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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-08-16, Page 2Since the First Publisile4 at sr -Arm= ONTARIO, everryynThuraday morning by. MeLEAN r BROS., Publishers ANDPEN- Y. I CL1 v,' Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulations St}bscription Rates; !1 U U = Canada (in: advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year 411.10 SINGLE COPIES --- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Qi'llce Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 16, 1962 How Does Seaforth Score? Is Seaforth the town you think it should be? It is easy enough to answer yes, but perhap§ on reflection there are features that we would be better without, and "other facilities which we lack. - • One way to find out how Seaforth stands as a town is to apply the tests shown below. The Exeter Times -Advo- cate recently used the quiz which or- iginally appeared in the Town Journal, a magazine devoted to life in small urban centres, with the challenge, "Do you dare to rate your town". The Journal suggests a score of 30 or more "yes answers indicates you can be proud of your community. Ob- viously, this is not a serious criterion since it's difficult to answer straight "yes" or "no" to some of these ques- tions. • The Exeter editor, applying the tests to his town, came up with 27 "yes" and 14 "no". .Our 'score on Seaforth is 28 "yes" and 12 "no". What is your score? 1. Most high school graduates stay in town. " Yes 0 No 0 2. Getting a loan on a sound busi- ness venture is easy. Yes 0 No ❑ 3. The local paper constantly pushes civic improve - menu. Yes . 0 No 0 There's a Chamber . of Commerce with a live -wire manager. Yes 0 No 0 Police enforce the laws efficiently an0 impartially. Yes 0 No 0 There's a place to swim within easy reach. Yes 0 No 0 Young couples have little trouble finding a place to live. Yes 0 No ❑ ' 8. The head of your government is a "get -things -done" man. Yes 0 • No ❑ 9. Town entrances are free from junk, shacks and billboards Yes 0 No 0 10. Teachers' salaries are better than average. Yes 0 No 0 11. There's at least one doctor per 800 people. Yes 0 No 0 12. There's a library. with a good col- lection of recent books. Yes 0 No 0 13. Necomers quickly feel they are part of, the town. Yes .❑ No- 0 14. Schools- have plenty- of room for. students. Yes 0 No 0 15. Fire insurance rates are low for your type of town. Yes 0 No 0 16: Service, veterans' and women's clubs team up on projects. Yes 0 No 0 6. '7. 17. There is an active, well organized Boy, Scout troop. Yes 0 No 0 18. A modern hospital is within your trading area. Yes 0 No 0 19. All streets are paved and sidewalks are in good shape. Yes 0 No 0 20. Well -stocked stores keep shoppers in the town. Yes 0 No 0 21. There's a hotel or motel you'd en- joy if you were a visitor. Yes 0 No 0 22. It's easy to find parking space in the business section. Yes 0 No 0 23. At least one restaurant serves out- standing meals. Yes 0 No 0 24. The sewer extension program keeps pace with new housing. Yes 0 No 0 25. It's easy to get volunteers for /any worthwhile project. Yes 0 No 0 26. Public toilets are provided for visi- . tors shopping in town. Yes 0 No 0 27:' '-Prompt, reasonably priced ambul- ance service is available. Yes 0 No 0 28, Good zoning keeps factories away from residential areas. Yes 0 No 0 29. There's an annual Clean-up, Paint - up week. Yes 0 No 0 30. Streets throughout the community are well lighted. Yes 0 No 0 31. More than half the church con- gregations are under age 40. Yes 0 No ❑ 32. Shade trees line nearly all the streets Yes 0 No D 33. There's an ample supply of good drinking water. Yes 0 No 0 34. There's a recreation centre where young people dance. Yes D u No 0. 35. The business section has a mod- ern,. prosperous look. Yes 0 No 0 36. There's' as mu h interest in local as.national elections. Yes 0 No ❑ 37. The tax rate is attractive to new industry. Yes 0 No 0 38. There's- an active industrial pro- motion committee in your town. Yes 0 No 0 39. There's an active Horne and School Association. Yes 0 No 0 40. Firemen must take regular train- ing courses. Yes 0 No 0 Well, how did you score your town? • Did it pass the test? • Acrobatic In the good old days it wasn't neces- sary for a person to become an acrobat in order to qualify as a dancer. -(Kit- chener -Waterloo Record). KNOW YOUR CANADA What town founded by Mormons is now largely Hungarian and Japanese? - Taber, Alberta. The Taber dis- trict was settled in the first decade of this century and chief, ly by American Mormons. Taber is named in commemoratiotlir of a visit by a Colorado senator of that name. People of Hungarian and Japanese origin have Dome to the community in more re- cent years and they now consti- tute about one-third of the pop- ulation.'Mining and near -by coal outcroppings was a principal Taber industry from 1905 on. Farming today is chiefly pro- duce for a large sugar -beet re- finery and a vegetable cannery. Taber oilfield wasdiscovered in 1937 and there are numerous producing wells. Despite the far - removed origins of its people, Taber today is a progressive and united community, 'with its own hospital, library, newspaper and four schools. * * * Which French Canadian became aide de camp to Queen Victoria? Sir Etienne Tache, a great French Canadian statesman of the last century. As a young-, ster, Tache fought for the Brf- fish in, the War of 1812. He he- fting a country doctor, then en- tered polities. Rising through successive-. appointments, Tache WES doted :Speaker of the Leg- lslative Council in 1856. In the Stung year ze .beeemo Joint pre- Info* of ,tfnited Canada; its the %Wo ' w'esvtllen kn!ot3'n:'Stniglnt• •ed 'i»t 1 ' t' "ache vo'tta lid en: honorary colonel in the British Army and aide-de-camp to the Queen, Queen Victoria. Tow,erd the end 'of his life, after twice being recalled from retirement to serve Canada, Tache had the honor of presiding at the Que- bec Conference. He is regarded as one of the most inspiring fathers of Confederation, lamed for his fairness of spirit, though he died before Confederation became a reality. . * Who went through Hell's Gate in a canoe? , Ebenezer Robson, appropri- ately enough, a minister. Rob- son moved from Ontario to British Columbia in 1859 as a Methodist missionary and be- came a confirmed Westerner and missionery. He was one of the few white men ever to navi- gate Hell's Gate, a tempetuous canyon entrance to B.C., alone in a canoe: Which Red Indians had princes, nobles, commoners and slaves? The Heidi, Tlingit and Tsim- shian Indians of British Colum- bian and Alaska. Society was divrded-,lnto nobles, commoners and slaves; with a fourth very small princely class in some villages, However, even the princely chiefs had no author- ity beyond their immediate neighborhood, though they were treed' with great deference. Raffk Was Transmitted through the •female line. Within each village, society was divided in- to glans. It Wes' possible brit trriusual; for a_ commoner to be, come a noble. Secret societies playeda part in the lives of these Indian peoples. Their sagas give evidence of their aristocratic traditions, largely concerning the deeds- of illus- trious clan ancestors. "I don't care if it is Friday! ... You're a meathead!" A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT SILENCE IS GOLDEN? OTTAWA - The Canadian Government is wa hing Bri- tain's move towards the Eur- opean Market in sile ce and with every appearance of help- lessness. Since Messrs. Fleming and Hees made their thunderous de- clamations at. the common- wealth economic" conference in Accra last fall, the Canadian Government has tended to keep its objections to itself. This unaccustomed silence has been even- more noticeable since the June 18 election thrust a minority Government on Prime Minister Diefenbaker. The result is that the Cana-. dian people do not know what attitude and what position their Government will take in .Lon- don when the commonwealth Prime Minister's conference discusses the British entry 'into the Common market. There has been no lack of spokesmen in many countries who are anxious to point out the over-riding importance of Britain's move towards Europe. In the past, Canadian Gov- ernment spokesmen have been as willing as anyone else to claim that Britain must choose between the Commonwealth and Europe, that 50 per cent, or 75 per cent, or 90 per cent of trade would suffer if Britain joins the Common Market. If British union with Europe is indeed so cataclysmic, why are the Canadian people not being told what their Govern- ment is doing to protect their interests? The British negotiations with the Six Common Market coun- tries have already produced wide areas of agreement. Those negotiations' have been halted. now until October, apparently stuck on the key issue of what safeguards the Common Mar- ket would provide for food ex- ports from Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The problem' is that food ex-. ports, such as wheat, from these three 'countries now get preferential treatment in the British market. . If Britain joins the Common. Market these preferences would eventually be lost. Britain will have to adopt the common ex- ternal tariff. of the common market countries, and to adopt as well a common market pric- ing policy which wall favor in- ternally produced agricultural goods against all imports. In its negotiations,' Britain is attempting to gain concessions for Commonwealth food' im- ports during a transitional" per- iod before the preferential sys- tem is abandoned. by Tom Dorr YOUR FATHER IS .COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BILLS AGAIN, CANDY. 'd 'MOTHER, YOU'VE INSPIRED ME...I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A SUPREME �--� SACRIFICE... NOW YOU AND I SIMPLY MUST HELP HIM.._WE'VE GOT TO ECONOMIZE.... DO WITHOUT THINGS FOR A WHILE.:. WHAT DO YOU 8AY? I WON'T ASK HIM FOR THAT INCREASE IN MY. ALLOWANCE. .. '1 '41 ,' y 4 ; Following this, there is an attempt to get special arrange- ments for commonwealth food- stuffs if world trading agree- ments are not reached by a certain date. France is reported to have objected to these safeguards for Commonwealth countries, and this led• to the recess in negotiations. This breakdown in talks will delay but not nec- essarily doom Britain's chances of joining the Common Mar- ket. In the meantime, the break- down may strengthen Britain's hand in dealing with common- wealth countries, many of which are not satisfied that Bri- tain has been doing everything possible to Safeguard essential commonwealth interests. When the Prime Ministers meet in London September 10, Britain will not be able to pre- sent a detailed outline of the terms for entry. But she will be able to give a fairly full re- port on the negotiations, ,and will be able to say she fought so hard for the commonwealth that negotiations temporarily broke down. Prime Minister Diefenbaker obviously feels it is not in his or the national interest to let Canadians know what the Gov- ernment thinks of all this. He apparently does not in- tend to call the new parliament together before he leaves for London to represent Canada as head of a minority Govern- ment. This course of action has been criticized by the opposi- tion parties: but criticized so. mildly and so haphazardly that no one blames the Prime Mini- ster for paying absolutely no attention to opposition flea- bites. The Prime Minister . is slow- ly recovering from a fractured ankle. •He told reporters who visited his bedside that the en- forcedrest was giving him time to ponder many things. Presum= ably he is thinking about his strategy in the new Parliament and about his strategy gener- ally in the next election which may come within a year. It's to be „hoped that he is also thinking about Canada's position on Britain's entry, into the Common Market. And about what steps Canada should take, and take immediately, to offset the possible harm • caused by Britain joining the Common Market, as she seems determ- ined to do. • And while he's pondering, he might also give a little thought to communicating now and, again with the Canadian people who put him where he is. It's all very well to play the leader, 'Yo keep locked within yourself the knowledge of, among other things, the effects and implications of this,tre- mendously significant event in- volving Britain and Europe. But, dollar devaluation and austerity should have taught' Mr. Diefenbaker that a leader who keeps his followers in the dark must suffer unflattering consequences. . If British union with Europe is so important to Canada, if it spells harin or danger, if ac- tion must be taken to offset those dangers, then the 'Prime Minister will be in a much stronger position at home if he tells Canadians what he will do, and Why. * * • Capital Hill Capsule The 100 Liberals eleeted to Parliament will hold a series of caucus meetings , in Ottawa late in August to plan their strate- gy for the new session expect- ed in September. High policy decision will be whether to vote systematically to bring down the Government as soon as pos- sible; or whether to go along', With Government measures for' a time. Liberals ha've already had one eatierre: Soereds''and. NDP members have also met but Consefrvative Members have yet toot together in any kin1 of meting since the election, IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The ,Expositor of 25, sa and 75 years apo. From The Huron Expositor' August 13, 1937 Miss Patricia Morrisott;, Hul. let, obtained the highest stand- ing at the recent entrance ex- aminations in East Hugon. Strong feelings against bev- erage rooms in Huron was ex- pressed' by delegates attending a meeting of the Temperance workers in Huron at Hensall on FrideY• Taking part in the track events in conjunction with the oldboys' reunion at Goderich on Friday, Frank Sills, soft' of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Sills, Sea - forth, won the three-mile race, finishing in 19 minutes and 37 seconds. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cook and son, Harry, while on their recent trip to Los Angeles, California, were favoured with a pass which admitted them to the noted Fox Studio. They had the privelege of talking personally to Shirley Temple. Mr. E. C. Chamberlain has re- turned from Chi ago, where he represented the peaforth Lions Club at the annual Lions con- vention. * * * From The Huron Expositor August 16; 1912 The milk dealers of Seaforth intend raising the price of milk to 7 cents a pint and the price of cream to 14,cents a pint. The new scale goes into effect on September. Mr. W. Ament is sending out a lot- of apple barrels to the To the Editor Writer T urs Huron, girth; Recalls Sites Editor, The Huron Expositor: A short while ago we planned an afternoon motor trip to parts of Huron and Perth Counties. Leaving Seaforth, we stopped for a short visit at the Seaforth Lions Park and, to say the Ieast, it is a delightful place, `with its spacious grounds- and swim- ming pool. It must be a great source of pleasure to Seaforth public and to the Lions Club to see so many people enjoying this beautiful park. We went on to"Stratford over a lovely highway, and down to the Avon River, with its beau- tiful and spacious park, which is so well kept. Leaving Stratford, we went to Milverton, Monkton and Lis- towel. Through this part of the country you will enjoy the many miles of fine dairy. farms. Level, well built on; with so many fine dairy herds, it was a pleasure to look at. I would like to mention the' many herds of beef cattle; one seldom sees any poor 'cattle -such 'a step forward in the past fifty years. From Listowel to Wingham on No. 86 Highway, and from Wingham to Lucknow we went on to the Blue Water Highway. to Goderich, passing over the new two million dollar bridge. We stopped a while to .assess the great • work and planning involved in the project -cer- tainly a master -piece of work and a credit to the county. In Goderich we come to the Court House, which is such a fine building and a credit to Huron. Goderich is such a pret- ty place, with its fine homes, spacious streets, and with no traffic or parking problems. From Goderich we went south to the new Provincial Hospital, situated ,on Lake Huron, and which is almost completed. I am told it will have about 1200 beds and will employ about 700 people - a wonderful project Well worth seeing. From there we went to the quiet village of Bayfield, so pretty on Lake Huron and much of it in its natural state. Our next area was along 4 to Huronview, which has been recently completed. I would like to make special mention of .this home with about 150 to 175 guests. it is so Well plan- ned and provides every com- fort. I am sure that a great Many people of Huron County who have passed on, would be very proud of this bufiding if they were able to see it, and it, too, is a credit to Huron Coun- ty. I have just mentioned some of the newer places, but there are many other places of great interest. The only place• we didn't care much about was the County Jail in Goderich. If you are planning an afternoon trip, plan to ,see at least the places I have mentioned. Yours truly, . RUSSELL H. SPROAT, Seaforth., A university professor, rather old and absent-minded, was a- wakened by the telephone at 2 a.m. Inquired the caller: "is this one, one ,one ,one?" "No," yawned the sleepy pro- fessor,'' it's eleven, eleven." "Pardon me," said the caller, "1 have the wrong number. Sor- ry I disturbed yoti." "That's all right," muttered the professor, "i: bed to get up to 'sns ver the -telephone any- way," country from his cooperage works here. He has also shipped out a lot of heading. .Mr. R. B. Scott, of Ilarpur- hey, says his plum trees are so heavily laden with the most delicious fruit that some of them are nearly breaking down. Mr. William Morrison, Hib- bert, having sold his farm, has purchased the residence of Mr. Robert Lavery, near the old market square, and intends com- ing to Seaforth to reside. New hay, per ton, is selling at $10.00 this week, Eggs perdozen are selling at 22c to 23c; while butter is sell- ing at l0c to 21e a cut. * * * From The Huron Expositor August 19, 1887 When a popular Grand Trunk conductor, Stratford, re- turned home the other evening he found a crowd of young .people, with many of whom he was unacquainted, waiting to obtain admission to his resi- dence, He sent them to the right about and informed them Ala when he wanted to . have'his house used for other .people's amusement, he would let them know. Mr. A. S. l%fartin, late of Morn- ington, has received an appoint- ment on the staff of the Civil Service of Canada. Mr. Martin has well earned this appoint- ment for his services in the Northwest trouble, He was severely wounded and came out of the fray considerably dilapi- dated. Mr. Charles Stewart has re- moved his tailoring establish- ment from Whitney's block to the rooms over George Good's Store. A tremendous change has taken place in summer living in the Canadian small town dur- ign the past 20 or 30 years. And looking back, I'm not at all sure it's been a change for the bet- ter. I was 'thinking about this to- night. It's been one of those old- fashioned, red hot summer days that seem so scarce nowatimes. Sitting in the quiet, cool kit- chen, with nothing to distract me but ,the moths .slamming against the screen door, I got reminiscing about summers back in the twenties when -I was a freckle -faced 68 pounds of bon and muscle. In h se .days,, kids didn't come ru ing to their mothers eight times a day, whining, "Gee, what'll we do; Mom? There's no fun outside. How a- bout taking us' for a swim? Can I have a dime for a dairy queen? Why don't we have a cottage, like other people? When are we going to get a boat?" And so on. * . * Quite the contrary. Mothers in those days practically had to call the police to locate their youngsters, so that they could drag them in and N -feed them three times a day. For kids in those times, there simply were not enough hours in the. day, and night -always fell far too early. For a\ stall boy in Those days, there ,were about 4$0 fascinating things,to do on a summer day. There were no organized swim- ming classes, no organized little leagues, no organized anything. Everything was beautifully dis- organized. You snatched a jam- andrpeanut-butter sandwich in the cool bright of the morning, and took off running. Maybe you went up to the fair- grounds and played baseball all morning. There'd be about 12 kids on each side, and. every pitch, every close play, was ar- gued violently, with a lot • of pushing in the chest and fierce repartee like, "Oh yeah? You're nuts! Sez who?" Maybe you took a swing around by the sandpit, crawled into the carefully concealed cage with the boys, and lay around smoking monkey tobacco in toi- let paper - and plotting a hor- rible fate for the gang in the next block. Maybe you just sat on top of a stone wall, in the sun, chew- ing licorice and seeing who could spit the farthest. Maybe you lay on a wooden bridge and SUGAR and SPICB By Bill Smiley fished, the hours peeling off like' petals as you watched the drak water below, excitement flaring with the stir of a trout's tail be- hind a log. r maybe you swam in the river until your lips Were blue and your eyes blood- shot, then lay baking in the sun, mindless, following the pon- derous dance of the great, white cumulous clouds. Maybe you had a "feed". First there'd be a round -up of beer bottles and scrap iron and old tires. These were sold and the, profits invested in wieners and pop. Then you'd send the best snatcher of the gang to swipe a bunch of bananas off the out- side stand at the fruit store. Then you'd all go home and steal (you never asked for it, you stole it).. any food you could get away with, and may- be a handful of the old man's pipe tobacco. -Then you'd all re- tire to the cave and have an or- gy of food that would make ohe of the emporer Nero's feasts look like a Sunday School pic- nic. After supper, new delights beckoned. You could climb into the treehouse and kick little girls in the face when they tried to climb up. You could • play Run, Sheep, Run and Red- light in the gathering dusk. You could "haunt" your big` sister and her boyfriend as they sat in suspicious silence on the porch. It was with the sharpest of pain that you heard your moth. er's whistle or piercing "Y0000 - H0000" tolling the knell of part- ing day. Every mother had her special cal and we knew our . own from blocks away, And every father had the same treat- ment for kids who failed tore- spond--a hearty clip on the chops. We came home, not joy- fully, but promptly. • All that .has . been changed; Kids are all over the country, now, on summer evenings They've wheedled their folks in- to . taking themto the drive-in. Or they're sleeping in strange beds at somebody's cottage, while their parents sit around knocking back the gin and tonic. Or the poor little souls are crouched, tvith vacant stare, in front of a television set, watch- ing a re -run of one of last win- ter's programs, while in the soft, warm outdoors, the birds and the trees and the moon mourn the days when the piping voices of children • at play provided a counterpoint to the melody of a velvet summer evening. HALF A!1I 111 E WELL-THATS 0/VE WAY TO LO /T... ANO I'D SAY YOU D/D BANG-UP JOB. 0 M • w b • • 0 v • i1 • p •