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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-06-03, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community 'First Publishes at SEA.)" ORT$, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN 1t3ROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association *� * i Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association '/ A n n l• Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: 3 Canada (in advance) $4,00 a Year % Outside Canada .(in advance) $5.50 a Year 1. SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 3, 1965 There Are Lessons To Be Learned It will be unfortunate if recent in- quiries into farmer controlled ventures have the effect of discouraging organ- izations aimed at the improvement .of the farm economy. As far as the two enterprises are concerned, it is true there may be ques- tions asked concerning the grounds on which .certain decisions were made,' but there can be no doubting the sincerity with which those . involved in the or,. ganizations approached their tasks. What is apparent, as the Exeter Times reminds' us, is that 'much of the difficulties facing FAME and the On- tario Bean Growers Marketing Board, appears to, have arisen as the result of a lack of informed advice and comments in these wordB^, • `Because Huron County is one of. the leading. .agriculture producing coun- ties in Ontario, district farmers have not doub• t been closely watching events of the past few weeks. when enterprises in which they have invested,money have come under government scrutiny. , "The enterprises are Farmers Allied Meat Enterprises and Ontario Bean Growers' Ltd., a London-based rplant operated by the Ontario Bean Growers' Marketing Board. "While the FAME hearing has not been completed as yet, 'there_ is little doubt but that the government investi- gation will come up with the conclusion that mis-management led to FAME's downfall. • "Manyarea farmers have money in- vested in this `dream' and at present • it„appears that their investment is in jeopardy. "The chartered accounting firm which was asked to investigate the bean plant operated by the Marketing Board, has already reported that.. the company re- cords were iri a `confused state' and” the operations were :`being conducted under 'poor business practice' meth- ods. "It has also been suggested that Ag- riculture Minister Stewart called -for the independent investigation to prove to growers that the .company was not only operating 'illegally, but was also costing them unnecessary money. "Farmers, similar to most other citi- zens, can not afford to lose money on such ventures, because their main live- lihood is a risky enough business. In fact, their money was invested in such ventures because they were of the opin- ion that they would improve their cash returns,- and many of them realized they had to gamble on that promise. "The hearings into these two ven- tures will provide farmers with some of the answers as to where they may'~ have gone wrong, but unfortunately From The Huron Expositor they may be costly lessons. .lune 7, 1,940 " GOI NGx YO APPLY 7 " In the Years Agone "One thing they will ,probably learn is that hard work and a zealous, en- thusiastic approach to any' venture does not guarantee, success. Today's complex world -in -all facets --demands expert advice and ;assistance on ven- tures in which we are not experts our- selves. . ' "The downfall of many farmers— and others, of course --can often be traced to failure.of.accepting this fact, -even in the operation- of their own farms." Is Bell Ringing One of 'the most widely -read books. of all time, says the Barrie Banner, 'is "The.. Decline ` and Fall of the Roman Empire." Written in 1788 by Edward. Gibpori, it sets forth five basic reasons why that civilization withered and died. These were: • The undermining of the dignity and 'sanctity' of the home, which is the basis for human society. Higher and higher taxes ; the spending of public money for free bread and circuses for the popu- i Iace. The mad, craze for . pleasure ; • sports becoming every year more excit- ing, more brutal,. more immoral. The t building of great armaments when the real enemy was within—the decay of h individual responsibility. The decay of S religion ; faith fading into mere form, losing touch with life, losing power to guide the people. It vaguely rings a bell, doesn't it? Struck by an auto _wrecker as he was • filling in an excavation at the Supertest Service Station here on Friday, Peter Bale, Sea- forth, suffered a fractured vert- ebrae of the spine. He was fill- ing in on top of a gasoline stor- age, tank, when the wrecker, which had been used to lower the tank in the ground, slipped and _dropped in the hole. Legal details in connection with the transfer of the flour mill property from the town to Excellence Flour Mills Ltd, were completed this week, and Elzebert Turgeon, representin the cotripany, took possession. For the first time in 19 years, all the family of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Archibald visited to- gether at the home of their parents on West Street. The family includes Wallace, Lon- don; Arthur, of -Whitby; Mrs. E. C. Armstrong, of Waterloo; Edward, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Fred, of Duporquet, Quebec, g and Alice, at • home Mrs. Robett• Charters, Tuck- ersmith's grand old lady, cele- brated the 94th anniversary of, her birthday, surrounded b members of her family in her h.ome on the farm on - :the- Mi•11 Road, Tuckersmith, where she came as a bride nearly 72 yews ago. Mrs. Charters has a fam- ly'of four: William, on the old homestead; Harry, in •Seaforth; Mrs: Arthur Masofl, Saskatoon, Sask., and Miss Margaret Char- ers, . at home. A number of Seaforth men ave enlisted -during the past week and include: William C. utherland, RCAF; Charles Wood, John Strong, RCR; Don Dale, Harry Bolton, Seaforth; William Farquharson. ,Walton, and Gordon Holland. Dublin, Engineers; Fred E. Willis, Jack Dorrance, Jack 'Cameron, in the Elgin' Regiment, which is re- cruiting under Captain D. E. Nairn, at Goderich. Kickedby a horse while play- ing near his home. Jack McGav- in, five -year -Old son of Mr. and Mrs.. Gordon ' McGa -in, McI{i•1- lop, 'suffered a fractured leg. Miss Wilson, superintendent of Scott,Memorial Hospital, and Mr..and Mrs. F. Kling attended the graduating exercises at Woodstock General Hospital. Mr. Ivy Henderson, of Mc- Killop, underwent a mastoid operation in Scott Memorial $ospitl. During the electrical- storm the chimney of - the Anglican Church at. Varna was struck by lightning. By a strange freak, the electricity seemed to fol- low the pipes to the stove with- out harm to either, but tore the floor covering badly and made two holes in the wall nea a window. The trustees of Constanc school are 'having the schoo grounds, levelled. M. 'A. Reid, W. J. Duncan Lorne Dale, B. F. Christie, C P. Sills and F. Johnston attend ed the opening'bowling tourna ment held in Goderieh. Rev. John McConnell, Dublin who has been on the• secretaria staff at the: Vatican, Rome, dur ing the past two years, arrive in New York. The home of Mr. and Mrs James Sangster, Hensall, wa the scene of a delightful eve ning when some 50 neighbors and_ friends gathered' to hono Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Noakes the former Miss Minnie Sang ster, with a kitchen shower. ✓ on the old Jake Barrows' pia since it came into their pass e sion, 1 Mr. William Fee, of Hensa has treated himself to a fi Studebaker • auto, with all t . latest improvements and equip - ment. An accident of a serious,'\n ture .occurred, resulting in th death of . a bright little lad 1 about eight years,. the elde son of Mr. and Mrs. Charl d Finkbeiner. The Iad, with companion, was' climbing up tree at Hillside, G9derich S s East., when in some way h - missed his footing and fell t the ground, fracturing his skul r when found, he was u , conscious' and died' ,shortly of - ter being taken to his home. From The Huron Expositor June 6, 1890 Mr. John Dunkin,' of Stanley, left last week for the Old Coun- try to bring out some mo Shropshiredown sheep. Arthur .Forbes has added se-- eral handsome new covered buggies to his already well- equipped livery establishment here. Mrs. W. J. Dawson, daughter of Mrs. Smith, of this town, had a narrow' escape from a ter 'rible fate at Seattle, Washing ton Territory. She was riding on a car on the,cable road, of which her husband is superin- tendent, when a collision took -place, and in the accident. she received such injuries as to en- danger her life. Mr. John Melville, the cham- pion • delver, dug on the farm of Mr. John Dunlop, Cromarty, 63 postholes three feet deep, starting at 9 o'clock and finish- ing before sundown. Mr. William Armstrong, a young and enterprising farmer, who resides on„ the boundary between Hullett and McKillop, has been awarded- a bronze medal for one of the best farms in a district of six counties. Mr.' T. Berry, the well-known horse buyer, recently. purchas- ed from Mr. McMillan, Bruce - field, a fine 4 -year-old geld' g, sired by "Puzzler," for which he. paid the round sum of '$200. Seaforth' Methodist Church purchased a Bell chapel organ' from Scott Bros., the well-known music dealers of this town. The organ is for use in the Sabbath school and other church meet- ings held in the basement. • Mr. David Hill, of the 8th concession of Hubbert, recently sold to Mr. Sam Rennie, of the Township of Hay, his fine young stock bull, "Pride' of glasni" for $100. He is two years old, and is a fine young animal. The residents of Morris Town- ship were startled on receiving word of the sad accident which occurred on lot 15, con. 7, by which the owner of the farm, Mr. Samuel Thuell, lost hip life. He was drawing manure and was going to the field when accidentally fell among the orses' feet, and was trampled o death. He was not found ntil 11 o'clock. A4 sugar and spice -•--, By Blll • Smiley --- TIME HOBBJG.E$ ON ed, and the old guts can handle I'll be ;45 this week. It's one anything but broken glass. Hair of those rather decisive birth- and teeth are thinning --and have days, like 13, and 21, and 30. changed color, but are still or - Only 10 years before I'll be iginal models. middle-aged. A good •time to Endurance isn't what it used sum up. to be. I couldn't run 200 yards One thing that strikes me is at top speed if the devil him- the amount of NO a fellow self were after me, with a red - can collect in such a brief span. hot pitchfork. But he rarely I came into the world without chases us Sunday School teach - a stitch or a 'nickel. And in ers, so why worry? only four and a half decades, I I can still swim a few hun- have acquired a number of dred yards, and tramp a trout stitches, about 400 nickels, a stream or golf course half a house with two mortgages, a dozen miles a day. I can still car with 12 payments to go, sit up all night and argue about two teenagers to put through -politics or women or religion. university, 'and a wife ctirrent- I can still get excited about ly talking up the glories of an an idea or a song or a poem or • •automatic dishwasher. a play. I can still thrill to the Not to mention a houseful of sight of a beautiful broad, or a furniture that's all due to be big fish, or a full moon, or a replaced, a basement full of bluebird, or a bonfire. empty beer bottles, a toolshed I`"""enjoy loafing and ,hard full of rusty tools and broken work, chess and dry martinis, bicycles, and an attic full of thunderstorms and- trees, good black squirrels. movies and little children, old But I have no complaints friends. and new clothes, though . about life. I was the • runt of not necessarily in those com- the "litter in our family, and binations. I've grown into a magnificent Not bad for an Old chap, eh? physical specimen, towering five Please don't think I'm brag - foot eight on hot days, and tip- ging. What I'm doing is sing - ping the scales at a strapping ing a paean of thanksgiving for 138 in my winter overcoat. my own good luck, and a note And what a beating that of consolation for you birds meagre machine has taken in who are creeping up on 45. 45 years! I've been sea -sick A lot of people burble, "If I ce and air -sick and love-sick. I've could only live it over, know - es rolled over in a car, crashland- ing what I do now." Not me. Il ed in an aircraft, and smashed I wouldn't trade my child - into a steel bridge at top speed' hood, romantic, shy, imaginal ne on my bike. I've been beaten tire, for any I've seen since. he into unconsciousness by a gang The thrill of sports as a teen - of Germans, and hit with every- ager; falling in love half a doz- thing from a telephone - to a en times; first job, on a steam- s- plate of roast beef by my wife. boat; university and ideas and e Yet there's hardly a scratch on new friends; air force and kicks est me. Outwardly, ' • e as a fighter pilot; prison camp, I've broken fingers and 'toes, and hunger and good talk; mar- es arid nose (three times). I've riage and kids; weekly news - a • had hemmorhoids and hangov, paper editor; high school teach - a ers. I've had my scalp laid op- er. And be hanged .af a fellow t• en by a hockey stick and a didn't offer me an interesting e horseshoe. I've . had measles new job last week. • 0 and mumps and. TB and the Nossir.' I've had a good run. 1• trots, scarlet fever and bursitis And Tin- going to -keep right on n- and pink eye and dysentry.. running. When I'm 85, I want - And yet, amazlingly, the old to be known in the nursing carcass presses on. Sight and home as, "That old devil, hearing are sound as a bell, Smiley, who pinches your'bot- although smelling is gone com- tom every time . you walk past pletely. Appetite is unimpair- his wheel -chair." , * From The Huron Expositor June 4, 1915 Sir Adam Beck, ' of London, has returned from his trip to the Old Country. Sir Adam said he had visited' the "trenches in France and found the Canadian troops all in good spirits and eager for the fray. The Cana- dian troops, he said, did trench Y duty for 22 to 28 days continu- ous1y, and then went to the French' 'villages" at" the rea>i of the line for a few hours' rest. Police Magistrate Holmsted, of Seaforth, is bringing action against the County of Huron to compel them to furnish him with an office, fuel, light and furniture. as police magistrate for Seaforth, McKillop and Tuckersmith. The evidence was taken before His Honour Judge Holt Some time ago, and argu- ment was heard when judgment was reserved. Mrs. Davis and son, of Sea - forth, who 'Visited Mr. Joseph Davis, Exeter "North, Sunday before last, met with an un- pleasant experience when re- turning that evening. The horse fhey were- driving became rightened at an auto near Hen - sail and 'they were thrown in- to the ditch, receiving a bad shaking up and the -buggy' . be- ing' damaged. The principal item of inter- estrin the war situation is the fact that Italy has crossed the 1Yubican by declaring war against Austria, and has active- ly entered into the conflict. In northern France and Belgium, things have been going favor- ably for the Allies. Mr. and Mrs. David Gardiner and Mr. Russell Scott, of Crom- arty, left on a trip to the West. Mr. John McCullough, Crom- arty, h,as improved his proper • - ty by the erection of a nice fence along the front. ' Brodhagen Bros., of McKil- lop,. are making improvements A Macduff Ottawa Report Hopi . For Uranium. Industry' OTTAWA Elliot Lake, On- ada negotiated contracts for the tario, is a modern ghost town. sale of uranium to Britain and Its trim, shuttered bungalows the United States. Between and quiet pavements whisper a 1955 and 1963 uranium sales to mute story of the broken dream these two countries totalled of uranium. ,, $1,600 million. From this sad little northern Some of these contracts have town, it seems a long way to since been renegotiated arid ex - the suave .diploma'tic salons of tended to keep some Canadian Paris. Yet the hopes of Elliot Lake, ...and of the entire uranium in- dustry, rest at this moment in the distant French capital. '" ' For several months now the Canadian and French Govern- ments have been. negotiating a uranium contract which would set the feeble uranium Indtis- try on its feet, bring Elliot Lake and other towns back to life. France wants an assured sup- ply of uranium for the next 25 years, to fuel its expanding nu- clear reactor program for elec- tric power. It may need as much as 100 million pounds, or about one fifth of Canada's known reserves. The value of the sale would be somewhere between $450 eral countries' for exchange of million and $700 Million, de- nuclear information and ma - pending on price fluctuations.' terials. Extremely well deveI- • ' It would inject new life into oped in the peaceful uses of an industry which in 1959, with nuclear energy itself, Canada - 23 mines, produced $331 mil- insisted that its nuclear ma - lion worth of products. In 1962, terials be used for peaceful the number of mines had drop—purposes only. Ped to• eight, producing a pro- More than that, each. contract duct .glued at about $150 mil- provides for national and in - lion• ternational inspection ` to en - Since France wants to buy, sure that the ' conditions 'of and Canada wants to sell, there peaceful use are being met. t should, be no problems, but By now this has become an there are. ,irrevocable' element of Cana- " They are not problems of dian foreign policy. The poi - price, delivery, or of any Com- icy worked well until ' it was rnereiai aspect. They are prob- first challenged, until the first lems of diplomacy, of . `national tentative French 'offers to pur- pride, pi political philosophy chase Canadian uranium. in a nuclear age. a- Prance was already a nuclear ixegi'n•wft1Yt uranium i -s the power. Its stance in the world stuff +af nuclear bombs, the today is not one that gladly muahropm &i`otid, massive retell• suffers international interfer- iatioin , eal�h-destroying' power:' ertce of any kind. •' hG ttiai3• nranlu�rtl Indus,. The French freely admit they i rt, ,.tae iadt'n and weaned en want Canadian uran. to f mines at work, even though demand for the product had drastically declined. ' In those days Canada did not insist on any safeguards for the peaceful use of 'uranium. Britain and the United States could make what use of it they would. - By 1957, however, Canada had developed a firm policy in opposition to the spread of nu- clear weapons. The . country participated in international agreements, renouncing ' t h e manufacture of nuclear wea- pons, and renouncing the sale of nuclear materials to other countries for anything but peaceful purposes. Since then Canada has.enter-. ed into agreements with sev- volving international inspec- tion or control,, The French argued, with some reason, that Canadian policy was discriminatory, since Canada is already supplying uranium to Britain and the United States with no kind of safeguard -on its use. • The French positio forced a total review of Canadi\in policy. That review led the Govern= ment to an inescapable conclu- sion. If its policy was to mean anything, it must apply equal- ly tq every country, including Brit'a'in and the United States --I its original uranium custom- ers. The Original contracts with these two countries, which ex- pire between 1966 and 1970', wil (likely be honored. But any new contracts must be subject to the same conditions for peaceful use that Canada asks of other countries. This shift in policy would re- move nature discrimination, at least, and, it is hoped, ,will op- en 'the way fair conclusion of the important contract with the French. Trade Minister Sharp visited Paris in May to set out the new Canadian position. He re- turned with reasonable optim- ism that a contract may even- tually be signed. Canada would have to pledge itself to a non- discriminatory policy in the fu- ture. France would have le agree to some form of inspec- ion to ensure the peaceful use of the uranium. Months of negotiations prob- ably lie ahead before it can be determined whether or not Can- ada will ever sell uranium to France. In the meaGtitime, there are at 'least two Useful results 'of the whole affair. It has forced the Canadian Government to review and re- vise it§. makeshift uranium pol- icy, And it has given new hope to despbndeti .poekete of Caila- fali ��pyo.ypyult1drl� ,1110";lr lot peae'efttl purposes But they d 'oto*7.16 w anysafeguards ti> THE HOME TEAM re TO THE EDITOR How Brucefield Got Its- Name May 1965. days would ask Mr. Scott: "How . Sir For quite• sortie ..tirge .I did Brucefield get its. name?" ' have intended writing to you in Now, this is the way' I' heard - regard regard to an item that appear- it without. variance, many, many ed in your paper on October 24, times. Mr. Scott would say: "At_..• 1963, under the'heading of first the villagers intended to "Paths of History Through- Hur- name it Rossville, because so on and Perth." In the -write-up many families with the name the paragraphs relative to the of Ross had settled in this sec - village of Brucefield stated that tion. But, a settlement and a it was named in honor -of a river, 2% miles west on the Mayor Bruce, connected . with .Bayfield Road were known as the Canada Co., Huron Tract, Bannockburn, so they decided and one who played an active on the name Brucefield, after part in the settlement of the King Roberts the Bruce of Scot - pioneers in this section of the land, ."The field of Bruce at country. This may be true, but Bannockburn." Considering the I doubt it, source of this information and Many years, ago, shortly if:" the facts surrounding it, I ter the_ turn of the century,. I really. believe it to be true. worked for Wm. Scott & Co., The name of Ross in this dis- Glasgow . House, motto: We triet has certainly been per-, Fear • Nae Foe. Wm. Scott was petuated by the number of lad• an .enterprising merchant and dies who bear it as a given one of the early settlers known name.. 1ar and wide for the various The name Brucefield is. rather ventures he and his son, E+,n rare, but there is an Avenue. drew, were -engaged in, such as by that. name in Dunfermline,. General Store, Wool .Merchant, Fifeshire, 'Scotland, Grain . Merchant, Post Office, The name Bannockburn was Telegraph Office, Issuer Of Mar- brought to the front last year riage Licenses, and was consid- when Scotland won the Inter- • ered for many • years as the national Soccer. Championship Mayor of Brucefield. He'was an for the third consecutive time excellent penman -and account- from England on the 650th an - ant. He maintained the.best niversary of the big battle.- As set of records I have ever seen evidence of these facts,.I am in my lifetime, and being in giving you some Scottish papers that line of work myself for a I' received from my good friend considerable period of time, I and neighbor, ' Andy Simpson, should at Ieast be able to pass awe the way frae Glasgow. fair judgment, Many persons visiting in er ANDREW J. MURDOCH near the village, and especially 16712 Lindsay Ave., commercial travellers, in those Detroit, Mich. . air he h t u Thanks Sir: On behalf of the thou- sands of disabled citizens of this Province who will ,benefit front the proceeds of our re- cent March of Dimes cainpaign,, I want to say, "thank you!" You will be glad to know that nearly . $760,000 has been , raised or is in sight—a tremen- dous tribute to all your hard work, and a great public en- dorsation of our cause. '• Rehabilitation is never a one- ma>:i show; it takes donors and fund raisers, an- ar)ny of sales - ,men of good causes; planners and trained staff --tile ail-itiri- portant efforts . of the disabled themselves, plus a warm-heart- ed community- to. receive them. Thank you for your part in this unique "team". We hope we may count on your help *next year; too.' Sineere)y, ". O. INFORMALS Distinctively 'Personal for Invitations, Thank -You and Naos. Perfect for. Gifts 50 INFORMALS AND 50 ENVRLOPES $2.60 The name in raised black printing on fine quality white Vellum paper with matching plain envelopes. Order Item 2260. - Choose from these Four Type Styles - .L'amonl MRS, DCINAI.o PHILLIPS TYPE STYLE Ato TYPE STYLE A,2 yrs. 3alnr•'Alderson M. David Rb6incan 't• 'I E ekTYLE An ' TYPE STYLE Ate The. situ. 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