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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-02-11, Page 2• Since 1860, Serving the Community First' st iblisW IMAFO.RTII, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN $ROS., Publishers • ANDEEW Y. MCLFA,N, Editor • V K Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association a Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation . Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $4.00 'a Year Outside Canada r(in advance) $5.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH • Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office .Department, Ottawa r, ,4 4 SEAFORTH, ONTARIQ, FEBRUARY 11, 1965 Library Renders Us.ef ul . service Seaforth Public Library Board has held its ani} a1 meeting and figures made available to the meeting once again emphasize the place the Library occupies in the community, and the contribution it makes to a more inform- ed citizenry. During the . year, according to the Librarian, no less than 23,412 books, ., were circulated among those who use the Library facilities.' The number in- eludes not only fiction, but reference works dealing with an imposing series of subjects, histories, biographies and, . of course, the ever popular children's books.. The books that are borrowed indi- cate but a small part of the service the Library renders. In addition, there hundreds who regularly depend on the ary .r their information concerning day to .a; :vents. The weekly and daily papers, the ' agazines and periodicals covering a wi. ,range Is It Pa of subjects, are always in demand. The use which a community makes of its library is a barometer of its tastes. And the fact that in the Sea- forth area there were those• who were interested in the written word --to the extent of borrowing during a year more than 23,000 books suggests TV hasn't entirely preverted the discern- ment of many citizens. Through the years we each are ex- posed to varying periods of formal in- struction in the schools we attend. One of the prime purposes of the instruc- tioj we receive and the information to which we are exposed, is to open new vistas, to create a desire to learn more, and to -indicate the ways in which these desires may be met. The Seaforth Public Library, with the thousands of , bo9ks available for public use, provides the _key to the ful- fil t ulfilment of these same desire's. Perhaps many of us should be making even more use of it than we do. iamentary? Parliament isn't in session, althougW before long the threats and gibes, that have been a particular feature of de-. bate in recent years soon again will be front page features in daily papers across Canada. There always has been doubt as to the interpretation of what is proper in debate:- Generally the standards as established in the House of Commons at Westminster have been regarded as final, and as a result there is keen ,jiiterest in the rulings of Mr. Speaker- in the British House. . We are reminded by "Industry" that Mr: S:peaker'sdecision on these occa- sions is' rarely challenged by the Com- mons assembled and invariably estab- lishes a precedent as to what ia and what is not permissible. That it does. not always escape criticism in .the coun- try • at large, however, is evidenced in the thunderous attack mounted in the columns of The . Times on his recent ruling that Prime Minister }id Wil- son was not out of order in suggesting that an opposition M.P. should be treat:- ed reat-ed as a "parliamentary leper." One indignant correspondent has gone so far as to unearth all the., (to him, lesser) expressions which pre- vious. Speakers have • required to be " withdrawn since the beginning off this t. century: A partial list tends to confirm that British parliamentarians, like our own, • have not always seen eye to eye over the past fifty years and is something of an education in . itself. Among the more choice phrases which have been ruled out of order are "impertinent' puppy"; "cheeky young pup"; "villain"; "murderers"; "stool pigeons"; "ruffianism"; "hypocrite"; "stooge"; "rotter" and "Pecksnifan cant" (Dickens', "Martin Chuzzlewit refers). Even the most distinguished parlia- mentarians, it seems, have. ,had 'their - lapses, the late Sir Winston' Churchill among them. IIad • he not been ordered to come up with another• expression for. "liar!" the world might never •have heard of his now classic substitution "purveyor of terminological inexacti- tudes." Yet the prize for admissible insults bearing the stamp of greatness and wit probably should go to Disraeli, prime - minister a hundred years ago. It was he who, asked by his arch -rival Glad- stone toexplain the differenct between. "-`calamity" and "catastrophe," replied "If the Honourable Member fell into the Thames that would be a calamity ; if someone pulled him out that would be a catastrofihe." And it was Disraeli again who, call- ed to order once for declaring that half the' Cabinet members •were "asses," replied : "I withdraw that, Mr. Speak- er. Half the Cabinet are not asses." Sugar and Spice BAD? IT'S EVEN VERSE! There's no better indoor sport than versifying. And there's no better versifyer around these days than George Bain. Find out for yourself: Read this book, "I've Been Around . Ahd Around and ,Around and Around and . . ." Bain is a newspaper man with a lively eye for the ridiculous, and he has been around. Wash- ington, Ottawa and London come under his guns, and he seldom misses when he lines up his rhymes and fires a parody of anything from a folk song to a Gilbert and Sullivan snatch. q * *. He's also a wicked man with a pun. To wit: a chapter en- titled "How To Get Down From A Duck, Eider You Know Or You Don't." In this chapter, he'S talking about an, eider- down vest presented to a high dignitary: Bain continues, "No doubt, somewhere in the frozen North, there is now a proud eider duek atrlitting around 'with his little bald chest stuck out, envy oT every dock, for miles around:" Arid he adds a verse: Said a, chap to the proud donor duck, "To "what do, you credit your luck?" Saiki, . the duck, . "Goodness But Dile •must; f stippose, Assun et t)i'atJ shoved lots of -- By Bill Smiley good book, a combination of rueful humor 'and satire with an edge to it. This business of writing, verses is fascinating, to some people., . Me, for one. Every so often I get the urge, and burst into rhyme that has the read- ers of this. ,column, wincing, or running to the bathroom, gag- ging. Don't worry, not this week. * * But just by sheer coincidence, 1 have come across some old verses (not mine) that consoli- date my opinion that the Eng- lish language is about the most illogical in the world. The fol- lowing effort is , dedicated to English teachers and the poor, baffled devils of foreigners who are trying to learn the crazy stuff. • • The wind was rough • And cold and blough; She kept her hands within her mough. It chilled her through, Her nd'se grew blough And ,gtill the squall the faster flough. ' And ' yet, although There was no snough, The weather was a cruel fough. It made her cough (Pray do not scough); She coughed until her head blough ' ough. What's that? You want more? 1 think you're out of your mind, butjhere"s, that old 'folk saying, pax'tY Wlar�q a app1icatsle • these Wot carries you off. It's" the coffin Theycarry you off in. Several of the very few clean limericks in the world also re- veal the oddity of the English tongue. For instance: At fifty-five minutes past eight, The kids at a feverish reight Are seen rushing toward school, And you'll find, ,as a rhool, It's because they're • afraid they'll be Leight: Aw, come on. You don't really ' want another! . Well; I just happen to' have: A street car conductor once said To a car full of people, "My haid ' Has such a bad ache, That I• fear it will brache, - Oh, I wish I were home and in baid." There you are. A brand new party game.. Think of the fun you'll have on these long whi- ter evenings with things like: A man on -a picnic said, "Please don't be cross if per- chance I should snease; I've observed from my youth That the horrible trouth Is it's caused by the scent of the trease. • Got the idea? Let's try ttak- ibng one up. •It'll be lousy, A sailor, attempting, to ski,. Ran his liead».,.rigght into a tri. Although. almost • dead, ' He angrily tend, "<t ain'L hear soft as .the • here: �� '�'atuf-1Dugit.to, In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor February 16, 1940 'Miss Evelyn Shade, of Eg- mondville, was confined to her home last week through illness. This is the first time that Miss Shade, who is a machine oper- ator in the shoe factory of W. J. Duncan, has been- absent from work in 21 years. The fact that she walks a mile and a quarter each day to work adds materially to the record. Liberals in Huron -Perth were unanimous in naming W. H. Golding, M.P., their standard- bearer at , their nomination meeting in Hensall. A. W. Mor- gan, Usborne Township, placed Mr. Golding's name in nomina- tion and it was seconded by Dr. A. B. Campbell, Hensall. There were no other., nomina- tions. - James Gillespie, son .• of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Gillespie, Sea - forth, has been appointed prin- cipal ' of Central Technical School, Toronto. Mr, Gillespie, who has -been vice-principal- for some time, will now head one of the largest technical' schools in the country. Pte. John MacLean, •of the Perth Regiment, was entertain-' ed at the home of . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart in Tuckersmith. Mr. Thomas Jackson presented Mr. MacLean with a signet' ring and an address was read by Edwin P: Chesney. A mother -and -daughter ban- quet was held in the Oddfel- lows' Hall when 45 people en- joyed a fine meal. A short pro- gram was , enjoyed, including a reading by 'Mrs, E. B. Goudie; and duet by Misses Marguerite Westcott and. Helen Smith. Miss Edith Wallace • a n d Messrs. Aldie Eckert and J. O'Connor, of the.. Stratford Nor- mal School, are demonstrating `student teaching at the Sea - forth Public School. A successful tea was held in the schoolroom of First Presby- terian Church when the .follow-. ing children took partin the program:. Karen Kidd, Frances Jack, Kenneth Willis, Helen Smith, Lenore Habkirk, Jean Wright, Jean McMaster, Doris Ferguson, Jacqueline O'Dell,. Louise Case '4nd Peggy Trap- nell. Miss Janet Cluff, Mrs... H. E. Smith and, Mrs. D. H. Wil- son were hostesses, while Mrs. W. A. Wright and Miss Lenore Habkirk poured tea. Dr. W. C.' Sproat, Mrs. Sproat and Miss Barbara have,le£t for their new home in Stratford. Mr. Hugh Campbell, Huhett, has purchased the house of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bryans in Walton. He disposed of his farm recent- ly.' Appointment of Norman W. Miller, of Clinton, as deputy - clerk of Huron County was made, Clerk J, M. Roberts has been granted leave of absence because of his enlistment in the RCAF. The B & B Club at Brucefield held a successful euchre party in the hotel rooms in the in- terests of the Red Cross Socie- ty. The winners for the night were: ladies' first, Mrs. Lyle Hill; consolation, Mrs. A. Sil- lery; men's first, Harry Wool- ley; consolation, Billy Lane. ' A, register which was used in the Queen's Hotel -48 years ago was discovered this Week by Mr. T. D. O'Neil, present proprietor of the hotel. The comment: "12th annual ball of the Seafdrth Fire Brigade, the largest ball ever held in Sea - forth," appears- on the Dec. 10 page. x' 44. * From The Huron 'Expositor February 12, 1915 The following list of those who have operated hotels in Seaforth during the past 50 years, has been furnished us by Mr. Thomas Stephens of the Queen's Hotel. They are: Thos. Downey, A. McCann, R. Car- michael, Thos. Knox, R. L. Sharp, Thomas, Poster, William Moughton, Jatnes Welsh,James McBride, John McBride, R. Richardsons `John Currie, D. Currie, Ay Mct,egcd,, John • Mur- ray, Patric , ,Mdrray, • Simon, owei�JoJt irt#1 .'y;,ri ter, M. Chambers, James Foss ter, R. Dennie, R. P. Lloyd, Wm. Pinkney, James Weir; William Simpson, R. Ritchie, Wm. Hawk- shaw, R. Devereaux, E. Dow- son, Peter Markle, James Ross, 'Jos. White, John Carroll, Robt. Hays, M. Purcell, A. Davidson, J. Campbell, Wm. Herrgott, R. Roach, C. Walper, J. Bowden, J. Dopp, Thos. Stephens, J. Rit- chie, Healey Bros., J. O'Leary, F. Kling, W. Andrews, A. Kling, Jonathan Miller, Wm. Flanagan, Joe McClinchey, A. Strong, Thos. Pinkney, Chas. Broadfoot, A. A. McLennan, James Dick, F. Shanley, •' Ellis & Kain, F. Carlin, H. P. Kennedy, Hender- son & DeLacey, H. Carnochan, J. Hamilton, J. Fitzpatrick,, Lorne Weir and James Murray. The stone residence of Mr. W. E. McLaren, of Cromarty, which was destroyed by fire . two months ago, hasbeen rebuilt, and although not completed, has beenmade habitable. At a wood bee h'eld at Mr. ,John Oesch's farm at Zurich recently, many old woodsmen. tried in the contests of sawing and splitting wood and made a good showing. J. P. Rau held the honor of champion wood splitter, and J. P. Wurm was one of the best sawers. Mr. Joseph McMillan, • ac- countant in the Bank of Com- merce here, and Mr. T. Atkins, of the same institution, left on Monday for London to join the volunteer contingent there. Miss Norma ,Hartry, who is now teaching aBeamsville, has been engaged by the the Pub- lic School trustees. The annual meeting of the members of 'the McKillop , Mu- tual Fire Insurance . Co. was held. in the Commercial Hotel. The retiring directors, , all re- elected, were J. B. McLean, M. McEwen and. D. F. McGregor. J. B. McLean was re-elected president, and T. E. Hays, sec- retary -treasurer. Mr. Robert Munn has return- ed- to. McKillop and is black- smithing at the old i;tand on the Leadbury Line. Lyle. Hill, of Brucefield, who has been taking a course at the -Guelph Agricultural-. Col- lege, has enlisted in the Army and left Monday for Toronto for' training.. He is the young- est son of George Hill, Tucker - smith, The curlers from Hensall re- turned from the bonspiel held at London, carrying with them the fine trophy presented by the Bank of Toronto, and also fine golf coats. They were John Stacey, Alfred Taylor, George Joynt and Charles A., MoDonell. From The Huron Expositor February 14, 1890 Mr: Soldan has sold his farm in Hay Township to Mr. Wm. , Caldwell for $4,200. -Mr. Sol- dan has purchased a property in Zurich and intends going there to live. Business is booming at . the salt block of Gray, Young & Sperling in Wi-ngham. Since the loth of last month, upwards' of 40 carloads of salt have been shipped. Rev. Mr. Hodgins, Bayfield, announced that he had .receiv- ed a call from St. Thomas' An- glican Church, Seaforth, • 'and expected to sever his: connec- tion. with Bayfield church.- , ' - A' new school section having been organized in- McKillop,, with Roxboro as the centre, all arrangements are now complet- ed for the carrying out of the erection of the necessary school building. Mr. John Walker has promised to decorate the school grounds with evergreens and other suitable shrubbery.. Mr. Arch Scott, of the firm of Scott. Bros., returned home after a sojourn of four months M Manitoba. • Mr. Peter Barrows, of -the 12th con., 1i1cKillop, has a ewe which presented him with a pair of twin lambs and another ewe made him the owner of a very fine single lamb. The Methodist Church in town is to have the electric lights hereafter. The church is now lighted by gas, but with the usual,enterprise which characterisethe managers,: they have decided to adopt the better light. Mr, Richard Hoggarth, Crom- arty, has rented his farm which he recently purchased from Mr. Isaac Moore, to Mr. John Wor- den for the sum of $125 for one year. The friends and neighbors of Mr. H. J. Smith, '.to the num-, ber of. about 60, assembled at his home in Hillsgreen with well-filled .baskets of the ' best provisions, after which Mr. Win. Consitt read an address and Mr Charles Troyer presented Mr. Smith with an easy chair, in acknowledgment of his services as caretaker of the -,Methodist Church and superintendent of the Sabbath School. Mrs. Smith also received a chair equally as suitable. . Mr. Robert •McDowell, of the 14th concession, sold to D. Don-. oven and delivered at'Seaforth, a 'two-year-old entire colt, for whichhe received the ,handl some sum of $350, • Mr. R. Hughes and Mr. Chas. Reynolds, of Hensall, are in Lucknow at -present assisting their employer, Mr. Robt. Pat- terson, in the completion of the new Presbyterian church there. At the meeting of council it was decided to place a notice outside the door of thewater- works buildingstating that apo p one be admitted without er- mission from the engineer in charge. The appointment of Mr. George Murray, as chief of the fire brigade, was confirmed. It was decided to" give Mr. A. Cardno $50• per year for the use of the town clock, provid- ing he keeps it in good run- ning order. e,v`s A Macduff Ottwa Report Move to Repair OTTAWA—For the past few weeks most of ' the attention has been concentrated on the trqubles of the two major par- ties—Liberal scandals and Tory revolts. There has been good reason for it. Never in the history of Canada have both big .parties been in such a state of disar- ray. Every week brings new tid- ings to further rock this shell- shocked capital. A Cabinet Minister is fired without ex- planation. Quebee dissention suddenly blossom& into a full- scale effort to topple John Diefenbaker. Judge Dorion digs deeper into a complex and sordid story. Politicians and pundits are left shaking their ' heads and asking, "Where will it all end?" The parliamentary recess was supposed • t'b be 'a chance for the parties to take a breather and , regroup their forces. In- stead it has been almost as hectic as the session: But when the smoke and dust clears, when the current trou- bles of John Diefenbaker and Lester 'Pearson are nothing but history, Canadians will still be .living with the results of an- other set of decisions being tak- en with far less fuss and fury. The Senate -Commons - Com- mittee on the Canada Tension Plan has been meeting almost continuously, hearing witnesses and preparing for the biggest step yet taken by the nation in the field of social insurance. To judge the size of the step, it is only necessary to look at the cost. • The Canada Pension means a $600 million boost in Federal taxation as soon as it comes into effect—on Jan. 1, 1966, according to present plans. This is the equivalent of a increase per cent in per- sonal 'income taxes. And in ad- dition to falling on ,all wage earners now paying income tax, it will hit 750,000 Canadian's who are, too poor to pay income tax. These new taxes are in addi- tion to the $1 billion annual cost of present plans for the aged. And the . pension plan promises" to be an increasing burden in the future.. • In about 20. years,, the pension tax rate will have to be raised. The Canada Pension Plan is closely modelled on the U.S. social security program which was financed until' 1949 on a combined employer-employee tax rate of two per cent on. the first $3,000 .of yearly pay. By 1968, the' rate will have risen to 9.25 pet cent of the first $4,800: In the face of these figures, witnesses have been asking• the Committee whether Canada can afford the Canada Pension Plan and Whether this is the best way to spend an extra $600 million a year. But the politicians have tend- ed to brush • aside arguments based on economic effect or so- cial priorities. Compared with -"No two leaves are exactly alikel" business executives and econ- omists, their perspective seems to be limited to the next elec- tion.. As a • result, there is likely to be no basic change in the pension plan which the Pearson Government considers essential to brighten its record with the voters. To make any big change" now would require a new seriesof negotiations with .Quebec which is bringing in a parallel pen- sion• plan. Any new deal. thus worked out would have to be cleared with the other prov- inces. A full-scale Federal -Pro- vincial conference might be needed. The effect would prob- ably be to delay the introduc- lion of the plan and the Gov- ernment is prepared to agree to no delay. But if politics have the effect of freezing the basic Canada Pension Plan in its present shape, There is . another effect too. If the Committee, the Liber- als have suddenly become aware of, the political hazards of a pension plan which does little or nothing for anyone now over 60. The two million Canadians left out are the most pension - conscious section of the nation and they are all voters. And their sons and . daughters are voters. So to provide for "mo- - destly adequate", pensions of. up to $179 a month for young Can- adians—when they retire—and neglect the older groups which can look forward only to the $75 old age security payment is looming as ,a major political blunder. The - Liberal Government is moving to repair the damage. Before Committee hearings were over, it was obvious from corn' ments of Liberal members that something would be, done for Canadians already retired and due to retire soon. .' Just what it would be wasn't clear, but the Federal Liberals aren't receptive to the kind of ' integration of the two pension plans proposed by Ontario. The Ontario Godernment suggested. that the present old age secur- ity plan and the •new Canada Pension Plan should be merged and that out of 'the combined revenues, all Canadians should be guaranteed a retirement in- come of at least $100 a month, whether they qualified for Can- ada Pension Plan benefits or not. • The Federal Government would prefer to take the extra - money for present old age pen- sioners out of present sources, t h e "four -three -three -formula" which levies four per cent on personal income, three per cent on corporations and three per-' cent Federal Sales Tax. No substantial boost for the $75 monthI'y payment can be financed out of these present rate's. If Finance Minister Wal- ter Gordon has to find the extra money by boosting rates, it may dim the 'prospects for a gen- eral tax cut.:. "Exactly what was this left over from?" 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