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The Huron Expositor, 1962-10-04, Page 2y Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH. ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year o Outside Canada (in`advance) $4.00 a Yeaf 4 L 1% SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa ll"0 b: SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 4, 1962 Seaforth Firemen Make Contribution The days of the fire pumper, bright with brass and drawn by galloping hors- es, is past. But the firefighter himself hasn't changed. Fire Prevention Week which the community observes October 7-13, is an opportune time to think of the contribution the 'fireman makes. 'Today, as in years ago, the fireman in Seaforth is a volunteer, who many times ,every year, and at much personal sacrifice, is called on to put his commun- ity ahead of his own convenience. He volunteers -because he has an apprecia- tion greater than most of the tragic consequences of fire. He . knows' the crippling effect a fire may have on a small community, such as Seaforth. He knows the heartbreak that fire injury may ring. Sea rth has been fortunate in re- cent year in preventing fire. True, there have been fires, but on the whole they were held in check. During the past year, according to Fire Chief John Scott, the brigade answered 20 rural. calls and eight town calls—less than in most comparable communities. In only one case was the loss considered major. The enviable Seaforth record is due in large measure to two factors. The first, of course, is the efficient manner in which the members gf the fire bri- gade perform their duties; the second is the continuing program of education which Chief Scott and his men carry out in the Seaforth fire area. Visits to schools, inspections of business places, factories and homes, all play a role in gaining public acceptance of the fact that most fires are preventable. Other parts of Canada and the coun- try as a whole are not as fortunate as we are and a sorry story of needless fire waste, is told by the figures. Both in life and property, the national year- ly loss is approaching an all-time high. No European nation even, .remoteap- proaches us, per head of populatipn, in our evident consuming desire to burn up ourselves and our possessions. Ours is indeed a shameful record. Surely we as individuals can do our part' It is rot enough to express grate- ful thanks to our firemen. As citizens we can find no better way of indicating how much we think of the job, our firemen are doing than by eliminating their calls. Each of us can do a part by not giv- ing fire a place to start., SDHS Band 'Are Ambassadors of Good Wilt - The area served by Seaforth District High School may well be proud of the good will and favorable comment which the SDHS Trumpet Band generates for the community. In popular demand ov-, er a wide area, the Band receives a high degree of acceptance, and the members are ambassadors who reflect with credit the area they represent. School bands are increasingly popu- lar and it •is interesting to -,learn the different approaches which different schools adopt, in developing. musicians. Irl St. Marys, for instance, the popu- larity of band music as an optional course at the. St. Marys : Collegiate is producing an interesting side benefit. Each September, the number of stu- dents entering grade nine and express- ing interest .in band music, has' grown. During a surveytaken at the .grade eight level in June, sixty applications& were received for the band. Results of' the musical aptitute tests given each applicant narrowed the number to 45. In order that this number, naay be re- duced to the proper working size for a class, the academic standing -of the ap- plicant will be taken as the final check point. The St. Marys Journal -Argus finds favor with the procedure. "This seems like a most desirable situation, provid- ing an added incentive for academic achievement through a musical medium which will broaden the student and stand him in good stead throughout life, regardless of whether he or she continues their musical career on leav- ing school," the paper adds by way of editorial comment. KNOW YOUR CANADA What .Canadian became a Minister' to Bulgaria, 1936 to 1938, Ambassador to Iraq, 1938 to 1939 and Ambassador to Spain, 1939 to 1940. By 1942 the former Canadian had risen to the post of Under-Secretary of State in the British foreign office. Encyclopedia Canadiana records that Peterson went abroad again as Minister to Turkey from 1944 to 1946. Next came the climax of his career, as British Ambassador ' toy' the Soviet. Union from 1946' until his retirement in 1949. Peterson was a man of in - top British diplomat? Sir Maurice Drummond Pet- erson. Born a Montrealer in 1889, he was the son of Sir Wil- liam Peterson, who was later to' be principal of McGill Uni- versity. Young Maurice enter- ed the British foreign` service in 1913. By 1921 he had risen to the rank of counsellor, at- tending the Washington confer- ence on arms limitation. Peter- son was British High Commis- sioner in Egypt in 1924. Subse- quently he held the posts of HALF ea PAST TEEII r KNIGHT ni NOT GO/NG 7r0' EAT /iND RUN. I ATE 50 MUCH 2 CAN'T EVEN WAZ4'1 dependent views, whose differ- ences with his foreign office superiors were openly express- ed in his book, "Both Sides of the Iron Curtain." Peterson went on to a post-retirement career as a bank director. He died in England ten years ago —the diplomatic representative, of a generation 'of Canadians who had risen to top positions of power in Great Britain. * * • * Which Ethnic Group is most numerous in the . Greek Orthodox Faith in Canada? The Ukrainians, according to the 1951 census of Canada. It reported 172,271 Greek Ortho- dox, of whom 111,000 were of Ukrainian origin; 12,000 Rus- sian; 7,700 Polish and 3,400 Asiatic. The majority of those counted are neither Greek nor under the jurisdiction of the Greek patriarch, according to Encyclopedia Canadiana. . -The Canadian denominations include the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church (the largest), the Russian Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church. Until the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1918, the Russian Othodox Greek Catholic Church in Canada was direct- ly subsidiz'ed, by the .Holy Synod of St. Petersburg in Russia. Priests were supplied without charge to the Canadian parishes. This church was hard hit •when the Bolshevik success ended its funds from Russia and lost many members and clergy, to the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Canada in 1918, The latter church is par- ticularly strong in the prairie provinces. In 1953 it had 285 parishes in Canada. The Rus- sian Orthodox Church in Can- ada has over 20 parishes, while the Greek Orthodox Church has six congl'egations in this nouh- ,,04/ 744 *4e4. "Hate to call you out at this time of night, but this guy got five peanuts for his first penny—then on his second penny he only got four, and . . A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT CRYSTALL BALL NEEDED OTTAWA, — The crystal ball that is gatheringJiust at Laurier House in Ottawa should be shin- ed up and consulted by those who would like to peer into the political future. That crystal ball was one of the prized 'posses- sions of the late Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King who had a knack of anticipating events in- sofar as politics was concern- ed. What the immediate future holds for politicians in the Fed- eral field is anybody's guess. The session of the new Parlia- ment that opened September 27 could end abruptly.at any time in ) general election. That was the situation confronting the members of Parliament who as: sembled to hear the minority Conservative G'overnment's pro- gram as outlined in the throne speech: The opposition groups, if they are so inclined, can com- bine at any time to tumble John .Diefenbaker'is administra- tion out of office.. When that event "will- happen is something that every M.P. would like to know. They may know sooner than • they think. Complicating the picture and adding to the haziness of the outline taking indefinite shape and form in the confines of Mr. King's crystal ball was Premier Lesage's deci- sion to call a Quebec Provincial election, for November 14th. - The Liberals in the Federal field welcomed that action. The Progressive Conservatives were privately unhappy but for the record non-commital. The Social Crediters were annoyed. The New Democratic Party had its collective eyes focused on the national picture rather " than studying the modern mural of Quebec which English speaking Canadians find difficult to in- terpret. Confident that Premier Lesage will win the Liberals are pleas- ed at the Provincial vote be- cause they are convinced it will help clear the air in Quebec. It will encourage the people' of that Province to return to .the Liberal fold, in the opinion of many Federal Liberals who have always looked to the Province as a bulwark of the Liberal par- ty. The Tories at Ottawa are .hop- ing against hope. for a Liberal defeat in Quebec. They are looking to Opposition Leader Daniel 'Johnson of the Union Nationale party to knock off Jean Lesage. Should Mr. John,- son ohn;son succeed, it would be re- garded as a disaster of the ,first magnitude by the Liber- als in Ottawa. It is something that Mr. Pearson and his party do not care to contemplate. The Federal Liberals are eag- er and anxious to have a gen- eral election take place at the same time as the Quebec elec- tion. The Liberals in,Parlia- ment are determined tdefeat the Diefenbaker Government. But this they cannot do unless the Social • Crediters and New Democratic Party decided. to vote with the Liberals. The combined opposition would be sufficient to end Mr. Diefenbak- er's days in office. But Mr, Dief- enbaker is equally determined to keep the opposition divided,. This jockeying for position began as soon as Parliament THE HANDY FAMILY BEAVERS/Am' A FLOOR /AINNIE HAS GIVEN PLANTER WILL ME ANOTHER PLANT! SOLVE THAT WHERE AMT WIN& PROBLEM, To Put Ir; M'vEAR opened and could carry on for some time. The earliest that a Federal election could be called would be November 26th, that is 12 days after the Quebec voting day. But a Federal vote on that date would only be possible if dissolution. came in the first days' of the new Parliament, The Prime Minister could have precipitated that early vote by immediately dissolving the house the day it met. But he told reporters, the week the house • opened, that it was his Government's intention to pro- ceed with the throne speech de- bate. This ruled out an immedi- ate dissolution. Apparently then Mr. Diefenbaker was not pre- pared to emulate Prime Minister King, who in 1940 summoned Parliament into session to say "hello" and "goodbye" on the same day. Liberal Leader Pearson in hard - hitting speeches before Parliament began, insisted that the Tory minority Government must face a test of confidence in the House before introducing legislation. Mr. Diefenbaker ac- quiesced• by making it clear his Government would ' carry on with the throne speech debate in "the regular manner. There was to be no interrupting of the debate to bring in legisla- tion such as the Diefenbaker Government has done in the last session . Mr. Diefenbaker told news- men that there was some key legislation he would have liked toPplace before the House at an early date. But under the circumstances his Government was prepared to proceed with the throne speech debate which in the ordinary course of events would continue for eight days. During that debate , there would be at least three motions ofwant of. confidence it was expected. One -would• certainly be moved. •by the Liberals. The Social Crediters were also ex- pected to move a want of con- fidence motion sub -amendment: Finally, the New Democratic Party might also move a want of confidence. sub -amendment. On any one of those votes the Diefenbaker Government might be defeated, therebybringing on a general election for De- cember 3 or December 10. However, should the House get through the votes of confi- dence with the Diefenbaker Government still uneasily in of- fice then Finafice Minister Geo. Nowlan will introduce the re- vised• estimates at the close of the .throne speech debate. Mr. Nowlan, it is known, would 'al. so like to introduce a baby bud. get before Christmas—assuming the Government was still in of- fice. There was a sharp division in the Cabinet prior to the open- ing of .the House as to whether or not a baby budget should be brought down. It would be the second budget this year. The former minister of finance, Hon. Donald Fleming, introduced his last budget April 10. It was de- bated but not passed. Parlia- ment dissolved before the House had an opportunity to formal- ly approve. There are certain provisions of that Fleming budget that the Die£enbaker Government wants to see approved by Parliament. There are two moves open to BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM FLOOR a 11- PLANTER 66, • I LINE WITH COPPER OR GALVANIZED I%I'r PAUNT" TAR SHEECIRONI CORNER EP PAPER _ !TRACE Mi1'A l bol `144e0 TO (*leg Ate.iNdr Vs1ttCK I By REV. ROBERT IL HARPER THE BIBLE TODAY In the heart of the commer- cial part of the city of Yaounde in Cameroun, a centre for Bible Translation and distribution, was ceremoniously declared op- en by His Excellency Charles Assole, head of the Cameroun Government. Among the dis- tinguished people who took part were four government ministers, three 'ambassadors, a representative of the Federa- tion of Churches and Missions, and pastors representing the Presbyterian, Evangelical, Sev- enth Day Adventist and Baptist Churches. The scene was one of bril- liant dignity and ceremony and great joy at this event was ex- pressed in the remarks of. Pas- tor Mbended, president of the Union of Baptist Churches, and translor of the Bible into Don - ala; the Rev. Y. Schaaf, Secre- tary of the Bible Societies in Cameroun, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, who re- called the evangelical work of Albert Saker, and finally His Excellency,. the Prime Minister.' After nailing the cover on a case of Bibles ready f o r despatch to another point, the Prime Minister underlined the important part which the Word of God -'had -played in the for- mation of the State of Camer- oun. He expressed his convic- tion that the National reconcili- ation which was the wish of every household in Cameroun could only come about round the work of God. Suggested Bible Readings: Sunday—Isaiah 53:1-12. Monday—Isaiah 54:4-17. Tuesday—Isaiah 55:1-13. Wednesday—Isaiah 57: 14-21. Thursday—Isaiah 58: 1-14. Friday—Isaiah 59: 1-8. Saturday—Acts 9:3243. A tourist from the city driv- ing through the country, came upon a horny --handed farmer who was leaning on a fence and doing a careless job of whit- tling. "Say, Rube," called the tour- ist, "have you lived here all your •life?" Neither looking up nor miss- ing a stroke in his whittling, the farmer thought the question over carefully. "Nope," he fin- ally replied, "not yet" Once in a while. I lose heart. Most of the time. I roll with the punches, smile wryly, admit that Rome wasn't ,built in a day, and go right on trying to instill in youngsters some knowledge of their native tongue. But occasionally, I stride from the classroom, go barrel- ing into' the men teachers' washroom, fiercely suck on a cigarette, and pstare morosely into the toilet howl, wondering how I was ever finagled into the teaching of English. • ' * * * It's a crazy language. Oh, I'll admit it's strong, virile, col- orful, flexible and often beau- tiful. But it's also inconsist- ent, irregular, insane and in- timidating. Compared to the soldierly march, the regular formations of Latin, English is a disorder. ly stream of refugees. Compar- ed to the lucidity, logic and precision of French, English is the flight of a bat. * * * What other language, .for ex- ample, would have five differ- ent pronunciations for "ough"? Count them: bough, cough, dough, enough, and through. What other language would pronounce read, said and led exactly alike? Or would pro- nounce two words of totally different appearance, "you't' and "ewe", identically? Or would have four utterly useless and unpronounced . k's in such a word as knickknack? * * * However, that's enuff of that stough. I'm too busy trying to teach the language to have any 'time for reforming it. I don't really demand much. All I ask.is_that kinds in high school stop saying things like, "I wooda if I cooda"; eliminate the "this- heres" and the "that-theres" from their vocabulary; and re- frain from writing things like, "I seen in a book where theirs no people on the moon, like." In addition, I try gently but persistently, to lead them away from "such gruesome slips as, "If babies don't like raw vege- Si1GAR and SPICB By 'Bill Smiley tables, they should be boiled," and that old favorite, the dangling "participle, Which calm- ly statesWSitting on the ver- anda, 40 cows were seen." * * * I don't blame the youngsters. Many of them are exposed to sparse vocabularies and any- thing -goes grammar not only at home, but on television, and in the movies they see and junk they read. They can scarcely be expected to acquire impec- cable spoken and written Eng- lish in a few hours at school each week.. They try though. They try, bless them. Their foreheads knot with strain as they tell you that the three principal parts of the verb "cling" are cling, clang, clung. Their eyes roll in their heads as they spell with a dash and daring worthy of more heroic feats. And every year some kid tries, to throw the teacher by asking him to spell "antidisestablishmentar. ianism" and explain what it means. On second thought, English is a fascinating language, with a bold, vivid coloring all its own, and I reckon I'd rather teach it than anything else. Occasion- ally, one comes across a stn. dent with those rare twin gifts —an ear for language and a joy in the manipulation of words. When that happens, it makes up for a host of head- aches. And where else could one come across such delightful miscues as that of the boy who wrote, "They came withing a hare's breath of success?" * * * And where else could you find a language that could con- ceivably spell "fish" as "photi?" Just pronounce it: ph as in physics, o as in women, and ti as. in ation.' Fish. It's a grand old tongue, and I think that if I just put my shoulder to the wheel, carry the ball with' my nose to the grinstone, and hit the odd -home run, I should be able to go down with my flags .flying. n IN THE YEARS AGONE. Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25; 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor October 1, 1937 A truck of Harriston Packers Ltd. was damaged and a• hydro pole was snapped on a curve just west of Seaforth on Tues- day night, but the driver, Chas. Jerry, escaped injury. There are 18,108 persons eligible to vote in the electoral district of Huron) according to the revised lists received ` by K. M. McLean. The three candidates in the riding of the Huron election are James Ballantyne, Dr. Hobbs Taylor and Dr. AIexan- der Moir. Miss Alice Daly has been ap- pointed representative of the Separate School on the Library Board. Mr. M. A. Reid, of Seaforth, hooked and landed a black bass that weighed five pounds three ounces, and measured ,21% inches long, in the• Maitland River, near Wingham.' A tomato ` from the garden of Mr. John Purcell of .town was brought into The Expositor office on Thursday. It measur- ed 141, inches round one way by 18 inches the other, and is of beautiful color and quality. * * From The Huron Expositor October 4, 1912 Mr. Alex Davidson picked. a cucumber in his garden a few days ago which measured 3% inches around and 15 inches in the administration to bring this about. It could incorporate them in a so-called baby budget be- fore Christmas. Or it might place the budget provisions be- fore Parliament in special leg- islation as part of its program to encourage greater production of raw materials in Canada, pro- vide incentives for industry, stimulate employment and en- courage research. The Government will frankly court the support of the New Democratic Party and the So- cial Credit group by its pro- gram. It will produce measures that these minority groups will find it possible to support, thereby dividing the opposition and maintaining the minority Government, in office. Mr. Diefenbaker and his Cab- inet will be putting on ono of the greatest examples of politi- cal tight -rope walking ever seen in Canada. It will be quite a show, better than the Moscow circus and it is expacted to at- tract crowds to the galle'ries, throughout the life of this las.. eitlat1ng Parlianient, length. Miss Ethel Williams has tak- en a position as assistant book- keeper in Stewart Bros.' store. Potatoes are selling at 75c a bag at the Seaforth market this week; eggs are 24c to 25c a dozen, and butter at 22c to 23c a pound. Mr. Fred Huisser of this town is the champion potato grower thus far for this season. A few days ago he dugtwo from his patch, one of which weighed three pounds, and .the other, 3% pounds, Mr. Thomas Hays came home from Kirkton Fair smiling, as he has done from several of the. local fairs. His team got first prize again. * ,* * From The Huron Expositor October 7, 1887 Mr. Samuel,;/ Carnochan was appointed collector, of taxes for this year in Tucke'rsmith, at a salary of $90. \ Mr. Hess, of Zurich, has com- pleted and placed in the tower of the new Exeter market building; the town clock, which strikes regularly every hour. Mr: G. C. Petty, of the York- shire Packing House, Hensall, has recently purchased some very fine and expensive saus- age machinery, and is once more actively engaged in the buying and curing of pork. T. W. Kelly was successful in tendering for the building of the stone wing Walls to the Brussels bridge.' The published list of convic- tions by magisttates of the county for the quarter ending September 13, numbered 108. Of this number, 71 were for violation of the Scott Act. For the first time in many years, Seaforth had favorable weather for its fall show. The. gate receipts reached -$500. A SMILE OR TWO Then there is the man who. went to the race track, made a mental bet, and lost his mind. The school teacher .had..sud- denly recollected that the day was the anniversary of the birthday of Joan of Arc. alowonder," she wondered ud, "if any of my little pupils can tell me the name of the best loved, girl in all France," "Aw, that's easy," snorted a small boy, whose father had served overseas, "Mademoiselle, from Armentieres." PIP YOU SEE IIDELLA'S ENGAGEMENT RING, rias ca4DY? DREAMY THEY'RE HOPELESSLV1 IN LOVE . a Ar -ft r (s(6H)IT'S ALL SO ROMANTIC... SO WONDERFUL..,- ... BY THE WAN W140 IS THE DRIP? v A 1 • • v 4 0 a • 4 4 1