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The Huron Expositor, 1965-01-28, Page 2Since 1.86.0, Serving the Community First hTi tecl '11*-areArAfITH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor �0 A' Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association 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 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY' 28, 1965 Expropriation Changes Will Be Helpful While there is as yet, of course, no formation is at hand, he finds he must indication as to the nature of the wait months and sometimes years be - amendments to be proposed, the recent fore he receives payment. It is pretty Throne speech at the opening of thedifficult to buy property on which to Ontario Legislature -made reference to • relocate until funds are at hand, or at changes that were contemplated in ex- - least assured. istinl expropriation legislation. Too, -,there is the need of assessing those factors not reflected by the value of mere bricks and shingles. Who can say arbitrarily how many dollars and cents are compensation for the act of uprooting a family from the home they have occupied fog; generations? Expropriations frequently touch at the very heart of a man's existence— his home—and tend to ..invite an emo- tional rather than logical response, The result is whole communities become in- volved, long-standing bitterness ' de- velops, important projects are delayed. And through it all, the per- sons affected generally end up in worse circumstances than if they had said nothing and bowed to the inevitable in the first • instance A, review of the entire matter should do much to correct a situation which with the pressures of today's require- ments has been getting out of hand. ri Certainly changes have been long overdue and Premier Robarts in sug- gesting the legislation be up -dated is reflecting increasing evidences of dis- satisfaction at many levels and in many areas across the province. The recent, and until now the most widely publiciz- ed incident in which expropriation pro- ceedings are the subject of criticism, is that in connection with the Woodstock area dam. There can be no doubt as to the. ne- cessity, of expropriation. As the pub- lic . demands more roads, more parks, more conservation areas, expropriation in an .,increasing number of cases will be inevitable. It is unreasonable that the needs of a cotnmtinity be denied because a particular piece of property cannot be made available. But because expropriation is necessary is all the more reason that the rights of the in- dividuals involved are protected and, that in making settlements, authorities bend over backwards to see that they are equitable. At the same time, there is 'a responsibility to ensure that , the ,public purse is protected. • Too often • in the past the first inti- mation a landowner has had that he is about to lose his property is the pres- ence on his land of a survey crew. Too often in- their _. evident desire to get their job done, the agents of the department or- authority concerned, tend to forget. the rights of the owner. They take, refuge to the full of the ultimate. powers which the existing law dele- gates to them. But the way in' which the initial steps are taken is but one part of the problem, and in some respects the least of it. ' If the property expropriated includes a home or a:, business, the owner's first concern is finding an alternative loca- tion: This is difficult, if not impossible, when he has no idea, nor can he find out, .what he is to receive by .way of compensation. And even when this in - A Macduff Ottawa Report .Room at the Top OTTAWA—The curious fact about the political situation . in Canada today is that John Dief- enbaker, as leader of the Op- position, remains almost as im- portant a figure in political life as he ever "was as Prime Min- ister. The present crisis in the Con- servative ' leadership, therefore, is'ii'nportant not only to.the par- ty, but to all Canadians. The opposition in our demo- cratic system, is supposed to offer a satisfactory alternative to the party in power. The plain fact is that the Conservatives under Mr. Diefen- baker no longer present that alternative. In the key area of Confederation, in Federal -Pro- vincial relations, in Quebec -Eng- lish reletidns, Mr. Diefenbaker and his Party no longer present any alternative which is satis- factory to the nation as a whole. It is this feeling that is be - „hind the demand of the ten Que- bec Conservatives, 'led by Leon Baleer,fdr.a leadership conven- tion. It is the same feeling that has Ied a number of Conserva- tive members -in other parte of Canada to call for a change in leadership. This raises the - strict' party question- of whether or not Mr. Diefenbaker should step- down, end in what manner. But it al- so raises manyother questions which transcend party lines, For example, will a Conserva- tive Party Survive which is able to conlmand: support in all re- gions of this sadly -divided coun- try? Will the. Conservative lead- ership struggle spill over into Parliament and perhaps force the chantry to a general elec- tion which few people want at the moment? These are ifilportant.questions to every Canadian. tilt they are gilestions that will be answered, 1 y, Mr. Moore's farm and went In- aXr'nost +i11y-nf11y, as Sohn -bid- to the' , house over Inc cistern hi OtWii`s. Tib artcedi'Stii Par a eir , w iieods' . rievu, „kt+yilt. deo - , ,. r �;.�� �..1 4Ct $tt, , . _,,;.., 1. , ittttit`Cuc'r:, Titila ,�i�'i,n•A;:�1' • You Name It .. . Always a useful topic of conserva- • tion, the weather during recent weeks has outdone itself in providing a subject for discussion for otherwise tongue-tied citizens. An open December- and a green Christmas was followed by—at most times= --a --fall-like ' Jafnuary: ' Detei pin- ed at all costs to avoid monotony, the weatherman then in a matter of hours produced a period of several days when the thermometer hovered at'ound and below zero.. Still bent in giving us variety, we enjoyed an old-fashioned storm over the weekend, with heavy snow gusting from every direction. On Monday it w'ss warmer with fog, and by Tuesday there was a quite heavy rain. On Wed- nesday there was more snow and storm. While the winter is half over, there -is still lots of time ' for some rough weather. But no matter how rough it gets, there will be trouble matching the variety we already have experieneed. -- How Soon? are determined to unseat him. At the moment it seems that the Conservative Party is get- ting ready to tea"r ,itself apart. This will be a sad spectacle, as sad perhaps, as the spectacle of a former Prime Minister being turfed out, crowned with failure and relegated to the dark back rooms of his Party structure. Mr. Diefenbaker has success- fully faced challenges before,'of course, • and he may be able to handle this one. But that looks more doubtful every day. A large segment of the Con- . servative Party is interlt on get- ting rid of him. Personal pre- judice, policy questions, and' a fine sense of what is politically necessary are behind this move- ment. The movement is partly in the open, and partly behind the scenes. Sonic of the more ser- ious and courageous Conserva- tives such as Gerald" Baldwin, Douglas Harkness, Gordon Aik- en and Gordon Fairweather, have be quick to voice their public support of Mr. Balcer's demands: Understandably enough, older and more experienced -members prefer to work behind' the scenes for •the same ends. One -would' not expect George Now- lan, AIvin Hamilton, George Hees, Davie Fulton or Senator Wallace McCutcheon to express public reservations about the present leadership, though they might work . privately to get a new leader. The concern of these men for the leadership is tempered by their desire to maintain party unity, and that is understand- able. But their silence must not be mistaken for' support for Mr. Diefenbaker, The truth is that Mr. t iefen- baker stands in great personal peril, The fo ,ces against him are growing. The active ele- leadership, and they are con- vincing others. The national executive of the Party—a 140 -member group—is said to be in the majority against • Mr. Diefenbaker. The fact remains, however, as Gordon Churchill says, that Jon Diefenbaker still has a lot of friends in Canada. But even so it's difficult to escape the con- clusion that the question is not so' much whether Mr. Diefen- baker will go, but'when and how he will go. He himself has indicated that he has no intention of stepping down. He says there -'-is no con- stitutional basis for a leader- ship convention when the lead- ership is not vacant. If he sticks to this position, a messy, bloody, internal fight• is assured. The forces ,against him are impatient. Their motives are philosophical and political, but the political motivation is urg- ent. The Government is in disar- ray. It has a well-deserved re- putation for fumbling and in- competence, and its ,political morality is in question. The re- bels believe that if there were a satisfactory alternative to the Government, the Pearson ad- ministration could be thrown out by the voters in an early elec- tion. They'also believe that under the Diefenbaker leadership, the Conservative -Party can expect no gains in an election, and quite pessibly could suffer heavy losses: Their strategy is based almost wholly on the promise that an election will not be held Mr several months, but that they i must change their leader im- mediately to be ready for that election. If they don't get a new leader, `they feel' the Lib- erals would win a majority, and that would mean another four • a? •-• � 9 7 �V11 _.. ••••q_, .'tom / _ ' i;C.C.:(#/(-7 7.1 '4'• // • (•\ tics . j>- • _;; i/ 1 • • • 11 . ../..1 •. CCS! . 1,,......-...t:f;,..:(,:i..,: :/;. 0” - ...that is forever England In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor February 2, 1940 W. J. Duncan was named chairman of the Seaforth Col- legiate Institute Board. He .suc- ,ceeds J. F. Daly. Jackrabbits have proved a profitable source of income this year to local huntsmen. They bring 20 cents each and are us- ed for fox meat. Mr. Isaac -Hud-. son, local produce dealer, made a shipment of 125 of the•jacks. Dr. W. • C. Sproat this week disposed of his practice here to Dr. M. W. Stapleton, of Dublin, who is now in possession. Dr. Sproat has purchased the pro- perty of the late Dr. H. K. Cre- han, of Stratford, and will short- ly move to that city. The enumerators for the com- ing election for, McKillop are: John. L. Malone, Seaforth; Jas. T. Scott, Seaforth; Mrs. Allen" Ross, Walton; Hugh Alexander, Walton. For Tuckersmith— Robert Archibald, Seaforth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth; Gregor McGregor, Clinton; John Broad - foot, Brucefield; William Buch- anan, Hensall; James.Hay, Kip - pen. For Seaforth — Francis Devereaux, W. Ross, J. M. Gov- enlock, Leo Hagan, Wm. Reid and Garnet Free. - McKillop Township at a spe- cial meeting named.John M. •Eckert township treasurer. Mr. Eckert, who is- a • former reeve of the township and ex -warden of the county, is well acquaint- ed with the business of the township and is thus . particular- ly suited for the position. At a recent meeting of the Children of Mary Sodality of St. James' Church, Seaforth, the following officers were elected: Honorary president, Father T. P. Hussey; past president, Doro- thy Bannerman; president, Cath- erine Flannery; first vice, Isabel Flannigan; treasurer, Loretta Bannon; secretary, Martha Flan- nery. Dr. G. C. Jarrott, physician and surgeon of Seaforth, •has opened an office in Stratford, formerly occupied by Dr. Bas- tedo, who is now with the Cana- dian Medical Corps.' Mrs. Margaret' McFauJ, widow of the late Edward McFaul, for many years a prominent dry goods merchant in Seaforth, died at her home in London, Ont: She was 93, years of age. The euchre and dance held - ie the Winthrop Hall was well attended. The prize winners were: •ladies, games, Mrs. Irvin Agar; lone hands, Dorothy Mc- Clure; men, games, Wes Hog- garth; lone hands, Robt. Dodds. The telephone meeting held in Winthrop Hall was very poor- ly attended: The commissioners, J. M. Eekert, Ross Murdie and Matthew Armstrong, were re- elected. • Patricia Costello, 2 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Costello,. of Dublin, accidently found some sleeping tablets, mistaking them for candy and swallowed four of them before being discovered.. Medical ser- vices were immediately sum. moned and after 18 hours 'of constant attendance the child is considered out of danger. •_ One of Dublin's. octogenarians in the person of Mrs. Margaret Murphy, celebrated her 87th birthday recently at her home on Raglan St. She was married to John Murphy about 65 years ago and has resided in Dublin since 19T5. An enjoyable sleigh ride par- ty was held by the girls of St. Thomas'Church, under the lead- ership of Mrs. W. R. 'Shaw. The sleigh was kindly donated by Mr. W. Oldfield. They drove in- to the country and then return- ed to the parish hall for lunch and games. From The Huron Expositor January 29, 1914 The Winthrop Literary Soci- ety" met in Calder's Hall for organization purposes. The fol- lowing officers were elected: President, A. G. Calder; vice- pres.,1 A. A. Cuthill; secretary, Miss Bullard; treasurer, Miss Hearn. A few days ago some boys were skating on the creek at e, bake moves for fight the menti' in his own Party are eon.years in o position before thean •5rebo d White there one ' £ th Ise through a hole into the cistern. He clung to one of the braces until they went for help which was fully a mile away. Mr. Wm. Stade drew Clifford to the top and the boys 'took him home, somewhat cold, but otherwise none the worse. Mr. Wm. Chapman, of the second concession of Tucker - smith, delivered at Brucefield last week a pair of hogs, 71 months old, that weighed 725 pounds. We understand that John Swan, Brucefield, has been ap- pointed village constable. Mr. Flood, whose home is in Northern Ontario, has been around the vicinity of Leadbury buying- dried, apples, which he intends shipping north. The price paid is 4c per pound. Walton Presbyterian Church held its annual meeting and the past year has been most suc- cessful. A building committee, composed of McFadzean, John- ston, McCall, Smillie, Shortreed and Knechtel, were appointed to erect another large cement shed to accommodate the hors= es of the growing congregation. Mr. W. T. Hays, of town, sang at the anniversary services in Thames Road Church. Miss Freda Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Taylor, North Main St., is one of the professional nurs- es who has been selected by the military authorities fpr ser- vice in France. Mr. John McDonald, n£.Wal- ton, has completed his sawmill plant with the erection of a, dry kiln and a large side addi- tion to the mill. At the opening meeting of county council of Huron, Mr. John M. Govenlock, Reeve of McKillop, was elected warden by acclamation. Mr. Govenlock has been a member of. the coun- cil continuously for eight years, and will 'make a good warden. On Friday evening at 'the in- vitation of Mr. and Mrs. John McLean, abeut 100 people gath- ered at their home to a recep- tion in honor of their son, Rob- ert Lawrence, and his bride. They were made the recipients of many useful and costly gifts. - From The Huron Expositor January 31, 1890 Mr. D. McGregor, who has taught successfully in Section No. 4, McKillop, during the last three years, has 'resigned his position' and will go to Strat- ford to attend the Busines Col- lege. • A new court,. to be called Court Seaforth, under the aus- pices of the Independent Order of Foresters, was organized. The following officers were elected: Chas. Dickson, B.A.; W. Robb, V.C:R.; W. W. Meredith, R.S.; W. Somerville, F.S.; Wm. Pick- ard, treas.; A. Winters, S.W.; J, Abel, J.W.; J. A. F, Robert- son, S.S.; W. J. Fear., J.B.; I. V. Fear, P.C.R.; J. Robb, chaplain; Dr. R. W. Bruce Smith;' physi- cian. • The Rev: W. J. Hall, B.A., of Stonewall, Man., who is at pre- sent the guest of his brother- in-law, Mr. J. R. Govenlock, of Winthrop, filled the pulpit at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday. • Mr. Wm. 'Cameron, of the 13th concession of Tuckersmith, re- cently kilred two pigs seven months old, one of which weigh- ed 240 poundsand the;- other 267 ¢bunds, dressed,; They were of the Chester White breed. Mr. Robert Hawthorn% of Brucefield, is erecting a fine frame house on Queen St. •A Murdoch & Co., of the Man- sion House, Hensall, have much improved the appearance of their store front by. putting in a couple of fine plate glass win- dows. The aesignee of the Rogers Estate has sold the salt block in Brussels to Coleman & Sons, of Seaforth, also the stock in yard, etc., for the sum of $700. George McTaggart, of 16th concession, Grey, has been suf- fering much lately from a sev- ere attack of the prevailing epidemic, the la grippe, A goodly number of the meln- bers,and: adherents of the Pres- byterian; Church, Chiselhurst, drove,to- the residence of; their Worthy . lirecenter, Richard Gil} garir,• gtitth otlizilaary yl IVO watch and chain and an ad- dress, expressing their apprecia- tion of his valuable services as precentor. The concert under the aus- pices of the Seaforth Caledon- ian Society was a success in every respect. The good sleigh- ing and pleasant night brought out a large attendance from the country. The chair was occu- pied by the Chief, Dr. Camp- bell, and followed by a song from Seaforth's old Scottish fav- orite, Mr. Robert Carmichael, and •Miss Kate Coutts, Mr. G. W. Grant; dancing by little boy Hays and Mr. James Fox Miss L. Willson presided at the piano. A frame dwelling house, the' property of Mrs. Papple and occupied 'by Mr. Jephson and situated near the Presbyterian Church in Egmondville, was burned to the ground. As an index of the state of the public health in this vicin- ity, we may say that Dr. Scott, of this town, on Saturday. last - prescribed for over 50 patients at his office, besides, outside calls, Sugar and Spice — By Bill Smiley •— HO HUM, WAR IS HELL! Is there anything sillier than an old soldier? Wait a minute, Jack, I don't mean honest vet- erans like you and 'me, who fought our war, then forgave and forgot. No, I mean the professions, and especially the generals. My feelings toward the top brass were rekindled recently when General Omar Bradley took a swing from out in left field at General Montgomery, claiming Monty had been too slow and too scared to close the Falaise Gap when he should have. - Twenty years after the event, the old boys are still bickering. • I didn't blame Bradley much. Montgomery has been blaming every other general, ever since the war ended, for everything that went wrong. Apparently he was the only big shot who ,was always right. And that reminds me of the silliest thing Montgomery ever said. It was a few years ago, during an interview. It was to the effect that he likes to see soldiers soaking wet, hungry, fil- thy and exhausted: Then he knows they have been soldier- ing. That sort of poppycock is fairly typical of the intelligence . of a general. This may have been true dur- ing the Kaiser's war. Old sweats of that one knew all about dirt, wet, lice, slim rations and ex- haustion. But their troubles were all physical ones: being blown up, or sniped, or caught on the barbed wire, or gassed, or eaten alive by rats. They didn't face the psychological horrors of my war. • ' It was sheer' hell, at times, for us pilots, especially if we were officers. Even today, after two decades trying to heal the scars, memory of those ordeals sends a cold shudder through me. Sometimes, for example, the batman would forget to put sug- ar in the morning , tea be brought- when he wakened you. But you never complained. You drank it down stoically, without a whimper. Another exPerience that left its mark on many of us was the time they took the batmen off altogether and substituted WAAFs- for them. Some of the chaps were totally unnerved to be wakened in the morning by a chubby little air -woman, cooing "'ere's your tea, luv. Drink it up while it's 'on" Some of the other hardships we endured can scarcely be re- counted in a family journal. One aerodrome at which I had the incredible bad luck to be sta- tioned in England was eight miles from the dearest pub, and the only way to get there was by bicycle. Match that for in- human conditions? But that's the sort of thing we went through,. and those of us who survived•• were prema- turely aged by the pitiless cir- 'cumstances under which we strove to ensure there'd always be an England. Seared in my brain forever is one horrible day we were drafted by a bru- tal group captain toplay rugger the morning after a farewell par- ty al.•ty in the sergeants' mess. Rug- ger is a peculiar British game in which you never stomp a man in the face until he is down, and only then if you can't stomp him in the stomach. Another painful memory is that of fat senior officers stand- ing with their backsides to the fireplace, while' we junior offi- cers, shut off from the only heat in the place, shivered miserably around the bar. * AC Old sweats talk about march ing 300 miles in ten days. They don't realize' what we .,went through on those trains in Eng. land. Sometimes we officers, even .though we had first-class tickets, had to. ride''in the third- class coaches with all those rude, -nasty soldiers and sailors and things. Looking back, I can't help but marvel at the way we faced up to the hardships of those grim days, without a- murmur. But it was war, and we were, true-blue. Except in the mornings, when we were a little green around the • gills. That's when they'd givee you a kipper for•breakfast. Hardships? I could write a book. THIS WEEK . AND NEXT; Common Car Market By RAY. ARGYLE -Canada and the United States took the first faltering steps to- ward a North.American Com- mon Market lat week. In doing so, this country has set out on a course that gives us a better than even chance of creating the 1,500,000 new jobs which we will have to have by 1979. The • agreement signed 'by Prime Minister Pearson and 'President Johnson ,at the LBJ Ranch in Texas will result in a 'merger of the auto industries of the two countries. It means that car manufacturers will be able to ship autos across the border free of duty. But to Canadians, the most important aspect of the agree- ment — which awaits approval of the U,S. Congress — is an assurance from U.S. manufac- turers to build a reasonable share of,North ,America's total car prouction in Canada. Canadian industry, if it is to benefit from mass marketing and automation techniques, can no longer limit itself to the Canadian markt of less than But if the auto Common Mar - 20 milli or population:- - - - ket is as successful as is hoped Despite lower wages in the —and it will undergo a full re - Canadian auto industry, it still view in 1968—Canadian should costs up to $3011 more to pro- reap the triple benefits of low•. duce a, car in Canada than in er prices, higher wages for auto Detroit. This is because Cana- workers, ,and increased govern- ' dian car makers produce doz- ment tax revenues on the higher ens of different models •for a volume of production. limited market. Under the new It is significant that although Common Market in autos, Cana- free trade in autos has been In- dian plants at Oshawa, Oakville itiated by a Liberal Government, and Windsor will concentrate negotiations were started by the • on two or three models. Conservative government in•. These models will be sold in 1962. both Canada and the U.S.; cre- As ,the Common Market in ating many thousands of new autos develops, other industries jobs. Canadian car buyers will will come under the scrutiny continue to have a wide choice of the economists, starting with of autos, and it won't matter the highly -automated electron - whether they choose one which, ics industry. happens • to be made in Canada The high promise -of the car or one produced in the States. industry merger came in the The car makers are naturally wake of the first report of the reluctant to promise a lower Economic ` Council of Canada price tag on cars available to which called for equally high Canadians. They realize they goals in' Canada's industrial are eventually going 'to have to growth between -now and 1970.• give in to demands of the auto ,The . Canadian econoMy, the union for wage parity with U.S. report said, must grow at the workers. (Continued on Page 5) HELPING TO BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY ,ra- :��?�,ik•,��7.�'Sfi�' xr� l?+ 1 Donk' fO RGer you TW GAME IN AN +fOVR A