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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-08-09, Page 2Since • 186Q, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers. ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor E Q A� Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers -Association ! A Bp �p Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: o = 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 9, 1962 Investigate Assistance For Hail Damage The disaster which struck some fifty Certainly if aid in any practical amount area farmers some days ago, when hail is contemplated, it can only be made wiped out up to one hundred per cent. available through the co-operation of of their crops, is a reminder of the haz- all levels of government together with ards of nature that are peculiar to farm- the widespread support of the commun- ing ity as a whole. Hail has caused losses on area farms It may be that it will be decided that before, but only in relatively isolated - the problems of assessing damage, of cases. According to those who keep determining need and assuring an equit- track of such things, it is more than able settlement to each and every owner 20 years 'since crops over such a wide are insurmountable. In this case, then, area were destroyed. That hail is not no further action would be taken. On a usual occurrence in the district is in- the other hand those involved may de- dicated by the fact that of the more than termine assistance is desirable, that 50 farmers affected, only one carried funds can be made available and dis insurance tributed equitably. The loss is particularly heavy because Whatever the decision, one, fact in most cases there was .every indica- stands out. Despite all the changes that tion of expellent returns. True the early have occurred, the mechanization, the part of July had been dry and many increased production and efficiency, areas needed moisture: But the rains farming continues to be a hazardous , came • intime to give assurance that occupation and the results are com- when harvest came, the yield would be perhaps above average. Then came the hail. In a matter of minutes grain fields that had given pletely subject to the whims of nature. Warning Not Enough promise of up to 75 bushels to the acre At a time when the crop damage were threshed as they stood. As they which nature can inflict is very much are being combined this week returns on the minds of area farmers, the Can - are as low as six bushels to the acre. ada Department of Agriculture an-' The rest lies .on the ground useless. nounces that electronic computers — It is the type of catastrophe that which "think" with the speed of light - arouses the sympathy of the commun ning—are being used in studies on the ity and leads to offers of help. The effects of weather on crops. storm followed no pattern and struck Agriculture is the latest to benefit at one farm only to miss several ad- .. from space-age electronics; the depart - joining fields before striking again as merit says. Among other things, crop - it beat a two-mile wide path for 20 weather 'research is getting a further miles across three ',townships. Each assist by these electronic., "brains" in owner in the path of the storm realizes relating grasshopper outbreaks to tem - but for an act of God, the damage perature and rainfall data and in the could habe been to his crops rather than study of the effects of weather. on wheat to those of his neighbor. yields. The latter project seeks to pro - The question being faced now is how vide a more reliable basis for predict - best may help be given. At a meeting ing yields, in Seaforth Saturday, those affected Presumably the computers will be sat down with area members of parlia- able, also, to indicate that hail can be ment and municipal officials to consider expected. But this is hardly enough. what might be done and, •as a first step, What area farmers want to know is took a preliminary survey of acres af- how to prevent hail. rather than get the fected and named a committee to dis- bad news a couple of days ahead of time •• cuss the matter with provincial officials. that they are to be hailed out, Vanished Chivalry (Acton Free Press) Some observer of modern manners and customs has said that chivalry be- gan to disappear from life when a man picked up a handkerchief dropped by a lady and 'discovered that it was a piece of Kleenex. Other observers might set an earlier date, perhaps `about the time when street cars became the common mode of transportation. Women them- selves, unless they are quite elderly, no longer seem to expect a man to relin- quish his seat to them as a ' matter of course. - The custom of doffing the hat when a lady enters an elevator still is recog- nized by most men when the elevator is in a hotel, but it does not seem to apply any longer in office elevators. This is a sensible 'dropping of a custom, for the rush hour in most office buildings so crowds the elevators that hat -doffing becomes impossible. The pace of modern life perhaps has something to do with the deterioration (4—manners. People, particularly in a city, are always in a hurry to get some- where else, so much so that they have no time for the minor niceties of con- duct, if their parents have ever taught them what these should be. Try to edge a car away from the curb into a stream of traffic and you will discover that only one driver in twenty will give you a Face to Face The evidence is certainly plain that political candidates today are relying more and more on the technique of pub- lic relations and mass communication, and less and less on public meetings. This fact, however, does not in the least' `"destroy- the equally plain truth that the public meeting 'often provides the best measure of the candidate from - i the vdte�r'>� standpaxrit,Calgary Iter- "It's for cardinals" A MACDUFF OTTAWA GET MOVING OTTAWA — With the intro- duction of a series of sweeping austerity measures within a week after the last edection, the Federal Government has for the moment at least checked .the hemorrhage that was rapid- ly draining away Canada's for- eign reserves, lifeblood of the country's trade. But the Con- servative ministry may only be at the beginning of its trouble. For five years the Govern- ment has followed policies aim- ed at easing heavy unemploy- ment which have resulted in continuous budget deficits ap- proaching a' total of $3 billion. It is impossible to determine to what extent these deficits have actually helped. to create jobs that otherwise would not have been- available. But it is possible to say with certainty that the endless series of deficits •has played a major part in' undermining the confi- dence of investors at home and abroad in Canada. This under- mining of confidence in turn has led to a flight of capital from the Country, a flight which eventually culminated in the balance of payments crisis which came to a head in mid- year. break, although the drivers • all know that they will be stopped by a traffic light within the next minute or so. Freedom of competition is admirable in business, but it need not be carried • into all departments of life. It may sometimes be more profitable to let the competing motorist push his way through traffic. That way he may soon- er arrive at an accident that will re- move him from the roads. REPORT IN THE YEARS ALONE Interesting, Items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years age. From The Huron Expositor. August 6, 1937 Mr. Murdoch Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Stewart,, of the Londqn Road, near Hen - sail, los been successful in com- pleting his final examinations in his chosen profasion as Insur- ance Actuary at Hartford Conn. Answering an alarm about 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the fire brigade soon extinguished a blaze in the ice house at the rear of the Dick House, South Main Street. Little damage was done. The new inspector . for South Perth is to be George N. Ed- wards, B.A., of Alexandria, Ont. Mr. Arthur Lewington, Wal- ton, section foreman of the C. P.R.,1 who has spent the past year here, has secured a posi- tion near Woodstock. Mrs. A. M. Barton has leas; ed the blacksmith shop on N. Main 'St., to Mr. Pullman, Wal- ton. Mr. Stewart •Cudmore has moved to the Cheoras residence on Goderich St., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wasman, Kippen, intend ‘moving into the resi- dence on West William Street vacated by Mr. Cudmore. Mr. C. Eckert has sold the Hoover property on John Street to Mr. F. S. Savauge. • Mr. William Kruse, Egmond- ville, underwent a serious oper- ation in Scott Memorial Hos- pital on Thursday of last week. * * * From The Huron Expositor August 9, 1912 postwar baby crop began pour- ing out of schools in search of jobs. As it turned out, the growth of the labor force was considerably smaller than it had been for some years. In part this was due to the fact that considerably fewer women left their kitchens in search of jobs, since the pros- pects of getting thein appeared far from bright. But even more important was the fact that Can- ada's youngsters apparently be- gan to heed repeated warnings to remain in school in order to get a better education or more advanced technical and voca- tional training. With the closing of school in June, however, there was a very sharp increase in the number of young men and women look- ing for jobs. During June the labor force increased by 160,- 000 over the total in -the same period a year ago, a consider- ably greater increase that has taken place in recent months. What may well have happen- ed is that the influx -expected last year has only beenpost- poned to this year, with the possibility existing that the la- bor force could begin expand- ing rapidly at a time when a declinig. economyis_ unable to provide new jobs. Over the past five years, the major answer of the Federal Government to the problem of unemployment has been to in- crease the purchasing power of the Canadian people through such devices as tax cuts and in- creased social welfare payments, the end result being a contin- uous series of budget deficits. ."In the short run we had as our objective the expansion of domestic demand to take up the slack in the productive resourc- es of the Country," ' Finance Minister Fleming explained in his budget sl9eech last April. If the Government once again reverts to heavy deficit financ- ing as a means of reducing the worse effects of unemployment, it is in serious danger of precipi- tating a new flight of capital from Canada and a new balance. of payments crisis that could further endanger the whole economy. But since the problem of un- employment has today become oneof the major responsibilities of the Federal Government, if it does nothing it is courting the danger of political disaster. The dilemma, however, goes beyond the political disaster: The real.problem is how to get the economy growing again on an overall basis. Unemploy- ment does not 'only hurt indivi- duals, it also means less Cana- dian production out, of which to pay the taxes which will elim- inate the budget deficits — which in turn will improve our dollar problem and help revive foreign investors confidence. The trouble • with austerity is that it became a short run ne- cessity which hinders the long run solution. Austerity will on- ly help more than it hurts if it is short liveld. The underlying problem is t to cut down but to get it moving. As part of its plans for re- storing the confidence of inves- tors in this Country, the' Minis- try has promised to slash by roughly a hall the $745,000,000 deficit which Finance Minister Donald Fleming projected for the current fiscal year when he brought down his budget only last April- This move towards a balanced budget comes at a time when unemployment is continuing a downward trend from the postwar peak that be- gan just about a year ago. Should unemployment turn upwards again, presenting both serious economic and political problems, the Government could find itself in a• horrible• dilem- ma. That just -such a - situation might develop in the not -too - distant future is more than a remote possibility. At the mo- ment the jobless picture ap- pears on the surface to be a rosy one. Ever since last Aug- ust the number of Canadians without jobs has been steadily falling month by month below the levels of the previous year. The lafest figures available, those for June, show that the number of Canadians 'without work came to -301,000 and- re- presented 4.5 per cent of the total labor force. At the same time last year 370,000 were lacking jobs, 5.6 per cent of the labor force. While it would appear that this situation should be satis- factory, the fact is that when seasonal factors are taken into account in the Country's radi, cally changing labor picture over the course of the year un- employment actually undertook its first significant increase in many months. On a se'asdnally adjusted bas- is, the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics reports, the number •of people without work rose from 5.6 per cent of the labor force in May to 6.2 per cent in June. Two important factors could cause unemployment to begin climbing again to major pro- portions later in 1962 or early in 1963. The first is the general state of economy. Ever since the early spring of 1961, Canada has been swinging out of a recession and enjoying a mild' upswing in the business cycle that has served to create a substantial number of new jobs. Now there are growink signs that the current economic recovery is nearing an end and business in danger of heading into another slump. If that happens, the unemploy- ment picture is sure to grow worse. The second factor concerns the growth of the labor force. Last year Federal • authorities were fearfully expectant that it ,would expand at a stp1ckening rata.. as tie first of the Vast Use and Abuse We are often advised of the advan- tages of calling a spade a spade. This expression of frankness and open mind- edness is highly commendable and is the hall -mark of the mature being in a progressive societ?. However, like all freedoms, this privilege can fall into abuse and become the excuse for all kinds of vulgarity and profanity. Profanity ,is an abuse of speech 'and many will defend its usage by declaring the need for "strorfg language" on some occasions. The paradox here is really the underlying weakness ape displays when using "strong language." We are blessed, by birth and geo- graphy, with the most expressive and forceful language in the 'world. We have inherited the tools of Shakespeare, the dialect of Dickens and the power of Churchill, yet, still we hear this petty profanity, this want of language, this sure indication of a dull intellect. ' Vulgarity accomplishes t'Wo things, • first it disgusts a decent audience and secondly, it debases its author. The vulgar word, the vulgar jest, the vulgar - joke, each contributes to the image im- pacted on our families, friends and children. Today, we are all voted and judged socially by our speech and our mariners. People lose or gain respect by their standards of conversation Wand humor as much as by any other at, tribute. '(Kincardine and four large boxes. Mr. A. P. Joynt has purchas- e4 the barn and other buildings on the Public Library lot and is having them torn down and removed. Mr. James Nelson, Mr. Robert Johnston and Mr. Kehoe have been busy all this week digging the trench for the extension of the watermains • on Goderich Street and have the work near- ly -completed. A new bridge is being built on the Centre Road, south of Cromarty. * * From The Huron Expositor - August 12, 1887 The Stratford Dairy Beacon of Tuesday says: "For the past few days there has been a bin- der twine famine in the land. From every point of the com- pass farmers have been pour- ing into Stratford beleiving The members of the Fire Bri- gade turned out on Wednesday resplendent in new -uniforms. The clothing was made by Stew- art Bros., being 25 suits in all and the outfit is creditable to this well-known establishment. Mr. James Hutchinson has been appointed janitor of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute• The fine new barn of Mr. Thomas Stephens at the Queen's Hotel is now completed and is in • use. It' has 14 double stalls • By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER AUGUST in vain for more twine." The London Lacrosse Club failed to, come to play on Wed- nesday and a good many were disappointed. They •preferred forfeiting their chances for the championship to facing the Sea -- forth boys again. Master Herbert Wilson, Tor- onto, nephew of Mr. 0. C. Wil- son and Mrs. James Scott, is in town. Master Wilson is Editor - in -Chief of the Toronto School Bell, and is a real literary prodi- gy. Ile. is only about 14 years of age, and his articles possess more originality and greater depth of thought than those of many writers 'of mature years and long experience. Mr. John- Hawthorne, son of Mr. Robert Hawthorne; Hullett, who left here for the gold re- gions in California about 40 years ago, returned to town on Wednesday. He has only been dgents and dealers and crying home, once in that time. Augustus Caesar was rather hard on some' of his subjects. And the month named for him is rather trying , so far as tem- perature is concerned. But we find that it has been a great month in our history 'as a na- tion, for several great dates in our history fell in August, proof of the ' fact that the weather cannot crush a country's spirit. It was on August 7 that the War Department was establish- ed in the USA in 1789, the Panama Canal- was opened on August 15, 1914, woman suf- frage began on August 16, 1920, and Japan surrendered on Aug. 14, 1945. So let us, be up and doing this August. If our people have done so much in the hot August days of the past, how much should we be able to ac- complish with air conditioning and all the devices for com- batting heat! Let us consider the fact that man, of all the animals, has been able to conquer his environ- ment and live in every clime from the lands of ice and snow to the torrid places of earth. I am now reminded of some lines on the cover of a scratch tablet I had at school.—"Honor and shame from no• condition rise, do Well your part, there all the honor lies." Just a Thought It is interesting to note that many of the greatest men in history :were always quick to give someone else part' of the credit for their successes in life. SUGAR and SPICE • By Bill Smiley There is something deeply comforting to the human spirit in. fire. Whether it's . a log in the fireplace, chuckling cheer- ily or burning with a slow, dream -making flame, a bonfire on the beach pushing back the darkness, or just the gleam and warmth from the kitchen stove, fire soothes and renews the in- ner self. I'm writing this cdlumn . by the tiniest flame of all — a candle. There's been a hydro break and the lights have been out for hours. With the soft;' little, yellow glow of my candle beside me, I don't care if they never come on again. At the moment, and in my present mood, I would not trade this one candle for all the lights of Broadway, all the power that pours over Niagara Falls, and a light bulb personally auto- graphed by Thomas Edison. It's a brave, small, red candle, left over from Christmas. There are only about three inches of it left, and in an hour it will be just a burned -out candle. But' right now is brings me comfort, companionship and memories. * * * Its flanie brings back the nights of wonderful cosiness, as a child, at the cottage in sum- mer. Snuggled in bed with my young brother, I'd watch the grotesque shadows flicker over the ceilingless interior by the fireplace flames. But there was no real terror in the weird, leaping figures. On the other side of the par- tition, my •parents talked in the low, peaceful tones of people half -bemused by an open fire. The coal -oil lamps cast a sturdy orange glow that chased the leaping shadows. The whip -poor - will on the hill behind the cot- tage called his cheerful good- night. And' I drifted. into sleep with a sense of security I've never had since. The candle flame reminds me of the first time I fell in love: It was at a huge bonfire. I was 11. After the marshmallows' and the, sing -song, we grew silent, watching the, deep red of the hottest inside of fire, as it burn- ed lower. This freckle -faced girl with the brown eyes and the white teeth and the golden arms was sitting beside me. She got a bid dopey, leaned against my shoulder, and fell asleep. I did- n't move. Just sat there being madly in love. • Adult education covers a field as wide as the interests of Can- adians. Mental enrichment hnd discipline are its principal ob- jectives. THE HANDY FAMILY Next day, I proposed to her, - beleiving it was mutual. She gave me a bloody nose, and I was off women for years. My candle flame brings other "fire" memories. Prison camp in .Germany, December, 1944. The wind howls out of the Bal- tic. The only light in the room is a red flame shining through the crevices of the crude stove. The only sound is "drip, drip, drip . - " Eighteen young flyers of half a dozen nations lie silent and watch the fire- light dance on the walls. They are of a single mind. ' Escape? Home and loved ones? A thick juicy steak? No, they're all listening intently to that "drip, 'drip" emenating from the homemade still hooked up to the stove, and wondering if the potato whiskey it's 'produc- ing will be fit to drink in time for the New Year's party. Yes, fire is truly a blessing. Under its soothing light and warmth, even the chattering of women's tongues will desist. Under its influence, business- men who would sell• their own grandmothers into slavery if,, the net profit were right wax imaginative, Aentimental and idealistic. We have come a long way from the days when our primi- tive ancestors crouched before a fire in a cave, dimly wonder- ing what was for breakfast. We don't wear skins anymore. We. wear bikinis and strapless bras. We don't kill people with a club anymore. We use push -but- tons. We don't tear the liver out of a newly killed animal and eat it hot and raw and juicy. We pay 60e a pound and eat it dry and grisly, with onions. * * * :But firelight has the same magic for us, after all the pro- gress, 'as. it had . our ancestor, Slob the Caveman. It can .take the bitter lines from around a woman's mouth and turn her into a Madonna in T-shirt. It can put a look of sheer hellery into an old manrs eyes as he looks into the flame and sees himself as he was 50 years ago. It would be a sorry day for mankind if he lost, somehow, the great gift of fire- In the meantime, however, my column is finished. I. feel like eating a. fried egg sandwich, you can't cook eggs over a candle, and I wish the hydro boys would pull the pickle and get•the power on again. A SMILE OR TWO Speaking of swing bands, the man who put the din in dinner took the rest out of restaurant. "Look here, Hiram) when be ye goin' to pay me/them eight dollars fer past> i ' yer heifer? I've had her now for about ten weeks." ' • "Why, Sirfi the critter ain't worth more'n ten dollars." "Well, supposin' I keep her fer what you owe me?" "Nat by a jugful. Te11e°ye what I'll do. Keep he fer two weeks more'n you can have her." 1'11 -.IAN BY; DYD BIRMINGHAM OAP, MOM'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THA't LEAKY FAUCET AGAIN -Wu GETTER FIX IT MAY, WE'LL SEW' OFF THE WATER / BUPPLY j3V / TURNINC-r OFF THE VALVE • UNDER THE SINK- ThEN tL SHOW tbil HOW TO REPAIR A LEAKY FAUCET, JUNOfd 44, IALF4AST T((H trop. SHOWED suNloe HoW Tb REPAIR A LEAKY FAUCET': ENECAEPACKING (C) Tb REMOVE HANDI:S(9) AND 8pINDLE(E). REMOVE SEr9CREW(G).REPLACE WASHER(F) IF LEAKING. Roos SErSCREW (A), REMOVE PACKING NUT(c) ROM 6PI10L1, CHECK PACKING•WASHRR.(D) gIFLACit Iii LftAit1Nb. -fa -p TEACH/NG ME TEA/NIS CAN' BE MUCH F(JN FOR YOU, BOBO. - •