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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 8, 1964
It's the Definition
In today's daily family life, many
ordinary words ,and phrases seem to
have taken on an entirely new meaning.
Even Webster of dictionary fame, we
are sure, would' today agree that any
similarity between the meaning of some
words he listed many years ago and to-
day's meaning would be purely co -inci-
dental,
Some one has compiled a special dic-
tionary of words for home use today
and came up with the following: ,
POCKET MONEY—A weekly pit-
tance husbands are allowed to carry in
their pockets so wives and children will
have a ready source of cash.
SUNDAY—A day of rest when mom
and dad knock themselves out trying to'
amuse the kids.
MONDAY—The day after Sunday,
when dad can .return to the restful
peace and quiet of his job.
SQUARES—AB fathers and mothers
who won't let their sons wear Beatle
haircuts or, permit teenage daughters
to stay out after midnight.
MONEY—A token of exchange which
the boss thinks you get too much of;
your wife claims you don't bring home
enough of,; and the kids thinks grows
on trees.
SCHOOL --A form of penal servi-
tude where boys kick the, toes out of
Costly dress shoes playing football and
girls participate in a continuous fashion
show.
FAMILY DISCUSSION—A demo-
cratic meeting of all members of the
family • to consider an important topic
at which no one is allowed to contra-
dict dad when he lays down the law;
DOG—A family pet that never both-
ers a soul, is almost human and never
strays from his own yard.
DANGEROUS MONSTER—A dog
belonging to a neighbor:
LAWN—A useless square of grass
covered with snow seven months of the
year and over which dad worries him-
self into an early grave. -
HOUSE—A structure that owns •a
family. ,
CAR—A four -wheeled vehicle that
supports a dozen huge industries, thou-
sands of people; several governments,
That Counts
and is always out of style.
SUIT—Matching trousers and jack-
et that are shiny and frayed, but good
for another year.
TRANSISTOR RADIO — A small
noisy plastic case with a teenager at-
tached.
COMIC BOOKS—=Publications from
which. children obtain all the informa-
tion they need in life.
NOISY PARTY — What neighbors
have on Saturday night when they don't
invite you.
QUIET SOCIAL EVENING—What
you have Saturday night.
BARBECUE—A peculiar ceremony
in which members of the family -,are re-
quired to compliment, father on how de-
licious burnt steaks taste.'
WEEKEND—A' frenzied period .of
activity sandwiched, between work days,
BEDROOM—A hide-out for mon and
dad when the kids have company.. ' •
ANCIENT. HISTORY— What chil-
dren call everything that went on be -
'fore they were born.
GRANDPARENTS -- Inexpensive
baby-sitters.
INVASION—When a wife's rela-
tives drop in for a visit.
PLEASANT SURPRISE — When
your own relatives drop in unexpect-
edly.
MAN-TO-MAN TALK — A father
and son game in which father tries to
find out if his son knows as much as
he's afraid he does.
CAMPAIGN—What happens when
butter up tactics fail and daughters.
team up with mothers to work on
fathers.
BASEMENT WORKSHOP—Where
fathers spend their time when cam-
paigns are under way.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he
who cannot is a fool; and he who dares
not, is a slave.—William Drummond.
There are two reasons for the pro-
yerbial persistence of anglers. The first
is that the fish are biting; the second
is that they are not. Either is a suffici-
ent _justification for fishing a little
longer.—Fred Streever.
In the Years Agone
From The Huron- Expositor
October 13, 1939
Benedict Holland, St. Colum -
ban, was fatally injured east of
Seaforth early Monday morn-
ing, when he was struck by a
hit-and-run driver. Benedict had
enlisted the previous week and
was to leave Tuesday to report
for duty.
Miss Eleanor M. Snider, or-
ganist'and choir leader in Knox
Presbyterian Church, Kincar-
dine, for the past nine years,
has resigned to accept a like
position in Knox Presbyterian
Church, Goderich, where she
will go on November 1.
R. A. Walter, formerly of the
Bank of Commerce here, was in-
volved in a holdup at Ancaster
on Thursday, when ,two men,
one carrying a revolver, enter-
ed the !stanch near Hamilton,
locked him and a customer in
the vault, and. escaped with
$300.00.
At the annual meeting of the
Women's Hospital Aid to Scott
Memorial Hospital, officers elect-
ed for the coming year were:
President, Mrs. W. C. Sproat;
first vice, Mrs. M. A. Reid; sec-
ond vice, Mrs. F. Kling; record-
ing see., -Mrs. R. Kerslake; cor-
responding' lee., Miss Gretta
Ross; treasurer, Mrs. E. H.
Close; convener of visiting com-
mittee; Mrs. Ada Reid; buying
committee, Miss M. Wilson; ex-
ecutive, Mrs. J. D. Coiquhoun,
Mrs. R. J. Sproat, Mrs. John Fin-
layson and 'Mrs. F. S. Brugger.
Mrs. William Hogg, McKil-
lop, had the misfortune to faII
Iii her home on Tuesday and
receive a severe shaking up.
Mr. Charles Fritz, well-known
Zurich businessman, was 'hint-
ed when his gun accidentally
discharged while he was on a
hunting trip near Kincardine on
Monday.
Miss Margaret Finkbeiner,
bride ii'ett, has: been the guest
of honor at several pre-nuptia
parties held in Kitchener in
recent weeks.
The funeral of Keith Zapfe
only child of Mr. and Mrs. Aus
tin Zapfe, Brucefieid, was held
Monday with Rev. W. A. Brem
ner officiating. The child had
drank from a bottle of lini
ment. •
1 From The Huron Expositor
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The water was well coated
. with ice two morning this week
and a fire has been a necessity
indoors all week.
Mr. Jam. s Dodds, son of Mr.
Charles Iodds, has been en-
- gaged to each at Roxboro for ri
next year at a salary of $300. ja
Mr. George Sproat, Jr., of the el
second concession, Tuckersmith, D
has moved into his new resi- g
dence. ar
Some nights ago as Mr. Peter bl
Cameron, of Tuckersmith, was
passing over a bridge on the op
4th concession with his steam e
engine, the weight of the ma- pa
chine proved too much for the
bridge. Mr. Cameron had 'his Ise
arm hurt, but the horses were lic
uninjured. es
Mr. John Mills, of Hullett, P
near Harlock, this week sold a an
pair of two-year-old geldings to m
Mr. James Snell,' Jr., of Kin- of
burn, for $225.00. fo
The sale of stock on the farm
of the late Francis Fowler, Hur-
on Road, Hullett, on Thursday a
of last week, was well attend- Prm
ed. Mr.. Thos. Fowler, of Tuck- In
ersmith, bought a year-old filly we
for $175; Mr. Joseph Van .Pg-. pa
mond, of Hullett, bought an-
other of the same age at $170. da
Sucking colts brought from • $75 Li
to $80. Je
Mr. George ,Parker, of Sun- PM
shine, has purchased the 50 -acre ND
farm joining his own, which er.
formerly belonged -to the Rog- in
erson Estate, for $950. mi
Florence G, a horse owned
by Dr. F. G. Livingston, Sea- an
forth, won first money in the iris
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A Macduff Ottawa Report
A Bell for .th-e Cat
OTTAWA—Parliamentary 're-
formers in Canada are a little
like those mice in the old fable
who decided to bell the cat,
then couldn't decide who was
going to do' it and how.
The tiger they're out to tame
'is Opposition Leader John Dief-
enbaker. They have, the bell
ready in the form of a simple -
sounding change in the rules
of Parliament. But they're jost-
ing and fighting about who ' is
going -to tie it on.
This is how the new rule
would work: before every de-
bate, representatives of allspar-
ties would sit down to try to
agree on a fixed number of
days for the debate.
If they couldn't agree unani-
mously, then the debate would
run on as long as the present
rules allow. In other words, no.
cure (apart from closure) has,
yet been worked out.for flag
debates. •
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But if all parties agreed, the
time limit would bebinding ng' on
everybody. At 'the end of the
agreed number of days, the talk
would end and the Commons
would make its decision.
The only real effect of all this
would be that "Mr. Diefenbaker
would have to give advance
warning of his next move. As
it is now, he's running a canny
and confusing opposition that
often seems to have the Gov-
ernment going round in circles.
He waits until the Commons
is into a debate, he feels out
the Government's position for
weak spots, he tests the temper-
ature of public opinion — and
then he makes his move and
decides his tactics.
Under the new rule, Mr. Dief-
enbaker would have to accept
or reject a time limit in ad-
vance. Either way, the other
parties would have some warn-
ing.
This idea of- advance. limits
on debates is used in the Bri-
tish House • of Commons and it
was one of the first. proposals
to come before the Committee
which the Canadian House set
up to review its rules this year.
The proposal got'support in
a sub -committee headed by
New Democrat Stanley Knowles
and including several Conserva-
tives. But it has never got past
the main committee which still
meets every Wednesday for
lunch .with Speaker Alan Mac-,
naughton, but hasn't produced
anything in a lot of Wednes-
days.
Mr, Knowles has . tried va-
ous means to break the log -
m in the main committee, in-
uding personal appeals to Mr.
iefenbaker and his Tory floor
eneral, Gordon Churchill, who
e reputed to be the two men
ocking the rule change.
The New Democrat then tried •
en letters to the party lead-
srand appeals through news-
pers.
Recently the NDP went on a
w tack and launched a pub- I
campaign for the rule chang-
, including a new idea that
Ornament should be on an i
nual timetable — with two k
onths of session, then a month t
committee work, and about g
ur months off every year. n
For MP's who have gone sev- -h
months without a break, such t
timetable must look enticing. t
'me Minister Pearson im- f
ediately issued a statement 1
'coming the NDP support for
rliamentary reform. t
But he was red-faced the next A
y when political scientist and W
beral backbencher Pauline
wptt, who hadn't seen the
's statement, ripped into the
P for trying to get partisan c
edit at the risk of jeopardiz- w
g the work of the rules com- 1
ttee. I
Then the fat was in the fire h
d everybody got into the act, 1
luding Mr. Diefenbaker who e
d outside the House that an a
nual timetable smacked of h
methods of dictators. z
And he wagged a warning s
ger under the nose of Mr. j
arson, who has been talking
out bringing in the rule
nge as a Government Enda-
From The Huron Expositor
October 9, 1914
The anniversary services in
Duff's Church, McKillop, on
Sunday were successful and in-
teresting. They were conducted
by Rev. M. McFarlane, of Bay-
field. Special music was render-
ed by Miss Eva Sperling and
Miss McFarlane. On Monday
evening a fowl supper was held.
Revs. McFarlane, Argo and
Larkin gave addresses-
Mr- Isaac Jarrott's stock sale
of Kippen the past week was a
with ice two mornings this week
'realized $3,400.
Mr. A. A. Naylor, principal
of Seaforth Public School, was
called to his home in Auburn
owing to the death of his father.
Mr. James Hays is getting out
a neat and handsome red gran-
ite monument, to be placed over
the grave of the late Samuel
Smillie, of Hensall.
Among those who received
ribbons at the field sports day
at Seaforth Collegiate Institute
were Janet Hays, Katie •Eckert,
Katie Cowan, Edith Govenlock,
Clarissa Scott, Ethel Harn, Bea-
trice Seip, Jean Hays, Calista
Malone, Dorothy Wilson, Edna
Stewart, Thelma Pethick, Mabel
Turnbull Geraldine Carpenter,
Agnes' McKay and Margaret
A number of farmers in the
Constance area are having their
buildings rodded as a protection
against lightning. Mr. Thos. Mc-
Millan .has had 1200 feet put
on his barns. . ,.+,
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sure if the committee stalemate
continues.
The New Democrats' are try-
ing to head off unilateral action
by Mr. Pearson and at the sane
time bring public pressure to
bear on Mr..Diefenbaker.
So far, Mr. Diefenbaker hasn't
showed much sign of feeling
the pressure. And if Mr. Pear-
son does make the move he has
threatened, the result could be
a parliamentary blowup and an
election.
The Canadian debate on rules
comes• at the same' time as a
great debate in Britain which
has produced a spate of- books
with titles like: "What's Wrong
With Parliament?" and "Can
Parliament Survive?"
But the British plmdits take
a slightly different tack. Instead
of trying to protect the Govern-
ment against the Opposition,
pposition,
they see the main problem is a
growing power of Government
ranged against an Opposition
which cannot know enough to
criticize in .detail :such mea-
sures as •a proposal to set up a
new atomic energy plant.
The difference in Canada may
stem from our `succession of
minority governments. B u t
there has also been a growth
in,: the skills of oppositions=-
Liberal and Tory—while .the
skills of government have' fall-
en into disrepair and disrepute.
It ' seems that everybody
knows how to run an oppo -
tion and nobody knows how [to
run a government.
And while\ ;;the MP's ponder
these questions, the big prob-
lem remains: who's going to
bell the cat?
Letters to the Editor
Outstanding Citizen
8233 Pleasant Plains Rd
Baltimore, Marylan
The Editor:
., had left school 40 years before.
d- Truly a Herculanean task, but
she did it, with the result that
about 60 people made up of
about 28 former students, with
their husbands and wives, sat
e down to dinner under the roof
i- of our old Alma Mater, in its
now modern dining room. It
m was wonderful, .and Edith, had
engineered the whole thing, and
n all of us who were there, and
e are still living, truly mourn the
a loss of our Botnie Scotch lass,
Edith.
The September 19th issue o
The Expositor brought me th
shocking sad news of the pas
ing away of Edith Scott Russel
because I just had a letter fro
her, ,dated August 6th, humor
ously telling me of her retur
from the hospital, where sh
had been confined because of
too strenuous activity in the de
,struction of pestering moths
She concluded this story by say-
ing she would' never use this
method again. The news in The
Expositor surely confirmed this.
The article in your paper
very nicely highlighted the life
of this devoted woman, but on-
ly those ,who worked closely
with her , can really appreciate
the work she put in for the
general welfare of many of the
community's citizens, and for
the general welfare of mankind
through her work in her church
organization. People like Edith
and her.associates never really
get thanked by those who bene-
fit from their work. Their • re-
ward on earth must be the ,sat-
isfaction that they have con-
tributed to the needs of their
neighbors. Their real reward
must come from Heaven, where
I am confident Edith is now re-
ceiving hers.
I knew Edith on another
plane, and while I must have
known her all my life,.I really
didn't, get to know her well un-
til we both entered High School
together. There were few so-
cial activities in high school
then, but I remember her as a
bright, pleasant and intense
student, always friendly and al-
ways on the top flight in her
class work. I lost track of her
after high school and my own
eaving home, bumping into
her later from time to time
when she returned home after
osing her husband. I now
now that it was right then
hat the fine character of this
irl really asserted itself. She
ever faltered in her duty to
er young family in spite of
he great loss that she had sus-
ained, and, in addition, she
urther gave of herself unspar-
ngly to her fellow citizens and
mankind by her associations in
he Red Cross, the Tuberculosis
ssociation, ,a d:tthe missionary
ork in her, larch.
When I so' ded out one or
two old grads of the High School
relative to our having our own'
lass reunion in connection
ith the Old Boys' Reunion of
955, and got a good reception;
knew exactly who we had to
ave at home to put this over,
t was Edith Scott Russell, bas -
d on my knowledge of her as
girl, and my further knowing
et*. as a mother and true Citi,
en. I don't think she took the
eeond breath in accepting the
ob, and to her fell all the work
of digging through old class-
room records and then accumu-
lating addresses Of people wh
2,27 class at the Port Huron sal
'races on Thursday of last week, an
and also took second money in the
the free-for-all.
Mr. Alex Davidson has pur- fin
chased the brick residence of Pe
Mr. Thomas Hendry, near the ab
Collegiate Institute. Cha
I am sure I also express their
true sympathy fir her daugh-
ters, her grandehildren and her
brother in their great loss, yet
glory with them in her great
accomplishments.
I am sure the town and com-
munity are deeply grateful for
her years of quiet devotion to
worthwhile activities, and as
for those of us who live far
from our birthplace, it is such
as she who gives us the undy-
ing love for our home town
and the heritage its people gave
us.
Sincerely,
G. J. R. S&LS
Insanity is hereditary. You
Can get it from your children.
The pains we take often mea-
sure the gains we make.
Tact: Changing the subject
without changing your mind.
Sugar and . Spice
By 0111 smiley
CANADA, ACT YOUR 'AGE!
There is one country in the
world that I feel sorry for. It
has all the outward attributes
of a spoiled -rotten teenager.
It is good-looking, if a little
gangly. It is strong and well -
made, if a little inclined to flab-
biness. It has always had a big
allowance because its mother
and father came into a lot of
property.
But all the signs of the mix-
ed-up adolescent are there: the
sudden flaring' resentment over
nothing; the great desire to be
loved and made a fuss over; the
surliness when things don't go
right; the sullen apathy towards
anything worthwhile; the ab-
sorption in material things; the
flashes of decency; and the im-
pulses towards vandalism.
It must be dreadful to see a
child you love, one who has
brought sun and laughter as an
infant, pride and joy through
the growing years, turn into
one of these creatures..
It is .equally sad to see a
country one loves turn into a
schizophrenic, whining with
self-pity one moment, swagger-
ing with threats the next, brag-
ging with one breath, complain-
ing with another, I'm talking
about Canada.
There is something, sick in
our country today, and I feel
for it the same baffled sorrow
that I feel for the ,teenager who
has a good mind; with nothing
more on° it than bashing around
in a big, car and smashing things
up, who has a fine body, with
nothing more to do than let it
go to pot.
I don't know quite what has
brought me to this state of
gloom, but the flag debate cer-
tainly helped. An insignificant
issue, ineptly introduced by an
inadequate prime minister, and
immediately attacked by an in-
credible leader of Her Majesty's
loyal opposition.
People complain, periodical-
ly, that Canada gets little or no
attention in the world press.
hank goodness! If newspaper
readers in other nations could
cruse some of the juvenilia
at has passed as debate in our
House of Commons on the -flag
issue, they would shake their
heads in bewilderment, and
write us off as a nation about
one jump ahead of the Congo.'
Personally, 1.don't care whe-
ther our national flag is three
mangy maple leaves, or three
beavers eating the left thigh of
Sir John A. Macdonald, or three
roosters crowing "0 Canada"
from a dunghill. But I do care
that my cougtry shows none of
the signs of strength, maturity
and wisdom that might be ex-
pected from an adult democra-
cy.
Another thing that has pro-
duced my present mood is the
threat to the life of the Queen,
if she has enough gumption to
visit Canada, on invitation.
Which she has. Would that the
shrivelled punks who threaten
her had as much.
Canadians are not made for
bowing and scraping:before roy-
alty. But who, except a few fan-
atics of desperate paucity of
soul would wantto harm this
rather plain, rather sweet, quite
dignified and extremely cour-
ageous woman who does her
earnest best in an extremely
difficult role?
The answer is, only those who
have adopted the philosophy of
the communist and the fascist
—that the end justifies the
means. The Queen has nothing
to do with imperialism or co-
lonialism, or any of the other
"isms" that Quebec is belated-
ly excited - about, after sitting
complacent` under a dictator,
and a corrupt one, for years.
I hereby announce that if any-
body takes a potshot at the '
Queen when she visits Quebec,
I will personally ca11• up a crowd
of creaky old fighter pilots and
march on that province. I doubt
if we'd have a banner, because '
if you told an old fighter pilot.
to follow a flag into action he'd
tell you promptly what you
could do with your flag. And it
would be painful.
Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps
the mixed-up teenager will, as
so many have done, grow up,
stop tearing things down, and
turn into a rank old reactionary
like me. I hope so.
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