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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1964-02-13, Page 2Since 1860, Serving, the Cammunitu First .Published at SEtFORTH, .ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers j ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor .0 E D A Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association a9� Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association et ; n f\ o 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, U e 0.1% SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, -FEBRUARY 13, 1964 No Argument About Mutual Aid There now appears to be some fur- Huron,. may decide to have a full-time ther progress being made towards a fire chief for the town. This idea has - county -wide mutual aid fire -fighting been discussed by Goderich Town Coun- program. Huron Council,; spurred on ci1, and its thinking seems to be moving by a', report of itsEMO Committee in in the direction of having a town fire December, gave approval in principal "chief on full-time duty." to the concept of such an organization. If Goderich should carry through The fact, of course, is that an ar- with this proposal, the •Goderich town rangement of this kind—on a limited chief would be a reasonable choice for scale -has been in being for several the extra appointment of director of a years. Several Huron municipalities county mutual -aid system. have subscribed to the mutual aid plan "The one other need in practice, to and its value in terms of property saw make a county firefighting network. •ef_. ed has been demonstrated on several fective, would be a communications sys- occasions. tem, either direct telephone or radio, . The Huron .County co-ordinator is to link up all ,the fire departilients in and has been Seaforth Fire Chief John ' the county. Then, if there should be a F. Scott, who was named to the posi- tion by Order -in -Council when the scheme was first adopted. Chief Scott, who at his own expense, has spent hun- dreds of hours and travelled many hun- dreds of miles in efforts t.o advance the program across the county, has asked to be relieved of responsibility. He feels he no longer can devote the time neces- sary to the organization. To be done,. properly, the office of co-ordinator. should be held by someone who is en- gaged full-time as a fire-fighter. The Seaforth brigade, like others in Huron, is made up of volunteers and this contributes to the problem of find- ing a successor -someone willing to and capable •of assuming. the position. The Stratford Beacon -Herald has been investigating 'the problem and,. suggests that the "present hope is that the Town of Goderich, the largest in major fire in Goderich, for example, the county director could at once call the fire departments in Clinton, Seaforth, Bayfield and Zurich. The Clinton and Bayfield departments could be called on for equipment and mento fight fire in Goderich, while Seaforth . was at the same time being put on notice to cover up for fires in Clinton, and Zurich was being put on .notice to cover up for Bay= field?' There is no argument about the mer- its of mutual' aid. What is needed now is firm direction at the county level and a second look by those few municipali- ties who have been hold -outs from the present arrangement. But perhaps ev- en more important is to find a person ready to assume the position of co- ordinator and approach it withthe same enthusiasm and dedication as has been shown by Seaforth Chief Scott. Scout :Week Recalls Contribution Every week in the year some 250 young people in Seaforth meet in or- ganized groups as Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides and . Brownies. They gather to take part in a pro- gram Which, for more than fifty years has encouraged boys and girls. in C. ,i- adan and in 82 other countries through- out t world, to make better use of. their talents, to become better citizens of their country. The Chief Scout for Canada, Gover- nor General Vanier, puts it this • way : "The Boy Scouts of Canada provide the kind of training and encouragement to co.urageous servicethat young....people must have." The program continues as usual next week, but with this difference. ' Next week, February 16-23, is Boy Scout Week; --where public- attention is focused y r. IN THE YEARS ALONE From The Huron Expositor ben held inth tohe e eonipanaWednesday February 17, 1939 io'clock. The annual meeting of the Mr.Peter O'Sullivan shipped McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance from here on Saturday; 26 steers Company was held in the Town which he purchased from Mr.. Hall, Seaforth, on Friday last Thomas McMillan of Hullett. and was Largely attended. Mr.They were a fine lot and aver - Thomas Moylan, the president, aged about 1300 pounds each. occupied the chair and the to They averaged in price $120.00 tat number of -policies in f38. each, making the lump sum qt is 2,758 as of December 31, 199 38, 20 for the 26 head. No trace has been discovered The odd bear must have bees of the thief who broke into the glad that he went back to his British American Service Sta• den last week. The , severest tion on Goderich Street last blizzard of the season raged on week. Entry was secured by Saturday and Suaday last. Oa cutting through a plasterboard Monday morning the thermoua- wall, eter ranged 12 below zero with At the weekly bonspiel of the tiff wind Mowing. Seaforth Curling Club held on a so. Wednesday afternoon and eve- ning, -'Mr. Charles Holmes' rink, Expositor., composed of W. A. Wright, R. February From The Hur15,on on Exp J: Muter -and C. -Holmes, skip, On Tuesday evening the. first was the winner of the sliverOn carnival of the seasol'i was held spuons, with a score of 2 winson the Seaforth skating rink and Struck plus u3.ck by a car as she cross \P roved a grand succes. The rink was crowded with spectators; there was a large number . ofsilsaters in costume, the ladies being especially Well represent. ed, both as ter numbers and ex- cellence of costumes. . The Paris Curling .Club, after being beaten by Seaforth at Stratford last week, played a match with Bright, one of the heaviest clues in the province, and beat • them by four shots. Seaforth, therefore, can fairly claim to be ahead of Bright. Had the weather been favor- able during the St. Marys- bon - spiel, there is no doubt but Sea forth would have won the first 'prize instead of the second. on the Scout movement and what it is doing. It recalls the petsonality of Baden-Powell, the' founder of Scouting and the principles as .laid down by him. The success of Scouting, in• a given community can only be a reflection of the work, the planning, the time which leaders devote to the program. The growth of Scouting in Seaforth and dis- trict indicates the extent of the contri- bution which the leaders here are mak- ing and Scout Week provides an op- portunity for each of us to say thanks to them. Without their willingness to provide necessary 'direction to the Scout and Guide program, Seaforth youth would be denied an opportunity for training and character development that will do much to make their hopes and ideals come_ true.. Why "Notice To Creditors"? nated address particulars of their claims^bn or before a .specified date.. "After the specified date has •passed' the executor or administrator may pay the proper claims that have been filed and proceed with the distribution of the estate to the legatees or residuary beneficiaries. If a proper claim is re- ceived after the specified date but be- fore the estate has been fully distribut- ed, the executor or administrator is not liable for, the payment of the claim. It follows, of course, that if there are contingent liabilities, the final distribu- tion of the estate must be deferred un- til the executor or administrator is re- leasedj from these liabilities. "Executors and administrators are soinetimes asked to forego publishing the • `Notice To Creditors.' Such , a course can not be recommended, be- cause the failure to advertise in accord- ancewith the laws of the particular jurisdiction renders the executor or administrator liable for any claim that may be presented at a future date, in- cluding contingent liabilities of the types mentioned above." , This newspaper, like newspapers generally, carry 'from time to time advertisements which carry the head- ing,.. "Notice To Creditors." What is the purpose of these ads, and why do they appear? The St. Marys Journal' has delved into the matter and provides the an- `srers. The procedure, as'the•St. Marys - editor explains; it, is a common sense one: "Publishing of 'Notices To Creditors' often prompt questions from- uninform- ed people as to, why these notices ap- pear. There are others who actually object to' seeing their family name's' pearing in these columns. Mostly such . objections are from people who oppose having their names appear in print in any form. "There is a reason, however, why `Notices To Creditors' are published— and it is a very necessary reason. The law provides -that proper claims of cred- itors be' settled before distribution of the estate assets can be made. There- for6 one of the first duties of an execu- tor or. administrator is to ascertain the outstanding debts and liabilities of a deceased and to' arrange settlement. "Generally thisis'not a difficult task, •.t btit occasionally Contingent liabilities, sizoh as ,endore nients or notes, bank guarantees and 'personal covenants on mortgages are not readily located. The law fother.provides that anexecutor or administrator may advertise, direct- irte creditors to :send to hint at a dealt- A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT Clearing the Air OTTAWA—John Diefenbaker, fighting for his political. life; won an overwhelming vote of confidence at the annual gen - eral meeting of the Progressive Conservative association.` After the voter he made it .clear --that there was no qualification to his victory. He is leaer and will continue as leader with no thought of quietly retiring in a year or more. Before the vote on the resolu- tion expressing confidence in his leadership went before the meeting in the Chateau Laurier - there was an emotional and bit- ter debate over whether or not the vote would be by secret bal- lot. That debate left deep wounds that will be a long time healing. It was a dramatic day in the life of the Progressive Consery ative Party. Behind the scenes in the traditional smoke-filled rooms small groups had argued for and against Mr. Diefenbaker as leader: Gradually it began to appei' that the strongest -op- position to the leader had de- veloped in Alberta, Central On- tario and in Quebec. Rumours began to circulate that, there had been a compro- D There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument avail- able with an east wind is to put on your overcoat—James Russell' Lowell. This is a fault cornmon to all singers, that , among their friends they never are inclined to sing when they ,are ask- . ed, unasked they never. desist -41°r -ace.- Lit 11 ',Intl P. mise solution reached. The com- promise was supposed to be that the annual meeting 'would give Mr. Diefenbaker an overwhelm- ing vote of confidence and in return after a year the nation- al leader Would quietly retire' to the sidelines leaving the way clear for Duff Roblin or John Robarts-,or Robert Stanfield,. to move.. into the limelight front and centre and be named na- tional leader. This suggestion said Mr. Dief- enbaker was nonsense. There was no intention on his part to quietly retire from the scene so long as he •was enjoying the good health he had today. In his speech to the annual meet- ing just before the vote of con- fidence, the national leader squelched such rumours. "Don't get the idea that, this is only for a short time.," said Mr. Diefenbaker referring to the resolution of confidence-. 'He added that however far' off an election might' be he would 'lead the Party into the election. "so long as the Lord gives me health which the Liberals regu- larly take away from me". It was a fighting speech. It was reminiscent .of the astute political campaigner at his best in 1957 and 1958. He played on A History Lesson ' z. Frightening it is to discover the ideas 'some kids are picking -up in school these days, I got some insight into the sheer wildness of it when I was help, ing young Kim with her history the' other day. - She is 12 years old.. an aver- age kid by most standards. a very bright one by those of her parents. She's in Grade 8. I.. was reading. from her history notebook and asking her ques- tions based on the notes she had made. First, I asked, what did the early pioneers build their homes out of? The answer came smart- ly: the earliest homes were lit- tle more than shanties, but .soon •Vhe pioneers began ,build- ing with lumber,- stucco, brick and stone. I asked here where they got these materials. --"In the fields," was the answer. Baffled, I looked in her notes. There it was: "Soon the settlers whelmed by facts, and are much,p, those from a neighboring school began to build houses out of more, interested in "what?" than tables. As those spoke who said failed, everyone in the commun- lumber, brick, stucco and stone in "why? they wanted a secret ballot, ity was aware of the contrast. from their, fields." I had quite Secondly, I blame their par delegates behind the press table It is interesting to see that an argument ,before convincing cuts, people like me, who are muttered such' comments as: a committee of the Huron Fed= her that lumber, stucco and "too busy" to find out what Shift, ,gyp,,,; You re« doing, the eration, of A the ore is cam- - brick do not ,grow in fields: they' are learning, and to cor- party no • good"! Were for g rest such garbled nonsense. ' . John!" "The Liberals will love paigning for a return to the '� this!" and "Why air our dirty old-fashioned system of depart - Next, I shot her a question * * * 1' like this"? Mr. Diefen• mental examinations at the end manship of Mrs. Mervyn Lobb, a By Bill Sii i1ey1111111 motions .of the Tories. H the e e pulled out all stops. He 'attack- ed the Liberal Government; - scoffed at its record; claimed the Conservatives had .done much better and would do bet- ter again. He showed once again that he, is 'a formidable campaigner, But there were many among the delegates who were not, stirred. They had had enough of the old campaigner, no longer for them is he. the spell -binder. But they were in the minority. The majority lov- ed it. They gave him • a stand- ing ovation. ed No. 8 �I1ighway at St. Colum - ban Wednesday afternoon, Mrs& Frank �"O'Reiily, seceli T conces- sion of McKillop, is in Scott Memorial , Hospital, Seaforth, suffering from a broken leg and internal inpuries. Her condi- tion is not regarded as serious. This district experienced the coldest weather of the winter Thursday morning, when the thermometer reached 16 below zero. By nine o'clock in the morning it had risen to four below. From The Huron Expositor February 13, 1914 Mr, W. J. Walker, who has The trains on this branch of conducted a successful furniture the "Grand Trunk have been and undertaking business do...running with remarkable regu- town during the past six years, larity this winter, and have has taken. into partnership Mr., been very little ' delayed by James McKay, of Egmondville. stormy weather. The Presbytery of, 13uron will Mr. M. V. McInnes, travelling meet in First Presbyterian agent for the Canadian Pacific Church, "Seaforth, on the eve- Railway, was in town on Thum- ning of Monday, Feb. 23rd. day. The car with the Mani - The annual meeting of the toba exhibits will be at Sea - shareholders of Robert Bell En- forth- on the 27th and 28th of gine & Thresher Company will this month. Cleverly he stressed that per- sonally he would not worry whether it was a secret vote or a standing vote that gave him a vote of confidence. "If you decide on a secret vote," he said, "that's fine with me." Then driving home,his point, he said, "I want to know where I stand and I want to know where you starfd." It became obvious , as the meeting dissolved into a rancor- ous debate over whether there should be a secret ballot that Mr. Diefenbaker's opponents • ■ Recalling The Entrance Exams (The Sratford Beacon -Herald) The departmental examina- tion at the end of public school was' abolished in Ontario " 15 years ago. Since 1949,, pupils have moved on from • Grade p3 to Grade- 9 without having to face the ordeal of "The En- trance," as most middleaged and elderly people in Ontario had blundered. They had made . once had to do. "The Entrance the system- of voting . the issue, rather than Mr. Diefenbaker's leadership: They insisted that only through a secret ballot could the Conservatives be unit- ed. When . they lost that fight, they were outmanoeuvred_ be- cause any ,debate on Mr. Dief- enbaker's leadership was quick- ly cut off and consequently no argument could develop over whether or.ikiot he was a good leader. The malcontents retired . :There have been no province - in confusion when a large ma- wide examinations at the end jority beat down' the attempt of Grade 8 for 15 years, but to hold a secret ballot. for the majority there have When the vote was taken on been none for 25 years. As long 13 -year-olds and 14 -year-olds of previous generations. It was tic wi thatlace the first con • twith p where ,"the big kids" went to school, because "The Entrance" was usually written in the -class- rooms of the nearest high school and on the days of examination the 13 -year-olds went in some trembling to write the tests which would admit them to, or bar them from, that high-school. the confidence motion only a ago as 1939, the Grade 8 d_ determined band of between 40' partmental examination system- according to the standards in and 50 stood up to record their was watered_ down.: by. _taking_ .one-_pubii.c- school, ...would . bane. - ,� and jeered. were .booed-.. isfory' and' geography off the only 55 per cent' according to Northwestern' ar`Trading Com-' and jeered. The small, group` in. examinations as pupils from other schools could be a mighty incentive to 'teachers', to try to get their pupils -up to the re- quired standard. We think there is no doubt that the best primary education a child can get can be given in a one -room rural school, if the school happens to have a first-class teacher. There is also no doubt that the feeblest edu- cation a• child can get is given in a one -room school with a lazy or incompetent teacher.. One by-product of the al?oli- tion of the Grade 8 departmen- tals has been that high schools quietly conduct tests at the be- ginning of Grade 9, to assess the education that has been giv- en in the eight preceding grades. We have seen reports that in some district high schools in th Stratford area, the vafia- shown in these tests have as wide as 'from 85 to 55, ning that pupils whb had a de 8 average of 85 per cent tion beef me pang, and "carelessly captured eluded former Cabinet Ministers Fort William." How do you cap- Douglas Harkness ,and J. M. ture a place carelessly? :lyfacdonell. • After the initial shock wore The Conservative headquar- off, it occurred to me that my ters had announced there were daughter didn't know limestone 1500 registered delegates. There from -fieldstone; that she really were not that many packed in - had an idea where bricks and to the convention hall. With s;'ucco came from; that she about 50 standing to vote didn't even know what a saw- against the confidence motion mill was; that she didn't realize there were ;also an . unknown that. while the, NHL is adept number of absentions. About at crushing rebels, it. was not one-quarter of the delegates in existence in 1837; and that had supported the demand for she had just- thrown that adjec- a secret ballot. Had" the confi- tive "carelessly" in through dence motion been voted on by sheer good spirits and a com- secret ballot there wquld have pleteignoraece of who Lord Sel- been undoubtedly a large num- kirk was, and where Fort Wil- ber of oppgsition votes record- liam is. ed. * ' * * . Those who had lined. up at o I'm not trying to blame her the4rnicrophones on the floor to a test for the teachers who pre- less, it a good thing to have teacher. Heaven forbid. The voice their support for a secret kids are to blame. They copy ballot — there were 18 — were pared ehildrefl for them, and in the subject raised; if the De - stuff down from the text book, subjected to heckling. Conserv • a good many cases the teachers partment is right, and the Hur- atives jammed into the conven were more apprehensive and on farmers are wrong, the De - leave out a word, or add ..one, frightened than the children.' partment should occasionally be and the results are hilarious. tion hall were occupying every most of the Grade 8 pupils from made to prove its case. They are over -awed and over- available "' sr/ace. They stood one school passed, and;^most of three dee` behind the press list of test subjects, by cutting the standards used in another the examination period from public school. three days to two, and by in-- There . are two arguments creasing the proportion of stu- against the Huron Federation go proposal. One is dents who were allowed to committee's on to high school "without writ- the teacher -Shortage; if a re- ing." turn to Grade 8 departmentals -The word "departmental," ap- did show up the poor teachers, plied as a noun for the exam- what would we do about it, inatious,'is an Ontario colloqui- when there aren't enough teach- alism, derived from the fact ers anyway? that until 25 years ago for most, The other argument is com-' and until 15 years ago for some, pulsory education. If an impar - the tests which decided fitness tial departmental test did show to go to high school were set up the pupils who were not by the Department of Educe- ready for high school, what• tion in Toronto, and were the would we do about it? The law same for all schools in the says they have to be in school province. • ,•., somewhere until they are 16. The "departmentals" were a To the Department of Educe - test for the children who -had tion these probably seem to be to write them. They were also sufficient arguments. None the ex s o ince i e on the harvesting of grain" in Check It Out baker had declared that no of Grade 8 Under the chair the early days. Her note book Check your son's homework, leader, no matter how 'dedicated, stated that "the grain went and you'll find hint writing this can ever march ]forward toward RR 2, Clinton, the education through many painful process- sort of thing, especially if be the foe While fearing someone cot�imittee of the Huron farm es." It went on to say that •the learned to spell • phonetically, behind him will interfere: He organization 'has been trying to grain was threshed- and win- "11e krept koshusiy .threw the pleaded for unity. He appealed' getstipport.for a resolution taw meet and then was taken to ..Ate trine til peer hitt the fop." for support. His appeal wen oring uniform province - wide high school entrance tests. be ground at "sawmills and Have a look at' your daugh- him enthu§lastly applause and g ist-mills, preferably grist." ter's arithmetic. You'll learn cheers and the delegates re- The thinking of the Huron Painful, indeed, . putting grain that she has just sold twelve jected the pleas of the dissidents committee evidently is concern - through a sawmill, pound of butter for $19;$44 and who wanted to record their op-ed at ]east' as%much with the A little later I came across the thinks nothing of it. position to his leadership, via testing of teachers, as it is with startling information that dur- In short, Dad, have a look. the secret ballot. the testing of .pupils. The ex- ing the Rebellion of 1837 in it will shake you rigid. „ Later after the vote, Mr. ]lief planations given `liubliely by Upper Canada, William Lyon enifaker in an interview flatly Mrs. Lobb, of the committee's Mackenzie's rebels had been de- declared: "The vote I received views, show that the commit- feated by 30 men "at Maple Six-year,old Johnny complain- was wonderful. There is no tee's concern is with the quality , Leaf Gardens." ed to his parents that he couldn't compromise, only in the minds of the education being given in * * 's ' see the blackboard at school. So of those who invent it. This is 'rural schools. The argument Frankly, I was appalled, and they hurried him to an eye spe- it; theme are no ands, 'ifs or (and there is good sense in it) slightly delighted. What an in- cialist, w h o fond nothing buts. I am the leader and I in- is that -a' -uniform Ontario -wide teresting way to learn history! wrong with pie ..,boy's eyes. tend to remain as leader. There test at the end of Grade 8 would Then, pursuing her notes, I was "Why can't you see the 'black- are' no alternatives. That vote help to bring the ,quality of informed that Lord Selkirk, in board?" lie asked, puzzled. cleared the air. There are no rural education up to the level trying to establish his common- "Because," spoke up little qualifications; this is it; 1 have of the better urban schools. The " "arat big boys sits received a tremendous vote of, simile fact that .the:.pupils-_are- ities m what is now Manitoba- Johnny, e y got -Intl .0 ' -squa1ThTe 'With The rig f in roriF me."-- t6nadenCe.'r going to have to face the same Little Rollo was having hied - self a ball on his first plane trip. He pushed every button" in sight, ran through the aisles at top speed and finally crash- ed into .,the stewardess as she was carrying a tray of coffee. The stewardess picked herself up and grabbed Rollo by the arm. "Son," she cooed. sweetly-, "why don't you go outside and play?" - "Yes, 1 promise not to hit kids smatter_ than myself . . . now how abotit you promising the sdme thing?"