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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1964-01-23, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every. Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor • E 'D q Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of 'Circulation \ l Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year • V L w ", SINGLE COPIES' — 10 CENTS' EACH. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. T.r.7-(rh''S:H;g7!.'r'Ls:*';"f—"*lsrf'::s.S',''t- a" 7i7„ SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 23, 1964 Put Hospital Campaign Over the Top paign has produced' nearly $1.75,000in Information given this• week that tenders for the construction of the new Seaforth Community Hospital will be called within the next few weeks reveals that the..final stages a project that began nearly four years ago have been reached. It was in February of 1960 that the Board of Scott Memorial Hospital was advised that having regard to all the circumstances, in the opinion of the Ontario Hospital Services Commission, the answer to the problem of hospital accommodation to serve the Seaforth district was "to develop an entirely new hospital on a different site." The OHSC decision set in motion a program that has involved hundreds of people, and led to countless 'meetings and countless hours of discussions: It involved thelection and purchase of a new site, tie annexation of added acres by the town; the appointment of architects and consultants, and the stu- dy of various planning proposals. It involved negotiation with the OHSC as each step was',taken and considera- tion .of the financial ,iniplrcations in such an undertaking. • The part of the program with which the public was most concerned was the calripaign to raise $195,000. Announc- ed a little over a year ago, the cam - cash and pledges. While it is true that the results thus., far are tangible evidence the campaign , . has been a success, at the same time there must be no doubt that the bait ante will be forthcoming. Knowing the requirements for mod- ern hospital accommodation which ex-, isted in the Seaforth area, the public has been most generous in support of the project. It is this generosity that has brought the campaign to within sight of the objective. With actual con- struction about to "begin, it is most essential that the same- ...generous re- , sponse be continued to put the cam-_ paign over the top. It can be done! ' All that is needed is a bit more effort on•the part of the canvassers who have not completed their calls, or who. have not turned in their kits; a second 'look by those who intended to make a gift , but have put it off, and pehaps an add- ed gift by a goodly number who have said : "We likely will give some more later." The world is filled, with people who are anxious to function in an advisory capacity.—Charles Schulz. The Lancasters Earn Retirement • v.. "I WAS GQNNA CUT DOWN ANYHOW" A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT WEATHERVANES •• questions the Montreal by-elec- the February vote in Montreal. OTTAWA --Two by-elections tions will answer. Prime Minister Pearson has in Montreal on February loth In the April 1963 election, So- unquestionably moved ' far in will provide the Pearson Gov- cial Credit candidates came an effort to meet the insistent k "ine French ernment with' it"s-: first oppor- from practically nowhere to run needs of an awa e. tunity since the April election second in both Laurier and St. Canadian nationalism. From The, Huron Expositor to test the political. winds. Denis. Many in other parts of Can- - January 23, 1914 The Government could scarce- Not that they came close to ada are already saying he has The rural mail delivery makes ly have chosen'a safer place to winning. Mr. Cheyrier got 8,_ gone too far. Montreal voters it impossible for the small of - make its tests. The riding of 059 votes to the 4,282' garnered will get a chance on February, fices to exist an they are con- .IN- THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50,, and 75 years ago. From The 'Huron Expositor January 27; 1939 The annual meeting of the South Huron Agricultural Socie- ty was. held at the Commercial Hotel, Hensall, on Saturday af- ternoon of last' week, and wit- nessed one of the largest at- tendance in some 'years. Dr. A. R. Campbell was re-=elected president. Members 'of the • Seaforth Branch of the Canadian Legion held their annual meeting in their club rooms Monday eve- •ning and elected George D. Fer- guson, president. He succeeds J. E. Keating, who has .held the office for two years. More than 800 citizens of the district accepted' the Seaforth Collegiate Institute Board's invi- tation to inspect the new addi- tion at the Collegiate and ,the changes a n d ' improvements which have been made - tos the building. . Members of the Exeter Bad- 'minton Club were guests of the Seaforth Club Tuesday evening, when the visitors lost 9 games to 4:: The Seaforth Telephone Sys- tem is soon to be changed to a common battery switchboard, according to information given The Huron Expositor .by. Man- ager A. M. McIntosh, of Strat- ford.. The silver spoons went to M. A. Reid's rink at the Seaforth Curling Club's weekly bonspiel at the Palace Rink Tuesday. The rink had two � wins plus nine. Montreal -Laurier, held recently by Gilles Caouette, the son of 10th to ' cast a verdict on the by Justice Minister Chevrier, Real. And Mr. Denis' perennial Federal Government's attempt who _has resigned to become,• poll of 11,7"07 was far ahead of to weld national unity on the Canadian High Commissioner to the 4,573 votes of the Socred• basis of fuller ..recognition for Britain, has been" Liberal since runner-up. French Canada. 1921. But fairly healthy- votes also If the verdict is not a favor - The neighboring riding of went• to Conservatives and to able one, the pressures on Mr. Montreal -St. Denis, held since New Democrats in these heavily- Pearson to pull back from his 1935 by Postmaster General populated working classcon- conciliatory approach will be tremendous —pressures from Denis, who is being named to stituencies. The ridings could within his onwn Party. the Senate,. has also voted Lib- fairly reflect the fragmented. they found a drain from.the eral consistently since 1921. loyalties of'Canadians, and par- If it's a favorable verdict, knitting, `mill, . through which On the surface, therefore, it titularly those Canadians who however, .he will no doubt con- warm water was running. When would seem that the results of live in Quebec. tinue the way he is going. The the matter was brought to the verdict on that from English- attention of Manager Libby of the two by-elections are fore- Perhaps• more interesting speaking Canada will then have the knitting company, he had gone conclusions. .It's extreme- than the result then., will be to await other elections. • the drain direction changed. ly unlikely that any party, oth-the number• of votes polled by Daly, the Jeweller, has moved er than the Liberals, will be the other parties. h t .. sequently beinlosed, The lat- est in this county to be dropped are Chiselhurst, Blake, Drysdale and Hurondale. For days the managers of the new rink in Clinton tried to get ice, but in vain,a strip across the centre refusing to form. At last it dawned upon them to dig down and investigate, when The last three Second World recently Snow Chinthe 1 and II. They dropped tons of bombs War Lancaster aircraft n w in The three Lancasters at Rock-, and innumerable incendiaries, service in the RCAF •will retire cliffe are more' -•than 18 years clobbered the German battle - on April 1, the Air Force has old according to available rets ship Tirpitz in a -"Norwegian announced. ords. 'Ilse aircraft log books fjord, attacked the V-2 rocket The retirement coincides, with were summarized some years experimental stations at' Peene- the move of 408 Photo Recon- ago and there is no record of munde and destroyed Hitler's naissance Squadron from RCAF them having served on opera- aerie at Berchtsgaden. Station Roekcliffe to Station Up- tional duties with' bomber com One of the most distinguish - lands near Ottawa.." -_ mand during the war. ed periods in the history of The Lancasters, which ~flew A replacement aircraft for Lancaster service was during its more than 156,000 sorties dui- the Lancaster has not yet been bombing , runs along the Ruhr ing the war, were used exten- named; however, twin -engined when the storied "dam busters" sively in the post-war years by Dakotas willbeused in the in;.whe in operation. Hand-picked the RCAF on anti-submarine terim period. crews, flying Lancasters, -bomb- and naval -co-operation duties, ' The retiring Lancasters will ed the Mohne, Ede and Sorpe on photographic. survey work be turned over to Crown Assets ,dams. from a height of 60 feet. and on search and rescue opera- Corporation for disposal action. Following the Second World tions across Canada. The aircraft were phased out War, the Lancaster was the air - of anti-submarine duties with p craft used in the gigantic task Maritime Ait Command in 1959 p y g of aerial surveying. northern • aid transferred to search and Canada. Employing Shoran rescue operations. They were d equipment, which is a highly replaced on search and rescue accurate electronic position and duties by Nrth Star aircraft f h distance measuring device, the last year. h Lancaster aircraft of 408 Photo In 1949, 408 Squadron was t' Reconnaissance Squadron flew re-formed at Station Rockcliffe h hundreds of miles over deso- and commenced operations with late, isolated country before Lancasters. The squadron was the mapping of the Arctic was charged with the task of carry- g completed. The aerial survey ing out aerial photography and g h t program began in 1949 and was • • to experiment in the, use of completed in 1957. "Shoran" for geodetic control Lancasters were also used ex- in aerial photography. ld' b b tensively on maritime • opera - The geodetic survey of Can- ( p d tions following the Second- ada was completed in 1957 and All told ? 374 were World War.. Before being equip - 'more than Pour million miles of territory was charted. Besides aerial .photography, the Lancasters were used.ex- tensiVely •in tie, Arctic for area able 'to put together enough - Are the Conservatives; for ex' -'s TO THE EDITOR' into the store formerly occu- ted b Chesney & Ar"chibald The Government, y think? Toronto, Jan 1-7 1964• Stratford and Seaforth Jun - enough, hopes the voters of. a brave Conservative who Pre- Dear Sir: Montreal remains true to form. diets victory. But Conservative votes to win the ridings. ample, as badly off in Montreal_ o• pposite The Expositor office. Th Gt natural) as people generally Its -.,, iors met in the Palace Rink The Liberals are four short of Leaders Will be immensely .• I see by the papers that On- here on Tuesday' night last and a bare majority in the House pleased if they can win back tarioe is likely, to have a health put up a splendid exhibition of of Commons. The loss of even second place in the standings, . services program. But the plan hockey for the large attendance suggested doesn'tseem to be of 'spectators. Seaforth wo one of these Montreal seats, which they might very well do. . ..n the shattering blow The New Democrats have a - as comprehensive as it should game 5 to 4 in overtime. besides being ' a shatte • be The annual.meetingof the to the party prestige, would put solid base in both ridings. This . the Government in an even more is a Party which always show Under Bill 163, it looks `as if • Seaforth Agricultural Society dangerous- position: ed a promise of good perform- the only health services insured was held in Carnegie Library The Liberals are not taking ante in Quebec elections, but wound be tine" bills of medical room on Friday afternoon last victory, for granted, of course. never' succeeded in any serious doctors_ Even the dentists are and was very largely. attended. The candidate in Laurier is the measure. The Quebec branch excluded according to news re -The following are the. officers man who helped to fashion of the Party is tending ,towards Ports of, the committee studying for 1914: president, J. F. Daly; vote in. the the proposed plan. I • noticed first vice-president, J. McDowell; many of Mr. Chevrier's victor- separatism. The ies. His organizational + talents ridings may give some indica- that ophthalmologists are 'in- second vice-president, D. Foth- will be used to the full, this tion of the strength of the in- eluded because they are medi eringham; secretary, M. Broder- time on his own behalf: '..• dependence movement in . Can- cal doctors, but optometrists, ick; treasurer, A. E. Colson: And Mr. Denis himself, per- 'ada's largest city. The Party is who take a four-year course at haps one Of the most effective. -split in Quebec, however, and the optometric college, are left political organizers ,;,,the Pro- the candidates are not closely out, and yet an optometrist is vince has recently produced, associated with the independ- qualified to do many of the Will do his best to see that the ence-minded side. things that an ophthalmologist seat remains Liberal. It has In the last election, the So- can do. ` been held by a' Denis (first, his reds lost 'seats in Quebec, but The papers reported that brother, and then- himself) since gained in the popular vote. And -there are four or live times as 1921. some of the, biggest vote in- many optometrists practising in Liberal victories are therefore creases were marked up in Ontario as there are ophthal- expected. But even so, all par- Montreal. urologists or oculists, People ' N ties will be watching the results The vote in, February, if it who do not live close to the • with in-tehse--interest. Only one Proves anything, is likelyto larger cities can't go to an of the parties represented in -prove, with most clarity . whe- oculist, tut in most towns of the House of Commons—Robert ther or not the Caouette star only a few thousand people ES Thompson's Social Credit Party is waning, whether or, not the there are optometrists practis- QIIIIIIIIIIIIIII0 -Lis not contesting the by-elec- rebellious -Socreds movement ing their profession. um. From The Huron Expositor January 25, 1889 'Mr. John Tamblyn, " of the 13th concession of Hullett, has just completed a very` hand- some residence on his farm; with all modern conveniences, such as hot air furnace, etc. Seaforth was represented at the St• Marys bonspiel on Tues- day by two rinks, namely: A. Young (skip), John Weir, W. 0, Reid and Alex Wilson, and R. Common (skip), John A. Wilson, J, C. Laidlaw` and E. J. Cole- man. Mr. James Hays, reeve of Mc- Killop, was on Tuesday - last elected Warden of the county. Mr. George E. Jackson, of Egmondville, hes been appoint- ed secretary and treasurer of the Tuekersmith public school board. ' The old team that have done faithful duty for so many years on the Commercial Hotel bus, have been pensioned off and a span of Arabians put in their place. On Friday last, Messrs. James Hudson and Charles Robinson sawed three cuts of 16 inches in the space of 40 seconds each cut. The work was done on the farm of Mr. Thomas Connolly, on the 7th concession of Tuck- ersmith. Mr. E. B. Hollis, of Seaforti, left Thursday for • Toronto, where he takes a position as manager of a grocery store. LANCASTER AIRCRAFT Developed by A. V. Roe and Company of England from its twin -engined Manchester bomb- er,the Lancaster first operate nn the night of May 3, 1942. From then until the end o the Second World War they flew a total of156,000sorties. With its crew of seven, the Lancaster carried much. of the burden of bombingGermanyby night, and later was usedin day- light "raids on the continen . Its 33 -foot bomb -bay, withsome modifications, could carry the (then) world's largestour 22.000 pounds). manufac- tured, of which 430 were made ped with modern 1Veptune arid"' in Canada by the Victory Air. Argus aircraft," 404 and 405 craft Company in Toronto. The Squadrons at RCAF Station Canadian built Lancasters were Greenwood, N.S., „and later 407 powered by four Packard Mer- Squadron at��RGAF Station Co - A SMILE OR TWO He: "Sothey sold their country home?" She: "Oh, yes! All their friends•had.been to visit them!" Disease of the heart and blood vessels kill more people tinder 65 years of age than the next six causes of death com- bined. Reporter: "Living to be 102 is pretty old, Uncle Jeff. To what do you attribute your great age?" Uncle Jeff: "I've been taking vitamin pills ever since I was 99." • SPARKS You seldom get lost going out of your way to help someone in dis•. tress JIIIUIgYI(111111!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItlMIIIIIIItlIIlllllllllllllllll@Illltl!IIR�IIIMII�11111181 urimmIImmIIIIIII�IIIImpmimmIIIl mtmiI Nnam = �, .. ri `LJ and a E E B a imlllllllllmllllll By Bill Srnileyllllllllmlllllllnllll tions. has. lost its moment I think you will agree Mr The.Socreds are leaving the -It's always difficult to assess Editor, that insured health ser - field open to the Creditistes-, the -the--results ofby-elections: of vices should be_ as broad as pds- 13-member g"r` rp led by Real course. The most remarkable sible and not set up for the Caouette which broke away thing -about them. -is the aston- 'The of any one profession. from the Social Credit last Sep- ishing amount of comfort all The benefit 'should be' to the tember. The Socred; or Cre- parties derive from them; no public. • ditiste strength in Quebec is matter what the results. Yours truly, said to be on the wane. No one But there is a wider and A. J. OCKWELL krlows this for sure, of course. much more significant matter But this could be one of the which could be 9iminated by Dear Sir: THE HOME TEAM 'reconnaissaftce patrols and such lin engines and had a° maximum mox, B.C., used the arrcraftoon other special projects as aerial speed of over 200 mph. Wing long range anti-submarine pa- ': photography ofthe entire area span was 102 feet and length trols. of .the Mid=Canada Line to aid 68 feet 9 inches. .The empty In another major post-war of locating sites for the deted, weight of the Lancaster was operation, RCAF Lancaster air - Won stations and supply routes. 37,000 pounds -and it weighed craft were used, in co -opera- , In addition to its normal tasks more than 67,000 pounds load- tion with the Geographical` With' 408 Squadron, the-Lancas- ed: It's maximum range was tkranch of the Department. of •erirparticipated in numerous 2,600 miles. Mines and Technical Surveys, nubile strike force exercises At the peak of its career in an ice survey of the Gulf of with the Canadian Army" These there Were 42 Lancaster squa- St. LaWrei ce. The survey was deluded "Loup Garoux" at Sev- drons in Bomberr4 nimand conducted to observe and map Cif' )stands, Quec., "Bulldog 11 ,flown by the airer he AI- the coverage and di3tribution of alad,1.11",' at Fort Churchill. and ,.lied Air Forces., Altogether 59 the various typYee of ice and to dMenton, and exercises at Confmonwealtlt squadrons flew relate ice conditions to elfmatic CaifiitY 't afotownt; iN�l3 and Mere Lancasters during the war. factors. In renewing my subscription b tw�r�k for the year 1964 having passed i my 91st milestone, my memory turns - back to the events and the passing of some of the old neighbors and friends. I ex- tend my sincere sympathy in your bereavement of your lov- ed ones, and to those who still enjoy another festive season of family gatherings, Tet• us pause, for a moment and give thanks to God for the bountiful bless- ing living in a country where there is no scarcity of the neces- sities of life. • When+ we: read of the millions of peoiil4 in for'eigit lands bare- ly existing, we are reminded how well. :off we are when we go to the farmers' market on Saturday and see tithe produce. Then ,we .realize the blessings we have in Canada. In closing my remarks, Mr. Editor,thanks 'for space in The, Expositor. Wishing you and yours and staff the compliments of the Yuletide. It's when you • are away from your birthplace since 1007 you appreciate the good old Huron Expositor. . Yours respectfully, • JOHN F. W. PATERSON 498 Eglinton Ave. East, , Toronto 12. •P.S•---If there are any old neighbors that knew me when I used. to, work with my late father's men helping to build , houses, churches and schools in Huron County, I would be- glad to hear from. Meth., It would bring back tiiernoriep-JV W.P. Logral— "Where were you last summer?,",' SPICE ON THE SMOKE WAGON +Well, I _guest _I'm going to have to quit: That - last report on cigarette smoking, the- big brutal one from the U:S., has finally broken my nerve. The • report says definitely that the death rate among smokers, as compared to non- smokers, is ten "tines as high from, lung cancer, 60 per cent higherfrom coronary disease, and six times .higher from pul- monary- emphysema. 1 had no objection to passing away from a perfectly normal, respectable disease Of the 20th century, like lung cancer or a cor lnory, but that pulmonary efnphysema has me scared. It sounds nasty. I started smoking when I was about nine, in, the old sandpit in my home. town. A group of us urchins; u:#ed to. gather .there and putt a (1.0 weed known as "monkey tobacco," • rolled in toilet paper_ ..By ..the time ire were twelve we were, well into "malting": tobacco and papers pinched from somebody's old f my old man, discovered' that all the toes in his ladies' shoes were beginning to point to heaven: In high school.I worried about my Wind, for track and rugby, and smoked only a •pipe. At • college, I didn't smoke at all., Couldn't afford it. In the Air Force, I had. the odd cigarette, but had no problem with smok- ing. .1 * .ivty dad didn't smoke, so I. 'was always *bumming, and soon became persona non grata,, as we used to say in the gang. Then I made a glorious dis- covery. My father had a shoe store. In those days, the shoe manufacturers put, long round- ed strips of a bamboo -tike dried reed in ladies' shoes, to help them keep their, Shape. This stuff, when 'ignited, burned steadily, could be drawn through and produced volumes of' a blue, searjng smoke that peel- ed the skin off your tongue like acid" I was a st`cial success until • In prison camp, I took the monkey on my back, and he's been using the spurs and lash ever since. Why? Food was scarce, but cigarettes, thanks to the Red Cross and relatives ..at home, were fairly plentiful.;.* fellow -inmates told me smoking cut the appetite. I tried it. It ditl: - Since then, T have been a hap, py deck -a -day Man. The smok- ing scares have. come ,and ono, and I went right .on ; lslowag rings, But no more...Rot wtth t h o t pulmonary emphyserr`ia around. In a way, I'�n glad it's all oy- er. No more hacking and hot - ing in, the morning. No more of that wild belly -wrenching i rt fora drag on the fob,: at.„ movies; -in church. No mores •la that frantic scrabbling tiro all the suit, jacket,: pants. pia - jamas, and overcoat pockets, looking for a butt, on a Sin- ^ day 'morning, - And they tell me you can be quite comfortable in one of these - straight -jackets, after you get used to it! 11o1y Smokes! I've gone through half a pack while writ- ing this column. Say, what is pulmonary emphysema,. any- way?