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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-12-20, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Conzmunitv.Firet at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLean Bros., Publishers 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 Clasp Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 20, 1957 Is There a Better Way To Tax Vehicles? Announcement the other day by the Ontario Department of High- ways of a_ change in automobile lic- en'se fees points up the increasing demands there are for additional funds for highway development. While the announcement was prepar- ed in a manner to suggest the change in fees was designed only to elimin- ate certain inequalities, the net re- sult is that under the new schedule revenue from license fees will be in- creased substantially. There can be no argument con- cerning such an increase if the mo- torist has not been bearing his fair share of highway costs, having re- gard to the extent to which automo- biles, as compared to commercial vehicles, use the highways. A reader, who has watched freight car size trailers hauling bulk loads, weighing many tons, thunder past his Goderich Street residence, hour after hour, six days a week thinks licenses, as between automobiles and commercial vehicles, are not in pro- per balance. He thinks there never can be a balance as long as commer- cial vehicles are licensed at a flat rate, based on route and capacity. Our reader's suggestion is that commercial vehicles — particularly the big ones—pay a sort of usage tax on a mileage basis. He would install in each vehicle a meter, something like a postage meter, that would re- cord the mileage travelled. The truck would continue to operate on- ly as long as there was a credit,in the meter. When the credit was ex- hausted, it would be necessary to make a further deposit and have the meter reset. The basic rate per 'mile would be determined by the capacity of the truck. Certainly there would be admini- strative details that would present difficulties, but at least such a plan as our friend suggests, would ensure that commercial vehicles paid in re- lation to the extent that they used the highways. Time For Christmas Seals This is the time of year when en- velopes containing sheets of gayly colored seals come through the mail to many of us. They are .the Christ- mas seals — backbone of the Huron County Tuberculosis Association. 'Too many of us may have put the seals aside and neglected to forward a donation. We forget that the money raised from the sale of seals is used to carry on the fight against tuberculosis within our own county —a battle which has, over the years, made a marked reduction in the death rate from a disease which was, until a few years ago, the scourge of humanity. It is not too late to look up your envelope of seals and send in a con- tribution before you forget. Experience Shows You've Got To Tell — To Sell The Meaford Express tells about a well-known and colourful merch- ant of that Georgian Bay town who recently celebrated his fortieth anni- versary in business. Says the Ex- press: "Herb Rows is known, by many people throughout the province and the nearby States. He is a one-man ,public relations representative for this area. Hardly a week passes but Mr. Rows buys extra papers to send out to people, whom he think:should know what is going on in this busy town. As a result he is known as • the "Ambassador Extraordinary" for Meaford. "In addition to publicising the town "Herb" looks after the Fish Derby and has a wall file to prove the ef- fectiveness of his work. He works also on the volunteer fire brigade and is generally one of the first di.)w-m the hall and on the track "Last Saturday. Herb wanzed a lot of people in his butcher shop. he advertised beef at the same priCe he sold it at 40 years ago -2 pounds. for 60 cents—between 9 and 10 a.m. "The people sure took to the deal,"' said Herb. "Some wanted to jump the game by' ordering over the phone but were told to come and join the line-up." They proved they knew real value by queing up in the allot- ted time and kept Herb cutting and Mrs. Rows busy wrapping. "The Anniversary Special is only one of the many publicity stunts pulled by Herb through the year to prove that people will buy if you have what they want at the right price." Authorities Recognize Need For Brake on Inflation (The Ottawa Citizen During the last election campaign, Progressive Conservative candidates hurled many barbs at the Liberal government based on the charge that the "tight money" policy was hinder- ing Canada's expansion and threat- ening the existence of many small businesses. Such charges undoubtedly make great platform stuff. It is easy to sell the idea that plenty of money ly- ing around is a fine thipg for every- body. However, it is interesting to note that men who have devoted their '0 lives to matters of practical finance, ,and have no political axe to grind, are not deluded by the charms of "easy" money. These are the presi- • dents of the chartered banks of Can- • ada. Mr. Neil J. McKinnon, president tof the Canadian Bank of Commerce, in. his annual ddress to the share- holders recently, said: `‘,There may well be differences of ew tirtheAiniing, nature and de- ' eetif ninnetary'influences exerted The authoSties but one thing is tbtr all the -money had been made Vailabki for Which there was a de- mtt 4t41r6tild hive been nothing aid bolt tjgls3; ney but there r!; 'Oka and much more justified criticism of sharply rising prices." The president of the Toronto -Dom- inion Bank, Mr. A. C. Ashforth, speaking on the same subject in his annual address said: "The responsibility of the Bank of Canada is . . . to regulate credit and currency in the best interests of the economic life 'of the nation. Our real concern should be for sound economic growth and not just high- er dollar figures each year. The econ- omic and, financial welfare of the country entails a stable currency. "In recent months there has been a lessening of inflationary pressures and there are indications that the policy of restraint is being eased. One of the dangers is that we may move too fast and too far in this direction, .especially if there is also, an about, - face in fiscal' policy as now seems likely." Modern history provides many ex- amples of the hardship, disorganiza- tion and ruin that inevitably follow when inflation gets out of hand. This, and the opinions (4 such men as Mr. Mcl(innon and Mr. Ashforth, to whom currency and credit are tools of a profession and not political in- struments, should be remembered. Esiecfa11y 'when "blame" for ale tig t money policy is being tossed araitid. • SEEN IN THE Minister Leaves Official announcement was made on Sunday that Rev. D. J. 1).!lac- ..Rae, whp has served as minister of the Wingham United Church for the past four and a half years, will leave in March to assume the pastorate ofthe United Church, Renfrew. — Wingham Advance - Times. Tractor -Car Crash Robert James Reid, RR 3, Luck - now, was said to he in only a fair condition by officials at the Wing - ham General HospitaL Mr. Reid, while driving his tractor on the Lucknow road, came into collision with a car, and suffered chest and spinal injuries. He was admitted to hospital on Wednesday of last week.—Wingham Advance -Times. Brighten Clinton Fifty dollars in prize money will be awarded in the Christi -Nis Home Decoration contest sponsbred by the Clinton Citizens' Horticultural Society. First prize will be $25; second prize, $15; ,third prize, $10. One-half the prize money is pro- vided by the Horticultural Society, and the other half by the Clinton and District Chamber of Com- merce.—Clinton News -Record. $200 Fire Loss Fire loss here in the past year amounted to only $200, according to a' report presented to Town Council by the Goderich Fire Bri- gade. A payroll totalling $3,255 for the year was approved by Council. The money is divided among the 17 members of the bri- gade, which is led by Fire Chief J. J. Hoggarth. The report show- ed 76 alarms answered, 12 prac- tices, 14 meetings of the brigade, 15 actual fires, eight rural fires, and 27 other calls.—Goderich S.g- nal-Star. Mixed Drinks The label on the bottle was in- nocent, but the contents weren't— so John Nyp, 25 -year old Sarnia taxi driver, found himself in mag- istrate's court at Goderich. After pleading guilty to careless driving, he was fined $50 and costs or two weeks in jail. Nyp was charged after a wild chase around Gode- rich at about 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. His car hit speeds up to 79 mph 00 Victoria St., and the town police cruiser went as high as 100 mph on the highway before Nyp! could be overtaken. There were three passengers in the taxi. De- fence counsel Frank Callaghan, of the Goderich legal firm of Don - ;telly & Vonnelly, said that his client, who pleaded ViltrY, had been drinking a bottle of cola. It was a well-known brand which, is supposed to hit the spot, according to those advertising jingles. It ap- peared that Nyp's passengers were drinking cola mixed with some- thing that hit the spot even faster. Anyway, they forgot to keep track of the bottles, and Nyp got one of the "loaded" kind by mistake, it was intimated. •Smiling at the ex- planation, Magistrate D. E. Holmes said that if this was true, then Nyp had hissympathy. Mr. Callaghan informed the ,court that his client has been offered a bet- ter job as a truck 'driver. The man's license was not suspended. —Goderich Signal -Star. Gas For Clinton? Representatives of the Union Gas Company met with councillors of the Town Council on Thursday evening to present facts concern- ing request for franchise to serve the -town with naturil gas. Mr. O'Conner, solicitor for the com- pany, spoke to council. Clinton is the first municipality in this part of Ontario to meet with officials of Union Gas. The move to use of natural gas is the result of ex- pectation of gas coming from West- ern Canada soon. Union Gas Ccm pany has delivered gas to consum- ers in Southern Ontario since 1911. No franchise can be given without the approval of the Ontario Fuel Board. The franchise is not an exclusive one, and anyone wishing to serve Clinton before Union Gas is ready will be permitted to.— Clinton News -Record. Road Being Built Work on the new public park in the Pinery is progressing "favor- ably," Superintendent Keith Cam- eron told The Times -Advocate. Eight miles of road in the 4.000 - acre tract have been cut and three miles have been reasonably well completed. Two building—the sup- erintendent's residence and the maintenance building—are 'nearly finished. Five miles of beach have been cleaned up. Superin- tendent Cameron doubted, howev- er, that the park would be opened up to the public next summer. A considerable amount of construc- tion is still to be done, including the erection ofadministration, museum, warehouse, bathhouse and comfort buildings. Camping lots and parking lots will be clear- ed next summer. The park may be opened for limited use in 1959. —Exeter Times -Advocate. .„4 YEARS AGONE — Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. Front The Enron Expositor At a meeting of the White Wyn- , ,•adotte Club, held at Guelph last Decent -her 23-, 1= tweek. Mr. J. F. Daly, of town, firy Nyiet 5t Coinnoban hock- was reappointed secretary of the -ty player. wa, injures at the Pai- club. Mr. Daly has made a good ..ice Knitaz Thursday el -ening and energetic secretary and the ,-larir.z, a practice game. Knock- . club is fortunate in again secur- e-ri (40.w -a when he skated into an- ing his services. other pLayer. Doyle was rendered Mr. William Scott and family •iriconseious. Dr. W. C. Sproat have removed from McKillop and ca Fled and had the injured have taken up residence on Gode- piayer removed to Scott Memorial rich St., in the Copp residence. _ Hospital. where it was found he 1 was suffering from cuts an, a From The Miro n Expositor slight concussion. Miss Muriel Beattie, Miss Mar- garet McKellar. Miss Elizabeth McLean and Mr. K. I. McLean, of Western University, London, are spending the holidays at their homes here. Members of the Seaforth Lionb Club paid tribute to Lion R. M. Jones, late chairman of the Lions crippled children's committee, on Sunday afternoon, when an_inter- esting presentation ceremony took place in Scott Memorial Hospital. Santa Claus paid a preliminary visit to Seaforth Wednesday after- noon and was royally welcomed by young and old. Some 1532 stock- ings were handed out to as many children, who paraded across the platform erected' in front of the tree. A number of friends of Mr. Peter Cleary called on him on Monday to wish him many happy returns of the day. It was a diouble anni- versary, for as well as being Mr. Cleary's seventy-ninth birthday, it was the ninth birthday of his lit- tle grandson, Master James O'Rei tle grandson, Master James O'Reilly, of Seaforth. Miss Margaret Crich has re- turned from Toronto. 1: t From The Huron Expositor December 20, 1907 December 22, 1882 Mr. John Lyons is now prepar- ing the plans for a large brick addition which Mr. D. D. Wilson intends erecting to his_egg empor- ium next summer. It is to re- place the old frame building, and will be the size of the building on the corner of Main and Goderich Streets. Last Wednesday evening as Miss Hawkshaw, in company with an- other lady, were out driving and when turning around at Harpur- hey, the horse took fright and bolted to the side of the road, up- setting the cutter and throwing the, occupants out. Miss Hawk- shaw was somewhat stunned and - was taken into the residence of Mr. Hugh Robb, but soon revived sufficiently to return home. The horse made its way to Seaforth at somewhat faster than regulation speed. When opposite the Royal Hotel, the shafts and the vehicle parted company, and the horse was captured opposite Mr. Dor- sey's blacksmith shop. No serious damage was done. The roof of a large sheld on the premises of Mr. Thomas Downey caved in a few days ago from the weight of snow upon it. Fortun- ately the building was empty at the time. One day last week, while Mr. James McIntosh, of the Mill Road, Mr. John-McMillanof Roxboro, was assisting at a threshing on the , has purchased "Gladwood", the farm of Mr. George Walker, he met with a somewhat painful homestead farm of the late John ac - Dickson, for which he paid $5,700. 1 cident. He was engaged in cut - This is a good farm, being very conveniently and pleasantly situ- ated. Mr. William Staples and family are now comfortably settled in ir handnwresidence near rnthropwhi.Ceseect- ed this. summer. The tuse is of traisckllwitthhe m o acrrennte cellar and and improvements, a3 is one osandf the handsomest in that sectioe. The cement -work was done by Mr. J. Pype; the brick work by Mr. Wiliam Somers, of Winthrop, iancii treu netnrerp eRtnter n,;voork. f Cranbrook, Messrs. A. Elcoat and R. Pep- per attended the Winter Fair at Guelph last Week. Mr. George Lyon, of Londes- boro, has sold his 50 -acre farm to his neighbor, Mr. Fairserviee, fir $3,000 - Miss Murdie, of McKillop, ha bCOed the es df School Section No. 9,P=is, et a misty, of $425. • 1V1t.Dtid liteCtitcheon, Lead- Aunt Bessie: "My, but how you hto, whoikas.'6Utllir Watern -Can- have grown WiteXpeet . ; rcitutna jothgli V.0ii etgto,1*.ni tot ' t�thg, Woe 01,t1r, "60 tat ''S'y tillos!nuoifinompoom, Ipoomow TO THE EDIlOR 411111,11111111114111111111111111.11(11011111111 864. Man0ing Aye,. Tomato, Dee. 16th.' Editor, The Huron Expositor and your Correspondent: . In your issue of this week, As I was reading through the new, I was quite interested in the •_elci news and people that lived in and round Brucefield at that time. How well I remember them all, and it is really nice to have them all brought back to memory . once more, but I daresay not many of them are living today, for that must be 75 years or more ago. You mentioned one man you didn't re- member his name that ran the hotel; his name was Faugh. I think you seemed to have skip- ped Kippen in your remarks. I would like to include Shaver's Ho- tel, with the big box stove, and a lot of old cronies sitting around, and Shaver would come out and. say, "Come on in, boys, and have a touch!' and got so that when the bottle would get a little empty, he would put in a little more wa- ter, so it got that it didn't. even taste like water. The big wide door at the entrance—we drove one of the village cows right into the bar one night! I don't want to take up more of your space, Editor, but like the other writer, I could tell a lot more of old days and the fun we had. Thanking you once more. J. L. W. PATERSON Former Minister Writes Of Science The following letter,appeared in a recent issue of a' London news- paper. The writer, J. R. Holden, London, was minister of the Mc- Killop Charge of the United Church of Canada, until illness forced his retirement from that charge: • "Sir: So many aChievements may be credited to modern scienc,•?. that it is good for us, in order to keep a right perspective, to re- member things which we do not owe to this source, some of which are basic. "Here are a few: The fruitful- ness of the earth, the savor of a good roast of beef, the beauty of a sunset, the ability to conver:ie in our native tongue, the satisfac- tion of walking, the motion experi- enced when riding horseback at a gallop, the sheer loveliness of pad- dling a canoe by moonlight on a quiet lake, the ruddy cheer and comfort of a fire in an open hearth. "And then there is love. This as- suredly does not depend on nuclear physics. IOW desolate we would be if we knew nothing of the love of parents, of brothers and sisters, of friends, of sweethearts, of hus- bands and wives, and finally of that love which Christmas cele- brates. "Love never created the • atom bomb or the intercontinental ballis- tic missile with its atomic war- head. But love can and will over- come the spirit, working in men, which has resulted in these bane- ful products of misdirected genius. "In a happier, future age they - will likely be rendered as harm- less, and as much the objects of curiosity as the museum skeletons. - of the great monsters which once roamed the earth." ting bands when the knife slip- ped, inflicting a severe wound on„ his arm. Mr. John P. Dale, of Tucker - smith, recently sold to Mr. E. Mason and an American dealer, a suckling Colt for the sum of $150 and was offered and refused $225 for another, and was asked if $250 would buy it. One day last week Mr. James Swan, of Brucefield, met with a singular and painful accident. He was driving a threshing machine engine along the Huron Road, near Alma, which ,happened to be tut away on one side. 'i‘o prevent the machine from tipping, a long pole was run beneath it, from side to side, on vvhieh himSelf and a companion were seated. The Othex person slipping off caused the pole to fly with a spring, and Mt. Swan was thrown over the machine into a snowbank, injur- ing him somewhat about the shoul- ders. ' FARM NEWS Raising Pigs on Mud Not that it is recomended as a good Canadian method, but a farm- er in Kenya, Eastern Equatorial Africa, is raising pigs on mud and they seem to be thriving on the diet. But the mud is something a little special. It comes from Lake Victoria—the world's third largest lake of 26,200 square miles—where it lies many feet deep and con- tains organic matter accumulated over thousands of years and espe- cially rich in. sulphates, nitrogen and other plant nutrients. Three months ago the farmer started feeding his pigs a small quantity of the mud and they thriv- ed so well. that he increased the amount until it represented about one-fifth of their ration, with ex- pensive pig feed only contributing about eight per cent of their total intake. When five of the pigs were slaughtered and tested, four were Grade A and one Grade B. 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