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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 9, 1967
Seaforth Solves Snow
• The recent falls, of snow coupled
with unisually cold weather emphasize
how fortunate we are in Seaforth in
•tlie way in Which snow clearing opera-
tions are carried out.
No matter how much snow falls it
stems but a matter of a few -hours be-
fore Main Street in cleared from one
end to the other. And it is a rare oc-
casion indeed to find a street in town
thathas not been plowed before morn-
_ ing traffic =– either pedestrian or. car
—begins' moving.
Compared to most area towns where
limited snowcontrol measures are in
effect, Seaforth streets are plowed
full width 'providing ample space for
both .vehicles and pedestrian traffic.
On streets where the Width is sufficient
sidewalks as well as the roadway are
plowed, This on occasion leads to some
criticism from those who wish all side-
walks plowed out. The .fact is that on'
many streets there just isn't room for
the snow that would.. pile up if . both
sidewalks and roads were kept open.
All this is accomplished by . a small
Problem
crew of town employees using modern
equipment and with the encouragement
of the street committee of council. Par-
ticularly effective f 'a Seaforth matiu-
.factured snow blower' that not only
keeps many sidewalks open but loads
snow from Main Street and from busy
intersections into waiting trucks for re-
moval.
True, there is some cost involved in
the snow removal program which ,in-
cidently benefits from Department of
Highways maintenance grants. But the
modest cost which the town is called
on to bear is. recovered many `times
over in the greater freedom of move-
ment which is. permitted .Seaforth citi-
zens and the .encouragement to busi-
ness which 'a snow free Main Street pro-
vides.
, The next time we pass the snow re-
moval crew at work' let's tip -our hats
in recognition of a' job well and cheer -,
under what, on many occa-
sions, are most disagreeable weather
conditions.
County Minutes Are Valuable Record
It would be unfortunate if a proposal
advanced at the recent session of Couin-
ty Council to do away. with the bound
copies of council minutes is allowed to
advance beyond the suggestion stage.
I may be true of course, as was dis-
cussed at Seaforth Council last week,
that few people read the, minutes. But,
his` in . itself is 110 --reason for -doing
'` •
away with them.
What is important is that the record
of each year's business be preserved in
a form that is readily available to the
public.
:The right of a citizen to be informed
,V?action taken by elected bodies.and to
have readily available the official rec-
ord is one whichhas been recognized
since the earliest days of municipal gov-
ernment. Each year since Huron was
established as a county, successive coun-
cils have recognized this. Qne of the
most valuable possessions of the coun-
ty is the library of more than 100 bound
mil-u•te- books which has been -a. sembi_...
ed through the years.
True there is a .gost involved but in .
terms of Huron's budget, this is a small
price to pay for the contribution which
a readily available official record of
proceedings makes not only today, but
in the years to come,
That Citizens All May Serve
:(The Exeter- Times=Advocate)
Have the demands of municipal poli-
tics
progressed to the ,point where only
those with ample free time during the
normal working day can consider as-
suming various offices?
That was the suggestion made at the
inaugural meeting of the SHDHS board
Mast week when they discussed the nam-
ing of a chairman, and while a lack of
time and proximity to Exeter was list-
.
ed as a reason for declining the posi-
tion, we trust it was more of an excuse
than a reason.
`'Phis ; may, not appear to be of prime
i:inporiraiaee, but, it ,takes on significance
bdcauSe' such comments may lead others
t'o r'bel�leve that' it is •impossible to serve
-tet 'public• offices unless they have con-
raj3reTfree time at thein disposal.
'- !t'here's no question but what it does
take' tittle to serve in such offices, but
4i,we know of no positions that make such
ltrfreasonable demands that they can not
be' considered by most persons in any ,
coi'nmunity.
The work load for most bodies has
increased in recent years, but much of
that increased load has been taken over
by paid, officials.
Etcamples of this exist in most com-
' Munities. The SHDHS board now has
a `u11 -fine business adtninistrator to
asSuree the added work, whereas in the
tas a thanWas hired only on a part-
time basis. Md t area, communities have
e Merited the -positions of clefts into a
tull4thite basis and Exeter hired a works
oitperintezldettt to meet the increased
load that had been experienced by
Irrleimber> of council,
o, it would '.appear correct to' say
'Wit the =Ant of. tide' required of el -
td ail '.. apPpx ited Wields to not
•,n1oreaser .subs ntiuliy .ever the years,
although isolated projects at times do
bring further demands.
If members of the SHDHS board
have come to the conclusion that the
position of chairman has reached the
point where it can only be handfed by
someone living in Exeter with ample
free time, perhaps the situation should,
be given some serious consideration.
It may be that some committees do
not function properly and pass on too
much work to the chairman. Perhaps
the board has failed to .delegate enough
authority to some of its employees to
meet problems, that arise from time to
time, or it may be that sothe matters
are passed onto the chairman for con-
sideration when these things could
either be • passed, onto committees or
left until a board meeting.
This discussion is in no way intended
to minimize the • contribution being
made by public officials in this area,
for we are among those who know full'
well that the jobs do present consider-
able demands upon their time.
However, it is important that we do
not create false impressions about the
situation for fear we discourage every-
one from accepting 'public offices. At
the same time, if there are positions
that have built up to the point where*
they are making demands that only a
few would be prepared to face, then
something must be done to eradicate
these "monsters".
,The best interests of the community
are not served when only a very small
number of persons can . consider hold-
ing public offices,
This does not appear to have tran-
spired in most groups, but if if is the
case with the•positian of HDHS board
•charrtflan, then' that group ahou'ld rem-
edy the situation iml~xlediately.
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From
In the Years Ago e
t_ e
The Huron Expositor and stock of Mr. F. h Faust and
has moved the .stock . -to his
store.
W. EI. Johnson, teacher in No.
14 Stanley, accompanied -by a
sleigh load of his larger pupils
went to Seaforth to visit the
"Better Farming Train" sent
out by the government from the
OAC,
Councillor Thomas Coleman,
Tuckersmith, recently disposed
of a very superior team to Mr..
James Mero of the Huron Road
near Clinton for $400.
Mr. Walter Mc$eath of Bruce -
field who spent the. summer in
the West, has returned home.
A number of elderly people
are suffering with severe colds
and influenza in the Leadbury
district and the correspondent
points..out that it has been found
that a drink of water in which
slippery elm bark has been boil-
ed is an excellent home rem_edy
for acough or sore throat,
Stewart Bros., Seaforth, adver-
tised men's made -to -measure
suits priced $20 to $30. Strong
and comfortable overalls were
priced at 99e to a $1.75. -
Feb. 13th, 1942 „
The first bonspiel to be held
in Seaforth in 20 years is being
scheduled by the Seaforth Curl-
ing Club.
James' M. Scott showed mo-
tion pictures and John Beattie
explained details' of a hunting
trip which ten members of the
Lions Club took to the North last
fall. During the meeting of the
Lions CIub, Cliff Britton, YMCA
representative at Port Albert
RAF School, spoke briefly,
Kenneth Jackson of Tucker -
smith was named president of
the Tucket•smith Federation of
Agriculture at the annual meet-
ing. Vice-president is. Robert
Archibald.
R. H. Middleton was elected
president of the Hensall, Charm
be of Commerce at a meeting
which enjoyed a program iii=
eluding a number of humorous-
readrigs by Claude Blowes.
At the annual meeting of the
Ontario PIowmen's Association
in Toronto, Gordon McGavin was
elected president. -The Interna-
tional Plowing Match is to be
held in Huron in October.
Council took steps to clear
up the dangerous traffic situa-
tion that •exists at the intersec-
tion of No. 8 Highway and Main
Street. Installation of a flasher •
Light at the intersection was ap-
proved. ' ..
The Tuckersmith Council m
in Seaforth 'and,•approved
grant for the Internationa
Plowing Match of •$140.00, •
'The Women's Institute held'
a social evening -consisting o
supper, euchre and dancing at
the home 'of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Chesney.
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From The Huron Expositor
Feb. 12th, 1892.
This Week and Next
— by Ray Argyle —
• THE •EANKING ISSUE
The Government's firmness
in dealing with the take-over of
the Mercantile Hank by tlio
Rockefeller interests suggests --a
i•ew chapter may be opening in
U.S.-Canadian relations.
For the first time, the Cane-
dian Government has been able
to resist U.S. intrusion into a
key branch of the Canadian
economy.
The Mercantile story goes
back to 1963 when New York's
First National City.,,Bank decid-
ed to buy up the 'DideVoitTed
Mercantile Bank. It , was Can-
ada's -smallest chartered bank,
but would, provide the spring
board from which to jump into
' Canadian banking in a big way-.
As First National chairman
James Rockefeller told the sto-
ry to a committee of Parlia-
ment, it was only after his
Troup had '.bought Mercantile
that Ottawa threatened to re-
strict' the bank's operations-
however, a ' memorandum
• mitten.. by Robert elacFadden
president of First National,
• mentioned • the Canadians had
been assured that the U.S.
bankers would "come back , . .
when the deal is firm . to
elear' with
the minister of fi-
The 1917 Ford touring car is name." '
the standard of the world for' This seems to destroy the
satisfactory motor car service Rockefeller contention that the
according to an announcement Americans didn't get fair warn -
by J. F. Daly, the. Seaforthdeal- ing'from Finance Minister Wal-
er. The car is priced at $495,, ter Gordon.
F.O.H. Ford, Ontario. • When the Bank. Aet came up
The Canada Flax Company for revision, Mr.. Gordon de -
under the management of Mr. Signed legislation which would
Lukes of. Toronto intends openspecifically curb Mercantile's
ating their mill here to the full growth. •
capacity this coming season. This was done by restricting.
. Town Clerk J. A. Wilson is• banks to assets 20" times their
in Toronto on hydro business. share capital, As Mercantile's
share capital is only $10 mil •
-
The coal shortage is very lion; it would be limited to
acute in town, a number being holdings of $200 million if this
out of coal of any. kind. revision becomes law.'.Mercan .
Miss Edith Scott of .Toronto tile's assets are already, in fact,
University has returned homegreater than $200 ,billion.
oh account of the College being An ironic sidelight to the,rate
closed owing to shortage of . gument. _is that both First Na- c
fuel. - tional and the Dutch interests
Thi Strand Theatre featured which -then owned Mercantile, b
William Farnam in "The Plun- agreed their deal would be sub -
d
ject to the approval of the gov-
• ernments concerned. Approval
of both the U.S. and Dutch gov-
ernments was sought and ob-
tained •— but no one bothered
to seek the approval of the
Canadian government!
Now, First National is stuck
with a small bank in Canada
which has no prospect of ex-
panding.
This is not, of course, the
first time troUble has flared be-
tween the U.S. and Canada in
the past few years.
Prime Minister Pearson re-
cently darned bitter vitriol
frons President Johnson for
suggesting the U.S. stop bomb-
ing North ' Vietnam. External
Affairs minister Martin's clear
'call for'admission of Red China
to the United Nations did not
enhance our popularity with
-Washington.
And there was the nuclear
arms dispute between the Lib-
eral and Conservative parties
in which Washington clearly
backed the liberals, contribute
ing to the defeat of John Die-
fenbaker in 1963. •.
But in the current episode,
the U.S., for the first time, has
threatened to retaliate against
Canada. Washington was abuzz
with -plans to amend U.S.. bank-
ing legislation which would
have curbed the operations -of
Canadian banks in the U.S.
Since then, Ottawa has offered
American banks the same type
of agency deal here which Can-
adian banks have in "the U.S.
Under this system. the banks
cannot accept local deposits or
engage in check -cashing.
It must be remembered that
while Canada needs American
investment, the U.S. 'also needs
the goodwill, and co-operation
of Canada. Twenty million Can-
adians are the equal•in both po-
pulation and productivity of
America's richest -state, Califon
nia. Canada' is America's best
market; ' -the -source -of' -much-
needed raw materials, and a lu-
rative investment opportunity.
The U.S. needs Canada every •
it as much as we need the
United States. ' -
erer" whirh-..was._described. as_. _ _ -
500 wonderful scenes featuring
romance, love, hate, trails and
success. Admission was llc and
e,or the Saturday afternoon mat-
inee the pricewas reduced to
5c. ••
Sugar and Spice
-=--- By Bill Smiley —
et,
a MORE';•ON EDCi,CATION
l This was supposed, to be par
two of a series on editcation'•in
this country. Last week, I com
f plained .about: obsolescence,
the lack of everything, but pu
pils; the unfairness.of the fund-
raising for education; the lack
of any national standards; and
the rigidity gf. ractica-lly -
ev-erything in'the system. Not bad
fo'r a start.
In all the years I wrote this
eolum„n before I began peddling
pedagogy, nobody tried to sup-
press my opinions here, . Many
disagreed . violently. Others
threatened to cancel their sub-
scriptions. Some said I was vul•
gar. And one reverendgentle-
man evert offered to thrash ni.e
within an inch of my life, I re-
minded him that my big broth-
er was a six -foot -two, 210 pound
engineer, and I never heard
another word. '
The first hint that I should
tone it down came from a
representative , of the mighty
teachers' federation, Said
they'd had several letters from
members urging that I be
drummed out of the service • be-
cause I was destroying the
teacher's image by nientioning
here such human horrors as sex
and drink, and by using the odd
epithet. •
He asked me heavily What I
would do in his position. I re-
plied lightly that I'd do what I
always . do with letters from
cranks and bigots =- chuck 'em
in the Wastebasket. He was an-
noyed. Pinned down, he admit-
ted there were two such letters,
And I was annoyed.
Second ,stiiatle suggestion was
from an inspector. A fad& She
passed the word that the 'Depu-
ty Minister, no less, was • con-
cerned about my column and
its contents.
I turned indigo end snarled,
"Yoti mean the Department_ is
trying to tell me what I can say
and can't" say in my.,; column?"'
"Nonohionoriol" . she blurted,
visions of heallines dancing in
her head. "It's merely hoped
that you'll use your own good
judgment,"
Next time, it was another in-
spector. At the tune; a now -de.
funet newspaper for teachers
was running my column. The
paper was happy; the fan mail
was heavy, ,But whispered this
inspeetor,•be thougit he should
tell me, for. my sake, that I
was getting iii wrong With the
federation.
"Waddaya' tbkkin aboutt", " I
enquired in my best Dead of
Pitt
EnglishddvvDepartnie'ht` manner.
And got no answer that I could
ii.
I °seeds to be down on itispec-
tors this week. Mid to rem We
got tie wore,, the 1 iglislt In-
spectoi's' weirs coaling. I alerted
my itr•edd birds in the English
department.
Next morning, the English
t staff _ _ would- .have_ _gladdened
your eye•. Gals all in their' best
dresses, hair fresh -done. Men
with their shoes. shined. And
every single one glowing with
virtue after° working till one
a.m. preparing the sort of un-
realistic but model lessons that
inspectors expect. •
Nine a.m. Word come that
they wouldn't, be there. Snow-
ing and blowing. Any of.us
would' have struck off ••for anyI.
-
where. ' But these city -nurtured
drivers are terrified by.a bit of I
wind and ,snow.
. So -we shot off all' those• ter-
rific. lessons on, the . kids. Mine
laughed heartily• when they saw
my desk cleaned off. It was `the
first time they'd seen me below
the breast -bone in months,
And tomorrow we have to do .
it all over again, because the
inspectors are still coming, if
they can make it. May they go
into a big snow -bank and sit '
there for four hours.. If they do
struggle through it will be an
anti -climax. The girls' dresses
are crushed and their hair
coming ' down, And I sure as
hell um not going to shine. my ,
shoes two • days in a row. •
Just another of the evils of 1
our system. A teacher is given
a record of merit by an inspec-
tor, who sees him maybe once a
year, for one or two lessons.
The self-confident - showman,
who may be a lazy bum normal-
ly, whips up a flashy lesson for
inspection, and scores high.
The self-conscious teacher, who
normally does a terrific job, be-
comes: nervous and makes a
botch of things, and scores Iow.
I don't really hate inspectors:
They've changed: They are no
longer the old terrors, but a
pretty decent, helpful lot. But
the system is punk.
More next week, maybe.
A letter from . Mr. James
Pringle discussed. - the relative
merits • of two -rowed and six -
rowed barley.
Miss Lou Pollard, daughter
of Mr. 'Richard 'Pollard of`M-e-
Killop was' injured in London
while trying to dodge a run-
away herse and wagon:
Mr. F. Lusby, who for the
past seven years has acted as
town constable and collector,
retired this year.
At a meeting of the directors
of the Tuckersmith branch of
the Agricultural •Society held
last week, Mr. W. G. Duff was
appointed secretary and Mr.
Robert Logan, treasurer.
-Mr. Thofras Downey. of McKil-
lop while on his way home from
his saw mill, collided with a
sleigh. His cutter was upset and
he was thrown out and fractur-
ed his collar bone.'
Mr.. William Clarke of Hul-
lett near Constance has the mat-
erial on the grounds for a new
barn, and Mr. Britton also has,
material for a new barn.
Some men who were working
at the Egrhondrville dam recent-
ly came across three nectures
which they captured alive. -Mr.
Jackson of Egrnbndville,, Mr. J.
Livingston and Dr. Macleay
each got one.' The animal" is a
sort •'of mongrel between a liz-
ard and a fish arid it' i said: they
grow' fe the a;ize of about three
feet in length. .
The• ice harvest has commenc-
ed and Mr. D. D. Wilson's
teams are busily engaged draw.
ing ' ice from the. lgmondville
dam.
A very pleasant • time was
spent at the residence of Mr. F.
Lay oti, When the young iieople
at the west end of Tuckersmith
were treated to an oyster sup-
per. •
There, was a large attendance
at the auction sale of Messrs.
John McKay and Sons. The cat-
tle averaged $78 each and the
horses went well. The auction-
eer's hammer was wielded by
Mr. W. G, Duff of Seaforth.
Mr. John McMillan of Hullett
is going to build a new barn. It
will be 84 by 100 feet and will
be one of .the largest' barns 'in
the county.
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From The Huron Expositor
Feb. 16th, 1917
10. Charles l+rit' of Zurich
has purchased the shoe business
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"Coat bI• drink that ppo.ne
THE HOME TEAM
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"Hey butterfingers, want to keep score for us?".
THE HOME TEAM
harks, cafi you spare a
cup of coals,?''
l m fed up with being a good sport! ,
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