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Seaforth electors will deckle MOn-
day whether they wish to increase the
Public Utility Commission from three
members to five.
The commission, established by the
town in 191.2, consists of two elected
commissioners eaeh of whom serves
for two years and the mayor. Under
the new proposal the commission would
be increased to four elected commis-
sioners and the mayor.
Move, to enlarge the commission
arose earlier this year. The PUC rec-
ommended to council its members be
increased and council agreed. However,
before a final decision could be taken
by council the statutes provide that the
consent of the, electors to be obtained.
Hence the question that will face voters
on Monday.
Five man commissions have become
common in many centres across On-
tario. Perhaps the trend reflects the hi -
creased business which a PUC handles
today as compared to even twenty
years ago, In fact in many centres —
and Seaforth is in this category — the
turn over nears that of the,municipali-
ty. This has come about by the ever
increasing per capita use of electricity
with resulting increased dollar volume.
There is no doubt a large commission
would more accurately assess the needs
of the community. It would emphasize.
too that the PUC has equally impor-
tant responsibilities, in its field, to
those of council. The statutes spell out
the areas in which each body functions
and for which each is directly respon-
sible to the electors. Sometimes- this is
forgotten whenthere is a tendency to
equate relative responsibilities with the
size of the two bodies.
CANADA'S CENTURY
A news background special on the
Centennlal of Confederation
t ii1 Colon -ass', . x
In the final analysis what is 'armor -
'taut to the successful operation of the
PUC are the people Who make up the
commission. An increase in numbers
will not of itself improve the standing
of the commission nor add to the con-
tribution it can make to the community.
But givenn•,additional commissioners of
the'. same informed dedication that has
characterized those who have served on
that body since its inception then` cer-
tainly the more to an enlarged PUG
can be a positive benefit.
Teen Twenty Dress
Our practise and that of all newspap-
ers is to ignore the anonymous letter
to the editor. ..
But sometimes a letter comes along
that justifies an exception. Such was a
letter received this week signed only "a
group of interested parents."
The letter referred to a decision tak-
en by the Teen Twenty executive con-
cerning dress at Teen Twenty dances
and was as follows:
"Would you please put in. an editor-
ial this week or even a short column
to congratulate the president and ex-
ecutive of Teen Twenty on their re-
cent stand re the dress for young ladies
and gentlemen attending their dances.
"When peitple dress roughly they of -
"ten act roughly. We hope to see young
girds in skirts or dresses and boys
minus dirty sneekers and shirts fly-
ing for a change."
The Last Frontier
(24th Of .A Series)
By WALT )VIcDAYTER
The needle of the compass
points to Canda's , last frontier
. due north!
Since Confederation, Canada
has moved forward at a dizzy
pace, but,progress slowed down
at the 60th parallel, where `-the
Yukon _ and Northwest Territo-
ries begin. The far north to this
day, remains largely undevel-
oped, sparsely populated, its
riches hardly tapped.
In many ways it is still the
unknown- country, although its
history is ,,as old as Canada
proper. When Norsemen were
first • landing on the Atlantic
shores of Canada about 1,000
A -D., other Vikings were explor-
ing the Canadian Arctic, as far
north as Ellesmere Island.
Centuries later Europeans
carne again, searching for a'
northwest passage: •explorers
such as Martin Frobisher, Hen-
ry Hudson, and John Franklin.
It was not until 1906 that the
passage was navigated, by
Ronald Tmundsen. In 1940, the
RCMP vessel. St. Roch, under
command of Henry Larsen;,
sailed the passage both ways:
The Northwest Territories be-
came a Canadian possession
shortly ,miter 'Confederation,
with the purchase of Rupert's
Land from Hudson's Bay Com-
pany. At that time it included
the present prairie provinces,
ain turned over the Arctic mgin-
land to Canada that year, and
the Arctic islands 10 years later.
,The NWT grew , smaller in
1898 when the Yukon became a
separate territory, and shrunk
further in 1905 with the crea-
tion of Saskatchewan and Al-
berta. In 1912, Quebec, Ontario
and Manitoba moved their bor-
ders northwards, and in the
West the 60th parallel became
the northern frontier line and
so it remains.
Today the NWT comprises an
area of 1,304,903 square miles,
more than one-third of Canada's
land area! The Yukon covers an
additional 207,076 square miles.
and parts of northern Ontario
and Quebec. In 1870 the prov-
ince of Manitoba was carved out
of it, but thislloss of territy
was compensated for when Brit -
And in all this land there are
less than 40,000 people, about
25,000 in the NWT and 15,000
in the Yukon.
The cold climate, the remote-
ness and bleak .barren terrain
is chiefly responsible for' the,:
slight population. However, in
the past few years we have,
learned that the north is far
Iess forbidding than previously
believed. Canadian explorer
Vilhjalmur Stefansson went so
far as to call the extreme north
"The Friendly 4rctic."
The discovery of oil at Nor-
man Wells in 1920, radium at
Port Radium in 1933, °and gold
at Yellowknife in 1934 certainly
made it appear a Iot "friend-
lier."
There have been numerous
proposalson how to make the
north .more I1Veable. By far the'
..most ambitious was a project
outlinet1,by a prominent Russian
engineer in 1961, involuting the
damming of the Bering Strait,
to melt the whole North Pole
ice cap!
• That the Arctic will one day
become a balmy paradise is
doubtful. But with science ad-
vancing as it is, it is certain
At the last national census,
,there were 13,600 Eskimos liv-
ing in Canada's north. In the
past few years, .their numbers
have been increasing steadily.
that in Canada's second century
there will be some degree of
weather control; and some of
the sting will be, taken out of
the northland's clod climate. •
The north's rich resources as-
sures it a golden future. As the
world's resources diminish, the
importance of the north will in-
crease.
It may not be long before the
NWT and the Yukon cast away
their territorial status, to be-•
come full fledged provinces. If -
you look•today.at the front of
the •Ottawa Parliament build-
ings you will see two . vacant
concrete slabs among the pro-
vincial coats -of -arms. It is only
a question of time before the
coats -of -arms of the NWT and
the Yukon will be added.
Will this be the Canadian Arctic of tomorrow ... , a con-
tinent of huge plastic domes, heated by portable atomic fis-
sion units?
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`WELL,THAT'S ONE PROBLEM WE HAVEN'T GOT...HAVE WE..? WELL,.? "
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 5, 1941
George W. Feagan of Col-
borne Township, was elected
president of the North Huron
Plowmen's Association at - the
annua'1 meeting. in Brussels.
- Seaforth bowlers on Thursday
evening elected'E. H. Close as
president, succeeding C. P. Sills
President Sills presided at the
meeting. Officer elected; presi-
dent E. H. Close; vice-president
B. F. Christie;' secretary, J. A.
Westcott; treasurer W. J., Dun-
can; auditors R. J. Winter, H. E.
Smith; tournament secretary
M. A. Reid; local tournament
secretary C. P., Sills; chaplains
Dr. R. P. D. Hurford, Rev. Hugh
Jack.
Miss Helen McKercher is in
Chicago `this week, chaperoning
a party of girls who were win-
ners in the Women's Institute
competitions.
' No longer will it be neces-
sary for Seaforth, and district
motorists to drive .at least ten
miles before they can purchase
car and operator licences. An-
nouncement was made this week
that W. A. Wright, Seaforth,
had been appointed issurer.•
here. Mr. Wright, who has spent
his whole life in the district
and is, widely known. He is a
veteran or the Great War and
has conducted a successful gar-
age business in Seaforth since
1926.
Work is commencing shortly
on the rebuilding of the high-
waybridge over Silver Creek,
opposite the Seaforth Lions
Park . .
Glen Weido, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Weido of Hay
Township, while- helping his
father to tear down a barn
which he had purchased from
Dr. -D. G. Steer, had the misfor-
tune to lose his footing and fall
from the roof, - striking his,
head on the cement floor below.
On Tuesday evening of this
week a number of players from,
the Seaforth Badminton Club.
went to Exeter for an inter -club
match. Those , from here were
Isabelle Forrest, ,Sally Wood,
Emily Lester, Mary Hart, Mary
Hays, Martha Allen, Stan Dor-
rance, George Hays, Al Smith,
D'Orlean Sills and Clare Reith.
Mr. W. • C. Govenlock has sold
his standard bred horse, Baron
Lulwater, to G. B. Dorrance of
McKillop. This horse is one of
the finest harness4horses in On-
tario.
The prize winners at the
euchre held in the Winthrop
Hall last Thursday were: ladies
most games, 'Miss Kathleen Shan-
non; lone hands Mrs. Archie
Kerr; men, -most games, Bob
Watson; lone hands, James Hogg
From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 8, 1916'
Word, has been received of
the safe arrival in Britain of
Miss Helen Strang who went
overseas with a draft - for the
Queen Alexander Nursing Ser-
vice. She is the daughter of
Dr: H. I. Str ig of Goderich.
We have just learned that
Wesley Caldwell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Caldwell, who
has been in active service, has
been awarded the military cross
for distinguished services on
the battlefield. -•
Mr. and Mrs. W. Chapman of
this town, who received word
that their son Pte. Herbert
Chapman, had been officially
reported as missing, have re-
ceived definite word that he
had been killed in action at
Regina trench.
Reeves Stewart of Seaforth,
Govenlock of McKillop,' Crieh
of Tuckersmith and Armstrong.
of Mullett, left for Goderich, to
attend the December session, of
the County Council.
Ltd. The pupils of the Seaforth
Public School have disposed of
$34.75 worth. of Christmas seals
for the benefit of the Muskoka
Sanitorium.
The euchre held lin Cardno's
hall for the ;benefit of the frit-
ish sailors was very largely at-
tended and a great sueeess.
The prize winners were Mrs,° 3,
A. Case antd Mr. John Beattfe:
Last week as Mr. Alfred Staf-
ford of McEillop was plowing
0.0 his farm he discovered a
grey bird hatching on four eggs
which. is very remarkable at
•this season of the year.
Mr: Frank Hall of Constance
'is installing a gasoline tank to
be ready for next summer's
trade.
Dashwood, Blake and Drysdale
have decided' to do away with
the old system of or`edit and
after January 1st, al[ purchases
must be settled by cash or
credit of three months will be
given` to reliable customers.
Last Week barrel containing
fruit, jam, jelly, etc., was sent
from Brucefield to on of the
hospitals for ..'the Aunded
soldiers. •
Mr. George • Baird, Sr., had a
cataract removed from his eye
last week by Dr. Gandier of
Clinton.
Herbert Henry Asquith 'red
signed the Premiership of Great
Britain, which he has held
through eight stormy years.
David Lloyd George, who has
aver thrown the Asquith cab-
inet will become Prime Minister
himself.
The war situation has not
improved during the week and
the shake up in the British cab-
inet by which Mr. Asquith has
resigned and Mr. Boner Law
has been asked by the King to
form a ministry, is undoubted-
ly due to the non-success, of the
allies in the Balkans,
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 4, 1891
It is said that wihter never
comes to stay until the swamps
• are filled with water. The sev-
eral rain storms experienced
here for. years commenced on
Friday, and continued with few
intervals until late Monday
night. The water was so high
at the water works that the
engines had to be. stopped about
9 o'clock Monday night, and of
course the electric light ceased
to burn. .
Mr. Thomas Hills, Egmondvil-
le, is having some stylish cut-
ters finished for his winter
trade and he turns out the best.
We notice that the enterpris-
ing dry goods man, Edward Mc-
Faui has made quite a change'
in the appearance of his store.
He has opened up a room spec-
ially for men's and boys' wear
,which • is separated entirely
from his dry goods department.
The thermometer registered
25 degrees below zero on Sun -
dap night, east at Carberry,
Man. .
A good many Canadian bred
stallions have been shipped from
this vicinity to the United
States within the, past few
weeks,
Among others we learn that
Mr. Chas. Glew of the Huron
Road, Hullett, sold a very fine
three year old to Messrs. Ten-
nant Bros., London.
' Mr. Andrew Scott has been
re-engaged for next year as
teacher in the Brucefield school
at the same salary as last year.
Namely $500. He is one of the
best and most successful teach-
ers in the county.
Mrs. Hoggarth of Cromarty
has purchased a lot from Mr.
A. Boyle and intends erecting
a handsome residence thereon
in the spring.
- sugar and Spice
— By Bill
MARRIAGE: A TOUGH TASK
What is the most, difficult
thing' in the world to do? 'Climb
a mountain? Swim Lake Ontar-
io? Get through to a teenager?
Face death with poise? ' Be a
real christian?
Nope. All of these can be
dome, if you have ,trained long
enough and hard enough to
prepare yourself for them; or if
you have certain qualities of
character.
Hilary climbed Everest. Mari-
lyn Bell swam the lake. They
began by climbing small moun-
tains, swimming little lakes: -
There are a few recorded
cases Of adults with- great pa-
tience and insight getting
through to teenagers. But they
probably practised on little
teenagers, the 13 -year-olds, not
yet battle -hardened.
One can face death with
poise, if one has learned to fact
with poise all the little death
that make up life.
One can even become a good
Christian by starting on the lit-
tle things like generosity- and
forgiveness and working up to
the big hurdles, like humility
and love.
The most difficult thing, in
the world today? To make and
maintafrrf a good marriage.
There's no place to train, for
•one thing. -How do you get in
shape? You can't start having
tittle marriages in preparation
for the big one. At least not
around these ' parts you. can't.
Although some people try. 1
know one bird who says he has
been happily • married three
times. All his wives are aliye,
not to mention • kicking.
And it doesn't matter how
niany fine qualities you have. A•
veritable saint, of -either sex,
can have a rotten marriage;
and a veritable bum, of either
sex, can have a goad marriage.
You might be better to read
a goad book about it, but after
20 years of advancing and re-
treating in that- blood-soaked
no-tnan's-land betweenhusband
and wife, I think I have a right
to be heard. '
There's nothing wrong with
marriage itself. It's a venerable.
institution. And some wag will
interject here, of -eourse, "So is
itingstoti Penitentiary.'' But
let's -not beeynicat.
No it's our modern concep•
Smiley —
•
titin of marriage that's all
wrong, We laugh at the Victori-
ans. Prudishstuffed shirts. But
they, were on the right track,
For them, marriage was a seri-
ous business, evolved to meet
specific needs in' their society.
For them, romantic lave was.
usually tragic. There are no .il-
lusions about marriage in 'lar-
dy, Thackery, Galsworthy.
,We are the ones with the il-
lusions. And delusions. For us,
marriage is like that cotton
candy you buy on the midway.
It's whipped together. out of hot
air and sugar. It's pink and
fluffy and you can hardly wait
to get your teeth into it. And
the first mouthful is sweet, de-
licious.
But pretty soon it's gone, and
you're, a little sick, and it's all
over your face and in your
hair, and you're left with a lit-
tle roll of gooey paper. That's
when marriage really begins.
Well, Mr. Diefenbaker has a
favorite • saying: "when the
going gets tough, the tough get
going." And that's what mar-
riage is like. Those who just
think they're tough get going
and keep right on going, But
we really tough ones dig In our
heels and stay with it,
•And stay and stay and stay:
According to all the propagan-
da from movies, television, and
the Ladies Home Journal, mar -
rage is one big, wonderful mi-
asma of giving and taking, of
sharing, of total togetherness.
Oh, those things are there.
You give and your wife takes.
She's willing to share every-
thing you have, from your bank
account to your booze. Not nec-
essarily equal shares, but
shares. And togetherness -
You'll i^ get total togetherness
until you look in the mirror
some day, when you're 65, and
realize with a shock that you
look more like your wife than
she does.
But according to us old
sweats, marriage is tnestly , a
matter of staying ,power. Stay
out of jail, stay on the job, stay
away from other ,omen, stay
on the wagon, stay healthy Un-
til. your pension begins, and
stay out of her way when the.
old .lady gets ste'nied. up.
'Whish I plan to de - When..
mine reads this column. •
GIVE SHJRTS!
BILL.:. O'SHEA
MEN'S 'WEAR
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