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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-11-22, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Publishe4 at SEAFORTH. ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association aR l A R n\ O Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year • Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year U 1. A ~ SINGLE COPIES -- 10° CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa -r SEAFO);tTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 22, 1962 Newspapers Face Rising Costs The announcement last week that the Seaforth News was suspending publi- cation marked the passing of a weekly newspaper that has served the Sea - forth district for some 80 years. The News was born in an era when most towns of consequence aspired to at least two weekly papers. As costs of production increased, the town with two papers became a rarity, and indeed Seaforth for a number of years has been among the ten or eleven towns in Ontario in this category. • The decision to suspend publication points up, too, the continually increas- ing publication costs which face to- day's newspapers—regardless of size. An example of how costs are reflected in subscription rates is the rate charg- ed by the weeklies in the other four Huron County towns. For some time now in each case the rate has been $4 Citizens Have There's a world of advice in these paragraphs in the Acton Free Press for those of us who sometimes are prone to regard municipal responsibil- ity, as being something for the other fellow to worry about. The Free Press is referring to the town's approaching nomination meet- ing and says: "At this meeting you have the opportunity to attend and be nominated to hold office in 1963's muni- cipal administration: At this meeting you may listen to the 1962 administra- tion report to—the ratepayers on their year's activities. At this meeting you may question the administration on any municipal subject on.. which you feel you have not a full and clear under- standing. ' It is your civic duty to at- tend this meeting. "We don't suggest that everyone who attends should run "for office for 1963, but we do suggest it is your responsi- biIity to 'attend and hear those who offer to stand for office so that you will be prepared to elect representatives qualified for the job. "Ore thing that has always bothered us at nomination meetings is the busy- bodies. These busy -bodies are the peo- ple scurrying around with a handful of nomination papers, who see somebody a year. The Expositor so far has been able to resist pressures which would result in an increase from its present $2.50 subscription rate and will con- tinue to do so. as long as possible. To properly serve its subscribers, its advertisers and its community, a week- ly newspaper must keep abreast of new developments and spare no effort in presenting in word and picture the complete story of the district in which it publishes. This is the course which The Exposi- tor has attempted to follow during the 95 years in which it has published under its present name. Now as the only weekly published in Seaforth, The Expositor will continue. in its efforts to represent all the community and to adhere to that precept which first ap- peared in an issue of 1867: "Freedom in trade—Liberty in religion—Equal- ity in civil rights." Responsibilities ,come in the door, and without even speaking to him, nominate the person. The first suggestion this person has he may be nominated is when his name appears on the large board before the meeting. "We feel that anybody who has any wish to be nominated will have his nom- ination arranged before the meeting and will not be nominated on the spur of the moment by some busy -body's whim. "It is our opinion that if only those prepared to run for election are nom- inated it will eliminate the multiplicity of nominations whereby an individual is nominated for every position in the municipality. It may eliminate the early departure from the ratepayers' meeting of nominees who leave so they won't be called on to speak. Pubably more important, it will eliminate those speeches where the nominee stands up -and mumbles, `I would like to thank 'my mover and seconder and twill re- serve my decision until Friday night.' "You have two duties; the first is between now and nomination night to . see that there are candidates prepared to run for office, and the second is. -to attend the meeting to indicate your support and interest in municipal gov- ernment." KNOW YOUR CANADA Which Colonial Governor secretly backed Confedera- tion? Sir Richard Graves MacDon- nelt: This Irish lawyer served the British colonial empire for 30 years in the last century. He began as chief justice of Gam- bia in 1843 and became its gov- ernor four years later. Posts in the West Indies and Australia followed. In 1864 MacDonnell was appointed Lieutenant -Gov- ernor of Nova Scotia with con- fidential orders to push Mari- time Union, Later, at the sug- gestion of Lord Monek, Mac - Donnell took the lead in ar- ranging t(ie. Charlottetown con- ference tt5 discuas union with Canada. This conference led di- rectly to Confederation. Mac - Donnell was relieved of his du- ties in this country, but sent to Hong Kong as Governor where he remained until his retire- ment in 1872. He died in France nine years later, an early, fore- runner. of the movement to transform the British Empire into a Commonwealth of free nations. Does Canadian poetry lack enthusiasm? Hardly: Lack of popular in- terest and' shortage of funds seem to be no deterrent to the growth of poetry in Canada. This century saw the back- ground of a national movement for Canadian poetry establish- ed with the foundation of the Canadian Authors Association, "The Canadian Bookman", "The Canadian Forums", "The Dal- housie Review" and the "iTni•, versity of Toronto Quarterly"--- afl by 1931. The Iate 1930's saw the emergence of E, 3. Pratt, fobert Piihch, prank eoft, Mein and the otltteat GrOUtii ns TAO* 'COW tributory of Canadian poetry. Several', poetry periodicals s p'r a n g up: "CofItemporary Verse", "Preview", "F i r s t Statement" and "Northern Re- view." Publishing houses con- tributed various anthologies of Canadian verse. Young poets got out university publications like "Fiddlehead", "Quarry", "Ubyssey" and "The Tower."' Other poets, such as Irving Lay- ton, Louis Dudek, Jay Macpher- son, Raymond Souster and Fred Cogswell even printed their works privately, British and American poetry magazines have published editions on Can- adian verse. The prairie prov- inces came up with poetry year- books. The McGill Poetry Ser- ies was launched in 1966. It may be possible to stop the Canadian poet, but neither lack of money nor public indiffer- ence are going to do it. tZ MADE AN AWFUL MISTAKE. MRS.NELSON WILL NEVER ASK ME TO BABY -SITZ AGAIN I'M AFRAID ;.i r VI 1 11 SHE WAS TELLING ME WHAT A BAD BOY HER LITTLE SON WAS... AND THAT'S WHEN x MADE THE MISTAKE - x AGREED WITH HER. j 'ejeall 0/ The Weeh I'll call you back, Virgina—I'm trying to get Fred in to breakfast' A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT HEADS I WIN, TAILS VOL) LOSE tl OTTAWA—As the year nears a close there are mountirrg in- dications that the general elec- tion will come late in the win, ter with dissolution of the 25th Parliament early in the New Year. The uncertain shiftings in the position of Social Credit in Parliament has convinced many members that the Conservative minority Government will soon go down to defeat. No longer can Prime Minister Diefenbak- er count on united support from the Sociel Credit group. This means that if, on a non- confidence motion, the Liberals and New Democratic Party vote together against the Govern- ment'and Social Credit abstains or votes with the opposition, the Tory administration will be turned out of office. Robert Thompson, national Social Credit leader, now says that if Parliament cannot make constructive progress in the next few weeks and if political manoeuvring continues among the parties, then it would be better to go to the people now and have an early election. He has emphasized that his group does not wish to precipitate an election, but thinks an election would be better than a semi - paralyzed Parliament in which the business of the people is not being handled. T h e Conservative Govern- ment's confidence that it could remain in power through the support of Social Credit was severely shaken that fateful Tuesday night, Nov. 6, when the Socred splinter party began to- fly apart into even smaller splinters. No one, not even the Social Credit leaders, knew how the Social Credit members would vote on that crucial non- confidence motion—an unseem- ingly performance which the Socreds can ill afford to re• peat. There was confusion among the Social Crediters and, there was consternation among the Conservatives who did not know if they were going down to de- feat. Conservative cabinet min- isters went behind the curtains to plead with the Socreds to stay with the Government. The Tory whip went into action among the Social Crediters urg- ing them to; remain supporters of the Conservative Govern- ment . As it turned out enough Social Crediters remained in their seats and voted with the Government to sustain it. But on looking back at that situation both leader Thompson and deputy -leader Real Caou- ette appear to have reached a common conclusion. ,They will not again allow themselves to be manoeuvred into such a dif- ficult position by the Liberals or New Democratic Party. Mr. Thompson is emphatic, He says: ."I'm fed up with the power plays that have been go- ing on in Parliament such as the non -confidence vots. To avoid that kind of thing again we will disengage ourselves from such confidence votes." It has hitherto been unheard of that an opposition group would deliberately abstain from a non-confldence vote in the house. But Mr. Thompson is convinced that such a show- down would compel the New Democratic Party to support the Conservative Government, as the Socreds have been doing up till now. He adds that it might even frighten the Liber- als into ending their attempts to defeat the Government. Mr. Thompson is willing to concede that such tactics might defeat the Government and The nervous relatives were all, gathered in the lawyer's o flee early, waiting for him to read Untie Jasper's The llawyier ad; Being of *Amid 'mind, 1 pent alliy tfuen0.. bring on a winter election, but he apparently does not think the risk is great. He seems pre- pared to gamble that neither the Liberals nor the New Dem- ocratic Party really want an election at this time. But most observers feel that Mr. Thompson is wrong, and that, in fact, certainly the Lib- erals ant probably the New Democrattlr' Party will surprise him. The Liberals have made it clear they are but to defeat the Tory Government. They claim It is a bad Government and does not deserve to continue in office. The NDP, while not wanting an election at this time, has indi- cated to Mr. Thompson that• he cannot force that Party to vote against its principles. They will vote as they think right and proper and if it means the de- feat of the Conservative Gov- ernment and an election be- cause the Social Crediters are abstaining, then so be it. There is no rule that re- quires a member or a party to vote. The Social Credit group could "disengage" itself from a future non -confidence vote sim- ply by the members remaining in their seats and refusing to vote—but if Mr. Thompson and Mr. Caouette are serious about abstaining on a future noncon- fidence vote then the Conserva- tive Government's days are in- deed numbered. Social Credit does not want an early election. Their stated reasons are: it would under- mine confidence, weaken the dollar, and create an atmos- phere of uncertainty for busi- ness and industry; and, that it would result in another min- ority Government. Their real reasons are that Thompson does not see any- thing but possibly losses for so- cial Credit in English Canada until they have a , chance to mount a new vote getting ef- fort. The French Canadian members, however, are clearly beginning to wonder whether they are not being called upon tomnay the price of Social Credit weakness in the rest of Can- ada. Moreover, the big Lesage win for the Liberals in the Quebec provincial election may now make Caouette realize, that he had better not let the grass grow under his feet much long- er, no matter what Western So- cial Credit thinks. The Pearson strategy of do- ing what his' Party was elected to do—namely oppose the Gov- ernment—appears to be work- ing out on a heads I win, tails you lose, basis. So far, Social Credit have taken the 'whole brunt of keeping the 'present Government in office — a role which offers them little scope for making any impact on the public mind as an independent political force. The New Demo- cratic Party was finally put in the same position when they supported t h e Government against the Liberals and the Socreds in order to avoid an election. The result is that the` Pear- son strategy is putting almost unbearable pressures on the other two opposition parties and ,on the Government as well. It seems increasingly likely that both the NDP and the Social Credit party will realize that whatever the risks to them of an early election, they will be smaller than continuing the present unsatisfactory situation. It nota appears that if both of these parties were to lose some ground in an early election, they would then have a much better chance to make an im- pact under m'i5re stable condi- tions than they are succeeding in doing in the present unten- able circumstances. If the NDP and the Socreds do decide that an early election is the lesser of two evils, the main loser would seem almost certainly to be the Government and not either of the other two parties, -and if ,this should Mo- ven, it would constitute a major 1Solitleal victory tor 1tike Pear - Son as a party 1cader. • IN THE 'YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 2$, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor November 19, 1937 Catching fire from what was believed to have been an ov- erheated stovepipe, the home of Mr. John Scott suffered con- siderably from flames. The fifteenth annual dance of the Seaforth Golf and, Country Club, held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening, was largely attended. Those receiv- ing trophies were: Cresswell Cup, Frank Sills, Jr.; South- gate Cup, J. A, Stewart; Sav- auge Cup, Mrs. H. G. Meir; Broadfoot Cup (men), K. 1. Mc- Lean; Broadfoot Cup (women), Mrs. 11. G. Meir. Commemorating Arm i stice Day •and in honor of Corona- tion Year, a flag, the gift of Mr. Andrew Little, was unfurled for the first time on Nov. 11 at a quiet ceremony on the grounds of Scott Memorial Hospital. Students throughout Ontario greet with cheers the announce- ment this week that departmen- tal examinations will be abol- ished. From The Huron Expositor November 22, 1912 The McKillop Municipal Tele- phone System is getting out a new directory which will con- tain all the names and num- bers of all the recent changes. Mr. George Murdie has had a busy time lately trimming the trees in front of his property •on Goderich Street and convert- ing the limbs into stove wood. He should be tolerably inde- pendent of the coalman this winter. Mr: and Mrs. Boyd, of Win- throp, have just got comfortab- ly settled in their new beauti- ful and commodious residence. Chief Bell, of the Fire Bri- gade, received the new connec- tions for the town hydrants on Wednesday.• The connections are so made as to fit the hyd- rants at one end, while the hose of the Stratford Brigade can be attached to the other. Considerable coal has been delivered in town during the past two weeks, but there is a lot to come yet before the win- ter's want is supplied. . Mr. Peter Eckert has sold his farm on the ninth concession of McKillop to his brother-in- law, Mr. John Murray, for $12,- 000. From The Huron Expositor November 25, 1887 Thomas O'Hagan, B.A., clas- sical and modern language mas- ter in the Mitch High School, has been elected a member of the Celtic Society of Montreal, By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER AULD ACQUAINTANCE • An English lady, writing a London paper- told how the wife of a Scotch sergeant was the first to catch the sound of the pibroch in the distance that assured of the coming of their comrades in the relief of Luck. now and she alerted and in- spirited the worn defenders. And " that night the whole as- semblage of rejoicing the Scottish wife was honored as all marched around singing that song which never fails to "move the Scotch to tears"—Auld Lang Syne. Yes, there" is something• that stirs the emotions in renewing old acquaintances. On a recent Sunday I visited a church I served as pastor some years ago. The members of the con- gregation there had won- my everlasting gratitude when, my dear wife died in a New Or- leans hospital after a year's ill- oness. Their sympathy and sub- stantial assistance will ever be remembered. The section I visited is one of the most densely populated in the world. For a hundred miles ormore, from Donalds- ville on the Mississippi to the marshes along the Gulf of Mexi- co. Golden Meadow is the name of the town I visited, so named, it is said, by early settlers as they looked at a vast stretch of yellow mustard along the bayou. And golden it is in my heart. Just a Thought: . There can be no better time than the season of Thanksgiv- ing to spend a few moments counting our blessings — past and present. Only then do we come to realize that we have indeed been blessed, A missionary travelling through the jungle met a lion. Flight was hopeless; he fell to his knees in anxious prayer. A few moments later he was great- ly comforted to see the lion on his knees beside him. "Dear Brother," saki the relieved mis- sionary, "how delightful it is to see you join me in prayer when a moment ago I feared for my life." "Don't interrupt," said the lio lY... "I'in sayiing ..grace: " an honor entirely unsought by him. The contract for the harbor improvement in Goderich has been let to David Porter, of Wiarton, Yoi' the sum of $17,- 000. At the auction sale of farm stock held on the farm of Mr. James Cunningham, in Hullett, last week, cows averaged $40 each. Wednesday evening last week the house of Mr. Albert Shore, one mile and a quarter north of Brodhagen's Hotel, was 'tom-, pletely gutted by fire. The measles and the matri- monial fever are raging throughout the township of Morris this fall.. The former in- fects the young for the most part, but the latter attacks both. On Tuesday night last Mr, George Forrest while on his way to Varna, collided in the darkness with Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Erratt, who were in a buggy. Despite the hard times our wagonmakers seem to be in the midst of prosperity. Mr. Fred Horn has lately indulged himself in the luxury of a fine driving horse. An old gentleman named John Netterfield, of Lower Wingham, who is over 80 years of age, performed the remark- able feat of. walking from Clin- ton to Wingham in eight hours, Life can be a mighty punish ing process. And ,I don't mean the ordinary everyday struggle for existence. Nobody has ever described that more accurate- ly than Thoreau, who observed that every man leads a Life of quiet desperation. No, I don't mean the day-to- day fracas with our families, our jobs, our society and our complaining bodies. We become inured to this grim warfare, and I swear that, when we stagger groaning, out of bed on a bleak November day, we almost welcome the coming fray, because it is reassurance that, at least, we are still in there fighting. :*: * , But it isn't the daily horror that leaves those great purple welts on our sensitive souls. It's the nasty backhander that comes out of nowhere, just when we think everything is running reasonably well. The pagans knew enough to propitilite the gods with sacri- fices. The Irish know enough. to try to keep the fairies from clobbering them. The rest 'of us have to rely on such feeble .tricks as keeping our fingers crossed, and knocking on wood. All we get in response is arth- ritis in the fingers, and no an- swer, respectively. - * * * There's one thing, however, about these nasty little flog- gings from fate. They always come in . threes. Once you've had your three kicks in the teeth you can rest easy for a while, until the next series is due. - I've just had my latest treat- ment, and though I feel groggy and sorely bruised, there is al- so a pleasant sense of relief, as I realize that I am home free for 'a, while. The first assault was oh my peace of mind. You've heard of people with bats in the belfry? Well, that's nothing. I have lit- tle black things chasing each other around in my top storey. * * * It ,seems that the six hundred black squirrels who are so "cute" around our place all summer are not contented with the bushels of acorns on, my lawn. They want to getthe nuts inside. the place.They have chewed a - hole in my roof, moved in with all their relations, and are throwing a 24 -hour -a -day party, with square dancing, broad jumping and running races • as featured en- tertainments. It makes your blood run cold to hear them thundering around SUGAR and SPICE By BW Smiley up there. It's driving our cat straight out of her mind. It's putting my wife in that frame of mind when "Why don't you do something about it?" be- comes a chip on my shoulder. * * I had no sooner decided the squirrel situation was hopeless when the second sortie was made, this time on my pocket- book. My wife took the car to the city the other day. It was pouring rain,: Some gawk slam- med into her from behind when she was parked at a stoplight. She jumped out, didn't see any serious damage, didn't want to ruin her hairdo, jumped in again, and drove away, That one cost me $130. The impact had broken the reverse gear in my automatic trannission. No name, no license number, no in- surance. .After these two, I was cow- ering a bit, knowing from • ex- perience that the gods had an- other slam in the slats for me, It didn't take long. It came in the form of a brutal attack on my professional pride. I learn- ed from an article in Maclean's magazine that I was going steadily downhill in my social status. • * * There it was, in black and white. A survey based on an education -income formula, spell- ed out the class system in "classless" Canada. Glancing casually at Class I, I was not surprised to .;.learn that I was not included among the judges, doctors, lawyers, en- gineers 'and architects. After all, those boys, except the .judg- es, almost need another hand to jam the stuff- into their trousers' pockets. * * * But I did expect to be at the top of Class II, surely. Little did I know that I am well be- hind stock brokers, veterinar- ians, chiropractors, finance' managers and "'female librarians and just a couple of jumps ahead of clergymen. That chart must be 'crazy. But what really hurt was that all the things I had been Pre- viously—officer, armed forces; air pilot; editor—are higher in the class structure than what I. am now—school teacher, male. It's pretty dishealg`tening to find out that you have the same rating as social worker, female`. * 1' * The only thing that made the insult bearable was the fact that I beat hell out of the Old Lady, who isdown at 50 per cent as music teacher, female, and isn't even mentioned as "housewife." • • • • A PAST TEEN 4 M r r * rf