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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 3, 1966
MODA
Merits District Support
The Midwestern Development Asso-
ciation has had commendable objec-
tives during the years it has been in
business. Unfortunately, at no time
hasit been able to convince those it
is designed to serve of the advantages
of wholehearted support.
Perhaps the problem has been one
of malnutrition. Operating on a shoe-
string budget, receiving the support of
but a handful of urban municipalities
and almost no rural municipalities,
MQDA has perforce had to adopt the
attitude of a poor relation approach-
ing municipalities with hat in hand,
The conception underlying MODA
is sound. Smaller municipalities, such
as exist here, obviously are not in a
position to send representatives into
the manufacturing centres of the con-
tinent seeking out those firms interest-
ed in settling in their towns. Nor can
the same municipalities afford to tell"
the travelling public, both in Canada
and abroad, of the attractions that
await them along the quiet roads; the
rivers and hills that exist in such abun-
dance.
But approached . regionally, all this is
possible. The resources of each, cou-
pled with the others in the, area, can,
in total, be 'in an amount that can be
effective in telling the story of an -area.
Only in this way can attention be
drawn to the industrial opportunities,
the tourist attractions and business ad-
vantages that exist in' this Western
Ontario area.
MODA officials are engaged in an
aggressive selling campaign designed
to convince municipalities in the area
ofthe advantages of advancing the
MODA story and of the need of add-
ed funds with which to tell the story.
The budget is based on 12 cents
per capita in urban centres and 10
cents in townships. In terms of '.sell-
ing the advantages of an area, they
are small: There isn't ar municipality
in Huron or Perth that would have any
difficulty in meeting this kind of assess-
ment. It is a modest participation in
an effort to assist our own develop-
ment.
There are few areas in Ontario, or
for that matter, anywhere, that are
blessed with more natural advantages
than we enjoy in the MODA district
of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Well-
ington. Up until now, too often we
have closed our eyeS to our advantages
and- have co'nt'ented ourselves with
moaning about the industry, the busi-
ness we lack, rather •than looking for
means of. developing what we have..
The MODA program offers us an op-
portunity to help ourselves.
Tell The Youngesters About Council
Most persons in public office •and the
very few... who do follow municipal af-
fairs closely would 'agree with the view
of the White Rock (B.C.) Sun that
people in general have little under-
standin'g of the role of local govern-
ment.
Certainly Mayor John Flannery re-
alizes the problem, for this was one of
the matters he emphasized in his in-
augural address to council earlier this
_ —year -• - -
The Sun points out that about the
only time .a citizen becomes aware of
his elected representatives is when he
becomes personally involved in an is-
sue. • Then, he has little idea of how to
approach council or even. on what day
council meets, or who the councillor's
are.
Mayor Flannery pointed out steps
being taken to impress on Seaforth
pupils the importance of the democra-
tic process at• the municipal , level by
instruction in 'the schools, and perhaps
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attendance at council meetings.
It is along these same .lines that the
Sun feels that it is now time that
schools 'instructed pupils on the role
of civic government, its duties and re-'
sponsibilities. A class visit to town hall
and attendance ;t a council meeting
could do much to give pupils an insight
into civic administration. The schools
stress the importance of democracy,
but tell little, if 'anything, about the
•grasG roots level..
"Perhaps if we teach our youngpeo-
ple a little about local government they
will grow up to be responsible citizens,
and,* unlike their parents, gel out and •
vote," the Sun says. -"
What flits- indicates perhaps is that
the steed for youthful participation in
and knowledge of municipal affairs is
not peculiar to towns like Seaforth,
Ontario, but is general across Canada,
in British Columbia as well as in New-
foundland.
This Is . Labor's Biggest
OTTAWA—Union workers in
Quebec have been noticeably
deaf to the siren calls of sep-
aratist agitators. The separatists
'themselves have from time to
time deplored •, their failure to
appeal to• the ordinary, work-
ing class French-Canadian.
This does not mean however,
that Quebec trade unions don't
want to have their own special-
ly -adapted. organization's, In the
field of labor, as in, politics and
culture, there. is a burning Que-
bec desire to resist domination
by English-speaking majority
groups, and to. develop home-
grown structures.
This is part of the background
to the open conflict that has
broken out ,between the Cana-
dian Labor Congress and the
Qpebec-based Confederation of
National Trade Unions.
On the surface, it is an un-
equal contest. The CLC, with
_snore. than 1,200,000 members,
is the central labor body for
Canada. The CNTU has about
180,000 members, nearly all of
them in Quebec, and fewer than
the CLC has in Quebec.
• But the CNTU is aggressive,.
militant, ..ambitious and is
growing rapidly, partly because
of its unabashed raids on mem-
bership of Quebec unions af-
filiated with the CLC.
It has the CLC on the defen-
- sive, just ,as the Quebec Gov-
arnment has the Federal' Gov-
ernment on the defensive. The
parallel is fairly close, ' Even
though the CLC; president,
Claude Jodoin, is a Pierieh-Can-
adian, . his organization its ac-
eused 'of favoring Federal or
ttigllshinterests.at the expense
Of ;Quebec, '
The " `iI, like the 4uebee
Ooveriin4ent,. pretends to be the
only true voice of Quebec.
• Late in February, in. the same
week, both tabor organizations
presented briefs to the Federal
Government. Some , philasophi,
cal differences were immediate-
ly apparent in the presenta-
tions.
The CLC, for example, was
concerned about regionalism,
decentralization, and favored a
strong central government for
Canada. •
The CNTU, on the other hand,
emphasized decentralizatioh, and
was concerned about some as-
pects of Federal economic pol-
icy which appeared to infringe
on proo'tnctai rights.
Philosophical arguments may
be pursued calmly and peace-
ably. Real fighting doesn't start
until a specific issue appears,
and it already has.
The issue involves 600 CBC
stagehands in Quebec, who are
now- represented by the Inter-
national Alliance of Theatre and
Stage Employees ,(TATSE), a
CLC affiliate.
The CNTU canvassed the
membership and succeeded in
winning a vote as bargaining
agent. The trouble began when
application for certification was -
made to the Federal Labor Re-
lations Board.
The Board turned down the
application, on the grounds that.
the CBC, and other national
companies, should deal with
employees uniformly across the
country.
There are four union mem-
bers on the Federal Board—
three appointed by the CLC,
one by the CNTU. It was ap-
parent to the CNTU that when-
ever it asa union organization
was in conflict with the CLC,
it Could" not hope to get a fav-
orable decision from the Board.
Problem
The CNTU officers made this
the chief point in their brief
to the Government. They threat:
ened to boycott the Canada Ca-
bor Relations Board unless the
Board is made bilingual, and
unless the effective control by
the CLC was removed.
The Federal Labor Depart-
ment asked time to consider
these demands, and further
meetings- were to be held.
But the CLC was not so di-
plomatic. Following an execu-
tive meeting here, President
Jodoin fired off a statementthat
amounted to a declaration of
war on the CNTU.
He accused the Quebec or-
ganization of making a delib-
erate attempt to disrupt labor
legislation and collective bar-
gaining practices in Canada.
And his criticism went beyond
labor matters.
The CNTU, he said, was also
trying to "undermine the whole
structure of Canada . . . with
a deliberate attempt to cut the
ties that bind people of various
provinces and racial" back•
grounds„together as Canadians!
Mr. Jodoin also said the CLC
represented, more workers in
Quebec than did the CNTU, The
CNTU policy would lead to
wage differentials among re-
gions.
.,.•,Workers in Quebec, ,for ex-
ample, would see their 'wages
frozen and would be unable to
overcome the wage gap with
Ontario and other provinces
which now exists.
He predicted ."i;haos". For
exam le, a small group of em-
ployees in one locality could
tie up a trans -continental rail-
way' system. '
The Canadiat5 Labor" 'Con-
gress wil fight this with every
ounce of energy we command,"
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In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
March 7, 1941
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dexter,
of Constance, entertained about
50 of : their friends and rela-
tives at a six a,'cloek dinner on
'Saturday, it being the twenty-
fith anniversary of -their wed-
ding day.
Mt. and Mrs. Alex McDonaId,
of Tuckersmith, who are re-
moving to the, fifth concession
of McKillop, were honored re-
cently when • by friends and"
neighbors gathered at their
home to bid them farewell. An
address was-. read by John Old-
field and Messrs. Victor Lee and
Raymond Nott presented them
with an oak mantel clock and
pen and pencil sets to the
young folk. ,
Ian MacTavibh, who for some
months has been in attendance
at RCAF Schools in Canada,
received his wings at a cere-
mony at Dunnville School when
he graduated, as a. sergeant
pilot. •
W. H. Golding, M.P., for Hur-
on-Perth,
uron-Perth, was named a mem'-
ber...of the committee appoint.
'ed this week by the House of
Commons to inquire into war—
costs.
arcosts. The • 24 -man .committee,,
will review and cheek` the sums
being expended by the various
war departments.
The ' appointment of J. D.
Thomas, Goderich, as Huron
County chairman of the Cana
dian War Services Fund, has
been announced.
The annual winter dance and
card party held by the Huron
County Junior Association was
the most successful ever spon-
sored by the Junior Huronites.
One of the feature, was a baby
picture contest, when David
Dewar, of Bayfield, and Miss
Helen McLean, of • Seaforth,
shared the honor`'§:- The, card
room was in charge of Miss
Jessie Archibald, Seaforth, and
a lucky number Prize was won
by Miss Mary Walker.
It is approximately '100 miles •
from Hamilton to • Seaforth ..and
ordinarily the trip takes about
three, ,hours. A post card re-
ceived by Miss Belle Smith took
.34- years to cover the distance.
It was. mailedin Hamilton in
1907, and reached Seaforth
March, 1941. "'
'Much sympathy is felt fur
Mrs. Carrie. Ballantyne, who had
the__ -misfortune to fall , on the
icy sidewalk and break her
wrist.
Mr. John Gillies and Mr. 'Wm,
Campbell, Winthrop, went , to
Owen Sound to get the freight_
boat, the Captain Secord, ready
when the season opens.
Miss- Alma Lawrence left for
Toronto, where she will train
for a:. -nurse at Wellesley' Hos-
pital. She was accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Herald .Lawr-
ence.
Messrs, E. P. Chesney and
Arthur Nicholson represented
Tuckersmith rThuncil at the
Good Roads: convention in To-
ronto.
Mr. J. M. Eckert was in To-
ronto last week attending an
executive meeting of the Cana-
dian Independent Telephone As-
sociation, of which he is presi-
dent.
A rink of Seaforth curlers,
composed of C. M. Smith, W. A.
Wright,. K. M. McLean and J.
Beattie, skip, attended the Lon-
don curling club bonspiel.
warned Mr. Jodoin.
It may be assumed that the
CNTU will fight equally hard.
What does seem clear is that
in the makeup of the federal
labor relations board there is a
built-in disadvantage to the
CNTU.
Ofi the other hand, abandon-
ment of the hard-won right to
bargain on a nation-wide basis -
would surely bring hardship to
workers in poorer provinces, in-
cluding Quebec.
This could be the,, biggest
problem the Federal Labor De-
partment has faced in many
years. It has all the aspects of
the wider problem in Canada -1
Canadianism versus Qubecisrh,
English versus French.
Its resolution, certainly, will
be no simpler than the resolu-
tion of the larger Canadian
problem.
A group of ladies surprised
Mrs. 'Teresa Redmond, of Dub-
lin, on the occasion of her wed-
ding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs, Joe Cultiee, of
Varna, were invited to the hall
when a large assembly tendered
the young couple a miscelian-
eous shower of many useful art-
icles.
The following six young la-
dies took part in a Scotch drill
in the musical revue, "Hits and
IVfisses," in Cardno's Hall: -Lois
Wright, Marguerite Westcott,
Yvonne Moore, Jean Wright,,
Teresa McIver and Helen Smith.
• Mr. and Mrs. Jv W. Free re-
ceived a cable this week from
their son, Sgt. 'Harold Free, ad-
vising them. of his safe arrival
in England. Sgt. Free is a wire-
less gunner.
From The Huron Expositor
March 3, 1916
A pleasant evening was spent
at the home of Mr. James Me-
Clymont, Varna, when the mem-
bers of the Methodist Church
gathered together and present-
ed Mrs. McClymont with two
large leather chairs to show,
their appreciation of her faith-
ful, services as organist in the
church
Mr. 'Isaac 4arrott, of Kippen,
lost a good two-year-old steer,
and Mr. Angus Brown, Tucker -
smith, a fine cow. At the pres-
ent prices of cattle, these loss-
es mean a.- great deal,
Miss Erma Rennie, daughter
of Mr. E. Rennie, Hensall, left
for Grace Hospital, Detroit,
where she will take a course.
in nursing.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Stewart,
Seaforth, moved on to the fine
farm of Mr, Charles McAllister,
which they recently purchased.
Recruiting still goes on brisk-
ly in Hensall, and the company
will soon be 50 strong. • Five
boys in the persons, of Ross
McDougall. Hiram Johnston,
Thomas Sherritt, Sydney McAr-
thur and Reg Angell, have gone
to Clinton to take training for
sergeants.
Mr. Richard Dawson, a form-
er resident of this town a'nii"a
son of Capt. Dawson and broth-
er of Mrs. James' F: Reid, who
has been division superintend-
ent of the 14th and Area Line
of Detroit for several years, was
treated to.,. a pleasant .surprise
when a .committee of street car
men called at his home and
presented him with a Masonic
ring, set with diamonds. He is
retiring from the .former posi-
tion to that of supervisor of di-
vision superintendents of all
lines.
Mr. William Brine, of the
48th Highlanders. was a guest
of Lebanson Masonic Lodge,
Hamilton, and was presented'
with a handsome wrist watch
as a, token of respect and good
wishes to their newest soldier,
Horace itnight, a young son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Knight,
had the misfortune to—have two
fingers badly smashed while
working in the- foundry, .
Miss Margaret Case was hos-
tess of an entertainment given
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and.. Mrs. Arnold Case, when
$1.25 was realized and given, to
the Red Cross Society. A play
by Margaret McIntosh, Evelyn
Cudmore and Margaret Case
was given and little Billy Cud -
more sang a solo.
Mr. R. H. Sproat has sold his
speedy young driving mare,
"Seaforth Belle," to Mr. Waun-
kel, of Tuckerstnith.
Quite a number, of people
are cutting off the roots of the
pine stumps near Leadbury, for
fuel in what was once the pine
swamp.
The teacher, Mr. Bert Irwin; -
of Constance, is laid up for a
few days with la grippe.
- Prom The Huron Expositor
March 6, 1891
We understand that Mr. Hugh
Grieve, who has •been carrying
on a feed and Seed store in this
town for some years past, has
disposed of his business to Mr.
Ed: I1fitchlpy. Mr. llinchley is
Well knovt{n hi these parts and
will; no doubt, do a good busi.
ness.
Mr: Robert raniieson, of the
Golden Line store, returned
home from his seml•aoliimal trip
•
to the Old Country markets.
He had a pleasant trip across
the Atlantic both ways.
McDonald & Co., of Exeter,
shipped a carload of horses
from here to Manitoba.
Mr. J. McFarlane, of Hensall,
is moving into his own dwel-
ling on the west side of the
railway track, and Mr. G. Kidd
is moving into the dwelling va-
cated by D. Miner.
Mr. William Caldwell, the en-
terprising carriagemaker of
Hensall, has recently put in the
largest stock he ever had of
carriages, buggies and road,
carts.
Miss Janet Simpson, Walton,
who had the misfortune to
break her leg recently, is do-
ing as well as can be expected.
Mr. Thomas Robinson,:' • Stan-
ley,' has sold his farm on the,
-Babylon Line, Stanley, tb Mr.
Amos Keys for $3,500. The farm
contains 100 acres, with a good
frame house and barn. Mr. Rob-
inson intends ..going to Mani-
tdba.
Mr. Amos Overholt and Mr.
George Goble sawed, split and
piled 5%, cords of maple wood
in the short space of three hours
and eight minutes.
Mr. Weismiller and 111x. John
McMillan held a political meet-
ing in the Town Hall at Varna.
There was a good' attendance
and Reeve ^Torrance occupied
the chair.
The concert' given in Dublin
by Professor Scott, of Staffa,
and, his pupils, was the best
we were ever favored with, The
chairman was Thomas Ryan.
The pupils sang ."The Emi-
grant's -Ship," in a manner that
pleased everyone. The solos by
Misses Shea, Robbins, Friel,
Hotham and Mcllhargey receiv-
ed mush applause.
Election day in Seaforth pass-
ed over without any undue ex-
citement. The weather was fav-
orable and the sleighing good.
A majority of 43 votes was won
by Mr. McMillan.
A little daughter of Mr: Ken-
neth McLeod, Of town, met with
a serious accident. She was rid-
ing on a load of saw logs, when
-in front of the Methodist Church
she by some means slipped and
the hind bob of the sleigh pass-
ed ,oyer her leg, smashing it
badly. ••
At the council meting of Mc-
Killap council, held in Craw -
f ord's ' Hotel, Dublin, Dr. Smith
was appointed medical health
officer and William McGavin,
sanitary inspector. Bernard
O'Connell, Thomas Murray and
John McElroy -were appointed
members of the Board of Health.
Aluminum is the most abun-
dant metallic • element in the
earth's crust forming more than
eight per cent of the solid por-
tion of the crust down to a
depth of 10 miles.
Jerusalem was captured by
the first Crusaders in 1099.
Sugar and Spice
-- By BILI Smiley --
.THE MUSIC MADNESS
George is the Custodial Su-
perintendent at our illiteracy
factory. (It used to be called
head janitor.) I congratulated
him the other day. His wife
had "clone well," as we say, in
a music theory exam.
He shook his head. He. swore.
Then, "It's drive you up the
"wall. If I ever get married
again, it won't be to a musi-
-cian."
There isn't. much chance of
the former, as he's a grandfath-
er..But I was deeply in sympa-
thy iv_ith his conclusion.
It was obvious that George
had had to help his wife pre-
pare for her exam. It was on
the history of music. They ask
you questions like, "What in-
strument did Eli Schwartzkopf
play in the Brandenbury Sym-
phony Orchestra on April llth,
1801, when Napoleon Bonaparte
was staying in the city over=
,night, with his second wife, on
the way to the battle of Auster-
litz?"
But this isn't the worst of it.
A chap can stand a couple of
weeks of helping his wife me-
morize such great universal
truths, and weather ,
What really gets him on his
knees is putting up with the old
lady as the exams draw near.
Kids go through examinations
with the aplomb of ducks tak-
ing to a bath. But middle 'aged
ladies don't, especially when
they haven't written an exam in
years.
About three weeks before the
exam, they begin to neglect
family, House and themselves.
A week later, they become ner-
vous. In the final week, they
have . moved from high C to
hysteria: On the day- of the ex
am, it takes tears, tea, tranquil-
izers, and sometimes ' a good
shot of brandy, before they can
be pushed intp the examina-
tion hall, where they sit twitch-
ing like old fighter pilots until
the papers are given out.
I don't know the- details, but
I"suspect George wentthrough
something like the above, and
I echo his sentiments, loud and
clear. If I ever get married
again, I want a girl who thinks
a sweet potato is about the fin-
est musical instrument that ev-
er hit the market.
Do you know what a bane is?
Well, that's what music! - has
been in my life, for the past'
decade.
Oh, I know. 'Every family has
its little problem,'its skeleton in
the recreation room, its dirt un-
der the wall-to-wall. Drinking,
health, poverty, divorce, insani-
ty, stupidity, delinquents. With
our famly, it's music., •
People think I am carried
away by emotion .when I start
to sob at a symphony • concert.
They're right. But it's not the
beauty of the music that makes
me break down: It's the trouble
it has caused, and the money
it has cost in the last 10 years.
I used to Iove music, in a
• Yl WI m TH
"April showers bring May
flowers!"
"Lincdlli said that all men
were created equal . . . he
didn't mention women."
,THE HOME TEAM 1_
"1 Wonder what the pro's would do in a situation
tike this?"
simple joyous, uncomplicated
way. I used to whistle while I
worked and Walked. Everything
from Greensleeves, through Ein
Kleine Nachtmusik to Porgy and
Bess. By ear. I liked Stardust
and Stravinsky and I'll Be Down
to Get You in a Taxi, Honey.
Then the kids started taking
piano lessons. And I started
trying to look intelligent when
people talked about sonatinas
and concertos and scherzos and
dynamics and all that (you
should pardon the expression)
jazz. •
We fight about the left hand
being too loud. We scream at
each other about the kids not
practising. We go into tantrums
about recitals and festivals.
Ten years and more than
$10,000 Iater, nobody in my
family can play the national an-
them without three weeks of
preparation. The record play-
er rocks to The Beatles and Bob
Dylan. We have to snatch the
harmonica and guitar away
from the kids, I would like to
meet Johann Sebastian Bach on
a dark night and strangle him.
With a Beethoven sonata. G-
string Minor.
TO THE EDITOR
Endorse
Beauty Spot
,i Seaforth, Feb. 28, 1966.
Dear Sir: We read with in-
terest the .letter written by
Messrs, Sills and Harvey, with
some suggestions for solving
the problem of drainage in Sea -
forth.
Many agencies, public and
private, are now working to
create a more widespread in-
terest in conservation of all our
natural resources.
Their idea of solving the
drainage problem, controlling
the flooding, and thereby creat-
ing a beauty spot, seems to be
in keeping with current ideas
of conservation. Now would be
a good time to investigate the
best means of accomplishing
this.
Yours truly,
BILL 'and FRANCES BALL
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