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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-08-02, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thur$tjay morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MOLEAN, Editor D Ae Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association O .Audit Bureau of Circulations ' Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a. Year SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 2, 1962 Must Practise As We.i.i As Talk Economy 1t's all very well to talk economy, as Premier John Robarts did. recently in a television talk, but the big question, according to the Dutton Advance, is how to practise it. - Premier John Robarts handed out some excellent advice when he warned municipalities to exercise greater econ- omies to prevent excessive demands on the taxpayer and preserve a healthy financial position, the Advance says, and adds : "Just one thing was lacking —he didn't tell how this is to be done." "From what we have observed there are very few municipal councils, or other municipal bodies for that matter, which glory in spending the taxpayers' money. Those who administer such af- fairs are conscious of the fact that in doing so they are actually spending their own funds becausethey, too, are Where Do They (St. Marys Journal -Argus) Thousands of people in Canada's large cities must certainly be given an erroneous picture of farm life when they glance in the daily ' papers and some magazines and see those ' pretty pictures of a team of horses coming up over a picturesque hill " followed by a grass-roots looking farmer riding, or following, •some quaint piece of farm machinery. Wherever these photographers get these pictures, they certainly do not get them around these parts. Perhaps there are places in Canada where the team of horses plays a' large part in local agriculture. If there is such . a place, few of us know of it. No doubt the publishers of these horse pictures are not purposely trying to discredit the farmer, or make him out to be an unprogressive fellow. Per- haps the fellow who finds the pictures, and the picture editors who choose ' taxpayers. "It is difficult, however, to practise economy when the cost of just about everything has reached the present lev- el. Municipal councils pay most of their money for such things as county levies and educational costs which are beyond their control. There is precious little left for other needs in their communi- ties. Many requirements such as side- walks, roads and other improvements are neglected simply to lessen the load on the taxpayer." The Advance suggests that if Pre- mier Robarts can tell councils how to provide necessary services and still be economical they Would like to have such information. And the fact that the provincial debt is $1,240,729,000 indi- cates to the Advance that greater econ- omy is needed in other places, besides at the municipal level. Find the Horses? them, have that bit of nostalgic feeling about farmers and horses like a lot of us have too. We heard one of our local farmers say one day that he kept several horses around just in case he might need„ them if the mechanized equipment broke down. It sounded like a good idea -but of course it was over fifteen years ago we heard him say it. Must Know How An admonition that comes around in every election campaign, municipal, provincial and dominion, is "Vote as you like, but vote." The way this is worded, and the way it is said, often indicate to the voter that it doesn't matter how he votes so long as he re- members to vote. That isn't good enough if democracy is to survive. The admonition should be "Decide how you should vote, and then vote."—The Printed Word. . KNOW YOUR CANADA. Who was the Martime's most prolific novelist? Theodore Roberts. Born in Fredericton in 1877, he died in Digby in 1953. A one-time New York newspaperman, Roberts fought in the First World War, wrote several volumes of mili- tary"history, lived in many parts of the world, edited ,the New- foundland Magazine and wrote 30 novels, many of them ro- mances of the Maritimes Prov- inces. * * * a What was the profession of Charles Henri Narbonne? Buccaneer. Canadian b o r n about 1627, he served as a sol- dier in this country. In 1660 he went to the West Indies, be- coming a famous buccanner. Ten years later he joined the great Sir Henry Morgan in an expedition against Panama. Narbonne became rich, settled in Tortugas in the West Indies and in 1677 became deputy lieutenant of the French King —one of Canada's first and cer- tainly most unusual success stories. Canada. The names of at least two of these gentlemen are commemorated in the place names of the region—Pierson and Boissevain. Other Dutch geographical names in the Prairie Provinces are Edam, Amsterdam, Zelandia and Neer- landia. * * * Who found the first "Uni- corn's Horn"? The first horn believed to be from the one -horned beast of ancient Europe and Asian myth- ology turned up in Baffin Island, of all places. It was found by the seamen of Sir Martin Frob- isher, famed British explorer in 1577. The horn was 5 feet 10 inches long. It had actually be- longed to a narwhal, a large porpoise found in schools in the ice of the• Arctic Ocean. Nar- whals grow up to 16 feet in length. ,The males have a very long, straight, spirally -grooved * * * Where is Navy Island in Canada? Just about everywhere. Best known is the small ' island of that name in the Niagara Riv- er, about iv-er,•about two miles above the Falls. It became famous as the scene of the last stand made by William Lyon Mackenzie and sonte fellow -rebels in the Rebellion of 1837. Another Navy Island may be found in the Bedford Basin in Halifax Harbour. It is also the name of a group of islands in the St Lawrence River. They are part of the Thousand Islands. Indi- vidual islands in the group were named after naval officers -who distinguished themselves during the War of 1812. * * * How did the Dutch pio- neer in the Canadian West? They introduced strip -farm- ing in southern Alberta , and were among those who put Vtresterti irrigation districts In - int 0 :production, Amsterdam ,bankers were among 'the first to take part iii the f non ina. of railroad building itt '¢sestet% "If a girl answers, wait a minute—his voice is changing." A • MACDUFF OTTAWA FOOTBALL FOR ALL OTTAWA—Emphasizing the rift between the -publicly own- ed Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration and the Governmerit- appointed Board of Broadcast Governors,' the latter took off the gloves for a show -down fight in its latest public announce- ment. The "get -tough" attitude of the BBG shook the broad- casting industry to its founda- tions. It flatly declared that it would compel all TV stations in Canada—CBC and privately- owned—to carry the 1962 Grey Cup football telecast December 1. By this declaration it step- ped into the middle of the feudin' and fightin' that has been going on between the CBC and CTV and said in ef- fect it was tired of the scrap- ping. crapping. This means that all TV net- works on that date will carry the Grey Cup telecast and noth- ing else. But the Board left the door slightly ajar. It said it would hold a public hearing on the question August 18th. Then it will hear submissions. Meantime the Board has un- der consideration the problems of finding a permanent solution to the broadcasting of major sports events across Canada. It has said it would welcome the co-operation of the networks in finding a solution. It may be the answer lies in assuring non- exclusive contracts for televi- sion rights. At any rate that is the approach the Board is considering. The Board's order to all TV stations to carry the Grey Cup broadcast is tantamount to a challenge to the authority of the CBC. The latter has dis- played a reluctance to carry the Grey Cup telecast in view of the fact the CTV private -net- work has the commercial rights. Attempts on the part of the CBC and CTV to reach an agreement failed. The CBC blamed the privately - owned network operators. The ' CTV blamed the publicly -owned CBC. Then the Board stepped into the ring. In another ring and another fight between the broadcasters and the BBG, there have, been verbal blows exchanged about the law banning programs of a "partisan political character" on election day, or the two days preceding it. In, what was ob- viously a challenge case, the CBC carried a news item on a news broadcast within the .48- hour ban period, in which it reported as news a part of a speech made by a cabinet mini- ster. Promptly the Board received complaints that the CBC had violated the Board's interpreta- tion of the "no politics" ban. The news broadcast was aired on the Saturday before the Mohday election day, Accord- ingly the BBG aware of the dis- satisfaction in the industry gen- erally over this 48-hour ban has decided to seek an -interpreta- tion of the section of the Broadcasting Act imposing the ban. The CBC is in agreement that the courts should decide. Again, at its hearings that open August 13, the BBG will receive an application from the CBC for approval of the steps necessare to replace the two English - language radio net- works of the Corporation (Dom- inion and Trans Canada) by one consolidated network. Negotia- tions between the CBC and pri- vate stations towards consolida- tion of the networks have been under way for some time. The proceedings directed to- wards consolidation of the net- works have raised issues relat- ed to the distribution of the na- tional radio service, according to the BBG. It has pointed out that. under the Broadcasting Act the CBC is directly charged. with the responsibility of oper- ating a national broadcasting service. The Board has suggested that the CBC consider getting na- tional coverage a's eird'unt- ;}tanees penult * with thore of. As t WA- >ltation8 rather than r . tusk. The largest narwhal tusks are about eight feet long and have a girth of nine inches at the base.' * * * 6o you eat much mus. tard? .Perhaps ' more than, you re- alize. This family of herbs cov- ers nearly 2,000 species. It in- cludes such familiar .foods as cabbage, Brussels' sprouts, kale, kohlrabi, cauliflower, - broccoli, turnip, rutabaga, radish, horse- radish and uwatercross. In Can- ada the mustard family is re- presented by about 245 species. Canadian mustard species in- clude such enticing weeds as, peppergrass, stinkweed, false flav, bitter cress and hare's -ear - mustard. The food one usually thinks of as mustard •is made from the seeds of Brassica nigra, a member of the family related to the cabbage and oth- er mustard vegetables. by Tom Dorr 7.1. DON'T KNOW, HE'S RIGHT HERE... I'LL ASK HIM. FATHER, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN GETTING A NEw CAR FOR ACTUALLY ALMOST NOTHING? REPORT quiring privately -owned stations to join the proposed new net- work. The BBG is ready to earmark radio frequencies for such new outlets. The BBG has also politely in- formed the CBC that it will give "continuing consideration" to problems connected with the CBC and other applications for new TV stations. This is believ- ed to be a reference to the CBC proposals, made earlier, that there be a CBC -first policy in establishing new "second" TV stations across the country. CBC President J. Alphonse Ouimet, in his annual report, explained that it could mean that once new CBC stations were set up "in various cities existing privately -owned stations would switch their network af- filiation from the CBC to the private -network. But the BBG apparently feels such develop- ments are a matter for Govern- ment decision, not 'a question for either the Canadian Broad- casting Corporation or t h e Board of Broadcast Governors to decide. • There has been no Govern- ment policy statement on CBC TV expansion since the 1952 decision to establish CBC sta- tions in six cities, Halifax, Mon- treal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winni- peg and Vancouver. This is part of the reason for the deteriora- tion in relations between the CBC and the BBG. The chair- man of the BBG, Dr. Andrew Stewart recently suggested there may have to be a refer- ence to parliament. However, Mr. Ouimet has called for a major study of the whole broad- casting system. The CBC is now fighting for its life. It is a desperate life and death struggle going on be- neath the surface of broadcast- ing ,operations across Canada. Already Mr.' Ouimet has declar- ed that the impact of the sec- ond network and stations on CBC commercial revenues is a matter of grave concern• to those charged with the responsi- bility of operating the national public service. He has warned that the\CBC must obtain compensatory fu froth the public purse or pre pare for a drop in the quality of programming' standards or quantity of service, or both. Clearly the CBC management feels the time has come to take a stand, But the Federal cabinet is in no mood to view with sympa- thy the problem of the CBC. There are those among the min- ority Conservative Government who believe the CBC's coverage during the election helped re- duce the Tory majority. The recently announced aus- terity program will apply to the CBC as well as to other agen- cies. It will mean the CBC must call a halt for the time being on . its proposed major capital expenditures. It also will pre- sumably have to pare its costs of operations, Economy will be the keynote. But the CBC does not want to cut back; it wants more money with which to .pay for its public broadcasting serv- ice. The issue could well spill over in Parliament. It will not be the first time the CBC and all its works have provided meat for members of Parlia- ment anxious to get their teeth into a , juicy subject IN THE YEARS AGeNE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 254 5Q and 75 years apo. From The Huron Expositor July 30, 1937 Playing in the annual ladies' tournament of the Maitland Golf Club, Goderich, on Friday, a team of Seaforth ladies won first prize. The players were Mrs. F: Sills, Mrs. H. G. Heir, Mrs. J. K. Brown and MisS Flor- ence Laidlaw. At the big Scotch doubles bowling tournament in Gode- rich on Wednesday, J. E. Willis and R. E. Bright were the win- ners of the first event, bring- ing home the Purity Flour tro- phy. Lightning struck the home of Peter Dieckert, Jr., of the Blind Line, near Zurich. Peter had a narrow escape as the large residence went up in flames. We are sorry to hear of the Misses Mita and Marie Holman, Winthrop, receiving severe in- juries, both having fractured arms, the result of a car acci- dent; also Scott Kerr, who re- ceived several bad lacerations. Seaforth residents w e r e among the fortunate winners in a contest conducted by a Chat- ham chick hatchery. Included in the list of winners were Mrs. Annie Watson and Mr. William Rutledge. s daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Charlesworth, of Egmond- viLle, had the misfortune to fall off and sprain her arm. * * * From The Huron Expositor August 5, 1887 A young lad, son of Mr. D. McTavish, who is working for Mr. B. Cole, ,near Russeldale, had quite a tussle with a bull a few days ago. The bull at- tacked the lad in the field, and after getting his horn under his intended victim, gave him a toss into the air, Mr. Cole * * * From The Huron Expositor August 2, 1912 ' On appeal, Judge Doyle has reduced the. assessment on the electric light company's plant and building from $2,000 to $1,000. Mr. D -d3. McGregor, of Tuck- ersmith, has been appointed a director of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Co., to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. William Chesney having been appointed an agent of the company. There was a slight frost on Tuesday morning, but nothing to do any harm. A good deal of the wheat in this vicinity, particularly in the north, is badly injured by rust. The new cement mill dam at Brussels is. being completed by the Pyrne Milling Company, and water power is once more in use. While playing on the ver- andah the other day, the little THE HAJ$Y FAMILY Saying goodbye to a house full of memories is like taking leave of a friend who has been with you through thick and thin, and whom you will never see again. We did it the other day, when we sold the house in which we had lived during the years when the kids were small. As we went through the bare but familiar rooms, a combina- tion of affection and sadness flooded• over us. To me, at least, that old house had always had a real personality, and just now it seemed to be trying to say something. By REV. ROBERT IL HARPER i-(ONESTY 15 BEST Last week I wrote of exam- ples of profiting by the mistakes or the connivance of others. This leads me to write of the old' statement that "Honesty is the best policy." We have heard this from childhood and we are constrained ' to , agree with it. Also, every yo h, perhaps, has been told' ti at it pays to be polite. These and similar state- ments we all have read or heard. Notwithstanding, there may be a fallacy in such .statements that we should be careful to avoid. Else these statements should be like Jacob's sheep, they . may be ringstraked and spotted, and bear on their own backs the marks of their shame. For, as said, there is a fallacy in such statements that we must be careful to avoid. Honesty certainly is the best policy, but if a man is honest only because he thinks it pays, he may bear watching if some- thing seems to indicate other- wise. And it does pay a young man to be polite. But, if that Is the only reason that he is polite, he may laugh at you "up his ,sleeve" and mock you when your back is turned. Let us strive to be right in all things because God is good and it is God's will that men be good. Just a Thought: Y CANif QUIRE REACH THESE DE65I:RX;HES ON HE F I'LL GET THEM FOP. YOU' M`DEAR- BUT T OAK SEE THAT A LITTLE STOOD. IN THE KITCHEN WOULD se MMII&RHTTYYUHANDY o happened to see the boy as he fllew up over the bull's head, and made for the spot. When Mr. Cole arrived the ,boy was holding onto the ring in the animal's nose, and remarked to his rescuer, "Now you belt him while I run and •get over the fence!" Mr. John Malone, of Beech- wood, who is becoining noted as a breeder of good horses, this week sold to an American buy- er a three-year-old gelding for the very handsome sum of $250. He was sired by imported "Vie- roy." SUGAR and SPICB By Bill Smiley * * * At first, I couldn't quite get the message. Was it mutely pleading that we return? Was it whimpering that we'd neg- lected it? Was it beseeching us not to leave it lonely amid strangers? Or was it just giv- ing me what -for because I had brought shame on it by letting the taxes get in arrears? At any rate, it whispered wordlessly as we made the last, melancholy tour. In each room, the memories came crowding back, good ones and bad ones. It is only.. now that I realize the house was remembering, too. It was saying things like - this: "Here's my big, bright kit- chen. How many thousands of hours did you sit around the old, white kitchen table with convivial company? How they used to pile in on you! The trout fishermen and the duck hunters, the friends and the relatives, the commercial trav- ellers and the summer visitors. * * * "Remember how you two us- ed to dance in the kitchen, to the little, .old, toy record-play- er, while Kim crowed with de: light in her high chair? Re• member the night Geordie toss- ed a huge firecracker under the yattering females? Remember the night the fishing gang drop- ped in and cleaned up your en- tire stock of home brew, .108 bottles, and you quit making it, forever? "Come on into my living room, now. Yes, it still has the bay window, where you • used to erect those huge spruce at Christmas. I never did hear a man swear so. My handsome, slim -pillared mantel is still there, over the fireplace that doesn't have a chimney. There's where the piano sat. Remem- ber the sing -songs, with people six deep around it? It is a pleasant experience to achieve the satisfaction and happiness that comes with the realization that an effortless, good deed has broughtsunshine into the lives of someone about us. Ever wonder how much could be accomplished if we could learn to work at the busi' ness of doing good for others? Rich, lush pas'tur'es are relish- ed by cattle, but the adnger of bloat is Always present. Poison plants can also bring ]!riles. The ]lass of one steer can wipe out the profit from others, accord- ing to livestock specialists gf the Ontario Department of A ricul- ture. BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM DAD'S PLAN FOR A KITCHEN STOOL • USE s" PLYWOOD. MIL AND OWE sots— TO ATTENDS, top member how the kids used to paddle in, bare-footed, on Sun- day morning, and slap you gent- ly in the face till you groggily sat up to button that shirt or tie up that pony -tail? "Here's Hugh's old room. It looks small to him now, but it seemed huge then. Remember the night you two put down the linoleuni here, and ' almost agreed to get a divorce before the job was finished? Remem- ber the time Hugh tied his sheets together. and shinnied out his window and thirty -feet to the ground, when he was ten? * * * "Kim's._room looks about the same. There's the new plaster on the ceiling. Remember the night about 300 pounds of it came down' and you thought the furnace had blown .up? Re- member how helpless you felt when she lay there, miserable, burning with fever, measles from nose to toes? "Yes, the bathroom is pret- ty; isn't it?' Should be; it cost you plenty. I still don't think the pink mother-of-pearl toilet seat was essential. But: you'en- . joyed that wide ledge on 'the bath -tub. I've seen you soak- ing there with cigarettes, matches, books, sandwiches, beer and your glasses all at,. hand. * * * "Let's go up my big, curv- ing staircase, Pretty graeeful, compared to that poky, little one you have now, isn't it? There's your old room. Re- * * * "Here's the little back Id_ roomthat you spent so much time and money decorating, and never used. Down the back stairs now. Hmf, you don't ev- en have a back.stairs in your new house, do you? Here's the old utility room, where you spent so many hours in your. pyjamas, holding that stupid Spaniel pup on a newspaper, while he read the comics. "Here's the dining room. Huge, isn't it? They tell me you eat in one end of the liv- ing room, in your new place. Now, let's take 'a look down cellar. You couldn't bear it? I don't -blame you. You spent seven soul-destroying years bat- tling that old furnace before you got sense enough to put the new one in, and I know there are still tufts of hair and skin from your head on some of the beams down there. * * * "You have to go now? ,Aw. Well, I'm sorry. Even though you were the most clueless•fam- ily that ever lived in me, I`ve missed you. I gave you a lot of trouble, but we had some good times, didn't we? You'll never forget those days. Remember me, remem- ber me . . ." That's what the old house said, as we locked the door and walked away for the last time. Gm PAST TEM r GEE— THAT BALL PLAYER CAN REALLY THROW/ JU5T NAG/NE... . ALL THE WAY OVER . THE ROOF OF THE GRA(VDSTAND,/