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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-03-08, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community_ First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Wvekly Newspapers Association Qntario Weekly Newspapers Association O Audit Bureau tit. Circulations Subscription Rates: .e Canada {in advance) $2.50 a Year o Outside Canada (hi ad ance) $4.00 a Year a SINGLE COPIES -- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, 'MARCH 8, 1962 Mr. Harry White- Knows Better We hope the vicious personal smear .dir ,ed to Liberal Leader Lester Pear- son by a Middlesex Conservative MP this week will not set the standard for the Tory campaign in the forthcoming Federal election. Harry White, M.P. , for Middlesex East; was reported as having charged that Mr. Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 because he sided with the Communist world against Britain and France during the Suez crisis of 1956. Mr. White, who has announced he will not again be a candidate for Par- liament, knows that what he says is not the case. As Chairman of the Com- mons Standing Committee on External Affairs, Mr. White was in a position to learn at first hand the role Mr. Pearson has played in advancing the cause of peace through the years. Could it be that his malicious attack was inspired by knowledge of the ex- tent to which Canada's name has fallen. in. world councils and at the United Nations during the past four years in which Tory policies have been in ef- feet? Or perhaps Mr. White's attack reflected his disappointment that fhe widely advertised Middlesex riding an- nual meeting at which he spoke, had attracted a mere handful of Conserva- tives—but 30 out of the more than 30,000 voters in the riding. Unfortunately, it could be that Mr. White's performance is part of a plan- ned campaign. After all, it is but a few weeks since Prime Minister Dief- enbaker set such a tone when in the Throne -:speech debate he,, unleashed an attack of a particularly personal na- ture on a number of leading Canadian businessmen and former civil servants. The facts behind .Mr. Pearson's Nobel prize are well known, of course, to Canudia!ns and to grateful millions in many countries, including Britain, as we are reminded by the Toronto Star. Mr. Pearson's bold and imag- inative plan for a U.N. police force in the Middle East prevented the Suez crisis from exploding into what might have become World War III—afid pre- vented Soviet penetration of the Mid- dle East. The U.N. police force,' still keeping the peace in the Middle East, is a monu- ment to Lester Pearson's service to the country and to the world. -The Star. • adds: "It is a service of which every Canadian—regardless of party—can be proud. It earned him a place among the distinguished Nobel Peace prize winners of this century, from Woodrow. Wilson to Albert Schweitzer, And it earned Canada a reputation abroad which has not been matched since the Conservatives took office in 1957." Better Service For . Brussels (From Stratford A long-awaited improvement in the road network of the good . farming ter- ritory north-west of Stratford seems likely to ""come within the next two or three years. An announcement this week by Hon. Charles MacNaughton, 'MPP for Huron, brings the word, that work is to start thissummer on the north -south route which connects Sea- ` forth and Brussels, which has been de- signed as a development road. As such, it will be 'the third in the Perth -Huron area to be accorded the special status of a development road. The first, now completed, is the east - west, road through Carlow, and Au- burn, to Blyth. 'The second, now nearly completed, is the north -south road from Topping through Millbank to Dorking. On the Millbank route, only some work on the shoulders remains to be done, to complete the project. Although there are no hard-and-fast rules which govern the classification of roads in Ontario, the guiding principles beenthat theprovince pro ce takes re- sponsibility for roads which connect cities and towns, and maintains these routes as King's Highways; county governments take responsibility for roads which connect villages and hart= lets, as for example the Perth county .road which serves Wartburg and Restock, or the Huron county road road which runs from Egmondville to Kippen; townships take responsibility for the.remaining roads,' which exist to serve farms. The development road is a special category, which strikes a compromise between adding too much mileage to the King's Highway system, and pil- ing too much financial"burden on coun- ty 'roads departments. The new devel- opment roads in Perth and Huron have been rebuilt by the respective county governments, but with the Ontario gov- ernment providing 100 *per cent sub- sidy. They. remain part of the county road system, but the cost of bringing them up to modern highway standards is met from provincial tax 'revenues, including those from gasoline tax and motor licence fees, •rather than from taxes on real estate. The Villageof Brussels (population 830) is one of the few plae'es of its size in Ontario which has never had pro- vincial highway service. I•ts main line of road communication has always been southward through Walton to Seaforth, and this road has until now been the responsibility of 'the county. The up. - grading to developnient ~road ptatus means that Brussels, for the first time ,iri atS� history",' will `.b,e sctessible by Beacom -Herald) road built to highway standards, and financed- entirely from the provincial treasury. The length of the road which is to be rebuilt is 21.5 miles, extending from -Seaforth to d point near Wroxeter. Like the new development road in Perth, it will serve as a crosslink be- tween two existing King's Highways ; the development road in Perth connects Highway 19 to Highway 86, while the road through Brussels connects High- way 8 to Highway 86. The expectation is that as a start for this year, the five - mile stretch between Walton and Brus- sels will be completely rebuilt. Treat With Courtesy We are `reminded by the Dutton Ad- vance that were it not for the taxpayer, the tax collector wouldn't have a job. It follows, therefor, the Advance suggests, that instruction to treat the taxpayer with affability, courtesy and a measure of sympathy are not only long overdue, ut are only proper. As an exam e of the type of instruc- tions it has in mind, the Advance quotes a set of rules laid down in the United States which might , well be copied by their Canadian counterparts. There, tax collectors have been in- -structed 'to: Be neat, well -g"r"oomed ... keep desk in order ... greet taxpayer in a friend- ly manner and by name, if known. Irnpress the taxpayer that you be- lieve in his honesty and integrity. Listen to the taxpayer's story with undivided attention. Gain his co-operation by being friend- ly, sincere and understanding. Avoid criticising .the taxpayer. Speak in terms the taxpayer can un- derstand. ' Always thank the taxpayer for his co-operation. Treat the taxpayer with the same courtesy you would extend to a guest in your own home. Importance Of Industry "The Canadian Statesman" of Bow- manville, adapting a similar declara- tion from "The Peterborough Exam- iner", +has this to say,"It should be remembered thatoot only- does indus- try provide jobs for the residents of a community, it pays a large share of rnlinicipal expenses, contributes to charity and recreation and is often one of the best customers of local suppliers. Is if any wonder that bringing new in- dustry to 13d' wlnanville is one bf the ciineeri1B of Tow t Council?" Have you noticed how the world is turning away from the idea that a hero must be a young man? For example, when the Yanks wanted to send some- body whistling around the worldin one of those crazy capsules, they didn't choose some young punk of twenty- three. Nassir! They picked Colonel John Glenn, a mature, intelU- gept, charming and handsome fellow of about my age. It's finally being realized that most men of our age possess these qualities, along with outstand- ing abilitx,-to handle a crisis under great stress. * As the years hurtle by, this has become gradually more evi- dent to me—how excitable and nervous and erratic and just plain silly are .young fellows; how calm, competent, poised, steady, reliable and sane are we more adult chaps. Of course; I must admit it's just matter of experience. The young fellow in his late teens or early 20's is inclined to panic when he confronts an unfam- iliar situation. But for_ the mid- dle-aged bird, there's no such thing. He's been through it; or something mighty like it. * * * The man who has been able to reach 40 without resorting to drugs, drink or divorce is a pretty valuable piece of hu- manity. He may not be able to accomplish some physical feats as quickly or easily as the young buck. But he can per- form a lot more mental and so- cial feats, and in the process he can last a whol"e lot longer and finish a good deal strong- er. I'd like to see, for example, the young fellow who could have stayed with me last Tues- day and finished as fresh as I did.. It was the day my daugh- ter became 11. She'd been promised a birthday party. Af- ter the invitations were out, her mother realized that she had to take the other offspring to the city for a music .festival, andwouldn't be here to run the show: SUGAR and SPICB By Bill Smiley * * * Guess, who? Right. I was it. Planner of games, judge of con- tests, master of ceremonies, set- tler of fights, caterer and gen- eral party mother. And do you think I didn't handle all those roles with dignity, grace, charm and warmth, not to mention ap$lorrib and insouciance? Dang right I did! Take some young pui,k of 20 and let him try it. Le 'him take over a dozen wild, squealing, sweet, silly, giggling little girls. He'd run sobbing out of the house, calling for his mother, after 10 minutes of it: :t.. I'd like to see, him acting as judge for the twist contest we held. He'd probably. have giv- en the prize to the kid who could dance it best. A mature man would neer do that. He'd give it to the shyest er the gawkiest or his bank man r.er s daughter, or somebody useful. I'd like to see that young fel- low hustle up two dozen hot- dogs . with the works, pour 24 glasses of ginger ale, whip the cream, serve the jello. light the candles and lead the sing- ing, and escape with nothing more than a few burned fingers, a couple of • broken glasses, some wax on the tablecloth, and not enough nickels in the cake. He just couldn't do it. He'd be screaming tor the Red Cross or somebody before he'd dished out the first round of red -hots. * * * Now, I'm not bragging or looking for praise. I'm mere- ly pointing out 'a fact that is well known to all middle-aged men—that all middle-aged .men are more diplomatic, tolerant, judicious and helpful in emerg- encies than are young men. If this is the case, someone will ask, why is it that young women aren't battling to cap- ture these paragons, instead of going around marrying young men all the time? And the cas- ual observer will probably re- ply that it's because' young men have hair on their heads and muscles in their bellies and music in their souls. * * * This, of„ course, is a super- fluous view. As anyone who has pondered the whole. business can easily see, the real reason is because ' these fine`, middle- aged chaps, in the very prime and flower of their lives, are already in the toils of women who know how fortunate they are, and who are hanging on for dear life. After all, you don't get chaps like us out of grab bags. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) When D i d Canadians' First Take Part in a War Overseas? In 1884. Canada provided a contingent of voyageurs, to as- sist in getting the Gordon Re- lief Expedition up the cataracts of the Nile, in Africa. The voy- ageurs were civilians, under the command of Canadian militia officers. This was the first par- ticipation by an officially or, ganized group of Canadians' in a war abroad. * * * Which Canadian Doctor Had the Biggest.Practice in History? Dr. John S. Helmcken, of Vic- toria, B.C. He once described himself as "the leading practi- tioner from San Francisco to the North Pole; and.from Asia - to the Red River of the north." This was accurate; he was the only practitioner within those limits at the time. Dr. Helmck- en, who died at 95 in 1920, was a B.C. delegate to Ottawa, to ' support the terms of federation by which his province became • part of Canada. . * * * By REV. ROBERT 11.1HARPER CHINESE MENACE Napoleon Bonaparte is cred- ited with the saying concerning the multi -millions of vast China —"China is a sleeping giant, let him sleep." .Tlte:istatement ,kvas the essence of prophecy. For at last, after another of many cen- turies, the lion • awoke, stretch- ed himself and leaped into the. .full glare of the noonday sun.. A race of men that we had rat- ed somewhat backward in the mental scale, appeared on the eastern horizon fully equipped and fully armed for modern war. • Years ago, it was estimated that the Chinese could martial a battle line four hundred miles long. What if an army four hun- dred miles long comes march- ing out of the east! The possi- bility is intensified by the ex- pectation that the line wpuld be vastly lengthened in Siberia and west of the Ural Moun- tains. Let's be like the prophet who prayer that his servant's eyes might be opened that he might see that 'the forces with .them were. mightier than all those arrayed against • them. In a seven -days' battle the Moslem crescent, with one horn on the Bosporus and another on the Strait of Gibraltar that seemed about to round to the. full over all Europe was for- ever eclipsed. And so shall the followers of the true God roll back the infidels from the West. Just a Thought: If we will only take'the time to count our blessings, we will surely see the goodness of God in so many things. Was the Riel Uprising 'a* Rebellion? ' To the British and Canadian ,governments, yes; to Louis Riel, • apparently no. He was the lead- er of a colony of people of mixed white and Indian blood at Red Rivet`, in Manitoba,. 1' hen the new Dominion of Canada, acting through 'the British government, bought up the territorial rights to the West owned by the Hudson's Bay Company. ° Riel did not dis- pute the. authority of the Bn1-: tish government. He was op- posed to the Parliament of Canada taking over am author - 241 14.. ity that, he argued, it did not legally possess. He wanted a provisional government to be formed and to adopt a bill of rights, under which the new province would enter the Dom- inion more on its own terms. Riel's uprising collapsed and he was executed. But his cause did not die. The Manitoba Act, setting out the terms by which the provinces entered the Dom- inion, was based largely on the bill of rights adopted' by Riel's smashed provisional govern- ment: "After you get blit of college,' have You "ever ognsidar'ed "kr„.,.,. fund-r+tllsi' 'r t:',.; How' Did Maquinna Re- gard the -White Explorers and Fur -Traders? - Evidently with mixed feel- ings. The great chief of, the Nootka Indians on the west coast of Vancouver Island met his first white men in 1778, when' -Captain James Cook, the famous explorer, visited him. Cook was received so hospitab ly that he named_, the - bay (where Maquinna's village was situated), Friendly Cdve. Ten years later, Maquinna sold, for two pistols, a plot of ground to a Captain John Meares. The British • founded their. claim to the Northwest Coast of Ameri- ca upon this transaction. In 1789-90, Maquinna hid out, fear- ing that the Spaniards who had murdered an Indian chief nam- ed Callicum, would meet out a similar fate to him. Later on, Maquinna felt that the white fur -traders did not respect his sovereign rights. In 1803, he .avenged an insult by the captain bf the brig Boston. He and hisP braves captured the ship and murdered all aboard, save for two nieh whom they held as slaves for nearly three years. A MAC uFFiNrawa CLEARING TIDE NUCLEAR MAZE d?TTiA&WA –L- Ever since the Diefenbaker Government shot down the supersonic Avro Ar- row in February, 1959, Cana- dian defence policy has been a subject for hot debate and con- fusing announcements. " On single single aspect • of de- fence policy has the muddle been as pronounced as on the question of nuclear weapons. Prime Minister Diefenbaker, former Defence Minister Geo. Pearkes, his successor, Douglas Harkness, and the free -talking associate,. ministers, Pierre Sev- igny, have all taken turns try- ing to clarify the Government's position. But despite their best efforts, Canadians have never received a clear answer to the simple, basic question: Will, or will not, our forces be equipped with the atomic warheads they need to make their weapons fully ef- fective? It's a political question' as much as a military one, which is the probable explanation .,for the Government's reluctance to make a final, binding decision. Prime Minister Diefenbaker explained the policy this way in February, 1959: "The Government is examining with 'the 'United States Government questions connected with the acquisition nuclear warheads for Bom- arc and other defensive wea- pons for use by the Canadian forces in Canada. . . "We are confident that we shall be able to reach formal agreement with the United States on appropriate 'means to serve the common objective. It will of course be some time be- fore these weapons will be available •for use by Canadian forces.•. Eleven months later, the Prime Minister confessed that not much progress had been made: "Negotiations are still under way with the United States," he told the Commons on Januar 18, 1960. "Canada's stand might be summarized in this way: Eventually Canadian forces may require certain nuclear wea- pons if Canadian forces are to be kept effective. For example, the Bomar anti=aircraft missile to be effective would require nuclear warheads. "I want to make it abundan ly clear," he continued, "that nuclear weapons will not be us- ed by the Canadian forces eept as the Canadian Govern- ment decides, and in the man- ner approved by the Canadian Government. Canada retains its ful breedom of choice and de- cision." Six months later, some fur- ther clarification . or n - fusion: ".`No decision has been arriv- ed," !Mr, Diefenbaker told the Cornmons. "This •is a subject that •requires continuing con- sideration having regard to all the circumstances, on the one hand the need of assuring se- curity and on the 'other the maintenance of that spirit to- ward disarmament which has characterized this Govern- ment." And 10 days later, he had this to ,acid: "If and when nu- clear weapons are acquired by the Canadian forces, these wea- pons will not be used except as' the Canadian Government de- cides and in the manner ap- proved by the Canadian Gov- ernment. Negotiations and con- sultations with the United States have been continuing for a very considerable time . to attain the objectives I point- ed out" The list goes on and on. Although Canada continues to insist that no arrangement for joint control has been worked out with our American allies, REbt1RT President Kennedy himself ex- pressed willingness to make such an- arrangement. . In his speech to Parliament at Ottawa last May, he empha- sized: ” we must make certain that nuclear weapons will continue, to be available for the defence of the entire (NATO) area, and that these weapons are- at all times under close and flexible control . . "We are prepared, to join our allies in working out suit- able arrangements." Yet, later still, Mr. Harkness Was • saying: "N,o decision has yet been taken . . and no decision will be taken until a satisfactory agreement on joint control . has been worked put. Last September, it looked as though the Government had reached its decision. The Lib- erals began to say that the Gov- ernment was trying , to wear down the resistance of Cana- dians to nuclear, weapons. But Mr. Diefenbaker pulled up the speculation short with a declar- ation that no decision had been made, and no agreement arriv- ed at with the U.S. In October he told the Very Rev. James S. Thomson, Presi- dent of the Canadian commit- tee for the control of radiation hazards, that the Government agrees there should be no • ex- tension of the nuclear club. But if it became necessary to use nuclear weapons in the event of war, the launching capacity would be available. Enter Mr. Harkness again:In Edmonton, he said flatly that Canada would use nuclear wea- pons in the event of a major war. A day later, in the same city, Mf: Diefenbaker express- ed the same assurance. The last word from the Prime Minister came in the Commons on his return. '"Until the United States makes joint control available," he • said, "we do not intend' to go further than we have, unless war breaks out—at which time we hope' to have available to anadians the necessary nut clear weapons." In the event of war, he seem- ed to be saying, Canada would accept the weapons on Ameri- can terms, With no, assurance of joint control. But by that time—if al .nu- clear attack had already been launched—there just might be no one around to make the de- cision. A SMILE OR TWO Teacher : "What did the prince, do to wake Sleeping Beauty?"• Mary: "I don't know." Teacher: "Now, what does mother give you when you wake up in the morning?" "'"'" Mary: "A spoonful of 'cod liver' oil." When a man and his wife both passed away they took dif- ferent routes to their destiny. When the wife got to Heaven she immediately called her hus- band on the telephone: "How do you like it down there?" she asked. "Fine,?" was the husband's re- ply. "All we have to do is wear a red suit with horns and ev- ery now and then shovel some coal on the fire. We don't work more than two hours a day. Tell me, how is it up there?" "My goodness," said the wife, "we have to get up at four in the morning and gather in the stars, then we have to haul in the moon and hangout the sun. Then we have to roll the clouds around all day long." "How come you have to work so hard?" asked the husband. "Well, to tell the truth," said the wife, "we're short of help up here." IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The .Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor March 5, 1937 A $100,000. bridge at Bayfield will be constructed by the De- partment of e-partmentof Highways this year and, some nine miles of retread pavement will be laid on the Blue Water Highway at an ap- proximate cost of $200,000 td be expended in that district this suinmer. Announcement was made this week that Mr. Elmer. Bell has purchased the law practise of the late John H:" Best, in this town. • Last year some 871,000 tele- phone local calls and 1$,000 long distance connections were handled by Seaforth operators. Mr. P. J. Bolsby, who has been conducting the practise of Mr, Best, lawyer, since last sum- mer, has entered into partner- ' ship with • 'Loftus E. Dancey, K.C., Goderich, and is moving there next week, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lawson, of Constance, moved to their new home on No. 8 Highway ori Tuesday, the , farm being pre- viously owned by Mr. John Ben- nett. • smith, has passed his optical examinations in Winnipeg with an average of 91 per cent, also winning a gold medal. The annual seed show of the South Huron Agricultural So- ciety was held at Brucefield in Walker's Hall on Friday of last week with a nice exhibit of all seed displayed. *. * From The Huron, Expositor March 11, 1887' Mr. John Campbell, of the Commercial Hotel, leaves with his" family in a few weeks for British Columbia. Mr. Davidson will again resume possession of the hotel.. Mr. Charles Routledge, of the third concession of Tucker - From The Huron Expositor. March 8, 1912 Mr. A. A. Naylor, the new principal of Seaforth Public School, undertook his new du,, ties on Monday, taking up resi- dence 'on John Street. Mr, Stewart 1tTantllton; son of 1VCt+Vii; l , Uamilton, of !iteket TA HMV YOU KNOW, MOM, IT'D BEAD DOM MAD A L O DESK OF MY MAKE SUZY smith, delivered at Coleman's - Mill in Seaforth, four elm saw logs, all taken from the one tree, which measured nearly • 4,000 feet. Mr. Robert Elgie, of Tucker, smith, has purchased the resi- dence of Mr. Josiah Wasson in Egxnondville for I940 and is t °ming there to live in the mid- dle of April. The new .church in Hensall, which has been named "Car- mel", is one of the most hand- some edifices in the country. The best cattle sold at about 4%c per pound 'and pretty good animals at from 4c to 42c lb., with rough stock and good ship, pers at about 31/4 cents per pound at the Montreal market this week. BY LLOYD BEM= N .s 1