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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 4, 1965
Why Not the Teachers Too?
Among features suggested as ways to
mark Canaga's Centennial is an ex-
change of students from province to
province.
Students . selected in each of the
provinces would be given the oppdri
tunity of visiting other areas across
Canada. Many of thesoealled differ-
ences that are advanced as evidences of
Canadian disunity come about from a
lack of knowledge and a first-hand ap-
preciation of areas other than the stu-
dents' own backyard will do much to
broaden the outlook and thus the
now e ge and understanding of those
fortunate enough to be chosen. In turn,
their experiences as they are recounted
in their classrooms will tend to break
down walls of ignorance. Certainly the
program is one worthy way of marking
the" Centennial and at the same time
build a better Canada.
We wonder, however, .if the scheme
• goes far enough. After all, -the influ-
ence and audience of an individual stu-
404 is limited.
Could not a like.plan be worked out
for teachers and thus. extend the bene-
fits of a broadened attitude which
across Canada travel would bring? Un-
like an individual student, the teacher
meets successive classes and the ex-
periences -gained would be reflected in
his or her teaching over the years.
Undoubtedly there are hundreds and
hundreds of teachers who have never
'been beyond the borders of the pro-
vince in which they were born. In
many cases, of course travel, for one
'reason or another, has not been pos-
sible. In some eases, perhaps, there was
no interest or curiosity to see what lay
beyond the horizon. Whatever the rea-
son, the pupils concerned are not able
toJaezefiLfrom, the, knowledgeof one_
who has been there—who has seen first
hand how fellow Canadians in other
parts of Canada live, and has learned
of their problems, their hopes and
aspirations.
What could do more for unity and
understanding, than to create through
a teacher exchange program a wide-
spread group of teacher ambassadors,
describing the physical characteristics
of their home areas and explaining the
problems of their neighbors or their
A Macduff Ottawa Report
Pension Procrastination
province, while at the same time learn-
ing something of- the problems of the
areas in which they are exchanging,
Lack of understanding between pro-
vinces, while it, is most publicized with
respect to Quebec,is by no gleans con-
fined to that province. Other regional
differences are just as great. It is eq-
ually important that all these areas of
misunderstanding be removed.
Of course there are technical and
administrative problems. The stan-
dards of schools from province to pro-
vince are not common. But surely if
programs can be worked out to ex-
change teachers between Canada and
Britain, between Canada and the ser-
vices abroad, some means c a n
be found to establish such a scheme
within Canada itself. In terms of Can-
adian understanding, it is worth a try.
Pays Dividends
(Wingham Advance -Times)
Last week this paper carried the in-
formation that daily ward rates at the
Wingham and District Hospital will be
increased to $24.08, and we hope that
startling figure will be noted by every.
person in this area who has failed to
cover himself and his family with hos-
pitalization insurance. One week's ill-
ness in hospital, should you fail to do
so, would cost $168.50 — much more
than the average family can afford. A
month in a hospital bed would bring
In, the Years Agone
February 5, 1915 •
From The. Huron Expositor
'While driving a traveller
with a load of trunks to Blake
from Mr. E. Wurm had
the misfortune to upset the load
when making some of the snow
drifts on, the Bronson Line. The
trunks had to be left on the
roadside until the next day.
An interesting part of , the
program at the regular meet -
ing of the Women's Missionary
Auxiliary of First Presbyterian
Church was the presentation to
Mrs. Alex Wilson of a certificate
of life membership. Mrs. Wil-
son expects to leave Seaforth
in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Steph-
ens of the Queen's celebrated -
the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding at their home here on"
Saturday. They were present-
ed with a purse of gold by their
family.
On Friday evening as Col.
Wilson was entering Cardno's
Hall to attend the Bachelors'
and Benedicts' dance, given. -in
aid of .the Red Cross, he was
halted at the door by the Home
Guard in full marching °order
nd headed by Mayor Ament.
The Guard presented him with
purse of gold. The Colleg-
ate Institute_ Board also pre
en -ted Col. Wilson with a wrist
watch.
The following are ,the officers
f Seaforth Citizens Band for
he current year: Honorary
resident, George A. Sills; hon- i
rary---- vire-president- Mayor t
ment; president, Charles Stew_
rt; vice-president, Charles Ab- d
rhart; secretary, A. E. Forbes; a
reasurer, J. F. Daly; managing .e
ornmittee, A. F. Cluff, M. Mc- g
hee and E. L. Box. • E. H. b
lose is theleader.
Mr,. William Wilson has sold
is farm on the 4th concession
f Hullett to Mr. McBrine, of
uburn,, for $7,000. The pur-
haser has get one of.the best
arms in the county.
The recent storm was gener-
1 all over the. province and
ains were blocked on all
oads. This line was, open for
affic on Wednesday' night. ,
Mr. R. Winter, of - town,
has moved his stock of furni-
ture to store next to the
billard room, opposite John St.
He is an enterprisihg young.
merchant with good experienCe.
Mr. Frank Cluff is taking a
captaincy in the London Arm-
ouries.
Mr., Thomas -McKay, of Man-
ley, is busy drawing wood to
Mr. John M. Govenlock's tile
yard at Winthrop, and beat the
record when he delivered 80
cords in • eight days.
The following is the order of
merit standing of the pupils of
EgmondvilIe School: Sr. IV—II.
Jefferson; C. Colbert, E. Shade,
E. Brown; , Jr. IV—M. Weiland,
A. Shade, L. Kruse, P. Strong;
Sr. Weiland, M. Hart, G.
Barber, R. Ireland, M. Kruse;
Jr. Hills, R. Simpson,
M. Shade, M. Ireland, M. Hud -
your bill close to $700.0.0. . a
Inquiries and complaints are still •a
heard about what appears to be the fan- ,
tastiCally high rates for hospital care. s
Many people have not absorbed the mes-
sage that the daily rate -includes many o
services and materials other than the -"t
immediate care of_the patient. Drugs".,____013
for example-, are covered under this fee, A
as are various other expensive treat-_
ments.
son, N. Ireland, J. Hart, E
Shade, R. Makins; Jr. II N
Dupee, R. Hoggarth, V. Hudson
First—R. Colbert, W. Hart
Primer—E. Jefferson, G. Mi
ler, L. Dupee, H. Aberhart.
• Mrs. R. Y. McLaren, Hensall;
• Mrs. Ross Broadfoot, Kippen;
• Mrs. Normington, Hensel; Ir-
win Reichert, Ilensall; Richard
1- Taylor, Kippen; J. E. McEwan,
Hensall.
On Monday night the Toron
to and Goderich train, draw
by. two engines, when about 21/2
miles east of Seaforth, the fron
engine left the rails and turn
ed chsswise on the track, Bot
engines were disabled and th
baggage car was badly dams
.ed, but the two coaches- remain
ed on the track. Mr. Ross, o
Stratford, the engineer, wa
badly scalded by escaping
steam.
Seaforth was without mai
froin any- direction from Mon
day night until Thursday, and
even Monday night's mail did
not reach here' until Wednes
day afternoon.
- Alta; , an absence of seven
n years, a cat has returned to
the home of Mr. Henry Green,
t Exeter. Seven years ago fol-
- lowing the death of Mr. Green's
h mother, the cat left the home,
e going to the home of Mr.
- Coombs next door. Following
- the death of Mrs. Ed. Coombs
f three weeks ago, the cat again
s returned to its former home.
January awards to School of
Commerce pupils, Clinton, were j
1 won, by Mary Johnstone, Sea -
forth; Zelma Fischer, Goderich;
Ellen Fremlin, Clinton; Olive
Johnston, Varna; Margaret Mel-
,
- ville, Exeter, and Rhoda Gov-
ier, Londesboro.
Sugar and Spice
— By 13111 Smiley
HE WAS FOREVER ENOLAN
With his usual superb Bens
'of timing, Winston Churchil
chose to. die during a rathe
dull winter period when it wa
possible to attract the atten
tion of tb,e--' entire world with
out fear—of anyone stealing th
scene from him.
D 65 then, an age when most men
e are retiring from life and the
striuggwle.
rsa
the old fire-eater once,
s and was _almost trampled to
. death in the process. It was on
an airstrip in Normanday, in
e the summer of 1944, a few
weeks after the invasion.
It was time to go. There i
nothing more pitiable than
great man reduced to dotag
and sensility. He was spare
this.
s* * *
a We were -drawn up on parade
e in th dust and heat, officers in
d front, other ,ranks in the rear,
and we stood there, muttering
curses, for 'half an hour.
Suddenly a little two-seater
scout plane popped over the
s horizon and squatted 60 feet in
front of us. The pilot climbed
out. We could see his air -vice-
, marshall's stripes and grumbled
our disgust for all brass, Then
the back cockpit opened and a
• vast, cherubic. visage, with a
cigar in it, beamed at us.
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He came out of the thing like
a baby whale coming out of a
chicken's egg. He stood on the
wing, grinning. He stuck up two
fingers in the world-famous V-
sign, but with just a suggestion
of the service -man's naughty
gesture which looked much the
same but meant something quite
different.
Then he waved, an embracing
wave that said, "Come on in
closer." Our total complement
of officer pilots was almost
wip-
ed out when the rear ranks
surged through, around and.
over us, th cluster within touch-,
ing distance of the old war-
horse.
* *
Despite the avalanche of anec
dotes and eulogies and reprint
of his speeches, I don't think
there was deep and widespread
sorrow at his demise. Certainly
there was none of the heart -in
throat grief that accompanied
the death ,of President Kennedy
It was more - of a nostalgic
sadness, a sense of the loss of
an institution. One -can imagine
the English feeling like this
when Queen Victoria died, af-
ter 60 -odd years on the throne.
* * *
Quite a man was Sir Winston.
And just that. Not a superman,
but a man. •
And that was why he was
able to seize and shake and
straighten the hearts of the
ree world, with his courage
and his tears, his defiance and
his prayers, during those days
when Europe, and the world,
were threatened with "a thou-
sand years of darkness."
Most of us have several ele-
ments in our character. Church-
ill was a kaleidoscope of the
colors of life. He was reaction-
ary and reformer; he was earth-
ly realist and poet; he was
dreamer and does; he was 'sel-
fish and selfless; he wa 's arrog-
ant and humble. He was part
pirate, part ,prophet; part im-
perialist and part imp. Ire -Was
ruthless, but he wept easily.
He was a,hundred other things,
ust as contradictory.
* * *
I was 19 when the "phoney
war" ended, and the German
egions smashed through Bel-
gium, and life suddenly became
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From The Huron Expositor
February 9, 1940
John M. Roberts, Huron coun-
ty clerk, received word of his
appointment as pilot officer in
the RCAF.
Members of the Carnegie Lib-
rary re-elected P. B. lVfoffat as
chairman. The hoard accepted
with regret the resignation of
Mrs. M. A. Reid, as secretary -
treasurer, and named James A.
Stewart to the position.
The eighth -annual skating
party of the Seaforth Colleg-
ate Institute Alumni Associa-
was----a----splendid--surcesSr
Mary Duncan won the lucky
oor prize, while Barbara Best
rid Harold Free captured the
limination skate. Prize for most
raceful skating went to Bar-
am.Best and Ian MacTavish.
W.L.Whyte, well-known
ett -Township farmer, was
Iected a director of the On-
ario Yorkshire Club.
Miss Helen Crich is relieving
t the Goderich office of the
Bell Telephone.
Miss Ella Roulston, of Scott
Memorial Hospital,has
ed .after taking a refresher
course at the Nursing School,
University of Toronto.
Harry Dinnen, Cromarty, has
the diStinction of winning- the
Massey'F d Scholarship as a
Student of the Ontario Agricul-
tural college. A grant of $50
towards this was made by Perth
county council, the full amount
°being $100. •
Mr. Elwood Epps, of Clinton,
has received a fine target rifle
as a special.' award for his mark-
rnanship in rifle competition.
The Brucefield branch of the
Red Cross shipped to Toronto
headquarters in January: 1,2
pairs ,pyjamas, eight bed jack-
ets, 12 children's waists, five
children's slips, 2 pairs panties,
four dozen bandages, 60 ,pairs
Socks, and 51 pairs socks sent
in December.
Hensall Chamber of Com-
merce held a successful euchre
and dance with 30 tables in
play. .The prize winners were
The high rate need, not ,be of any pe
great concern to you individually, pro- C
vided you maintain your premium pay-
ments to Ontario Hdspital Services. De- on
spite the fact that there has been a A
sharp increase in these premiums they fe
are still vastly cheaper than paying '
your oWn hospital bill should that ne- a
cessity arise.
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OTTAWA—The Ontario brief
to the joint Senate -House of
Commons Committee on pen-
sions has rolled another cloud
of ambiguity over the Canada
Pension Plan.
In his statement to the Leg-
islature Premier Roberts ap-
peared simple and clear. He
was accepting the National Plan
seeminglywith,
no condition.
,He added that there would be
a brief which 'would be criti-
cal. Now the brief is out and
it is not only critical, it is de-
manding. At the very least it
appears to be taking a bargain-
ing position, for further nego-
tiations with the Federal Gov-
ernment. It proposes:
(a) a 20 -year transition per-
iod instead of the 10 years now
proposed and elimination of
the .$600 eXemption; ,
(b) an ,increase of $25.00 a
month to everyone receiving
the old age security payment
on and after January 1, 1967,
to be paid out of Pension Plan
contributions.
If the Government should ac-
cept either oi both of these
proposals it would mean a new
agreement with Quebec and
probably a reconvening of a
Federal -Provincial conference.
There was an almost audible
sign of relief from members
of the Committee when they
heard the Roberts' statement,
Until then, there had been
Mire tendon. The Cominittee
has 41 briefs before it, many
of them giving very valid criti-
claims of the Plan. But to all
these the Committee could at -
ford to turn a deaf ear. They
were exatiiiining Legislation.bas;
ed rna negotiated Ow which
could tit& basiCally be . changed.
The ene,,e.titieiarn that blither-
ed thein...-andit."7,aa'unanhnous
6WaVgat:ithe..9Platt-did. Most
e`' ii&ho",:neededit 140
1 $
paying far more attention to
the sections (if Bill C-136 which
amended the Old Age Security
Act than those setting up the
earnings -related pension. 'There,
is no doubt that another hike
in old age security payments
is in the offing in some form or
other. But to accept the Ro-
berts proposal that it be paid
for out of CPP contributions
again upsets the delicate bal-
ance of a., uniform plan built
on eomprornise.
A. lengthening of the transi-
tion period to 20 years is a
horse of another color. This
was the original Quebec plan
and the 'change to 10 years was
a hardly won concession to Ot-
tawa. The Federal thinking in
the words of Miss Judy LaMarsh
was to get pensions "to as'
many people as quickly as pos-
sible".
Presumably Quebec would be
ready to go back to the 20 years
and with Premier Roberts de-
manding it other provinces
might be forced into accept-
ance. But Ottawa thinking on
this point has not changed. It
Was one of Prime Minister Pear -
son's eight non-negotiable points
when he let. it be known that
the Canada Pension Plan, Sec-,
and edition, was not the final
word. There is no suggestion
at the moment' that the Federal
Government hag changed its
mind.
These wire clearly diselosed
in a brief prepared for the pen-•
sions committee by Alexander
and Alexander, a Toronto and
Montreal firm of actuaries. The
brief did not name their clients
beyond stating that they repre-
sented industry, government
. .
anduniversities. But there is
sufficient similarity of Views to
stiggest •that Ontario may be
among ,thent
BY shortening the...ntattir4
Oiled to ten-yearer,111. ethet,
ed e.60ei " '�ikt jir6th a„:fniakitanni4
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pension after ten years, a large
degree Of stability has been
sacrificed. With a 20 -year per-
iod contribution S calculated on
an acturial basis would not in-
crease for at least 50 years.
With a ten-year maturity the
plan switches from funding to
pay-as-you-go at some, point be-
tween 15 and 25 years and
thereafter, without a very sub-
stantial increase in rate of con-
tribution falls very rapidly into
a deficit position.
The chief actuary of the Fed-
eral Insurance Department, Mr.
E. E.- Clarke, • making certain
assumptions, found that the
rate would rise nearly 10 per
cent and the Alexander brief
suggests that this is reasonable.
Assuming that there was no
further increase in Old Age Se-
curity payments except to keep
pace with the cost of living this
would mean that the next gen-
eration would be paying out for
flat rate. and earnings -related
pensions 20 per cent of their
contributory earnings between
$600 and $5,000.
The brief lists other advant-
ages of -lengthening the period
to 20 years.
It would narrow the inequity
in the amounts received as re.
distributed wealth by the low
earner and the higher brackets.
If two men, one earning $2,000
srear and another editing
$5,000 or more, are 55 when
the Plan starts and retire at
65, the $2,000 man gets a pen-
sion value at 65 of $4,737 over
and above the amount of his
contributions plus interest. For
the ' $5,000 man the value is
$11,642.
It would reduce the number
of people who with a combined
Canada Pension arid private
sension would receive more
than they had been, earning,
It iaintdd make ef
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The annual congregational v
meeting of Egincindville United
ery real. And I shall never
orget the thrill, the sense of
ope and of resolution, that
tirged through us when the
ion's growl rasped over the
tlintic _on the airwaves, "We
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Church was held Tuesday. Rev.
A. W. Gardiner was chairman
and John Watson, secretary. A
The total membership was 286.
Appreciation wal expressed to
hall never surrender” It's dif-
David McLean fo the generous fi
gift of sufficient wood for the
cult , to realize that he was
heating of. the church.
TO THE EDITOR:
* *
From The Huron Expositor
February 7, 1890 Successful
Mr. James Creech, of Exeter, . . Toronto.
has again been appointed to
the position of constable., tax Sir: We have just conclud
collector, bell-ringer,pep.
town.. taxa very Successful The results c.41tAnr11.1111..,Chri
collector add car -Raker for tAPPCal
he -bias AP e 1
ofith"
s Appe
The young people of Bluevale' were due jri ne -small meas
Presbyterian congregation have to the splendid co-operati
agreed to purchase an organ, 'which we received from o
pay for it themselves and fur. friends in the •press, radio a
nish the music for nothing if television who responded
* * • *
He talked for five minutes,
earthly .vocabulary Cesar em-
ployed when addressing his le-
gions. And then he was off, the
incredibly foolish and- gallant
old man, hopping to another
airfield, risking his skin to have
a look at us and let us. -have a
look at him.
And human he was! My fav-
orite story is the one involving
Lady AstOr,.the. hard-nosed, asp -
tongued old aristocrate, She
became enraged during an argtt-
ment with Churchill, and fired
what she thought was the part-
ing shot, -"If you were my hus-
band, I'd poison your coffee."
To which the great man replied
promptly and politely, "Mad -
dame, if you were my wife, I'd
drink it."
We shall not see his like
again.
Appeals
week in December, is the only
ed
way the Board can make sure
there are no disappointed chil-
Rt-, -
They would once again then
impress on all generous folk
al
e the necessity for having all con -
011 tributions in, duringithe month,
nurd of November.
so Your i 1
the congregation agrees to it. generously to our request for E. D. FINGLAND,
The Misses Dowser, of Bruce- publicity. .ubhcity Convener C.A.S.
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" and mantle -making -establish-
field, have opened out a dress On behalf of the Board of
Trustees of the . Hospital, I '
ment in Armstrong's store. -hasten to offer you our sincere
Mr. Thomas Neilans, who for thanks.-
thanks.
the past 16 years, through,rain
and shine, wind and snow, has Yours -sincerely,
regularly conveyed Her Ma- C. L. GUNDY,
jesty's mail three times a week Chairman, Board of Trustee
between Seaforth and Harlock, .. The Hospital For Sick Chi
has again 0 been awarded the dren.
contracd• for another four years.
The Horse Fair held here was
very successful. There were 400
horses in the hotel stables, be-
sides those on the streets. Mr.
C, Dale, Jr., of Hullett, sold a
geldinq for $225. Dear Sir; The sincere app
Mr. James Broadfoot, of the dation of the Board of Dire
Mill Road, Tuckersmith, caught tors of the Children's Aid S
a live butterfly in his resi- ciety of Huron County goes ou
dence. ' to all who helped to make th
Dr. McKid ii about to open Christmas Bureau such a splen did success for 1964.
a drug store in John Logan's 4
old stand here. One hundred and four home
A very serious accident be- were visited and more than 30
fell Mr. John McClymorit, Hen- children were given a. hpp
sell, an employee.' of D. .McLen-• Christmas through the gener
nan: While assisting the train- esitY of diany, individuals an
men on the way freight in cou-.organizations.
pling,•he had the misfortune to Early and careful plannin
get the flesh part of his arm in September and October, pre
nearly squeezed , to jelly be- Novemberpari ng an dfor packing y btohxee s 6. rr,
tween the car drawheads.
Mr. Stephen Lamb, of McKil-
lop, has sold his farm which is'
Smiles • .•
Professor: "Name .the out-
standing accomplishment of the
s,
Romans."
Student: "They understood
Latin."
Thanks!
Clinton.
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A man was tuning in on the
radio when he got a sudden
twinge of pain his back.
e- "I believe I'm getting lum-
c- bago!" he exclaimed.
0- ,"What's the use," answered
t his wife. "You won't under -
e stand a word they- say."
s "How
. a e
0 Jack any more?" asked one
y pretty young thing to another.
- "Last Saturday night we were
d all alone at my house and he
turned out the lig.th"
g "Foor goodness sake, all the
- boys do that!"
"Just to see, if their pipes are
t lit?"
situated on the town line be-
tween McKillop, . Hullett and
" Morris, near Walton, to Mr.
Barry, of McKillop,' for $75100.
Mr, Wm. Rinn, of Htillett,
the well-known horseman of the
township, sold one of the best
Canadian bred stallions that has
left the township. This cOlt was
coming three and weighed 1740
pounds. He was sold to an Am-
erican buyer for $450, and Mr.
Rhin delivered hina to Exeter.
Mr. William Alb.. Charters,
son of Mr. Wm. Charters, for-
merly of Hentall who made
quite, a name here during the
past two years as a skater, is
keeping up his record in Ash-
land, Wis. He won a champion-
ship gold medal and $15 in a
race with two others.
Mr. R. MeMordie and nephew
who left Kippen for the old
sod a short time ago, met with
' a very rough passage, but we
are pleased to say landed safe-
ly.
lAr. A. Strong has been ap-
pointed trustee Of the SelifOrth
Collegiate Inatitue by -the town
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be' re:bleated,. ,rie, 9filith
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