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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1964-12-10, Page 2°,"".'!3:,.....':',f•,,. Since 1860, Serving the Community First Fubiished at SEAFORPI; ; ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MeLEAN BR QS Publishers est ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association �• 1'F, Ontarip Weekly Newspapers Association a "audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Ca da (in advance) $4.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year U t At SIN!„;LE COPIES -- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Ap�141yN11 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 10, 1964 Rural. Schools Are In the Limelight That educzition• particularly as it affects the rural student, is ve.rj• much in the public mind today, was evident to anyone attending township nomina- • tion meetings this year. Speaker'after speaker referred.to the matter and to the task facing the rural ratepayer and township boards in find, ing a reasonable solution to the prob- lem, In many rural municipalities, for ' the first time in many years, elections are being held to determine the com- position of the township school board_ The activity, of course, has come ' about at this time because of the re-( cently enacted provincial requirements that each township establish one board which will have responsibility for all primary education Within the township, The Act had the effect of doing away with the three -men boards 'which in many townships for .generations had determined . educational policy, or at least that part of it -which remained within local control. While the Ontario requirement pre- cipitated the current activity, the truth is.that rural parents, rural board mem- bers and others concerned with educa- tion, have ,for some years been coming to the viewpoint that the child being educated in a one -room school was' los- .ing something when compared to and was at, a disadvantage to the child in a grade school. What the Ontario order did was to speed up a process that al- ready was under way and" produced a Basic grounding, however, is not en- ough in today's world and the wider training which is recognized as a re- quirerpent if the rural pupil is not to be at a disadvantage can only be pro- vided in grade schools. Only here can the variety of teaching and facilities, which today are necessary, • be made available. It was apparent that those aspiring to a place on the new rural boards were seized with the responsibility, • which would be theirs. They realized changes in procedures and improvement in facilities and in accommodation were necessary and: must be introduced. The question facing them was how best could "this be done. To most, a co-operative arrangement with adjoining .urban centres appear- ed. to be the most acceptable,' since it would generally hold bus, travel to a minimum and bring the child • to °-a school in the community that its family' regarded las being its_ service centre. At the same time there was in each case concern that such an arrangement, would not recognize a' difference in 'rural and urban assessment. There was .fear that because of what is regarded as an imbalance of assessment between the two, charges on the rural ratepay- z, er would not reflect properly the rela- tively higher number of students originating in the towns. Surely if such an imbalance does exist—and this goes deepefthan a divi- sion of school costs—it strikes at the result that inevitably would have come very basis on which all municipal taxes about before too' long- 4 -.-are levied. It is something that can- gnia g the disadvantages of the R.eco not - be resolved at the town -township one -room school was one step. How to .level, but involves the entire field of overcome them is another, and it is in municipal taxation. this area that most of the discussion In the meantime, if it is considered took .place. the most practical and economical way It was not so much that the small of giving rural students the advantages schools have not done a job in prepar- of grade school education is to use ing rural youth for his place in the urban facilities, then surely reasonable world. ,A roll call of the graduates of men and women on both sides can work any of these schools would , provide out a cost sharing formula that is proof of this, if proof was needed. • • equitable to all concerned. A Macduff Ottawa Report The Week That Was . OTTAWA --There used to be a popular British TV program on the BBC known as "That Was the Week That Was". , When, weary Liberal mem- bers of parliament left the Com- mons chamber on• Friday night, Nov. 27, some said with wry smiles, "That was the week that was", and added' with evident concern, that they wished the week had never transpired. It began quietly enough with NDP Leader T. C. Douglas, on Monday enquiring it any per- sons in high positions in Ot- tawa had Sought to bring influ- ence to bear on a Montreal law- yer, who *as acting for the United States Government, He said that two Americans being held in Bordeaux prison sought release on bail, He also said he understood pressure had been brought on the lawyer not to oppose the. application for bail. Justice Minister Guy Favreau said he would be prepared to answer the question when his departmental estimates were discussed later that day. And later when making a statement on his estimates Mr. Favreau informed the House that as a result of information placed be- 'fore- the RCMP, the commis- sioner of that force reported the matter to Mr. Favreau and he immediately ordered a full inquiiy be mader by the RCMP. It was learned that he had in- structed the commissioner to have all persons involved inter- viewed simultaneously .and as soon as possible. This was done. Mr. Favreau added, "This is a case with which the Depart- ment of Justice, as such, through its legal branch, is concerned in holding a watch- ing brief". Up to that point no names had been placed on the record. In fact, Mr.. Douglas was very carefully avoiding placing names on the record. Mr. Fav- reau emphasized that after the RCMP Inquiry was completed and it was felt there was not sufficient evidence to recom- triend a' p!eosectition. ''' >:i'iider titteatfdffitig by Valk Wichita, t1':c • `viilttlitt?, the rats-. tice''Mitti said e. hwel riot referred the matter to the law officers of the Crown for an opinion. He said it was not the practice' of the Justice Minister to do that unless (1) the mat- ter was brought to the atten- tion of the Minister,,for that purpose or, (2) he i§ satisfied there is' room for opinion. It was here that the Justice Minister left himself . open to attack. The opposition said he had erred in not turning the matter over to the law officers for their opinion in order to substantiate the opinion he and the RCMP had reached. Mr. Favreau emphasized that he did, not wish to make pub- lic names of certain employees or former employees of the Government at this time in con- nection with this case. Howev- er, he quickly and readily ac- cepted a suggestion by Mr. Douglas that a judicial inquiry be set up. He believed it should be held in camera in order to protect those who were not guilty of any wrong doing. But Mr. Nielsen protested He found the suggestion• of an "in camera" inquiry "astonishing". He charged that the "offenders" in the case had been employees in the Justice Minister's office and in the office of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. He named a former executive assistant to Immigration Mini- ster Rene Tremblay and a for- mer executive assistant to Mr. Favreau as involved. -.. Mr. Favreau, . took exception to 'the use of the word "offen- der". He branded as a "lie" the suggestion by Mr. Nielsen that anyone "implicated as an offender" by the Yukon mem- ber was a member of the Jus- tice Department, or had ever been a member of the Justice . Department, With the naming of names on the record by Mr. Nielsen any proposal to hold an "in camera" inquiry went by the board. When the House met on Tuesday, Nov. 24, Guy Rouleau, the Liberal member of Parlia- ment for Dollard and Parlia- mentary Secretary to the Prime 'Minister, resigned from his post with the Prime Minister. He made a statement itt the 1ib`tise sig liad blade a volttn. • • tary statement to the RCMP in this case and until a judicial inquiry had completed its'work he had asked the Prime Mini- ster to be relieved of his duties. Under questioning in the House the Justice Minister made it clear that he had not inforrhed the Prime Minister of the case until shortly before his •estimatescame before the House late last month. Mr. Favreau had been vigor- ously criticized in the House for failing to inform the Prime Minister. He states he cannot explain the lapse. It is known that at the time of the RCMP inquiry he was under heavy pressure because he was also Government House Leader. He had been advised by his doctor to take it easier and if possible, to takes holiday. . The Government acted quick- ly to set up a judicial inquiry. It appointed Chief Justice Fre- deric Dorion of the superior court of Quebec, Prime Minister Pearson had left. Tuesday afternoon to keep long standing engagements in Western Canada. He thought at the time of his departure that the orderin-council having been passed to set up the judi- cial inquiry, the pressure would be eased. But the opposition was indig- nant over what it believed were restrii ed terms of reference. They demanded that the terms be widened so that the activi- ties of the Justice Minister would be subject to scarutiny by the inquiry. The Liberals found that the opposition parties were in agreement on this. Finally the Cabinet, under the leadership of Acting Prime Minister Paul Martin, backed down and agreed to widening the terms of reference. They submitted the revised terms of reference to the House Friday morning, Nov. 27. The New Democratic Party announced it would vote with the Government against a Conservative want of confidence motion. The- Social Crediters said they would do the same. The Creditistes also indicated support. .Mr. Pearson called for a mdrntdrfiirlt oft disettasion, of THIS WEEK HAS 365 DAYS In the 'Years Agone From The Huron Expositor December 15, 1939 • Rev. William Weir, Portage La Prairie, has aecepted'a call to Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensall, and will be inducted the early part of January. - Mrs. Robert Bonthron on Tuesday of this week celebrat- ed her 80th birthday at her home in Hensall and received many calls. Mrs. Bonthron is in wonderfully good health at her advanced age. The following officers of the WMS and WA of Cavan Church, Winthrop, were installed by Rev. R. W. Craw: Honorary president, Mrs. Craw; president, Mrs. Hugh Alexander; first vice- president, Mrs. R. McClure; second vice-president, Mrs. Al- lan Ross; third. vice-president, Mrs. Russell T. Bolton; ' secre- tary, Mrs. Theron Bettles; WA treasurer, Mrs. Charles ` Dol - mage; WMS treasurer, Mrs. Wm. Church; 1► issionary Monthly, Mrs. Bettle�a; strangers' secre- tary, Mrs. W. R. Somerville; Christian Stewardship, Mrs. Jas. Hogg; flower committee, Mrs. $Boyd; supply committee, .Mrs. 'J.. Pethick; temperance secre- tary, Mrs. Irwin Trewartha. Mr. Joseph Eckert, Seaforth; left last Thursday to operate the King Construction shovel. for Currie, Briggs & Co., at Sault Ste. Marie. Charles. Holmes, Ross Scott, W. A. Wright and D. 11. Wilson. were in Toronto -on Monday at- tending installation ceremonies of the Kingsway Lodge. Arthur Reid, a Seaforth old boy, was installed as Master of the Lodge. Dr. C. A. Meyers, Mrs. Mey- ers and daughter, Elizabeth Anne, have moved into the property formerly occupied by Dr. T. T. McRae on William St., Bayfield, and he has opened his officekthere, having taken over Dr. McRae's practise. M. E. Clarke commenced this • the case pending the findings of the judicial inquiry. Mean,; time his Government announc ed that the following week ther flag debate would be resumed, and it was. But left behind were some serious questions. The Govern- ment's handling of the charges made in the House by Mr, Niel- sen was inept. • Had the Cab- inet quickly agreed to setting up'a judicial inquiry with broad and sweeping terms of refer- ence it would have .not provid- ed the basis fbr some of the serious criticism voiced in the Commons. While Ma Favreau was moti- vated by a desire to prevent innocent persons being smear- ed or dragged into the case he reckoned without the Conserva- tives desire to get the names out into the open. The Justice Minister by not referring the case to his law officers for a finding and by failing to inform the Prime Minister of the mess, was guilty of serious errors in Judgment. It is assumed that should the judicial inquiry find he did not carry out his duties properly, then the Justice Minister will resign. In the interval the op- position groups—other than the Conservatives made it clear they were prepared to wait on the verdict of the inquiry. week to remove the first por- R. Box's Restaurant and spent a social hour very pleasantly. Misses Ruby and Myrtle Sad ler have returned to their home after having taken a course in dressmaking in Mitchell. Many of the order residents of Seaforth will learn with re- gret 'and sorrow of the death of M. R. Counter, once a prom- inent and highly esteemed resi- dent and businessman of town. The sad event occurred at his home in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. The annul election of officers of Britannia Masonic Lodge was held Monday evening, the following being elected: WM, S. T. Holmes; SW, Dr. H. H. Ross; JW, L. T. DeLacey; SD, Charles Aberhart; JW, William Bristow; IG, J. A. Archibald; chaplain, Wm. Ballantyne; treas- urer, John Rankin; secretary, L. C. Jackson; tyler, H. Jeffery. A large number went from town to Brucefield Monday night to attend the anniversary tea meeting in the Presbyterian Church there. Mr. Morley Drake was in staf- fa saying goodbye to old friends before leaving, with the Second Contingent for the front. From The Huron Expositor December 13, 1889 For the vacancy in School Section No. 4, Morris,._ there were 30 applicants. Wm. Sloan was the successful candidate, at a salary of $275.00. A meeting of the sharehold- ers and patrons of the cheese factory at Kinburn was held there on Friday. There 'was an unusually large npthber of pa- trons present. Mr. Papineau, who has been "assistant in the fac- tory for several years, was en- gaged as cheesemaker, and Mr. George Stephenson was appoint- ed to assist him in the manage- ment. Mr. A. Leach, of Walton, was appointed salesman. At the shareholders' meeting' the fol- lowing directors and . officers were appointed: George Steph- enson, John Britton, ''John Mc- Gregor', J. B. Henderson and John McDonald. J. B. Hender- son was -elected president, ' and Robert Jamieson, Seaforth, Was reappointed secretary -treasurer. Mr. John Copp, of town, has sold his driving mare to Mr. Arthur Forbes. She will make a valuable addition to Mr. Forbes' already -well equipped livery establishment. Mr. W., F. Wilson, the Mani- toba partner of Mr. Smith, of the Broadfoot-& Box Furniture Company here, has removed to town from Brandon. He takes •Mr. Smith's place here and that gentleman leaves for Brandon next week. Oar' Wednesday evening the Rev. 0. H. Bridgeman, of St. Paul's Church, Hensall, enter- tained the members of his choir• at the residence of Mr. B. Kais- er and treated them to an oyster supper. Mr. S. E. Faust, Zurich, met with an accident last week. While throwing snowballs, he ran against a post and cut a big gash in his: face, just below the eye: Mr. Walter Murphy, of Har - lock, has just • finished thresh- ing, having threshed 111 days. The anniversary services of Union Church, Brucefield, were conducted by Rev. D. H. Flet- cher, D,D., of Hamilton. On Monday he delivered his popu- lar address, "Palestine As I Saw It." The many friends of Mr. Ed- ward 'Cash will be sorry to learn that he is again laid up with a' severe attack of illness. James Bishop and Archibald Lamont, of Grey, returned fast week k from a hunting expedition to Muskoka. They brought home with them three fine deer. .Winthrop Orange Lodge held their regular meeting Wednes- " day evening, when the follow- ing officers were installed for the ensuing year: John Scarlett, WM; James Horney, DM; An- thony Boyd, treasurer; Hobert Scarlett, seci<etary; Wm. Bul- lard, D of- C; Wm: 1Iorney and John 1iulIard, Ieeturera;' Wiz`l. Horney.: J. C..Godktn, audl• fors tion of his warehouse on Mar- ket St., in order to erect a ser- vice station. The building was formerly the Adam Hays livery barn. Mr. John Beattie, well-known Seaforth businessman, will com- plete his fiftieth . Christmas sea- son • here. The Blyth Standard this week refers to a ctnge in the own- ership of the; flax mill in that town. It says: "Mr.' Win. Col- linson has disposed of the flax mill, which has been idle, to Gordon & Son. Seaforth Lions Club has ex- pended over $20,000 on welfare work and community benefits since its formation, members learned Monday evening. It ob- served its 15th birthday this week. Lion C. A. Barber was chairman of the meeting and expressed appreciation •to Earl VanEgmond and James T. Scott for their co-operation and help during the. year. B. B. Stephenson, Constance, was elected president of the Club of Progress at the reorgan- ization meeting. A. R. Dodds was named chairman. Other of- ficers are: • vice-presidents. W. Frolick and W. BE Jewitt; treas- urer, Miss E. Britton; press sec- retary, A. R. Dodds. Mr. Leo Stephenson, Con- stanee,. having got possession,_of his new property, formerly own- ed by Duncan Tudore, is having it'put into good repair, both -in- side and out. Golfers wound up the season Wednesday evening when the annual meeting was held at the clubhouse. About 50 were pres- ent. President E. C. Boswell, presided over the meeting with the club's three directors, E. C. Boswell, J. A. Stewart and N: C. Cardno. • a From The Huron Expositor December 11, 1914 On Tuesday of last week a large crowd gathered at the CPR station at Walton to bid godspeed to Walton's two re- presentatives on., the. Second ,Contingent, namely, Bert Den- nison and Wm. Cunningham. We believe that Fred Manns and Frank Farquhar, of Hen- sall; are going into partnership as barbers and have rented the fine centre store in the Petty Block. Rev. F. H. Larkin, of town, returned on Saturday from a• three . months' visit with rela- tives in Prince Edward Island. Miss Lillian Twiss .is ill with an attack of appendicitis. Mr. Harold Stark is acting as sub- stitute bookkeeper at Sills' Hardware. Mr. Alex Sutherland, who' has.- been as.-been the very efficient caretak- er at First Presbyterian Church for a good many years, has been forced to resign on account of ill health, and Mr, Wm. Hart has been engaged as his suc- cessor. At the recent ,musical exam- inations of the Canadian Acad- emy of Music, Toronto, Miss Anne Govenlock, Seaforth, com- pleted her teacher's course in Godowsky method, and has re- ceived her graduation . certifi- cate. At the close of the cantata in First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening, those who took part enjoyed lunch at A. "Certainly I'm shouting .. .1 want-hty motherto hear !" Sugar and Spice By Bili Smiley SOME MYTHS ABOUT CANADA Two things combined to arouse me this week to one of my sporadic defences of Can- ada: One was the fact that I have been teaching an essay by. Bruce Hutchison called The Canadian PersonaIity.. It's a good essay,, one which makes the kids studying it think about themselves and their country. The other is that my kid brother arrived home the other day atter four years in Europe. He's a good kid, but his mis- conceptions about this country are deplorable" Hutchison, in his essay, sug- gests some of, the characteris- tics common to Canadians. They are poetic, but pure poppycock. He speaks first of the `most obvious", our "national humil- it This is most obviously a figment of the author's imagin- ation. While most Canadians will grudgingly admit that there's an occasional Limey or Yank who is not devoid of com- mon sense, you'd have a formid- able job on your hands to find half a dozen Canadians who felt humble in the presence of either. Next, he says we are "A conservative and steady peo- ple."' Oh, yes. Yes, • indeedy! We are the conservative and steady 'people who have an election every couple ofyears, who swing wildly from one po- litical party to another, who riot over a hockey game, who have families coming to blows over a flag design, who blow up mailboxes., And he Says, our politicians reflect us in . - ." their"posi- tive terror of color and flair," I guess he's right: --John- Diefen- baker, a politician to whom we gave the greatest majority in our history, whom we elected twice as Prime Minister, has no more color than a purple dra- gon breathing crimson flames. * "And we are a lonely people," says Hutchison. Well, speak for yourself, old boy. Personally, I'd prefer to be about three times as lonely as I am. You should try, , sometime, getting into the bathroom at our glace. He says we are "awed by the fierce northern climate, which colors and toughens . . our spirit Y' Awed be hanged. I wept out• Sunday morning. It had sowed. My picnic table looked like a pregnant hippo.- potamus, lying un her back. I 'stuck a yardstick down. Twen- ty-two inches, overnight. But I wasn't awed. I swore for ten minutes, and started shovelling. The kid brother was just as wrong-headed about Canada as Hutchison. I expected some lu- cid comments on the Canadian scene, for someone who bad been exposed to European cul- ture for four years, the last two in Paris. Do you know what he com- plained of? The fact that Eur- opeans, who don't have any snow, to speak of, have no cuffs on their trousers, while Cana- dians, who wade through the stuff for five months, have cuffs. Het doesn't realize that we like it that way, that we like to walk into somebody's house, stamp -our boots off in their hallway, and turn about four pounds of snow out of our cuffs onto their fresh -waxed hard- wood floors. Keeps them from getting house-proud. ,,, to you know what he talked about? Not the impressive view from the, Eiffel Tower, but the annual number of suicides who had leaped from it. Not the glories of the Louvre, but the horrors of Paris traffic. He spoke with rapture about his meals 'in Paris, with scorn about Canadian cooking. And left never a morsel of the lat- ter, even though there wasn't a single snail or a single song, bird among it, on his plate. He scoffed at Canadians' en. grossment with money and sta. tus symbols. And raved inter- minably about his new Rover, his new hi:fi, his camera, his tape recorder, and how much he saved on them. As far as I'm concerned, I think I'll just let Mr. Hutchison. and the kill brother go on liv- ing in their dream world, while I go on being a dour, independ- ent, ornery Canadian, ' without per'spnality, color or qeulture., Who needs it? "Joe, I think bearsare into the. grubl" 'That's Eddie:.. he's the best football player in our class!" I s lis:1, r1 "4110,4/ e,41 7":4fw,,.`51:;:it w,ty1-.'4 The, following CHRISTMAS 9 SHOPPING HOURS Have Been Adopted: 1. Stores will be open all day Wednesday, December 16th, until 6 p.m. 2. Stores will remain open until 9:00 p.m., on Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd. 3, Stores will remain open until 8 o'clock p.m. on Christmas Eve, Thursday. Dec. 24. 4. Christmas Day will be observed on Fri- day, December 25th. Stores will be closed. 5. Stores will be closed Saturday, Dec. 26th, 1VIEE.CHANTS' eOMJITTEE Seaforth Chamber of Commerce 1 ;;1 ..:+tJ•. ,t ..,E[ ; �4J,, 4 =� • '1 .-cls � 1 .. ..:1 11 X1..:'4 „1 .,:.1) .