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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-05-26, Page 2Since 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 i Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class- Mail, Post Office, Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 26, 1966 Accomplishments at Ottawa Bolstered by headline after headline suggesting smear and scandal in the nation's capital, critics of the Ottawa scene protest the• so called lack of pro- gress in legislation and blame the Pear- son Government. Certainly time is wasted in Ottawa, but to an increasing extent it is being recognized that' much of the waste flows from the extravagance of those who regard the prime duty of the op- position as being that of obstruction. Despite these attacks steady progress is being made in advancing the busi- ness of the country and typical of these accomplishments is the Redistribution Bill. Agreeing it had said many harsh things about the House of Commons, The Montreal Star adds "Let us give hikh praise 'where it is due. This Par- liament and the Pearson Government have introduced and passed a reform of the first importance. The Redistribu- tion Bill, now carried, will henceforth guarantee us -a form of representation that will -truly represent us." The Star continues in these words: For thefirst time in Canada's his- tory ..the boundaries of federal consti- tuencies have been fairly established by impartial, non-political commissions. After each census hereafter, similar commissions will carry through the work of redistribution. The old, days of the gerrymander are over and done with. Sir John MacDonald, in the 1880's carried out a redistribution and gleefully declared that he, had "hived the Grits." But his sin was repeated by Liberal administrations, too. All parties were to blame. All parties now should be praised for having accepted the new order of things. When the Commons debated the re- making of the electoral map, many members (Whose hearts were never in the job) made their protests. What is to be noted is that not one of these pro- tests had real -validity. We had linger- ing sympathy for the sentimental pro- test against the dissappearance of -Que- bec East, the historic riding of Laurier, Lapointe and St. Laurent. It is now -in- cluded in Limoilu. But it is better to look ahead than to cast that last long lingering look behind. e What is important is that the House of Commons, at the next election, will be truly ;represented. To hold elec- tions based upon, a census now 15 years old was obviously unfair. To sweep away tiny Ilse de la Madeleine and to cut down the great, sprawling York - Scarborough makes nothing but sense. Drastic surgery was therefore re- quired, and it has been performed mag- nificently. Here and there doubtless there are areas of hurna_r imperfection,_. But the electoral commissions can set that right, census by census. With this effected in the federal field, it must be hoped that the pro- vinces will now follow this shining ex- ample. Manitoba already has its. plan. The other provinces have not-grrapple'd with their problems boldly. On Character For my part, I see nothing old- fashioned about such virtues as honesty and truthfulness, a keen sense of public duty, and an obligation. -to do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do. These are ;the '-words of President Donald Gordon of Canadian National Railways in an address to students. "Moreover," he 'continued, "I believe. that the importance of integrity and good faith in the business world cannot be overstated; it would :confound many a cynic to know how often our hard headed bankers look upon the integrity of management as the -best and surest of all collateral. "In my own experience I have long since learned that in searching for ex- ecutive talent the truly essential re- quirement isnot intelligence, nor edu- cation, nor experience, but good char- acter. The -other attributes are found separately in relative abundance ; -char- acter is the mortar which binds- them together" into the whole man." • Sugar and Spice The Perfect High School Virtually everybody: , these days is upset about out educa- tional system, The public schools are not teaching the ur- chins to read, write and figger. The high schools are massive, seething factories turning out illiterates. The colleges are sep- tic tanks of sex, marijuana and LSD. ;.. Most of this is pure poppy- cock, of course, but a critical so- ciety is a healthy one, according. to Hugh Dunnit, the great Welsh bard and beatnik of the eleventh century. This makes Canadians about the healthiest critters in the hemisphere. Columnists aver that high schools are run like military camps, producing lock -step con- formists who haven't learned to think. This is ,patent baloney. They think one helluva lot more than did these same columnists, when they came out of Hayfork Centre with not much more than a burning desire to -get away from said centre, a lousy - basic education, and a shiny blue serge suit. Lots of parents, and some teachers,, are of the opposite opinion: that there is far too much freedom ofspeech, dress and action, too many frills, not enough. good hard work and good 'hard pimishinent. These comments come from parents who *biked one-quarter as hard in school as their kids do, and teachers ' who atrophied some years ago The kilo' themselves, depend- ing o>t home - background, their own personalities, and their tal- ent, or lack of it, look on school, as it jail -or aball. Sonia -think of it rather like having a ball`in a Jan. sehoollioardk bed about the. cost' of everything, and the ad- mhiistration beefs about ' the ahtbrtage Of everything and the teachers beef abut t the paper"` . uagle, arid. the custodians bee — By ' Bi11 Smiley — about the salaries and the hours and the teachers and the admin- istration and the school board. You• might think, from all this nagging, that there are some slight imperfections in our high schools. And you might be right. But it's not as bad as it sounds. What I can't understand is that I haven't been approached for a definition of the perfect high school, It's probably jst an oversight, and because lin not a pushy type. But who is better qualified? I've been to high school myself, I work in the blasted factory every day, and I have a daughter who moans, "Do I ever hate school!" Well, here goes. Don't panic, now. The changes would be slight and inexpensive. I think we'd all enjoy life more, stu- dents, parents and teachers. First of all, let's cut out the muttered, mumbled morning prayer. I believe in prayer and practise it quite often (usually when I'm in a jam). But it's al- most sacrilege in the way it's delivered. The R.C's whizz through it and leave out the last part. The Jews and atheists are silent. The teacher winds up leading three or four dogged Protestants who aren't always sure of the words° ...... ---M Next, out goes The Queen. While I am a royalist, and have the utmost respect for Queen Elizabeth, I see no reason. 30 - odd teen-agers should be sub- mitted, every morning, to a pompus and bad piece of music, the words of which have no more relation to their world than does the horse and buggy. • 4 • "MUST YOU?" • In the Years Agone Froin The Huron Expositor Workman of - the -. Huron May 29, 1891 County Road commission have In the football match here the paving of the Brucefield to Seaforthportion of the Mill between the Huron of Seaforth ' and the Chicagos of Chicago, Road mien under way. The con - the Hurons were again vie- tjnued dry weather has facilita- torious by a score of 2 to 1. ted and speeded up the work. • Monday- last was observed Mrs. W.., C. Bennett received as aholiday in honor of the an• word this week that Sargent W. niversary of Her Most Gracious C. Bennett has been promoted Majesty. The weather was de- to Staff Sargent in charge of de- lightful, the roads good and the military Post Office at Pet - nearly every person who pos- awawa: sessed a'ri'g' or could hire one, Mrs. John' Elder of Hensall went off driving, mostly to had the misfortune to fall and Bayfield. fracture her right arm. We understand that Messrs. Sutter and Perdue of Clinton Ogilvie and Co. of the Seaforth removed the deck of the spire Mills, intend erecting a large on Constance United Church. addition to their present grain They are putting on a galvaniz- warehouse. ed flat roof. A team of the Huron football Ross McDonald of Cromarty club, Seaforth, visited Detroit suffered a broken. arm while on Saturday last to play a playing at No. 6 school. match with that ' city. They At the recent convocation of beat the subjects of Uncle Queen's University, Kingston, Sam by a score of 3 to 27 ' William John Ferguson' receiv- It is feared that the serious ed the degree of ,Bachelor of Metal - frost has done serious damage Science, in Mining and Metal• especially to the small fruits. lurgisol Engineering' Lieutenant W. P. Grieve gave an excellent exhibition of drill. The Jackson Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Clinton will start operations next week in the Campbell block where they have installed 20 power ma- chines -to be run by hydro. Mr. David McIntosh V:S-, of * * * I Brucefield has returned from Washington, whither he went From The Huron Expositor with Mr. John McMillan M.P. May 26, 1916 and Mr. Mitchell, as a deputa- Gunner Joe Dick of Edmon- tion about the importation of ton, is visiting his,,,parents, Mr, heavy horses. and Mrs. James Dick;' he enlist- The citizens of Blyth were ed some time ago with the bat - aroused by the cry of fire, tery at Kingston and is now on which was found to. be at the sick leave. salt works. The building was Mr. W. Somerville, uptown destroyed .and the derricks as G.T.R. agent sold 230 tickets , well. The loss is estimated at for the military display in $3,000.00, with an insurance of Clinton ; and there were 100 $2,000.00. 'sold" at the station for the A large force of men are at same event. work on the Methodist 'Church Miss Annie Govenlock's sight "shed. They have the building singing class gave -an entertain - up and are busy boarding it in. ment ,in the town hall. The It is' 150 feet in length. fairy queen was Miss Margaret Edge and the May queen Miss * * * 'Kate Cowan, . Mr. W. T. Hays, From The Huron Expositor the well known tenor was the soloist. - May 30, 1941 Mr Peter Lindsay of Con • - Se?forth Locker Service, stance met with a serious ac - which has been under construe- cidept. He was thrown off the tion at the Seaforth .Creamery wagon by the team starting up for some weeks was opened.. quickly, which resulted in a During the preceeding three very bad shaking up which will days a large number of inter- confine him to the house for 'ested people from Seaforth ex- some time. amined the modern equipment The old residents - of Con - which features the new service. stance say it is over -40 years The guests were shown through since we had as late a seeding the plant by C. A: Barber and as this and the crop that year members of the creamery staff. was a bumper one. The prizeswere won by Mrs. Master Willie Bell, son of Mr. " William Cameron, RR 4, Sea- R. P. Bell, Seaforth is assisting forth; John L. Malone, RR 5, on the farm of his uncle, Mr. Seaforth; Horace Wilbee, Sea- John Workman, at Kippen. forth and Mrs. A. Colclough, ' The people of Seaforth ap- RR 2, Seaforth. preciated very much the oppor- Lady- golfers opened the sea- tunity of having Huron's own son with a tournament. Events guard of the 161st Battalion, were won by Mrs. Frank Sills, when the skating rink was Mrs. J. A. Munn and Miss Nor- crowded. The local detachment ma Jeffrey. How would you like to go to the factory, or the office and stand at attention while a tape- recorded band blares out one of these awful tunes, before- you got down to serious business, like waiting for the coffee break? In place of these, I would sug- gest* a warm-up period. We're all pretty dang doggy first thing in the morning,. The class cut-up would be master of ceremonies. Witty sayings, announcements, brief weather report. Some Beatles and Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. Art original poem or song from the students. If a girl 'has Go - Go boots, let her demonstrate a new dance. Probably on the teacher's desk. By. this time everybody is friendly, warmed -up The real learning atmosphere has been created. But unfortunatel*, I have run, out of space. Bead next week's column for a fur- ther thrilling instalment on pi Perfect High School. , "Madam,' kindly wait outside and •Iet your husband answer uv titieStiolls:I" . • p• of the 161st Battalion under one ordinary penny' won't buy an egg—or a slice of bacon. but .. . one hydro; pentrif will cook ten bacon -and -egg breakfasts for two in an electric fry pan. • YOUR HYDRO PENNY IS THE BIGGEST PENNY'S WORTH IN ONTARIO TODAY SEAFORTH - PUBLIc` 'U ILIES Financial Assistance • Available For a FAWN POND To encourage the construction of Farm Ponds, the Government of Ontario will pay 50% of the cost of an approved poi}d, Cup to a maximum of $500. , This financial assistance is available to farmers for: • CONSTRUCTING A NEW POND • IMPROVING AN EXISTING POND Io appky, consult your County Agricultural Representative OR Agricultural Engineer for information, application Corms, and advice. Ontario Department. ofAd iculture too, Wm. A. Stewart, Minister Ontario Department of Energy and Resources Management Hon J. R. Simonet(, Minister WANT ADS BRING QUICK RESULTS: Dial 527-0240 Read the A.dvex.t cements r- It's 'a,Profttable Pastime! SEAFORTH MOTORS CHEVROLET-OLDSMOBILE FRONT END ALIG.NTVIENT SPECIAL PRICE ALL MODELS ' CORRECT CASTER and CAMBER. * CHECK STEERING. RADIUS e ADJUST TOE -IN., - / 'I ADJUST STEERING BOX * ADJUST FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS '5 INSPECT FRONT - SUSPENSION Regular $8.95 SPECIAL WHEEL BALANCE PRICE — $1.25 PER WHEEL Weights Extra aforth Motors. Phone 5271750 Seaforth NOTICE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT announces that their offices located at 24 St. Andrews Street, Stratford, will be moved to 478 HURON STREET STRATFORD (at the Western city limits on Highway 8)' Effective.,May 30# 1966 Telephone 271-0961 (unchanged) MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCES AND PERMITS DRIVER EXAMINATIONS ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT Hon. Irwin Haskett, Minister A. G. MacNab, Depu y Minister • • 3 A 1 w • 4 • r