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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 1, 1962
Appointment Brings Honor To Huron
Appointment last week of Huron's
Member in the Legislature as Minister
of Highways is an honor, not only for
Mr. MacNaughton, but for the riding
he has served since first elected in
1958. It is a recognition, too, of the
ability and diligence with which he
has carried out his duties as a mem-
ber of the government.
Mr. MacNaughton has been minister
without portfolio for the past year,
and prior to that as a private member
served on the Ontario Water Resourc-
es Commission and as chairman of sev-
eral important committees. While he
assumed greater responsibilities at the
provincial level, he continued to re -
regard problems originating in Huron
as paramount, and dealt with them in
an efficient and sympathetic manner.
In assuming the highways ministry,
Mr. MacNaughton becomes responsible
for a department that reaches every
level of government in the province
through the road subsidy system. The
efficiency with which it operates and
the vision it employs affects every per-
son who uses any of the thousands of
miles of Ontario roads.
Mr. MacNaughton will bring to his
task -a good business sense. As a mem-
ber representing a predominately rural
riding, he will be in a position to in-
terpret the growing needs of rural
Ontario. This fact was recognized by
Premier Robarts, who said the ap-
pointment reflected the importance
which his administration regards the
problems of the agricultural areas of
the province.
The Irish Have a Way
The Irish have a way -with words.
They never are at .a loss for a word
and they -are able to express themselves
so that all know what they mean. Per-
haps a clue to it is that if they haven't
a precise word they simply make one
to convey their meaning.
Recently we were reading a modern
Irish writer and came upon two illus-
trations. One was: "Well, h6 vandever,
his wake came around and I was at it."
The ' "howandever" suggests whatever
may, have been the reasons for the
wake, it was held, and whatever may
have been the circumstances surround-.
ing his presence, he was there.
Then came : "I nearly disremember -
Paying the Bills
You can tell the old-fashioned fellow
who pays the bills in the office. He •is
the chap who turns out the lights that
are not being used.—Brandon Sun.
ed the wake of me grandfather." "Dis-
remembered" is a .colloquial term. But
it really is a terse and tidy way of say-
ing he had almost forgotten the wake
of his grandfather.
The English language would be more
colorful altogether if we all had the
Irish way with it.—Windsor Star.
Fine or Jail?
The law on this point (fine -or -im-
prisonment) badly needs changing to
accord with modern ideas. If a man's
offences are considered to be adequate-
ly punished by a fine, that fine should
be the limit of his ,penalty ; if he can-
not or will not pay, the amount should
be collected by civil process, like any
other debt—not by locking him up. On
the other hand, if his crime is serious
enough to call for imprisonment, he
should go to jail, no matter how big a
fine he is able to pay. — (Edmonton
Journal).
KNOW YOUR CANADA
How much. of Saskatche- •
wan is water?
About one-eighth. The prov-
ince's total area just exeeeds
a quarter of a million square
miles, but of this 31,518 square
miles are fresh water surface.
Much of northern Saskatche-
wan is covered by innumerable
lakes and rivers and wide areas
of 'muskeg and swamp. The
Saskatchewan River—the word,
is Cree Indian ,for "swift-flow-
ing"—is the great river of the
Canadian prairies. Its branches
drain western and south-central
Saskatchewan. The Assiniboine
River and its tributaries dram
the southeast corner of the pro-
vince, while the Churchill Riv-
er system looks after the north.
All three river systems empty
into Hudson Bay. The extreme
southwest of,, the provinceis
wound through by the French.
man River which joints the
great Missouri River in the
United States. There are many
shallow lakes on the Saskatche-
wan prairie which have no out-
lets. Some dry up in summer-
time. Small streams or creeks
are rare on the vast flat plain.
* * *
Which Canadian harbor
lies in a coalfield?
That of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
The Sydney coalfield extends on
either side of the huge harbor
mouth for a total distance of
32 miles. Most of the coalfields
are located within four miles
of the coast. The city itself is
almost in the heart of the coal-
field area. Sydney has over,
100,000 people and is the coun-
ty seat of Cape Breton. It is
of course highly industrialized,
with a, coal and steel economy.
Sydney is an important sea and
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air port, with much traffic flow-
ing between it, Newfoundland,
Halifax, and Montreal. The En-
cyclopedia Canadiana recalls
that the vast harbor was often
dotted with ships of - great con-
voys during World War 1 and
2. Sydney began as a fishing
depot for visiting European
sailors centuries ago, then be-
came an . Acadian settlement.
This . was destroyed and the
people departed after the cap-
ture of Louisburg in 1758. Al-
most 30 years later a town was
laid out on the site and built
by United Empire Loyalists.
Later, a great influx of High-
land Scots arrived, to be fol-
lowed in this century by a large
immigration from Newfound-
land.
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What does the Peribonca
River do for Northern Que-
bec?
It helps to provide electric
power and on a massive scale,
the Encyclopedia Canadiana
says. The Peribonca is a tribu-
tary of Lake St. John and it
constitutes ' the border be-
tween Chicoutimi and Lake St.
John counties, along most of
its 300 mile course. The Peri-
bonca drains a- well -wooded
area of 12,000 square miles. It
has dams at three points: at
Passes Dangereuses, 145 miles
from its mouth, where an milli -
ficial lake was created in 1943
to hep control flow on the
Saguenay River; at la Chute
du Diable (28 miles); and Chute
a la. Savanne (15 miles) where
hydro -electric installations were
put in by the Alumx'lfium Com-
pany of Canada in 1952 and
1953, in order to develop 560,-
000 horsepower. The• same firm
undertook a further develop-
ment of one million horsepow-
er in 1956, on the northern
reaches of the river at Chute
des Passes. Only thg lower
part of the valley is settled.
The Indian name, Peribonca,
probably refers to this region.
It means "river that makes it
Way through the sand." The
community of Peribonca lies on
the river about two miles above
its mouth at Lake St. John. Set-
tlement began in 1888. It was
at Peribonca that Louis Hemon
wrote the classic French Cana-
dian novel "Maria. Chapdelaine."
A itMMeum and his old home
eiVettihte' hie- Memory.
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"Fred's exhausted, but 1 persuaded him to come anyway."
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
CANADA ON THE BRINK
OTTAWA—The Cuban crisis
and the deteriorating interna-
tional situation has focussed at-
tention on the Conservative
Government's policy concerning
nuclear weapons for the Cana-
dian armed forces.
Prime Minister John Diefen-
baker has made it clear that
Canadian . troops will have nu-
clear weapons placed in their
possession in the event of an
outbreak of nuclear war, in-
volving this country. But just
how this is to be .done in the
split seconds that Will mark an
assault by nuclear warheads, is
net clear:
With President Kennedy or-
dering a blockade of Cuba af-
ter disclosing that the Soviet
was shipping to that island long
range weapons able to rain nu-
clear destruction on all the
Americas, the Prime Minister
was asked if this would alter
the Canadian Government's pos-
ition regarding nuclear weapons
for its forces. Reporters put
the question to him outside a
cabinet meeting. Mr. Diefen-
baker retorted that if there
was any change it would be an-
nounced in the House.
Earlier he was asked in the
House if any agreement had
been; reached with the U.S. re-
garding the custody and firing
of nuclear warheads which
might be used by Canadian
forces. The Prime, Minister re-
plied in the negative. He told
Parliament the policy remain-
ed as it was when he made a
statement in the House of Com-
mons last February.
At that time he had said, "If
war comes, should nuclear wea-
pons be used against us, Cana-
dian troops participating should
not be denied the right to use
nuclear weapons". He added
that his Government believed
there should be joint control
with the United States if Cana-
dians acquired nuclear wea-
pons.
Now with the international
situation worsening the ,pres-
sure ori, the Prime Minister to
allow on,
forces to obtain
nuclear weapons is mounting.
There ,were unconfirmed re-
ports that the Government was
preparing to modify its policy
of no nuclear weapons for
peacetime Canadian forces. But
these reports were denied by
members of the Government.
The reports began to circu-
late after a visit to Ottawa by
the Commander of the North
American Air Defence Com-
mand, General Gerhart. NORAD
wants nuclear warheads fitted
to Canada's two main home de-
fence weapons, the Bomarc an-
tiaircraft missile and the Voo-
doo supersonic- jet interceptor.
Canada's other nuclear wea-
pons carriers are the CF -104
strike reconnaissance jet and
the Honest John Artillery rock-
et: They are going into service
with Canada's NATO forces in
Europe, and to be effective they
must be fitted with nuclear war-
heads.
But meantime the Conserva-
tive Government continues to
stall, even though opinion polls
show that over 60 per cent of
Canadians favor arming our
forces with the latest in nu-
clear weapons. With the Cuba
crisis boiling to the overflow
point, there was a mounting
THE HANDY FAMILY
feeling in Ottawa that if the
Tory Government ever wished
to acquire nuclear weapons,
now would be the politically
opportune time to act.
There is no doubt there is a.
division in the Cabinet. De
fence Minister Douglas Hark-
ness would like to see the forc-
es equipped with nuclear wea-
pons. But arrayed against him
is External Affairs Minister
Howard Green, who up to now,
has had the ear of the Prime
Minister. Mr. Harkness is con-
vinced that nuclear weapons
are needed to properly equip
the forces under his direction
and to achieve maximum secur-
ity, not only on this continent,
but in Europe.
. On the other hand, Mr. Green
is opposed to Canada acquiring
nuclear weapons. He is .dedi-
cated to the fight for Peace. He
feels quite strongly that to
spread nuclear weapons among
more and more countries les-
sens the chances of peace.
He is convinced too that the
Canadian public is against Can-
ada obtaining nuclear weapons
for its forces, He„ is not alone
in this belief. There are a
number of Conservative politi-
cians who think that it would
be political suicide for the Gov-
ernment to come out in favor
of nuclear weapons.
Mr. Green too believes that
the West is now very strong
Militarily and that Canada ac-
quiring nuclear weapons will
not materially increase that
strength. .Canada by -remaining
out of the nuclear arms field,
he believes, strengthens her
position in taking a . leading
riffle in disarmament negotia-
tions. If she accepted nuclear
weapons she would lose the
moral right to carry on .the
role as a leading peace nego-
tiator. By refusing to accept
such arms Canada sets the ex-
ample for other ' countries 'in
seeking. to freeze the arms race
as a • step towards disarmam-
ent. '
To date, Mr. Green's argu-
ments, with a big assist from
the -Prime Minister, have car-
ried the day in the Cabinet. It
has led to confusion in Can-
ada's defence policies. But the
policies of the opposition par-
ties aren't much clearer. The
Liberals are opposed to nuclear
weapons on Canadian soil, but
are- prepared to consider them
in Europe under NATO con-
trol. The New Democratic Par-
ty is opposed to nuclear wea-
pons under any conditions. The
Social Credit group wants Can-
ada's forces co-ordinated into
an efficient, self-contained em-
ergency task force, completely
mobile and equipped with up-
to-date convention weapons.
However, to have acquired
nuclear warheads, carriers such
as the Bomarcs and Voodoos
without fitting them with, the
nuclear strike weapons is mani-
festly ridiculous. This is get-
ting 'home to Canadians and as
the • international situation
grows acute the pressure on
the Government to acquire such
warheads will mount.
Capital Hill Capsules
T e Commons was treated to
th trange spectacle of a bud-
ge d bate without a budget re-
cen . By a clever piece of
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Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
October 29, 1937
Mr. H. R. Hinchley was elect-
ed as chief officer of the Ren-
frew Lodge of Oddfellows.
Shareholders of the Seaforth
Golf Holding Corporation held
,their annual meeting on Mon-
day evening when reports of
the year's business were re-
ceived.
Public Utility Commission
workmen are rushing final con-
nections on the new street
lights on Seaforth's Main St.,
and expect to have the° lights
ready for use by Friday night.
On Monday Mr.' Austin Dex-
ter brought a load of cattle
and had them shipped to Wal-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Huisser, of
Hensall, intend moving to the
farm of Mr. Thomas D. Wren,
a few miles east of the vil-
lage.
Five persons escaped ,.Injury
Sunday night when a motor car
crashed into a wrecking truck
during a snowstorm. Both mo-
tor car and wrecker plunged
into the ditch. -
Mr.• N. Holland and son, of
Tuckersmith, a r e threshing
beans in this vicinity this week.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
November 1, 1912
Charles Theobald, an em-
ployee of The Bell Engine
Works, had a narrow escape
He was working with a drill
when his coat caught in the
revolving shaft, and before he
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
MUD SLINGING
Someone recently wrote of
the desirability of less mud-
slinging in political campaigns
over the land. Less mud sling-
ing is a consummation, devotit-
ly to be wished. It 'is distress-
ing to think that we live in a
Country so filled with evil char-
acters, who. run for public of-
fice.
More than once I have known
of men whose zeal for the good
of the Country had never been
displayed before running for
public office who became ard-
ent crusaders when they an-
nounced for office. They could
work themselves into a terrible
pitch against the wrongs the
people were suffering from
their rulers .and especially from
their opponents.
And I think it would be bet-
ter for such men to find a little
good In the lives of their op-
ponents. For it must be a ter-
rible thing to think that all
about you who seek or hold
public office are unworthy of
confidence.
And it is sad, too, for a man
to learn of all the evil things
said about him. Recall the
story of the old man who de-
cided to run for a minor local
office.- And one day he came
home to his - wife breken-heart-
ed. He"toldher he thought he
had the respect of -the people
among whom he had lived all
his life until he ran for office.
Now he was crushed by the
things they we saying about
him.
Just a Thought:
Give it some serious thought
and you realize there must be
something wrong with the in-
dividual who can find nothing
good to say about anyone but
himself.
strategy, the Government out-
manoeuvred the opposition and
avoided a budget debate on
what to all purposes was 'a
1962-63 baby budget brought
down by Finance Minister Now-
lan. Without a full-scale de-
bate there could be no series
of want -of -confidence motions
from the opposition benches.
The Social Crediters have made
it clear they do not like the
Government's austerity program
and a non -confidence vote on
tight money in the austerity
program might have seen the
Government tumbling out of
office. But that was avoided by
a procedural move.
Open Season
Open deer season in Huron
County starts Monday, the
Weekly report of the Lake Hur-
on district of the Ontario De-
partment of Lands and Forests
points out. Hunters are permit-
ted the use of shotguns only—
no dogs.
Other counties with the
three-day open deer season,
Nov. 5, 6 and 7, are: Brant,
D u r h a m, Grey, Haldimand,
Kent, Lambton, Norfolk, North-
umberland, Oxford, Waterloo,
Welland and Wentworth.
Bruce County's o Sen season
also Starts 'Monday and lasts for
the balance of the week, Nov.
54(i, the report, released by E.
K. E. Dreyer, district forester,
stated. In that county the use
of rifles' , and shotguns is 'per-
missibiei but ria•' dtlg.
was released' he was cut and
bruised considerably, but not
seriously injured.
Miss Florence Soole left on
Wednesday for Toronto, where
she has procured a good posi-
tion.
Messrs. Alfred Carter, Ern-
est West, Walter Cranfield and
Douglas Seeley, young English-
men engaged on farms in this
vicinity, have gone home for
the winter.
New Ontario- potatoes are
selling at $L10 per bag this
week; eggs, per dozen, at 24c
to 25c, and butter, tub,- at 23c
to 24c.
The grain warehouse at Hen-
sall, opposite the station, re-
cently owned by Mr. D. Urqu-
hart, is being remodelled and
much improved, and will be
used by a Toronto firm to store
onions.
The root crops in this vicin-
ity this year are extra good,
and in many places now that
they are being harvested, ex-
ceed the most sanguine expec-
tations of their owners, except
for potatoes, whijh Are deci-
mated. by rot.
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From The Huron Expositor
November 4, 1887
On Monday night last some
evil disposed person stole from
Mr. C .M. Dunlop's wagon, while
he was staying overnight .at a
farmer's house in Hibbert.
Cow owners in general and
the Chief of Police in particu-
lar, should bear in mind that
the first of November has once
more arrived, after which all
cows are required by law to
be restrained from running at
large.
Miss M. E. McLean returned
home from her visit to Color•
ada last Saturday, having been
absent about three months.
Remembrance Day is in the
offing. It seems as good a time
as any to mention a couple of
books that deal with World War
I, that vast, brutal, bloody con-
flict which was to end war for-
ever (ironic laughter in the
wings from the Kaiser, Hitler,
and Joe Stalen).
The Guns of August, by Bar-
bara Tuchman, is a fascinating
account of the incredible ev-
ents of the first month of the
Kaiser's War. Old 'sweats and
history buffs will read it with
deep interest.
* * *
That war is almost ancient
history to the youngsters of
today. Their grandfathers
fought in it. When I was a kid,
it was very recent, very real.•
Most of my numerous uncles
had been privates in the Cana-
dian army. As a boy, I used to
come across souvenirs in our
attic: belts containing the in-
scription, "Gott Mit Uns"; a
German spiked helmet; an Iron
Cross, second class; a water
canteen made in Munich.
This book reversed some of
my ideas, confirmed others.
Somewhere in my reading,
over the years, I had picked up
the idea that the 'stories of
German atrocities in Belgium
were largely based on Allied
propaganda, and fanned by the
hot winds of patriotism blow-
ing in 1914.
* * *
. Apparently I was wrong. Mrs.
Tuchman, writing coolly and
objectively almost 50 years lat-
er, quotes chapter ' and verse
to reveal that the German high
command deliberately pursued
a policy of terror in an at-
tempt to enjoy a quick victory.
The. town of Andenne was
burned to ashes and 110 per-
sons shot, not by rioting, drunk-
en soldiery, but on the order
of the commanding general. At
Tamines, 384 civilans were
shot. At Dinant, 612 men, wo-
men and children, 50 of them
taken from church, as it was
a Sunday, were cut down by
machine guns. The campaign
of murder, arson and pillage
culminated in the sack of the
ancient Belgian city of Louvain,
where. the university, . withits
world - famous collection o f
books, was burned.
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The Germains failed to learn
then the lesson that terror
breeds resistance faster than it
quells it. Thirty years later,
they were up to the same
tricks, and with the same ex -
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cuse — that the victims' had
brought it upon themselves by
their stupid ingratitude and
their stubborn opposition to
German "law and order."
However, I was not wrong
about another idea I've held
for a long time—that most gen-
erals should be in strait jack-
ets. This book merely confirms
my opinion. Not that it need-
ed much confirming, with Gen-
eral Walker egging on segre-
gationists in the south, Gen-
eral. Montgomery sounding ,off
on world affairs, of which he
apparently knows next to noth-
ing, and various other old gen-
erals writing books in which
they explain that they were
right and all other generals.
were wrong.
* * *
A book like this one must be
written from time to time, to.
blow away the • smoke -screen
thrown up by the charges and
counter -charges of retired gen-
erals more concerned with their
place in ' history books than
with the truth.
The Guns of August reve
ineptitude, stupidity, timou
ousness and viciousness in high
places. But it also illuminates
the flashes, of the human spirit
contained in such words as
valor, honor and heroism, in
such deeds as gallant Belgium's
stand against the bully Ger-
many, and the dash to the
Marne, when the taxis of Paris
carried 'straight to the front
the men who turned the tide.
* * *
Early casualties foretold the
sickening slaughter that was to
follow. In the month of Aug-
'ust, 1914, France lost almost
300,000• men. Later, some bat-
tles were to kill 50,000 in a
day.
If this meat is too strong for
you, try the other book on the
same war. Called Three Cheers
For Me, it is written by a Cana-
dian, Donald Lamont Jack. It's
corny in spots, but hilarious in
others. The last chapter, de-
scribing the wedding night of
the hero, a Canadian airman,
is one of the funniest things
I've 'ever read, (No, Mum, it
isn't sexy.)
* * *
Perhaps The Guns of August
will make you despair of man-
kind. Don't. Read Three Cheers
For Me and restore your.Affaith
in the theory that the human
race is the only one worth be.
ing in.
Even if you have a hole in
your running shoes.
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