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'SEAFORTH, ONTARIWJANUARY 18, 1962
STUDENTS NEED HELP WITH
• For some time it has been apparent
that the youth of today has difficulty
expressing himself in the English Ing
guage. He may have top standing in
mathematics, in science, in athletics,
but he can't put in writing what he
means.
The very basis of strcZess in any pro-
fession is the ability to communicate.
Yet too many students today are
graduating without an understanding
of what constitutes a sentence, or what
purpose a paragraph serves. They are
able tQtalk intelligently, can orally pro
ject their ideas, their knowledge, but•
are„lostwhen• faced with the task of
using the written word. '
At the root of the difficulty has been
sloppy instruction—a--lack of`apprecia-
tion in far too many schools of the im-
portance our own language plays in our'
existence. This situation—the erosion
of'our.ability'to write --hos been going
on for some years. The result is • that
many who are teaching English today,
were among those vyho were. denied pro-
per instruction in the subject during
their student days. Now they are in
front of classes • serving -to perpetuate
mediocrity in what should be our most
important subject.
It was not always this way. There
was a time some years ago when -there
was a pride taken in the ability to..ex-
press oneself in. writing with clarity
and reason. A comparison between the
minutes of an organization or council -
today With the .minutes' of a similar
group fifty or seventy-five years ago
provides a 'sad commentary on the,
standards which are acceptable in
1962. Then there was no doubt as to
meaning, whereas today decisions too
frequently are' recorded in such a
fashion as to invite argument for years
to come.
Perhaps we are at the threshold of
a new era. Improvement can only be-
gin at the teaching level, andlt—Would
,seem that steps leading to this end are
being taken. In any event, we are told
that a commission to' improve the teach-
ing of English • in Ontario schools is to
be initiated by the Ontario Teachers' ,
Federation. The English commission
will concentrate on improving teaching
standards and methods.
"The teaching of English has fallen
into a rut from which it must be
rescued,” said -Harold L. Willis, princi-
pal of Glebe Collegiate Institute, Ot-
tawa. "There are far too many teach-
ers teaching English as if teaching
mathematics. There are far too many
inexperienced teachers, usually with
only three or four years of classroom
experience, who are contributing to the
present situation."
ENGLISH
The board of governors of the teach-
ers' federation .concluded, however,
there was nothing wrong with the -ex-
isting English curriculum that better
teachers wouldn't cure.
According to the news report deal-
ing with the decision, one proposal call-
ed for "teams • of missionaries"—battei'-
ies of experienced teachers—who would
go from town to town in the manner
of 19th centfry evangelists to shore up
the skills of their . less experienced
brethren.
The first step in correcting and solv-
ing any problem is the recognition that
a problem exists. In taking action as
they have, Ontario teachers have not
-only recognized the problem but, we
hope, have gone a long way towards its
solution. For the sake- of 'those who in
future will be called on to interpret
what we of today may write, we wish
the teachers success in their crusade for
better English-
Rabies ' in Grey -Bruce
(Owen Sound Sun -Times)
To date there has been no promise of
a free anti -rabies inoculation from the
Dominion Government, although rabies
has become prevalent once more in the
Grey -$ruse arga,`"along with reports of
suspected rabies cases 'in' other parts
of Ontario.
It will be recalled that during the
1958-59 winter a free clinic was set up
for a few days in Owen Sound's city
hall and at that time owners of pets
were urged to take. advantage of the
service. Many hundreds • of household
pets received the vaccine and this ac-
tion may have been a prime factor in
curbing the disease at that time.
An extensive program of vaccinating
farm animals ' was also promoted, this
too on a "free" basis.
As more and more cases of rabies
are reported in Grey -Bruce Counties,
and in some instances right inside town
and city limits, it would seem the time
is ripe for piother "free" clinic to com-
bat theisease. ..At present any pet
owner may have his dog or cat vaccin-
ated at any veterinarian's office for 'a .
three -dollar charge.
Anyone bitten by a rabid dog must
undergo the ordeal of one needle a day
for 14 days administered in the abdoin-
inaI muscles, then sit back and wait six
months to see if the needles combat the
disease. - a
Household pets vaccinated at the
1958 clinic are not necessarily immune
to the disease at this date and require
a booster shot
•
By Jove, there's nothing -like
a spat of real, old-fashioned
Canadian winter, what? Well,
is there? • What's that you say?
You'll take the Bomb? Oh,
come, my dear fella, that's no
attitude.
We've had a delightful taste
of- it here. Thirty-six inches, a
solid yard of the deep and crisp
and even during the past week,
and I piust say, I rejoice in it.
It's just a dashed shame that it
can't be spread around._.a.. bit
more. Here we are revelling in
it and some of those poor devils
in the unfortunate bottom end
of the co,untry haven't had more
than an inch of it. Makes some
feel rather selfish.
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There's something about win-
ter that gets me, right here
(you'll hive to use your imag-
ination). -Once the decadence of
the holiday season is behind us,
we hardy, rugged, virile Cana-
dians can get down to some real
living. Right? That's why we're
so much cheerier and healthier
and better -looking than those
soft, southern races. Right?
Oh, winter has its little an-
noyances; `just as' summer does,
As I -shovelled out ihy driveway
for the fifth time in five days,
a still, small voice within me
enquired, "Why didn't that
thick-headed Irish grandi'ather
of yours emigrate to Austra-
lia?" •
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But that is counteracted by
the f u n of 'winter driving.
There's a dash to it, a good
fellowship about it,. -that makes
it more of a game than a ,chore,
For example, the other day I
started,_ior work as usual. It
was snowing. The hill was slip-
pery, so I decided to go the
long way around.
An hour and 20 minutes later
I arrived at work. But it 'was
worth it. . Pushing and being
pushed, I had met some of the
friendliest people you could find.
:I had seen two dandy accident,
And though I had been forced
to abandon my car half a mile
further from work than where
I'd started, I had the pleasure,
of mushing up the long hill
with two charming ladies break-
ing trail for me. That's•*.niore
than Sir Edmund Hilary had
when he climbed Mount Ever-
est.
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There are lots of other joyous
experiences in our wholesome
Canadian • winter, but I think
it's our winter sports that make
me feel more alive than anything
else. ,You should hear ,me hum-
ming with pure pleasure as I
rub the wax on young Kim's
toboggan before sending her off
for a jolly afternoon on the
hill.
And I fairly quiver with ex-
citement when young Hugh and
I head out for the ski slopes.
It's such a colorful, lively sport!
The gaily -clad 'skiers with their
brighthued sweaters and spark-
ling white leg casts. The scar-
let of blood against snow. The
cheery moans of those with
freshly -torn cartilages.
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But the real thrill is careen-
ing down the big hill, as grace-
fql as a gull, .as light as a dart
SUGAR
'and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley
with the sweater and tam, grab
the broom, and off••to the club.
It gets pretty hot, sitting around
there playing cribbage and all
that stuff with a big wool swea-
ter on, but it's the atmosphere
that counts.
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There are so many other won-
derful winter , sports that it's
difficult to take them all in.
There's this great new golf ser-
ies, Saturday afternoon on tele-
vision. That takes up a lot of
time. And Saturday night,
there's the daddy of them all—
the hockey game: No, no, not
the one down at the rink. The
one that oil company sponsors.
Nobgdy but a real, red-blood-
ed Canadian would have the
zest for living that all these
winter sports demand. Aren't
you glad you aren't rich, and
don't have to go down south
every winter and- bum around,
swimming in that tepid water
and loaf around getting fat on
all that 'fried chicken, not to
mention getting all dried out
and leathery -looking from too
much sun?
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We should have an exchange
program with some of those
soft, -lazy, southern races. '•A
month or two in Canada At this
time of year would make real
men of those birds. We could
send some of our old people
down on tlie- exchange, to plac-
es'like Jamaica and Mexico, for
exaniple.
But it wouldn't' work, You
'see, the people who ,organized
it, chaps like me, would have
to volunteer to go along with
our old folk to arrange things.
for them, and we'd miss all the
joyous excitement of this win-
ter wonderland. There'd be no
volunteers. I, for one, couldn't
stand to •miss more' than three
or four months of it. How
about you?
(Prepared by .the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
What Are the Most likely
Ages .For Marriage in Canada?
For men, 21 to 25; for wo-
men, 18 to 22. Almost half of
Canadian-- brides -and- - br"ide-
groon s are in these age groups.
In a typical recent year almost
92 per cent of persons marry-
ing had -not previously been
wed. Five per cent had been
widowed; the remaining three
per cent divorced. More than
70 per scent of all marriages in
Canada are between persons of
the same religious affiliation,
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Who was the Abraham After
Whorn the Plains of Abraham
Were Named? •
Abraham Martin, born about
1587 in Scotland. He came to
Canada • some time after 1614
and was for many years in the
service of the Company of One
Hundred Associates. Martin
was one of the few French set-
in a windstorm. I could watch tlers to remain in Quebec after
him all afternoon, but it's sort the surrender of the English in
of lonely sitting there,....in the 1628. On the heights of Quebec
car, apd besides, I have to get he acquired a large tract 'of
home and shovel out the front land. It has long since' served
walk. We don't use it ourselves to commemor t h
i
a s name in it
s
but the
postman complained historical title, the_Plains of
this week. Said it was coming Abraham, scene of great turn-
over the tops of his rubber ing-point in Canadian develop-
-- boots. ment. Martin later became a
Another great sport beckons pilot.. His son, Charles Amador,
at th6 Curling rink. So it's on was the second •native-born
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P.t ONE 141 --- EAFORTI
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By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
SEASON GONE
At this point, the football
season of 1961 has ended, and
several other games have writ-
ten their records, and soon the
schools will be planning for an-
other- football history. Think-
ing of the game, someone para-
phrased the Psalm of Life thus:
Lives of football men remind
us
That they write their names
in blood,
And, departing, leave behind
them
Half their faces in the mud..
Now equipment and safe-
guards and more open play
have reduced the danger of in-
jury and made the game a less
hazardous battle.
The great enthusiasm and the
loyalties developed are remark-
able when there is no tangible
gain for the victors. But the
gains, though not material, are
very real. The satisfaction of
winning, if it were done fairly,
should carry over into years to
come and inspire men to work
hard to achieve.
And, as one has suggested, if
a player has learned that above
winning is the way the game is
played, the playing is a great
preparation for all of life.
Just a Thought:
Despite the -success or fail-
ure of each individual day, we
should find it easy to sleep if
we can honestly convince our-
selves that we gave it a good,
solid try. •
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Canadian to enter the Roman
Catholic priesthood. A musio
cian, Father Charles is thought
to be the composer of the old-
est piece o£ religious music
composed" -in Canada,
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How Did Sir John A. Mac-
Donald Save the West For .Can-
ada?
.Even after Manitoba entered
Confederation, the links to the
East were weak, while those
leading south to the American
border were becoming much
stronger. The wilderness of
Western Ontario, a thousand
miles wide, stretched between
the commerce of Manitoba and
that of Central Canada. But
Red River stern -wheelers sailed
down to the railheads of Min-
nesota, and by 1878 a railway
line from the province .• to the
States was completed.
Sir John A. MacDonald realiz-
ed that o"nly a railway line to
the West could save Canada as
a • continent -spanning nation.
This was his dream; but he was
defeated on the railway issue
in 1874. He returned to office
in 1878, the year that Manitoba -
U.S. commerce began running
on rails. MacDonald quickly re-
vived the trans -Canada railway
project. By 1885, the line was
completed, homesteaders began
pouring in and wheat began
pouring out. This was the first
great triumph of the young
Canadian Confederation — link-
ing the scattered and distant
settlements,, --by means of a
railway line, into a nation. -In
this sense, the railways provid-
ed the skeleton of modern Can-
ada.
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
A RECORD DEFICIT
OTTAWA—When he broug
down his budget last June, F
nance lylipister Donald Fie
estimated the Federal Gover
ment could end in the red wit
a record peacetime deficit of u
to x$700,000,000.
;This would be the fift
straight deficit piled up by th
Conservative administration an
bring the total since .it assume
office in '1957 to over $2 billio
As things look now, the" tree
ury could end the present fisca
year next March with a consid
erably higher loss than Mr
Fleming forecast and there i
every possibility that it will en
ter the new accounting ye
next April with the prospect
another heavy budget deficit.
How large the deficit wil
likely turn out to be in 1962
1963 will depend in large mea
sure on the outcome of the con
tinning battle . that is almos
certain to take place between
Finance Minister Fleming an
Prime Minister John Diefenbak
er,
Because of his record of pre
vious deficits, his ,association
with the Coyne affair, Canada's
previously frosty relations with
Britain over her application for
membership , in the. Common
Market and his likely opposi-
tion to unrestrained spending in
the comingyear, Mr. Diefenbak-
er decided some time ago that
the time had come to find a
new and more pliable Minister
of Finance.
The Prime. Minister was only
prevented' from moving Mr.
Fleming out of his portfolio as
part of a highly dramatic Cab-
inet shuffle escheduled to take
place in Quebec City just before
the turn of the year by the out-
cry . of the Canadian business
community.
Mr. Fleming is the only mem-
ber of the present. Government
in whom businessmen in gen-
eral and the buyers of Govern-
ment bonds fn particular have
any degree of confidence. When
it became knowr?a$that Mr. Dief-
enbaker was planning to shift
the Minister out of his position,
the business community reacted
sharply. The Prime Minister,
heavily dependent on it to help
finance his heavy series of
deificits, ' was forced to back
down. .
For Mr. Fleming it was only
a battle won, not a war. ' •Mr.
Diefenbaker had his authority -
and prestige challenged in an
embarrassing way, something
that he of all men is not likely
to forget in .a hurry.
With an election coming up,
the Conservatives seriously lag-
ging in popular favor, and the
Prime Minister beginning-• oto
run scared, the shape of the
new Budget is a matter of high
concern both to Mr. Diefenbak-
er and to other Party members.
Whether or/ not the Govern-
ment will decide to introduce a
budget before going to the polls
is a moot point. If it thought
it could get away without one,
it would undoubtedly defer the
introduction of a budget until
after an election had beenhi.eld.
It is entirely possible, however,
that the Administration might
conclude that the electorate
would not swallow the introduc-
tion of a series of vote -catching
measures without any account-
ing as to cost.
In, his last budget, Mr. Flem-
ing provided himself `with a
wide target. as he forecast that
his defict would run anywhere
from $600,000,000 -to $700,000,-
000, with a median of $650,-
000,000.
Neither revenue nor expendi-
tures have been behaving the
way the Minister atiticipated.
He estimated th
ht
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would increase by 2.6 per tent, '
while expenditures would rise
by seven per cent. In the first
eight months, however,- rev-
enues have risen by only„.1.9 ,
•per- cent, while exPenditures
have climbed by 8.9 per cent.
In the last two months_ for •
which figure!;- were available,
revenue was beginning to climb
more sharply than before, but
expenditures were mounting
even more rapidly. If this treed
continued, the treasury could
easily wind up the present year
with a record peacetime deficit
of around $800,000,000-11 per
cent of the whole budget.
What will happen next year
is unquestionably well out in •
the realm of speculation. Un-
known with any degree of cer-
tainty is the level of national
production, on 'which Federal �.
tax returns depend- so heavily.
Even more uncertain is the lev-
el of .expenditures that will fin-
ally be approved by the Govern-
ment as the program on which
it is prepared to stake its,
chances before the Canadian
electorate.
Most economists are optomis?
tic about the outlook for next
year, the majority predicting
that gross production will in- ' *,
crease by at least six per cent,
raising- the total from around
$37 billion this year to $39 mil-
lion in 1962.
On the present tax base, a
GNP of this volume could pro-
duce an increase in revenue of
approximately $350,000,000 on
the basis of past experience. --
In the off -election year of
1961-62, however, there was an \;j -
increase in Federal expendi-
tures of $48,000,000 — 7.5 per •,\
cent• It would be surprising if
the increase in budget costs ap-
proved by the Government was
any less in an, election year.
Legislation already on the
statute books' and new commit-
ments taken on by present Gov-
ernment -will” guarantee a heavy
increase in the burden on the
treasury. Tax reductions in the
last budget which cost only
$65,000,000 in the current year,
will cost $100,000,000 next -year.
A new Federal provincial' tax
sharing agreement will up the
bill by another $2,000,000„ The
increase approved in the regu-
lar forces and the recruitment
of a special civil defense force,
which cost an „ estimated $30,-
000,000 this 'year, will cost dos-
to--450,000,000
os-
to•-$1;60,000,000 next year.
Hospital insurance payments
Could rise ^iiy $25,Q0,000. Pay
increases could substantially in-
crease the cost of maintaining
the civil service.
It remains an open question
what additional expenses will
be piled on- top of these further
unavoidable increases' in costs
by the Government as part of
its vole -getting program for the
next session of Parliament. On
that issue the battle will be
joined between Mr. Fleming and
his colleagues.
But Just the programs al-
ready approved seem certain to
gobble up any increase in , rov-
enue stemming from an upturn
in the economy.
As a result, the outlook is for
another budget deficit next .
year of at least • $700,000,000. It
could be considerably more, de-
pending ,on how far Mr. Flem-
ing is prepared to go to aecom- ..
modate his 'colleagues and how - �g
strong his' position really is in
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the crunch.
Which Elephants Were Na-
tive' To Canada?
The Imperial, Columbian and -
hairy mammoths. All three have •..
long been extinct. Their bones `
are found in the gravel beds of '
Western anada. •
IN THE YEARS AGONE`
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
January 15, 1937
Announcement was made Tues-
day of the retirement of Sir
John Aird, from the presidency
of the Canadian Bank of Com-
merce. Sir John was • a mem-
ber of the local bank in the
early nineties.
The Seaforth Fire Brigade
held its annual meeting Tues-
day evening in their room in
the Town Hall, when ofeers
for 1937 were elected. E. J.
Box became the new fire chief.
The adjourned meeting of
Seaforth council, held Tuesday
evening, "Marked the retirement
of John A. Wilson, veteran of-
ficial of the Town of Seaforth, •
who for the past 30 years has
occupied the post of Clerk and
Treasurer.
Mr. E. J. Box was elected
chairman and manager of the
Public Utility Commission at
the commissioners' inaugural
meeting on Wednesday.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
January 19, 1912
The Bell Telephone - men
have- been working in Own dur-
ing the week, repairing the line,
straightening up -poles and such
likew ork
Mr. N, H.
Suthei'
1Y has pur-
chased
chased
thel
b aC1CSmit i
h ng busi-
ness of Mr. E. A. Sperling, and
will hereafter conduct the busi-
ness in all its branches,
The January thaw set in on
Thursday, and the roads around
Leadbury are in a very bad
onditiolt.
The reeve of Hensall, Mr.
;•;','r;: ,: , C
'I'm sorry, but we don't stock the particular site elastic Petty, is hawing a village snow„ .�►-
stmt ted
bands far' "thlr make iof oat:' p icon c
• • low .
Mr. J. B.. Forrest, of Hay, re-
cently purchased a five months
old colt from Mr. William Mc-
Allister for $110. This colt was
sired by ii Ing's Son. '
The council of Hensall intend
to- invoke the aid of the Rail-
way Commission to induce the
Grand"•Trunk Railways to erect
a decent station building at that
place.
The G.T.R. station, Brucefield,
was badly damaged by fire last
week. The fire started-. from
the stove in the waiting room,
and only the hardest work sav-
ed the whole building from be-
ing wiped obit.
From The Huron Expositor
January 21, ,1887
Mr. J. -T. Ireland, of Tucker -
smith, has commenced the stn.
dy of dentistry with Mr. W. J.
Fear, of this town.
The trains for several days
past have been delayed on ac-
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count of the heavy :'snow storms •
in Hensall.
Mr. J. R. Turner, of lrttce-
field, sold a two-year-old filly to
Mr. C. E. Mason for $220. This
fine animal weighed 1,410
pounds.
Mr. Alec Nicol, of the 8th
concession of Tuckersmith, bas
sold his farm containing 52
acres, to Mr. Charles Upshall
for the sum of $3,450.
A furious snowstorm set in a
week ago last Monday and con-
tinued with a few intermissions
until last Wednesday,
On Sunday before last the •
frame house of Mr. Peter Bren-
nan, on the 5th concession of
Hullett, was entirely destroyed
by fire.
Last Monday a span of horses
belonging to Donald McLauch-
lin, concession 7, Grey, was
Weighed on the Brussels mar-
ket. One of the animals is a •
two-year-old filly and the other
fiveyears old. They brought the
beam up at 3,100 pounds. •
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