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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-05-12, Page 2• Since 1860, Serving -the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association hAudit Bureau of Circulation R r Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $4.00 a year ' Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year • 41 1. P.. SINGLE COPIES -- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post .office Department, Ottawa ‘•cE0 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY i2, 1966 Trees Can Make the Seaforth Council, meeting this week, advanced a stage a program inaugur- ated two years ago to replace dead and damaged shade trees on streets throughout the town. True, the step was rather hesitant and involved the purchase of only twenty-five trees. But as one council- lor remarked, it is better to plant 25 and expect them to live, than to buy 50 and see half them die or be broken. While many of the trees planted two years ago have not survived, enough are growing to fully justify the work and cost. It is difficult to measure in dollars the benefits which a tree -lined street produces, and only through the trees planted now can these benefits be brought about. That is why it is so In Proper Mr. Pearson's recent statement in the House concerning the events leading to his being informed of the Munsinger affair puts . the matter in proper per- spective. As a prudent and responsible head 'of the government, he could do nothing less than inquire concerning the extent to which the charges of underworld influence and involvement -of M.P.'s -which the leader of the Opposition had directed to hiin had a basis in fact. Mr. Pearson's defence of :his honor was effective and convincing, the To- . ronto Star points out, and goes on in these words: "He produced some facts not previously known—notably' that he Difference important that the replanting program be carried on in a regular manner year after year. Seaforth, more than many communi- ties, for years has enjoyed row after row of mature trees across the town. But lack of maintenance, disease, old age and finally, road construction pro- grams took their toll. The result is that long stretches of street are barren of any kind of trees and the shade and attraction which they provide. The con- trast now with the tree -lined streets that.. once existed thus is all :the more glaring. We can't do anything about the trees that are gone. The least we can do,, however, is to see that they are re- placed as quickly as possible. Perspective had discussed his investigation of the RCMP" files with Mr.' Diefenbaker in December; 1964. "More important, he set his inter- view with Mr. McClellan in its proper setting. It occurred a few days after the Rivard scandal burst on Canada. Charges had been made, and to ' some extent already confirmed; that under- world influence had reached into Par- liament. "Under these circumstances, the Prime Minister was entitled to inquire from the RCMP whether it had evidence of other possible links between mem- bers of Parliament and the underworld. He had to know the extent of the rot." CANADA'S CENTURY A news background special on the Centennial of Confederation Child of Pol ifiical Expediency (Fourth of a Series) By WALT McDAYTER Canada was born of many needs, but was spawned by political expediency. From' the very beginning the politicians,, of Canada East and Canada West — today's Quebec and Ontario—showed more en- thusiasm towards Confederation than those from the other Brit- ish North American colonies. They took the initiative in trying to create a new nation because they knew union offer- ed them the , only possible av- enue of escape from a deadlock that had been plaguing their politics for four years. Between 1361 and 1864, there had been no less than four changes of ministries irrthe two Canadas, and the politicians were becoming exhausted from playing this Parliamentary mu- sical chats. They felt that the only hope of any party gaining a majority of support in the government was through the creation of a national political structure. This would change the makeup of voters and ' re- presentatives, and one party might then be able to command enough seats to govern effici- ently. With this in view, in 1864"the Liberal -Conservative Party, led by John A. Macdonald, and the Liberals, headed by George Brown, agreed to form a coali- tion government. 'This Mill - tion' ultimate objective was to create a union Of e. ell British Meth . America. Brown approached this cosh.'" tion with great misgivings, and Theile aeon proved all too justified! In the negotiations prior to Confederation In Chart lottetown, Quebec, and London, a/Le!donaid assumed leadership, da'S : first federal Parliament' . • W Brawny as aro aod` wore tae at. ). ` tiWif; acd nr 's alt >� 'E tt wa � o aitT • — WV* 'OII_cpjl4cfion ARCH -ENEMIES John " A. Macdonald, right, and George Brown agree to forfri a;coalition government in the two Can- adas, 1864. . pushed into the shadows of ob- scurity. It took the politicians of Can- ada East and West three years to convince ,two other colonies of the advaritage of nationhood, and to weicif the idea of federa- tion into ar reality. On March 29, 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North Ameri- ca Act, which united four prov- inces ---, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia—in- to the Dotninign of Canada. Canada officially became a nation on July 1, but the first national election was not held until August. And as the elec- tion results were slowly,gather- •ed, politicians from Ontario and Quebec wondered: would one of the parties gain the majority of seats needed to conduct the new nation's government? Ott l ovoinber 7 1862, Cana, coalition party had won a deci- sive victory, although anti -Con- federates in Nova Scotia, led by Joseph Howe, had almost com- pletely captured" that province. George Brown, who- had in 1864 agreed to coalition with Macdonald for the good of the country, was defeated in the first election held in the nation he had helped create. He would never run for office again. One of the main' motivations for. Confederation was to estab- lish a stable government. Un- der Macdonald this was achiev- ed. He remained prime minis- ter throughout Canada's forma- tive years, ousted only once, hi 1873, because of the Pact& Scandal. However, in the very next election, 18'78, his hands once more .held the reins* of power, and he never again Ides ehpd his grip until he died, iti 1891. CLIP AND SAVE -+ DEPT. or NATIONAL R sl' BilAIN1}11/� �� " r`. From «ANY TIME s2 CHAPS WANT TO STRIKE, IT'S O.K. BY ME In the Years Ag one The Huron Expositor' May 16, 1941 Members of Seaforth Lions ding warden's wife, Club marked Ladies' Night. * a: age than would Perth. The b —a new bonnet for the win et was out driving in the country a few days ago, he left b#s horse tied at a farm gate while he went into the house. The horse, in some way, pulled the bridle off and started to run away, but became fastened between the fence and a telegraph pole, making a total wreck of the vehicle. Lion J. F, Daly was in the chair and assisting with the program From The Huron Expositor was Lion John J. Cluff. Prizes May 12, 1916 for the best impromtpu drawing Mr. Thomas McMichael, Hul- illustrating a popular song, lett, relates that 41 years ago were won by James A. Stewart, during, the first 'week of May, Mrs. J. A. Munn and E. C. Bos- he teamed logs to the sawmill well. The war savings certificate at Kippers with sleighs, and dur- was won by Mrs. W. J. Duncan. ing the same month many of A coroner's jury inquiring in- the small birds were frozen. to the death of 7 -year-old Ger- Mr. W. L. Keys and family, ald Parker at Hensall, found of the Babylon Line, removed young Parker to have been kill- to Seaforth. Mr. Keys has been ed as a result of coining in con- a first class citizen of, Stanley tact with a high tension wire. for many years, and the neigh - Construction of the locker bors are expressing regret at storage plant by Mr. C. A. Bar- theh removal of the family. ber, at the Seaforth Creamery, Mr. John McLean, 'with a is almost completed. number of willing• helpers, has Gordon McGavin, first vice- been busy pulling down the president of the Ontario Plow- Presbyterian Church at Chisel - men's Association, and well- hurst, which • he purchased a known McKillop farnfer; leaves - year ago. This church wee' erect - this week on a six weeks' tout' ed in 1881 and rebuilt in 1898. of Agricultural Colleges and Mr. McLean intends to use the Experimental Farms of Western material in the erection of a Canada, British Columbia and house on his farm on the Hen - the American Pacific Coast. He sail Road. will have in his charge a party Mr. John B Henderson has of young men who Yvon special shown us an egg, the product prizes at the International of one of his hens that is a real matches in 1939-1940. curiosity. In appearance, it Mr. Fred Leonhardt, of Man- greatly resembles a bottle, be - ley, has purchased the 75Lacre ing almost the same shape and farm, formerly owned by Thos. having a neck similar. Mr. Hen - McKay, and is busy putting in derson has been raising poultry the spring crop with his plow for a good many years,.but this and tractor. was the first time he has ever Enumerators of this district seen anything like this one: who will take the census in Jupe Dawson Reid now wears the are this week ,going back to King's uniform. He is the third school. Their teacher is Census son of Mr. and Mrs. James Enumerator C. V. Pickard, of Reid to enlist, and by so doing Exeter. Seaforth enumerators he will receive his first class attending are Miss M. P. Pat- certificate from the Department terson, Walter Scott and J. A. of Education without trying the Wes tcott. , examination. Postmaster C. P. Sills and Mr. ” Mr. Sari' Cluff has purchased Scott Hawthorne heave returned a Chevrolet car from G. D. from a pleasant and successful Haigh, the local agent, and Mr. week's fishing trip to Barrow James Martin has purchased an . Bay. " Overland • Death came suddenly to one Mr. James D. Hinchley has of the most widely known and received a box of genuine Tur- deservedly esteemed residents kish Delight candy from Miss of •-this--d-istrict,-- whet- Janet- M-innie- Best, •ane#- treated- -T-he-- Ross, wife of James D. Gem- Expositor to some of it. rt came •. meH;''passed away at her home direct from Salonika, `,"High (iew," Tuckersmith. Mrs. Lucas Ross has received Sgt. J. C. Drager, son of Mrs. word that her son, Earl Ross, C. Drager, has been promoted ''as been seriously wounded in to Staff Sergeant. His next step the trenches of France and will will be Sergeant Major. probably be invalided home. Miss Helen Britton, director the church and town bells are of music, and the pupils of Mc- rung every morning at 9 o'clock Killop and Tuckersmith schools, to remind the people of the presented a fine concert recitalspecial recruiting campaign. in Egmondville Church. Mr. J. A pretty wedding took place H. Kinkead, inspector of schools, at the home of 'Mr. and Mrs. was present and gave a splen- George Wilhelm iri Milverton, did address. Teachers in charge when their daughter, Mabel E., of the schools taking part were: was married to Mr. Chester L. Reginald Pryce, No. 6, McKil- Smith, of Zurich. Rev. A. D. lop; Vera Haist, No. 10, lVIcKil- Getchler performed the ,cere- lop; .Bessie Carnochan, No. 2, mq»y, McKillop; Mae Shortreed, No. The heavy .storm at Varna 13, McKillop; Clarence Trott, does not seem to have done the Na. 8, Tuckersmith; Beryle Car- damage its violence made many ter, No. 6, Tuckersmith; Mar- anticipate. Wilson Armstrong's garet Drover, No. 5, Tucker- barn. was caught by the winds, smith. The net proceeds of the and rafters, sheeting and shin - entertainment were donated to gles were blown off at one point. the Red Cross. ' Mother's Day services were * *- observed in First Presbyterian From The Huron Expos os Church on Sunday by a- Sunday May 15, 181 icor „School rally. Superintendent M. McKellar presided. Five girls Mr. George Ewing, who for in Mrs. G. D. Ferguson's class, the past 30 years has done a Peggy Willis, Marjorie Hoff, Sue large meat trade in this town, Nixon, Leona Stevens and Bar- has decided to retire frein busi- bare Russell, sang a chorus, and ness. three boys front..... Miss Jean The world renowned Profes- Scott's class, Donald Munn, Don- sor Schrieves has been here for ald MacKay and Ted Milliken, .the past week dispensing ",gide sang a trio. A recitation was of the Vallby" medicine- and ex - also given by three boys from trading' teeth, and es usual did Mrs. Charles Brodie's class, a thriving brisiness. The i'rofes• Donald Smith, William Jack and sof has a wonderful gift of Billie Munn. Certificates for spdech• memorizing scripture were pre- M'. Robert Wilson has leased sented to the following pupils: Mr. David Dawson's fern in Billy .Munn, Donald Smith and Tuckersmith for this season, on William Jack. which to pasture his hdr<ses. The May meeting of the Sea. Mr. Arthur p'orbes has added forth Women's Tstitute was to his already very complete. held at the home of Mrs. Leon- livery mat, a handsoVie acrd and Strong. The new president, comfortable new covered three. Mrs. Gordan Papple, was in the seated carriage. chair. - Mts. George Baird, if Bruce - From returns presented to the field, has had a fine new plat, executive of the Huron County for'in ereeted in front of her War Service rands, it lOoks as store. though Warden James Leiper Mr. Robert Fisher, who has -will soon be able to present hitt been engaged with Mr. John wffe with a new hat. Warden Kaiser, blacksi'nith at Brucefletd, Lehrer Wagered the Wardep,.,of ha's' gon9 to Xip�t`en. . er �.,. P t that at .>EIu h teen wouldi1 :,. •. 14t . # {n,, , Wit r ,Wei a e S xce e e o 11 t the 'the. uuota by a quarter pereentd'r worthy hy' n efroherit� at Ilxlthefield, Mr. J. G. Chesney, of the 3rd concession, LRS, Tuckersmith, sold to Mr. John McMann, Sea - forth, a pair of gelding, four years old, for $350. They weigh- ed over 1500 pounds each and made a splendid pair. They were. raised by Mr. Chesney him- self. Jackson Bros., of Clinton, have purchased the tailoring, cloth- ing and girls' furnishing depart- ment of the business of; Duncan & Duncan, Seaforth, and will conduct this old established and well-known business hereafter. TO THE EDITOR Sees Alternative to OMSIP Sugar and Spke. - - By Bili. Smiley -• ' THIS FAMILY TAXES US ALL All across Canada these days, municipal councils have been wrestling with the arch -villain of all time, a -mysterious mon- ster called The Budget. Although he is made up from a combination of concrete things like sewers and schools and streets, The Budget himself is an abstract thing. He is like the Devil. You can't see him or hear him or• even smell him. You can't really understand him, but you know he is there: a blind„ malignant creature that cannot he controlled. Ybu can fight him—and get a bloody nose. u can ham- mer at him, ehise at him, chop at ldn.—and all you get are a . broken hammer, a dull chisel and a billeted axe. The' Budget is like an octopes. He grows bigger every year. His appetite increases, his ten- tacles become longer a n d sttonger and more strangling as he .grows. And when you try to dime to grips with him, he exudes a' cloud of black (or red) ink which obscures. him from view. . Of what ingredients is .The Budget composed? eleally, he's a two -headed monster, a regular Siamese twin. On the one hand, it is just a big bundle of sugar and spice: new schools; new industries; a new library or community cen- tre; .wider streets; better light- ing, sewage disposal and snow plowing. Progress, culture, civ- ilization, comfort.: At first glance it appears that the Budget is the most desirable thing man has dreamed up since The Devil. And on the other hand, he is„snags and snails and puppy. dog . tails. That's what little towns are made of. And ' big towns . too. And the reason for all this, of course, is that The Budget;' this big, ugly, unreaziageable brute who is impervious to hu- man feeling, fell in love, by some chemical accident, while a mere freaking Rink of a boy, ;with a girl called Milly., Rate. Most of us know her as'Mill. She is just 85 unprepossessing as'her husband. She is steely - eyed, relentless, unseruplous, and absolutely without mercy,, charm, pity, looks, or any of the qualities we normally asso- ciate with that lovely creation known as the female of the spe- cies. I have known Mill (tate since she was a girl, and I am here to state, without• apology, that she is a pig. It's difficult 'to believe that such a union could produceprogeny. But it did. His na le is Taxes. Taxes' career has been about what you would expect from i n such parents. He was an - pleasant child from -the begin- ning.. Unwanted, unloved, re- jected at every turn, whine$, demanding. ___He hasn't changed much, ex. cept that he's grown. lie is now a big slob, over -fed, unde - worked, Menacing if he doe i.'t get his alfoWane right on tithe , bplc, sulky if some of it is held ' But he has a lot of proMi e, Areund election time. He's ing to cut the lawn, and w8sb the car, and paint the trim and smarten the old place up so you wouldn't know it. But somewhere along the line, something goes haywire. He cuts the trees, paints the lawn, and washes the lake, and figures after one year, that his. . allow- ance is not big enough. • , For some reason—and it cer- tainly isn't his winning-person- ality—Taxes has become the most -talked -about man in town. Mayors develop dyspepsia, coun- cillors coronaries, when they try to deal with -this delinquent. They can't quite handle him. He talks so glibly of govern- ment grants on outdoor toilet systems under -the winter works program, and potential pot -holes in the roads, and (with a heart- rending sob) of the people on welfare, that he bamboozles councillors with eyes like agates and mayors with hearts of gran- ite. A11 T can say is that the municipal councils Have My blessing as they strive to cq'tie with Taxes, out „of Mil Ade and The Budget. Sir: The recent talkand cor- respondence concerning medi- cal insurance has undoubtedly caused much confusion of thought for you and probably most of your subscribers. The tremendous advertising cam- paign- carried out by the On- tario Government, to sell 'their, new OSMIP Plan, has caused most residents 'of Ontario to take 'a closer look at their own medical coverage. Private medical insurance suppliers have been burdened with calls and letters by policy- holders who "want to know what they are covered for". At least one large Ontario company has announced that it will .discon- tinue providing medical 'insur- ance as of July 1, 1966, and has advised its policyholders to seek coverage elsewhere. Many persons have been led to believe that, starting July 1, 1966, the Government will have full control over Ontario's med- ical insurance, and coverage will be available only through OMSIP. This is definitely not "true, as Huron County's own Huron Co-operative Medical Ser- vices will continue to provide medical coverage on an actual cost basis to the county resi- dents, as it has done for the past 18 years. When buying medical insur- ance, one should keep in mind that it is the coverage, not. the price, that really makes the dif- ference. It is a safe guess that almost all comprehensive medi- cal insurance plans cover doe - atient Asks for TV Sir: While patients in the Seaforth . Community Hospital we found that we had excellent care and food, and that the whole procedure was operated very smoothly and economical- ly Apart from all of 'the good points of the new Seaforth Hos- pital, we (a number of patients) feel that a . television in the patients' lounge would' be a good investment on the part of "the Board". We have heard some patients say that they would donate a certain amount of money. toward a television. We are sure even some of the local merchants would donate. Patients who are 'able to be up would enjoy going into the lounge to relax and watch their favorite TV program,taking their mind off their illness. The younger set particularly enjoy . TV, as it keeps their mind off "home" and "mommy" z elueee "You'll never get married sit- ting with ybur nose in a book. Couldn't you at least read in the public library?" "You should be outside, Retic,. We +out ;g to leek. ouitelet it? # V t « and makes them easier to man- age. • So to conclude our plea, we might add that there is already an serial hookup in the, lounge, for a TV, and an aerial en the roof of the hospital. All we need now is a TV set, and I am. sure that it would make a lot of people a little happier. SIGNED BY SOME • IMPA1-1r:NT PATIENTS ' (Editor's Note—Hospital• •offic- ials advise that the matter of TV facilities at Seaforth Com- munity Hospital is under study. While it is true a TV program can be relaxing to certain pa- tients on -the road to recovery and awaiting discharge, the same .program, unless carefully con- trolled, can be most disturbing to other more seriously ill pa- tients.) tor's home and office calls, sur- gical operations, anaesthetics, and probably maternity care. But what most people don't re- alize is that by "cover", some companies (including OMSIP) mean only 90% of the doctor's bills. The individual policy- holder is responsible to the doc- tor for payment of the remain- ing 10% of each and every claim he may have, no matter how large or small it may be. Hur- on Co-operative Medical Servic- es proudly boests its'setilement of doctor's bills at 100% of the most recent Ontario Medical As- sociation's Schedule of Fees book, general practice section. Persons who feel that they do not need a 'completely com- prehensive insurance plan, but would still like first dollar cov erage for- surgical operations, anaesthetics, maternity, etc.,are able to purchase a plan from Huron Co-operative Medical Ser- vices which is designed especial- ly for their needs. :In addition to doctors' bills, a person must remember the pos- sibility of extensive expense re- sulting from ambulance charges, prescription "drug costs, appli- ances, home nursing, and many other causes. While many com- panies have neglected coverage along these lines, Huron Co-op- erative Medical Services have included a major medical -sec- tion in each policy issued, which provided guaranteed coverage of the above-mentioned margin- al behefits. Yours respectfully, GORDON KIRKLAND, President, Huron Co- operative. Medical Ser- vices. We'll, at least we, know when you pitch, the outfield hal:.. to .:plait' ;4elt bout 20 feet!" 4 4 • • 4 4 A s • 1.