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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-07-05, Page 2•r�C, � y '�f4 SEEN 1 I.` T • LETTERS TWE EDIT° Sots, 1860 'Serving the .Cyn unit, Rirrt %shed at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thura(14r JUW?n • McLean Bros., Publishers - ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, FTditor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) -$2.50 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized u Second'Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 5, 1957. by Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Dissatisfaction Is Basis Of Most citizens in a community, , ertainly the majority of those en- gaged in business or the professions, are associated with one or other of the voluntary organizations that have as their aim the improvement Of the community. Such organiza- tions vary from centre to centre, but in the main are designed to promote the civic, commercial, industrial and agricultural progress of the com- munity and the area they serve. Something else which these citi- zens have in common is that as mem- bers of such organizations they are all dissatisfied. Satisfaction never stimulated any citizen to better him- self nor did it ever build a nation. It has been pointed out time and time again that everyone becomes con- scious at one time or another that some change in his community, great or small, is essential. The good citi- zen, however, is one who, recogniz- - ing the need, for change, does some- thing about it, and who is prepared to assume ' responsibility with re- spect to carrying out the change. Dr. Kenneth D. Benne, Director of Boston University's Human Rela- tions Centre, and President of the U.S. Adult. Education Association, has coined an epigram which might All Improvement well become the motto aid prayer of every member of a community or- ganization. To be adult, said Dr. Benne, it is necessary to possess: "The wisdom to be dissatiffied with the way things are: the boldness to attempt to change them; and the patience to do it in the company of others who disagree as to how it should be done." We are indebted to Henry W. Harris, writing in the Boston Sun- day Globe, for this fine quotation. In an article entitled "On Becoming Adult," Mr. Harris points to the va- lue of participating in public affairs. "In the long run, what is most im- portant to the citizen is his partici- pation, whether the movement is Y successful or not. It opens and broadens the mind. It fills the par- ticipant with the satisfaction which goes with being an active part of the community. It accustoms him to give and take of public affairs and teach- es him not to become embittered by events beyond his control." Mr. Harris concludes with the ad- monition that "Both individuals and nations mature when they are pos- sessed of the right kind of dissatis- faction." Work 'Recognibed By Realistic Remuneration Duties of a municipal governing body have grown, ,says the Aurora, Ont., Banner, to such an extent that the work of council members ,is still heavy, even though in certain�mun- icipalities town managers take over many of the duties of council. The newspaper comments: "The plain facts of-. the case are that councillors today are doing a lot more—a great deal more, --than their predecessors, who managed to dis- pose of their duties by spending one evening a month at council meetings, plus a comparatively few hours' com- mittee work. Growth and the pres- ent-day complexities of municipal government have taken a municipal councillor's job far beyond the `housekeeping' type of 25 or 50 years ago. "Under such circumstances it is Aonly fitting that the work of mem- bers of councils should be recognized by adequate remuneration. What is `adequate' has long'been a matter of argument. Ibis satisfactory to note that a committee of the Ontario Leg- islature, considering an amendment to the Municipal Act dealing with the -pay of members of council in smaller municipalities, has approved a daily payment of up to $13 for councillors in communities up to 10,000, in place of the former $8. 'Few membersvf municipal coun- cilsare in the job for what they can Square Apple Pies (Good Will Journal) If there is a provable answer to the seemingly innocent question, "Why is a pie round?" it apparently will require much more research'to discover it. Quite possibly, few peo- ple have considered the subject worth more than a slight furrowing of the brow or a shrug of the shoulders. And yet—despite the obvious ec- onomic advantages of such a change --the cook who dares to serve her family their favorite apple pie on the square meets with• a roar of pro- test. Pie just isn't pie if it isn't ground. Why is a pie round? It seems *ore than logical that, i1 had to be round, because until fairly recently e Wok's cupboard held only round lid. With the recent acceleration or`ld hoer` s, a it may require r at ,.Oen ury for man to be. to eating square ap- ' oft ,e list al mitten. ri�t(r,aecept4 ' • get out of it. But it is at least fit- ting that their services, and the re- alities of the present day, should be recognized by the amendment." Words Of Advice There will be among the success- ful of all parties who took part in the recent federal election, some who will wonder what words spoken while they were sitting on the opposite side of the House in a previous Parlia- ment, may rise to haunt them in the first session of the new parliament.. Sir Winston Churchill has words of advice to any who may be so trou- bled. It, is found in his recent biogra- phy of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The latter, when faced with awkward questions suggestive of political inconsistency, had the fol- lowing stock reply: "I neither with- draw nor apologize for anything I have said at any time, believing as I do that anything which I may have said at any time was perfectly justi- fied by the special circumstances of the time and by the amount of infor- mation I may have had in my posses- sion." Sir Winston recommends the formula "to others similarly placed." More The Better (London Free Press) This year more than sixty thou- sand seedlings have been set out in Huron County, in "forest areas" bringing the total since 1946 to more than one million trees. In Goderich, Zone Forester H. H. de Vries told Huron County Council that county forests now total 1,337 acres in ten townships. These figures are most reassur- ing for they prove that the wise folk in Huron have become tree -conscious. Trees have many values. They are, in themselves, things of rare beauty; they are home to the birds; they con- serve the soil by holding water; they produce revenue. There is everything favorable to say for tree -planting, and we hope it will increase. Superstitious (Brantford Expositor) That man in Milwaukee who was handed a numbered card to fill out for jury duty, drew the number 13 and then, as he was about to Write, dropped dead, has urivvitting done r luoh to revive and perp,eti ate the uuii1tioky thirteen' super tl.E t'd . Ask 'What Gooks' On Old B l4e Town Council wants to lin "what's cooking" on the 75 -year. old Salford bridge. It was decid- ed Friday night to send letters to two district MPP's to see if they know. , Mayor John Graham noted with concern that the budge has, been getting a paint job; in recent. days, and he wondered if that meant that the Department of Highwaysplans no action to build a new bridge and approaches in the near future. Though there are signs saying the'Saltford bridge is a one -lane bridge and must not be used by vehicles carrying over 10 tons, both these rules are brok- en often, it was noted in council. Xn fact, if the 10 -ten limit was en- forced, it might have an adverse affect on grain traffic, it -was pointed out—Goderich Signal -Star. Noise Irks Wingham Board Cars with 'engines racing and headlights glaring are causing considerable disturbance at night to patients in the Wingham .Gen- eral Hospital and the hospital board may ask that a quiet zone be established, or thatthe roads passing the hospital be barricaded. This night-time nonsense by mo- torists, caused. it was said, by "youngsters who should be asleep instead of driving around making a lot of noise," is annoying to patients and in some cases even alarming, Mrs. I. E. Morrey, ad- ministrator of the Wingham Gen- eral Hospital, told board members at the regular meeting of that body on Thursday night. It is ex- pected that H. C. MacLean, presi- dent of the board, will approach Wingham's police chief about this matter to see if anything can be done to muffle night-time noises in the hospital area.— Wingham Advance•Times. Bar Children Over 12 Froin Pool Several complaints have been received by the Blyth Lions Club with respect to activities at the wading pool at the Lions Park. Many of the older children of the community have been raising 'hav- oc and in general spoihpg the for the ,smaller childrenu, :WOO the main purpose of this pr*Ject At an executive meeting of the Lions Club on Moiiday night, it was decided that an age linjit of 12 'and under would be, enforced. The co-operation of parents .is ask. ed in e,Uiieinating these yeFy de- plorable diffieulties, otherwise, if there are continued complaints, activities at the park may have to be curtailed to the gelid that it would be unfortunate for the smaller children who are deriving a great deal of pleasure from the park facilities being supplied by the Lions Club. Constant supervi- sion at the park is financially im- possible, thus the full co-operation of parents and citizens generally is sought by the Club. --- Blyth Standard. Strong Arm Tames Bend Although the big test is still to come, it looks like Grand Bend's crackdown on rowdyism is getting results. Crowds at the resort have been as big as ever so far—per- haps larger—and they have been much better behaved, according to police. The OPP detachment has laid less than half as many charg- es this season as they had last year at this time, and it's not that police haven't been active be- cause the detachment's strength is equal to that of last year and it is operating under the same strict orders to clamp down on liquor, noise and traffic violations. "We hope this trend is the result of last year's campaign," Cpl. Neil Chamberlain head of the detach- ment, said this week. "We'll know better after this big holiday week- end coming up." Encouraged by Grand Bend council, the resort force laid hundreds ,of charges last summer to shotv that it meant business with its crackdown. The campaign got so hot it brought protests from a group of merch- ants who felt it was driving busi- ness away. In spite of the com- plaints, the detachment was strong- ly commended by the- village's el- ected representatives: — Exeter Times -Advocate. HURON COUNTY FEDERATION NEWS By CARL HEMINGWAY A zone directors' meeting of the Poultry Hroducers was held in To- ronto, Friday. June 21, for the pur- pose of doing something to im- prove the conditions of the indus- try. It was generally agreed that large companies have taken the' profit out of the individual produc- tion of broilers. This is the na- tural result, since by cutting the profit, the large company can have the farmers produce for him 'un- der contract. As soon as the priv- ate producers disappear the com- pany will control production, as well as feed and processing pro" fits. As long as producers have no control over the feed they buy, or the marketing of the product, they will be at the mercy of the feed mill and the processor, which is usually the same organization. It seems that egg production is doomed to the same fate unless something is done. First :of all, a method of financing will have to be devised. A levy could be col- From The Huron ,Expositor July 8, 1932 The congregational picnic of ,Eg- mondville United Church, which was sponsored by ?the senior girls' Sunday School class, was held at the farm of Mr. David McLean in Tuckersmith. In the program of sports the prizes were won as fol- lows: children's"race, under four, Beverly Beaton, Betty Doig; girls, 5-6, Doris Venus, Dorothy Theo - bald; boys, 5-6, flarold Swan, Don- ald McKenzie; •girls, 7-10, Mildred Swan, Annie Papple; boys, 7-10, Elmer Cameron, P. Chesney; girls, 11-14, R. Smith, J. Smith; boys, 11- 14, H. Rice, Angus MacLean; young' ladies' race, I. Forrest, A. Thomp- son; young men's race, Charlie Ferguson, R. Papple. Mr, and Mrs. A, R. Oliver, of Reseda, California, are guests at the home of Mrs, Oliver's mother, Mrs. James McIntosh. Misses Thelma and Mildred Johnstone and Jean and Bessie Cluff are spending a month's holi- days at Port Dover. Mr. and Mrs, Nelson Govenlock' and family. of Waterford, and Miss Beth Govenlock, of Detroit, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Govenlock. From The Huron Expositor July 5, 1907 During the football match in Dundas Tuesday, Mr. Frank Sills, the star back of the Hurons, had the misfortune to have his leg broken between the knee and the ankle. In addition to the usual holi- day travel, the following were ticketed to distant points this week by W. Somerville, GTR agent: Miss Elizabeth Love, Tuckersmith, to Detroit; Frank Kling, to Dray- ton, Ohio, and return; Mrs. J. Ellis and Miss Ellis, 'of Hensall, to Yorkton, Sask., and' return; Mrs, W. Finlayson and Miss Bella Cum- mings, of Seaforth, to Regina. Tlie following were ticketed out by Stewart Bros., CPR agents: Dr. Thomas McQuaid, of Seaforth to Sault Ste. Marie Mrs.' J. J. i'atr terson, to Bala; 'Mrs. George Dor- ranee and three sola, to Red Deer, A)iiert; William.O'Qonitor, St. Cblhinban, 10' Vinod* Mid re - Interesting �. lected by the egg -grading stations, but since 60 per cent of our shell eggs are sold direct by producer to consumer, it would be unfair to collect by this means. The second big problem is the threat of big corporations taking control of egg production as they have in the J roller field. If large corporations get control of egg production through contract, they will continue to produce eggs at cost, or less, and make all their profit on feed and processing, where competition is not serious. In the dairy industry, farmers 'have 95`per cent of the total in- vested, while companies with only five per cent invested control the sale of the product. If the poultry producer is to survive he must or- ganize in some manner to derive a profit from each step of the in- dustry, not just production. This can be done by the Co-op method, and unless a better method is de- veloped promptly we should be making use of it. YEARS AGONE items gleaned from •The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willis, of town, had an unpleasant experi- ence on Dominion Day. They had gone to visit friends in Oxford County, and while driving along the road with a livery horse, they met an automobile. The driver of the auto failed to sto$ and the horse became ' frightened and dumped Mr. and Mrs. Willis into the ditch. Mr. Willis was cut about • the face and badly shaken up. Mrs. Willis was more fortun- ate andescaped with a few scratches and some torn clothes. From The Huron Expositor July 7, 1882 A copy belonging to Mr. Scott, of the Mountain, near Milton, lately gave birth to a calf with five legs. The two forelegs were deformed, the feet sticking up in- to the air above the head; the fifth leg grew from the back of one of the front legs. The animal did not live. , A shocking case of brutal assault occurred near Gladstone, Welling- ton County, a few days ago, which will probably result in the death of the victim, a young woman named Blunkard, who was to have been married shortly. It appears that the old man, Mr. Blunkard, came in at noon from his work and upon learning that, a hot dinner was not ready for him, he seized a boot -jack, knocked his daughter down and brutally lacked her, so that her life is despaired, of. The - London, England, Daily News, in commenting on ,the re- sult of the elections in the Domin- ion, says: "Canada, by the Un- wise course she is now pursuing, is doing her best to retard her own progress, to obstruct the de- velopment of the great grain growing district of Manitoba. Moreover, Canadians' are • putting a strain upon their connection with this country by the imposi- tion of pro -Motive duties. They pro- test that these dirties are not di- rected\ against the United, King. dem, but they are, as a matter of fact, levied On British goods •as Well as forei n A prohibitive tar, Off ,against feiloty subjeots is such a anwzlialy that Selmer ,Or 1 ter, t mayt<oW A t. At srtt`hztr ,ji t1re ewe' oi[prt be e ,00ky 4ttlttr1esi"t • HT1 f„ Seaforth, ,July 2, 1.9,074 Editor, The Huron Expositor: bear" Sir: We can hardly let th Seaforth CheMber of ':Commerc die a natural death in this tow without making one last comment Following the efforts of a few Seaforth has returned to, Saturda night shopping, and • when o three persons turned up for th last Chamber meeting, there i little doubt in the minds of a that it was the final death blo to an organizatioe which could d great things for the town. To the few merchants who caus ed this result, we would like to point 'out to them an edithria which appeared in the St. Mary Journal -Argus of last week. , ,W quote: "We notice that both Sea forth and Mitchell have reverted to Saturday night store openings after giving Friday night a few months 'trial'. The merchants in these communities may think they know what they are doing, but they are only `prolonging the agony' in our opinion. "St. Marys merchants are now in their fourth year of 'trial' as far as Friday night openings are concerned, and most of them are agreed that the level of business activity is far greater than was ever enjoyed during the 'latter day' Saturday night years." (Unquote). In commenting on this editorial, I miglit say it was, wrong on one count. The editorial stated, and we quote: "after giving Friday nights a few months `trial'." This is where they were wrong, at least as far as Seaforth was concerned, for the simple reason it is known that Seaforth only tried the Fri- day night openings -for a period of not more than four weeks. Cer- tainly it was not months. ' If you will look back you'll note that St, Marys merchants are in their fourth year of "trial," yet the few who desired to go back to Saturday night here thought the idea for Friday night opening had been given a fair "trial." I'm certain now that with St. Marys on their fourth year of "trial," Seaforth had only scratch- ed the surface. We heartily agree with the St. Marys editorial, as they so aptly put it: "They are only prolonging the agony." ., COUNT -ME -OUT = e y� �y e s 11 w 0 1 s e OBITUARIES ROBERT GORDON Robert Gordon, 73, of Grey Town- ship, passed away suddenly Fri- day evening, June 28, after a short illness. He was born in McKillop Town- ship, lot 14, concession 6, and was the only 'sonof the late Hugh Gor- don and Catherine Menzies. Mar- ried in 1920. he is 'survived by his wife, the former Sarah Frances Mcock; three sons, John, of Wal- ton; Ronald, of Morris, and Wil- liam, at home; and two grandsons. Also surviving are two sisters, (Lily) Mrs. R. W. Campbell, Mc- Killop, and Annie. of Seaforth. One sister, Phemia, predeceased him two years ago. Funeral service was held Mon- day afternoon at the Rann Fun- eral Home, Brussels, with Rev. C. Thompson, of Cranbrook Presby- terian Church; officiating. Pall- bearers were Malcolm Engel, Earl Dunn, Ross Engel, Martin McDon' ald, Robert Engel and, Archie En- gel, all of Grey Towsnhip. Flower - bearers were Donald Clark and Graham McDonald, of Grey Town- ship, and Ken. Campbell and Les Pryce, of McKillop Township. Interment was -in Brussels ceme- tery. . Personal income tax was intro- duce din -Canada, in 1917 as a spe- cial war tax. ' SLOW DOWN Speed kills! (By'a: 1v1E ,SCOT!') ' Over the- holiday weekend a friend of thine called me to talk about something I hail written in 'another Crossroads columnn:iln the corse of the .conversation (which wals, amiable), he mentioned what a memorable day it was. I blush now to recall it, but my reaction was, "What' day?" And that birthday of sty own ountray was the y. etieth I don't know about other people, but I have always. taken some ,pride in' the thinking that' I was a reasonably patriotic'' citizen. It has alwaysirritated me when people would talk about Canada as if it were a poor relation of either Great Britain or the United States. I have always resented those people' who ,seem to think that U,S. radio programs are better than ours; that you have to go to 'Detroit to see real 'sport, or to Buffalo to buy a pair of shoes. It burns me up to find people Who know far more about the U.S. Presidential elections than about our own Fed- eral contests. I am similarly irritated by peo- ple who talk as if some one born in the Motherland is, by that ac- cidental fact, smarter than,' any- body born in Canada. It gets my back up when it is implied that I am a second-class citizen if I don't ad' it that England or Ireland or Scotland or Wales or France are ahead, of Canada. The people who settled this coun- try came here because -they thought it was the best place in the world to be and they worked hard to make if that way Oh yes, I am a real Canad man. Or so I thought until I was forc- ed to realize that on the day that marked \ the ninetieth anniversary of Confederation, I 'had not given that important event a passing thought. And it made me wonder - how many others were, like me. I have an uneasy suspicion that. most of the people in this country thought about Dominion Day as4 apother„long weekend—a time toe open up the cottage, to get away' from the hard grind of daily work for twenty-four hours extra, to have fun and pleasure. Well, there certainly is nothing wrong with any of those. things, but along with it surely should go a little thouglft abqut why we have such a holi- day, It would be nice to, think that as all the people� who were 'in alt those' cars which choked our high- ways, iooked" across this rich anal'.' pleasant countryside—which has never yet been ravaged by war— and said a thankful prayer to the memory of the simple men and. women who made it possible. As the holidayers were winging their way through' the skies to distant places, it would have. been fitting if they too had recalled the vision of a land stretching from sea tor: sea and had paid a silent tribute to the men of vision who made it. come true. I may be wrong. Perhaps I was• the only careless one on Dominion Day. Maybe all my friends and: neighbors did these things and I alone forgot my country and the men and women who made it. But somehow, I doubt if that is SO. On the evening of July 1st, I took. a quick tour through this town. I only saw two houses where they had taken the trouble to put up some. flags. When I was young it was a ritual to decorate our house with.. flags on Victoria Day and Domin- ion Day and the like of that. Last week, only two remembered. I came home and put up the flag. GREY COUPLE, MR., MRS. DAVIDSON,• OBSERVE 50 YEARS WEDDED LIFE Happy memories of their wed- ding day, June 26, 1907, and the in- tervening years were recalled by Mr. and Mrs, Robert Davidson 'on Wednesday as they received con- gratulations and good wishes from many friends and neighbors on their golden wedding day. , Mem- bers of their family had gathered from many points to be with their parents on this day. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson are both in good health, and take prideful care of their neat home and a fine big garden. They have a family of six: Mrs. Fred (Agnes) Glassier, New Lis- keard; Mrs. Charles (Jean) Robin- son, Detroit; George, Brussels; Charles, Wingham; Scott, White Dog, Northern Ontario, and Mrs. George (Gladys) Lott, New Lis- keard. They have twenty grand- children. Mr. Davidson is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davidson and was born in Markham, but moved to Grey 'Township as a child. He has three sisters:• Mrs. Walter (Mary) Rose, Brussels, who admitted the guests and was in charge of the guest book at Wednesday's cele- bration; Mrs. C. R. Bennett, Arco- la, Sask.; Mrs. Harvey, Winnipeg, Man., and two brothers, David, Vancouver, end Joseph; London. Mrs. DAvidson, who was form- erly Gertrude Hollenbeck, was born in Clifford, but moved to Grey Township with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.• Jacob Hollienbeck. Her two sisters, Mrs. James Davidson and Mrs. Lester Adams, both of Detroit, were present at the gath- ering. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson recalled driving from their homes in Grey Township, by horse and buggy, to Atwood, where they were married by Mr. McVicar, a Presbyterian minister, For most of their life.; they farmed on concession 12, -Grey Township, then retired to Brussels in 1936. They are members of Melville Preslyterian Church, and Mrs. Davidson is an interested Women's Institute member. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson received their friends in the living room of their home. surrounded by gifts, flowers and cards of good wishes. Mrs. Davidson was wearing air" orchid corsage. A tiered wedding cake was decorated in white and gold. In the dining room, the lace - covered table was centred with a crystal container of tiny roses with orange blossoms.. Mrs. 1iarold Speir poured tea in the afternoon. and Mrs. Daniel Glassier in the even- ing., The guests were served by three granddaughters of the cou- ple, Marilyn Robinson. Joan Dav- idson and Shirley Jackson. DUBLIN Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloney, of Kitchener, and Mr. and Mrs. Leon- ard Feeney, Stratford, with Mrs. Catherine Feeney. Gordon Costello. Kingston, with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Costello. Mr. Joseph Stapleton has mov- ed to Dublin to the home of Mx. Fergus Stapleton, which he bought. Mr. Simon deWitt, of St. Pauls, has bought the Stapleton farm. Motorists can vividly recall the glamour. of early gold rush days as they drive over the Cariboo Highway through central British.: Columbia, for at the 100 Mile House is preserved 'the original!, stage coach that ran the Cariboo• Road nearly a century ago. Your Car is a Lethel. Weapon — Don't Take a Life With It! pRIVE CAREFULLY ' n In Every Traffic Accident, Some - - One was Breaking the Law Children often do not realize the danger of play- ing near the street. It is the responsibility of the 'driver to be alert at fall times. 084V- TRAFFIC LAWS ONCE YOU GET BEHIND THE WHEEL SAFETY l§ YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ` dont;t ske-life for granted pace contributed in the service of this community : 'oi h 'Labatt Limited. � M�•��¢,u5� 1, IYIt 4ii 110