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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-04-29, Page 2L' Wimmmmmimim it Since 1860, Serving the'Co nmu •tg First riled at' hist, 'ONTARIO, every '.[hprsday morning by McLEANBROS., Publjsher„s - } Y. l IQLEAN, Ediitor A1VI?IiBW,.• . Member Canadian Weeldy Newspape>As Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Fipreait of ,Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $4 -OO a Year 4;T OtitsiddeCanada (in ad GLE COPIES — Iaance) $5.50a Year-- 4'y TS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 29, 1965 Well Done — The hockey season that ended in Seaforth last week is among the best that Seaforth has experienced in many years. For the first time since 1941, a Sea - forth team won an Ontario Champion- , ship after a gruelling series. The Beavers deserve and will receive the heartiest congratulations of the people of the district, not only for the honor they brought to the town, but also for the fne'brand of •hockey they provided throughout a Iong schedule. Although they failed' by a • narrow margin to, win an Ontario title, the Seaforth Juveniles made art equal con- tribution to a successful hockey sea- son and- in the prestige they generat- ed for Seaforth. While actually young in experience, every player produced in a fashion that suggested long years of competition and gave promise of championships in future years.. The Winthrop Warriars, too, came within an ace of an Ontario crown. The enthusiasm with which they con- tinued their climb to top • honors at- tracted a following that recognized - ' fine hockey. That three Seaforth area teams dis- tinguishedthemselves to such a degree is a reflection of the long hockey his-. tory of the district. Hockey for many years has been a prime sport attra-- tion, and while the last Ontario Cham- pionship was won in 1941, each year has continued to produce outstanding players. Perhaps this fact stems from the ,emphasis that - always has been„, placed on even the youngest players: For years, this encouragement came through the Duncan Cup series. Since the war the Legion has made hockey one of its - prime responsibilities; and' the contribution which Jack Eisler and his Saturday morning assistants have Hockey Players made- to production of top players is apparent in the winning terns of to- day. Most of today's players had their initiation in a Legion sponsored Mite series. While the players . deserve a full measure of credit for the results this year, equally important is the contri- bution of the coaches and managers, those who provided transportation, the arena management, and those who by donation of money and time made pos- sible the hockey program- The splen- did results flow from a high degree of co-operation on the part of all for which the entire community can be justly proud. - Not Only Export • We 'are reminded by the St_ Marys Journal -Argus that important as are Canada's agricultural exports, they evidently are not, as is so often sup- posed, the main factor in the prosper- ity- of today's - Canadian farmer. The farmer's first and most impor- tant customer, many will be surprised' to learn, is the Canadian. manufactur- er, who, according to the federal de- partment of agriculture, now buys some 55 per cent of the total annual value of our farm production. ' A • revealing sidelight, this, on the extent.oto which—in the wake of our growing population and rising domes- tic consumptionof processed foods— the interests of farmer and manufac- turer are increasingly becoming one. We've come a Iong , way from the days when what was considered good for the manufacturerin this country was deemed bad for the farmerand vice versa. A Macduff °Ottawa Report ' Ombudsman Can Be . Answer OTTAWA — It is estimated that perhaps one in every five ' Canadians harbors some resent- ment against some official, . de- partment board, commission or agency of government• which he will nurse to his grave because he can • do nothing about it. You May be a war veteran who holds a grudge against the Canadian Pensions Commission or the,War Veterans' Allow- ance Bard, because as you see it, payments are smaller 'than your right. Yon are a small business man needing a licence from a federal or provincial depart- ment to start ie this or that business and being refused with no more information than that your business or standing "does not meet the require- ments of the act." -you are a retiring civil serv- ant and' your pension has been • set by the Superannuation Branch' of .the Department of Finance at a lower level than you believe you are entitled to. Or perhaps you have written • •to a department seeking in- formation, lodging a protest or asking for action and have re- ceived no reply. • In most of these cases and -a list of others so long that it -would take weeks • to complete, you.. have no recourse except to :enlist the services of your member of Parliament who may Y or may not be able, to help, depending on the 'influence he ital. with the Minister involv- ed .or his ability 'to .present your .case in the • right light. There is a circumscribed ap- peal to -the court in some in- stances but this is costly and may be too much of a gamble even if you can afford it, If the federal government decides to borrow the Ombuds- manship system from the Sean daniavian countries there w " be an 'official answerable only to Parliament. who may be able to help. The --promise . in.. the Throne Speech of a Roysi Commission to look into the status of fed- ' Oat regulatory` bodies and the necessity , for a parliatnentary commissioner or Dm, budsman Vaa one of the more popular touches Even £close who have r o spceific corimpiaitit have a• tendency . to look on ''govern- nt , oflicialls entru'ste l With dm# ,halting act* of k'Pdrita-j ic9it a bt bureaucrats � , , 'tie :3Y:+1i'1.v r_'li�.J•`,.y rL&.t. :`W 1,i. administer laws to the best of their ability and most of them well- • • • But bets een the Royal Com- mission investigation and the appointment of such an official stand a number ..of fundamen- tal questions that need.an- swers, , Does Ombudsmanship fit our system of Government in which political heads of departments are responsible for their ac- tions only td the Crown so long as they hold the, confidence of the House of Commons • and electorate? Does • any need ' for an Ombudsman merely demon stratc the extent to which, the courts or better still, -the Leg- islation which they interpret, have failed to keep pace with government activity? Is an Ombudsman an effec- tive means of producing the right decision in cases which may involve a judicial ruling? Is there a better remedy. in providing wider appeals to the courts from departmental or board decisions? If it is decided that Ombuds- manship is appropriate to the Canadian need it will then be up to the Royal Commission to consider how wide an Om- budsman's . powers should be. If they are too wide he iv - comes a dictator who can ov- erride not only the decisions of the civilad. servant but the decisions of ministers of the Crown which are frequently. the same ' thing. In Sweden which produced Ombudsman - ship 150 years ago the Ombuds- man on his own cannot change decisions but he can impose fines on a Civil Servant by prosecution or even on a judge. A judge who loses his temper with a witness is liable to a fine of $300. This sword • of Damocles authority gives him a peculiar power over both gov- ernment ov ernment and • judiciary. In Canada,. it is most unlike- ly that he would be given me thority to- prosecute nor would he have any control of the ju-' diciary. • Such an idea- would be repugnant to most , Canadians. If the system eventually is set Up here' it 'will' operate in a separate field to the f udiciary and will interfere in no way with , appeals to the courts. While these appeals are Om ited by, refusal of the court as a rule t'o interfere: with,t, cN egiiislativi atithoritk given to' government by Parliament p r with administrative_ decisions of ffi ocials. channels' of appeal are wider than is realized. In some' cases where official rulings are based entirely' on 1avS' rather than policy appeal boards have been set up. The most approachable in hearing the small man's -complaint is the Tax Appeal Board where payment of $15 will give any Canadian his day in court. ' A - Canadian Ombudsman would be far more concerned with complaints against official decisions based ,. wholly or in part on government policy as distinct from law. These are cases which the courts will not hear unless there is a ques- tion of the constitutional right of the, official or the regulatory board to make such a decision. His direct power would be confined to the authority to investigate and for this pur- pose to demand any document • in the hands of a department or board or agency. If he saw fit he could ask but not insist on reconsideration: But to add his persuasive powers would' be his rightand duty to report the matter of Parliament- The Parliamentary report would automatically bring the ,case into the open. It might frequently involve publication of confidential, memorandum from a' civil servant to a Min- e ister. This violates a privilege which- Governments and their officials enjoy, • and without which, it is claimed, the civil service could not operate. b The road to Ombudsmanship a may be the only approach to h the problem of modern govern- p ment which :necessarily is al- ways getting into the hair of the individual. It has already been promised in Manitoba and is being considered seriou"sl"y in Ontario. But it is still a dan- 1 gerous° road and at best scat- tered with serious obstacles. ' b . s c •f So P c s s C 'LET GO OF THAT POOR MAN!' hi the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor May 3, 1940 Mrs. R. IL Modeland, a high ly esteemed resident, obsery her 78th birthday quietly a her home in Tuckers-mith- When the car in which the were riding went out 'of co trol and crashed through guard rail and down a 10 -foo embankment at Liffe Cree Dublin, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Houghton, of Cromarty, had, narrow escape from instan death. They are in ,Scott Mem- orial Hospital, Seaforth, wher are resting comfortably- The home of Mr. and Mrs W. J. Rintoul, Huron Road, w the scene of a pleasant gather ing when abb. 80 Roxboro friends met to honor Pte. old Scott, of the Perth' . Regi- ment. Music for dancing was supplied by Cameron and Reg Rintoul, Keith Sharp, Harry Pethick and Mrs. Rintoul. Burglars raided SiiverwOods' station in . Zurich last Friday night and carried off the safe containing about $100 and the books. The safe was found in the big'swamp, broken open and the money taken_ ' A reception was held in Knight's Hall Exeter, . is honor of ,Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hod- 'gert, London, who - were cele- brating their 20th wedding an- niversary. n-n Billy CCalnpbelI, youngest son of Dr. and Mrs- A. R. Campbell, Hensall, recently had the mis- fortune to fracture his collar- bone. Mr.' Harold , Bonthron; Hen - sail, is leaving this week for Toronto, where he will finish his course io embalming, Miss Merle Keating and Miss Abbie Seip. of town, attended the druggists' convention in Walkerton. • The annual meeting 'r,f the Dublin Tennis Club was at- tended by a good representa- tion of members. Officers are: president, Wm- Hanley-; vice- president, Kathleen Stapleton; treasurer, Joseph 'Dill:. gouda ill ambassador and tournament committee, Genevieve, McCar- thy, 'Ursula Krauskopf', • Monica Byrne and, Mrs- Fergus Staple- ton. Gerald Holland is in charge of the maintenance of the court -. Mr. Joe Eckert. of Manley. has engaged Mr. Raymond Mur- ray to help carry on the work on his farm. ' With deepest regret the com- munity of Winthrop learned of the death of -Mr. 'William Tre- wartha. He spas:. a veteran of the Great West Rebellion and was a• member of LOL No. 813, for 70 years. • At :the dance held in , the Town Hall, Hensall, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Charles Moore was the lucky winner. of the lovely quilt donated by Mrs. Margaret Mc- Lean, for the Red Cross and made by herself. A disastrous fire took place on the farm of . John Fairser- vice, con. 9, Morris Township, when his large chicken hatch- ry 'was destroyed. The second annual "smelt harvest" is in full swing at Port Albert and other points s along .Lake Huron: Literally, t ushels of this -delectable fish, newcomer to local waters, ave been 'caught during the ast week. S a6 -* A6 p From The Huron Expositor s May ,syr .1915 Mr, Rd- Davidson, of McKil- • c op, had the misfortune to have s the fingers on one of his hands adly laderated with a circular P aw during a wood Cutting pro ess. At- the, recent gnnual Meet- o ng' of the Women's Missionary e ciety . of the Methodist Burch at Constance, the fol• owing officers were elected: w resident, Mrs. John. Sunder- h ock; vice-president, 'Mrs. Law- b on; corresponding . 'secretary, rs. II. Colclough; recording. ecretary, Mrs: George Wheat- t ey; treastYrclr, Mts. Robert larke. L MeV 1J ,Merier'g tug, "Edna ti j arrive4; it6llayrffald last In rt elf. from' 'ort. Stanleys Mr, W ' hrbtt of write west It end, Tuckersmith, the we known. Clydesdale breeder, h _ disposed of his entire hors ed ,"Baron• Wallace," and 'has pur chased the Clydesdale stallio "Dunure Gartley," from Mr. McDonald, of Alma.. n- Mr. Robert Larmour, who h a 'driven the stage from Hensall t to Zurich. every summer for k, years. has' again commenced his and trip after resting during th a winter. - t Miss Etta Crich, who has been for some years in the ere store, now owned by W. T Hays, leaves next week to . side with her parents, Mr, an as 'Mr -s. A_ Crich, in .the West, .... - • Messrs. J. M. Best, James Watson, Thomas Stephens an Aro- John MacTavish motored to HoLttein; near Dutham, ' this - week and. enjoyed a day trot] fishing. Mr. Bert Govenlock had the misfortune to get ..kicked on the leg by a colt about a week ago. and has been laid up since Mr. Reuben Frost has coo= mended the erection ,of a neat new house on the lot adjoining his residence. The annual meeting of the Seaforth Rink • .Association was held at the Dick House. The following officers for 1915 were elected: President, William Ament; vice-president, John• 'Beattie; Sec.-treas., Miss Edna Troyer. ' . ""Mr. Williairt Smithers has purchased the Mm -die cottage on' Goderichx St:, for some time occupied by Dr. Hodgins. ' Mr. Andrew Archibald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Archi- bald, Tuckersmith. who has. been teaching school in Toron- to, has enlisted and left this week for training with the ar- tillery force at Niagara- WWithin the past two. weeks, Mr. J. F. Daly has sold Ford cars to the following: J. W. Walker, A. E. Forbes, Dr. John Grieve. and J. W. Beattie, Sea - forth; Robert Archibald; Lead - bury; Miller Adams, McKilIop, and Fred Miller, Walton., -- Mr- Thomas Elder, has Orr- 11- good buildings. Mr. Copp has as since rented it for five years e, to Wm. Cudmore, of the Lon- - don Road. n, Mr. Chubb, of Staffa, is er- ecting a blacksmith .shop on a lot near the corner, purchased as from Mr. Hotham and is about to erect a 'brick house this sum - 25 mer. On • Thursday. of last Week, e Samuel McMordie, younger son of R. McMordie, of the Londofi . Road, near Kipgen, met •- with drug a painful accident. He was.ruri- • ning'over a pile of stones when re-' by smite means he fell . and d broke a small hone in his arm. Seaforth -Band is at present laboring .under ciif iculties,. d they are again without a teach.' er. Mr. John Doig, Sr., ' of Kip - t pen, is this week making . ar- rangements to leave.for Algo- ma, where he may settle, hav ing taken up land there. chased the lot oir John Street in the rear of the residence of Mr. Walter Willis. from Mr. F. Gutteridge, and intends erect- ing a new home on it. Mr. Lorne Weir is having a couple of balconies erected on the Royal Hotel building;, which when completed will add con- siderably to the appearance and facilities of . that excellent hos- telry.. • . The • masquerade dance in Cafdno's Hall on- Tuesday eve- ning was, a successful affair. From The Huron Expositor May 2, 1.890. The many friends of Mr. Thomas "Kidd, of this town will he pleased to learn that'be has been appointed to a good posi- tion in the Internal Revenue Department and that his ap- pointment will not necessitate his removal' from Seaforth. • Mr. John Aird, who has been manager of the Seaforth agency of the -Canadian Bank of COM - mow, 'has been appointed to manage the Toronto. agency for tic months during the absence of he regular agent in the Old Cottatir- - Dr; Coleman is having . the old foundry ,building on Main t. greatly added to and im- roved; and intends starting a oundry and machine shop- as oon as the building is, ready. Mr. D,.; D. Wilson has pur-. based the, tek bu$itietg�,, anji ' tock of 'PO; ftoderitk,,, w ho has for so many years sup- lied the .people of this town witlli; the "lacteal" fuick - Mt - Alan Me :ean; formerly f The „ expositor, has purchas- d a neat; and newsy paper itt Waisen 'burg, Colorado, called The Walsenburg. World, and ill conduct it in addition • td is ranching and stockraising usiness... Mie. Shaeffer, of Kippen, is considering a packing house, in, hat village this.summer, The Curry farm on the Parr inc,,`•ataniey, was' sold at au' oft td 11 Wm. Copp, of ;•Sea= h., The /trice was $2;400, •or 200:: ihnn the' ntortgpg+ tt# ti 100 Ser and<; ,fit''.i, o -td "UM am mek v�v a llurc frtalt • • S -By 8t Smiley -= UNTOUfrHEO BY PROGRESS - Despite the cba�nges in society in the past 20 years, swift, vas relentless,- frightening, there is one social unit that has proved in.►pervious and oblivious to the march of -""progress"- While it may have changed its terms of reference slightly, oth- 1i: ice going to clean this place up." The only difference, in - ,000 t, years was that • the first guy merely had to carry some bones and hides. outside. I had - to make eight trips to the dump, and then whitewash the cave. ' Three thousand years ago, So- crates told his wife, Xanthippe, that he was going to a symposi- um.. "You mean you're gonna get storied with all them bums down at the legion hall," she snarked. (This was right after the Persian Wars, and the vet- erans were in pretty high te- gard, the only outfit In town that could get a license). The other night my wife said "And where in the hell do you think you're going? Pray?" 'I," I replied with some digni, ty, "am going to a symposium". "You mean you're going to get sloshed with all those . al - club?" she amended. See? The grammar and. diction have im- proved. But' me and old Socra- tes got the same Lunch when we got home: hot 'tongue and cold shoulder. - • Two' thousand years age, Ma- caronius Chesius, a Roman sen- ator, toppled into bed at three a -m., after writing a brilliant speech for delivery in the sen- ate on the morrow. At 6.15 am. he was vaulted into wakeful- ness by these sounds: his son practising on' the bucina (a war -horn that sounds like a • lady moose in labor); his daughter chanting "Eye -eye and eye -eye makes- eye -vee" (II and II makes IV); and his wife, who couldn't sleep, cracking walnuts , on the head of a Greek slave kneeling on her side of the bed. This morning after marking essays until three am„ I was hurled into the world at 6:15 by these sounds: my daughter practising on her French horn, which sounds like ...a French lady moose ina labor; my son chanting Latin conjugations; and my wife, who. couldn't sleep, chewing (not .sucking) Lifesavers about three inches And the day before yesterday, my wife took me by the hand, led me down cellar, and burbl- ed, "Come on, Buster, we're • erwise it .has altered almost not at all since man first crawled out of the ooze. I am talking about the family ' I became aware of this during a panel discussion by my high school students. The topic was "Early Marriages". (You'll be glad to know they are 100 per cent against them!). - One panelist referred to the glossy, saccharine, phoney ver- sion of marriage presented. on TV and movie screens. She said it gave teenagers a false idea of marriage. A boy promptly snort- ed, `Nobody's taken in by' those. We all come from hojne with married people in them. Mar-. raige isn't like that at all-" Everyone agreed. And how right they were. Those cute, comfortable and contrived families we see on the screen are about as much like the real thing as a ketchup - splattered Hollywood war is like a real war, with real blood, real --bodies, real terror. Oh, I' know. There are broken hgmes and teenage delinquents and all that jazz. But don't you think there were any such in Roirye 2,000 years ago, or Athens 3,000 years ago? It's just that they get a better play in the papers these days. Family life always has been, and still is a fascinating combination of fun and frustration, comfort and chaos. S i x t y -eight thousand years ago, this week, some crazy, hairy woman waded through the guck and bones to the back of the cave,: took a look around, went back to the fire, kicked her - happy, recunibent, husband and burbled, "Come on, Buster, we're going to clean this place up." from my left ear. (Don't ask ' tne where she got the lifesav- to ers, or Mac's wife got those walnuts, at that hour.) • ARE:YcU�NE OFTHiE PEOPL WHO READ OCCASIONALLY? JUSTSEE WHAT YOU ARE MISSING! Why be an occasional .reader? Regular readers know the complete news coverage The Expositor provides. , They appreciate- the moneys -saving ads, the interesting features, the news of churches and. societies. They watch for The Expositor pictures. Read The Expositor Every Week Call us collector drop us a nate and we'll start a subscription it your name. You may pay later. . , THE. 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