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IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor, of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 2, 1937
Egmondvilie captured the
coveted McMillan trophy by de -
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 5, 1962
Water From Lake Huron?
Opinion in London as to the best
method of ensuring an adequate supply
of water for that city is divided be-
tween those favoring Fanshaw as a
source, and those who regard a pipe-
line from• Lake Huron as the only an-
--`swer. At this distance it would seem.
the additional capital necessary to pro-
vide a pipeline .is all that prevents a
decision for lake water.
Whatever London dedides, the dis-
- cussion does bring attention to bear on
the water problems which today face
so many municipalities. It becomes
more and more apparent that as the
population grows. and tends to gather
in increasingly larger cities, the only
reliable water source will be the lakes.
Faced with this knowledge, it would
seem desirable that the Ontario Water
Resources Commission study a poten-
tial network of pipelines to serve the
water needs of Western and Central
Ontario. Such a system would be cost-
ly, and as discussions in London indi-
cate, could be beyond the financial re-
sources of a municipality. This''sug-
gests that the success of such a system
must rest on a broader tax base than
that of an individual town, city or
county. The answer perhaps would be
an enterpxise paraleIling Hydro.
In view of the tremendous demands
for water which such a system would
create, the study might well include
the effects which would result to lake
levels. There would then be no need
for undue concern on the part of these
centres along the shores of the lakes,
who are dependent upon a reasonably
static water level.
Our Friend, the Farmer
(The Globe, Lacombe,
Of all tradesmen, the farmer works the
hardest to create the impression 'that
he's as hard as an acre of bare land at
frost -time while in reality he's as soft
as a spring -plowed field. He's got a
good heart, but he's afraid to let other'
people know it.
He comes to the newspaper office and
stoutly maintains that three dollars is
too much to pay for a year's subscrip-
tion. Then on the way out, with re-
ceipt in hand, 'he allows as how the
paper isn't too bad after all.
When it comes to the weather, the
farmer is in a class. by himself. We all
complain more or less about the cold
winters, but the spring and summer
and fall seasons belong to the farmer
alone! He bellyaches when a wet spring
delays seeding, and if nice weather per-
mits him to work the land early, then
it's too dry. During the summer
months, hig impatience with the wea-
therman grows and develops with ev-
ery sprout of maturing grain in the,
-fields. He wants moisture in June and
July to bring on his crops of barley and
oats and wheat, but frequent rainfalls
may disrupt his haying operations so
he isn't happy then either. At least so
he would make you believe. And in
the fall he has a beautiful time second-
guesing the weatherman for not bring-
ing more warm days of sunshine fort-,
Alta.)
harvest.
He puts up a crusty front, and he's
independent by nature. But he's quick
to.. help a neighbor in need, and many
times it has been The Globe's pleasure
to recount the story of a dozen or more
farmers who band together with their
own', equipment to seed a harvest a
whole crop for some friend lying ill in
hospital. That same day, the wives
Cook all the meals- and .they may also
houseclean and work in the . garden.
The farmer has a lot of other good
qualities besides a carefully -concealed
soft heart. He's a smart businessman.
He's a good administrator. He's an
excellent mechanic, because he can't
afford to stop his machinery in the
middle of the field every time a screw
or bolt works loose. He's a, handy car-
penter around the house and barn. He's
a lover of animals, and- he knows how
to handle them as well as a veterin-
arian. He's honest. Being close to the
soil, he's down-to-earth, and candid in
his views which he's not afraid to ex-
press. He's filled with homespun phil-
osophy.
The farmer is also a chronic wor-
rier, and soon another growing season
will be upon us. We look forward to
hearing the farmer start anew his
grumbles of discontent, because he's
our friend.
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
FOOTNOTE IN HISTORY
OTTAWA—It all seems ra-
ther long ago now, but the
riotous days of 1956 and the
great pipeline debate in Par-
liament are apparently due for
a revival in the election cam-
paign days ahead.
And it is strange in a way,
because most of the men who
• were the heroes and the vil
lains in that tumultuous affair
six years ago are either dead
or retired from politics.
Memories linger of the
shameful scenes in the House of
Commons, however. And more
recent events seem to assure
that the turbulent days so long
.ago will make it profitable for
some politicians to dredge up
the record again.
The pipeline debate w a s
fought at the time by such men
as the late C. D. Howe, Liberal
Minister of Trade and Com-
merce; George Drew, then the
leader of the Conservative op-
position; M. J. Coldwell, who
led the CCF Party in those days
and Stanley Knowles, then the
'intense and knowledgeable CCF
member for Winnipeg North
Centre,
Of course, the argument cen-
tred ' more -on the Liberals'
method of pushing the Trans-
Canada Pipelines bill through
Parliament than on the merits
of the pipeline plan itself.
It was the 'application of clo-
sure—rule No. 33 in the House
of Commons standing orders—
that brought the opposition par-
ties to their feet, bellowing
about democracy and the de-
ial of freedom. And it was
closure, intended to cut off de-
bate, that kept debate going on
points of order and questions
of privilege, along with •innun't-
ereble stearnroiler+,, votes, 'for
days and nights on. end.
The Liberals applied a ed closure
to advance of the debate itself,
they' explained at • the titfae', he-
i*attae Of a dark waiting Voiced
by the then 'private member for
Prince Albert, John G. Diefen-
baker.
In a radio broadcast, Mr.
Diefenbaker told his constitu-
ents that the fight put on by
the Conservatives on the De-
fence Production Act a year
earlier would "appear but a
skirmish" beside the battle
they would wake on the pipe-
line bill.
He was a good prophet. But
in the battle, Mr.. Diefenbaker
himself played a relatively
small part. He did not join in
the parade up the aisle of the
Commons when Conservative
leader Drew and CCF leader
Coldwell, red-faced, shook their
fists in the face of Speaker
Rene Beaudoin. •
Mr. Diefenbaker sat mute in
his seat, transfixed; perhaps, by
what was happening to Parlia-
ment; but perhaps disapprov-
ing as much of his opposition
colleagues' behaviour as of the
Government's.
Time moved along, and Mr.
Diefenbaker became leader of
the opposition. In the election
campaign that followed in 1957,
he told the story of the pipe-
line debate — and closure—
across Canada. He vowed that
a Conservative Government
would erase closure from the
rules forever.
The people of Canada gave
him that chance. And in the
short 23rd Parliament, which
lasted from October until Feb-
ruary, 1958, the new Prime
Minister did introduce a motion
which would have abolished the
cause of so much bitterness.
Before it was acted on, .how-
ever, Mr. Diefenbaker himself
had plunged the nation into an-
other election campaign. Again
the end of closure, was prom-
ised but no immediate action
alp
wstken.
Melly, after much prodding,
the Pririte Minister reintrodue•
M tire' drib%et ht the speech
from the throne that opened
Parliament last January. And
late in March, the Commons
was given an opportunity to
debate a motion calling for
"consideration" of closure by a
select committee under the
chairmanship of Speaker Ro-
land Michener. The Conserva-
tives were rather hoping for
fireworks, but none materiaiiz-
ed.
411 the Prime Minister's mo-
tion elicited from the Liberals
was a polite invitation to act
immediately, rather than wait
for a committee to report its
findings.
" Liberal Jack Pickersgill, who
had said only two words—"Mr.
Chairman"—in the pipeline de-
bate before his place was pre-
empted by Mr. Howe, was Lib-
eral spokesman on the motion.
He offered no fight, and no de-
fence of the Liberal action in
1956. Instead, he pointed to
Mr. Diefenbaker's promises of
1957 and 1958, declared that no
Government in its senses would
use closure again, and called
for its immediate abolition.
But Mr. Pickersgill's shrewd
move wasn't the only surprise
of the day. The CCF, which
fought alongside the Conserva-
tives when closure was last ap-
plied, did an about-turn and
urged that the rule be retain-
ed.
The effect of this was to give
Mr. Diefenbaker the opportun-
ity he needed to let the motion
go to' a vote on his terms. And
of course it passed, without
opposition.
It's apparent enough that the
Prime Minister has had second
thoughts about the wisdom of
hasty action, and wants the sub-
ject thoroughly debated in con.
mittee before the final decision
is made. •
Or is itssr
p
o bl
e that he
wants to keepthe subject alive,
to hound thGrits aver hei
past sins once more on the elec-
tion pletiorni? , . -
-4.14v63
"Come on, we're late!
:'• What took ya' so long?"
It's been a pretty interesting
week around our house. Kim
came in the other day, wide-
eyed. She'd just' seen a real
live horse galloping up the mid-
dle of the street, attached to
nothing, and with nobody on
his back. She was fascinated.
It made me a little sacs, when
I realized that most of the chil-
dren of the present era have
never seen a runaway. When
I was a kid, there were several
dandies in town every year.
There was nothing quite so
wildly exciting , as a horse, or
preferably a team, careening
down the road, a vehicle lurch-
ing perilously behind them, and
pedestrians darting for cover.
* * *
Occasionally, some local hero
would throw himself at their'
heads, seize a bridle and drag
them to a halt. He was usually
one of the town bums, but for
a few Hours he would bask in
the, shining eyes of every kid
within a mile. Prominent citi-
zens would .thump him on the
back. Spinster ladies would
sniff at him to see whether he'd
performed his feat' under the
influence.
• Sometimes, t h e runaways
would hurtle into a parked car
or a bridge railing, and down
they'd go in a tangle of har-
ness and splintered wagon, one
of them with a broken leg.
There'd be a tremendous com-
motion, with the horses scream-
ing and threshing and everyone
shouting, "Get. back there,
youse kids!"
• * *
The climax was as inevitable
as that of a Greek tragedy. The
town cop would trot heavily to
his office, 'get his revolver, puff
back, and with one arm extend-
ed shakily, one eye closed, shoot
the injured beast, while we all
stood there with our mouths
wide open.
Best runaways of all, of
course, were the milk wagons.
Something would startle the old
plug , who pulled the wagon,
and he'd lurch off at a trot. The
milk bottles would start to rat-
tle and clank and smash, behind
him, and he'd go a little faster
to get away frorp the noise. The
faster he went, the more noise
there was. Soon, he'd be in a
headlong gallop, with the high
milk -wagon swaying perilously
behind him.
Eventually came the lovely
moments when, in a desperate
attempt to get away from that
boiler factory behind his tail,
he'd try to sewrve around a
corner. Over she'd go, the
whole works, with a 'beautiful
crash, splinter and splash, and
there'd be milk and kids run-
ning in all directions, while the
old horse stood around quietly,
getting his Wind back.
Yes, today's kids miss a lot,
but they have their own forms
of excitement. This was music
festival week. We didn't have
such things when 1 was a boy.
Maybe that's why there weren't
so many neurotic mothers in
those days.
* *' *
at daughter of mine got
rat er carried away, and signed
up for no fewer than 12 events.
She was busier than a one-arm-
ed bartender, before and dur-
ing
the £estival. Young llugh,
on the other hand, who always
plays it cool, entered in only
one event, ande6
d ote
d little
time and no apparent •thought
to, it,.
Iiin did pretty well. She
cafft& hoine hornwith ,a, SitIttt Of
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley, , a
certificates for first, second and
third place, six of them in all.
By the luck of the?, draw and
the wisdom of the festival com-
mittee; Hugh won a cash award
for his one piece. She was so.
mad that her eyes blazed so
hard that I thought she'd set
fire to the drapes.
* ,* *
Just to round out the week,
I won a beautiful lamp. for not
curling, and. our cat gave- birth
to two fat, squirming, black kit-
tens for not . resisting the ad-
vances of the big black tom
from next door.
My skip phoned Monday to
tell me to come and get my
prize. It seemed that our rink
had Won the finals. I wasn't
able to play in the last two
games. I suggested he give the
prize to the chap who had sub-
bed for me. But the skip was
so pleased with me for missing
the finals that he insisted I take
the lamp.
* * *
When Piper, our cat, develop-
ed abdominal mumps a while
back, my wife made me promise
I'd drown ,this lot at birth. She
wasn't going to go through
THAT again. I promised I
would, with mental reserva-
tions. •
I went down to the kitchen
for a drink, just now. There
was the lady cat, contentedly
giving suck to her babes. They
all seemed quite comfortable in
their special box, in the bottom
of which they rested on one of
the family's best bath towels.
And there, sitting beside the
box and watching, was the lady
of the house, with a faraway
smile on her face, and a strange
expression in her eyes. I tip-
ped away.
Yes, it's been rather 'an in-
teresting week around o u r
house!
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
THE BIBLE TODAY
The use of Scriptures in many
tongues throughout Canada is
illustrated by the fact that The
Canadian Bible Society supplied
Scriptures in 78 languages sole-
ly for Canada and in the Metro-
politan City of Toronto the
Bible House supplied Scriptures
in 58 languages.
Since, one-third of the people
of Canada speak French, and
Montreal is the largest French-
speaking city in the world out-
side of France, special measures
have been taken by the Mont-
real Bible House to supply the
need for French Scriptures. A
French speaking sales person
has been added to the staff and
a large stock of religious 'books
in French, as well as Scriptures,
has been made available.
Suggested Bible Readings
Sunday -Isaiah 26:1.15
Mofiday—Isaiah 29:1321
Tuesday—Psalms 87:1.7
Wednesday—Isaiah 30:818.
da —Isaiah 35:1-1
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Friday—Matthew 4:18.22;
-Mark 8:18°19
•S8ttitday--John 1:35.44; 6:
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Who lives on Melville Is-
land?
Several large herds of musk -
oxen. Otherwise, the twenty
thousand square mile island in
the. Arctic Archipelago is un-
inhabited. Although pack ice
surrounds it for nine months
of the year, Melville Island may
some day be important as a
petroleum producer.
* * *
What do Canadians call
the heads of their munici-
pal councils?
In Canada these gentlemen
may be known by one of four
names, so far as regular titles
go. In much of Canada, the
leader of the municipal council
is known as the mayor. In
French -language Quebec, he's
the maire. In Ontario the head
of a smaller' urban .municipal-
ity is called the reeve; in New
Brunswick, the chairman.
;k * *
How did Melita, Man.,
get its name?
From the story of a ship-
wreck halfway around the earth.
When the pioneers arrived and
held the first church Service on
the site, the preacher took for
his sermon the story of St.
Paul's shipwreck on the island
of Melita. So ,the Manitoba pio-
neers named their . new town
after a Mediterranean isle.
Who was Canada's first
'colonizer to establish per-
manent settlement?
The Sieur de Monts, Gover-
nor of Acadia from 1603 to
1607. Born in France about
1560, he secured a monopoly
of the Canadian'' fur trade in
1603 and in the following year
established a post at Ste. Croix
in Acadia. In 1607 his charter
was cancelled, but the following
year he obtained a ten-year
monopoly and sent Champlain
to build the fort of Quebec.
Although he lost favour in . the
French court, de Monts con-
tinued to maintain French in-
terests in 'Canada until • 1617.
Even later on, in retirement,
he held shares in companies
trading here.
Where are the Mountains
of Peace?
In British Columbia. They are
the Monashee Mountains and
the name, which many people
think Indian, is Gaelic, and
means "the mountains of
peace." The Monashees are
part of the Columbia .Mountain
System and rise above the Fras-
er Plateau, a few miles east of
Okanagan Lake. They were
named by a Scottish prospector,
David McIntyre, who staked one
of the first mines -in the area.
feajeing Kippen 8-1 on Sunday
evening last to will the round
10-1.b They also won the Can-
ada Bud trophy for finishing'
the schedule in first place.
D. H. Wilson, clerk of Sea -
forth, in conjuction with the
clerks of various towns in this.
district, is registering unem-
ployed not on relief for read
jobs in this area this summer.
The hydro Electric Power
Commission, Toronto, has sent
the 13th bill to the Zurich Com-
mission and it shows that their
system has a credit of nearly
$575, covering the operation for
the year 1936.
Tuckersmith township coun-
cil met in the Town Hall, Sea -
forth, on Saturday when Wil-
son McCartney was awarded
the tender for operating the
stone crusher, with power, etc.,
at $1.25 per hour.
An old-time fiddlers' contest
was held in Cardno's Hall, Sea -
forth, on Tuesday evening,
sponsored by the Agricultural
Society, when William Hyde,
Hensall, won first in the event
for players over 60, with Thos.
Rand, Seaforth, second.
The Lions CIub Milk Fund to
provide milk for new-born
'babies is now standing at
$177.43.
*
From The Huron Expositor
April 15, 1912
Mrs. William Morrow has
rented her farm in McKilllop to
Mr. Thomas E. Hays.
Some of the brave defenders
of Her Majesty on the occasion
of the Fenian Raid, who are en-
titledLto°receive the $100 grant,
are Riehard' Wright and James
Graves, of Seaforth, and James
Hills, of Egmondvilie.
Mr, A. D. Somerville has pur-
chased the residence in the
north ward occupied by Mr. G.
F. Rogers, from the estate of
the late George Sperling, and
will occupy it soon.
• Sleighing is about all gone
and the country roads are in
bad shape.
Miss Ina Dodds,, Miss Rance
and Mr. Campbell have com-
pleted a very tastefully and
neatly arranged musical studio
in the rooms over Richardson &
Scott's store.
From The Huron Expositor
April 8, 1887
Mr. William Carmichael has
passed a very successful final
examination at the Ontario Vet-
eriryary C()liege, Toronto, and
is now licensed ,to practice the
healing art.
Mr. Robert Abraham has pur-
chased Mr. Joseph Klinkham-
mer's barbering business and
takes possession on Monday.
Mr. James Scott has sold his
house and lot to Mr.°Manson.
The Messrs. Bell, of Kippen,
have sold the Kippen mill pro-
perty to Mr. David McLean for
$14,100.
Mr. Jacojj Snider, of the
Sauble Line, is introducing a
new variety . of potato, called
"Burgess Empire State."
On Saturday last a lad nam-
ed Beattie was leading a horse
and the brute reared up and
struck him with its front feet,
knocking him senseless and in-
flicting such injuries that he is
still laid up.
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every Friday and Saturday evening
following, from 7 p.m. to' 12 p.m.',
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