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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 15, 1962
Bring Tipping Under Control
Little by little, customs which at one
time were confined to larger centres,
come to be regarded as commonplace
in even the smallest community.
So it is with tipping. There was a
time when the only occasion rural' resi-
dents came face to face with tipping
was on those rare visits to a large city.
Now, however, size means nothing in-
sofar as expecting a tip is concerned.
That is why it is refreshing to see
that Japanese railway workers recent-
ly approved, by an, overwhelming ma-
jority, a resolution which denounced
tipping as "dishonorable," The Peter -
Home Computer
Underscoring how complex life is get-
ting to be, tiny computers are being de-
signed especially for home use. And al-
ready trend -spotters are forecasting a
"home -office" room where all domestic
°paper work will be done.
Well, there's certainly plenty of pa-
per work around the house. Not the
least of it centres about the almost
daily accumulation and recording of
data for use in filing federal income tax
returns. So a fireside computer ought
tQ be pretty handy.
Moreover, with the government in-
stalling its new giant computers to fer-
• ret out taxpayers' errors, it seems on-
ly fair that the citizens be armed with
a gadget of his own to match its wits
with Uncle Sam's. -
But there's a limit to a home com-
puter's talents: It can't, for instance,
march down to the internal revenue
service and launch a spirited defence of
a claimed deduction. As between tax-
payer and taxtaker the struggle, we
fear, will always be unequal, — Wall
Street Journal.
Truly in Earnest
If the world someday finds a way to
beat its bombs into plowshares and for.
the lion to lie down with the lamb, the
little Central American country of El
Salvador will deserve commemoration
as the great pioneer. Its army learned
that not enough steel reinforcing rods
were available to build 95 schools that
are part of the Alliance • of Progress
prug.ram. ' The army offered to melt ,
down 3,000 rifles, the Ministry of edu-:
cation accepted.and the rods have been
delivered,— ( Detroit Free Press) .
borough Examiner, who draws atten-
tion to. the decision, adds it becomes all
the more significant when it is realiz-
ed that most railway workers earn only
$75 a month and could increase their
earnings considerably by bending their
inoral convictions a little. Behind their
opposition to tipping, however, is the
realization that once courtesy has a
price, it becomes a commodity instead
of a genuine expression of respect be-
tween civilized beings.
"In western society, where tipping
is considered more of .a duty than is
courtesy, many people are forced to de-
pend on the generosity of others for a
livelihood. They are it•r fact part beg-
gar. It is unfortunate that our influ-
ence is Iikely to win over the Japanese
ultimately and make them part of the
international conspiracy to have cus-
tomers pay what the employer should
—wages," the Examiner concludes,
Carrot Whiskey
A particularly hoary `old wives'
tale" that has held up welt under the
buffetings of outraged medical science
is 'the one about the eating of carrots
being good for one's eyesight. We
couldn't care less whether it is a big
fib or not, but we imagine some people
will be when they learn that a whisky
made from carrots won first prize in a
recent contest in England. After all,
anything that might help keep a drink-
er from getting "blind" would be greet-
ed with throaty hosannas inome so-
cial circles—(Hamilton Specta r).
Signs of Times?
During the days of- gallant knights,
citizens in a Moselle village organized
a fraternity of St. Sebastian to protect
themselves against bandit gangs. The
fraternity also guaranteed free funer-
als—which is why it has continued to
this day. Citizens have just voted once
again to keep the fraternity going.--
Rundschau, Cologne.
Who Needs ,'Hearts?
A West German hqusewife dressing
a chicken discovered the bird had two
normally developed hearts. Interesting
but not helpful. What we're looking
for is the chicken with four drumsticks.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
KNOW YOUR CANADA
Who discovered the Lake
of the Woods?
Jacques de Noyon, voyageur.
Born in Trois Rivieres, P.Q., in
1668, de Noyon was only 20
when he made his great voy-
age of discovery to the Lake
of the Woods, via Rainy Lake
and Rainy River, which also
claimed him as discoverer. In
1700 de Noyon became discon-
tented with the French gov-
ernment's restrictions on the
fur trade and offered his serv-
ices to the Earl of Beilomont,
Governor of New York. Four
years later he married Abigail
Stebbins in Deerfield, Mass.
Less than one month later, la
terrible massacre took pia e
there under the leadership of
3. B. Hertel de Rouville. De
Noyon and his bride returned
to Canada, accompanied by her
family who came as captives.
De Noyon died at his family's'
home in Boucherville, P.Q., 77
years old and the father of 13
children.
* * *.
Has Canada's population
increased steadily?
No. It has grown more in
fits and starts from a broad his-
torical view. Our recorded pop-
ulation history began in 1605
when 79 French settlers, un-
der Champlain, wintered at Ile
Ste. Croix. 13y spring only 44
remained alive. In 1608 a
smaller group wintered at Que-
bee. English settlement began
in 1613 with 62 people at St.
John's, Nfld: In 1666 the first
intendant of New 1*trance, Jean
Talon, carriedut" the first
eensus of modern times. His
count was 3,215' persons., By
the end of the !.7th century,
hti'Wever, New Mow 'had a
boil ltatfoIt et X5;000`. "the 10.
000 French Canadians of 1763
Were descended from no more
than 10,000 original French set-
tlers and the five million
French Canadians of today
stem mostly from this tiny
group of ancestors. Following
the American Revolution, Bri-
tish immigration into Canada
grew rapidly. The 10 -year -cen-
sus system began in 1851 with
a count of 2,436,000, Succes-
sive census figures have shown
a growth rate varying from 10
to 35 per cent every decade.
This is one of the most persist-
ent records of growth to be
found in any country,
* * *
What part did the Swiss
play in early Canada?
The first person of Swiss ori-
gin to figure prominently in
Canadian history was Sir Fred-
erick Haldimand, early in the
British regime. The United Em-
pire Loyalists included Mon-
nonites, some of Swiss origin.
They settled in Waterloo Coun-
ty, Ontario. Among them was
Christian Schneider, whose fam-
ily Bible traced the Schneider
history back to the Canton of
Berne in 1534.
Several early Huguenot fam-
ilies immigrating to Canada
were also Swiss. Some settled
at River John, Nova Scotia. Sir
George Provost, of French-
speaking Swiss descent, became
a prominent Canadian it the
last century. The Encyclopedia
Canadiana also recalls that
Lord Selkirk's Red River col-
ony, in Manitoba, included 200
Swiss. They were artisans, ra-
ther than farmers, and had a
difficult time in the pioneer
community. l+or the protection
of liis doloay, ,acrd Selkirk en-
paed more than 104 then of
two Swiss mercenary regiments.
Some of the Red River Swiss
eventually moved to Western
Ontario, where they founded
the villages of Zurich and
Berne. The total number of
Canadians born in Switzerland
is now over 6,000. A well-
known Canadian musician of
Swiss birth is Ettore Mazzoleni,
principal of the Royal Conserva-
tory of Music of Toronto,
i Which 60 -Year -Old New
Canadian lunched a re-
markable career in Saskat-
chewan?
P. M. Hendricks. This enter-
prising man was born in Nor-
way in 1834. At 18, he •was
sailing his own seagoing fish-
ing vessel. Later Hendricks
moved to the United States,
where he established two farm
homes in succession and be-
came a member of a state leg-
islature. Ever restless, he im-
migrated into Canada, acquir-
ing a big farm at.Outlook, Sas-
katchewan. He also started a
newspaper there; and was ap-
pointed' Norwegian consul. Hen-
drick's Spirit typifies the 120
thousand Norwegian -Canadians.
They have established many
progressive rural communities,
while others have become well
known in industry, commerce
and the professions. The Ev-
angelical
vangelical Lutheran Church, to
which the great majority be-
long, has more than 50 parish-
es, with ,125 churches and a
seminary in Saskatchewan, The
Norwegian Canadians have as-
similated easily into English -
Canada. This has led to an
abandonment of heir languafe,
but they retain a strong inter-
est in Norway and in their
Own chttteltes and organitiations.
"Good night, fellow chess club members!"
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
A FADING AFFAIR
OTTAWA — The topsy-turvy
voting on the last two want -of -
confidence motions in t h e
House of Commons has left a
new atmosphere of uncertainty
in its wake.
In spite of fair indications
of where the respective parties
stood in regard to an early
election the first few days -of
the' 25th Parliament were tense.
Then a pattern appeared that
bode well to last for a long
time. Neither Social Credit nor
New Democratic Party were
ready for an election but the
Socreds with a solid phalanx
consistently supported the Gov-
ernment
overnment through thick and
thin, wording their own want -
of -confidence motions in a way
deliberately designed to fright-
en off the other parties and
giving the NDP the easy way
out of voting against the Gov-
ernment without risking an
election.
This, Social Credit continued
to do until last week when the
first Government motion to re-
solve the House into Commit-
tee of supply brought another
opportunity for passing jud-
ment on the Government. Their
motion called for introduction
of "debt free money"—a vague
though perhaps obvious refer-
ence to so-called funney mon-
ey. But the Liberals swallowed
it and supported the, motion,
determined to take the oppor-
tunity for a quick kill.
The New Democrats embar-
rassingly, but not unexpected-
ly, rallied to the Government's
support; Had there been nine
more absentees in the NDP or
Conservative ranks, Canada
would have been facing a Janu-
ary election.
However, the ' vote on the
Liberal motioh of non -confi-
dence was more significant of
what might happen at any time,
Before this vote the Socreds
stood solidly behind the Gov-
ernment and it had begun to
look as though this • marriage
of convenience was as solid as
any based on true love.
Now, however, the Quebec
Social Credit group is obvious-
ly getting restive, Some of
them have been hearing from
constituents back home with re-
minders that, after all, they
were sent to Ottawa as a pro-
test against the Diefenbaker
Government, not to support it.
Two already have broken their
marriage vows. Others may fol-
low.
The Liberals remain the on-
ly certain quantity in opposi-
tion. Even they are facing a
dilemma. The caucaus which
preceded their surprise politi-
cal manoeuvre in supporting
the Socreds was by no means
unanimous, While Party strate-
gists appear anxious for an
early election there are some
people who feel there is a very
real and non-partisan question
of responsibility.
The Canadian dollar crisis is
only in suspension. While Can-
ada's reserves of gold and U.S.
dollars -are in. a superficially
healthy state—on October 31st
they stood at $2,613,9 million,
a new high record—it will take
another two months at least to
determine how much real depth
there is to this strength—even
in the short trun.
The basic cause of the dollar
Crisis is a chronic balance of
payments current account de-
ficit that will be with us again
this year to the tune of nearly
$1,000 million. While it lasts
there is only one way of main-
taining the Canadiah dollar at
its present pegged level—an in-
flow of foreign capital approxi-
mately equal to this amount.
At the moment we are get-
ting that inflow but, a large
part of it is so-called "hot
money" — speculative short
term buying of Canadian securi-
ties to make a quick profit and
get out. !Nothing can frighten
it away faster than new evi-
dence of political uncertainty.
At this moment when there is
a heavy normal outflow of Cam
adiatii dollars. to pay interest
and dividends and na oftdetting
tourist business such a sell-out
could be serious.
That is one side of the coin.
For the other we can look at
the official Liberal position out-
lined by Opposition Leader L.
B. Pearson in presenting his
want -of- confidence motion, The
Liberals contend that there is
political uncertainty now and
that only a new election can
end it,
That argument is not without
reason; nor, is their contention
that Mr. Diefenbaker's "tem-
porary measures" imposed last.
June including high interest,
rates and tariff surcharges are
causing business uncertainty.
Higher tariffs which are perm-
anent at least permit planning
ahead on the basis of their
continuance. While it appears
the surcharges may have had
some effect in stimulating Can-
adian business, to continue
them on , a temporary basis for
anylength of time does create
uncertainty and prevent long
term planning.
It is an open secret, however,
that Ottawa is resisting all pres-
sures at home and from the
U.S. for their removal and that
that they are likely to remain
for another nine to 12 months.
So, if all this is as bad as
Mr. Pearson contends, there is
at least logic behind Liberal
moves to precipitate the elec-
tion.
* * *
Capital Hill Capsule
Ontario's energetic Minister
of Commerce and Development,
Robert Macaulay, is causing
some -concern these days in
the Federal department of
Trade and Commerce. During
,his recent trip to Japan to find
markets for Ontario products
he told the Japanese Prime
Minister that Ontario was in a
better position than Canada to
do business because she "was
not bound by international
agreements". Federal officials
were shocked. But, Mr. Macaul-
ay is right. There is a specific.
clause in the General Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade ex-
empting all junior governments
from its provisions.
The salesman stared doubt-
fully at the formidable looking
animal lying on the doorstep.
"What breed is your dog?" he
asked the lady of the house.
"Don't rightly know," she an-
swered. "My brother sent it
from Africa."
"Well," said •the saleman,
hesitantly, "it's the queerest
dog I've ever seen."
The lady nodded, "You
should have seen it before we
cut its mane off."
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
• From The Huron Expositor
November 12, 1937
Mr. Con Eckart has received
a letter from Saskatchewan,
thanking him for the produce
which he donated to the car
sent from Seaforth.
Workmen this week complet-
ed the removal of the west half
of the Canadian National Rail-
way freight sheds. The portion
of the sheds which was left has
been completely repaired.
Cheques totalling $2,726.70
were mailed this week to de-
puty returning officers, pot
clerks, constables and owner?
of polling places in the recent
Dominion election.
Quite a heavy electrical
storm passed over Winthrop
early Monday 'morning,
Mr. and Mrs. George Cockson
have moved into the residence
in Winthrop recently vacated
by Mrs. Simpson. We welcome
them to the village. Mr. Cock -
son is the new blacksmith,
A- white eagle was sighted 'in
Auburn by Lewis Rudy and
Kenneth McDougal on the farm
of Mr. Rudy.
The Bell telephone staff at
Seaforth at present consists of
Miss Minnie Habkirk,- Miss Ev-
elyn Cardno, Miss Elizabeth M.
Cluff and Miss Grace Free.
Thirteen sacks of , good sec-
ondhand clothing and quilts
were packed and will be sent
to Regina to be distributed
among the needy. --in the dried -
out areas in Saskatchewan.
From The Huron Expositor
November 15, '1912
Messrs. Bert Cluff and How-
ard Hartry are representing the
Seaforth Horticultural Society
at the Provincial Horticultural
Exhibition held is Toronto' this
week.
The new hydrant on Goderich
Street, on the corner at Mr.
James McMichael's residence,
has been erected and is now
ready for use.
The brick work om the new
Carnegie Library has been com-
pleted and the roofing will be
finished in a few days.
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
ownership of the fine Bible
House premises which were
dedicated in February 1947, "To
the glory of God and the wider
circulation of Holy Scriptures"
was transferred from the Amer-
ican Bible Society to the SoIci-
dade Biblica 'do Brasil.
The American Bible Society
authorized this generous ges-
ture in July of this year. Dr.
Layton E. Holmgren, Executive
Secretary, in 'handing over -the
deeds said, "With this gift go
our hopes and prayers that in
Brazil, as in all the world, the
day will not be far distant when
every knee shall bow and ev-
ery tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord to the Glory of
the Father."
The occasion was also mark-
ed by the retirement of the two
fraternal Secretaries, Mr. C. H.
Morris, of the British and For-
eign Bible Society, and Mr. 0.
K. K. Nelson, of the American
Bible Society.
The Brazil Bible Society has
had phenomenal, success in the
distribution of the Scriptures.
since World War H.
Suggested Bible Readings
Sunday—I Timothy 1:1-17
Monday—Isaiah 60:1-14
Tuesday—Isaiah 61:1-11
Wednesday—Isaiah 62:1-12
Thursday --I Thessalonians 1:
1-10
Friday—Acts 16:19-40
Saturday—Acts '17:1-15
01-I, PARDON ME I THOUGHT
YOU WERE THE,'
FAMOUS MOVIE
S'T'AR.
WELL, SHOULD X OE RtAL,
\..,� HONESTY
CERTAINLY! THinI
WHAT X LIKE
MOST IN A
BOY!
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It still rains very easily and
all the streams and drains are
overflowing.
Mr. Frank Smith has taken
a position in the business of-
fice of the Ogilvie Milling Co.
Silo filling this fall has been
a pretty discouraging task on
account of the heavy rains.
There are still, fields of corn
in this part to be harvested and
the soaking rain of this week
makes things look blue.
At the rate potatoes are rot-
ting, very sqon there will be a
famine with us, and the . only
remedy will be to fall back on
11E MY FAMILY
I'M GETTING "
TIRED OF CARRYING
US TAME IN AND ,
Our -I'M GOING TO
MAKE AN ALL-
WEMMER TABLE
the turnips and beans.
s From The Huron Expositor
November 18, 1887
Mr. E. C. Coleman has been
appointed Lieutenant in the
Seaforth Volunteer Company.
Mr. James • Graves has sold
his cottage on West Goderich
Street to a Mr. Green, a bridge
contractor. -
A pair of cowhide boots were
found about three weeks ago
near Harpurhey.
Mr. James Scott has purchas-
ed the old Meyer farm adjoin-
ing Harpurhey,
'BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM
NOW PAD MADE AN`
ALL WEATHER TABLE
CEMENT
BLOCKS
.01610
FILL HOLES IN BLOCKS
WITH CONCRETE.
INSERT FOLDED WIRE
COAT HANGERS TO
HELP BIND BLOCKS
TOGETHER. 6ET FLAG-
STONE ON LEGS. TABLE
NEEDS NO MAINTENANCE
Can anyone tell me Why w
men are so •fierce about money.
As Brutus said, I pause for a
reply. No answer? We'll, then,
can anyone tell me why women
are so absolutely clueless about
perfectly straightforward hand-
ling of the lovely stuff? No an-
swer.. I knew there wouldn't
be.
For years, I handled -the
money in our family, and ev-
erything ran smoothly. A coo-
ple of years ago, yielding to
some mad whim, I agreed to
turn over the family finances
to the Old Battleaxe, and since
then, we have endured fiscal
chaos.
* * *
The trouble is, she panics.
I used to solve the problem of
bills by putting them all in my
hip pocket and letting them
age for a while. She gets half
a dozen bills and goes into a
tizzy.
She spreads everything. out
on the, table: pencils, sheets
and sheets of paper, bills, bank
books, cheque books. She adds
everything up six ,times. She
subtracts debts from bank bal-
ance, bursts into tears and
hurls charges such as "nicotine
addict" and "alcoholic" " at me.
* * *
Every time we haye a finan-
cial crisis—that it, about once
a week -it turns out that the
only way we 'can stay out of
debtor's- prison . is for me to
give up the weed and the malt.
And every time, I have to
point out carefully and patient-
ly that we little sinners are the
only thing that keeps this coun-
try from going on the rocks.
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SUGAR
E7 and
SPICE
By Bili Smiley_
o-' YMCA drive, and watch the late
movie without somebody hol-
lering at me to come to bed,
Besides, it was my week to
entertain the Friday Afternoon
Club, a perambulating organiza-
tion for tired teachers,at
which they left off steam and
take on fuel.
* * *
It's not the big sinners who
support the schools and hospi-
tals and pay for all those new
docks and post offices and mis-
siles without warheads and in-
conclusive elections. Heck, I
could keep a mistress or two,
gamble heavily, declare a
phoney bankruptcy — do every-
thing but commit murder—and
the government wouldn't take
a nickel in taxes. No, it's the
wee sinner, with his deck of
fags and his box of beer, who
pays the shot.
This simple economic truth,
however, rarely . diverts the old
lady from her tantrum. She
threw a dandy when she came
home yesterday, after spend-
ing a week away from us.
* * *
She was sore as blazes at all
of 'us when she left, over some-
thing or other, and she wasn't
home twenty minutes, the kiss-
es and hugs were scarcely cul-
minated, when she blew up
again.
She had left me a detailed
note. I was to pay the interest
on the mortgage, be "sure to
pay the hydro bill and get the
discount, put so much from ac-
count A into account B to cover
such -and -such, see the bank
about renewing our demand
note on the. TV set, be sure to
put the right change in the
milk bottles, because th'e pup
licks the milk off the top and
the pennies fall into the leaves,
rake the Ieaves, put out the
garbage, pay my insurance
premium, see that the kids had
a bath, and not watch the late
movie.
* * *
I was sort of 'busy while she
was away. After all, I had to
cook dinner for three each
night, organize a trip to the
dity for ttiy Grade 11 kids to
see a play, canvass for the
* * *
I did get the garbage out.
At least, my son did. He's still
scared of women. He's only
fifteen. But I didn't pay much
attention to- the rest of the in-
structions. In fact, the note con-
taining them was misplaced,
That is a word I like. I didn't
actually lose it, but I couldn't
find it.
To cut everything short, and
to put it so simply a child could''
understand it, I collected
$141.78 from my students for
tickets to the show, picked up
$49,50 on the YMCA canvass,
issued a cheque on either ac-
count A or account B for $270
to cover the cost of the tickets,
spent either $14 or $24 of the
Y money on groceries, bought
some . beer for the Friday Af-
ternoon Club out of either my
ticket money or my canvass
money, and made my own don-
ation to, the -Y out of the milk
money.
* * *
You should ' have heard the
screams. You'd think I'd run
off with a belly -dancer, or lost
my job, or failed to use a
deodorant, or- committed some-
thing equally heinous. She was
just about ready to call in the
Mounties.
One of these days I'm going
to put my foot down over these
financial crises of ours, and if
it doesn't sink right to the
knee, there'll be some changes,
made. Or something.
To the Editor
Looks Forward
To Expositor
While in Florida
465 --8th Ave., N.E. Apt. 3
St. Petersburg 1, Florida,
November 7, 1962
The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: Will you kindly
send my copies of The Huron
Expositor to me at the above
address.
We had a good trip down with
one wet morning in North Caro.
ling. The weather here is
bright, though several degrees
colder , than normal, and the
town is swarming with people.
You would think it was Decem-
ber instead of the start of the
season.
We'll be pleased to get our
copies of the paper, •as we miss
it especially when away frons,
home.
Thanking you, I am•
Yours truly,
IDA L. LOVE
He had just completed a
long prison sentence and on
the great day when those big
gates opened and the whole
world lay before him, his joy
knew no bounds. "I'm free,"
he shouted, "I'm free!"
A little girl who was playing
nearby gazed at him for fi few
moments and then came over,
"That nothing to shout
bout," she said, "I'in four."
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