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The Huron Expositor, 1962-03-22, Page 2eublished sq I - et } Since 1860, Serving .the Community First at SEAFORTH, . ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers • ANDREW , Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian 'Weekly- Newspapers Association ii Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association 4 Audit Bureau of .Circulations Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2:50 a Tear o Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year t A SINGLE COPIES — 10 'CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Clash Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFOIZTH, 6J TARIO, MARCH 15, 1962°- Planning 962 Planning Program Merits Priority Seaforth is one of the few urban municipalities in this area without a planning board. In many centres, plan- ning boards have been functioning for years, while in others the boards are in process of organization. The fact that so many towns have established, or are in the process of creating machinery to make possible aria orderly growth, is evidence of the prov- en benefits that a planning board can produce. It suggests that further de- lay on the part of Seaforth may well prove costly in terms of future devel- opment. The matter was referred to by Mrti Bruce MacMillan, retiring president of the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce, when he spoke at the annual meeting .of the association. Mayor Daly, too, in his remarks at the meeting, indicated that there would be sympathy on the part of council should it become appar- ent there was interest in the creation of a planning board. As far as Seaforth is concerned, the matter is of some urgency in view of the sewer program planned for this summer. It is most essential to have determined in advance the use to which land areas adjacent to the sewer serv- ice erveice will be put Only in this way is it possible to ensure that maximum use - age is being made of the sewer, and that this use will continue in future years. Another factor that, provides urg- ency is the action being taken to pro- vide additional rental housing in Sea - forth. Before housing units can be established, it must be known the use to which various areas are to be put. This in turn can be done only through proper planning. All these considerations make it de- sirable that immediate steps be taken by some organization—preferably the Chamber of Commerce—to the end that planning machinery be established here as soon as possible. But .over and above the fact that it is a matter of, expedi- ency to act now is the long-term ad- vantage which will accrue to Seaforth as a result of having determined now the kind of a town it will hope to be in the future. Have Obligation (The Napanee Beaver) Faithful support of shoppers to hometown mercha is isn't a one-way Street. If we were to take all the complaints against local merchants we have heard, and all of the reasons we have been given for going out-of-town to buy, we venture to say that there is one which crops up so often that it can be taken as the only reason of any real impor- tance. Unfortunately it has to do with ad- vertising, so we won't go into it too deeply, .lest we be accused of trying to drum up business instead of providing food for thought. But many merchants carry well-known brand names in all the variations of color and style imagin- able and potential customers just don't know they have them. Having good stuff isn't enough—you have to tell people about -a. MAKE MORE MONEY Spring is the best•time of the year to start chicks. Cornell University conducted a study in_ 1967 which showed that egg -type chicks started in the Spring make the most money: Spring -hatched chicks made a profit of 3.9 cents per dozen eggs; winter - hatched .chicks, 1.8 cen and Fall -hatched dicks 1.3 cents. In this Cornell report, the Spring birds laid.202 eggs, 192 for the Winter birds, and 199'for the Fall birds. The Spring birds had the highest per- • tentage of large eggs. ORDER YOUR CHICKS NOW FOR DELIVERY ` INS THE SPRING K-137 KimberCHICKS K155 Dual - Purpose BROWN EGG LAYER Three -Way Cross: RIR x LS x RIR Sc�tt PoultrScott Poultry Farm.s Ltd. Phone 853 : Seaforth Ontario Is An t tbozi Agsooiate-riatitet1 l earieltimd ;`I'S .Produce Oelltuine ItimbetelltICS. Last thing in the World " I watt to do is turn this column into 'a weekly forum on, educa- tion. What I don't know a'bo`ut the subject would fill the §un - day boots of Cyclops, the mythi- cal giant. But it seems to have a morbid fascination. After this week, we'll drop it for a while. But I received a number of thoughtful, intelligent letters, after a recent column asking for opinions. Remember? The column dealt with the action of a high school principal who suspended ,Ser the rest of the year seven pupili all "repeat- ers" and all over 16, who were not doing their duty, in his opinion. I thought you might be interested in some of the ideas of readers. * * * Because of space limitations, they must be cut to the bare bones. Most of the letters were longer than the original column, which asked readers what should be done about the un- digested lump of youngsters in the school system—those whose contribution, for various reas- ons, consists of holding down a seat and holding up, the pro- •gress of the others. Should they be licked out, or should they be put up with? A mother in Renfrew, Ont., suggests the problem is aggra- vated .by poor teachers. The training of these creatures puts too much emphasis on diplomas -and degrees, not enough on teaching methods, she says. Many mothers will agree. Few teachers will. * * * A teacher's wife in Vernon, B.C., told me to stop making cracks about teachers, and warned me to correct the situa- tion in my next column. To heck with that. The teachers have a strong union. I,et them sue me. A male teacher claimed that if all the kids who are not working were kicked out of school„ .the labor unions would raise such a hue and cry about the extra labor supply that the pupils would have to be re-ad- mitted e-ad- mitt d hastily. Which I doubt. Since when did the labor un - ,ions start running the educa- tional system? An elderly Montreal woman asked, "Do the children, or their parents, fully understand that a -boy cannot get anywhere without education?" * * * She' pointed' out that, years ago, a boy could begin learn- ing a trade as an apprentice at 12, but that's impossible now. She warns that it is mighty ex- pensive to feed and clothe a young man of 16 to 21 who can't get a job. Best thing to do in this case is' marry the kid off, and let his father-in-law worry about him. * * * A reader of the Paris, Ont., Star,who is an aunt, volunteers her opinion—a return to the practice of publishing students' marks, at each examination, in the local paper. She thinks this would prod lazy students, and more impor- tant, lazy parents. She assails the "easiness" toward children that is practised today, claim- ing it saps their moral fibre. And, she -says, .despite the new method of avoiding anything that will upset the children, there are just as many neuro- tics and comptllsive.drinkers as ever. But she edneludes, "Throwing a few out of school once in a while does clear the air and relieve feelings,. but . it is not the best answer." *, * From Bowling Green, Ohio, comes . a lengthy analysis by a teacher and counselor, William R. Gibbon, who formerly taught in Ontario. Referring to the original column, he says, "Un- less the attitudes, point of view and behavior of these seven young people have been chang- ed by the action, this approach to the problem is not only nega- tive. It is callous and fool- hardy . . . The problem has not been solved. It has only been shifted from the school.to the community." He suggests that this sort of action will give students the green light to juvenile delin- quency, making them live up to the role of "lazy" and "good- for-nothing" which has been assigned to them. * * * He goes on, "These kids—at least most of them—don't need to be psycho -analyzed. They need some adult help and a situation in which they can learn in areas in which, they are capable and interested and where they can achieve and gain self-respect." This can be done, he implies, by the provision of more voca- tional courses, which would teach the youngsters a skill saleable on the labor market. * * He ends his letter, "Schools are operated by trained adults, people who are supposed to understand and help youth.'We are better equipped to adjust to the kids, but too often we require them to adjust to us, or else. Can we?" I could answer to that, "Why -not?" But I, won't. Well, there are some slants. on today's youth and their' schooling. I agree with everybody, but not very much. What about you? • The army chaplain w a s preaching earnestly on the sub- ject, • "You can improve your- self if you improve your thoughts." He concluded by saying: "What you are is de- termined by your thoughts." Whereupon one soldier nudg ed his neighbor and whispered, "Well, if that's true I'm either a pin-up girl or a Cadillac." IN -THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items glfined from The Expositor o 25, 50 and 75 years I ago. From The Huron Expositor March 19, 1937 The lowly junk heap has tak- en on a new signif}cance dur- ing recent weeks following an- nouncement of greatly en) rg- ed rearmament programs, with a resulting increase in metal prices. ` Announcement was made this week that the insurance busi- ness of Mayor A. D. Sutherland had been purchased by Watson & Reid, , Mr. Clarence Regele, of Mc- Killop, had -his collarbone brok- en Monday while working in William Bennewies' bush, when a limb struck him, Mr. Victor Ilee, who has been employed wit `Mr. George Beat- ty, Sr., Varna, has engaged with Mr. McIntosh, of near Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs, James Watson have taken a position with Mr. By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER DRAGON'S TEETH Remember the story you have read of the ancient warrior who sowed the teeth of the dragon he had slain on the beach and how the teeth sprang up as arm- ed men? That may be a kind of picture of the nations that have built such engines of death and invented such modes of making war that the multi - millions 'of earth are destined to destruction and that there will be few enough left to serve as pallbearers. It would be a thousand times better if the nations could agree to settle their differences by a battle of selected champions as were the Curiatti and the Hor- atti, or as the warring Hebrews who decided the destinies of the hour to the outcome of a conflict between valiant young men. Why -has so much of the' re- corded history of mankind been written . in blood and stained with tears? Why should shadows be cast upon a world that should be filled with light? Who can tell? Can it be that omin- ous doubt as to who will read the last chapter ih the history of the human race on earth may . impel some of the dicta- tors to tread a little more soft- ly? Let us hope that some- thing may deter Merl; from sow-. ing dragon's teeth. Just a Thought: If nations could only work for peace as diligently as they pre- pare for war, how bright would be the. -prospects for tomorrow. Perhaps the time will come when nations realize that it takes two to make peace, just as it takes two to make a fight, KNOW YOUR CANADA (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Where is the Mississippi River? The Canadian one is in,..:On- tario. It is 105 miles long and flows northward into the Ot- tawa River. Several water`driv- en mills and a small hydro gen- erating station are situated on its banks, as are the quiet towns of Carleton Place, Al- monte and Pakenham. * * * To Whom Did Isolation in the Bush Bring Literary Fame? Susanna Strickland Moodie, This English woman, from a lit- erary family, moved to Canada with her husband in 1832 and, two years later, began pioneer life in the bush north of Peter- * -24 0/ 746 "eke' 0 1 • 110.0*i'ititifO 'ti wk have nr; 'rute '1'401444168 hofos *It*hl rvIIVe* an.tholr nn 1Cyea fa her Allan Cochrane, of-Uildsgreen, and are getting settled this week. * * * From The Huron Expositor March 22, 1912 The shop license of the late Edward Dawson has been trans- ferred to his son, Charles Daw- son, for the estate. Mr. Charles Consigkiey has removed his shoe store to the store recently vacated by Mr. A. Oke as a harness shop, Mr. Oke having disposed of his stock to Mr. M. -Broderick. The Public Library Board have had a handsome bookcase placed' in the public reading room, in which will be kept books of reference of various kinds and which will be acces- sible to frequenters of the read- ing room. The worst blizzard of the sea- son was that of Friday last, and an.immense depth of snow fell, blocking the roads and railways, but it was. not . very cold, The firm of Chesney & Archi- bald, hardware merchants of this town, has been dissolved, with Mr. Archibald retiring. borough,. Ontario, In 1852, Mrs. Moodie brought out her best- known work, "Roughing It in the Bush," a two -volume clas- sic of early Canadiana. * * * How Good a General Was Montcalm? A professional of many years' standing, Montcalm• was good enough to defeat the British four times out of five. He ar- rived from France in 1756, seiz- ed Oswego from the British that same year and the following year captured and demolished Fort William Henry. Heavily outnumbered at Ticonderoga in 1758, he won a sweeping ,vic- tory against Abercromby's in- vading army. In 1759, at Mont- morency, Montcalm won his fourth victory against the Bri- tish. Three months later, in September of that year; Mont- cairn- had to face the surprise attack of General Wolfe and his army at the Plains of Abra- ham. Mortally wounded during the losing battle, Montcalm died early on the following mottling, a brilliant professional who had won every battle except the last one. * * * * * * From The Huron Expositor March 25, 1.887 On Tuesday last an ewe be- longing to Mr. John Prender• gast, of Tuckersmith, gave birth to four lambs, all .of which are • living and doing well. Mr. John Hannah vas at To- rontd last week interviewing the Provincial Government in the interests of the Ontario Cream- ery Association, and he succeed- ed, in inducing them to increase the annual grant to.. the associa- tion from $500 to $1,000. On account of the rapidly expanding business of Gray, Young & Sparling, they have found it necessary to convert the firm into an incorporate company called, "The Gray, Young & Sparling Company," with head office at Seaforth. Duncan & Duncan have had a new hardwood floor laid in their extensive dry goods store and have completed other in- ternal improvements, w h i c h ..- add very much to the apP'ar- ance ° and convenience„ of the establishments. Mrs. W. N. Cresswell this week received a handsome com- mendation medal from the authorities of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition for paintings exhibited there by Mr. Cress- well. There is still piles of snow on many country roads, although the bridges and roads running east and west are mostly bare and there are as many wheeled vehicles as runners coming to town. A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT .GOVERNOR'S FIRST REPORT OTTAWA—Louis Rasminsky, the able and highly respected successor to James Coyne as Governor of the Bank of Can- ada, has presented his first an- nual report to Finance Minister Donald Fleming, who in turn has tabled it in Parliament. The report for the year 1961 is i<n striking contrast to those brought down in recent years by Mr. Coyne. There is no ex- hortation to Canadians to live within their means, no plea for them to reduce their imports of goods and capital, no warning that Canada's deficit balance of international payments is a chronic problem that must , be tackled as a matter of urgency. Mr, Rasminsky's report is a restrained and measured docu- ment, which on the whole is a source of little embarrassment to the Federal Government, ,un-. like those of Mr. Coyne. It is true that by indirection the re- port supports ,the main thesis advanced' by Mr. Coyne, that Canada's economy is not sound —as the Government has insist- ed, but face& major problems of adjustment as a result of the intense natural resources devel- opment boom that came to an end some years ago. But Mr. Raminsky did not 'delve into, those problems, nor offer any detailed means of solv- ing them. For 'the most part, he was content to confine him- self to warn Canadians that. they would have to exploit busi- ness opportunities and hold down prices if they hoped to take advantage of the oppor- tunities offered by the fall in the exchange rate on the Cana- dian dollar. Because of the way in which the Government tried to ease him put of office, Mr. Coyne's vigorous defence of his honor transformed the former Gover- nor of the central bank into something of a popular hero for a brief space of time. He' was always persona non grata with the Conservatives and even the opposition parties had little use for him, even though he was a useful club with which to beat the ministry. Among• business- men, bankers, and a number of economists, Mr. Coyne's name was almost a dirty word. Looking backlit may be fair to say that Mr. Coyne abused his office when he took to the public platform across Canada to advocate economic policies which went beyond his own re- sponsibility for monetary af- fairs and were obviously at odds with Government policy. If he felt so strongly, he should have resigned and hired a hall, But in the perspective of his- tory, this indiscretion may be cohnted a minor thing by com- parison with Mr. Coyne's monu- mental achievement. For the fact is that almost alone and single- handed the former Governor of the Bank of Canada brought the Government around to accep- ing his diagnosis of the basic problem facing the Canadiah economy: a chronic deficit bal- ance of payments resulting from the excessive import of goods and capital. Why Was. Henry Went- worth Monk Famous in His Time? Because he kept getting ahead of it. Born in 1827 at March, Upper Canada, the son of an officer settler, Monk was well educated and became a farmer. In 1852 he vowed nev- er to shave nor to cut his hair until the Jews were restored to Zion. He went to Palestine the following year, met the painter Holman Hunt and sat for the figure of Christ in 1 "Christ in the Temple", Jbhn Ruskin, the world-famous writ- er, underwrote the cost of pub- lishing Monk's first book, "A Simple Interpretation of the Revelation." Monk went back th Jersualem in 1863. Coming home, his ship was wrecked off Nantucket in the following year, and he was the only sur- vivor. In the seine decade he unsuccessfully tried ' to fly a honle-rhade aircraft of his .ow inv�ention..In 1889 he attemp ed' tcl perauade: 'Sir Aim A.: 112aedonald tri; lead , a World eke :e :'rtt • VIE BANDY FAQ LY THESE SILLS ARE MY PROJECT SCATTERED ALL AROUND WILL HELP *IT'S A REAL CHONt: To KEEP YOUR KEEP OUR ACCOUNTS DESK NEATER, STRAISHt! M'PEAR c7vcZ The Government at first de- nied this waS a problem of any sort. But in the baby budget of December, 1960, Finance Minister Fleming tactitly ack- nowledged this diagnosis as he took the first tentative step to deal with the problem. These were measures aimed at dis- couraging the inflow of capital and encouraging greater invest- ment of Canadian savings at , home. In the June budget the Gov- ernment went even further to tackle the same problem, de- scribing it, as a problem that had to be faced as a matter of urgency.' It was true, that there were some disagreements be- tween the Government and the Governor over the remedies to be adopted, but even these were more apparent than real. Mr. Coyne's remedies were in many cases often harsh and politically unpalatable. Some of them were probably economic- ally unsound. But some of the ., courses of action that he advo- cated may yet have to be tak- en and, because of the long de- lay, the period of adjustment may be even longer and more painful than would otherwise have been the case. It .is probably well the pres- ent incumbent =of the office should give the wounds a chance to heal. By use of his influence behind the 'scenes, he may do more than speaking out in public to bring the Govern- ment to tackle the problems which still remain, even though the remedies are bound to' be unpopular. ... _ -. .. That the solutions.adopted by the Government to date are not a sufficient answer to the prob- lem is rapidly becoming more evident with every passing day. Contrary to Mr. Coyne's ad- vice, the Government decided last June that it would use its holdings of foreign exchange to drive down the value of the Canadian dollar from the then - existing premium of three cents to a significant discount. Now the dollar has started on a downward slide the Gov- ernment is having difficulty con- trolling it. The dollar is at a discount of five cents, with the treasury shelling out more than $300,000,000 of its hold- ings of gold and U.S. dollars. in a desperate effort to prevent,.. it from falling ' farther.. Failing some drastic changes in external economic forces, it seems certain that the Govern- ment is going to have 'to seek new remedies to"the problem of the defict balance of pay- ments with other countries that will put an end to the strong downward pressure on the Can- -adian dollar and the foreign exchange reserves. That will re- quire solutions and not mere- ly° palliatives for the kind of major problems of adjustment pointed to by Mr. ltasminsky. As he put it, "we in Canada cannot escape this world trend (toward increasing competition) and the real determinant of our prosperity and welfare ,will be our ability to compete in a world of rapidly risingstan- dards of economic,, prpductiVity and efficiency." as BY LLOYD BIR It BBAfi >PAP MADE A DESK SPIN( L , FROM A TYPEWRITER RIBBON SPOOL • r • a • 1 • • SOLDER �KCEN NEEDLE IIR