present no difficjilty. An interim rate can be decided on with the De- cember bill being in the way of an adjusting bill. It will be said, too, that prepayment plans now in effect in, many municipalities already of - r the sante advantages as instal- eiht.payin'g. This is not so, because ere; it no incentive under the pre- nent scheme to make regular y i!lts, and regular. payments--- 'pT Coming due 021 the same ,VfA day each month as do hyro bills—are one of the big advantages which such a plan offers. Commenting on the Gordon Com- mission suggestion, the Toronto Star says: "The idea of paying municipal taxes in instalments is not new in Ontario. During less prosperous years between 1934 and 1945, when many municipalities were in finan- cial difficulties, 38 cities and, towns used the instalment plan for collect- ing their taxes. The result was that current tax collections in many of these places jumped from 45 per cent of taxes due to 75 or 80 per cent." There is no reason to believe that the same results would not obtain now. The Companies Know Automobile insurance companies explain the cost of insurance on cars driven by young drivers is higher than in other cases, because of the high accident and claims ,ratings in- volving such drivers. An editorial in the Lakeview (Connecticut) Jour- nal sums it up thus: "Think it over, lads . . . and dads. The insurance people are no dopes. They don't care whether you're hand- some and have the females in a dither; they don't care whether you have a piece of junk lovingly tuned to a raceway song; they don't care if you can name every part of every motor ever built or that you can re- build one with your eyes closed. All they care about is poor performance on the road. Frankly, sons, you, per- formance "stinks". You as a group are a menace to society . . . and to yourselves. Who says so? Not us. The insurance companies say so and they know; they don't know your nMn.e and. address. They don't know if you own a Ferrari or a Ford.,..A.11 they care about is facts, and the facts are you have the worst road record of any age group in the country. And getting Worse!" Spring Show, Has New President Thomas Leiper, Londesboro, was elected to the presidency of the Huron Central Agricultural Socie- ty Wednesday afternoon, as the group held their annual meeting and discussed • preliminary plans for the 102nd Clinton Spring Show. Vice-presidents are W. J. Miller, Mayor of Clinton, and Wil- liam Pepper, R.R. 3, Seaforth. Past president is Melvin Crich, Clinton, and Secretary -treasurer, A. J. Mc- Murray, was reappointed.—Clinton News -Record. Harbor Program The Federal Government will proceed this year with a $180,000 program of dredging and repairs at Goderich harbor, according to an. announcement from Ottawa. Estimates table last week in the House of Commons show $100,000 allotted for dredging the harbor. An additional sum of $80,000 is earmarked for repairs to the breakwall. This amount of $80,000 will cover a portion of a $340,000 Goderich harbor repair program, which was started some time back. —Goderich Signal -Star. Fire Loss Heavy Loss was placed at between $6,000 and $7,000 in the burning of the service station and lunch coun- ter at Sarepta, on Highway 83, a mile and a quarter east of Dash- wood, or five miles south of Zur- ich, late Friday night. The com- bined station and giestaurant, own- ed by Norman Cowan. burned to the ground in near -zero weather. Practically all equipment and con- tents were destroyed. The owner had just closed the shop ready to go home for the night. and re- entered the lunchroom to find it full of smoke. He blamed the blaze on leakage of gas from an old -type ice cream freezer,—Zur- ich Herald. Takes Radio Station South This may come as a shock to people who believe in travelling light. When Fred Bisset leaves ] this Saturday for a holiday in Florida, he will take along 'a radio . station as part of his baggage. To be completely accurate. Fred has a mobile amateur radio station installed in his automobile. While on tour of the sunny south, he hopes to be •able to talk back and forth with Wilf Reinhart and Stan Walker, two fellow amateur radio enthusiasts in Goderich. Wilf and Stan will use Fred's reg- ular station at Saltford Heights, and possibly their own as well, attempts to establish contact with him in his car. On previous occa- sions Fred has talked to ham ra- dio operators in South Africa, Eng- land and Australia from his car. —Goderich Signal -Star. Church Canvass Going Well The Building Fund canvass for the Blyth United Church is now well underway and considerable progress has been made during the past week in enlisting the men and women of the congregation, who will guide this -project through to a successful conclusion, 'The in - tial published goal has been set at $75,000, to be subscribed by pledges over a period of three years, commencing Sunday, Mar. 3, and we are given to understand that if the canvass continues in the same way that it has started off, there is no 'reason whatever why this figure should not be reached and passed. Some 25 or so men, and over 30 ladies, have so far volunteered their services to work in this canvass, but there is no limit to the number of peo- ple that can be used. Under the guidance of the ministe$, Rev. A. W. Watson. the canvass leaders) are working diligently in their al- lotted tasks.—Blyth Standard. Approve Salary Increases Exeter council approved' salary increases for 14 municipal officials Monday night. Total hike amounts to $750. In a split vote, council- lors raised their own salaries by $50 to bring their annual payment up to the maximum of $300 allow- ed by the Department of Municipal Affairs. They upped the mayor's salary from $350 to $400. Public I utilities commissioners will re- ceive $150 a year instead of $100. Eric Carscadden, assessor and tax collector, will get $1,300 in 1957, comapred to $1,150 in 1956. Con- troversy arose over council's own increase. Five councillors sup- ported the raise but the two reeves —Bill McKenzie and Chester Maw- hinney—opposed it. New council- lor, Murray Greene, declined to vote, Council didn't want to raise their take-home pay by increas- ing their salaries but they found themselves with no alternative. Their hands were tied by a ruling of the department—Exeter Times - Advocate. CROSSROADS TV JITTERS (By JAMES SCOTT) Last week was quite a time for us aroundthe old homestead. For the first time. father and daughter were teamed up for their premier on the TV, and if you think that makes for peace and quiet around the fireside you're badly mistaken. The occasion, of course, was the birthday of Scotland's greatest singer—Robbie Burns — and our part was to join in with some of our talented fellow townsmen on a programme in the afternoon over CKNX-TV to celebrate The Im- mortal Memory. When the news first reached Miss Scott. who is now ten and takes a dim view of appearing in the pub- lic prints as Katie, I thought she' was going to bring dovt'n the roof. Capering around the kitchen table she was bellowing at the top of her. not inconsiderate voice—"I'm going to be on the TV. Right in my own body!" At that time one would have thought that such an opportunity was the one thing which she had yearned for all her life. That all the times she wanted to stay up just fifteen more tinutes. the wrist watch she pined for at Christmas, the chace to take her , supper with her to the rink, and all such other desires were only passing fancies which had no meaning for her at all. What she had really wanted all along was 1 to be on the TV. With this confidence, I approach- ed the programme with no worries whatsoever. The roads were not too good part of my way home that day and I took my time, with the result that I was a little Iate getting home. I found' everything in a ferment, my daughter wring-, ing her hands, certain sure that II was never going to come in time to make the journey to Wingham. She asked me, by actual count, seven times in ten minutes what had kept me late, When I told her slippery roads, I gathered she'd just as soon have had me in the. ditch as delaying the proceedings. But we got under way in good order and by the time We had tak- en two other highland dancers aboard -Sally Fox and Betty Jean Andrews—I began to realize that everybody was not' quite so calm as I had expected. A rash of gig gling broke out in the back seat, and I have long known that when young ladies start to giggle they are getting nervous. As for me, the old veteran of may' TV shows, I regarded all this, with good-natured tolerance, smug- ly saying to myself I guess maybe I was a bit nervous myself the • first _time. Then we got to the station, ran through what we were going to do and had to face that terrible period of waiting just before the show which is the worst time of all. The girls were ominously quiet. Katie looked definitely scared and t was ready to start biting her fin- gernails. The tension mounted. And what about father? Well now, that's a strange thing. Normally I am not very much con- cerned by the television cameras. In my time I have had the tele- prompter get stuck on me, I have had green directors give me the wrong signals; I have forgotten my. lines, and on ono occasion I even had one of my panel get up and walk otit of the studio in the Middle Of the ttirograiil'me, But I a :f.E'Il • can tell you right now, never, nev- er in my whole life was I. so scared as when Katie Scott step- ped in front of the camera. I couldn't have moved an inch from my seat if the whole studio had caught fire. I was frozen. The kids of course did just fine and played guessing games all the way. home. It was only father who had to rest the whole weekend to get over the jitters. Of every ten tons of newsprint made in Canada, 8.7 are sold to U.S. buyers. Toronto, Tan. 21,• 1957. ditor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: 1 have just read that guest editorial, "Try To Take the Gamble Out of Farming," in which your London Free Press contemporary surveys efforts of scientists (Mid -West Research In- stitute, Kansas City) to operate "a mass assembly line farm wherein such destructive factors as insect, pests, inclement weather and .dam- aging winds are prevented, so that climate and growth factors could be controlled I noted, however, the reminder at the heart of the story, that the mechanism "is not applicable to general farming". This modest proviso, or caveat, brought the pic- ture into focus; although, in fair- ness to the research workers, it should be said that every step along the road to economic or so- cial progress is, and must con- tinue to be, at first a dream. One of the sages reminds us that: "Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of their science". (R. W. Emerson), Even such a material plan like the Gordon Report on tomorrow's Canada, hedges its conclusions against the hazards along the road of the years, as follows, according to a writer in one of the financial papers:, "If any one of these" (assumptions) "fails, the 1980 deal is off: (1st) There must not be a global war; (2nd) There must not be a major depression; (3rd) There must be no drastic change in the fiscal policies of- the Cana- dian government." There seems to me to be a wide- spread, also somewhat pathetic, accent being placed on -"security" by today's urbanized men and wo- men—in the market -place and out of it—despite .the fact that these same people are inclined to for- get their dependence upon weather conditions, and what is happening on the nation's farms. It seems to this reader that, not- withstanding the fact brought for- ward by one of the U,S, economists the other day, and I quote: "Al- though farmers now make up 13.5 per cent of the national popula- tion, they got less than five per cent of the nation's income last year," the people in the towns and cities here in North America will be only prudent if they remember that the significance in this latter tiny fraction of the U.S. and Cana- dian gnp (gross national product) lies in the fact that it has power —impulsed by unfavorable weather conditions—to nosedive to depres- sion levels, and pull the most am- bitious industrial towers into the hole after it. • We can't control ourselves—so what a hope of gontrolling the weather! ANTI -GAMBLER Sand Truck Rolls Dr, G. F. Mills, of Goderich, attended' two men who received minor injuries when a truck rolled over near Port Albert Tuesday night. Owned by Ontario Depart- ment of Highways, the truck was driven by Harold C. McGee, of Port Albert. The vehicle was en- gaged in sanding operations when it went out of control. The driver and a passenger. Frank Doherty, of R.R. 3, Goderich, were shaken up. Damage to the truck was $250. —Goderich Signal -Star. From The Huron Expositor February 5, 1932 Prof. V0: Benton Kerr, M.A., Pro- fessor of History at the Uniyersity of Buffalo, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr, Seaforth,--spoke to Stratford Historical Society at their annual banquet, referring to Col. Anthony Van Egmond. Mr. A. C. McCauley, of the Pro- vincial Bank, brought into The Ex- positor office last Friday a large brown butterfly, which he caught on Main. Street. It was a lively one, and flew about the office for several days. • Among those from Seaforth who attended . the Huron Old Boys' an nual at-home in Toronto on Fri day were: Mayor J. F. Daly and Mrs. Daly, Mr. and Mrs. W. J Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. John Beat tie, Mrs. J. Flett, Miss Mary Flett Miss Mary Bell, Miss Jean Turn er, Mr. W. J. Bell and Mr. Arnold Habkirk. Mr. John Nielson, who for a num ber of years has been employed in the W. A. Crich Bakery, left this week for Bracebridge, where he has secured a position. Mrs. J. A. Kerr, secretary of Seaforth Agricultural Society, an- nounced this week that the Sew* forth Spring Fair would be held April 5. During the month of January Constable Helmar Snell had as his guests overnight at the Town Hall, some 32 knights of the road. They evidently considered a berth in the Town Hall more healthful than one on the King's Highway. Mr. William Somerville has re- tired after 44 years' service with the Canadian National Telegraph in Seaforth. YEARS ANNE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. peg, died on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Eaton commenced his busi- ness career in tie southern part of the county. Mr. and. Mrs. James Watt, of Harlock, entertained the young. people of the vicinity at a house- warming party. Mr. John Mills, of Harlock, has erected a handsome new two- storey brick house. $$ From The Huron Expositor February 3, 1882 • A fatal accident occurred last week when Wm. Carpenter, a farm- - er who resides in Logan Township, _ was returning home from Seaforth, when his horse ran away, throw- ing him out of the cutter when. _ crossing Silver Creek bridge. He $ $ From The Huron Expositor February 1, 1907 Mr. J. D. Hinchley has sold his farm on the 7th concession of Hul- lett to his neighbor, Mr. John Scott. The farm contains 100 ac- res and good buildings. The price paid was $6.300. Mr. Hinchley has purchased from Mr. F. Best 'the property at the corner at Roxboro. Messrs. John Shannon, John Car- diff and Robert Musgrove have been appointed license commission- ers for East Huron. Mr. Walter Murray, son of Mr. John Murray, of the McKillop-Hul- lett boundary, is home from Mani- toba on a visit. Mr. Murray brought with him the head of a moose, which he shot in the Rid- ing Mountains. It is quite a sight for us of the civilized east. While going home from work the other evening. Mr. George Woodhouse had a narrow escape. He was jumping off a sleigh when a horse • coming up behind him struck him, but- being like a roos- ter, light on his feet, he escaped 'unhurt. Mr. George Murdie has been appointed by the Dominion Govern- ment to place immigrants from the United Kingdom in positions as farm laborers and domestic serv- ants. Mr. Timothy Eaton., the head of the departmental stores of T. Eaton Co., of Toronto and Winni- was found shortly afterwards by William Fortune, who took hint to Bowden's Hotel. Medical aid. was called, but he died the next morning. Prof. John Bristol gave a free exhibition of his trained horses, Lyons and Col. Wood, on the streets of Hensall on Thursday. Mr. Thomas Greenway, who is now. in this country, completed a contract with Secord, Consens' & Co., Goderich, for 85,000 feet of pine lumber, which he intends shipping to Crystal City. This, lumber will have to be teamed from Emerson, Man., a distance of about 90 miles. Mr. Thomas Kidd has assumed possession of the Merchants' Salt Works in town, and will run them: her'ea' Proftassor J. G. McPherson, the celebrated horse -tamer, will be at the Commercial Hotel, Seaforth,. for the purpose of giving instruc- tions in the 'art of horse -training. Mr. Thomas Neilans, postmaster of Harlock, has been again award- ed the contract for three years' for conveying Her Majesty's mails three times per week between Harlock and Seaforth. Mr. James Benson, of S 'aforth, intends opening a law office in Hensall, and will visit that village every Wednesday. At the cattle fair held in Brus- sels on Saturday, 100 head of cat- tle changed hands at prices from 3 to 41/2 cents per pound. ST. COLUMBAN Miss Rosemary .Lane. Miss Nancy Kelly. Miss Marie O'Connor, Louis Murray, Joe Murphy anti' Jack Klinkhammer were in Chat- ham on Sunday attending a Y.C.S. meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kinnehan and family, St. Augustine, and Gordon Kennedy, of Stratford, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Angus Kennedy. Peter Hicknell, of Kitchened, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hicknell. Jack Morris, of Ingersoll, Greg. Morris, Port Credit, and Jerry Morris, Toronto, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morris. Mr, and Mrs. Gerald Gaffney, of Byron. and Miss Florence Sloan of London, with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Sloan. Mr. and Mrs. John Shea, Jr., and children. were in Detroit, t‘t*i. At Seaforth's Biggest Potential Market Through The Huron Expositor MR. BUSINESSMAN—you'll score high in sales volume when you aim your advertising toward THE HURON EXPOSI- TOR. No other media can compare with it! Women prefer and welcome news- paper advertising — and women control 80 per cent of the retail purchasing power! Through the pages of this news- paper your message is reaching out to blanket your entire potential market area. 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