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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-07-29, Page 2wince 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFoRTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MeLEAN BROS., Publishers (41 �„�•ANDREW Y. MOL AN, Editor . Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association ♦.+ Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association • Audit Bureau of Circulation Subseription' Rates: • \MU U/* • Canada ('in advance) $4.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year V L '0% SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second t~Iass Mail, Post Office ,Department; Ottawa 1 SEAFORTH., ONTARIO, JULY 29, 1965 Kids, Tractors Are Bad Combinatie►► This is Farm Safety Week. While certainly farm safety is not something that can be trotted out In any given week and then conveniently forgotten about, the event "does serve to remind us of the many dangers that lurk about even the best managed farms. Heading the list of potential dearth traps is the tractor. Some tractor ,mis- haps are accidental, but far too many are invited by carelessness or plain 'I don't care” attitude. °�• Already this season this district has been saddened by more than one trac tor fatality. When the victim is a fully capable operator there is natural con- cern. But when the victim is a mere child, as,too frequently is -the case, the question of responsibility also arises. It is hard to assess a father with blame when his child riding on his trac- tor is killed. Yet, at some point there must be. responsibility. Someone must apply common sense and recognize that perming a child to either ride on or drive a tractor or other piece of 'heavy farm equiprnent is inviting disaster. Farm accidents take a terrible toll in lives lost and in unnecessary injury and suffering. The farm is, by nature, a place of hidden hazards, and even under ideal conditions there will con- tinue, to be accidents. But this is not to say that a vast majority of accidents as they are occurring today cannot be eliminated. And one of the: best places to start is with children and tractors. Our Ears, Too, Deserve a. Rest Communities to an - increasing degree are becoming concerned with eliminat- ing all those features that tend to de- tract from a pleasant outlook. No longer can a:, citizen continue to ignore an abandoned building or an unsigistly pile of junk on hip property. His attention is drawn to the condition and he is instructed to clean it up, and this is as it should be. Why should the eyes of the many be offended by the -don't care attitude of a few? Have we gone far enough,, however, in our desire to better the conditions in which we live? Delegates' to the' Acoustical Society of ' America, meet- ing in convention in Washington re-, cently, think not. They suggest we have overlooked noise and that we ,sho.uld promotee, things to rest the ear as well 'as things to delight the eye. The delegates called attention to "the - cocktail effect," -a pyramiding of sound familiar to all who stay long enough. Criticism also was directed at automo- biles, construction gquipment, airplanes, Macduff Ottawa Report Every Man's Medicine. OTTAWA—The Federal Gov- years ago, and left deep scars in their coverage. kitchen garbage grinders, transistor radios- and other features of "the noisy environment" - Most of us, of course, don't realize that the noise level ,is increasing, and who better than groups such as the acoustical people could remind us of it. The ear becomes attuned to increased noise, just as the eye can become ac- customed to ugliness, and in each case there is a deterioration in our enjoy- ment of life—even trough at the mom- ent we may not realize it. Noise, it seems, can become habit forming. There are those who cannot enter a, room until it has been condi- tioned- by a blaring radio. • To many, the test of a food car is not its comfort and its ability to provide economical transportation, but . rather the din it produces. Tires are 'bought by some for squealability rather than reliabil- ity. All of which „perhaps is good reason for pressing the exploration of space. We understand it is still quiet up there. t ernmen has picked its way on that ugh the constitutional -thick- ets, now stands in. clear 'view of a country -wide, compre- hensive medical care plan. , It •was no easy task. Prime Minister Pearson.dem- onstrated a sure knowledge of the political and constitutional traps facing him, and managed to avoid them all.. - His proposal is acceptable ev- en to autonomy -conscious prov- inces such as Quebec. The tre- mendous re mendous cost burden of medi- care will be shared equitably by Federal and Provincial Gov- ernments. The country as a whole will benefit from medical insurance plans that have come to be accepted as natural and desirable in modern, industrial- ized states. And, perhaps not just incl;, dentally, medicare will stand as a monument to • Federal Liberal achievement in any general election, any country is on the road towards medicare. and that be- tokens not only Mr. Pearson's skill in the Federal -Provincial' field, but also a rapid change in Canadian views. It will be at least two years before medicare arrives. It will cost Federal and Provincial Governments roughly $28 for every man, woman and child in the country. Thatis a total of nearly $600,000,000 a year, and everybody knows that that's just the beginning. When the plan is in opera- tion, it will pay for medical ser- vices rendered by any doctor.' This is what was known—not so long ago—as state .or social- ized medicine. This is the con- cept that brought the Saskatch- ewan doctors to strike three t TO TRF EDITQR Here Is An. Opportunity For Volunteer Help Goderich, July 27, 1965 . out, with the never -overlooked birthday cake, "Recently a woodworking shop program has been added to these activities for male ther- apy. Scrap wood has been do- nated, by several building firms, and cloth for quilt patches has been supplied by merchants and by hospital' personnel. Sev- eral groups donated books and magazines f o r distribution throughout the hospital. Sup- plies for refreshments at the , coming hospital' picnic have been offe ed already, "The Christmas treats and presents given to all patients in 1964 'were donated volun- tarily. CKNX helped lime urably fere. Through ' h thoughtfulness of the Li ns Club, the Kinsmen and the Knight of Columbus, ticket's were • supplied for hockey games, carnivals and circuses. Moreover, transportation b y chartered bus was arranged for each occasion. "This, my dear friend, migh give you some idea of what " Volunteer Program has m-:nt to these patients. We are oing to hold an�,orientation m -•ting at the Hospital on Wedn: day afternoon, September 22nd at 2:00 o'clock. At this mee ng' „ our plans will b discussed a d explained • by /Mrs, Prosse , Nursing Superintendent, Mrs. Van Egmond and myself, ,as volunteer co-ordinator. We ex- tend to you a very special in- vitation to be present, and hope to meet you personally. y If any groups are interested in helping us to' further this pro- gram for ward activities .or en- tertainment, we would. be glad to hear from them," • Thank you, on behalf of our patients, for your help in pub- lishing this letter. ° Yours very sincerely, , MRS. ANNA REDMOND • Volunteer -Co-ordinator Sir: I am attaching an open letter which I hope you will publish in your newspaper at as early a date as possible. Our patients have benefitted greatly through the efforts of many groups and individuals from Seaforth and district, and it is our ' ilppe to recruit more volunteer workers in the months to come. "This letter will, I hope, con- tain a comprehensive outline of the mental welfare of the pa- tients of the Ontario Hospital and the relative dependence of this welfare on the assistance from volunteer organizations. It bears a close resemblance to previous letters requesting Aid; however, we trust it may di- rect your attention to the va- rious activities of the patients through volunteer help. The public, the staff and the pa - o .tients understand and apprec- ate the activities provided through the Volunteer Pro- gram, and trust in the continu- ance of further help in this worthy cause. • "A new organization is be- ing developed to cultivate all phases in a Volunteer Program, A `special office in the Hospital has been established, .from which volunteers are assigned to various duties, in the wards, gift shop,, arts and crafts de- partment, shop - work, enter- tainment, etc, Each• volunteer will be 'given his or her per- sonal badge at the volunteer office. ` In reviewing the entertain- ment supplied, many clubs, groups and ,individuals have given of their time and talent. Regular patient "drive -outs" by volunteers have proved a real source •of pleasure. Birthday parties are a regular monthly features. Each celebrant re- ceives a gift and a special pro- gram for the event is carried 'SWAP YOUA RIVARD FOR A BANKS...* Irthe Years Agone From The Huron Expositor August 2,,,,;,940 William Black, former M, died at his home on the 'seco concession, Tuckersmith. Fro 1920 to 1925 he represent South Huron as a Progressi in the Dominion Parliament. A two -foot square hole in th middle of the floor . of Silv Creek bridge on No. 8,Highwa at the Lions Park, created dangerous condition until Hig way employees erected barr cedes and commenced repairs A miscellaneous shower w held in St. Columban Hall i honor of Carmel Morris, daug ter .of Mr, and Mrs. James Mo ris, of .Hibbert, prior to he marriage to Emmett Malone. A citizens voluntary commi lee to assist registration, head ed by W. L. Whyte, of Hullett was -announced with the follow A painful ,accident occurred at the GTR freight sheds to the P baggageman, John Quail. He nd was helping in. unloading gas pipes from a car, when in some m way ,one fell on his hands, in - ed flitting a wound which requir- ve ed several stitches to close. While Mrs, Jas. Broadfoot, of er Tuckersmith, was in her gar- den, she fell and fractured her awrist. h- The home of . Mr. and Mrs. t- Hugh Campbell, Londesboro, w,as the scene of a pleasant ev- • ent, when their slaughters, as 1 dith and Hazel entertained a n number of their friends at a h' linen shower in honor of their r- cousin, Miss' Marie Reid, who r has since been married to El- liott Somerville, B.Sc., of Ed- t- rnonton, • ing Seaforth citizen's takin part:'. No. 1, James Scott a Mrs. Grace Hoggarth; No. - 2 Garnet Free and J. A. Westcott 3, Miss Annie Lawrenc and Miss M, E. Turnbull;• No 4, Frances Devereaux a n Dorothy Parke; No. 5, Miss G. Ross and D. L. Reid;'No. 6, P B. Moffat and. R. E. Bright. The Imperial Oil has • com pleted the purchase of th Queen's Hotel barn and lot on Goderich St. East, and ha commenced the work of erect ing a modern service station • Messrs, Baker and Curtis, forof use in C An effort - to locate oil in Huron will commence in Hul- lett Township • pn . the farm of Bert Allan, near Harlock. Ma- chinery is in place and ready to start, according to W. Innes Patterson, tunnville, who is in charge. Mr. Patterson. who is a native of this district, recent- ly' returned here after spending years in the oil business in he' United States. u We think that Mr. 'James , Brewster, of McKiIiop,. can beat - the record for hay this season, g his crop running three tons to an the acre. , Mr. Dolmage, during a storm lively as a three-year-old, and can outwork horses -younger than itself. As Mr. , J. Gowin was lead- ing a fat animal to Happel's farm, Zurich, the brute being very wild, ran into a barb wire fence and Mn Gowin had one of his fingers nearly cut off. George Heron, of Staffa, has bought the Pellow farm. here for a little less than $3,600, At Mr. Michael Miller's barn raising at Chiselhurst, a some- what serious accident happen- ed to Mr, Justice Parish. I��, was standing on one of t sleepers looking. up, when. ,a brace fell and broke his arm. He was quickly driven home and medical aid summoned. Miss Aggie Lockhart, eldest daughter of Mr. George Lock - hart, of the 5th concession of McKillop,- in company with her sister and Miss Johnston, were - Area Residents Ask picking berries on the farm of 6 • s.. • t Mr. Owen Geiger, of Hensall, why� pg a'small shrub was struck; Concerning School will soon have a targe number and"whep they looked for Miss e of Indians with their families Lockhart they found he d d • froth Muncey and other parts, beside the tree. d to pull his large flax crop, The Toronto hotel and saloon A pleasant- time was spent in keepers have decided to raise • connection with the Young Peo- the price of whiskey to 10 cents ple's Society of. Egmondville a glass after the first of Sep: - Church. Mrs. Laurie's lawn was tember. • e beautifully decorated for the Mr. Harry Jeffrey, of Roches - occasion and, the members of ter, N.Y., formerly clerk in Mc - s the losing side 'entertained the Faul's'• dry goods store here, is - winners to • a dainty tea, and at present visiting friends here. 1 r ea ate'" to an excellent program. An A No. 1 Bell organ Carmel Presbyter i - Buffalo, assisted on the pro- -Church at Hensall, has been gram, rendering beautiful duets recently purchased from . Scott on the piano and violin. Bros., Seaforth, and greatly - - adds• to the service 'of song. From The'Huron Expositor The barn of Mr. Henry Eiser- The H 1, 1890 man, of Logon, was struck by lightning and completely de - Mr, George Pope, of Hullett, -stroyed with .all its contents. " has a horse that has seen 24 II/fr.-Phillip Murray, the well - years' ,service and still • seems known thresher of Tuckersmith ere. province, • ;And finally, the plan would20 t -Now medicare is 'popular The hav politicians '*believe it is public demand. Everybody„ or almos everybody, wants it. • It now appears inevitable having' met and faced some formidable political. and 'consti- tutional difficulties. , e to be universal. •, That is it would have to cover all resi- s t dents of a province without ex- w elusion. because of 'age, . econ- n ,• ,omit circumstance, or pre-exist- m ing -conditions. T When ,Mr. Pearson made his G proposal to the Federal -Provin- cial conference, only AItferta, w Premier Ernest Manning was th bold enough to resist . it flatly b and wholeheartedly.. u Quebec, New Brunswick and w Saskatchewan embraced t h e er proposal warmly. All the other le -provinces, except Alberta, greet- cr ed it with varying degrees of re enthusiasm. • ni Thei-e was apleasant evening pent at the bowling, greens, hen C. P. Sills, president, Bo- ated prizes in a mixed tourna- ent to Mrs. Gordon Muir, Mrs, D. O'Neill, Lorne Dale and ordon Muir. . - The' almost unbelievably hot eathet which has - blanketed is district for 10 days, was roken to some extent. but not ntil almost daily lightning and ind storms had causedconsid- able damage to buildings and veiled hundreds of , acres of ops. The most serious occur - d when fire caused by light - ng completely destroyed a Mr. Pearson's solution was in- genious. 'It was . formed from some of the' new concepts in Federal - Provincial' relations that he himself has been in- strumental in creating. The Pearson'$roposal is simply this: If any province •adopts a medicare program of ',certain defined standards, the Federal Government' will make a fiscal contribution roughly equivalent to half the total cost of medi- care. - There „would be now Federal interference in the administra- tion of the provincial plans. There ,would be no dictation by Ottawa on what provincial 'fi- nancing should be, or on de- tails of services offered. There is no disagreement on the fact that jurisdiction in health matters belongs to the provinces. All the province has to do to qualify for a Federal con- tribution is to meet certain basic standards. The provincial •plan would have to provide for payments of services of general prac- tioners and specialists, for ex- ample.' It would have to be operated by the Provincial Government or by an agent of the Provin- cial Government. The plan would have to be portable, that is, ' individuals could move from province to province without creating gaps We tit' , ART GATCS wh'oeveir is puiting buttons in the collection plate rkase is owfi buttenr and not those from the pew cushions 1"- . It is perhaps useful to have large bank barn on the former a man around like Mr. Manning, Scott farm, west of "Leadbury,, though he",- may be ' swimming and owned by Wm. Somerville, against the stream. Mr. Man- . * a.' ning,,b(�pposes the medicare plan • on philosophical grounds. From The Huron Expositor tie dislikes the compulsory July" 30, 1915 aspects which he thinks violate Mr. Christopher Barrows, of fundamental principles of a McKillop, has erected a neat free 'society. He dislikes the and commodious driving shed provision that.,Federal and Pro- of concrete with galvanized iron vincial Governments must pro-' roof, which is in taste with his vide 100 per cent of 'the financ- other good substantial build- ing, practically •'wiping out all ings. private insurance Plans. The Doherty Organ Co. of He dislikes the- spending of Clinton, shipped one of their huge sums' on medical care, best pianos fed ur h• • when there are what he con- Werh-Wep c ase, rn siders more urgent needs, in- e, North Hanan, China, eluding treatment of mental ill- It will havenatinbe transported ness, university financingand severalnhundred miles overland • Ch ox carts after arriving in technical training. China. Mr. Manning held his views Members of the CEC of Con - strongly. But it was clear he stance Sunday School met at stands almost alone. The other the home of their teacher, Mrs. Premiers seem to accept that B. B. Stephenson, when they the country is ready for medi- presented Miss Marion Sunder - care, and is prepared to pay cock with a kitchen shower. the price. Mrs. Harry Chesney, Kippen, That basic decision 'having recently met with an unpleas- been taken, it is doubtful that ant accident; when,, her hand even Mr. Mannings earnest pro- was penetrated with the tine of testations can prevent adoption a pitchfork through, the effects of medicare plans all across the of a' fall. country.Robert apd Charles Stewart, s The Pearson Plan has just sons of M`r. Alex Stewart; of o about everything going for it. this town, who are ewged in s It will provide full medical in- the hardwprg and urW. -teen's g surance for all Canadians with- supply bainda in Portland, s out 'trampling on 'the sensitive, Oregon, made a display of their toes of autonomy -minded prove • wares at the Panama Expose inces. It will provide for shar- tion at San Francisco, and were ing of the great 'Vest. -awarded the gold medal for the And,not to be overlooked, it best display of, the kind at • the s will bring to reality the last of Exposition, the major election promises Turnbull & McIntosh have B made by the Liberals in 1962 just added to their livery out- a and 1963, and will open the fit a handsome new surrey, two- d way for renewal, of ,the man- seated and for one horse. It is g date in a generalelection as very - cotnfortable and has rub - early as this Fall.ber Urea ,and ball Uearingt o good for many years to come. has brought home a fine new ' It has sound teeth yet, is as ISecker threshing machine, ugar and Spice By Bill Smiley — STILL IN THE SWIM Any of you old-timers notice the gradual, but steady change in the physical, world abou you? You. have? • Good. I wa hailing it wasn't just me. You know what I mean, Th .hills on the golf course ar steeper than last year. • Th lawn grows larger each yea The dining -room table grows little farther from you eae year. The weeds in the gar den are a lot farther awe when you stoop to pull them You look -up, instead of down when you scold your children. And there's one other change that is particularly evident at this tithe of year. The water in the lakes is ten degrees colder than it was last year. I noticed this when I went swimming this week with the Old Lady. It was rather a his- toric occasion. With both our kids otherwise occupied, it was the first time we'd been swim- ming alone,etogether, without kids, since our honeymoon. when you get ducked."There's. d nothing quite like a middle-ag- s • ed swim, with the old bursitis t in the shoulder crunching at s every stroke, the heart pound- ing alarmingly, the chest heav- e ing wildly for air. e It does have its compensa- el.. tions, though, this swimming r without, kids, No one expects a you to act as a human diving - h tower. You don't' have to en- _ gage in duck -diving. competi- tions. You don't have to race a couple of sturdy teenagers to the big rock. And your wife a ' certainly won't compel you to t see how far you can swim under - Seaforth, July 26, 1965. Sir: Attached is a copy of a Letter directed to the Chairman of the Tuckersmith School Board, which we• feel would be of interest to ratepayers of Tuckersmith Township, a n d which has been signed by 38 residents of Harpurhey. .. RATEPAYER. • Mr. Verne Alderdice, Chairman, Tuckersmith School Board, 'R.R. No. 2,- Kippen, Ont. Dear Sir: :•: We, residents of Harpurhey, "would' appreciate having 'answers to the follow- ing questions. At the -same time, we are releasing a copy of this letter to the press, as we . feel it will be of interest tosmith:other residents of Tucker- schoo' 1, Tl?h'e cost .of a 16 -room school as -opposed to an 8 -room 2. The cost of a 16 or 8- room school as opposed to send- ing the pupils to Clinton, Hen- sall, Bayfield and Seaforth schools_ 3. Transportation costs of Tuckersmith and Stanley chil- dren to a 16 -room school at Brucefield, or.Tuckersmith chil- dren to an 8 -room school, 'or the cost of sending children to Bayfield, Hensall, Clinton and. Seaforth school from their re= spective areas?- , 4. If the surrounding schools of Seaforth, Clinton, Hensall nd Bayfield were used, could he existing bus runs for the' High Schools be utilized? Therefore, cutting down trans- portation costs and mileage i travelled by pupils. ' o 5. Where does Bayfield stand on the issue now? What is n the amount of debt they must c bear on their existing school? S d. What is the proximity of You should have seen the performance. We sweltered in the suet until there was, no al- ternative Co a dip. We advanc- ed with the utmost reluctance to the water's edge. We stood there for ten minutes, peering gingerly at it and each other. Driven by -nothing but sheer male- pride, I finally stuck one foot in. Twenty minutes later I was right up to the knobs on my knees. The old girl had barely wet the paint on her toe -nails. We'd been standing there yet huddering, had not a couple f sixyerueolds dashed past us, pla'sh'ing us from stem to udgeon. And my gudgeon till hasn't recovered. Now, how do' you explain this? • It was the same' body of water my son has been swim- ming in since early May. He aid it was great then. The weather has been hot since. ut in mid -summer ,the teniper- ture of the stuff was thirty agrees lower' than in May. omething's wrong. But I must admit, life all the Cher dbiies• that it's grand water. �s It's rather pleasant, really, swimming with the old lady, She dog -paddles about in the shallows with the four -year- olds. You wade out to the deep part right up to your waist, and hit' out with a purposeful -breast stroke for eight yards before taking a rest. After six minutes, you may "return with dignity to the beach. the students to a school -'situat- ed in Brucefield? 7, How are children to be accommodated overnight in Brucefield if buses are unable to return due to snowbound roads? In towns, there would be sufficient homes' available should 'emergency 'emergency arise. $. Can the supervision of pupils and lunch room facili- ties be arranged satisfactorily for a 16 -room school in Bruce - field? The Ontario Public School Men Teachers' Federa- tion 'policy re supervision bf pupils reads as follows: • Article 22: That, under pre- sent legislations, the legal re- sponsibility of noon' hour and,' of ail other extra=curricula su- pervision. be assumed by the school board. Article 28: That every teach- er has the right of at least one hour at noon free from sn er- visory duties. 9. Would it not be mord beneficial for children to at- tend elementary and secondary, sclrols in the community where th .participate in activities, such as music lessons, • skating, Brownies, Cubs, etc., immedi- ately after school? How would it -be possible to continue in these activities by the, time they arrive home after school by bus? 10. Are there no means avail- able to equalize school tax pay- ments made by residents of Tuckersmith if it were to send its students to the town schools? • 11. What cis' the percentage of the total dumber of students' n Tuckersmith living within a ne-mile radius of Seaforth? Do you realize that out of -this umber there are at least 20 hildren from Harpurhey now ttending the Seaforth Public chool?,. And, there's no one dragging at your arm ten minutes later, ; THE HOME TEAM demanding that you go back in- - to that liquid refrigerator for another shock treatnient, ' — There's nobody bugging you for 'money for ice-cream or pop: There's nobody intei"rupting, with badly aimed beach balls, your aesthetic appreciation of the latest in bikinis. There are no squabbles t� break up. It's pretty nice, really, just sitting there in your folding chair, book on your knee, jug of iced • mix handy, watching the human comedy. The beach • boys, holding in their stomachs so herd they can't breathe. The - beach girls, sticking out their bosoms. so hard they almost fall over backwards. • liiiinan hippos. Human giraffes. Hu- man ,gorillas. But surely something can be , done about that water. If •we can devise rockets to hit the Moon, surely to goodness we can figure out some way of warming up, our lakes so that people over forty flon't turn from sophisticated citttens into gibbering cowards. the minute they get .near the waters edge. Arid this will be' the pitcher'smound 'r' ... aroma ! • • 4 w 4 a 4 i a