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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 7, 1962
Years Bring Changes To Ball -Habits
Everyday brings changes but it is not
until one looks back over a period of
several years and compares the prac-
tises of that day with the customs of
today that the extent of the changes
that do occur is realized.
The St. Marys Journal -Argus, in a
recent issue, takes such a look at the
baseball habits of the kids of today as
compared to what used to happen, and
wonders whether in the process of
changing something valuable has been
lost by present-day youth.
"Perhaps things are different in the
rural areas, but the crack of the bat on
a ball is seldom heard around St. Marys
these past years." The Argus, says :
`True, a good many play the organized
type of ball down on the Quarry diam-
ond, but what has happened to the old
corner lot games which were the staff
oflife when most of us were kids
around the Stone Town?
"We have . not seen a group playing
a game of scrub' for years. At one
time, every vacant strip of land was
in use as the neighborhood youngsters
gathered for what was then the favor-,
ite pastime. The first two would play
catch, one more and 'tickey-go' was in
full swing—by the time six or seven
had arrived, 'scrub' with two at bat
would be organized. Give any lot and
a dozen youngsters and sides were chos-
en for a regular game. To be quite
honest it is seldom we see se much as
- a game of catch inthe vacant spaces
- any more. ,
"What has happened'? . Are we over -
organized? What do the kids do for
excitement in their spare time'? Most
of the corner lot activity in our youth
was softball. If wetNwanted a game of
hardball, a trip; to the Flats on a Sat-
urday with whatever' equipment we
possessed was all that was neces ary.
Similarly, in the fall, almost any Sat-
urday the sight or sound of a, football
would bring a gang around in a hurry.
They seemed to materialize out of thin
air. We have a sneaking hunch that
•
the reaction now would be `Lookit those
idiots, wonder if I can borrow the old
man's car this morning?'
"Is it possible that the present con-
cern over the lack of physical fitness
among Canadians could be traced to
the disappearance of the old system
whereby kids did their own organizing?
Are modern day youngsters simply in-
capable of so much as organizing a ball
game? What has happened?
"It is quite evident that, for one
thing, the present young generation has
too much spare money and too many
ways of spending it. They are in the
car and the restaurants in their spare
time, rather than either working on the
family wood pile or swatting a ball
around. It is doubtful that they have
nearly as good a time as we older peo-
ple had in our youth at one-tenth of
the cost.
"Maybe that is 'really living', but we
doubt it. Nothing will ever replace the
joy of slapping a ball a healthy crack
'with the old hickory, we think."
State Medicine
To eliminate the need for socialized
medicine, .the medical profession has to
produce a workable alternative; this, in
the opinion of many, it .has failed to
do. Doctors may be running to coun-
tries where medicine has escaped gov-
ernment attention but the number of
such countries is "rapidly diminishing.
-=Peterborough Examiner.,
New Spring Shades
• The fashion world has created some
new names for the colors of its spring
styles, such as maple sugar brown, rou-
ette'green, regency red, venetian blue
and renaissance purple. The hubands
who . foot the bills for these fashions
have some new colors also — creditor
red, overdrawn grey, tight money pur-
ple and bankrupt blue. — Port Elgin
Times. .
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
IT'S UP TO ONTARIO AND up several seats. Just how many
QUEBEC is hard to estimate. The Liber-
als want to win at least 40 On-
tario ridings. They now hold
15. To win 25 more will take a
major effort and a switch in
the political sentiments of many
Ontario people.
OTTAWA—Thegeneral elec-
tion will be won or lost in the
two central provinces of On-
tario and Quebec.
That is why the leaders of
the two. principal parties, the
Conservatives and Liberals, will
concentrate their campaigning
in those two provinces during
the last two weeks Of the pre-
election period.
• The Liberals heartened by the
findings of the Gallup Poll and
soundings they have taken
themselves in .Quebec Province
are convinced they will get at
least 50 seats in that -French-
speaking province. The Con-
servatives privately concede
that they _have _Lost ground bad-_
ly since the disappearance of
the Union National organiza-
tion.
Consequently the Conserva-
tives. are concentrating on On-
tario. They must hold as many
seats as possible in that key
province, if they are to form
the Government again. The Lib-
erals are equally aware of the
importance" of capturing con-
stituencies in old Ontario and
are making 'a dead set on many.
seats.
One top-ranking Tory, close
to the Prime Minister (who nec-
essarily must remain unidenti-
fied) has said privately that the
Conservatives stand to lose
many seats in Toronto and the
Yorks. But what they drop in
those urban areas they expect
to more than offset by- holding
rural seats in Ontario and tak-
ing several in the northern part
of the province.
The battle of Ontario is on
in earnest.
It came as a surprise to the
Tories when the Pearson band-
wagon moved into that province
the week of May 21 and sue.
cessfully toured Toronto and
the Yorks, later the northern
mining areas and•finally made a
swing down through the Ottawa
Valley. Those travelling with
the Pearson party report he got
good receptions wherever he
appeared.
Seasti#ed observers of the On-
taxi r sceti0 teported their con-
eIusiwis that there was subtin
change taking place In tire po-
litieal clirnatsofthat. igrovin ar
That such a switch is taking
place is hard to detect because
Ontario people are notoriously
reluctant to talk about their
private affairs.. But after they
have said there is not too much
interest in theme election, many
of those that will talk add that
they have had enough of Mr.
Diefenbaker. The implication
is that they are going to vote
against the Conservatives be-
cause they don't want Mr. Dief-
enbaker in office again. Just how'
widespread this attitude is in
Ontario is difficult to determ-
ine, but outside of Quebec,
there is little doubt but that
the Diefenbaker image has fall-
en most in Ontario.
The Tory camp got a ,big
shock when Mr. Pearson moyed
into Carleton Place. A small
Ontario town, it- is a major cen-
tre of population in Ontario's
old Lanark constituency.
Lanark has been voting Con-
servative ever since it was cre-
ated, except for one slip into
a
i 4 .But
the Grit column 19 0
in
the following general election
it promptly swung back to the
Tories again and has returned
a Conservative ever since. Con-
sequently t h e Conservatives
have become complacent about
Lanark. They think they can
count on it to vote the Tory
ticket. At least that's what they
thought up until the last weeks
of the campaign.
two hours. He gave the Liber-
als and supporters 'totalling 350
who packed the church dining
hall, a pep talk that lifted them
out of their seats. Long time
Liberals in the area looked on
amazed. Tories were disturbed.
Both could recall that. in 1958
the Liberals were unable to
muster 25 voluntary workers
and Liberal meetings that year
attracted less than a dozen peo-
ple. But times have changed, it
was obvious.
by
Tom Dorr
YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS
PULL UP IN'OOKIE'S.
JALOPY EVERY
AFTERNOON ANP -
r;
___THEY SAY THE
NOISE COMING
FROM THAT CAR
IS UNBEARABLE__
•
WITH ALL OF US
YELLING YOU CAN
HARDLY HEAR IT
RUN.J
Fellow suggested I write a
column this week about the
election. ;'You know the sort
of thing," he said airily. "Dief-
enbaker drivel, Pearson poppy-
cock, Douglas dribble." 'It's all
very well for him. But it's not
so easy for a columnist who is
scared stiff of offending his
readers. - -
Besides, I'm not that type of
fellow. I have enough faults of
my own without picking holes
in dedicated chaps who are
ready and willing to give away
every nickel they can squeeze
out of us.
Why should I admit that ev-
ery time Dief shakes his wattles
at me on the television, I al-
most burst out . laughing? Why
should I confess that each time
Mike lisps another platitude I
plunge into despair? W h y
should I come right out, and
state -fiiitntly that Tommy's
folksy manner and carefully
studied anecdotes bore me
rigid?
There' another character
around there somewhere, called
Johnson or. Swansen or Gomp-
son or something, but I.haven't
seen much of him and I don't
know much •about the Crucial
Septic party, or whatever they
call it. He's the best -looking
one of the lot, but I quit vot-
ing for the best -looking candi-
dates in my last year in' high
school.
Every day I read the papers
and try to ascertain who is
ahead. And every day I be-
come more confused. All they
tell me is. that Diefenbaker is
gathering momentum, Pearson
is gaining strength, Douglas is
rolling them in the .aisles out
west and the Crucial Septic chap
is packing them in down in Que-
bec. '
As for platforms, they are
even more confusing. The whole
thing reminds me, of one of
those Three Stooges comedies.
One of the parties nails a plank
into his platform. As soon as
he turns his back to get an-
other plank, one of the other
comedians walks away with the
one he has just nailed down.
While each of the three is try-
ing to build a platform With
planks swiped from the others,
their idiot cousin is down in
the basement constructing- a
massive platform which he will
never be able to get either out
of the cellar window or up the
cellar stairs. -
While Mr. Pearson was tour-
ing Ontario, Mr. Diefenbaker
'was out in western Canada. He
got good sized crowds across
the West. In many centres he
received enthusiastic receptions.
But the tremendous support that
he aroused in _1958 was lacking.
And in many centres he was
heckled — something that was
unheard of four years ago. One
staunch Tory said in his opin-
ion the Prime Minister was suf-
fering from "Over exposure,"
due to his frequent appearances
on television, and his not in-
frequent trips across- the coun-
try to make' speeches. Mr. Dief-
enbaker is no longer a novelty.
Most of the Canadian people
have seen and heard him be-
fore.
Mr. Pearson was due into
Carleton Place in Lanark rid-
ing for a short pep talk to Lib-
eral workers before resuming
his fast ride back to Ottawa late
on a Friday evening. He was
weary. He had ,just completed
a week-long swing around On-
tario by plane, train and car.
But in Carleton Place he was
astounded by the welcome he
received. Large crowds lined
the streets to applaud and cheer
the Pearson motorcade as it
made its way to. the Zion Unit.
ed :Church for the dinner meet
btisplred f lir. Poarsoq itretc1ii
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley
The giveaway programs have
also become • inextricably inter-
woven. By this time I haven't a
clue as to which party is giving
the biggest old -age pension,
which is giving away free- medi-
cine, which is going to reduce
taxes, or which is going to end
unemployment by sending all
the unemployed to school and
paying them a salary to go.
.About all that I have been
'able to gather in concrete form,
as • the whirlwind campaign
kicks up the chaff, is that all
parties are in favor of the com-
mon man and motherhood, and
that all parties are against war,
lung cancer, sin, crop failures
and the other three parties.
We -were trying -to, sort things
out at the dinner table the oth-
er night. My son, who is 14,
came up with the idea that°sug-
gests he might have a brilliant
political future. He thought one
party should offer a national
pension of one dollar a month
for each year of your age.
Mr. Pearson on the other
hand appears to arouse a cer-
tain amount of curiosity among
Canadians. They have heard a
lot about him, have seen him
on television and now want to
see and hear him first-hand.
They listen to the Nobel peace
prize winner who is a stateSA
man turned politician and come
away impressed. The big que-
tion is will they vote for him?
In the West the Conservatives
appear strong. They will hold
many- seats also in the Mari-
times. But it is in Ontario- and
Quebec that- the issue will be
decided. An enigma is the So-
cial Credit -Party in Quebec. It
is making inroads in the
French-speaking, province. It
may have found a political
vacuum there that it . can fill.
But the Liberals are trusting to
the Quebec voter to go back to
Liberalists. As for the New
Democratic Party, it has failed
to get off the, ground.. The fight
is between the Liberals arid
;rrclnservatives and tile battle Of
tiie ballo is'iWi Ij be 1{vbn or lost
This would eliminate a Iot of
the squabbling over the old•age
pensions. Of course, to- get it
going on the right foot, we'd
throw out the baby bonus. Those
kids are getting so much money
when they're little that most of
them are ruined by the time
they're about six years old.
Then we'd give everybody a
straight dollar a month per
birthday. If you were seven,
you'd get seven smackers a
month. If yott were 84 you'd
get $84 a month. What could
be more fair? And it's the only
thing I've ever heard of that
might ease women over the 39 -
mark gracefully.
And that seems to be my on-
ly solid contribution, until I
can spendanother week or so
analyzing the campaign. Let's
see, now, if we can get things
straightened out a bit, before
we leave it.
The socialists are Indeepee.
The Crucial Septics are going
to put the dollar back up- to
what it's worth—fifty cents. The
Liberals, living up to their
name, are going to give away
everything that isn't .nailed
down. The Tories are going to
run on their record—and, broth-
er, they'd better get their track
shoes on. —.
By George, it is a lot clearer'
when you just sit ° down and
sort of think about it for a few
Minutes, isn't it?
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
June- 4, 1937
Rev. R. T. Appleyard, son of
Canon and Mrs. Appleyard, Sea -
forth, received ,his Master of
Arts Degree, and Miss Alice
Devereaux, daughter of Mrs.
Frank Devereaux, Seaforth, re-
ceived her Bachelor of Arts de-
gree, both at the convocation
ceremonies of the University of
Western Ontario on Wednesday.
McKillop charge, comprising
the congregations of Duff's,
Bethel and Cavan churches, has
called Rev. R. W. Craw, of Dor-
chester, for which he has ac-
cepted. '
Mr. Thomas Williamson; of
Walton, met with a painful ac-
cident Wednesday when he fell
from a scaffold on which he was
working, receiving a broken col-
larbone. ,
A joint meeting of Seaforth
Council and Industrial. Commit-
tee was held in 'the council
chambers on Monday even-
ing when it was learned that
a flour mill is expected to open
in Seaforth by July- 15.
Miss Margaret Case, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. -Case,
graduated as a nurse from
Stratford General , Hospital on
Wednesday.
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From The Huron Expositor
June 7, 1912
At a meeting of the directors
of the McKillop Fire Insurance
Company, held Friday • night,
Mr. William Chesney was ap-
pointed agent for the Tucker -
smith district as 'successor to
the late James Cumming.
Mr. A. Waunkle, of McKil-
lop, sold nine two-year-old
steers to Mr. W. J. Devereaux
at an average of $102.25 each.
As an evidence of the large
busines's done by Seaforth mer-
chants on Circus Day, we may
state that Mr. J. E. Willis sold
150 pairs of shoes of various
kinds.
Mr. Pierson Grieve, son of
Dr. J. G. and Mrs. Grieve, has
completed ' his course' at the
Faculty of Education, Toronto.
Mr. Grieve has been appointed
to the position of assistant prin-
cipal in a Toronto school at a
salary of $1,000 per annum.
There was a slight frost a
couple of mornings this ,week,
but no serious injury is report-
ed.
Four discharged employees of
TO THE EDITOR:
Editor, The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: -On behalf of the
Toronto Scottish Regiment I
am attempting' To locate all for-
mer members of the 75th Bat-
talion and the Toronto Scottish
Regiment Who may be living in
your area. We would like all
former members of the Regi-
tnent to send their names and
addresses to the Orderly Room,
Toronto Scottish Regiment, Fort
York Armouries, Toronto. They
are also invited to attend a
dance at the Armouries on Sat-
urday evening, June 16, 1962,
to recognize the visit to Toron-
to of Her Royal Highness Queen
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,
Colonel -in -Chief of the Regi-
ment.
With every good 'wish,
DONALD McKILLICAN,
Major.
Major D. R. McKillican, ti
50 St. George Street,
Toronto 5, Ont. -
Tel. No. WAS -7795.
FARM PRICED COMPARED
Editor, The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: The Hon. Mr. Ham=
ilton, speaking the other bight
on a radio broadcast, was tell-
ing the farmers how much bet'
ter oft they Ott today than" that'
he think he is kidding? He
either has a very short memory
himself, or else he thinks the
farmers have.
Here are a few figures on
farm prices taken from a copy
of the Canadian Countryman,
dated August 11, 1951: Choice
steers . at Toronto, $34.00 to
$35.50 per hundred; Grade A
hog's at Montreal, $39.00 per
hundred; Grade A hogs at To-
ronto, $37.50 per hundred; good
lambs at Toronto, $37.00 per
hundred; sheep at Toronto, $15
to $23 per hundred; .spring
chickens, alive, 40c per lb.;
hens, alive, '87c per lb:; eggs,
70c per dozen; winter wheat,
$1.75 per bushel.
Present day prices on cattle,
hogs and sheep are at least $10'
per hundred less than they
time; theprice of
were at that o
fi t ttry is cut in half and the
`price of eggs is so low it has
to • reach up to touth bottom—
around 26c to the farmers.
The farmer today is not near-
ly as well .off as he was ten
years ago, for the simple rea-
son that he is taking less fbr
what he has to sell and ,is hav-
ing to. pay more for' what he
has to .buy,
ARTHUR nom%
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
the circus entered the residence
of Mr. James Munro, taking;
clothes and other belonging•.
They were caught by police as
they quietly stole away down
the railway tracks.
Mr. Beck, of London, has men
engaged this week at the rail-
way station in Hensall loading,
saw logs.
Mr. R. Cudmore, of Hensali,
was awarded the contract for
the erection of a new school at
Zurich.,
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From The Huron Expositor
June 10, 1887
Rev. IVIr. Musgrave, of McKil-
lop, left on Tuesday for Winni-
peg as a delegate to the Pres-
byterian Church Assembly.
Dr. Coleman has a field of
fall wheat adjoining the town,
which is tncely headed out,- and
the stalks of which measure
three feet and a half in length.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Company will shortly open a
telegraph office in Seaforth, un-
der the charge of Mr. A. Strong
and will be located in his office.
A brand new sidewalk has
been laid down on Main Street
in Brucefield which is both an
ornament to the place and a
eomfort to the citizens.
Mr. Trueman Brintnell, one
of the employees at the salt
well in Hensali, had the mis-
fortune a few days ago to slip
into the boiling hot brine in the
•pan and was severely scalded.
The creamery at Blake have
sold their May make of cream-
ery butter for 18c per pound.
DAYS OF JUNE
The poet writes, "What is so
rare as a day in June?" That
may be true of the place where
the poet lived but in the lands
farther south June has- often
brought days and weeks that
dispute the rhymster's words.
As a boy, I heard my elders
speak of the "June rise" in the
old Mississippi.
An old circuit rider headed
across Darbonnes swamp in time
of high water. Soon he came to
a point where the wagon tracks
he had.been following ended in
water ahead. He thought he
could ride where a wagon had
gone and in he went. Soon his
horse seemed to be swimming,
but he drew up his feet and
the horse struggled on. Greatly
relieved to ride out at last on
a stretch of- land, he saw a
man coming poling a flat boat.
He called to the boatman and
asked if he could ferry him on
through the swamp. The boat-
man looked at him quizzically
and asked where he -had come
from. When he was told, he
said, "You don't neer-' nie,
you've already come through
water twenty feet deep." Not
knowing that the wagon tracks
had ended when the wagon was
driven upon the ferry, the
preacher had ridden confident-
ly in.
So appearances can be deceiv-
ing. Be careful along the way,
as you might not be able to get
out of .water twenty feet deep:
Just a Thought:
While it isnot likely that we
can do the impossible, we may
quite often accomplish the dif-
ficult if we have confidence in
ourselves—and faith in God.
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What popular American
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today Dome from Canada?
Lucio Agostini, Percy, Faith,.
Guy Lombardo and Giselle Mac-
Kenzie.
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