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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-08-30, Page 2l Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTN, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian} Weekly Newspapers Association r Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association \0 Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: _. Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year BROS., Publishers SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 30, 1962 Recognize Aims Of Development Association Well deserved recognition of the work - being done by the Mid -Western Devel- opment Association on behalf of area municipalities, including Seaforth, is contained in a recent editorial refer- ence in the London Free Press. Too often, as the Free Press points out,we fail to give proper value to studies such as those being carried out by the associ- ation. Too often an economic study of agri- cultural land, industries and feasibility of new development, such as that re- cently completed in Perth and Huron Counties may sound like a lot of paper talk and statistics, the Free Press says. Yet this is the basis of surveys sought by persons who intend to invest their. capital, in a particular town. If surveys are completed by a board. such as Mid -Western Ontario Develop- ment Association immediate informa- tion is ready for anyone wanting to open up new industry or commercial houses. Few merchants now will plan a major store outlet without having a competent analysis made of the buying power of the area, or the trend toward increased population and industrial ac- tivity. Frequently municipalities who club together for these development boards see no concrete result. Yet new indus- tries are not built daily nor are super- markets scattered broadcast. The muni- cipality must have facts and figures ready to present to prospects. Ontario continues to grow. Towns that have looked ahead and prepared sites for new enterprises may have an edge on other centres that were idle, the Free Press warns, and adds this ad- vice in conclusion : If your town isn't suitable for new industry it is as well to know in advance rather than hoping against hope and spending citizens' money uselessly on worthless promo- tion. What Is . Behind Fiscal Crisis? There has been much talk about the financial crisis which we in Canada have faced for some time, but the ex- istance of which has but recently been admitted by the Government. During the period in which the diffi- culty was building up we didn't pay much attention. It seemed too remote, too complicated to bother with and, in any event, it never would affect us as individuals. Now, however, that the crisis . is re- flected in higher prices, in tight money, in higher interest rates and in many other ways that :bring home to each of us every day just how, serious the situa- tion is, more people are wondering what happened. The fiscal crisis, which could get worse before it gets better, is not so complex that it must be a mystery to the average Canadian. In effect — as explained in the following ekcerpts from an article in the monthly .Com- mercial Letter issued by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce—individu- als and governments have been living too ' high for too long on borrowed money. - "After nine consecutive years of de- ficits in our international- balance of payments, aggregating $9,235 million, and after five consecutive years- of fed- eralbudgetary deficits, amounting to nearly $2,200 million, explains the art- icle, "foreign investors -are reappraising Canada as a place for investment." "It is one thing to employ foreign capital to provide capital goods which should earn their keep by future pro- duction ; it is quite another to obtain foreign capital to enable the country to use up, consumer goods when this capi- tal has tobe paid for from some other source at some future time. . . At the same time, the combined expendi- tures of our three levels of government. have consumed increasing percentages of the gross national product. In 1951 these governments took 23.5 per cent; last year, 32.3 per cent. A consequence has been constant upward pressure on costs of production which has more' than offset increased efficiency in busi- ness administration and has placed manufacturers and other. producers at an increasing disadvantage in competi- tion with foreign production in both domestic and foreign markets. . "The •first stage in remedying prob- lems is to recognize what the problems really are. .There are many difficulties to be overcome and they are not transi- tory or easy. The first basic step is a fresh appraisal of the ways in which the heavy weight of the nation's wel- fare undertakings can be borne and the ways in which the tax structure can be reorganized, so as to provide incentives rather than deterrents to enterprise' and to encourage the accumUlati'on of . domestic capital." KNOW YOUR CANADA Which is the largest Uni- versity in Canada? The University of Tdronto. It is, the provincial university of Ontario and a Ieading cen- tre for graduate study and re- search. The University of To- ronto is a vast complex of sev- eral federated denominational "'colleges, • along with many well- knowninstitutions, such as the Royal Ontario Museum, the Royal Conservatory of Music and the David Dunlop Observa- tory at Richmond Hill, Ontario. The Ontario Agricultural and Veterinary College at Guelph, 60 miles away, belongs to the University of Toronto, as does the Ontario College of Art .in Toronto. Degrees conferring entry into many professions are awarded to graduates and PhD's are granted for post- graduate studies. Research ac- tivities are widespread, the best known being -medical and aero- nautical: The University of To- ronto libraries house over one 'million books, including many rare volumes. Tit HANDY FAMILY A WO UNDER I CAN TAKE THIS THEE WOULD BE A HINT M'bfAR DEUGHTFUL... I'LL HATCH A PLAN Why is the small city of St. Jean, P.O., important in Canadian history? For both military and indus- trial reasons. Situated on the Richelieu River, 23 miles south- east of Montreal, St. Jean stands at the head of the Chambly Canal, giving it a direct wa- terWay to New York City, via Lake Champlain and the Hud- son' River. Champlain passed the site of St. Jean in 1609, but not . until 1748 was Fort St. Jean built there. During the American Revolution, St. Jean became the key to Canada. The British concentrated defensive troops there in 1775 and stood fast for a month in face of the American, Montgomery's, at- tacks. The city also played a large part in the Rebellion of 1837• and still retains a military importance today. R has a fine barracks -and " is the site of the College Militaire Royal, a train- ing school for French-speaking Officers. St. Jean became the terminus of Canada's first rail- way, the Champldin and St. 'BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM £i Dt" PLAN *ORA s v Eos PAINT wm1 "--'r j was 9.AV i. COMPOUID1& 840IT, tA% tab SLICES at 4)100s4N0 D AVaL. FILL.. SpACEsfi WIN SAND GRAVEL., Lawrence Railroad, in 1836. This railroad from La Prairie to St. Jean was 16 miles long. Today St. Jean is an industrial centre 'producing sewing ma- chines, clay, machinery, knit- ted goods,,.cables and conduits, rubber products, canned goods, furniture and matches, * * * Which ,.Victorian won a prize for foreclosing the mortgage on the old home- stead? George Agnew Reid, famous Canadian painter. His picture, "The Foreclosure of the Mort- gage," won medals in the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and in the following year at the great San Francisco Fair. The subject of his prize-winning picture has long been the climactic situa- tion of stock satires on Victor- ian melodrama. But in the 1890's it was a serious matter and Reid painted it that way. Born -in Wingham, Ont., in 1860, Reid studied art in Toronto, Philadelphia, Paris and Madrid. At successive stages in his ca- reer he specialized in portrai- ture, genre pictures like "The Foreclosure of the Mortgage,' and finally murals. Reid enjoy- ed great eminence among Cana- dian artists of his day, beconi- ing president,of the Ontario So- ciety' of Artists, later rising to the presidency of the Royal Canadian Academy. He was prineipal of the Ontario Col- lege of Arts from 1912 to 1929. Reid died in.1947, but many of his works can be seen in the National ,Gallery and the Pub- lic Archives. In 1954, Encyclo- pedia Canadiana recalls; the Federal 'Government erected a commei'riorative tablet to this 1?iotte¢r of Canadian art at Wing am, 744 Wee1/2 Q P "That'll 'be three dollars -for the visit and thirty dollars for the stethoscope he ate." A .MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT WAIT AND SEE OTTAWA—It begins to look as if there will be no snap Fed- eral election before Christmas. Statements made by the lead- ers of the two splinter parties indicate that they are not anxious to have an early elec- tion. ' They, are going to stall and stall, thereby keeping Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's minority Government in -office for some months at least. There had been some thought among politicians drifting back to Par- liament Hill after the summer, that the first six days of the new session would be crucial. The Liberals' have made it clear they will introduce a want of confidence motion: If the Social Crediters and the New Democratic Party group supported. the Liberal motion, that would be the end of Mr. Diefenbaker's minority admini- stration. The vote. could come very early in the new session. But at two press conferences held in Ottawa the leaders of the Socreds and the NDP group have shied away from any sug- gestion of an early defeat of the Diefenbaker Government. Both claim that it would not be in the interests of the country. This seems passing strange in that both leaders "during' the June 18' general election cam- paign had been strenuously try- ing to convince the Canadian people that the Diefenbaker Government was not to be trust- ed with administering Canada's affairs. Time and ' again they had shouted from election meet- ing platforms that they had no confidence in the Conservative Government. But now sudden- ly they think it would be in the best interests of time country .to keep the Tories in office at least , through the winter months. Politicians, it seems, like wo- men, have the privilege of changing their minds, and ex- ercise it. The twin leaders of the. So- cial Credit group called a press conference to clear up . matters during a party caucus in Ot- tawa recently, But after the two leaders had answered num- erous questions 'the newsmen went away shaking their heads in bewilderment. Robt. Thomp- son wished it clearly under- stood he was leader and Real Caouette was his deputy. But the title, according to Caouette, is "co -leader". There is no need for a snap election said Mr. Thompson. He contended it would be wrong to force another election at this time as it would only result in another;,, minority Govern- ment". • Later at a press confer- ence the following week, NDP leader Tommy Douglas 'made the same point: an election brought on now might wind up with another stalemate. The Liberals don't subscribe to this. Neither it would appear does Mr. Caouette. He told report- ers_he had fought against the Tories for 22 years and was not going to start supporting them now. He would continue to fight Diefenbaker and would support any "serious" non-q�onfidence motion. There's the rub.' He indicat- ed he would not class as a "ser- ious non -confidence motion" .a simple unadorned motion' re- cording want of confidence in the Government. That is the form of motion the Liberals have suggested, through their leader Mike Pearson, they may bring forward. With such a motion the Grits don't see how the Socreds or NDP'ers can vote against it. If they don't support it the splinter .parties are in effect stating they suddenly have regained confidence in the Diefenbaker 'administration. Mr. Thompson wants no election un- til at least May or June; neither it would appear-- does -.the NDP. But both groups emphatically deny they are afraid of another election, They are sparring for time to gather funds and organ- ize for the next national con- test. Both splinter parties contend they are stalling off the defeat of the Diefenbaker minority Government for the good of the country, an argument that some people will find hard to swal- low. Both claim that to precipi- tate an election in the winter would aggravate the unemploy- ment situation and the econ- omic crisis. But shortly after the June election Mr. Caouette express- ed the opinion, "The quicker we have another election the quicker we will have such a (stable) Government". There is some evidence that he is still inclined to that view. Obviously Mr. Caouette and Mr. Thompson are not as one. But at the out- set there will be many Quebec members of 'the Social Credit group who will prefer to hold on to their seats and the hand- some pay cheque that.goes with being an M.P. They too will want to stall off an election for several months, so it will be "follow the leader Thompson" rather than "follow the leader PAST TEE 1 50 FAR THERE'S' GAILY 0/VE THING WRONG .W/TH /T. TWENTY DOLLARS A MONTH f7,i? TO/0 YEAR$`. IN THE YEARS AGONE InterestingItems gleaned from The xpositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor August 27, 1937 Workmen commenced Mon- day to build bases for the new ornamental lights which will soon replace the present poles on Main Street. The Collegiate Institute board at a meeting Tuesday evening, appointed Mr. T. S. Smith as caretaker to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Laing. Very large quantities of grain are being marketed in. Hensall and shippings very brisk at the railway station. .A terrific downpour occasion; ed heavy damage to crops and orchards in the Brucefield dis- trict on,,, Thursday. Hail accom- panied the storm, as did light- ning. Mr. Harold Smalldon, Walton, met with an accident last Satur- day while unloading wood from a car at the CPR station, having some ribs broken and a frac- tured kneecap, Mr. Brownlee, of Goderich, has taken the position as CPR foreman in Walton. Mr. Ralph Davidson has pur- chased -the blacksmith shop at Winthrop, formerly owned and operated for many years by John Bullard. Farmers are busy hauling in and threshing, having been de. layed by the long wet spell. Some grain is sprouting and some moulding is occurring in the stooks. • The August price on first- class hard coal, stove or nut size, is $12.40, delivered, or $11.80 picked up, the Seaforth Farmers' Club announced this week. * * From The Huron Expositor August 30, 1912 Mr. Hubert Henderson, who has completed the short term By REV. ROBERT. H. HARPER TWO OLD MEN • When Napoleon Bonaparte returned from Elba, made his triumphal way to Paris, and scattered' the regime the Allies had set up for France, he is- sued the last great call to arms and youth and aged alike an- swered the summons. Though youths were called, it was large- ly older men, including the famous Old Guard and other veterans who fought in the bat- tle of Waterloo. I thought of those veterans of Napoleon as I read that Aden- hauer and De Gaulle were meet- ing in Paris, to discuss the prob- lems of Western Europe. There is a strong appeal to the imag- ination as we think of the lead- ers.of two mighty nations that have spilled the blood of their sons in wars against each other so long, with victory going to one side and another, now meet- ing to work out enduring peace. Thus often have old men, like Moses of ancient time, led the way and pointed with unerring finger -to the land of promise. And we trust that in maturity of 'wisdom the great ,and sore problems of the distressed world may be worked out to' the good of mankind. Just a Thought If man can see one foot be- yond the end of his nose he cannot go through life without coming to the realization that the handiwork of God sur- rounds him every step of the way. Caouette" at the start, That could change. ' • Mr. Douglas speaking for the NDP does not want and does not expect an early election. He is confident Canadians want no part of a winter election. First job of the new parliament was not to defeat the minority Gov- ernment he believed, but to cope with the grave economic situation. How did Mr. Douglas justify his group supporting a Govern- ment that it had denounced during the election campaign? He explained, "I think there would be genuine resentment in the country if an early elec- tion was precipitated. We're heading into a severe Winter of unemployment." bfowever, he dislikes any im- plication that his group would be supporting the Tory admin. istration. He emphasized that the NDP'ers first would wait to* see what the throne speech con- tained. If there was no pro- gram, no satisfactory measures to cope with the' current econ- omic crisis, then the opposition groups would have no choice but to vote the government out of office. It is shaping up that early in the coming session the Liberals with their 100 members will be voting against the Government in support of their nonconfi- dence .motion. But the Socreds and New Democratic Party will be aligned with the Diefenbak- er minority government to prop up that discredited administrh, tints at lest through: the witip tear mantra: at the military school in Lon- don, has been appointed prin- cipal of the Bridgeburg Con- tinuation School, at a salary of $1,100. Unless the coal miners anti the railways get a swift move on, there will be a coal famine next winter, as a quarter of the required, amount has not y., t arrived. Dr. Harburn is having a large new stable erected near his resi- dence on Main Street. Mr. David Bell has sold his farm on the third concession of Tuckersmith, LRS, to Mr. Wil- liam 13roadfoot. Tuckersmith council met in Seaforth on Saturday, when James Stewart was appointed collector for 1912, at a salary of $125.00. Wheat dropped this week to 87 cents a bushel at the Sea - forth market. Miss A. I. Petrie left this week for Sault Ste. Marie, near which place she will teach school. * * * From The Huron Expositor September 2, 1887 Dry weather still continues, and water is getting scarce, but the old Maitland is still holding good. • Harvest is over and now the farmers are busy seeding and threshing. Farmers are getting 10 bushels to the acre. Mr. John B. Henderson, of the Huron Road, Tuckersmith, has a pear tree which was plant- ed last fall; All spring it re- fused to thrive, and later on seemed to be dying. A few weeks ago it broke out in blos- som and now small, pears are forming on it. The trustees nave ►rade great exertion to get the alterations and .additions to the Seaforth High School completed. Fair warning. This column— all of it—is going to be about my son. I used to think it was bad form to talk about your kids. But after years of sitting around listening to other par- ents rave about their fantas- tically clever and talented chil- dren, I became fed up. Now, you'll find me right in there with the most boring of them, trying to insert a few brags about my own offspring with the proper degree of false mod- esty. Fifteen years ago this week, my son was sitting in his moth- er's lap, in his bare feet, look- ing like a miniature Winston Churchill; blinking at this hot, bright , world, and waiting for some more of those goodies that came every three hours. * * * Right now, he's sitting in the living room, in his bare feet, at the piano, alternating be- tween Chopin mazurkas and Blues In The Night. The Lord alone knows what is going through his mind, but I'll bet anything that within 20 min- utes he'll be in the kitchen look- ing for something to eat. ' Food is almost a religion at that age. Their- most familiar pose is standing with the re- frigerator door open, gazing in- to the interior with, the rapt look of a Buddhist priest at his prayer -wheel. * * * All that grub seems to bear fruit. In the last year he's grown about a foot. The shoes you bought him a month ago are suddenly pinching his toes. The trousers you bought last Saturday are halfway to his knees. Hugh is an odd kid in some ways, but show me a 15 -year- old who isn-'t odd in some ways, and I'll show you a freak. Like most boys, he's a confusing combination_ of opposites: sulks and sunniness, selfishness and thoughtfulness, cowardice and courage. In my prejudiced opin- ion,' the' virtues heavily out- weigh the others. * * * He's 'as stubborn as a mule, when he thinks he's right. Just like• his mom. Orhe can be the easiest person in the world to get along with. He can give you a look so surly you can scarcely keep your hands off him. Or he can met you with the most charming and disarm- ing smile any boy ever produc- ed. He can sit and discuss Com- SLJGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley munist China intelligently, but don't send him to the store to buy four pork chops and a loaf of bread. He'll come home with eight lamb chops and a bag of buns. * * * He can memorize a Beethoven sonata, but don't ask him where his gym shorts are, or when his -weed collection , is due, or what .day it is, or what time the party starts. He doesn't re- member. He can work from seven in the morning to 10 at night on his music and school work, without complaint. But when summer arrives, he can scarce- ly find the strength to put on his shoes afid he can develop a' complete mental block about the fence he started painting six weeks ago and never finish. ed. * * * He's an honor student at school, but he can't find the shirt he took off last night. He can play a clarinet, but he can't get the lawnmower started. In short, he's right in the middle of that bewildering ex- perience known as adolescence, when the body is undergoing chemical and physical revolu- tions, and the mind is groping through the no-man's-land be- tween the cool sanity of child- hood and the confused fever of young manhood. However, our son is taking it with remarkable calm, I must say. In fact, he's so calm that he can sleep until noon without moving a muscle, if he's not called. * * * I don't pretend to understand him. But we like each other pretty well, which is more im- portant. The chief difference between him and 'other boys of the same age is that he is my son, and I would not trade him for eight million dollars, Eliza- beth Taylor, and the last 20 years of my life returned, singly or. together.: Oh, I almost forgot my llrag•._ The kid tried a music exam in June, Grade 1¢, piano. The re- sults have been corning in ever since. He obtained -the highest mark in the province. He won two' cash scholarships and ad- mission to a special school of music. His mother nearly went out of her head. When asked how he feels about it all, Tugh re- plies, "Pretty good, I guess," . with a small grin. by Tom Dorr YOU MAY RETIRE IN THE THOUGHT THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IS IN SAFE HANDS, YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD MY REPUTATION AS A G✓rNTLEMAN QUESTIONED. • r 4 r • • • • • •