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SW'ORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 15, 1965
Easter and School Holidays
The imminence of Good Friday bei
prompted queries, concerning the varia-
tions that oceur in the length of school
terms geared as they are to the chang-
ing Easter holidays.
Easter holidays begin 20 days later
this year than •was the case. last year.
While the holiday weekend in 1964 was
cold, even fol''.. March, there is hope
this years that there ww-iII be some of
that warm spring weather traditional-
ly associated with Easter. Of coarse
there is.. no assurance of this, even
though the weekend occurs in the lat-
ter part of April. After' all, we. n'iust
remember new snow was falling - as
late as Tuesday of this -week.
As. far as the problem ,of varying
Lengths of school terms and .Easter is.
concerned, the Stratford Beacon -Her-
ald thinks there, is a ready solution.
Why do the school terms' have to be
related to Easter, it asks, and goes on
in these words:
"Good Friday and Easter Sunday
have deep religious mearnin.g, strength-
ened by the continuing traditions 'of i
nearly 20 centuries. One would
lightly suggest that method' for die--.:
termining the date of the Christian
Easter sh*nld be changedmerely for
the convenience Of .holidayers, or for" •
the better display of new Easter cloth-
ing,
"The Fester holidays have another
meaning, apart from their' religious
signi.fcance and their place in the cal-
endar of church . observances. Easter
holidays are for school children. We
do : not see why the custom taking a
break between school teras should nec-
essarily beconnected with the date of
A MacdUf Ottawa' Report
Are Liberals Turning Left?
Good Friday. It may, be desirable that
children should have a week off be-
tween the winter term and the spring
term. It mai- be desirable to eontintie
with the Ontario custom of filling Eas-
ter Week with conventions of school
teachers, who have .that week free from •
classes. We do not see that the normal
school break between winter term and
spring term necessarily. has fp be a.
10 -day period beginning on Good Fri-
day.
`Last year, as it happened, the dates
for Easter provided a • reasonable divi-
sion of the school year into terms. Af-
ter Christmas school holidays, the win-
ter term ran for 12 weeks, until the
1.0 -day, Easter break began ••on Good
Friday', March 27. .After the Easter •
break of 1964, the spring term ran for
12 weeks to the end of June. .
"This year i. .vorks out quite differ-
entiy. and not' nearly -as well for school
purposes. By the time 'the schools of
Ontario close for the Easter holidays
this year the winter term will have
run for la weeks; when school starts
again after the Easter holidays, the
_965 spring term will be e. short. and
crowded nine weeks, which will have
to include final review and examina-
tions.
"We e do not see why the school, sys-
tete has to tie its spring holidays to
the date of Easter. One day, Gocfd Fri-
day itself, should be a School holiday
in this province, whatever the date. it
a break of a week is needed between
winter and spring term, as it probably
is, Why could it not be the week be-
ginning the first Monday in April, re-
gardless of Easter "
• OTTA The throne
speech read at the opening of
the . third session of the 26th
Parliament set hut a sweeping
social welfare program that
might become an election, mani-
festo,
The .document clearly bark-
ed out the orders: "Left turn
Liberals".
Members of the 'CCF party
were ante described by former
Prime Minister- St. Laurent as
"Liberals in a. hurry"
After examining the welfare
program many MP's concluded
that the Liberal Party under
the leadership of Rt. Hon. L.
B. Pearson had riot only caught
up to the CCF'ers—now known
as the. New Democratic Party—
but had passed them by.
. However, the national leader
of the NDP party, T. C. Doug-
las, remains to he convinced.
After listening to Prime Min-
ister Pearson .outline many of
the progressive measures pro-
posed in the throne speech, he
-cynically observed that for 33
•years out of the past 45. Can-
ada has been under Liberal'
administrations. Now after that
long. period of Liberal govern-
ments, Mr. Pearson was sound-
ing •••a declaration of war on
poverty.
Obviously somewhat indig-
nant that the Liberals had pull-
ed a program out from under
his party. Mr. Douglas express-
ed serious doubts that the am-
bitious measures set out by the
Liberals would ever be imple-
mented by the present admini-
stration..
The speech from the throne,
written by the Lberal Govern -
To the Editor
Says
Thanks
Sir: I wish to take this op-
portunity to thank The Huron
Expositor for the reporting on
the' Farmers' March.
I
also wish to thank the busi-
nessmen, farmers and general
public, who signed our petition
and mane donations of money
for the transportation fund.
A special train will leave on
Tuesday evening, April, 27th,
arriving in Ottawa April 28th,
returning, the, same evening.
We ask al/ hers whh signed -
the petition .and wish to go,
to contact us Transportation
is free Tito date has been colt -
fl eft by the'P'ritd'e at mister.
lnai
dig . - c vetyone again. j
Yoi.irs-'sh elf,
"Goventoctr,
hector' i ePA/ as
Meat and .read by Governor
General Vanier certainly out
lined a program of action:- 1
promised steps would be taken
towards setting up a nationa
medical care' plan. It ' outlined
a flve•pronged attack on poi
erty.
the strengthening and' expan-
- sion of welfare services for
t assistance recipients.
Mr. Pearson. has told the
1 House of his Government's
plans for eliminating poverty
- .,and fully utilizing human re-
sources. First. there is the area
development program. It will'
be extended to other areas
which , although not having
heavy unemployment as defin-'
ed for the existing designated
areas, do have low levels of
income. There will be new
methods of assisting industrial
development On those areas .
Second, the Government will
be developing a series of mea -e'
sures to help persons to qualify.
for and secure new jobs, to
move when they need to and
to get the training they require.
Third, because mech. of Can-
ada's worst poverty and waste
of human resources is rural,
the Government proposes to ex-
tend the work of ARDA (Agri-
cultural Rehabilitation and De-
velopment Act) by creating a,
special fund to be available for
development projects. The
fourth point in the five -prong-
ed plan was the proposal to
organize Young Canadians in
the CYC which the Prime Mini-
, ster said he expected would be
nicknamed the "Eager Beav-
ers". And the fifth -point is
the Canada Assistance Plan.
The surprising '3,000 word
document .lett many observers
breathless, Once again the Fed-
eral Government will be mov-
ing into provincial jurisdic-
tions:' This will mean more
federal -provincial conferences
and considerable negotiating
behind the -scenes.
The 'throne speech was near-
ly double the length of the
speech that that 'saw the opening of
the second session in 1964. That
session lasted 249 sitting days
—longest in history,
A heavy job' that will con-
front this session is the decen-
nial revision of the Bank .t.et.
It was supposed ' to take place a
last year' and had to be posh
poned until 'the Royal Com- b
mission on Banking made its
report. • d
The thione speech also pro-
posed new . policies to increase ,
the incomes of fanners and s
fishermen. For the farmers,
there .will be special assistance,
for family farms, establishment
of the Canadian Dairy Commis- t
sion, new national policies on m
major farm products. and im- ti
proved movement and market-
ing arrangements ,for ,feed ti
grains. d
An expansion Of the national
fisheries development , progr#m t
would be designed to raise in. "r
come levels ih 5iilning cdnnithuni.
ties, •
forecast was the crea-
tior of a Company of young
Canadas (CYC). This group will
be a sort of' economic social
shock force in which the en-
ergies and talents of youth will
be enlisted, in Canada and
abroad. _
Prime -Minister Pearson '.will
take.direct command of the war
on poverty and the' campaign
to equalize 'opportunities for all
Canadians, . Under the • -Prime
Minister will be set up a 'spe-
cial secretariat to co-ordinate
the new program of economic
and welfare legislation:
Mr. Pearson in his contribu-
tion to the throne speech. de-
bate went into some detail on,
the new Canada Assistance
Plate It' will augment the -Can-
ada .Pension Plan ,end provide
Federal aid for the poor not
now "covered by Federal-Provins
eta! programs. It win „base wel-
fare payments on needs rather
than means. •
The plan will encourage a co-
ordinated approach to public
assistance, in place of the ex-
isting patchwork of support un.
der four Federal statutes. They
are: the Old Age Assistance Act
of 1951; the' Blind. Persons Act
of 1951; the Disabled Persons
Act of 1954; and the Unemploy-
ment Assistance Act of 195f1:
The Prime Minister said that
If provinces accept the New
Canada Assistance Plan, then'
there will be no longer an in-
come limitation on the assist-
ance available to people how
covered by old• age assistance.
Federal sharing at present is
now limited to half of the $75
a month. tinder the proposed
new plan, paynients can -be bas-
ed on an assessment of ' the
recipient's needs.
This change will be of par -
Heider benefit to those older
people who have had no oppor-
tunity to benefit under the Can-
ada Pension Plan. In cases of
treed, additional assistance will
be available. This will apply
not only to those aged 65 to
69, but 'also to the people over
70 who in many provinces have
not had access to assistance.
In addition to • this major
change in the scope for assist-
ance -for elderly people the,
proposals provide for three ma -
or' extensions of.., the federal
sharing of aasie ee
tan . costs.
Thesd will insclude: assistance
ti needy tnotherat health care
rvices fbr assistance eecipi-
srrits and - the ddst,t �bf sharitig h%
Spice
---- em Solley ---
WITH A SPLASH
A. chap front a paint. con:pary
phcced the rather day, and ask
ed me to write ea article on
housepaki ng.. At first I was
a tittle -nonpivaod, as'I have
never painted a Rousse in my
life.
Then I remembered the ham.
One time the hog farmers ask-
ed nye to write ad article about
Pigs. I agz sed
My wife snorted, -What do
you know about pigs''", '
"'Exactly." . I retorted_ I sit
down and wrote an account of
the life and times of a hog that
for sheer ignorance of the -sub-
je:et h�: reser been surpassed.
But tete hog farmers liked ft.
And that Christmas I received
a twelve -pound ham from a
pawing company, as a . gift.
While I was chatting with this
paint man on the phoaie, my
mind began to race along these
"If a little feature on
hogs produced a beautiful ham,
surely a few hundred words on
--- .�,.. hoose -painting would' be good
for a house. Or at least some
paint_ And I have to paint the
trim on my house this spring.
So
place. Probably double its va-
lue." I rented a ladder, bought
_ brushes, paint and turps, as we
old house -painters call it,
Pteiwirep TME
In the Years, Agone
From The Huron Expos'
.April19, 1940 :r ar..
Rey. and Mrs. R. W. Ceaw, Flax
of Seaforth, were in London action
ffospi-tal following a ear acct- The
.dent near Lucarte, during a furr-3.
driving snowstorm. ed, b
Mfr. John Sproat, lifelong and ="'�.
highly esteemed resident of T�,e
this district,. marked his 69th the
birthday. He was of -pioneer tlyder
stock and was born in Egmond- Hero!
villa at Wieland's corner... Cards
Miss Thelma Elgie was re- W T
elect. president of the Junior Israel
Women's Institute. The' meet- white
ing was held at 'the horde of Isabel
Mrs. E. B. Goodie, showed
The Wohelo Claes of the order-
United
rder.tnited Church, Hensall, met Lor do
when 40 members and guests the
'While it is a fart that there"
rtor 3; will isn't likely a man in North
other column, the Seaforth encs of the village.
seen br a notice and it adds to the good appear -
milts are. to be part int° The fa.>•m of the late David
asaxr•,. With the flax mi11, Dorra.nee, Jr., in McKillop, near
Bell' Engine ....Co- and the Winthrop, hps �r rented to
'ure factory fuy eanploy- Mr.- Wheatley, of Hallett. for
urtnea in town should he three years at an annual rental
second choral concert by of $b0
Seaforth Choral' Society. n, William Copp. of tris
the direction of Mr. T. taws, ha: evrhanged the resit -
the . e direction
held T. dence in which he now rides
ors HalloThe solos }d tin and the property in connec'tipta
Hass and 91r. George with it, for a farm of 50 acres
• in Hibben, with Mr_ 'James Mc -
were well rendered, Michael, air. Copp giving 5900
the piano ditet by Mie; to boot.
Scott and Mir. Nixon Mr_ D. D. WiLcon, with his
musical ability. of a high daughters Missesggt
Mr. Robert Farrnala ogMa„b'e and
n_ did' more than sttstafn S'�° Mend starting fondle Old
excellent reputation he Country and expect to be gone.
fur ma�iF for himself at the pre_ about three months. ,
ea- v:ous entertainment_ - Mr. John . Drager, of. Lead- •
a Miss Edith ?+Iselin left for Ot- b�, � gone to Hamilton to
taw a. She is a profes oval learn the engine buntline busi-
sperrt nurse and hes joined the regu- n The length of time agreed
Calif
lar array corps as, a nursing mod for him to stay is four
his sister_ She expects to leave for yrs' • -
•
ovef`seas shortly . Mr. Richard McKee, ' -Lead
Sir. J. F. Daly has _sell three bury, has sold his thorougltbx'ed
C. Ford cars during the past week, Durham bull to Thai. 3icEJroy,
r- one to' John Grieve, V.S. one McKillop, 18r $i5.
to Scott Hawthorne and one to The Seaforth Corps of the
F. George D. Haigh. Salvation Army celebrated their,
re air. James' Scott, Jr-, one of sixth' anniversary by a lour -day
the well-known farmers and campaign. All the meetings
byte r- stocen of this vicinity, re- were conducted by Major Phil-
centIy pure iiased a thorough- pott, who appears to be a clev-
as bred Yorkshire hog from the er, capable and efficient officer.
well-known . breeder, Mr. H. J. At the annual meeting Of
`'uxrtaato Davis, of Woodstock.. Sabbath schooleteachers of First
h The annual meeting of the Presbyterian Church, a read-
- - Seaforth Bowling Club was held ing by Mts. Edward McFaul
in lite Commercial Hotel The was well received Mr. 'McMi1
officers elected were: Presi- Ian, a student and assistant to
n dent. J. 11. Best: vice-president, 'Rev. ,A. D. McDonald, was M-
e W. G. Willis; secretary-treasur- traduced.
. er, J. M. McMillan: executive. A pleasant and agreeable sur-
- J. C. Greig, W. C. T. Morson, prise was given in the rectory
g A. E Colson. W. D. Bright and of St. James' Roman Catholic
J. Beattie: umpires , J. Tama n Church, when a presentation of
and Robert McMillan. • an 'address, accompanied by a.
)teaders should bear in mind purse of gold, was made to Rev.
g that the so-called war tax. inn Father Shea, 'the retiring pas-
- posed by authority of the Dom- tor, who , was about to leave
inion Parliament. has . come in- Seaforth for 'another field of
: to operation. Hereafter, 'a one- labor in the city of Cincinnati,
cent stamp, in addition to. the Ohio. Mr. 11. McQuade was call-
, regular postal charge, must be ed to the chair, after which Mr.
- attached to every letter and Wm. Prendergast, B.Sc., read a
- Post card. If they do not bear complimentary address. Mr.
the stamp, they will be sent to John Dorsey made the presen
the- Dead . Letter Office. "tation. The Band serenaded _bim
Mr. A.' W. Stobie has dispos- at his residence and escorted
ed of his Campbell block to Mr. him to the station where a
Naylor. who will remove it apd 'large crowd of citizens gather -
use it as a garage for his auto. ed to see him off. '
• Mr. John Beattie, of the Va- Thomas
riety'Store, is having the store Jarmain, of Seaforth, hace and, y rent -
in his own block, adjoining the ed the farm' of Mr. W... Mar-
,Commereial Hotel; fitted up and rinan in Hullett for a • . se of
will move into it shortly, five years. They are both indu-
The surplus . proceeds of the trious men and will do welL
hard times dance' of $50 will -
be divided among the five Sea -
forth boys who are ' members Customer: "Waiter., is there
of the Third Contingent. They soup on the menu?"
a
are
Charles
Hoy fines,CooN r an Waiter: "There was, but I
Hamnifll and G. C. Adkins. wiped it ofif.
They will each -...receive a $10
gold piece. -
Mr. Peter Kerr, the enter-
prising agent for the McCor-
mick Co., had a nice display of
the implements manufactured
by this well -'known company, at
his warerooms on Main St. on
spring show day.
were present_ A pleasant
ture was the presentation to.
and Mrs. Harry Elder with
Mr. G. A. Jackson„ who
the winter in Mexico,
nia and °Arizona, returned to
home in Eganond-vi1le.
Mr. and ales. Louis . Boshart
have moved into Mr. E.
Cha.mberiafn's house on' Ma
ket Street.
Mrs. Hugh Jack. Mrs. J.
Scott and Mrs. 3f. A. Reid we
in Toronto attending the Pro-
vincial Wme , of the Pres
bah Church fn C• anada
Mrs. Jr D. Colquhotin �v
made the recipient of a gift
from tlse Mee' Lane ..
of Northside United - Chute
phor to her leaving . for Ot
taws.
air. and Mrs. Robert Boy es
of St. Marys, who have bee
pending two • weeks at th.
h,me of their daughter, Mrs
Wilbur elathers.. Dublin, cele
brated their' golden weddin
anniversary 'with a family 'd•in
her at Mir. Mather_ home.
Mr, Bernard Riley. of Con
stance. has taken a job sell:n
bread for Crich's Bakery, Sea
forth.
Laying of the water supply
pipe to the south end of . the
village of Zurich was started
and it is expected that dorsum
ers. in that area will be cru
nected, with the system in a
few days•.
•
Mr.. Moses Erb, of Zurich. has
torn ,down the stables at the
rear of his dwelling and will
use the material in 'the erec-
tion of' a garage. -• '
Mr. John Sinclair and Mr
Harry Caldwell. of Kippen.
have treated themselves to .new
cars. -
Rev. Gordon Peddie preach-
ed his farewell sermon in the
Presbyterian • Church .in Bay.
field before leaving for Nor-
wich, where he will be station:
ed.
The CYO of St. James' Church
held an enjoyable and success-
ful euchre and' dance. There
were 18 tables in play and the
prize winners were: ladies'
first, Claire Eckert; gents' first,
Leon Bannon; lone hands, Jos.
Heffernan.
From The Huron Expositor .
April 16, 1915. .
Mr. W. M. Doig, of Kippen,
is having a big old-fashioned
plowing bee on his farm.
A few of the far'nsers of Kip -
pen 'are starting to plow. The
cold backward weather is de-
aying seeding.'
Mr. Thomas 14. Klumpp, of
Dashwood, has sold his barber
business to Mr. Wesley Wolfe,
who has taken Possession.
Miss Anna Love, of Hills:
green, has gone 'to Seaforth to
complete her apprenticeship as
dressmaker.
Fire was noticed in E. Ward's
locksmith shop at Hayfield
and before anything could. be
one the. building was, a mass
o1 flames. It ' was with diffsetsl-.
ty that H. E. Erwin's home was
aved.
•
With the work before them'
he MPs may. have to sit 14
onths or more to complete
e throne speech schedule. Of
course there could be an elec-
on brought. on this year by
iss
olutio
n or defeat of the
minority government. That, ih
he words of the Prime Minister
emaine " to be seen" as ire
challenged the opposition to
tlihite to defeat his Government,
From The Huron Expositor
April • 18, 1890
At the Last meeting of Brus-
sels council, the tender of L.
MacDonald, Walton, for supply-
ing plank at $11.50 and cedar
at $10' per thousatkd, was ac-
cepted, and George Avery's
tender was received for graveL
Ma-sm. Warns K'aleer;atnd Alex-
ander k'o,rsyth, of Brucefield,
left for Manitoba a few days
ago,"
The handsome new residenrce
of Mr. William Elcoat, of the
west end of Tuckersniith, had
a narrow escape, ,from, destruc-
tion by fire. A lamp exploded
and the burning ' oil spread av-
er the floor and table. A targe
crock of milk had been left
standing nearby and the heat
broke ..the crock, ' spilling the
milk over the fire and extin-
guishing it,
Mr. George Troyer, of Hills -
green, had the misfortune white
fooling with •a revolver, to get
shot through the ankle. :
,lits. 12
Shaeffer, of Kippen,
shipped a carload of fat hogs
to Hamilton. '
Mr, Jahn- Bray, of Parquher,
is erecting a handsome leinee
Oft the 'street aide of hie lot
America who has 'spent more
time not painting houses' than
L it is not quite true that 1'
have never painted, a house. At
the same time, it is not quite
true ,that I have painted a
house.
Let me explain. One summer.
in' a period of. acute mental
depression, I spent my entire.
vacation trying to paint the
trim on the ancient, sagging
heap of first and second mort-
gages we'd just bought.
It was during the first nau-
seating bloom of the do-it-your-
self sickness. The whole coun-
try was full of sweating, curs-
ing, frustrated men struggling '
to assemble everything from
golf carts to 50 -foot yachts from
their "handy home kits:'
I was hooked, too. I decided
to paint .the house myself.
Achieve personal satisfaction;
bask in my- wife's praise; save
all that money.
There didn't seem to be much
to it. "A few gallons of paint
and you won't .know the old
The house trim was a`fout 60
feet off the ground. I climbed
up to have a took at the old
paint. Hall an hour later,. my
wife came out to call the kids
and found me there, clinging
with bah arms and both legs
to the top of the ladder, white
as chalk, moaning piteously, She
had to call the fire department
to get me down.
1 lowered my sights and de-
cided that, for that year, it
would be enough ' to paint the
window frames on the ground
floor. '
First, I had to scrape, where
it was blistered and cracked
and peeled. Did you every try
to scrape flint? In hell? It was
the hottest summer in 30 years.
I'd serape for hall an . Iwur,
clear a patch four inches by
four, then climb down, dripping
and go in and fetch a cold beer.
As I emerged, instantaneously,
three or four neighbors would
emerge from hiding behind
their hedges and join me,
tongue's hanging out.
•'To cut A long story short, I
got two and a half windows
done that year. It cost me about
$200 for dried -out brushes,
spilled paint, ruined .clothing,
and all that beer.
The next summer, I sensibly
hired a couple of painters. They
'did a hang•up. job and didn't
even charge extra for all that
paint they spurt on .the brick-
work, the window -panes,• the
lawn, the vines, and the chil-
dren. '
But the whole business gave
me a lasting interest in house -
painting,, and I formed a few
maxims I'm happy to pass along
to the novice. •
First of . all,' you must have.
the proper equipment for house -
painting: Two basic items are a
house and some paint. A third
thing that makes the job , bear-
able is 'a wife who 'likes paint-
ing: '
Oh, .yes, Qne more thing. You
should have a swimming pooL
Drain the water and fill the
pool with 'turpentine. You'll
need it, every drop. Happy
house -painting!
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