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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-09-26, Page 2-$01r4 ).060, Settling thre CoIntotitstitif Pint roblisho4 tEgaAitfra, OrPAitio., ever' l'hurs40`mstraing iy maxim aim, pubushors Ltd.'r AZIEEmiy Y. MORAN, Editor Member Canadian weekly Neiyamer AsseMatle,a Ontario Weekly Newspapera Aasoelation • Audit Bureau of Circulatioa and ,Class 'IV Community Newspapers Subscription, Rates: Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Ovtaide Canada (in advance) $7.09 a Year SINGLE CORTES — 12 CENTS EACH, 4,• A.uthorlzed as Second Clan Mail, Post Office lavearh4ent. Ottawa • . SEAFORTII, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 26, 1968 Broad Review Is Indicated Mr. Robart's recent announcement that to avoid "a financial nightmare"; Ontario must make masalive cuts in its spending program confirms that there WAS cause for the concern that has been expressed across the province in recent years as to his governments fis- cal policies. Coupled with the need to raise added dollars are the tax suggestions advanc- ed by the legislative committee headed by Mr. Robarts colleague John White that considered the Smith report. The committee proposes, among other changes, the broadening of the sales tax to cover all goods and services in- cluding food. Little Time In • It's an exciting .time in which we live. Change_ comes swiftly on the heels - of change. Everyone is busy. Life is - good. Yet in the face of a modern society • With all its advantages for yotzng and old, many persons, are becoming more and more concerned about the lack of enthusiasm for community affairs. ' All facets of life in the small com- munity . are falling behind despite the „ fact population and leisure time are on the rise.' Most noticeable, of course, is the re- grettable display of apathy toward municipal government and related ser- vices. At the same time, service clubs are finding it more and more difficult to recruit new members with a will to take their places as the backbone of the community. Saddest of all is the terrible strug- gle most- centres have. to supply good leadership and proper 'training for the youth of the community. Basics such as sports instructidn, particularly in the rural areas, are Recognizing the financial problems which the government has created for itself, opposition leader Robert F. Nix- on has given assUranCe that if the plea* sures to be taken are fair and equitable they will receive the support of the party he leads. Mr. Nixon qualifies his support in one respect in that he will not support a tax on food and adds that the econ- omy wave must reflect a considered review of existing priorities. There will be general agreement that to suggest increased taxes without first. carrying out a thorough review of govc ernment operktions and -priorities would not serve the. best interests of Ontario. Which to Help carried out by an interested few on a budget often too limited to provide the necessities of the game. Time proven organizations such as Scouts, Cubs, Guides, Brownies, not to mention a myriad of diversant clubs, are disappearing because no one takes time or has funds to carry out the kind of well-planned, vital program needed to satisfy today's knowledgeable, ener- getic youth. •Communities with a high percentage �f Youthful troublemakers are very often the ciimmunitiei with an, inade- quate recreational\ program for the young. Though parents are initially re- sponsible for the behaviour of their children, the community has a definite obligation to their children and teen- agers which is not being met in some cases. September is the time for nely be- ginnings after a long, lazy summer. Let's put our youth uppermost on the list of important considerations for fall and winter. Youth is, after all, our most valuable commodity. (Exeter Times -Advocate). Sugar and Spice — By Bill SmilOT • THEY EAT ANYTHING I've never raised pigs, but there can't be too much to it, according to what I've seen in the past week. • You merely give 'them -all tkiiey can eat, and then clean up . after them.. And there's no trouble at all in preparing their food. • One of the, great advantages is that, there:s no garbage Ap- parently .the only thing pigs won't eat` is returnable bottles. This b a. fine way to talk about my son Hugh and his friend Alex, but it's the solemn truth. It's not • meant in a dis- paragingovay. I'm not full of • disparagement, but of despair. When I was their age, 1 was a pretty fair trencherman. On cone occasion, ail recall, I set a neW family record for corn on the cob. I ate 13 cobs. On an- other, I ate 12 baked apples• . • But these were individual feats. They pale alongside the St Hugh andhis mate put awa7. They start off slowly. "Just a cup of tea, Mrs. Smiley, if you like. Oh, well, maybe P11 have a fresh peach, if they're turn- ing bad and you want to get rid of- them." Half a 'basket of peaches lat- er, they might succinnb to a • few cobs of corn (it's noon by now, because they never get up until it). Before the corn they've had a can or two of cold beans and a half -loaf of toast "just to be sociable". When the corn is gone, they look up with their little, beady eyes glittering and absolutely refuse dessert, "Unless you have some old cake or pie that's on its last legs, and some ice- cream that's maybe, going bad". There always seems to be some old cake or pie that's on its last legs, and some ice- cream that's going ,bad unless you eat it the day it's bought. .They manage to get through the afternoon with the odd hamburger and a few bags of chips and a couple of beers. But by dinner time, their snouts are prying the lids off pots and their little, feverish paws are stirring the gravy .and the sali- va is running so. fast you have to wear rubber boots in the dining -room. R's not the food 1 mind. I've • bought moose pastfires in Northern Ontario that Were guaranteed . gold mlnes. I've dropped $5,000 bombs in "fields TO TI1E EDITOR Expositor Aids Safety Campaign sir: • We , Wish to thank you 'sin-. eerely ,for partieinatiog in the isfig Eimer Contest and for aid - the promotion of child, safe- ty -.hy contributing :pace in your noriaPaper-- ' 'Without year generosity it wonid he tinandiallY *Posiiihio o conditet the., eOtitest over such a wide area. • We' *Ashto 0°1410 for the snags caused by the Postal ' strike which resulted in the :CenteSt ruthlng past stintmer vacatitin but lope that every- thing vim tpe' back to normal next /ear anCvie can again dottlit ori your partiehmtlem • Yours truly, - • ° It Porm4ster, Stiliqalier. 'Child Safety Pro- grammes, Ontatio Safetr 'Lea- gue. • in Holland, a slaughtering of 10,000 turnips.. I've tried for 20 years ,to make my wife base her arguments on reason, not em- otion. I knoW what it is to lose. No, I don't expect any re- turn. It's just pure fascination. Where in the name of the Holy Old Jumpin' Jehosophat do thy put it? They're not big, fat fellas. They're young and slim. I give. them a plate of Steak or turkey and spuds and vegetables and salad that Would make. a him- . berjack 111. And I start to eat my own. And 1 look up, and there they are -,twiddling their •hoofs, plates licked clean, eye§ fixed on the main platter. That's not the worst thing. If I eat too much, maybe at Christmas or New Year, I have enough sense to subside in a corner and belch- amiably as I wat�h television. Not these piggies. One hour after a meal that would put the . fat lady in the circus on her back for ,a week, they can be seen peering into the refrigera- tor. They eat from six to. eight. And when they get in, at Three a.m., they have to have a little nite-cap: half a pound of cheese and a pound of bacon and a. half -loaf of bread and 'two eans of soup to wash it down. Perhaps it's explanable when they tell you that. they often go for days, weeks, living on bol- ogna ' sandwjcheg and coffee, I chips and milk hot dogs and. pop. Sometimes nothing. Ever try that nothing? I have. I've gone for three day s ,WRI1 nothing and then eaten sn much •cabbage soup it was corning out ,Itty ears and my belly was touching my „ It'a not that don't like to see yatitg tieepth eat heartily.' It'a just that lf t Want' to MSO pigs,!'d' like to have tonie pork. - in the Years This Wek and Next From no poop Expositor - the Mitchell,rair, bnIci last V4itlay and SaturdaY• 0.5t,; 1,00943 The nth anniversary $erVigen The abew,ery %feather, gave On is one of t by Ray Argyl.e• Nelson: C.' Cardne, Seafortn, of Duff's 'United cbureb, Wel- ladles a Chance to linger longer Most Canadians, despite in- than, get closer. ntario officers ton, were held. TheW.. pro- in -the stores, wile recently gradUate4 from vided a chicken pie supper and The first annual McKillop the, II.M.C.S. Kings, HOW, as a concert of 1°01 talent was Scho01 Children's Fair held ,at r. - a sub -Lieutenant in the HUNVH. presented, No. 4 School was an unqualified The property situated on Mar- * * * SUCCe$S in every respect. ket St.; Seaforth, belonging to From The Huron Expositor t * * the estate of the late Adam Hays Sept. 27, 1910 From The Huron ExpesItor has been sold through the of- Quite a flurry of snow fell Sept. 29, 1893 nee of E. p: Chamberlain, to a week ago 'today, Weliope this James Snell of Hullett left Russel' 1L Sproat, ,Egmondville. wili be a climax of the cold far Chicago with 22 head of A plane from Sky Harbour weather we have had' all Sep- Leicester sheep Wended for ex - made a forced landing near the tember. hibition at the World's Fair. buildings on the farm of Peter Harry Stewart :had the mi.% Louis McDonald, who is car- lacCosvan of Roxbero. Tb e plane fortune to. 2..t. hitc•residence rying on the extensive black - had run (Mt Of gasoline, but and fracture aeVeral..104, kpaithing and carriage business took off a few hours after be- Clyde 'Rankin- ' retUrned of the °late John Dorsey, has Ing refuelled. No damage was from Muskoka, where he spent now completed his first year as suffered in the landing. the summer as purser on one of its proprietbr. Miss Joan Devereaux was hos- the lake beets. , tess at a meeting of 4 -the St The ch ir f Patrick ileating of townhas Sip e a large force of men at work James' Sodality -club members Presliyte'riari Church gathered at on gr. r. Case's new barn in at her home to honor:tip bride- the home of James Sproat and Tuekerstnith. elects, Aliss,,Telloette xi:enninger presented Wass Babe Sproat , Tames Steeth 18 usily engag- and Miss. Betty .gekert; Allss with an address and mantle 'ed puttleg.-an addition to the Franete MattheWs and Miss ha- clock in recognition of, her ser- English Church Sunday School belle Flannigan -Presented Miss vices in connection with the molding and re-shinglhig the Benninger with • a set -of sheets choir- roof. • and pillowcaSes-and Albs Eck- A very pleasant gathering of There were 76 tiekets sold at ert with a linen table cloth. young ladies took part in 'a .the Seaforth station for Clin- Ernest Allen of .Cromarty is shower at the home of Mrs. ton on the day that Sir John at present enlarging his mill Robert Elgie at Kippen, n hon- Thompson spoke. and will have capacity• to handle or of Miss Barbara Chesney, During August and. Septem- wheat ad will have an up -to- prior to her marriage. . ber 2,400 baskets of fruit have date elevator as' well as chop- Alex Monteith of Kippen is been delivered into Seaforth by ping mill. , the busy man these days as he Express. C. P. Sills, Helmer. Snell, J. is making many nice improve- John Sibbon -of McKillop W. Hawthorne and Rev. H. metits to his residence by hav- sold his farm to his neighbor, Snell of Auburn were on a duck ing a new verandah erected. Alex. Gardiner for the sum of hunting expedition and brought John Workman of Kippen, $5,000. home eighteen ducks. who, is an expert at gardening Seaforth metchants held their Messrs. Chas. Barber, John has this fall, some 300 citrons fall millinery openings. The Beattie, W. J. Duncan, John of which the bulk went to the weather proved' very favorable Modeland, J. M. Scott, Ross housewives of Seaforth. and..a large number of the fair Scott, J. G. Mullen and Dr. g. A. Thos. McMichael was in Heidi- sex took advantage of the ac-, McMaster left on a hunting and mand County, acting as Govern- casion to get a glimpse of the fishing trip in the district of merit horse judge at the fairs novelties in Millinery, mantles Burk's Falls. there and this wee, is acting and new dress goods. The Seaforth Boys' and Girls' in the same Capacity, at Holton Mr. John Aird, formerly mon- Band, under the leadership of and Burford. ' ager of the Bank of Commerce E. H. Close, supplied' music at The Millinery openings were here, spent Sunday in town. From My Window. ' By Shirley J4 Kellar. . Continuing in the same, mood as last week, I'd like to make another confession. Not only am I a rotten mother, I'm a ter rible housekeeper. Anyone who knows me vvill attest to that awful truth., I do my housework in spasms. I have days' when 1 canlick the routine chores in 20 Jninutes and take the rest of the, day to polish and sweep and_dust and ,cocik and iron — I may do a week's ,work in a .single 'day. Then there are the other days. Those are the days when I dawdle over my coffee-. until ten„, visit with a friend until noon, watch television until four, talk on the telephone until five and spend a half hour be- fore dinner stuffing clutter into drawers and pushing dirf under chairs. To tell the truth, I think my bad days outnumber inY good days by quite a bit, I don't know how I get this way. My mother kept a' shin- ing house, and `taught me how . to do the same. I can remem- ber she'd get me at a task like cleaning up my bedroom. She'd make Inc .do it over and over again until I had it to her sat- isfaction. She certainly didn't give me many breaks. I find it much easier to admit the truth about my housekeep- ing inability than to make ex- cuses for myself. If a friend drops in at 11 are ,to find the breakfast dishes still on the table, I tell her out- right' 1 was playing lean frog with the baby and just didn't get around to them. Before too many weeks, she has learned to expect the worst whenever she come. to visit—and is oecashin- ally pleasantly surprised to find things ship-shape. . The day I got 'my new elec. tzie stove, the man who,came to install it for me raised his eye- brows slightly to find a layer offuzzy dust; a few crusts, some tiny toys and a bologna rind Un- der the old stove "Should haVe remembered to sweep that up before you came," I offered. "Semetimes it is worge than that before / get around to cleaning under the stove." • 'n'ie electrician relaxed. "You'd juat be .amazed to know the number of women who would try to make me he- leVe they had just cleaned. un- der the stove Yesterday," he laughed. Ile admired my honesty — if tiottnv'housekeeping. -3o ritiw you know the teal facts M the matter. I'm a phsi- • tire, sinuch7 wbon ii- comes .to doing housework. The corners In My little kingdorn are alMOSt terser 160 per centgoat free.,, white .other ‘'omen are scrub- bing -and satiating, I'm writing drivle like -this for, them to read in their leisure moments. 'Everything is relative after - all. Whatever makes one hap- py is what really counts in life. Which is nobler—to do those bothersome things which are expected of you because other people are doing them or to . do those simple things you .en- joy because it makes you feel good all over? flation and taxes, are becoming more affluent. As a result, pea. erty in Canada is becoming rel- atively worse. Not worsevin fact, of course, but worse in relationship to the rest of soci- • ety thari ever before. The question now is, what proportion of the natiozi is our society going to allow to live under economic conditions • which are drastically poorer than the majority. The Economic. Council says that up to 27 percent of ,Cana- da's non-farm population must Spend 70 percent of its in- come on 'the basics of _food; clothing and shelter. . As a re - says the Council, one-fifth of the nation lives in poverty, In ?,forityeal, a city whiellhas earned such a glowing reputa- tion in recent rears, neOrly one- half the population is said to be living at or below the pov- - erty line. Poverty in. Canada today alto differs from anything ever known in history in_lhat the reasons for it are different. At the time of Confederation, probably just Oda everyone was eligible for classification as poor, .The society of that era was not sufficiently productive .to do more than provide bare sustenance for the great major- ity. - The advent of. science, tech- nology and now aetomation has solved, the problems of pro- duction and 11 19 now old hat to say that the problem is one of distribution. Nevertheless, this is the case. But as society has become more productive, it also has be- come more complex. The result is that large numbers of peo- ple are not adequately equip- ped to compete for jobs, and thereby earn their slice of the pie of affluetice." They either lack the education, the cultival itnow-how ----simply—de- not have the intelligence needed in today's society. The loss te, so- ciety is tremendous. This is.going to become more critical. The gulf between the productive -citizen who can cope with the world of the 21st cen- urY, and the citizen who can- not, will more likely widen • How This Newspaper Helps Akftleilisers. With a defined, audience ' Soule scientlas say already that all intelligent persona are going to need two or three years of mathentatical training at the college level. Dr. Lawrence Stark Of the University of California said in Toronto that "society will be- come so complicated that every. body will need an IQ 01 over 120. The others can -be put in institutions to watch television and hbeimo.asaelbal; T any anti -poverty program shotild therefore be to raise individuallevls of coin- petetwe. The Welfare state has been a failure because it has • used palliative's iostead of cures; it has treated •the patient but notrrithrneedi, sewaSeiste'r Trutierni, Ware of the .ottaervative streak in the Canadian' electorate, ear- ned publie APPreVal by sires. sing his opposition to give-away • progrenia. Yet' he has also said that the goat, df a Just society is an adequate distribution of the nation's wealth. The plan to Offer a guaran- teed annual hacome, advanced so gingerly by Mr. Stanfield during jhe election, would sim- • ply do this pn a more organ- ized basis than 'Present welfare measures. The mechanics need not. be complicated. One meth- od would be to 'institute a "neg- ative income tax" program. Just as low inconie persons do not pay income tax, the gov- ernment would simply give enough money to everyone who reported an income below a certain level, to bring their in- come up to a certain guaran- teey1 level for the year. But this would still be wel- fare, still not a satisfactory so- lution to the problem of what to do about the inability of some citizens to support them, selves. Education is a Starting base. The minor leavtuig -age could be increased, and youth allowances could be greatly expanded, to help families meet the cost of keeping their older children in school University or training schools could be regarded as a citizen's &it instalment on his working life, and Students could be paid while attending. Any speakerlmows that in corder for ldm to get his 'tamer) across *ilia' aniline+) with pea' test effectiveness ' , he 'must first."—be fen'Aliar with that audience. 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