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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-09-13, Page 2'Publaslip4 • 'ince S ing the Community First at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thu.es,day yin aing by .McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McJ,EAN, Editor .. e ee 0 Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit $ureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance). $2,50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $4,00 a Year SINGLE COPIES 10tCENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Pot Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, :SEPTEMBER 13, 1962 Seaforth Fair Provides Show Window The Seaforth Fall Fair in recent years has become to an increasing ex- tent a show window of the district. The fair—among relatively few in the province, and the only -one in Huron with a Class 'B' rating—attracts the best in livestock, in poultry and in produce. Here the quality production of the agricultural area, of which Sea - forth is the centre, is seen at its best. While the display of agricultural pro- ducts is outstanding, we sometimes wonder if area merchants and manu- facturers take full advantage of the occasion. True, there are many attrac- tive displays in the Arena that indi- cate to the hundreds of strangers at-\ tending the fair some of the facilities which Seaforth merchants offer. But there are many other Seaforth merch- ants who are not represented. Seaforth manufacturing plants, too, produce a large variety of products which would form the basis of interesting exhibits. It cannot be denied that preparation of an exhibit involves a certain amount of work. At the same time, the result can be one- of satisfaction to the ex- hibitor and of benefit to the commun- ity as a whole. The Seaforth area may well be proud of its products and of the services provided, both in the rural district and in the town. The Seaforth Fair is an opportunity when at little cost and effort we can show the visitors to our community just how- extensive are the things we have to offer. At the same time, we can remind ourselves of much that exists in our midst but which perhaps we had forgotten. Future Devel'bpment Depends on Action Now Mitchell is one area community ,that is determined to do something about its future. According to press reports, the town has hired a firm of municipal consultants to chart a 25 -year master development plan. The firm will make a study of the town's indu'trial, commercial and resi- dential growth during the past five years. It will also survey future re- quirements necessary to orderly growth. It will work in close co-opera- tion with the Mitchell Planning Board. No longer can a municipality expect to develop in an orderly fashion with- out muchstudy and planning. And if there isn't . development and progress, inevitably there' will be a tendency in the other direction. A town, like a business, can't stand still. A whittling away of several services and facilities long considered part of the town, bears fruit to this. Despite evidences of stagnation and even regression; Seaforth is one of the few towns in the district ths,t up to now has refused to face facts. ' But with a 'sewer extension program and street re- building plansafoot, a firm decision concerning the future cannot longer be postponed. It is time council, or the KNOW What was the most odd- ly named Canadian rail- road? Most people would give the palm to Ha Ha Bay Railway. This line was acquired by the, Roberval and Saguenay Rail- way in 1912. Its successor still has 30 miles of track between Arvida and Bagotville in the valley of the Saguenay River, Quebec. * * * Who was the Maritime'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- Chamber of Commerce, or perhaps both acting together, initiated action to the end that the town may take an objec- tive look at itself and set out a path along which it can develop. Profit and People American business has been slowly re-examining its goals. It is recognizing that a private function of such size and power; if it is to remain private, must fit in with responsible public goals. Even more important, a steadily larger part of business leadership is coming to see that business goals are, in fact, similar to those of the public. There was a. time when the object of business, in anyone's quick judgment, was profit. This remains one object. But beyond profit, or' through. ' it, are larger aims. They are people.—Christian Science Monitor. Place For Them If those Doukhobors were moved up to the Arctic they could burn the igloos freely and chase around in the nude.— Brandson Sun. YOUR CANA-DA 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 Maritime, • prov- inces. * * . * • What American General of the British Army goy- ' erned Upper Canada? Sir Frederick Robinson. Born in1764 near New York City, Robinson was commissioned at 13 as an officer of the King's Loyal Americans, a Loyalist corps raised by his father at the outbreak of the American Revolution. At 15, Robinson' commanded a company in bat- tle. He later fought for the British in the West Indies, in tIALFWIr 8D80...TH/5 /5 THE BEST COMPOS/T/oiV YOU HAVE EVER WR/'TTEN... AND /5 /T AWFUL,/ Spain and in the United States, during the War of 1812. Dur- ing the summer of 1815 he was provisional Lieutenant - Gover- nor of Upper Canada. * *' * How did the Governor of Montreal get to Quebec in 1674? On snowshoes, the whole way. The first road in New France; 16 miles long, was built in 1665 between Chambly and Mont- real. Local roads slowly devel- oped around Montreal, Quebec and Trois Rivieres. No attempt was made to connect these set- tlements by road until a license was obtained for the purpose in 1721, by Eustache Lanouil, lier de Boiscleric, a . young Par- isian lawyer. In 1734 vehicles were able, for the first time, to travel along the Montreal -Que- bec road. The trip took four and a half days by carriage during the summer. * * * Which explorer was nam- ed "Iron Hand"? Henri de Tonty. Born about 1650,. he was the son of an Italian banker who had taken refuge in France. De Tonty en- tered the French army when he was still in his teens. He lost his right hand iii action in Sicily nine years later. There- after, de Tonty was known as "Iron Hand," or "Main-de-Fer" in French. From 1678 on, "Ir- on Hand" was the trusted lieu- tenant of La Salle, the great French explorer of what is now Canada and the United 'States. "Iron Hand" accompanied La Salle on his historic voyage of exploration down the Missis- sippi. Later, when La Salle dis- appeared in an expedition to reach the mouth of the Missis- sippi, de Tonty made two un- successful trips of exploration to rescue possible survivors. "Iron ' Hand" became a fur -trad- er until the beginning of the 18th century, when he entered the service of another famous French Canadian explorer, lb- erville, in Louisiana. "Iron Band"- died four years later, still in Louisiana, a victim of yellow fever. IN THE YEARS ALONE Ipteresting items gleaned from The' Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor September 10, 1937 Fire completely destroyed the large bank barn on the farm of Archie Rowcliffe, a short distance south of Hensall on No. 4 Highway, early Friday evening. The west side of Seaforth's Main Street has a Shanghai ap- pearance • to it since workmen tore out the sidewalk and tele- phone and hydro crews com- menced laying conduits and building manholes. Miss Margaret Cumming, of Walton, has secured a school at Ilaliburton, Ont. Mr. Alfred . Taylor has com- pleted the sinking of a well on the Hensall park grounds. Miss Clete Medd, of Con- stance, is attending the- School of Commerce at Clinton. . Mr. W. A. Wright has had his residence on James Street covered with; shingle siding, which has greatly improved its "It has little peepholes — if you can find them" A MACD'UFF OTTAWA REPORT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN OTTAWA—The Minority Gov- ernment's intentions, as reveal- ed in the Speech from the' throne at the opening of the new Parliament on September 27, will not likely surprise any- one. Not that „those intentions are generally known in advance. Preparations of the Throne Speech and the Government's intended legislation have been as carefully guarded this time as ever. It's just that the Canadian people seem to have lost their capacity to be surprised. And who can blame them? After all, the Diefenbaker Government had more than 200 members before the June 18th election, and somehow managed to lose almost half of them. Then a week after the elec- tion the campaign tune of high prosperity was abruptly chang- ed to an austerity dirge. And in the past—on the Avro Arrow interceptor ; relations with the Bank of Canada; on the Bomares and nuclear wea- pons; on foreign magazine com- petition—who has known what to expect from this Govern- ment. Buffeted by this kind of un- predictable wind , who can blame people for greeting polit- ical action now, not with sur- prise, but with a sort of head shaking bewilderment. In.. this new parliament, Mr. Dieirepbaker and his 115 fol- lowers • will face 149 opposition members. Would it surprise anyone if the Governmentlast- ed only a few days? Would it surprise anyone if it lasted a year or. more? Not likely. Anything can happen in this political clim- ate, and the voters have come to expect the unexpected. In another situation, for in- stance, the public might have received a jolt from the first report of thie Glassco Royal Commission on Government or- ganization. In this report, the Commis- sion examines the general man- agement of the Federal admini- stration and finds it wanting. It finds the machinery of govern- ment costly, unproductive and - deficient, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars wastage a year. Ordinarily a, report like this might shake the very founda- tions of a government. But against the background of the austerity program, the minority government, and the general confusion (political, not admini- strative) in Ottawa, the general response is "So what?" or "We might have known." Five years of government by impulse has had a deadening and dangerous effect- on the Public. The real test of this coming session will not be how long Diefenbaker can walk the tight- rope of power, but how soon he, or someone else, can demon- strate purposeful and cohesive leadership. Some people have suggested that the Prime Minister might hang on to office for an indefin- ite period if he contrives to avoid controversial matters. How controversy can be avoided in the present political situation is an interesting ques- tion, but quite beside the point. THE HANDY FAMILY I'M CERTAINLY GETTING TIRED OF PICKING UP MAGAZINES. WE NEED. A MAGAZINE RAN iM NcRKING ON ONE NOW, . MOM - IT'LL BE FINISHED TONIGHT A government admittedly has considerable leeway in setting the business of the house and in proceeding with legislation in its own way. But there are two matters at least which will demand ear- ly attention from this new Par- liament, and both are explosive- ly controversial. First is a revised budget, trimmed to fit the austerity program. Second is redistribu- tion of seats in parliament which must by law follow com- pletion of the deoennial census. We can even leave aside for the moment the economic mea- sures which are necessary, and have been promised, to put the Canadian finances into a sound position on a permanent basis. The other two matters contain quite 'enough controversy by themselves. Redistribution for example could result in loss of seats by Saskatchewan, and in the gen- eral evening -up of constituen- cies, the farm vote would have considerably less weight than it has- now. • ' Mr. Diefenbaker intends to set up an independent commis- sion to delistribute seats,• a commendable intention, but the opposition parties will • surely want a say in what men will be appointed to the commis- sion. The main. budget presented in April, calling for a $745,000,- 000 deficit, was never passed. It will have to be. re -introduced, this time taking into account the austerity program pledge to cut this deficit by $450,000,000 in a full year. These will be difficult, mat- ters. They would be difficult ev- en if the Government had a clear majority. Yet they may also provide . the means by which the Government can stay in power long enough, say early next year, to take the required economic measures, and to al- low all parties time to prepare for another election. If the Throne Speech calls for 'a baby budget to be present- ed in November, for example, there is a good case to be made for keeping parliament in ses- sion until the budget is brought down. Certainly the New Democra- tic Party has indicated it would be able to support' the Govern- ment on a temporary wait-and- see basis. And it is a fact the social crediters appear to ig- nore that the Government can not be defeated as long as it is supported' by any ,one of the opposition parties. Bolstered by such a reprieve, however temporary, Mr. Diefen- baker could then present •a leg- islative program and retain at least the appearance of com- mand. And at any moment, of course, he could display great initiative, call for dissolution, and get a new election on his, own terms. Even that, though, would not surprise too many people. A truthful woman is one who won't lie about anything except her age, weight and her hus- band's salary. First Fisherman: "Having any luck." Second Fisherman: "Nope: Can't get the cork out" BY LLQV IRMt HAM ..TUNIC41; PLAN FOR A • MAGAZINE RACK • ie PLYWOOD SET SHELVES AT SE ANGLE e By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER BOOMERANG Years ago, there was a depu- ty in the courthouse who prid- ed. himself that he knew tax- payers in the section, and he was somewhat befuddled when he did not recognize a big man who came in to pay his taxes. As he thumbed through the tax book, a happy artifice flashed across our friend's mind. "Dog gone it," he said, "I never could remember how to spell your name. '"lJohn," said the man, "Smith, John Smith." So,like a boomerang, our friend's artifice returned, as it were, upon his .own head. Sure- ly it was bad enough if a pub- lic servant could not remem- ber the name of John Smith and how to spell it, it was worse for him to pretend to know a man when he did not know him. It would-have—been better simply to have asked the man's name. Such was an unimpor- tant thing, you may say, but you may remember that Jesus said, "Let your communication be Yea, Yea, ,Nay, Nay," Well, I started off with the humorous predicament the de- puty fell into and went to a moral preachment. Let* us ex- cuse the deputy if he will learn how to spell the name of John Smith. Just a Thought: Sometimes we must discover the hard way that the problem we solve by virtue of an un- truth is not really resolved at all; it is simply set aside and will return to worry us again another day. A SMILE OR TWO A brilliant Senator, somewhat given to overindulgence, was getting the best of another Sen- ator in a furious debate. In anger the abstemious Senator said, "At least I am in posses- sion of all my faculties." - He got this devastating reply, "And what difference could that possibly make?" ;., , • • "I shall put you fellows in this room," said the host. "You will have a comfortable night since it has a feather bed." At two o'clock in the morn- ing one of the guests awoke his companion. "Change places with me, Dick," he groaned. "It's my, turn to be on the feather," The millionaire in ,a hospital oxygen tent was slipping fast. He called his only relative, a nephew, to him. "My boy," he said, "I'm leav- ing you my entire estate. Please use the money, wisely, please be prudent and be good to the poor." "Yes sir," the nephew whis- pered. - "And do me one last favor," the millionaire sighed. "Fake your foot off my oxygen tube." Jimmy's mother, a believer in the be -a -little -gentleman -and - don't -fight school of upbringing, was trying to instill this noble outlook into her young son. "Jimmy, when that naughty boy threw stones at you, why didn't you come and tell me instead of throwing them back at him?" "What good would that do?" snorted Jimmy. "You can't hit the side of a barn." An automobile tourist was travelling through the North- west, when he met with a slight accident to his .machine. In some way he had mislaid his monkey -wrench so he stopped at a nearby farm house, where the following conversation took place between him and a Swede farmer.: "Have you a money -wrench here?" "Now, niy brother he got a cattle Mich- over there; niy cousin he got a sheep renelh down this ]woad, but too cold. here for m9fl1, eye ranch:" appearance. * * .* From The Huron Expositor September 13, 1912 On Tuesday last Mr. John Lynch, Sr., 80, of McKillop, near Beechwood, had the mis- fortune to fall from a load of grain and was badly shaken up. The dry warm weather at the end of last week and the beginning of this has given farmers a chance to get most of their grain housed, and threshing is now in full swing. On Thursday, Mr. C. Holbein showed us a branch taken from a black raspberry bush in his garden, which had on it a doz- en full-sized' ripe berries, a very unusual growth for this season of the year. The contract for the new Carnegie Library building has been awarded as follows: brick and cement work, plumbing and painting,- Mr. H. Edge; carpen- ter work, Mr. Joseph Keating, and hot water, Mr. G. A. Sills, with all contracts amounting to $8,700. The first sod was turn. ed on ,Monday. Mrs. Parker, the former Miss Frances Gray, has been -engag- ed as assistant commercial teacher in the Collegiate Insti- tute here. * * * From The Huron Expositor ,September 16, 1887 The oatmeal mill in this town has again resumed operations. They have received about 30,- 000 bushels of oats from Chica- go and are prepared to pur- chase and grind all they can get on the local market. They have already taken in about 12,000 bushels of this year's A. G. Van Egmond & Sons, of the Seaforth Woollen Mills, made a fine display of tweeds at the Industrial Exhibition, held in Toronto, and were awarded a special bronze medal. Mr. C. M. Whitney has one of the handsomest driving hors- es in town. He recently traded with Mr. McDonagh, of Smith's Hill. .r.•••••.ap. This week my wife and I had an anniversary. No, we didn't celebrate it. We jest had it. There are no celebrations when these milestones loom up, out of the domestic fog. We mere- ly observe them, with a mixture of wonder, awe and incredulity. Sixteen years of wedded bliss. Hah! Sixteen years of sharing bed and board with a strange woman I'd never even laid eyes on until I was 25. As the kids say, "Prow crazy can you get?" * Into each life some rain must fall, as the old song puts' it. But it didn't forecast a full- scale storm. It was raining hard the day were were married, and it's been thundering and lightning ever since. One thing about our marriage. though. We started• off on the right foot. And we've never been in step since. Yes, we were well organized, financially secure and emotion- ally. mature. None of this rush- ing into a hasty, ill-considered, poorly -matched union. that we see" so often among the young people today. Everything was well planned and carefully pre- pared before we leaped into the quicksand. * * * We were just starting fourth year of college. I said, "Let's get married!' She said, "All right." We dug up a minister and a few mourners, and plight- ed the good, old troth. We then jumped into - a borrowed car and 'took :off for' a -honeymoon in a borrowed cottage, where we lived on love and borrowed money. • And when we returned, there was none of this business of moving in with the folks. No, I'd rented a smart little apart- ment where my bride and I were going to live just ,like real, married people. The neigh- borhood was a little on the shabby side—just a block from the red-light district, but it was only $10 a week. I made sure we arrived after dark and she didn't even notice the pool- room next door. • * * * I wish I' could say that T car- ried her over the threshold. I'd planned' to, but I couldn't find the dam' key. And there followed > our first • fight, one of those brief and bitter alterca- tions that have been so frequent SUGAR and Sicn By Bill Smiley in the subsequent 16 years, as I have looked for various keys in front of various doors all ov- er the country. Perhaps this incident took the keen edge off her thrill at en- tering our first home. At any rate, when the .crumby old landlady finally let us in, the bride didn't stand there and squeal with delight, as I'd ex- pected. She took one swift glance around, threw me the first of several thousand mur- derous looks, and burst into tears. * * * I didn't understand her then, and I've been trying -since that September day 16 years ago with no more success. That was a perfectly good room, with a pull-out . bed, a' two -ring gas burner; and a bathroom just up on the next floor and down the corridor a little way. And I've been spoiling that girl ever since. We've been through a lot -to- gether in theensuing years; 'better and worse, richer and poorer, sickness and health, children and mortgages. And you've only to take a look at us to know which one has thriv- ed on it. :k *• * I've lost • quite a bit of my hair, a good many of my teeth, most of my illusions, and all the arguments. All •I've picked up is a small pot, a heap of obligations, and a hunted look, The Old Lady' hasn't -lost a thing. She still has the slim figure, the fine dark eyes, the dark hair, the white teeth, and all the rest of her good looks, And she's picked up two chic- dren, a. joint chequing account and a maddening air of infalli- bility. It isn't fair. However, that's the way things have gone, and I'm not complaining. As the old pro- verb -has it, ,"A man works froth sun to sun, but a woman sits, around watching television." No, I don't object to having worked my head to the bone for the last 16 years to keep her and her children in style. I've written all that off as ex, perience. * * * .- What gets me is not the past, but the future—the knowledge. that I will have to live, until. death do us part, with a wo- man who is not only better looking and smarter than I am, but knows it. MOTHER! LOOK WHO'S Ord ' l TELEVISION -J TOM DORR..