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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-12-01, Page 2A Vive-Member 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? SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 1, 1966 Since 1860, Serving the 'Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MeLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association , , Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Git tlation Subscription Rates: Canada (In advance) $5,00 a Year Outside-Caxiada (in advance) $6.50 a Year $1 GLll COMMS — 12 CENTS EACH AUttio' cited ati lOcontd Claus Mafh post (fhde 'I7epartmeiit, Ottawa .+��i1 `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.:. 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