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The Huron Expositor, 1966-02-10, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. II Is SI L ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario t'eekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: ' Canada (in advance) 84.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES —` 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTII, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 10, 1966 Warden Stewart' Is Honored For the first time in 29 years a Mc- - Kiiop reeve has been elected Warden of Huron. It was no wonder then that the peo- ple.of the township wished to indicate their appreciation of the honor their reeve, Warden Ken Stewart, brought them and to the township. They want- ed to indicate too, their confidence in him and in his capacity to do a good; -job. Those that crowded the Leegion Hall Tuesday evening by their presence did both. Huron County is host this year to the Interri:ational Plowing Match which will take place in McKillop, adjacent Will Changes Incr .Is this the time to .take .a new look at highway traffic 'regulations in an effort to provide a, greater degree of safety ,for the children as they disem- barl from school buses onto busy high- ways. A number of tragic events, including one which recently shocked this com- munity, suggests there perhaps are areas in the regulations which require ekpansion. A .letter' which appeared on • this page last week 'drew attention to the problem and discussed steps taken in other •jurisdictions in an effort to provide greater safety. But despite the -study the_ writers of the letter had given the matter, they— were,- unable hey— wore,-unable to come up with a solu- tion. Operators and drivers of school buses .are among the most safety conscious. people usingthe highways. In their -- efforts to ensure that every child in their care is delivered safely to it's destination, frequently they go beyond the stringent regulations of the Depart- ment of• Transport: - to Seaforth, so that the offi‘e of war- den has a particular significance. It is true, demands of the office of warden have been increasing year by year, and this year the plowing match makes particularly heavy demands on the time and abilities of the warden. There need be no doubt, however, that these demands will be met. The en- thusiasticattendance which honored him here this week indicates the con- fidence the public has that Warden,. Stewart will carry out the duties of his office in such a fashion as to en- hance the position of, his county and township. ease Child Safety? capacity 'of bus drivers to correct. It comes about • through a combination of busy highways,oft-tinie careless mo- torists, and naturally enthusiastic youngsters. No matter what the regulations may be—and they are . strict—and as long as traffic is moving, a potentially fatal accident is in the making every time a child crosses a highway from or to a bus. • The only fool -proof answer would be to have buses travel in each direction so that crossings by the children would be eliminated. This would be costly, but certainly cost should not be a fac- tor when a child's life may be spared. AdditioriaT pr`otect']fsn--couuld-resirh. if special 'patrolmen rode the buseswith -power to flag down and halt approach- ing traffic until the children were safely across. Ir the meantime, the one» step that can be taken is to press education pro- grams directed to al] involved in the problem—the teacher, the driver, and,: above all,. the children and the motor- ists who are competing for, space on leroPPIWI _... _• -14 • In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor tending the funeral of her February 14, 1941 father, the lateeW. J. Bickell. Cutting of ice at the Lions County Constable Jennings Park was completed this week. has leased the residence on in ell, some 40 loads were Kar- North Main St., recently vacat= vested, and according to Sol ed by Mr. Scott Habkirk.• Williams, who was . in charge, A Successful congregational the ice was of exceptional qual- meeting was held at Zion ity. This is the first time in Church, Dublin. A potluck sup - three years 'it has been practical per preceded the' -meeting. to, cut ice at the park. In the deatll.of Mrs. William - -A cheque in the sum_of $- _Sclater., which,'•`occured Friday went forward to the -Telegram morning, Seaforth lost one of British War Victims' Fund. The its oldest.citizens, both 'in point amount represented personal of years and residence•': Slie had and voluntary donations made for over half a century filled a by members of the Seaforth large place in the „church and Lions Club during the past three comunal life of this community weeks. -• Her passing will be regretted H. R. Spence, Seaforth pro- by a large• circle of friends. duce dealer, this week corn- Miss Cecelia Eckert, fourth menced installation of a cold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jofin storage room for eggs in . his A. Eckert, Manley, underwent store in the Crich block. The an operation for appendicitis, room will have a capacity of and her many friends wish her 400- cases. a speedy recovery., Huron County. police commit- tee on Saturday rearranged the district in which county con- From The Huron Expositor' stabled will operate. A new February 11, 1916 • district, . --comprising Tucker -At 8:50 p.m. Thursday eve smith, McKillop, Hullett end ning while the Canadian House. prey, was set up, with of Commons, Ottawa, was in Kea qu ers iri Seafurth. lsr-sessizfin fire-vas-._disenveresi._..i charge of the new district was the library, and spread with Constable A. E. Jennings, .a such fearful rapidity that. in a former RCMP. few hours nothing but the wails Walton's new. Community Hall of the famous old structure were was officially paid for Friday left standing. It was not until evening when the mortgage was 10:30 that all the Members of burned"" in the presence of the Parliament were' accounted for. largest` crowd that has ever Messrs, Elliott and Logie were been in the hall. Mr. 'Elmer D. the last to leave the, Chamber, Bell, of Seaforth, was chairman.so far as is known. They stag - for the evening. Mr. Charles gered' out blinded. Sellers burneds the mortgage Mr. Cleve, Joynt, Hensall, has 'arid Mr. Silas Johnston read .an opened out a large stock of address. boots , and shoes in the Petty The "large 'bank barn on the block; -having purchased the Duncan .Stewart farm, two miles stock 'of. R. J. Drysdale, and southeast of Hensall, was burn- added to it. ed to the, ground Sunday night. A pleasant. incident Wok place The loss included 100 hens and at the,_ railway station, Hensall, 15.pigs, but with the assistance when Miss Gertrude Petty was of neighbors the cattle . were presented with an address, and saved. The property is rented .a purse of 'money. She has vol by` John Madge. unteered to go overseas as a ''The many friends of Alex professional nurse. Buchanan, Hensall, will regret James Gillespie, of- Cromarty, to learn that he had the mis-.;second-year student at the Uni-- fortune to meet with an ' acci- vetsity of Toronto, has 'joined dent Friday while loading" pigs the 161st Batallioa and has been onto a truck. A pole fell across appointed a Serg@$ht at -Sea - his foot, crushing it and frac- forth. turing two bones. The foot'was Mr. Clarence Kaiser, Bruce - placed in a cast and he is do- field, has gone to Windsor, ing as wen ,as -can be expected. where he has secured' a posi- The fishermen of Bayfield, tion. have finished harvesting their The McKillop Mutual Fire In, surance 'Co. elected the follow - • The situation is'not one within the the highway.. A Macduff Ottawa. Report The Problem of the Aging Canadian OTTAWA—The Senate Com- mittee on the' aging in its final report based on nearly two' years' work may have' come up with a means, of taking the Pearson Government of an un- comfortable hook. Recently the Government -has - survived with the aid of the five -man Social Credit group, two votes of non-eonfidence, one based on the fact that it has failed to give $100 a month old age security payments im- mediately to everyone aged 65 and over, the NDP demand, and the other that the old age se- curity be • raised immediately to $100, at 70 scaling the age down in line with the present government program ,moo that by 1970 'it would be payable, at 65. This is- the Conservative plan. -_ The former Finance Minister, the Hon. Walter Gordon, has estimated that . the Conserva- tiye demand, would mean an ad- ditional payment of $850 mil- lion a year—an estimate ques- tioned by the opposition --which is an impossible extra burden for any Finance Minister to face without a substantial in- crease in tax rates. But it has .popular appeal as the House of Commons demonstrated. Many a Liberal. MP 'must have realized that he ,we's ignoring, the wishes of his constituents in voting to support the Gov- ernment. He could reasonably support it -- and undoubtedly will tell his constituents so at the . first opportunity -- on .the grounds_.that. If .the ,non-confi- d'ence vote had carried it would We-. meant not a single addi- tional nickel for anyone. There would have been two alterna- tives,- another, Diefenbaker gov- er"nment With'. less than '100' • mernbera. supporting it which Would have been . defeated on tiie first vote in' the Mouse of Commons or another election campaign Which would have re- tinted the Liberal Government either With a .Minority support or a majority. :But the 'Liberal position on old age pensions is still uneom-` Portable and the,goverrimont is loopking, with,, Moro. 'than tusttal Interest at the alternative Pre. �" ite tort by.the 'Senate conitcilt- fee", Ireport., ,,the ' ednirnittee " �ftilends ltritnedis�tr " ' stab- lishment of a guaranteed mini-' •mum income at 65 for all Cana- dians of 10 years residence.. The minimum for the time be- ing would be $1,260 a year for a single person and $2,220 a year for a married couple. ,A technically competent . body would be set up to deterinine later what these minimums should be.. and to review them every five years. • . The minimum would include net. cash income from Old Age Security payments, Canada Pen- sion Plan payments. and all oth- er sources except contributions froii the family. Those whose income total is less than the minimum would fill out et -sim- ple income return which as far as possible would treat income, capital arid deductions on the same basis as the Income Tax Act. This would mean that pn- ly the return from small invest- ments -that the applicant might have in real estate or securities would be included, not the capi- tal asset. To the extent that income so determined falls below the minimum the applicant would be entitled to a payment from the Federal Government. The cost, after excluding savings in federal payments to old age assistance, etc. is ,estimated to be in the order of $100 mil- lion. The great'' merit' "of the plan is that it would take eare of the worker retired compulsorily at the. age of 65 with little or no private pension and insigni- fiearrt payments under the Can- azta` l�t�rrssi6r►' Plan. He is caught in a three-way squeeze with- out an earned income, no Can- ada Pension Plan 'payments if, for example, he retired last year, . and no Old Age Security for another three years, The need for the guaranteed minimum income and its cost will decrease as the. Canada -Pension Plan payments increase over the 10 -year build•up;- per - led.' By 1075; new applications, would be confined to very low earning, groups or those who lied . had a long period 'of urt- employment in the years be- fore reaching 85, For the p�ensioner whose Old Abe ettrity is riow or will be his oily , source of Mom ' it wouldt: rovlde of immediate In. crease in pensions payments: from $75 a month to $105 a month, $5' a month better than the NDP and Conservatives- are demanding. The Senate Committee has recommended establishment of two national bodies: 1. A National Council on So- cial Research. There is a woe- fu'l lack of accurate informa- tion and the committee found thet programs for financial sup- port and care of older people, involving large commitmenta of public funds were , launched with no regard to merit or the wishes and needs of old people: 2. A National Commission on the Aging to co-ordinate plan- ning programs. As now pro- grams are carried on with no regard to priorities or wise use of scarce resources. The committee, like the Eco- nomic• Council of Canada, is critical of Federal -Provincial 'training programs under the Technical and Vocational Train- inc Assistance Act and suggests that they be examined to de- teiinine reasons for their limit- ed use and to find ways of adapting them to the needs of the working population over 45 years. ANational °Employment Service effort to develop lay- off' procedures that will not damage employment prospects for older .workers' is urged. Health and liaising needs for the aging have occupied a large section of the lengthy' report and include a recommendation that all nursing homes be lic- ensed and supervised. This has already. been done In British Columbia is about to be done ire On io. Approved nursing h es run on a non- ptiefli basis, it is suggested, ahould- be brought under the -hospital insurance program as well as Koine care programs. Ifaif- the older people in Can- ada, own their own homes or are Wives of home -owners and the majority of them are mort- gage free. The quality of the ' dwellings, howetter, is far be- low average. The committee asks for Unproved provision for loads to older people for (a) necessary repairs and (b) alter - diens which would allow re• alitatidn • of , rental revgnuest Holme Tnmprdver;ent loans , are 'often tot: available to older ,omple .with';sntall� bicimes, 7 D Sugar and Spice — By Bill .How The, Days Go "It's not . the cough wot car- ries you off. It's the coffin they carry you off in." That- old English folk saying pretty well sums. up may attitude toward life this week. It- isn't the work that's killing me; it's the after-hours stuff, in a typi- cal week. Last Monday, after work, I wrote my column, then spent five hours studying an essay by C. S. Lewis, concisely called "Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Uni- verse." .Try .selling that one to a :girl whose chief worry is her hair -do, or to a boy who can hardly wait for the last bell to ring, so that he can streak for the poolroom. Tuesday night I went ctirling. First time this -year. Next morn- ing, I felt 112 years old when I crawled out of the sack. My muscles worked only in fits and starts. Wednesday afternoon rushed to matinee to see movie of Mac- beth. Sat -with doe -eyed female• • English teacher. Later told" my daughter I'd held hands with her throughout the show. Daughter furious. Wednesday night, a two-hour -meeting of our staff's General Futility Com- mittee. Thursday afternoon, a two- hour drive to the city, through a swirling snow -storm with, Kim, the last (halleluiah!) visit to the orthodontist. Five years and 700 dollars after it all began, the kid has straight teeth. Two more hours home, the transport trucks giving us a mud -bath about every two miles. But we had a jolly conversation,. rn life 'nozy car; in the- black night, in the white wilderness. Talked about -four-letter words, their origin and their fascina- tion.- We agree• -they were ugly but powerful Not the . dirty ones, They reveal merely a lim- ited vocabulary. But such epi- thets as slop, drab, sldb, clot, punk, jerk, fink, have a certain horrible charm. • Friday night is relax night, the week over. I curled again, and later got. into a session, one of those "Kids don't know how . lucky they are today" sessions with some other creaky relics of the Depression.:I. also got hell when I got' home. But not to:;.:,worry. Tomorrow I could sleep in. Tomorrow arrived, about 30 winks la'ter; a7id-tIn Old -fair still a bit owly, informed that chased the property and resi- dence of Mr. F. Holmsted in . Harpurhey. Mr. T. S. Smith shipped an extra fine load of heavy horses from Seaforth station to Mont- real last Saturday. Among the lot was a fine team owned by Hogg Bros., of ;McKillop. James McIntosh and William Charters, of the Mill Road, at- tended the sale' of Shorthorns in 'Toronto,- each -_purchasing a stock bull for their pure-bred herds here:"• Nursing Sister Bertha Robb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Robb; `of town, o -is now -in Kingston, expected to sail for Overseas' duty on Feb. 17th. Mr. Wm. Beattie, son of Thos. Beattie, near Seaforth, who has been in the' West for some time, has enlisted with the battalion at Swift Cerrent, Sask. The wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Woods, Goderich Twp., on Jan. 26th; when their daughter, Eva - Ann, was married to Alex Sparks, of the Bronson Line. The ceremony was performed by Rev. D. Johnson, of Varna. The couple will reside in Sea- n --forth------ -- �.__� _.._ ice supply for the summer, get- ting ,a good quantity of .it in. Miss Margaret Kerby, of Pe- trolia, has been acting as man- ager of the Bell Telephone Co. in \ the absence of Mi. Lloyd Hoggarth. A meeting of the Huron Pres- bytery, was held in Clinton on Monday. Those who attended from this district were Rev. V. Workman, Rev. ' W. A. Brem- ner, Rev. A. W. Gardiner, Robt. Scott, Nelson Keys, Rev. R. W. Craw, William Beattie. and Robt McWarlane. Miss Marjorie Riekell, of To- ronto, was here this week at ing officers: President, J. B. Mc- Lean; vice-pres., James Connol- ly, Goderich; sec.-treas., T. E. Hays; directors, D. - F. McGre- gor, J. G. Grieve, Wm. Ricin, J. Bennewies,, Jas. Evans, Malcolm McEwan, J. B. McLean, - Jas. Connolly, Robert Ferris; -audi- - tors, A. G. Smillie and John ,Govenlock. Mr...J,ohn R. Archibald, of the Silver Creek Dairy, Seaforth, was in Hamilton and Dunnville last week, where he purchased wear of alfalfa for feeding pur- poses. Mr. Dan Grummett has pur- "[,want to become a- pro so 1 alit,' hit the bangiiet irctrltl From The Huron Expositor February 13, 1891 It was published a week ago Smiley -- she wasn't up to driving the kid to the city for music lesson. I was thrust into the snow and ice. She slept in. Hugh was to come home with us, fdr a weekend's .skiing. He didn't show up at the rendez- vous. We went to his men's residence. Nobody had seen him since -eight o'clock the night before. With some faint hope that he's either eloped or been kidnapped, Kim and 1 struck out for the long, dreary drive home. . Momma is all °rested up, end informs me that we're going out .. to spend the evening With some new friends. Groan. It was exhilarating but exhausting, four of us talking at once. Left at 3 a.m., clutching a delicious homer,}nade 'coffee cake. Sunday was church, curling in the afternoon and a special " treat in the evening—dress re- hearsal for an annual pageant in .the church. I am in charge of rounding up sufficient bodies of the right size and shape. Have you ever tried to deliver '25 reluctant, teenage boys to a . church on a Sunday evening, in 'this day and age? Don't. St. Joseph had sprained his ankle skiing, and 'couldn't make it. St. Peter had the flu. St. Andrew just didn't bother show- ing up. St.- Thomas had to go out of town with the bantam hockey team. Sty Paul thought ' the rehearsal , was next week. The shepherds have lost` their • crooks. The three wise men are two dopey kids• who want to get home and watch Bonanza. Judas is sore because he's just • learned he's the villain in the piece: And you grope off to work ill the -dark Monday -morning. And you have a rough day. And you come. home and look at the mail: two *hopping insurance premium. a fuel bill that makes-- you akes'-you want to run for the near- est travel agency,- and a notice from the bank that your ac- count is overdrawn. . Oh well, it's a great life if you don't die from sheer liv- Two girls were discussing. their boy friends and one of them was particularly enthused. "I think he's going to propose any day now," she said. "What makes you so sure?" asked her friend. "Well," came the answer, i, "he's--begnn-to-•hate•--nay--mother-.--------- violently." that the collector of McKillop had gathered in all the taxes except $1.00, but, Mr. T. Neil- ans, the faithful and efficient collector of Hullett, has done nut or a total pf $12,508.10 to be col- lected, he gathered every ' .cent. A fancy dress carnival was held in the rink in town. The Band was present and .enlivened things. Prize winners were: gents' character, H. Cresswell, J Ferguson; ladies'. character, Marie Kidd, Miss M. Haxley. A. handsome easy chair, was offer- ed. as a spectators'. prize and was wolf by Miss Minnie Wat- son. At. the recent examination of • the Law Society at Toronto, Mr. ' Archibald Dickson, son. of John Dickson, of Roxboro, passed his first intermediate examination "You and your short cuts!" in a highly creditable manner. An interesting basket social was held at the residence ' of -.•• William Northcott, Sexsmith.• After supper wasenjoyed by -"all, Robert Laramie; of Mani- toba, took • the chair.. W. H. Johnston prepared a program. It consisted of music on the organ by the Misses O'Brien, McGregor and Holden, and on the violin by Miss H. O'Brien _ and Mr. C. Eacrett. - ' Messrs. Wm. ' Dowson end Fred Cooper, of Brucefield, leave this week for Manitoba. We wish the boys every success. Those who attended the free musical concert in Thames Road Church, with' Rev. Colin Flet- cher as chairman, were well pleased. Solos were sting by Mr. • Hamilton, of Seaforth; Miss Pairk, of Cromarty; Mr's. &An- son, of Exeter, and others. Choice recitations were given by .Mrs. T. Bishop, Mrs. Manson and Mr., (:1lfillan. On Monday afternoon the cite- zens'' were startled on ,the the fire alarm. It was- found to be an old stable belonging to Mr. John S. Porter, inthe rear of George Ewing,'s residence.- By esidence.By the time the firemen were on the scene the ituilding was in flames. They kept it from spreading to neighboring build' Ings. Miss Ida Arbuckle, of town, has removed her knitting works to the west side of'Main Street, near the railway station. The :esteemed young towns- man,- W. R. ,Counter, left for- Toledo, onToledo, Ohio, where be expects to become a benediet. He was ,accompanied by T. P. Coleman. r4741 :c.4�t aym Two foreigners took a room ' in- a summer. hotel. To their sur- prise, they were attacked' mosquitoes, an ' insect new to • then,.. That dight, as. they turn- - , : ed off the "-light Mid went to, bed, two fireflies flitted in� through the • window."It's nl use'Th,," ono ;groaned tp the other. eyvoz,come book -with late tpr'ns lookin for us» i CUT CO9TS tv MOPE USE THE CO-OP BULB. • FEED PROGRAM .-- More and more Ontario farmers are discovering the advantages of the Co-op Bulk Feed Pre -gram. In addition to excellent production with the Co-op Feeding Program for their,.specific -needs, extra savings on time; tabour and feed costs are being realized by switching to Bulk. Investigate -the Co-op Bulk Feed Program and find out how you can streamline your operations and make them more profitable. Your local Co- op., can show you how the Bulk Feed Program can help crit „orts co-operatively. .;. • i�Ri�il�RCOOP Phone 527.0770 t Seaforth 1 a . •