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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 21, 1957
More Education Means More Employment
Young people who this month will
write their end -of -the -year exams,
and who may think their lot as stu-
dents is a hard one, should give heed
to a recent survey by the National
Employment Service.
The survey discovered that lack of
education and unemployment com-
monly go hand in hand. That was
the conclusion drawn from a recent
country -wide survey of job seekers
registered with the National Em-
ployment Service. The survey was
undertaken by the N.E.S. at the re-
quest of the National Employment
Committee, an advisory body on em-
ployment matters to the Unemploy-
inent Insurance Commission.
The question asked was: "Does
poor education have anything to do
with becoming unemployed?" The
answer provided by the N.E.S. sur-
vey, the first of its kind ever taken,
is "Yes, both directly and indirectly."
The survey was based on the 246,-
169 unplaced applicants registered
with 200 local offices of the N.E.S. on
November 24, 1955; of the total, 173,-
621 were male and 72,548 were fe-
male.
Analysis of the figures showed
that 70 out of every 100 among the
job seekers had Grade 8 education
or less, whereas for the whole labor
force only 55 out of 100 had Grade 8
education or less. Conversely, only
30 out of every 100 job seekers had
Grade 9 education or better, while,
for the whole labor force, 45 out of
100 had Grade 9 education or better.
This disparity was common to all
regions and for both males and fe-
males.
The survey also showed that the
rate of unemployment for the poorly
• Hits Free World
• (An Editorial_ in the
Manchester Guardian)
• Few Canadians seem to have ex-
• pected the Liberal losses in their
federal election to be so great that
• the party would lose not only its ov-
er-all majority but even first place.
Fewer still probably ever thought of
the world-wide interest which such
a resounding defeat would arouse.
For among the fallen cabinet, though
he held his own seat after a desper-
ate struggle, is Mr. Lester Pearson,
who of all foreign ministers and re-
presentatives at the United Nations
assembly today is probably the most
generally respected and trusted. No
Man could have done more than he
• has to make Canada's moral reputa-
tion stand high in the world at large,
none could have tried harder to make
the United Nations organization
work sensibly and efficiently. He was
• one of the few bridges between the
divided nations at the height of the
[ Suez crises, He was one of the
staunchest believers that however
• much an individual member might
be -annoyed with or feel .frustrated,
even badly treated, by the United
Nations, no good could be done by
sulking, despairing, or even with-
drawing. He will be sorely missed in
the councils of the world, for who-
ever his successor may be he will
have to spend months or even years
winning the same contacts and the
same confidence among all groups.
The United States, too, may find
that it has lost much, for when his
countrymen have been most piqued
by sueh affairs as that which ended
in the death of Mr. Norman, their
ambassador in Cairo, Mr. Pearson
always has striven to keep them cool.
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educated was almost double the rate
for the better educate -a. Rate of un-
employment is obtained, by express-
ing the number, of jobless as a per-
centage of the labor force. For those
with Grade 8 education or less the
rate of unemployment was about
51/2%, while for those with Grade 9
education or better the .rate of un-
employment was less than 3%.
The N.E.S. survey pointed up the
fact that the relationship between
lack of education and unemployment
is not wholly a direct one. What
seems to happen is that poorly edu-
cated individuals tend to become
channelled into occupations which
have a high rate of unemployment.
The answer, young people, seems
to be clear. Stay at school as long as
you can. Get all the education you
can. It may seem like hard work
now, but it will pay big dividends in
later years.
Belts Save Lives
(Toronto Star)
Though their car struck a hydro
pole with so much force that the
vehicle's frame was split, two men
escaped serious injury or death near
Barrie because they wore safety
belts. This is one of many incidents
in which the value of seat belts has
been demonstrated. Yet, how many
cars have them?
Safety belts are not standard
equipment on new automobiles and
are not usually touted very hard by
salesmen as optional features. Even
if a buyer has them installed, he
can't be sure they will be effective,
for there is no government agency in
Ontario which tests safety belts.
Tests in some of the States have
shown that a very high proportion
of belts are of very little use because
they have been improperly installed.
The auto manufacturers might
consider whether safety belts would
not be a more desirable piece of
equipment than some of the merely
decorative features that are now
standard on most cars. For its part,
the government could establish stan-
dards for proper installation of belts,
based on the findings of researchers
in the United States.
Tomorrow's Parks
(London Free Press)
The Lakeshore Development Com-
mittee of Kent County Council will
recommend to the park commission
that three sites be bought and devel-
oped by the Department of Lands
and Forests for parks; that it shall
co-operate in a survey of the Lake
Erie shoreline from Port Burwell to
the Essex County line in efforts to
combat erosion; that a general store
be re-established in Rondeau Park.
The time to buy sites for parks is
now when the land is available. As
our population in Southwestern On-
tario grows we shall need more parks
than we now have. Most of these
recreation sites should be on the
lakeshore. We need more parks land,
not only in Kent but generally
throughout all of this Western On-
tario peninsula.
Haying Chores
(Strathroy Age -Dispatch)
Looking at the heavy stands of
hay hereabouts, many old-timers will
nod approvingly. But some of them
will be heard to give a sigh too—a
sigh of relief that they will not be
called upon to handle them. Pitch-
ing and loading hay was no joke dur-
ing the summers of their active farm-
ing, and the young felldws of today
have no idea what it means to spread
and trample the stuff in the mow,
with. the temperature around one
hundred, And with a homemade
woollen shirt on too for it wasn't re-
eetable to strip :to the waist in
if and ,,5,,ose *4.0m ohest
Highway Work Starts
The Brennan Construction Cq.,
of Hamilton, who have the contract
to put in the pavement from $t.
Joseph to Hensall, have moved
some of their heavy machinery
and are grading in the.'westerly
portion, straightening out, the old
fog, as we call it. Thee power-
ful machines soon make short
work of removing a lot of earth.
The gravel will be taken out of
the pit of Mr. Harry McAdams,
Bronson Line.—Zurich Herald.
More Music
The regular meeting of Winghani
District High School Board was
held Tuesday evening, June 11,
with chairman of the board, Dr.
W. A. McKibbon, presiding. It was
announced that more time had
been found available for the teach-
ing of music and that an extra
half day was to be fitted into the
school timetable for music study.
This will not interfere with other
scholastic studies.—Wingham Ad-
vance -Times.
Leaves For Michigan
Clarence .Cooper resigned from
his position as printer in the back
shop Of the Clinton News -Record,
effective last Friday, and has tak-
en up work in the printing shop of
the weekly newspaper at Lapeer,
Michigan. Mr. Cooper has been
with this firm for over 15 years.
He is married to the former Jean
Hattin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. Y. Hattin, R.R. 5, Clinton, and
they have one little daughter,
Nancy.—Clinton News -Record.
New Telephone Cable '
Exeter, Hensall, Lucan and sur-
rounding areas will be affected by
the new long distance cable being
constructed by the Bell Telephone
Co. from London to Clinton. Con-
strUction crews began building the
50 miles of cable this month, ac-
cording to W. W. Haysom, Bell
manager for the Goderich area,
Building plan associated with the
project include a combination of-
fice at Lucan and a repeater build-
ing at Exeter.—Exeter. Times -Ad-
vocate.
McIntyre Speaks
Blyth Lions banqueted the mem-
bers of last winter's midget hock-
ey team at their regular meeting
Thursday night, and to add glam-
our to the occasion, had as the
guest speaker, Jack McIntyre, star
with the Chicago Black Hawks in
the National Hockey League. Mr.
McIntyre was introduced by Lion
Grover Clare, coach of the local
midget team. Mr. McIntyre gave
a splendid address, outlining the
whole program an NHL team goes
through from fall training to par-
ticipating in league games. He
stressed the importance of an ed-
ucation for the young players, and
used as an example Eric Nester-
enko, of the Black Hawks, who
gave up a $10,000 a year job play-
ing hockey to finish a university
degree.—Blyth Standard.
From The Huron Expositor
July 1, 1932
The annual Huron County live-
stock and domestic science judg-
ing competition was held on Sat-
urday, with the following in
charge: Miss Flora Durnin. Miss
Florence P. Eadie, Miss Bambridge
and Miss Helen McKercher, do-
mestic science; Ian McLeod, agri-
cultural representative, and H. L.
Atkinson, assistant agricultural re-
presentative, livestock judging.
Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of
Agriculture, paid an unheralded
visit and addressed the competi-
tors.
While attending church on Sun-
day, Mr. and Mrs. George Walker,
of Hensel', had their house enter-
ed and a quantity of clothing tak-
en. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are for-
mer well-known citizens of Sea -
forth, having farmed for a number
of years on the property on Gode-
rich St. East, now owned by Mr.
George Lowery.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Munn and
son, of Hensall, and Dr. James A.
Munn, of Seaforth, have returned
from spending a few days with
relatives in the State of Michigan.
Building operations are going on
briskly in connection with the fine
dwelling -to -be of the Misses Mc-
Ewen, at the western outskirts of
Hensall.
Mr. Alex Neeb, former reeve of
Stephen Township, was appointed
registrar of Huron County, to suc-
ceed the late W. Coats.
Toronto Huron Old Boys had a
splendid outing at their annual pic-
nic held in Seaforth on Saturday,
The mysterious Mr. Huron was D.
H. Wilson, a nephew of Treasurer
Wilson.
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From The Huron Expositor
June 28, 1907
Last Monday afternoon Mr. Ed,
Barnett's watering cart team took
it into their heads to run away,
causing wild excitement on Main
St. Just as Mr. Barnett turned at
the Queen's Hotel corner, the
tongue of the wagon slipped out of
the neckyoke and falling frighten.
ed the horses. Mr. Barnett unip.
ed froth the cart at Dick's Hotel,
and the horses were stopped at
the recreation grounds.
Miss Grace Maud, who has
been leader of First Presbyterian
Church choir for several years,
has resigned.
Mr. James Wright has ptirehas-
ed the reSidenee of Mr. 'William
Wand for poo.
Mr, Heiihen Prost met With a
painfj11 4ccidentvottn he mrstii
elethig in taiiiing house pre-
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Hospital?
"We're still in the raining!" said
Thomas Pryde, M.P.P. for Huron,
When questioned a few days ago
about the possibility of the pro-
vincial government locating a hos-
pital for retarded children in this
county. Mr. Pryde said that the
government has decided to con-
struct such an institution in the
Chatham area, "but they're only
building half the size they intend-
ed." This lends support to the be-
lief that the project has been split
up and another hospital school
• will be -built in another part of
Western Ontario. Several counties
have campaigned vigorously to
have the institution built within
their boundaries.—Goderich Sig-
nal -Star.
"All Shook Up"
Bandmaster Charlie Woods, of
Goderich, calls the tune in elec-
tions, too, it seems. He now has
in his possession the original art
work for a "Ting" cartoon that
appeared on the front page of the
London newspaper the day follow-
ing the federal elections. Inspired
by some words from one of Elvis
Presley's hits, Mr. Woods phoned
the cartoonist, who had been rack-
ing his brain for an idea to sum
up the election. Mr. Woods' sug-
gestion was the basis for the car-
toon that appeared next morning.
It showed a saddened Louis St.
Laurent strumming a guitar on an
island surrounded by the Progres-
sive Conservative tide. He was
depicted as singing, "I'm. All Shook
Up."—Goderich Signal -Star.
Plan Fire Protection
Exeter town council plans to find
out from Stephen and Hay Town-
ships how far its fire protection
services should be extended in
these municipalities. Meeting Mon-
day night, council authorized Clerk
C. V. Pickard to write officials in
both townships to clarify the posi-
tion of the town brigade in respect
to fires within their limits. This
action was taken not because of a
complaint, but following a discus-
sion on what protection the bri-
gade is expected to give in the
district. Council learned that an
agreement was in effect with Us -
borne Township, but there is no
understanding concerning calls in-
to Stephen and Hay areas. The
town will ask the townships to
guarantee payments for fire calls.
The fee is $50 for the first hour
and $25 for each additional hour.
This is actually less than it costs
the town to -provide the service.—
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Huron Farm News
Haying is the order of the day
and most farmers' are making it
as fast as possible. Spring grain
of both oats and barley are begin-
ning to head out. Corn is also mak-
ing fair progress.
Pastures are adequate,. with a
good flow of mflk.
YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
Frost's left hand was caught in
the rope. The top of his first fin-
ger was taken off and the second
finger badly crushed.
1Vlessrs. James Cowan, of Mc-
Killop; A. G. Smillie, of Tucker -
smith, and Henry Smith, of Hay,
all prominent stock breeders of the
county, were on a driving trip for
a few days this week through the
northern part of Huron andthe
County of Bruce.
Mr. John Coulter, Hensall, has
put a good foundation and cellar
under his dwelling, occupied by
Mr. Kemp.
Mrs. S. Dickson and Miss Norma
are enjoying a trip down the St.
Lawrence and will visit at King-
ston and Montreal.
The recent electrical storms
were hard on the electrical light
company, as three transformers
were burned out on Tuesday night,
causing a loss of $100.
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From The Huron Expositor
June 30, 1882
Vanstone Bros. have released
the balance of their term—three
years—of their flouring mill in
Brussels, to Hawke & Hembley, of
Stratford, who take possession on
the 3rd of July,
Mr. John Upshall has disposed of
his hotel property at Kinburn to
Mr. Robert Hawthorne, who has
taken possession.
Kyle & Mustard, of the Egmond-
ville mills, are having a set of
rollers put in for grinding with,
instead of stones.
Mr, Alex Love has been appoint-
ed agent in Seaforth and Melia -
lop for Prof. Macoun's work on
"The Great Northwest," by Prin-
cipal Grant. This book is of very
great interest. -
Messrs. William M. Gray, Rob-
ert Jamieson and T. W. Duncan
intend starting for the Old Coun-
try next month.
We have been ,shown a number
of stalks of fall wheat taken from
a field at random on the farm of
Mr. A. Davidson, adjoining the
town, Which average seven feet in
length. 47.
Mr. Arthur Forbet has one of
his best horses laid up with pink-
eye.
The demand for barbed wire is
unabated and scarcely a farm in
this section of the country can now
be seen that has not a piece of
barbed wire fence on it.
A. wolverine was seen on the
f rm of Mr. John Sproat, Sr., on
onday. Mr. Sproat was passing
thkoltoi an open field in which
Were Some, chillipe et' bushek and
be table' titilte close, Were tofiC.
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• SKETCH
BOOK
(By J. R. HOLDEN)
The author of this brief colurrin
appreciates the privilege of being
able to chat with folk through the
medium of this weekly paper,
When one considers the various
periodicals which enter -our homes
it must be realized that few, if
any, are more [wholesome than the
small town weekly riaper.
The editor of a small town week-
ly is inclined to look upon life
with a kindly eye. If one of his
fellow, citizens should get Mto ser-
ious trouble he is likely to feel bad-
ly, and is not anxious to increase
his paper's circulation by adver-
tising the fact through screaming
headlines. He is not a muck rak-
er, but prefers to publish the things
which are of good report.
The little things which go to
make up the pattern of life do not
escape his viekv. If the Jones fam-
ily entertains relatives from the
city, that is news. If a pupil of a
township school wins a prize in the
district musical festival, that is al-
so news. A strawberry social in a
neighboring church merits his at-
tention, and those who take part in
the -program are able to see their
names in print. The editor helps
to foster the community spirit by
keeping us informed of the things
which are taking place around
about us. Births, marriages,
deaths are given space in his col-
umns. From his standpoint, we,
the common people, do matter af-
ter all. Our goings and cm -dings
are worthy of report. He knows
that sorrow in a laborer's cottage
is just as poignant as sorrow in a
royal palace,
But while it is good to read the
weekly paper, it is wise that we
should read it in the light of the
Bible. The Bible causes us to
understand that the amiable peo-
ple portrayed in the press are none
the less men and women for whom
it was necessary that Christ should
lay down His life. It shows us
that the dimensions of their lives
are greater than we realize. Man
is able to ascend so high, yet to
descend so low. In the good that
he does, selfishness becomes so
mingled that he can not justify
himself before God on his own
merit alone. He needs a Saviour.
The drama of the destiny of souls.
so fraught with important conse-
quence, is being played out in the
lives of people in our own neigh-
borhood. That is why the 'gospel
is so pertinent at all times.
90 Miles To School
The young Nigerian girl who
came 300 miles to attend school
and who liked it so well she went
all the way back home and re-
turned bringing with her six of
her best friends, is one of many
memories of life on n Nigerian
mission school which Miss Laura
Collar, of Wingham, will cherish
all her life. Miss Collar arrived in
Wingham on Saturday after spend-
ing the past four years in the Kwoi
Girls' School in northern Nigeria.
The girl from Wingham who has
become known as "The Missus" to
130 African girls between the ages
of seven and seventeen, has spent
the past eight years doing mission-
ary work in Africa. She has re-
turned home twice in that time to
spend a well-earned rest in her
own country. In May of next year
she will leave again for a further
four-year session as a member of
the Sudan Interior Missionary.
Miss Collar's missionary work is
fully supported by the Wingham
Baptist Church. — Wingham Ad-
vance -Times.
CROS OARS
1 CAN •DO ANYTHING
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see by the paper that my
friend;Shorty down the street for-
got to take his keys out of his
car the other eight, and when he
went out in the morning—no car!
It was the considered opinion of
the officers of the law (who found
the car. parked up the highway
a piece) that some youths had tak-
en it for a joyride.
I have no way of making a count
but I'll bet that, a lot of wise and
somewhat hoary heads were wag-
ged when they heard about this.
Once again, right in our own town,
we have an example of how to-
day's youth are going to the dogs.
This is the time for high school
graduation, and in recent weeks
a lot of speakers have appeared
on a lot of platforms and told the
young men and women of tomor-
row what their responsibilities as
citizens are, Oh, I've done this
more than once myself and I'm as
ready with good advice as the next
fellow—and you don't have to ask
me for it either. I'll tell you any-
way. Just the same, if I were a
young and free of heart I think
I'd get pretty sick of people tell-
ing me what a poor lot I was and
free -loading me with a lot of very,
very good advice. In fact, I might
get so fed up with it that I might
just take a little spin in a car left
conveniently handy with the keys
in it, just to get away from it all
for a change.
You see, when you're young you
have the wonderful feeling that
you can do anything. The whole
great big wide and wonderful
world is in front of you and up to
that point you haven't had any ex-
perience with any of those things
which frustrate and beset you as
you go along. It never occurs to
you that things won't go the way
you want them to. You never stop
to think about the million and one
things which can go :wrong.
Now that is really a wonderful
feeling when you come to think
about it. It will never come again
to these -young people as long as:.
they live. All too soon, and soon-,
erthan you expect, all the care&
and responsibilities and the` -count-
less little irritating things will:
start to beset them and no loeger
will a young fellow slick down bls
hair and strut out in the street
feeling "1 can do anything."
This is when youth is over and;
it is a rare thing to find anybody
who manages to keep that splendid:
joie de vivre much after he is
twenty-one.
Of course there:4re exceptions.
I just heard the other day that
Will Hyde, out at Hensall, had won
another fiddlers' contest at the age•
of ninety-three. When I was a,
youngster I had a friend,and Will:
Hyde was that boy's grat-uncle..
He used to visit their place once -
in a while and far into the night
he *would entertain the family and.
their friends with the lilting strains
of his fiddle. That was twenty-
five years ago' and I thought.
"Uncle Will" was an old man with,
one foot in the grave then. That's,
how much I knew about it. Today
he can stomp and fiddle half the•
night away and I wouldn't last.
half an hour.
The reason, of course, is that
fellows like Will Hyde never grow
old. Because they keep young in
heart they never yield to the fears
that make most of us so careful
about ourselvest and, ancient be-
fore our time. Now, most of to-
day's youth' are going to get old
fast too. Not many of them will
be lucky' like Will Hyde. For the,
rest, C:e happy holiday will end.
all too soon. I don't recommend
that they steal cars for joyrides,.
or that we should let them get
away with it if they try. But as,
long as they aren't doing anybody
any harm, let's give them their
heads a bit and lay off the nag-
ging. They'll be sober, sane and:
serious like the rest of us all too.,
soon.
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION NEWS
(By J. CARL HEMINGWAY)
Last Wednesday Huron County
had visitors. The Farm Forum
from Shetland, in Lambton Coun-
ty, made up a bus load for the
tour, It was my good fortune to
be asked to conduct these people.
Their first contact with Huron was
at Grand Bend, where they had
dinner. at the Brenner House.
From there we followed the lake
shore road past many fine fayms
with numerous large fields of white
beans. This surprised our visitors,
as soybeans are replacing white
beans in their district. At Gode-
rich we were conducted. through
the Court House, and the visitors
were enthusiastic in their praise
of the building.
The next stop was the Crop Im-
provement test plots for hay mix-
tures on the farm of William Clark,
near Carlow, After inspecting
some of Mr, Clark's top quality
Herefords, the group met Mr.
Mines, county agricultural repre-
sentative, at the test plots. These
consisted of various combinations
of Vernal alfalfa, Canadian brome,
Lion brome, Ladino and La Salle
red clover and Climax timothy.
Mr. Clark is going to have a heavy
yield of hay from all the plots, but
undoubtedly some combination will
prove superior. The results will
be available later.
• The last stop was at George E.
Robinson's modern cattle feeding
station, also near Carlow. • There
were 125 cattle in the lot, and per-
haps the most interesting feature
was the filling of the feed manger
from a self -unloading wagon in,
about five minutes. The thrifti-
ness and healthy condition 'of all
animals assured satisfactory gains.
The fact that out of the six hun-
dred cattle fed out of this bara
in the past three years, there has-
been only one fatality, speaks very
highly for the management of this
enterprise.
The tour continued through Clin-
ton, past the County Home and
the Air School, and on to home
sweet home for the visitors,
Saskatchewan is much more -
than a table -top wheat province.
Only a third of the land is treeless
prairie. and there are many miles
of deep forest where big game an-
imals flourish.
The school was going to have a
boxing team, and a lot of young
fellows tried out for it. Some were
good. and some were not so good.
One of the not -so -goods, after try-
ing hard for a couple of rounds,
said hopefully, "Have I done him
any damage?"
"No," said the disgusted' coach.
"But keep on swinging. The draft
may give him a cold."
THIS FATAL ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY
EXCESSIVE SPEED!
LOCATION:
,A curve on Highway No. 35
TIME: 7.20 p.m.
ROAD SURFACE:
Asphalt. Dry
RESULT:
Passenger killed. Driver
seriously injured.
This car was travelling north at high speed. The
driver, not familiar with'the toad, failed to make the
curve. The car crossed the highway and wrapped
itself around a tree.
The driver's wife was crushed to death and he was
badly injured.
When he recovered he was charged with careless
driving and his licence 'suspended.
This is just one of the countless accidents caused by
excessive speed. Think about this picture the next
time you start to press your accelerator past the
safe limit.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS -ONTARIO