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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 3, 1962
Hospital Auxiliary Seeks .Members
The Women's Hospital Auxiliary this
year is taking advantage of Hospital
Day to increase the number of women,
in the area the hospital serves, who
participate in the work of the auxiliary.
The auxiliary plans a house-to-house
canvass membership campaign that will
begin next week. .
Commemorating as it does the birth-
day of Florence Nightingale, Hospital
Day on May 12 serves as a reminder
of the task the hospital is carrying out
in the community. Through the auxil-
iary tlie public can learn first hand, as
it were, of the service being provided
and the difficulties faced by hospital
staffs. This is possible because auxil-
iary members are in close touch with
the problems challenging hospitals to-
day. They are in and out of the hospital
regularly and know what is going on
from day to day.
They know, for instance, that hospi-
tal doors never are closed—that no mat-
ter what hour of the day or night help
is needed, the hospital is ready to serge.
The hospital is expected to,—and does
—provide a year -by -year,' day-by-day,
and around-the-clock service.
A hospital to serve properly requires
financial support. But equally impor-
tant is the moral support of its com-
munity. If the hospital has the under-
standing and loyalty of the community
it serves there need be no fear as to
its 'ability to meet its day-to-day prob-
lems.
Membership in the Women's Hospi-
tal Auxiliary provides a ready means
whereby this so important support can
be indicated. That is why the member-
ship. campaign being conducted by the
Women's Hospital Auxiliary to Scott
Memorial Hospital deserves the whole-
hearted support of the community.
Solution Lies With Citizens
(Wingham Advance -Times)
June 18th has been set as the date people who voted for him didn't have
of the federal election. The announce- much choice, since opposition parties
G • ment did not come as any great surprise, are illegal in the Soviet.
for election talk has been in the air for If, by chance, the calibre of our poli -
several months. Even the date was pre- ticians has slipped since the days when
dieted with accuracy by many persons the Fathers of Confederation hammer -
who are keen observers of the Ottawa ed out the sound and abiding basis of
scene. Reaction from mostof the peo- our constitution . . . we have only
ple we have talked to is one of mild in- ourselves to blame. If we continue to
terest, ranging ' downward to indiffer- • look down our noses at those who seek
ence. public office, we will very naturally per -
In Canada we don't get quite as work- mit low grade men to represent us.
• ed up about our elections as they do in Only by paying the closest possible
many other countries. Most of us can attention,to our selection of candidates,
easily recall the last presidential elec- by demanding that they be men of hon -
tion the United States, and the cam- or and integrity—and by . paying in-
paigns, conducted with all the glamour demnities commensurate with their
and showmanship of which that ener- abilities, will we achieve the high stan-
getic nation "is capable. dard of government Canada deserves.
Though we do feel that the Americans
carry their election campaigns to rather
ridiculous extremes, Canadians could (Kincardine News)
use some of the enthusiasm and inter- An aroma of fascination surrounds
est which is so evident in American a newspaper, making many persons say
voters. We are apt to assume a super- they'd like to own one. It is a fascina-
ior attitude about the whole business tion which clings to everyone except'
and persuade ourselves that his quer- newspaper people. They have no illu-
tion of politics is beneath our dignity. Bions.. To own -a newspaper, here are
We are inclined to categorize all aspir- but a few things you will have to do
ing candidates as men who are simply in one normal day :
seeking public office for their own ag- Ex -plain to Mrs. Strong why Aunt
grandizement.
It's Simply Routine
• Weak's 85th birthday party was not
Of course, not all Canadians take on the front page.
this stand ... we have our solid core Explain to an advertiser why it is
of hard-working party backers, who impossible to get him on page three.
devote lots of time and energy to for-
warding the cause in which they be-
lieve. Though some of them may be
out of material gain, by backing the
party they think can do them the most
good, most of the political workers are
sincerely •interested in the welfare of
their country.
The party system in itself leads
some to the belief that politics is a dog-
eat-dog affair, but it is a system which
has proven itself over several hundred
years as the best means so far selected,
by which men can govern themselves.
In sharp contrast, not the "electron"
in Moscow this week, when Mr. K: was
returned as his cdtlntry's boss. The
Explain to an ex -subscriber why you
had to cut off his unpaid subscription.
Explain deadlines 20 times a day and
why you have to have them.
Soothe a lady because she, had called
in a Personal too late.
Explain why some weeks you've .got
news running out of your ears and
other weeks, the paper reads like a re-
port on Amalgamated Steel.
Apologize to an advertiser for an
error in his ad and smile sweetly when
he tells you what an idiot you are.
Try to soothe an irate subscriber
who had missed her paper for two is-
sues. It turns out she hadn't advised
us of a change of address.
KNOW YOUR CANAD-A
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)_
The Indians tapped the maple
trees in the spring by making
a cut in the trunk and sticking
a reed into it. This carried the
sap to a bark trough. The sap
was condensed into syrup when.
the Indians plunged hot stones
into it. The resulting syrup and
sugar were strong and smoky
in flavor.
Even today, the sugaring -off
party is a big event of early
-spring--_in— areas ...of. ,-_Canada
where there are large stands
of sugar and black maples.
Crowds of children and grown-
ups visit the sugar camps to
enjoy hot sap, sugar and toffee.
-Maple toffee is syrup boiled to
the density of melted wax and
then poured • out to harden on
clean snow.
* *
Howe "dld'a dead( mansave
Mai onn*uve's IWO
Alija& 91i4 moist• gotieY'nor °of
Ville Marie, later Montreal,
Maisonneuve and his settlers
endured years of intermittent
surprise attacks by the neigh-
boring Iroquois. In 1643, a year
after he founded Ville Marie,
11ralsonneuve was accused of
cowardice by his men because
he felt 'they were too outnum-
bered by' the Indians to win a
pitched battle. He responded•
by leading a counter-attack im-
mediately, outside the fort.
Outnumbered in fact, t h e
French were defeated and re-
-tired in disorder. Only the kill-
ing of the Iroquois chief saved
Maisonneuve's life, for the In-
dians stopped to bury their
fallen leader.
* * *
Who went from' the Riel
Rebellion to the Tower of
i,otidon?
Sir 1~ rederick • Middleton, sol -
diet and. Waterman. 'torn in
1825, he entered the Sritish
44e;:e44, ei 944 Wee4e.
Zealand, then in India during
the period of the Indian Mut-
iny. Later in his career, he was
appointed major general in
charge of Canadian militia,
when he commanded operations
during the Northwest Rebellion
of 1885. In 1896, two years be-
fore his death, he was appoint-
ed keeper of the Crown Jewels
at the Tower of London. His
second wife was French-Cana-
dian.
"Test your strength, Sir . . . see if you can lift the mallet"
Two more milestones of 1962,
Easter and Opening Day, have
whipped past, and I managed
to come through, if not with
flying colors, at least without
disgracing myself.
Easter was a regular fandan-
go around our place this year.
With an organist, an altar boy,
and a girl chorister in the fam-
ily; and about six church serv-
ices on the weekend, the dog,
the cat, the kittens and myself
had to walk warily; as the
bodies hurtled by at the speed
of those in an old silent' movie.
* *
Climax of „the weekend ar-
rived on Easter Monday, when
Kim Smiley made her televi-
sion debut, with a recorder
group. I drove a carload of the
kids ato the studios, my ears
ringing with last-minute in-
structions from ,.the boss, about
combing the child's hair, mak-
ing sure her slip Wasn't show-
ing, and about 14 other items,.
I did my best. But I'd lice to
see some of you fathers trying
to comb a kid's hair when she's
wild with excitement about ap-
pearing on TV in a few min-
utes. It's like trying to lasso
a humming -bird with a lawn
hose. And sure enough, her
slip was showing; plenty of it.
* * *
Which Canadian Indians
hal no tribal. government?,
The Micmacs of Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick and Prince Ed-
ward Island. They did not set
up any form of tribal govern-
ment and had 'little idea of
chieftainship. However, suc-
cessful hunters had consider-
able influence among their fel-
lows; and the Micmac& also fol-
lowed certain customs faith-
fully, such 8s forbidding inter-
marriage between fl embers of
Army at 1/1 Served id NeW the Ottie ctetx,
* * *
During the Easter holidays
the wife and, girls went off to
visit Granny', while Hugh and I
stayed home to work. Some-
thing was proved which we had
both suspected. Females are
directly responsible for 97 per
cent of the noise and confusion
in the average household. It
was as peaceful as a tomb while
they were away. And just
about as interesting.
Then along came Opening
Day of the trout season, ,the
annual shedding of winter's
cerements. Usually, it's'' an
exhausting ordeal. You stay tip
until two in the morning, the
night before, making plans for
next day, over a noggin, with
a couple of wild-eyed friends.
Two hours later, you groan out
of bed, totter into the cold
blackness, and spend the next
14 hours 'lurching through
swamps, frozen, frustrated and
wishing you were 18 again.
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By BiII'Smiley
spokesmen of the various par-
ties, the Tories are going to be
turned out without mercy, the
Liberals are going to be turfed
out with a shellacking, the
NDP hasn't a hope, and the
Socreds' claims are in the
realm of -dreamland.
If this is true, why have an
election that -will cost the voter
22 cool millions? Why not just
go bumbling and stumbling
along? Everybody says .t h e
Yanks will own the place in a
few years, anyway. ,
* *.
I have a suggestion which
would save us all those millions,
as well as a lot of potential
earache. ' It's simplicity itself.
Every four years, let each par-
ty nominate its choice for each
seat in Parliament. Then we
accept them all. This wouldn't
cost a penny.
In this way, 'we'd have about
1,100 candidates, -a11 good men.
This is too many. We don't
want to have to. build an addi-
tion to the House of Commons,
with all those school additions
Still to be built. Well, here's
what we''d do. We'd have the
1,100 draw lots, for the - seats
available.
* * *
The lucky ticket holders
would become MP's. Each
would retain his own .party
membership, so that we'd still
have a loyal Opposition. The
party with the most luck would
form the government. We'd
save all that election money,
and we wouldn't have all those
broken hearts on election ight.
There'd be just as much sus-
pense, under my plan, as there
would be with a regular elec-
tion. And I'll bet you a spoiled
ballot to an ancient senator
that we'd have just as good,' or
as bad, government.
,* 't *
• The only improvement I can
see to the suggestion would be
to combine the event with a
national sweepstakes, based on
the draw. All profits would be
applied to the national debt.
Who is with me in promoting
this sensible policy?
* * *
This year, I tried a new tech-
nique, and it was the best Op-
ening Day I've ever experienc-
ed. I passed up the night -before
session. When the alarm went
off at 4 a.m., I shut it off,
chuckled fiendishly, and went
back to sleep. I rose at 10, had
a leisurely breakfast, and ar-
rived at the trout stream about
the time .the others were going
home. Three hours later I had
had a pleasant outing; had tak-
en as many trout as any other
year, and didn't feel like the
wreck of the 99.
Now that those two land-
marks in the year have been
successfully negotiated, we can
turp our thoughts to more triv-
ial things.•Like_politics,-for ex-
ample. Yes, gentle reader, the
mighty 'stirrings, of that big,
lazy hibernator called Dem-
ocracy are being heard in the
land. The big -game hunters are
sharpening their spears and ar-
rows, and the beaters (that's us
voters) are being harangued•be.
fore we start out to flush the.
beast into the open.
* * *
As nearly as 1 can make put,
fracm tiatefthig... Carefully ..._to.
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned„ from
The Expositor of 25, 50,
.and 75 years ago.
From The Huron gxpositor
April 30, 1937 i
Thieves. gained entry to the
store of Isaac Hudson on Main
St. some time Saturday morn-
ing and after forcing open a
desk drawer, took some $10 in
silver. Entry was also made in
the McGavin store next door,
but nothing apparently was
stolen.
Dr. A. Crich, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W.' A. Crich, of Seaforth,
is in private practice in Toron-
to, specializing in exadontia and
X-ray diagnosis:-
Many
iagnosis:Many fields in Tuckersmith
are veritable lakes and many
roads are impassable because
of washouts.
Seeding operations -are at a
standstill because of rains and
floods.
Many barns had parts of their
roofs torn off with last Wed-
nesday's windstorm in Tucker -
smith and St. Columban.
On Tuesday of last week Mr.
Robert Reid, of Walton, met
with an accident while working
in the sawrld'ill, his wrist being
badly cut.
Mr. Kai Pong, recently of the
Commercial Cafe, will open a
restaurant in the Routledge
block in the course of a couple
of weeks.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
May 3, 1912
The fall wheat in this vicin-
ity emerged from its wintry
covering in fine condition. The
recent cold winds and frosts
have been hard on it, but most
of it looks well yet.
Mr. W. H. Colquhoun, who
has been engaged in the butch-
ering business here for some
time, has given up business and
intends going to the West.
The little son of Frank Dev-
ereaux had the misfortune to
get his hand 'caught in the gear-
ing of a washing machine on
Monday, cutting off the tip of
one finger of the right hand.
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
MONTH OF MAY
It is likely that the most of
us think of May as a pleasant
month. And in the time when
the present is hard we may
wonder with the poet if "after
all the stormychanges we shall
find a changeless May?" Thus
he indicates that May is re-
garded as a time of balm that
should endure. .
But May has sometimes been
other than a month of quiet
and ease. It was in the month
of May that the Nazis broke
through the Ardennes and
headed toward the Channel
and toward Paris. The entrap-
ped French and English were
driven to the Channel and the
Eng)ish were able to escape by
the "Miracle of Dunkirk."
Let us remember that it has
not always been a month of
disaster for mankind. It is a
•time of spring and of new hope,
a time of newly -springing flow-
ers and a time of new pro-
spects. Let us in the spirit of
new hope resolve that the bat-
tle -flags shall be furled in "the
parliament of man, the federa-
tion of the world."
And may the flowers of May
cover the ruins of war. We
shall not actually dance around
a May pole, but we rejoice' in
the assurance that "God is in
his heaven and all's well with
the world."
Just a Thought:
Many today find it hard to
realize there are places in the
world where there is a penalty
for belief in God. For a few
in this "modern" world, Sun
day in church is just as much
a social affair as a Saturday
afternoon barbecue.
Mr. McKenzie; the contractor
of the new Post Office, has re-
sumed work again and has a
large gang of men employed.
Mr. Arthur Forbes left last
week with his telephone men
for Shakespeare, where he has.
the contract for extending the
local telephone system. '
Mr. J. F. Daly has moved in-
to the residence which he re-
cently purchased from Dr. Mc-
Ginnis.
by
Tom Derr
WHAT' COLLEGE DOES
YOUR BOYFRIEND
PLAN TO ENROLL N
NEXT YEAR?.
HIGH SCHOOL-.
TN1N44.
* * *
• From The Huron Expositor
May 6, 1887
The town watering cart, re-
splendent in a new coat of
paint, was brought into use, on
ii1ain Street for the first time
this season on Tuesday.
Mr. William Kyle, of Tuck-
ersmith, has just completed the
addition to his hotel.
Potatoes are very scarce and
dear, and considerable difficul-
ty will be experienced in get-
ting enough for seed.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elgie
have now got comfortably lo-
cated in their new residence lit
Egtnondville, .
Mr. L. Murphy is having a
large stable and driving house
erected on the property he re-
cently purchased from Mr.
Smithers.
Dr. Evans has decided not to
go to Stratford and has en-
tered into partnership -"with Dr,
MacKid, of this town.
The weather during the past
week has been very favorable
for agricultural purposes, and
the farmers in this neighbor-
hood are making the best use
of it.
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
B.C. OUTLOOK: TORIES IN
TROUBLE ..
OTTAWA—(Vancouver): With
campaigning for the June 18
Federal election nicely under
way, Canada's westernmost pro-
vince may provide some of the
hottest platform fights and plen-
ty of upsets on voting clay.
British Columbia is the only
province where four p�li',ical
parties are more or lessevenly
matched in popular standings.
In the 1958 Federal election.
the voters here sent- 18 Con-
servatives and four CCFers to
Ottawa.
Two years later, they return-
ed 32 Social Crediters, 16
CCFers and four Liberals to
the provincial Legislature at
Victoria. The Conservatives
were denied a single seat.
The small number of Liber-
als provincially, however, did
not reflect their voting strength
accurately. They picked up 21
per cent of the popular vote,
against 38 per cent for Social
Credit and 32 per cent for the
CCF.
In the 20 months since, So-
cial Credit strength has been
declining at the provincial lev-
el, and the Conservatives are
in some trouble Federally. The
spoils on June 18 may go to
the Liberals and the New Dem-
ocratic Party, successor to the
CCF.
Today the Conservatives in
this province appear the weak-
est of the four parties as cam-
paigning begins. The NDP may
well be the strongest.
The Conservatives have no
provincial leader since the
resignation of Deane Finlayson
in 1961. Nor is there a succes-
sor in sight.
They seem to be in' difficulty,
too, as a result of the long
deadlock on power development
of the Columbia River. Criti-
cism of the treaty they wrote
with the United States has come
from all sides, and the Social
Credit provincial Government
may yet win the argument for
sale of Cgluinbia power to the
Americans.
The 'Liberals, after 10 years
in the wilderness provincially,
show evidence of new vigor and
strength. They have produced
some front-line candidates for
the Federal test—including a
Rhodes scholar -winning econo-
mist, a prominent lawyer -indus-
trialist and the former provin-
cial leader of the party=and
they claim growing support at
the constituency level, both
provincially and Federally.
aren't prepared to give ground.
anywhere, there is considerable
doubt that they will be able to
hold man, if any, of the ridings '
that swung to them in the Dief-
enbaker deluge.
The Liberals claim the best
chance in at least • seven rid-
ings, and sayings, and say the
margin . could widen consider-
ably in the event of a trend
setting in across the country,
And the NDP talks confident-
ly of taking 10 to 14 seats, with
the Conservatives reduced to
two—Messrs. Green and Ful-
ton—and the Socreds shut out'
as they were in 1958.
Social Credit offers the great-
est paradox. Although it has
formed the Government at Vic.
toria since 1952, it has never
scored a major Federal .win,
and seems to be having more
difficulty rounding up candi-
dates this time than any of
the others.
This leads to the suspicion
that Socred strategists, may re-
sign themselves to the role lat-
e
fa strong Provincial party—like
the former Union Nationale re-
gime in Quebec—and leave the
Federal field to the others.
Whatever the outcome, B.C,
may have one big . ace up its
sleeve for the rest of the coup,
try. .
The polls will not close here
until. three hours after Quebec
and Ontario have sealed the bal-
lot boxes.
If the results from ,the east
—where most of the vote is
registered—are close„• is pro-
vince and its westerns. , artners
may have the responsibility 'of
deciding ,the outcome,- as they
did in the cliff-hanger... of '195'7.
And the final counts here will
keep eastern Canadians on the
edge of their chairs until well
into the morning of June 19.
* * *
Capital Hill Capsules
Okanagan -Boundary . will be
B.C.'s most interesting contest.
Four ex-M.P.'s are in the race:
Conservative David Pugh, who
won in 1958; NDP candidate O.
C. Jones, winner in 1948, 1949
and 1953; Liberal Elmore Phil-
pott, formerly M.P. for Vancou-
ver South, and Socred F. D.
(Jack)' Shaw, who represented
Red Deer, Alta., in Ottawa for
18 years. All parties rate it a
tossup.
The NDP is probably strong:.
er in R.C. than anywhere, in
Canada today. It has more can-
didates in the field than any
other party, and more money to
spend than the old CCF. It's
shooting for a big win here to
build party support elsewhere
in Canada.
And Social Credit, though it
failed; to win a single Federal
seat in 1958, cannot be written
off. Three former Socred M.
P.'s are in the lists for June
18, and the party is looking to
Premier W. A. C. Bennett for
solid support as the campaign
gathers speed.
For at least six candidates in
B.C., the election is pretty well
decided already. All sides con-
cede the likelihood of External
Affairs Minister Howard Green
and Justice Minister Davie Ful-
ton winning again for the Con-
servatives. Re-election • is indi-
cated, too, for the four CCF -
NDP politicians—Bert Herridge,
Harold Winch, Frank Howard
and Erhart Regier—who surviv-
ed the Diefenbaker tidal wave
in 1958.
The remaining 16 Federal
constituencies are prime fight-
ing ground for all parties.
Although the Conservatives
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* * *
The Vancouver SuO, tradi-
tionally a Liberal supporter,
may be forgiven some degree of
neutrality this time. It suppor-
ed the Conservatives in 1957.
But its editorial page column-
ist, Elmore Philpott, is running
as a Liberal; and its page-one
hunnorist, Barry Mather, will
carry NDP colors in New West.
minister.
A SMILE OR TWO
Two society leaders in a
cannibal tribe were discussing
marital troubles. "I don't know
what to make of my husband
these days," one said. -
"Don't let that bother you,"
the second reassured- her. "I'll
send over my new book of
recipes."
People who borrow money to
get themselves out of the- rut
usually end up in the hole.
A young man who complain-
ed of his dreams was being re-
assured by his psychiatrist. ,
"Stop worrying, son," the
doctor consoled, "it's perfectly
normal for a fellow like you to
dream he is being pursued by
,beautiful girls. There's nothing
wrong in dreaming that lovely
girls are chasing you."
"But doctor," said the young
man sadly, "I keep getting
away."
BY LLOYD BIRMINGRAI
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