HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-01-04, Page 2Since�jJ.$6Q, Serving the Comr�munitj First
Published .at SEAFORTA,•�QbNTi�1RIO, every' , iwtsdaY 'morning by MCL BROS.,.• Publisl►ere
ANDREW Y. MCL ,,N, Editor
40,1' A 4♦ Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
,!� ` Ontario Weekly Newspapers -Association
ABC ' . 4 Audit Bureau of Circulations" •
Subscription Rates:
er
4 Canada (in ad-vance) -$2.50 a Year
- Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year
f`v Jr• SINGLE COPIES -- 10 CENTS EACH
Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, 'Ottawa
34,
•
•SEA'ORTI, ONTt11RIO, JANUARY 4,' 1962
Senator William Henry_ Golding
With tithe death on the last day , of
' the old year of Senator William -,Henry
Golding, a .career of public service ex -
,tending over 4C years came to a- close.
Senator Golding entered public life in
January, 1916,- when he was elected, a
member of the Seaforth Council.
Senator Golding, through his Iong
years of service, was guided by princi-
ples which today are sometimes, and in
some quarters, regarded as old -fashion-
• ed. For him there was no gray area be-
tween right and wrong; there was no
shortcut, no expediency to a desired
'end that involved a • compromise with
what in his mind he- had decided was
a' proper course. It was 'these precepts
thatwe're his guide throughout a career
that included ` service', on the To m•
Council and as Mayor, as Chairm of
Scoff Memorial Hospital, as Chair an.;
Of the Public Utility Commission, as a
Membe;'' of the House of Commou,s, and'
-since 190 as a Member of the Senate
w.Q,i': Canada. , While his responsibilities
and influence grew, at no time did he
forget , his native township,. nor the.
town in - his,
he began his public
career: He- was., -proud. of his Hibbert
-birthplace, and among.. his happiest' 't
• moments were those when he was
able to recall events of his youth with
old neighbors and schoolmates. b His
years in Ottawa meant 'nothing far
as his associations with old friends
were concerned, -
Public service to Senator Golding was
a sacred trust, and that he regarded it
in this light was indicated by-; the
conscientious manner in ..which he at-
tended to his duties as a- Member .of the
Parliai'tient of Canada: Few, if any,
members of the Commons or Senate
were as regular in attendance, and this
was recognized on many occasions. by
his colleagues and by the press.
His strength lay in a wealth of com-
mon sense.: With • this was coupled a '
stubborn insistence on carrying to a sue:.
cessful conclusion the task at hand,
a1on • the lines. his conscience had dic-
tated. He 'held' no pretension concern-
ing himself. He. liked' the simple things
and there was abaut him a degree of
modesty found in few. '
These attributes`kwer'e recognized ,by
his colleagues who—regardless of pbli-
cs-he'll. him in high esteem, and by
those of the public who knevV him best•,
and who returned him to office time and
ime again.
Problems Facing Education Remain
• Recent ' announcements concerning
new- trends in education and ,,the ex-
penditure of•.millioiis of dollars to 'pro-
vide ,additional- educational piants in
-Ontario have tended to make us feel
that at . last we are winning the educa-
tion .battle.
But are we?.
increased spending' and some evi-
dence of a wider public interest may
make its to think so. Under the circum-
stances we should think again, as we
consider the following points macre re-
cently' -by Dr., S. H., Deeks, national di-
rector of the Industrial Foundation on
Education :
Fnlly 5,0 per cent of Canada's
population has only a Grade 8 ed
" ucatioii= or, less. At the current
rate of "progress," another half a
million such perso'nsliwill drop out
of school during the next eight '
years. •. .
Canada has onlyne-third of the
•professional peo'51e and one-half of
the skilled workers, proportionate-
ly, as the United. States.
Some 34 per cent of all Canadian
Humor and
The business of representing ones
country through the foreign service
need not be a humourless and monoton-
ous affair. Nor indeed should the re-
presentatives tb'einSelves be regarded
—as they. Sometimes are—as being
without wit and lacking an ability to
talk in everyday language.
If such opinions existed, they should
.tie set at rest as the:, result of an ad-
dress by Britain's new High Commis-
sioner to Canada, the Rt. Hon. Viscount'
Amory, to members of the Canadian
Manufacturers' Associations The foI-
Iowing examples indicate the '' humor
with Which his speech was laced :
,`Our ancestors objected to taxation
without representation. But of course
they' had not then experienced taxation
students don't get as far as Grade
12.
Between '70 and $0 per Cent of
the top onefquarter of the popua-
tion in intelligence are allowed o
rt
mdrep out of high school before
graduation. • •
Although industry is .contribut-
ing`more than, ever before uni-
versity students still have no more
than five,, or six per cent o' . fir_
totalfeescovered by schol rships
and bursaries. Students :no at- '
tending Canadian -universities will'_.
have to raise an additional $195
million to finish their courses:
Mere dollars expended in new build '
Ings, and redesigned courses of study,
• are not, in thenzsetves, "going 'to •solve "
.: the drop-out problem. '
' The rile of, the teacher. in empl'kl,siz.,
ing the folly' of premature school len:v-
ingis important. Buteven more imp
portant is that paretltsassume a great-•• ;
er influence in indicating to their .chil-
dren the vital 'necessity -.of further
education .in this 'age of advancing
techology. '
Diplomacy -
with representation . - ."
"Before, unaccountably, I lapsed in-
to politics, I endeadourdci to keep body
and soul together as a textile. manufac-
turer. Later I 'became a part-time
banker. Anyone who has been a tex-
tile manufacturer will know how con-
venient it is„ to combine ' the two
roles . . " ." a
"I must not follow the, example of
the Irish judge who pledged himself
to steer a middle course between par-
tiality
-
and impartiality ."
-."On this subject I must proceed as
the . porcupine is said to make love—
very carefully- .. . ."
am reminded of the 'reason a
drunken man clutches at a larnepost
—more for support than illumina-
tion . . ,"
• WE ARE
YOUR LOCAL DEALER
FOR ' -
MO P R E
BUSINESS FORMS' LTD.
ACCURATE AN!) EFFICIENT
BUSINESS FORM RECORDS
CAN INCREASE YOUR •
PROFITS
Well, Mae, how did you get
through the New Year's Eve
ordeal? •What's that? Your
eyes are still bleeding? And
Mabel, how about you? Is it
true that you hung •a big, wet
kiss on Mac's boss at the stroke
of twelve, burning a cigarette
hole in the lapel of. his new
suit in the process?
Well, that's how it goes iu
this country, on New ._ .Year's
Eve. The Latin countries have.
their carnivals. The Germans
have .their beer -drinking festi-
vals, the Indians their religious.
orgies, the Africans their tribal
dances and rites. "These festivi-
ties go on for days, sometimes.
as long as a week.
* * *
Everybody involved in those
affairs looks forward to the oc-
casion as a chance to release
pent-up hellery. They start
slowly, gather momentum, build
up to a „ climax, 'then totter
back tb the kraal or- whatever,
exhausted, cleansed, purified.
But thepoor old Canadians
have just one night•, a year in.
whichto kick • up their hee
unleash. those wild, surging de-
sires so characteristic of the
race, and throw inhibitions out
the nearest window, whether
it's 'open or not. That's why
we're so poorly the rest of the
long,' hard winter. . ,
*. * *
I'm a quiet, steady sort my-
self, -,but I've been to enough
New Year's Eve parties to
shake my head in sympathy.
We Canadians build 'ftp • a tre-
mendoushead
of steam
during
a year_becausejeing'such nice,
quiet, ,conservative, unemotion-
al folk,, we plug all our normal
outlets far'•'3`64" lays of mthe year.
On the last day,we open all the
valves at once. The result is a
cross' between an oil well corn-
ing in and an ammunition dump
going up.
In the resultant WHOOSH!
marriages ' a r e irretrievably
wrecked, careers ruined, young
men turned • into•doddering skel-
etons, , lovely ;young• women in-
to • decrepit hags:
New Year's Day is' spent in
surveying the ruins, with jaun-
diced, ,not to mention bloocF
shot eyes. An interesting color
scheme, that. /Yellow. and red.
It's not until the next day
that the marriages are pasted
togetljer again, the careers re-
sumed; theyoung men put
back on the path of destiny,
'andthe doll' restored to a
semblance of radiant beauty.
One thing -I find rather 'pecu-
liar. Canadians efthers g e t
stronger as they get older, or
they have. more inhibitions to
unload. Go;,to"a teen age 'party
on NeW Year's Eve, The» kids•
dente decorously, eat with man
neris,• and'geeerally ,behave as
sophisticated " adults should.
• Visit a party of young adults;
in their lateteena;'early twen-
ties. They may have a -few
drinks„ -"but not nlany, and it's
a pretty quiet, moony°affair;
They're all.... going »steady, • you
see, and. trying to make arr im-
pression an somebody.
Then take in a -,party -among
the .young marrieds, with chit=
dretw These characters are all
ex ausfed, up to their 'eye -balls
in deft, ffirktrated,, and slightly
disillusioned' about `life. Watch
out for fireworks at this one,
especially at .midnight, when
the Auld Lang••Syne nonsense
ends, and ,the kissing starts.
SUGAR
and
6
SPICE
By Bill $imIey
Somebody will get a thick ear
or a split lip. I've •had both
in my day.
But Canadians hit their New
Year's Eve peak, I think, in the
middle years, in the forties and
fifties. For . one thing, their
kids are past .the childhood
stage, and are probably not at
home to keep an eye on the
old-timers. For another, all the
men are at the dangerous age.
For another, all the women feel
that their husbands are neg-
lecting them. This is the iden-
tical' formula for which the sci-
entists.who split the atom look-
ed for, for years. It, was right
under their noses.
* * *
Again, the crisis, or turning
point,_ is right • at midnight,
when everybody has this insane
desire to kiss somebody else. I
don't know where this custom
originated, and I'm against it.
Not only is it unsanitary,_ but
'my wife clobbered me right on
the nose one New Year's Eve,
flist because a couple of agile
ladies beat her to .me, when
the gone sounded. •
This 'midnight moment is the
time for all the poor dogs who
are married to frigid wives to
dash around hanging great, ro-
mantic busses on „the best -look-
ing dames :at the .p arty; It • is
the time for the ltte woman,
with a touch of gypsy in her
soul, browned off with a hus-
band who thinks a kiss is a
waste of . time, to swoon for
fourteen glorious seconds in
•the arms • of the local under-
taker o
e r hardware r
a e man.
I'll tell ybu more about this
again. But right now, I have'
to do a little explaining to the'
Old Battleaxe.
•
..i
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Who established the ,first -
school in ,the Canadian Arctic?'
Kris ' Kie?tgenberg, A Dane,.
who left, home at 15 to sail the
Seven .Seas in - 1884. lie mar-
ried an Alaskan Eskirrio . girl
and lived as an Eskimo himself.
He 'later'- moved to Victoria
Land in •the Canadian Arctic,
became 'a •-Canadian e;i'tizeri and
established a trading post. For
the education of his own • and
neighboring children, . Klengen-
berg founded the first schbol in
Canada's -Far North, ,
• who:: wrote "The Maple Leaf
Forever?” • .
Alexander Muir,+"born in Scot-
Iand in 1830, was brought ' to
Canada by his- parents in 1833.
Educated atQueen's"University,
he . became a schoolmaster and
taught in various •centres. From
189Q until his death in 4906 he
was principal of. Gladstone Av-
e'nne Public Schoeie Toronto.
SIn 1887 'he *trete the patriotic
ong, "The Maple Leaf Forev-
er," which is second only to "0
Canada" An, popularity. The
'words were written after: a
walk in Leslie Gardens, Toron-
to; --during which a maplejeaf
had fallen on his sleeve and'
clung there. He wrote ,the mel-
ody himself so that his pupils
might sing the song and pub-
lished. the ;first edition of •1,000',
copies. Th(;:'- song was later
copyrighted by a publishing
The' e
K
CALL US TODAY FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION
SEDiSt# , •ti*LES0001 • aEal$TirarAtib' i`ORMS
CuESt CHECKS REattoRM BOOKS
"Just urtptug full# dye -kilted ukelele
•
d plug the Uteri beck !kW
By REV. ROBERT IL HARPER
NEW YEAR... --1962
Though a week of -the New
Year has passed„ it -Would not
be too late to review last year,
if we could find any pleasure in
so doing. We are reminded of
the comic character who was
asked why he didn't go to work,
and replied that he would if be
conic' find any pleasure in it.
While not ell the year was lack-
ing in high enterprise, there
were many things that we might
like to forget.
So let us think of the New
Year in which we are living
now. First, let us consider the
fact that too mush Iiving in the
past results in robbing the pre-
sent of precious time that
should be given to the prob-
lems and the tasks of today,
The demands of the present
are surely heavy enough to re-
quire the best effort of- every
.hour given us.
Let us remember, as sofneone-
reminds, that heaven is `-not
gained at a • single bound, but
that we ' build the ladder, rung
by rung, that we- mount from
the lowly earth to thevaalted
skies. And we need_ all . the
time we -have to build -our
ascent to heaven.
Take advantage of the latest
guide post that marks - the way
of the years for a new dedica-
tion of your. life to the Father
in heaven and every day shall
mark the beginning of abundant
life.' .
Seeing a huge submarine, a
little sardine began trembling.
"Don't be afraid," said his
mother, "it's only a can of peo-
ple."
A little boy -had been to Sun-
day school for the first time,
and when asked e what h at .the
Y
did
he said, "Everybody sang."
did they sing?" asked
his mother.
' "I don't know about the rest
of 'ein," he informed herr. "but
L sang Casey Jones."
'firm and sold widely, without
benefit to the• author. •
Which is - the second largest
gbld=nain•ing area .ire-Cad'ada?
Kirkland -Lake, Ontario, is.
tie seeond largest gad -mining
area in Canada. Its gold pro=
duction is exceeded only by
that of the Porcupine 'area.
. In July 1911, a solitary pro-
spector headed East f r o m
Swastika, skirted .theshore of
an aril -lamed. lake panned rock
and 4 discovered • gold: He was
Bill' Wright. who, 'With his bro-
ther-in-law, founded the Wright-,
Hargreaves 'mine. Six months
later Harry Oakes," with. a pack -
sack 'and a cash balance. of
$2.56, trudged tes stake -claims
that were to earn him 'a for-
tune, on the south shore .of the
same lake. His, grub -stake,, the
Lake Shore mine, developed
the deepest shaft on the con-
tinent. The lake, now filled it,
was named after Winnie Kirk-
land, an employee of : the Pro-
vincial Department of Lands
and• Forests. '
The first producing mine was
the Tough Oakes from which
• ore was freighted by canoe and
portage to. nearby Swastika.
This ore. averaged $457 ' a ton
and. sparked a gold rush. To-
day, 12 producing mines are
strreng, along its Golden Mile.
MACDUFF OTTA
OUTLOOK FOR.. '62
OTTAWA—Canada moves in-
to 1962 with a bright outlook
for renewed economie progress,,
but there are! clouds on the hor-
izon that could .begin to. spell
trouble late in the year:
After lagging badly in the
first six months of 1961, Can-
ada's economic machine began
turning at a rapid tempo ;be-
tween July lind September.
In this third-quarter period,
the nation's total production
jumped by 2.7 per cent, the
greatest increase in any three-
month . period since early in
1956, and' it would have been
larger still if it had not been
for the sharp drop in the value
of the Prairie wheat crop as a
result of 'continuing drought.
ere
1
62
a
ee
my
nt
59.
in
of
of
00
the
0.
m-
ent
he
al
nt
a
n -
of
e
of
g
o,
n
d
e,
g
e
d
ly
e
Just the force of th om
turn alone encourages�
authorities to believe that 19
will be 'a banner year.- Given
reasonably geed crop, they/s
a possibility of the • econo
outs inning the six Per ce
gain at was scored in 19
This w uld mean an' increases
th ros8 national production
$2 billion to a new record
$39 billion, -
Bat the experts are ably t
well' aware how quickly
economic . outlook can chang
As recently as 1960, for exa
ple, they forecast a -six per c
increase; in the output of t
economy.. in the end the re
rise was only --three per ce
and unemployment rose to
postwar peak. -
Witfi• ..Canada apparently. e
tering 1962 on - the upswing
the business cycle, there er
lots of encouraging sign •
continued economic, progress.
Unemployment was runnin
18..per cent less than a year ag
in part because of an expansio
in business activity. -and in par
because of an unexpected an
temporary slowdown in th
growth of the labor force.
Exports have been runnin
at a heayy rate for most 'of th
year, while imports remaine
almost
stationary- until Jul
.� Y
with the result that it seeme
1 i k e 1 y Canada's chronical
heavy..... -deficit . balance of pay
ments would fall below $1 bil
lion for the --first time sinc
955, • _:
,The pace of industry, particu
rly of the lagging manufactur
field, has also picked u
arply in 1961 and promise
continue on the upswing
aiii this year.
Canadians as a whole are
rning more money than ev-
.before'''in their lives, but
ey are also putting more of
away into. savings instead of
pending it on goods that mean
re jobs.
The discount in the value of
Canadian dollar—if it can
sustained—should continue
serve the purpose outlined
•Finance Minister Donald
ming' in his budget'. last
ne: To encourage .exports of
nadian goods -,:and discourage
ports of foreitn goods.
espite the -healthy .recovery
m recession .lin ' the third
rter of 1961,' however, Fed -
i authorities are obviously
ious about how long -the up -
ng will Last and how high
will o•
arty last year a number of.
horit•es in the United States,
lweather of Canada's own
nomy, were, wildly eptimis-
about the -future- of the
erican economy. Since then
y have lowered their sights
stantiall'y. More and more
hofities on both sides •of
border are inclined to ques-
whether the dynamic fac-
are present in either coun-
t() sustain the kind .of long
and surges •that occurred,
10 years after the last war.
REPORT
Consum • spending, long one
of the mor •� buoyant elements
in the keen my, has been lag-
ging. In eke 'future it seems
likely to continue to follow',
rather' than to lead. Cap;tal in.
vestment is;dormant, in 1961
running below the level of '1960
which in turn was sharply be-
low the peak hit in 1957.
While exports continue to be
a strong factor in pushing the
ecenomy upwards, they are in
dahger of being trailed by im-
ports, which began to shoot up.
in the second half of last year.
A further depressing factor
in both countries is the -decline
in the number of new families
being formed today as a result
of the drop in the birth rate
during the depression years. In
Canada this is compounded by -
the severe drop in immigration,
Together they mean a sharp:
drop in the growth of demand
for the whole wide range of
consumer- goods. that have help-
ed to build a substantial seep»-
dary manufacturing industry in.
Canada. -. _ • .
More than one economist has \
already predicted this factor
could bring on one of the long-
est and most severe recessions
since the war, with the upturn
being sparked -by the rush of
postwar babies to the altar.
• As 1961 came to tanaend, in-
terest rates were beginning to
edge upwards despite the Gov-
ernments proclaimed policy of
pushing them down.
And the rise in interest rates,
in part due to -a similar devel•v
opment in the United States,
came in the face of an increase
of over $1 billion in the money
supply- by the,- Bank ' of Canada.
Interpreted by some as indica-
tive of the adoption of, an easy
rebney policy by the Central
Bank since the departure in a
blaze of glory of former Gover-
nor James Coyne, it was in fact .
a repetition of the course• fol-
lowed by the Bank in'1958.
Now, as then, the Central
Bank has been forced to expand
the volume of credit within thg
banking n n system in
g - order to keep
the 'Government afloat, in oth•
er words, to enable it to finance
its huge ,cash deficit of $1 bil-
lion or more.
With a heavy proportion • of
ed, there has been little worry
so far about this tremendous
expansion in"the money supply
causing an inflationary rise in
prices. r� •
But with unemployment of
manpower and equipment de-
clining and the' prospect of fur-
ther major expansions in the
money supply to finance a con-
tinuingly heavy Government
budget deficit net year, infla-
tionary fears could begin rais-
ing their 'ugly head in ,the.
course of 1962.
'The intmediate outlook, then,
is br-i�sht, but the long-term out-
look' in, the months.aheztti is far
less rosy.
1 •
1�
sh
to
ag
ea
er
th
s
mo
the
be
to
by
•Fie
Ju
Ca
im
D
fro
qua
era
dub
swi
it.
E
aut
bel
eco
tie
Am
the
sub
aut
the
tion
Cors
try
upw
for
r
P
s
g
A PSMIL ' OR TWO
" A wan marched into- ••e ----
poultry shop to complain, "That
chielcen ,you sold ire yesterday
had no wishbone." , But the
poultryman was equal to the
occasion.
' igadam," he declared, "the
chickens I sell are: so happy
they have -nothing to' wish for."
,l. - •
The class had been given is
rather difficult assignment' for
homework, and Tommy was the
only one with, -the correct' an-
swer.
"Did 'your' brother help you
With this, Tommy?" asked "the.'
teacher. .
"I'%l, sir," , replied Tommy
truthfully, "he didit alone."
THE YEARS
ONE
Interesting items' gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50 acid
, 75 years ago. '
From The Huron Expositor.
January i; 1931
Mr. John C. Archibald, son
of Reeve W. R. Archibald and
Mrs.. Archibald, . , Tackersihith,
has recently been appointed as-
sistant actuary of the Banker's
Life Insurance Company, Des•
Moines, Iowa.
Monday, evening Mayor A. D.
Sutherland was re-elected may-
or of Seaforth at the nomina-
tions.
'Early... indications which point-
,to
oint-
,to snow for.; Christmas were
all wrong this year, and the dis-
trict experienced a green
Christmas. On Monday, Miller
Adams, Huliett '•fai,nler,found
a dandelion in frill bltlom be-
hind, his falit —a further indis
catiod that spring weather •is'
here. -,
• During 1938 to ;the end of
November, , Seaforth' PUC has
used an aveftge•• per month a
little over 500 horsepower, giv-
ing an amount of receipts of
about .$21,500 and expenditures
of, approximately $19,000, and
have in round figures $2,500 in
cash profits.
Rain fell practicaliy7onf9nu-
ously over the holiday and -by
Saturday even the last of the
ice had gone.
* *
From The Hureb Exp6sitor
January 5, 1912
Master George Petersen, son
of Mr. John Paterson, fell from
the top of a ear at the station
on Fridaq, . With theresult that
his leg was fractured.
„he hockey season opened on
Now -Wail sail iiigtl' M vheit- Se:
£firth Played their • first game in
the intermediate series en Gode-
rich and won out by a score of
six goals to two.
Mr, Wesley Harvey, of Kip
pen, who. is ever on the look•'
out for -good horses, has pur-
chased fi,.fyie span of geldthgs
from Mr. Jafees Mustard, three
horses from Mr- Graham, and a ,
span from Mr. Buchanarn.
• Mr. John McLennan was ap-
pointed organizer for Seaforth
ai.,the Seafprth lodgi of the
Ancient Order of Foresters.
•
From The Huron Expositor
January 7, 1887
The first skatiitscarnival of
the season will be held on the
new rink ne9 Friday evening,
when prizes to the value of $100
will be given.
Mr. Gilbert has sold out his
interest in the.`bakery here to
Beath & Dunlop, Sid will re ---
move to F,urdwich to establish.
a bakery there..,
The agent of .the Wanzer
lamp is'around town exhibiting
this excellent, useful and eco—
nomical nomical article, which can be
regulated to any size of flame -
and requires no chimney.
David Ferguson, of St.
Marys, has rented' his farm on
the 9th concession of 'Tucker -
smith to Mr. John McLellan, of
Hibbert, for eight years, at an
annual rental of $300.
Mr. Appleton Elcoat, of Tuck-
ersmith, has sold to Mr. James
Somerville, of Roxboro, a thor-
oughbred yearling bull calf for•
$120.
The municipal elections in
Tnekersmith Toevriship have re- '
sulted in the return of Mr. Dav-
id Walker as reeve; Dr. lAcIn-
tosh, deputy -reeve, and Peter
Kennedy, Robert McLean and
William Eigie, as councillors.
THE HANDY FAMILY
LUITA WHIM
JUNIOR'S PLAN NOR AN
EASY -VIEW •
TROWER SER -RACK
is x toidve. esititit
.v -
t
a
1
•
•
•
•
r
4
•
r