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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 26, 1962
Seaforth Betel ches Fill a Need
Whoever was responsible for placing
a number of benches along Seaforth's
Main Street deserves a bouquet.
Located at shady spots adjoining
street intersections, the benches are a
haven for the old nd not so old; who
can sit
OKI :watch thh movement on the
street. ''Probably nothing in recent
years has provided as favorable reac-
tion along the street. The feeling is
mutual among those who use the bench-
es, as well as those who like to see
them in use.
On fine summer .days each bench in
effect becomes a forum, where the lat-
est news is discussed, and where peo-
ple who perhaps are not as busy as
they once were, may remember events
of- the past and attemto" predict the
future.
The benches are a good idea. Per-
haps the only ''ifnprovement would pe
to install -a few more at still other spots
along Seaforth streets:4=7.;',,_.,
Screeching Tires Point To Immature Driver
Like every town, Seaforth has its
share of screeching tires, racing motors
and erratic driving.
Local and provincial police wage a
never-ending battle and obtain several '
convictions every week, but each, con-
viction seems a challenge that spurs.
additional drivers to similar offences.
The Canadian Highways ' Safety
Council has been studying the prob-
lem, and concludes that noisy driv'ng
is,ithe major sign of an immature er-
son at the wheel. "He is his own w st
enemy," the Council believes. "Like
an animal without logic or reasoning,
he gives warning before he strikes. He
can only damage himself if other driv-
ers accept that warning and stay away
from him."
The immature driver, says the Coun-
cil, gives in to the urge to- show off,
to attract attention to himself. He is
the same person who shouts on the,
streets, talks loudly on the bus and
makes noisy rude remarks-. to others.
The Council claims this person gets no
acclaim. "He gets ridicule, disgust and
contempt."
Talking Turkey Pays Dividends
How a product can be promoted from
a twiceTa-year treat to a regular item
on dinner tables across Canada is indi-
cated by growing demand ,for turkey.
By talking turkey at every opportun-
ity, the Poultry Products Institute of
Canada hasincreased consumption of
turkeys in Canada fourfold in 10 years,
until today we are the world's *gest
turkey eaters.
Last year Canadians on the average
. ate their way through 7.7 pounds, just
under their 1959 _record of 7.9 pounds.
This compares with Canadian per
capita consumption of only -two pounds
of turkey 10 years ago, and with the
U.S. yearly average of six pounds per
person. '
This increase, of course, didn't just
happen. TO\ convert Canadians from
their habit of turkey .once or twice a
year at Christmas and Thanksgiving,
the industry began production of small-
er birds, designed for today's, smaller
families, and what is ever more im-
portant, for today's smaller ovens.
But tailoring the bird to fit present-
day requirements was only part of the
job. To impress on the public that tur-
key was a treat anytime, the Insti-
tute undertook a heavy promotion cam-
paign.
Increase in consumption proves the
program paid dividends.
Best .Drivers
A professional driver is one whose
livelihood is gained by the operation of
a motor vehicle on public highways: It
has been pr'oAcen that he is not only
careful in his work -a -day driving, but
he can also. boast the lowest accident
frequency of any occupational group
when driving his own car on days off,
or during leisure hours.—Regina Lead-
er -Post.
KNOW YOUR tAN,ADA
Were Canadidn women be-
hind the times in getting
the vote.
No. They obtained the .full
franchise before their sisters in
Great Britain and the United
States got it.
* * *
Which Province has larg-
est Negro population?
Nova Scotia. According to the
last census, Canada as a whole
had 18,020 Negroes. Of these,
8,141 Negroes were Nova Sco-
tiens, while 6,926 lived in On-
tario with a further 2,953 scat-
tered throughout the rest of
Canada.
* * *
Where do muskrats find
_ their food in winter?
Under the ice of Canadian
rivers and lakes. This plump
aquatic animal feeds on vegeta-
tion and mussels. It lives either
in' bank burrows or in conical
houses built of reeds in the wa-
ter. It does not hibernate in
wintertime but spends its time
feeding in safety under the ice:
* * *
How did N. L. Nathanson
expect to be remembered?
As the man who "introduced
the ice cream cone to Toronto"
—in his own words, He effected
the introduction soon after,. ori
ing to Toronto in 1907 to super-
vise the concession at Scarbor-
ough Beach Amusement Park.
Mr. Nathanson later became a
leader in the motion pictur
theatre 'industry in Canad>Te
was an early governor of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corpor-
ation.
* * *
Which Canadians regard
hunting as Holy?
The Naskapi Indians. Small
bands of these people roam
east reaches of Northern, Que-
bet. a They lilat'e a highly de-
' veioped personal religion. To
them, every animal has a soul
comparable to the human. The
hunting of game is dangerous
because it demands the destruc-
tion of souls. The Naskapi an-
swer to this dilema—since they
Must hunt to live—lies in the
idea of hunting as a holy occu-
pation, in which the placating
of animal souls is more impor.
taut than killing the animals.
* * *
Who was the first "Presi-
dent
of Canada"?
Robert - Nelson, surgeon and
rebel. Born in Montreal, he
served in the War of 1812 as a
regimental surgeon. He 'took
no part—actively—in . the Re-
bellion of 1837, although he
sympathized with rebel leader
Papineau. In 1838, however,
Nelson went to the United
States and organized a filibus-
tering expedition to invadt} Can-
ada. He proclaimed a republic
and styled himself • "president
of the provisional government."
His invaders met speedy defeat
whe'sr-they crossed the Cana-
dian border and Nelson fled
once more to the United States
where he wisely settle down
to the practice of me • e:'
MOTHER, THIS TUST
ISN'T RIGHT - EVERY •
MONDAY NIGHT FATHER
AND I -SIT IN THE
LIVING -ROOM READING..
WHILE YOU ARE OUT
HERE IN THE KITCHEN
SLAVING OVER THAT
IRONING BOARD.
I'M GOING TO CHANCE=
ALL THAT RIGHT NOW....
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_I'LL READ OUT
HERE BY YOU.
The Weeke
"Your first visit to this country?"
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
CONFUSION COMPOUNDED
OTTAWA—Twenty-five thou-
sand voters in the eastern On-
tario constituency of Stormont
had a unique opportunity on
July 16.
Depositing their , ballots four
weeks to the day after their
fellow Canadians had left the
Country with a mish-mash Par-
liament of Tories, Grits, Soc-
reds and Socialists, the people
of Stormont possessed the pow-
er to give important direction
to national affairs at a critical
juncture.
By re-electing° the sitting t_"on-
servative M.P., they would have
demonstrated that Prime Min-
ister's Diefenbaker's austerity
program had been accepted as a
necessary, if unpleasant bit of
statesmanship designed to pull
the Country out of its economic
slump. .
By rejecting him decisively
in favor of the Liberal, they
would have encouraged the ma-
jor opposition party to seek the
Government's defeat ' in the
Commons. to bring on another
election and finish the job be-
gun on June 18.
They had the opportunity to
elect a Social Crediter, which
would have reinforced the fond
belief of that Party that is, at
long last, on the road to na-
tional power.
Or they could have picked
the most photogenic of the four
candidates, a minister's wife
running on the New Democra-
tic ticket, to \emphasize their
distaste both for the two old
parties and the Socred radicals
of the right.
They chose to do none of
these things.
The most decisive thing they
did was to emphasize that in
the view of Eastern Ontario at
)east, the Conservatives. and
Liberals 'are still the people's
choice to run this country.
But if the splinter parties felt
rejected, there was little cause
for rejoicing in the Tory and
Grit camps. '
The. Liberals could look back
on a long history of successes
in the riding, broken only by
narrow Conservative wins in
the upset years of 1925, 1930
and the Diefenbaker landslide
of 1958. With the tide running
strongly in their favor this year,
and a personable candidate,
they should have won easily.
, Many Conservatives closely in
touch with the. riding's affairs
were willing to concede before
the vote that only a miracle
could save their, man.
The Socreds -meanwhile were
living in a kind of a dream
world, half -believing that a•
sprinkling 'of Real Caouette's
magic in the constituency could
turn a record of utter rejec-
tion into one of victory,
Perhaps the most realistic of
the four parties was the NDP,
which knew it couldn't win but
figured it was Worth the try to
put the Party on the map.
Came election night, and the
NDP's own foreknowledge was
borne out conclusively. Candi-
date Mrs. Marjorie Ball polled
fewer than 1,000 votes.
The Socreds masked their
disappointment` by pointing out
that their vote of just under
1,300 represented a 400 percent
improvement on the 1958 re-
sults.
But the Conservatives and the
Liberals, both to their surprise,
turned it into a cliff-hanger that
wasn't decided until the last
poll reported. And then the re-
sult was so close that the Tor-
ies decided immediately to
seek a recount.
The lessons to be learned
from Stormont are legion. But
perhaps the most important is
that the Voters of this one de-
pressed river -front riding are
as confused about the direction
of Canadian political affairs as
theirneighbors in 262 other
constituencies.
If anything, the Stormont re-
sults should cool the ardor of
any politicians who favor an
early return to the electorate
on a national scale,
The Conservative candidate
put up a surprisingly strong
showing considering the recent
imposition of Mr Diefenbaker's
austerity measures and . the
massive attack he faced from Lib-
eral, Socred and NDP bigwigs.
But the hard fact is that they
don't hand out prizes- .for con-,
ing second in this kind of r•e.
And the Diefenbaker Govern-
ment's margin, already precar
ious, is narrower still as a ,re-
sult.
The Liberals may be cheered
by, rounding out their House of
Commons contingent to an ev-
en 100. But their inability to
do better in a traditionally -Lib-
eral constituency, and under
such propitious °,circumstances,
is bound to make them pause
and think before leaping to an
initnediate challenge for an-
other country -wide contest.
Social Credit will now re-
alize, if it opens its eyes, that
its dismail failure in nine of
Canada's l0 provinces is probab-
ly a ,more significant factor, in
the long run, , than its sharp
gains in one part of Quebec.
And the NDP didn't need re-
minding, really, that it had
failed to attract broad support
in -its initial ventur'as a' na-
tional party.
For Canada as a whole, Stor-
mont emphasized • a basic inde
cision which might be summar-
ized this way: The Conserva-
tives are in deep trouble, but
the voters are not .yet ready to
place their faith in the Liberals
to succeed them. The confu-
sion that election results
brought on June 18 promises
to remain until one party is
able to make a substantial
breakthrough. -
Perhaps the best thing- for
the nation, until we can sort
out our prejudices and think
more clearly, would be for our
politicians to settle down to
work and . put away their
thoughts of an early .return
match.
There is too much to be done
to waste time on further inde-
cisions on the hustings. •
* * *
capital Hill Capsules
Strategists of other parties
consider it possible that Social
Credit will save Prime Minister
Diefenbaker's bacon in a close
House of Commons vote by
staying away from the cham-
ber. It's an old parliamentary
technique last employed by the
Liberals in 1957 and early 1958
—to condemn the Government.
in words rather than votes, at
a time when ,an upset could be
embarrassing to the Socreds
themselves as much as it would
be to -the Government they op-
pose. And they have said they
don't want an early election.
THROUGH THE LOOKING
GLASS
Few books - have contributed
more new words to the English
language than did Lewis Car-
roll's "Through the Looking
Glass", a sequel to his "Alice
in Wonderland." Carroll's new
words, however, have one
thing in common: all are non-
sense. They include: "galumph-
ing", "frabjous", "uffish" and
"chortle". The last word, "chor-
tle" has become a popular syn-
onym for "laugh."
THE HANDY FAMILY
I CERTAINLY THINK
A FENCE WOULD LOOK:
NICE IN THIS.sPor..
IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 7-5 years ago. -
From The Hyron Expositor
July 13, 1937
Announcement was made this
week that the fourth annual
Alumni Memorial Scholarship
for 1937, valued at. $25 has
been won by Stewart Geddes,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Geddes,
Seaforth.
Tire first hole -in -one at .the
Seaforth. Golf and Country Club
this year and the second ih the
history of the club, was played
here Thursday, when Mrs. F.
S. Sills drove the famous arm-
chair No. 7 green, the ball com-
ing to rest in the hole.
Manuel Taylor, little son of
Mr. William Taylor, received a
nasty gash in his thigh Wed-
nesday morning when a tong of
a sheaf conveyor op .a binder
pierced him as his father took
the binder from the barn.
Miss Clara Eckert has ac-
cepted a position as teacher in
the Hibbert Separate School.
An announcement made in
Toronto this week by officials
of the Toronto Conservatory of
Music, states that a Conserva-
tory Jubilee Scholarship for
1937-38 had been awarded to
Miss `Jean M. Woods, Bayfield,
in Group D, . Grades VII and
VIII.
* * *
•
From The Huron Expositor
July 26, 1912
At sthe meeting of the Ma-
sonic Grand Lodge, held in To-
ronto last week, George Spot -
ton was elected District Deputy
Grand Master for the district
of North Huron.
Mrs. James McGill, of the Mc-
Killop-Hullett line, has a rare
and b autiful plant in bloom in
t e Garden, known 'as the Soap
lant, which is a native of Col-
orado.
Mr. John Devereaux has sold
his farm on the Huron Road,
east of Seaforth, to Mr. John
Nolan, of McKillop, the price
being $7,000.
Messrs. J. E. Willis and G. A.
Sills have had their store fronts
newly and artistically painted,
the work being done by Mr. T.
G. Scott.
Mr. Robert Porterfield has
sold his farm on the Kippen
road, south of Egmondville, to
Mr. Alexander Wallace, of Es-
sex County, for $7,900.
McEwen & Geiger, Hensall,
flax manufacturers, expect a
large number of Indians there
to assist in pulling their large
flax crop. m
Rev. R. C. Scott, son of the
late Robert Scott, of Paisley,
who has several relatives in
SalrOD.
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
IS IT HONEST? •
A woman who attended a
church I once served related
with evident satisfaction how
she had been given many more
yards of certain goods that sh
had asked for and paid for,
seeming to feel it was a stroke
of good fortune 'that came to
her through the mistake of a
sales Berson in a store.
Years afterward, a member
of another church I was serv-
ing told me of an incident that
occurred while he was the head
of a department in a large
store in Chicago. A certain wo-
man came so .often into the
department that he learned to
recognize her. And it impress-
ed him that she always .asked
for a certain saleswoman and
would have no other.
In some Tway he found that
the saleswoman was in the hab-
it of giving the customer more
yards than she paid for. When
confronted with this and told
she was fired, the saleswoman
shrugged her shoulders and
said, "All right, if that's the
way you feel about it."
Surely anyone should "feel"
that anything does not belong
to one through the mistake of
others, and certainly not by a
-dishonest manipulation in one's
behalf.
Just a Thought:
The difference between right
and wrong is not always as ob-
vious as the difference between
black and white—which may
explain whys we sometimes are
botherid by the thing we call
"consc►ebce,"
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* * *
From The Huron Expositor
July 29, 1887
The horse race, which was
to have taken place on Satur-
day last, did not come off: The
owners of St. Thomas Boy, af-
ter seeing Dufferin at his ex-
ercise, concluded they had giv-
en him too much odds, and paid
the forfeit.
A team from the Seaforth
lacrosse club went to Goderich
on Tuesday to. play �.a match
with the Goderich club. The
Seaforth boys came out v-fctor-
ious in four straight- games.
This is the third match of the
series that has been won by
the Seaforth club, and they
have not been beaten this sea-
son.
Isn't it odd how the weather
changes, with your age? Take
summer, for example. The old-
er you get, the shorter and
colder the summer gets.
When a boy is ten years old,
and school lets out, summer
stretches ahead for approxi-
mately six months. That's prob-
ably the best age of all for a
boy. He hasn't one single wor-
ry in the world. He doesn't
care what he looks like. He
'doesn't have any work to do.
Girls don't interest him in the
slightest. He lives in a won-
derful world in which the
boundary between fact and fan-
tasy .,is merely an • imaginary
line.
* * *
He can swim for hours, until
his lips are bluer than his,eyes.
Or he can lie on his back on
the grass and watch the clouds
sail by. Or he can play ball
in the burning sun when any-
body else would collapse. He
can eat an entire meal in four
minutes flat and be out the
door again.' He can drink eight
bottles of pop and eat four ice-
cream pones without turning a
hair. Ah, wouldn't it be grand
to be ten again, when summer
lasts forever and is always hot?
If ten is the best of all pos-
sible ages for' a boy, fifteen is
probably the worst. Especially
in summer. If his parents are
not well off, he has to work,
and he envies bitterly the rich
kids: -who can go -off to summer
camp or family cottage. If his
parents have lots of money, he
resents having to go to the
cottage, where there's nobody
but women and kids, and he
envies the lucky kids who have
a summer job.
* * *
At fifteen, the average male
is acutely aware of (a) girls;
(b) his complexion, which drives
him to thoughts of suicide; (c)
money, of which he never has
enough; and (d) girls. Summer
is pure torture for this bird,
who invariably falls deeply In
love with some brown -legged
girl who ,is, just visiting for a
couple pf weeks. His heart is
broken when she leaves, and
e writes her sickeningly senti-
mental letters for three weeks
after school starts in Septem-
ber.
By the time the male animal
gets into his- early twenties,
summer is once again a fine
thing. His only complaint is
that it's not long enough. He
works hard and` plays twice as
hard. He drives two hundred
miles, to fish, or plays thirty-
six holes of golf, or dances all
night, without any noticeable
decrease in stamina:
* * *
He has the world by the tail,
a car on a down payment, three
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley
girls who think he's the most,
nothing in the bank, and little
more in his head, except an ex-
cellent opinion of himself. Sum-
mertime was made for him.
Now, let's look at him ten
years later. What? That's not
him! Not that thin, haggard (or
fat, flabby) fellow coming home
from work on a summer eve-
ning with his shirt all stuck to
him and the martyr's look on
his face!
Watch him as he picks up the
tricycle and the sand pail ly-
ing on the front walk, surveys
the lawn mournfully; drags him-
self into the house and heads
straight for the refrigerator.
It's the same character, all
right. Only now he's in wheat is
known as 'the prime of life."
* * *
'That means he has kids, a
first and second mortgage on
the house, and eight payments
to go on the car. He's at the
age where he's "getting estab-
lished" in -his career. In other
words, he's • working himself
silly at his job so that he can
keep up the payments on his
house so that he can come
home at night and work him-
self silly mowing the lawn,
weeding the garden, painting
the trim • or building the patio.
For, a big entertainment deal,
he can take the family for a
little drive and buy them ice- ,
cream cones. At this age, it
doesn't matter much whether
it's winter or summer.
When a man gets into his
sixties, summer should be a
time of leisure and pleasure.
By then, he should be able to
take plenty of holidays, go
fishing whenever he feels like
it, or just sit on the veranda
and rock. In 35 years he has
learned how to handle his wife
and his life, or should have.
His, children have grown up and
are- living in the city. Summer
should be a time of drowsy
peace. •
* * *
So what does he get? Grand-
children! 'Hordes of them! It's
too hot in the city for the lit-
tle darlings, so mummy brings
them up to visit their granny.
For the whole, horrible summer.
They tear up grampa's flower-
beds, disturb his siesta, wreck
his power mower and make him
drive the out- forswimson.
days wh a sun would stun
an ox.
Yep, the menfolks have their
ups and downs in summer. For
women, of course, it's different.
They love summer. Whether
they're three or 83, they go
around with practically nothing
on, reduce the cooking to soup
and peanut butter sandwiches,
and have little rests in the cool
of the house while their males
are out doing battle.
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