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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1964-10-15, Page 2Sinc0 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, O14ITARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor . Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association i. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association t i Ann \ d Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates.: O '11UU49. Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year de Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. SEA Utwrt' BROS., Publishers e SEA FORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 15, 1964 Co-operation Pays Dividends Ceremonies in Brussels on Friday emphasized the benefits that can result when various levels of government work together. The occasion was the opening by Highways Minister Charles S. Mac - Naughton of, Huron County Road No. 12, following completion of the devel- opment program that has brought the 100 -year-old highway up to the stand- ard of a provincial highway. The pro- ject, which involved grade improve- ment, widening, drainage, bridges and paving, was carried out as a joint pro- gram between local municipalities, the county and the province. The county provided necessary land and supervis- ed the project; Seaforth and Brussels were in charge of construction within their boundaries. Throughout the length of the road the Department of Highways. pard most of the 'costs. The program is an outgrowth of new thinking within the department in re- cent year, which recognizes there are municipalities that are unable to .carry the cost" of providing roads built to a standard demanded . by the traffic load imposed on them: During the time he has been Minister of .Highways, Huron M:P.P. Charles MacNaughton has shown a realistic appreciation of the problems facing the smaller municipalities in the construc- tion and maintenance of streets and roads. The provincial development road program makes possible . modern roads in areas where traffic demands them... At the same time, because the road is new and is built to today's standards, the costs of maintenance which the local municipality—be it a .county, town or township—must carry, are reduced to a minimum. Completion of Huron Road No. 12 recalls the earliest days of the district. The road, more familiar to several. generations as the -North Gravel Road, came into being more than a hundred years ago as an avenue by which pio-' -neer settlers could branch off the Hur- on Road, built but 25 years earlier, in- to the virgin forests lying tothe 'north. Built originally by the'county as part of a £150,000 program, covering 220' miles which was approved by the com- bined councils of Huron and Bruce, ,December 22, 1855, the road extended "from junction of Egmondville and Huron Road through McKillop to Grey, and from Roxboro to Huron:Road, 12 miles," as the council minutes describe it. Later, the road was extended through Brussels to Wroxeter "in first class style, and toll gates placed thereon," according to the Huron Atlas of 1877. The county continued to be responsible for the road until 1872, when it. re- verted to the municipalities through - which it passed. The following year A Macduff Ottawa Report tolls were abolished on all roads in the county. While responsibility for such roads continued to rest with the local municipalities until about 50 years ago when the county road system as we know it today was established, the county through the years retained con- trol of main bridges. The role which a good road plays in a community has changed little in a hundred years. It is an .investment measured in increased traffic and econ- omic development. Dr,.: Ninian Wood, Reeve of . Stanley; put in this way in 1855, when he presented the report which led to the establishment of what is now Huron Road No. '12: "In conclusion, we beg to remind your Board that the money spent in gravelling roads in all other places has been declared a good investment, pay- ing over and above costs and 'expenses variously from 6 to 12 per cent and upwards, and it is only -fair to .assume in our Counties where all and every- thing, save roads, flourish to an ex- tent far above the ordinary average of even thriving places, that our roads will pay at least as much as the lowest sum above named. At the same ,time we may with reason calculate on daily increasing profits, naturally consequent on the rapid and permanent increase of population, of wealth, and of traffic which nothing short of the adverse in- tervention of the Divine Power can divert." • If fifty million people say a `foolish thing, it is `still a foolish thing. --An- atole France. The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not: only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too. —Samuel Butler. In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor October 20, 1939 , Dr. J. H. Bristow, son of th late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bristow formally received his F.A.C.S degree in Munroe, Wis., recent ly. He attended both Seafort public school and Collegiate In stitute, Mr. lIenry B. Edge, who re cently completed alterations and improvements at the local office of the Bell Telephone Co., has been awarded a simi- lar contract at St. Marys. Members of the Seaforth Highlanders Band re-elected D. O'Leon Sills as president at the annual meeting. The honorary presidents are W. H. Golding, M.P., Mac McPhee and D. L. Reid; vice-president, John A. Cardno; secretary -treasurer, Ar- thur Golding; property commit- tee, F. J. C. Sills, Fred E. Wil- lis, Keith Sharp; socia] commit- tee, Francis Devereaux, Thos. D. Sills and John A. Cardno. Mr. A. W. Sillery left Wed- nesday for Kirkland Lake where he has obtained a position. Mr., R. R. McKindsey, who re- cently purchased the Aberhart drug store, has moved his fam- ily from Ottawa and is now oc- cupying the residence of Mr. Walter Murray on Goderich St. East. • Mr. Albert Hudson has leased the W. E. Chapman residence on Jarvis St., and is now occupy- ing it. Mr. James T. Scott, of Rox- boro, was the guest' soloist at Constance at the anniversary concert of the .United Church. Dr. R. B. Cochrane; of Toron- to, -was the guest speaker when Northside United Church held its 62nd anniversary services. Mrs, H. V. Workman, of Sea' forth, presided over a mission- ary meeting, which told the Werk lli. Afrlca, From The Huron Expositor October 16, 1914 e The auction sale on the farm of Mr. Peter Kerr, McKillop, on . Friday was .well attended and h- good prices were realized. Miss S. I. McLean, Seaforth, was the guest speaker at the closing meeting of the Mission Band on Saturday afternoon. Mr, Wm. T. Hays, of town, has pprchased the business in town formerly carried on by Mr. Walley, and was in Toronto this week purchasing a stock of drugs. Russell Morson, William Mor- row, Jack Hinchley, Milton Chesney, Earl Bell and Ralph Reid spent the holiday at their homes here, The patriotic entertainment, under the auspices of the La- dies' Aid of the Methodist Church on Monday evening was an enjoyable affair. Mr, James Beattie was the chairman. Those taking part were the choir, Miss Gertrude Reid, Rev. A. W. Barker, Rev. J. Argo, Mk. and Mrs. Miller, Rev. T. Brown, Miss J. Carrick, Col. A. Wilson, W. Hays, Rev. Carswell, J. H. Reid, Misses Ottley and B. Morson, W. G. Willis and Rev, F. H. Larkin. 'Miss Bessie Miss Pryce, of been collecting Upper Canada and have met cess. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oliver have moved into the village of Egmondville. They are' occupy- ing Mrs. J. Fisher's con fortable home, having moving in from Staffa. The curlers' annual meeting was held in. the Carnegie Lib- rary Hall on Friday evening. The chair was occupied 'by Dr. Madka', the following officers t Davidson and Leadbury, have money for• the Bible Society with good sue - were elected: Patron, W. Beth- une; president, Dr. C. Mackay; vice-president, W. Ament; sec- retary -treasurer; Charles Stew- art; executive • committee, A. Wilson, G. A. Sills, R. S. Hays, 0. Neil, J. Beattie; skips, J. Beattie, H. Jeffery, W. D. Bright, A. Wilson, W. Ament, R. S. Hays, W. E. Kerslake, G. A. .Silas, Dr. Burrows, R. E. Bright and W. McDougall. From The Huron Expositor October 18, 1889 On account of the inferior quality of much of the wheat brought in fdr gristing this sea- son, Mr. Andrew Govenlock has found it necessary to make some changes in the system of cleaning the grain, and has add- ed some of the most improved machinery for that purpose. John S. Hogg, son of Mr. James Hogg, of McKillop, suc- ceeded in passing the examina- tion for a non-professional first class Grade C certificate, held in Clinton in July. Large quantities of apples were delivered at Kippen on Monday from the west, for Mr. Alex Cardno, of Seaforth, Robert Leeming and Patrick McLaughlin, of Leadbury, re- cently captured a large bear weighing between 300 and 400 pounds. It was caught in an ingenious construction erected in the pine swamp, near Down- ie's saw mill. Mr, John McMillan was in Bayeld a few days .ago and in company with Reeve Castle, in- spected the harbor. Mr. Andrew Morrison's sale on Tuesday was well attended. One mare was sold for $205.00. Mr, Ge'tirge Kirby was the auc- ioneer. • 4.Nm. CONTEMPT-.. The Queen of OTTAWA—Tight security rangements with the inclusio of things so foreign to Caned as bullet proof cars has don a good deal to rob the Queen' 1964 welcome of its warmt and spontaneity. There could be no repetition of the incidents of the firs Royal visit in 1939 when a King and Queen separated themselve from the official party and were . lost in a crowd of cheering war veterans. They rode in open cars in Quebec as well as other provinces and never a thought was given by the man on the street to possible danger. Crowds were screened then as they were on this occasion but few knew it and still fewer cared. Even more unfortunate was the fact that reports of precau- tionary measures also clouded the emphasis on the constitu- tional importance of the 1964 visit which had been carefully planned in the light of Cana- dian developments. It was at least a major reason why the. Queen's Canadian Ministers at no time seriously considered advising. Her Majesty to cancel or shorten the visit. It held too many possibilities vital to the future of Canada. The Queen herself struck -the first note in her first speech on Canadian soil. She declared she was proud to participate in Confederation cejebrations as "Queen of Canada". Again in the .course of the same speech she said: "A hundred years of unbroken democratic practices embracing the Crown, Govern- ment and Parliament mark Can- ada as one of the world's old- est and most stable nations." The British North America Act which may soon be replac- ed by a Canadian constitutional statute states that "the execu- tive Government and authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to continue and to be vested in the Queen". This and the Letters Patent of 1947, which, for the first time; dele- gated to the Governor General in respect of Canada all pow- ers held by the Monarch are the roots from which the whole-. Canadian Parliamentary system stem. The concept of a Canadian Monarch as distinct from a Canada subject to a British Monarch has. not been develop- ed easily or quickly, Constitu- tionally it was established clear- ly with the Statute of West - Canada ar- minter in 1931 but as late as n 1939 Prime Minister MacKenzie a King had a difficult time e pressing it on Lord Tweeds s muir, then Governor General h Mr. King insisted that while the Monarch was 'on Canadian soil he, Tweedsmuir had no real t status and that the King must beaccompanied and advised on s Canadian matters_ .directly by. his Canadian ministers. The Governor General in 1939- was -given far less part in the Royal tour than the place given today to the Leader of 'His Majesty's Loyal Opposition about which there have been complaints. The concept of a Canadian Monarch today is being cloud- ed deliberately by advocates of republicanism who are using the British Crown to foster re- sentment "against a mythical subjection. M. Marcel Faribault, brilliant Quebec lawyer and President of the General Trust of Canada, would certainly not be -'classed as an extremist nor -does .a Con- servative conference. on nation- al goals held rgeently in Fred- ericton appear the most appro- priate place for extreme ideas. Yet out of Fredericton and drafted by M. Faribault comes a suggested preamble to a' new Canadian constitution, one art- icle of which • reads: tie.. Nothing, the Liberal Gov- ernment at Ottawa has felt, un- could better restore the strength - of the Monarchy in Canada and . with it national unity than the presence of the Monarch her- self. VV VV be T _C -{ Capital Hill Capsules "Canada is a free independ- ent member of the British Commonwealth of nations and as such it acknowledges the Queen of England as its titular head." Not only would she no long- er be Queen of Canada but would no longer have any part in the Government of this coun-' try. R,epublicanism is not con- fined to Quebec but it is ironic that such sentiments should ev- en stem from this quarter where French minority inter- ests have been protected over the years by the monarchical Chances of Finance Minister Gordon's -next budget contain- ing some healty tax reductions are growing brighter. On the basis of six months revenue ex- perience it appears that Mr. Gordon is going 'to end the fis- cal year with a deficit not very much above $200 million, or about half the $455 million. predicted last March. A year ago and even more recently, this would have led to predic- tions of an attempt to balance the budget in 1965-66. There is a change in thinking. With an economythat must continue the eight per cent growth rate experienced so far this year if it is to keep pace with a rap- idly growing labor force Gov- ernment help may be needed in the next few years. Also, the Federal Government may • be called on to offset by deficits and borrowing the deflationary effect of Canadian savings pour- ed into a vast pension fund which will be turned over to the provinces. Deliberate de- ficit financing for a few years could accomplish this purpose. * * * Industry Minister C. M. Drury's efforts to find an . alter- native to his auto parts tariff incentive plan that will be ac- ceptable to the Americans are getting attention in Parliament. There is little doubt now that efforts of the auto part manu- facturers in the United States to have the Treasury Depart- ment clamp on countervailing. duties that would make the Canadianincentive ineffective will be successful. Washington fficials are interested in an lternative which would involve eciprocal free entry of parts nd cars. 0 a r SPARKS by'Wlllis Forb a es Some people summer, of the seoshore= others just sim• mer in the cities. NOW WE GIVE GOLD BOND STAMPS! CITIES SERVICI On All Purchases, Work Performe d, etc. at HUARDSERVICE STATION Choice Used Cars — Open from 8 ami, -to 111 p.mr. Goderich St. Tel, 8 Seaforth • sugar _, By Bit BIRTHDAY WITH A BANG Not long ago, I attended banquet at which John. Fisher the guest speaker, was extoll ing Canada's centennial year which is just around a count of extremely sharp corners. Mr. Fisher is an eloquen speaker, a consummate orator A few years ago, when he was blazing across the country de livery fiery, poetic speeche about this land of ours (at abou $100 a whack), he was given the title "Mr. Canada." nd Spice 1 Smiley to celebrate the centenary of as event that nobody understands, a except a few history teachers? Fie on us! Why don't we show a little real imagination, throw a party e that will resound throughout the world, then forget the whole thing. There's nothing very ' thrilling about being 100 years old, anyway, s * Let's see. Instead of piddling around with thousands of grants to municipalities, the ,govern- ment, for one year;. could dou- ble pensions to the old, the vet- erans and the widows, treble the baby bonus, and declare a twelve-month holiday from come taxes. That would put the population in the right frame of mind for the celebra- tion, Employers could forego all profits for a year and grant an extra two weeks vacation with pay:', Municipalities could set aside a special fund for beer and dancing'in the streets. Every day in the year could be Leap Year, as far as spin- sters go. And tome of them would go far. Teenagers could all be locked in special com- pounds for a year, fed well, and released on New Year's day, 1968. All babies born during cen- tennial year woould be guaran- teed a free 'university education. Divorce, for one year only, would follow the Moslem pat- tern, in which the husband merely says, three times, "I divorce -thee." During the twleve-month, any- one who mentioned the word `flag„ would be impaled word then roasted over a slow flame during the evening fireworks display. Anyone who breathed "national anthem" would be given a one-way ticket to 'Moos- onee. Unfortunately, he ran 'out of service clubs and things. Now he works for the government. The talent is still there. The golden tongue still wags with passion and brilliance, still throbs with sincerity and hope. But the audiences have changed. They used to listen with open mouths, shining eyes, as Mr. Fisher told them what a great country they lived in. They used to float homeward after the banquet, on the purple carpet he had spun. And even the job of fixing the furnace, putting the milk bottle out on the 'ice -covered porch, a n d climbing in with a hair -in - curlers., face -in -grease mate didn't dispell the vision. Now, however, his audiences listen with that careful apathy, that controlled wariness with which' ` the honest, dour Ca- nadians always listen to any- body connected with the govern- ment. Such as the Minister of "Finance explaining in jolIy fashion why taxes are good for us. At, this banquet I mentioned, John, Fisher was trying to Arum up enthusiasm for "Centennial Projects," with which he is con- nected. I. watched the listeners. In the ' midst of his highest flights, they sat as though carved of stone, with the excep- tion of two or three who had that faraway, wistful look of people who have to go to the bathroom. * *. _ Admitting that therewere some municipalities whose idea of a hot centennial project was to decorate the town clerk's of- fice, or. put an extra cell in the jail, Mr. Fisher assured that there were. many others with bold, imaginary schemes for libraries, art centres, museums and other worthy and • lasting monuments. Which brings to my thesis, patient and gentle reader. What has your municipality planned as its centennial project? h There would be national holi- days every Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, with weekends as usual. For one year, children would be seen and not heard. The possibilities are limitless. These are just a few sugges- tions. Send yours along. Let's forget those crumbly projects and have a hundredth, birthday party we'll never forget. Success comes to him who hustles. while he waits. Next time you're talking' 'from the shoulder" —try a bit. igher up. Don't forget now. The gov- ernment puts up two bucks for every dollar the municipality will spend. Never mind where the government gets the two bdcks. That's beside the point. If it works as it should, Can- ada will have a 3,000:mile rib- bon of opera houses in which nobody sings, theatres which nobody attends, swimming pools that Hayfork Centre , can't af- ford to operate, libraries with no books in them, and museums full of, junk out of .people's attics and cellars, but never full of people. Is that what Canadians want 1 JACK WYUE "Careful!, don't cut Yourself!" WE ARE BUYING BUCKWHEAT FLAX MIXED GRAIN BARLEY OATS ALFALFA RED CLOVER and TIMOTHY At Competitive Prices A Full Line of Fall - FERTILIZER AVAILABLE for your Fall fertilizing requirements. OPNO!rCH FEEDS LIMITED "The, Most Value For the Farmer's Dollar" Phone 775 Seaforth • • • • • • r • • a • • • • 1 of • •