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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-01-03, Page 2Since 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 ee/ i n n\ 0 Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year L A ` SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa vet D A. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 3, 1963 Employers Can Hel P A reference at a recent Seaforth council meeting to unemployment insur- ance pointed up one of the main dif- ficulties facing the fund. Councillor Angus MacLean told his fellow coun- cillors, too often employers were at fault in not reporting infractions which come to their attention, and in failing to indicate that persons on insurance are not, in fact, interested in work. Employers, perhaps, take the easy path. When they let a man or woman go from their company, it is easier to fill in "lack of work" as the reason, when perhaps the real reason was in- competence or impending motherhood. This way management avoids lengthy - correspondence, as well as making a good fellow of itself as far as the dis- charged employee is concerned. The employer fails to . realize that by fail- ing to face up to realities he is invit- ing higher insurance costs, higher tax- es or a bankrupt insurance fund. And all because he wanted to give what amounts to a form of bonus to a de- parting employee. While this is one of the difficulties facing the unemployment • insurance fund in its efforts to remain solvent, it is by no means the only problem. Perhaps the most serious is the _action which has changed the basic philosophy of the fund.. From its be- ginning in 1941, the fund had been in- tended as a means of insuring Cana- dians against the unexpected Loss of em- ployment. However, when seasonal workers became covered, this concept went by the boards. The element of un- expectedness disappeared since it was foregone conclusion that a worker en- gaged -in a- summertime_oc&upation _ would be unemployed when snow and winter arrived. To further alter the basic thinking was the introduction at various times since 1953 of special pay- ments to seasonably unemployed. This form of help reached its climax in the winter of 1957-58 when the Difenbaker Government extended payments to in- clude all of December and . on through mid-May. What had been an insur- Make Fund Work ance fund became a welfare organiza- tion. Over-riding both these problems is an inate thinking on the part of the public. The average person fails to re- cognize that the fund is an insurance fund. People who would never think of burning down their house to get back the insurance premiums they have paid see nothing wrong in attempting to get back at least as much as they have paid into the fund over the years. While it is too much to expect that these problems can be overcome by the action of any one group, the fact that publicity is given to some of the dif- ficulties cannot but be of .assistance in making the public aware of what is happening. In speaking as he did, Councillor MacLean has done a real ser vice. What's a Trillion? As if comprehending millions and billions wasn't monumental (and hope- less) enough, we now see in a U.S. pub- lication a reference to a trillion dol- lars. And just exactly how much, someone is sure to ask, is a trillion? Well, as with a billion ($1 thousand million in Canada, the U.S., France, etc., but $1 million million in Britain), it all depends on where (or who) you are. Thus, if you are a North American, a trillion dollars is a mere one thousand billions ($1,000,000,000,000), the equiv- alent, that is to say, of one little old English billion. And if you re a Britisher- - -ell— quite a bit more than that .again, we shouldn't wonder. (And, believe us, we won't.) On the other hand, it may be that Britons are quite content to agree that a trillion dollars is whatever North Americans and Frenchmen say it is. In which case, smart fellows !—(In- dustry). MAJOR EVENTS - OF 1962 PASS IN REVIEW (Continued from Page 1) A team of Toronto consulting engineers are being engaged by the Grey Township School Area No. 2 Board, to design a pro- posed new school for the area. February 22 A three -car crash resulted Sunday at the corner of Main and Goderich Streets, when a car driven by Kenneth S. Wal- ker was in collision with a car driven by Robert Dinsmore. The Dinsmore car was crowd- ed into the path of a car driv- en by Wayne Reid. Decision was made to hull the International Plowing Match. in Huron in 1966. Ron Mason, popular hockey player and formerly with var- ious Seaforth teams, was honor- ed in Canton, New York, whe❑ he was chosen athlete of the week. March 1 • Flying Officer Frank Golding has received promotion to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. F/L Golding is presently serving in the Personnel Administration Branch of the Headquarters at St. Hubert, P.Q. Marjorie Papple, RR 4, Sea - forth, was named president of the Huron County Junior,Insti- tute at the annual meeting last week. Elected president of the Junior Farmers was Murray I•LALF4MT IN THAT F/R5T HALF YOU. BOYS WERE POETRY me MOT/ON, SLOW mon ow/ T) Gaunt, Wingham. All lines of the McKillop, Logan & Hibbert Telephone Co. will be split by the end of the year, President M. Murray indi- cated at the annual meeting in Dublin. When the rebuilding program is completed, no line will have more than eight sub- scribers. March 8 Robert Fotheringham, RR 3, Seaforth, won three firsts, two seconds and a fifth in competi- tion at the Farm Show in Lon- don last weekend. Secretary -treasurer of the Mc- Killop Municipal Telephone, J. M. Eckert, tendered his resigna- tion this week. Mr. Eckert ask- ed to be relieved of his duties because of other duties. He is also clerk of the township. Seaforth Intermediates won the right to go into the ORA Homebrew finals by beating the Centralia RCAF Golden Flyers this week. This gave the locals the best three -out -of -five semi- finals in three straight games. March 15 T h e Seaforth Juveniles brought home the Western On- tario Juvenile Championship on Friday, defeating Durham 6-5. The team advances to the On- tario finals and meets Watford. Approval for installation of meters along Seaforth's Main Street and on streets adjacent was given by Seaforth council at the regular lViarch meeting Monday night. Completion of 27 y, ears as superintendent of First Presby- terian Church Sunday School was marked Friday when the church session and school staff presented Malcolm McKellar With a wrist watch. March 22 Seaforth skaters presented an outstanding exhibition Friday at their annual carnival, this year entitled "Holidays On Ice." The complex development of a Child was discussed at the Hoe hifd School Association ,Tue'sday evening, when 112rs. 1l'. J. Thudow, payciiology lecturer at Sttatfclyd Teacl etc' College ,srioke slit °the idi l rl l College, v.egi The Week& "I can see you're just spoiling for a fight tonight" A MACDUFF. OTTAWA REPORT THE CHALLENGING NEW YEAR OTTAWA—A year of drama- tic and far-reaching changes across the land has drawn to a close. Ahead lies a new year in which some, major decisions must be made about how Can- ada will shape itself as a nation and how that Nation will take its place in the world beyond. The year 1962 saw the Con- servative Government of Prime Minister Diefenbaker, the most powerful in Canada's history, reduced to a minority as a re- sult of its failure to provide the kind of leadership that the Country so desperately needed. At a time when leadership remained the first essential, the Government clung tenuously to office, its life dependent on the whim of 26 Social Credit mem- bers from Quebec. Across the floor was a phalanx of Liberal supporters,. who too often gave the impression of a party des- perate to seize power at any On the the economic front, too, 1962 was a year of turbulent change. Since 1957 it had slow- ly become evident that the palmy postwar days were over and that Canada was facing a new cera 64 -fierce-. competition_ with other nations both at home and abroad. During the year just past; ;all Canadians became painfully a- ware that former Bank of Can- ada Governor Janes Coyne was right when he warned that the Country was living far beyond its means and now faced the task of drastically re -shaping its economy to keep pace in a dras- tically changing world. That Canada was indeed eco- nomically sick began to be ap- parent early in the year as the run on the dollar began ' build- ing up to the flood in June which led to the imposition of the Government's austerity pro- gram. Concerned about the state, of the Nation, foreigners began to slow down the inflow of capital into the Country which has become essential• to pay for a chronic deficit balance of trade in goods and services with other parts of the globe. At the same time, Canadians began pouring capital out of the Country, the total result be- ing a serious drain of the Na- tion's foreign exchange re- serves. Even abandonment of the long -held policy of a floating exchange rate and devaluation of the Canadian dollar to 92Y cents early in May was not suf- ficient to stem the tide and within a week after the. June 18 election the Government was forced to adopt a number of stern measures to restore con. fldence at home and abroad. Through the year the 'Gov- ernment remained in a state of doubt and confusion about where Canada should take its place in a world undergoing revolutionary changes in its patterns of trade. It sought to cling to the old British prefer- ential trading system on which Canada has relied for so many years, not realizing that the system will soon die whether or not the United kingdom achieves its goal of joining the new trading alliance that is taking shape on the Continent. At the same time, however, it belatedly joined with President John Kennedy in calling for to sweeping reduction in interna- tional tariff barriers. If the plan is implemented, it would face Canada with new dangers and new opportunities that as yet are only dimly realized. Within the Nation', a social ferment continued to gain force as the French. Canadians in Quebec began to come of age. For hundreds of years they had lived onto themselves, care- fully passing on from genera- tion to generation a rural, par-. ish culture, an educational sys- tem steeped in religion and the classics, and a disdain.for par- ticipation in commerce beyond the village store. Today they are becoming aware of the world around them, in no small measure, per- haps, because of the influence of television. In academic cir- cles there is an intellectual up- heaval as many of the old con- cepts of French-Canadian life are undergoing re-examination. They are taking a new look at their place in the Nation and the part they should play. With all this change underway, it is small wonder that stresses and strains have developed. Symp- tomatic is the separatist move- ment, which .died as quickly as -it was -born, -the eleetion--of- 26 wild-eyed Social Crediters, and the several burnings in effigy of CNR President Donald Gordon. During 1963 it seems virtual- ly certain that Canadians will be called on once again to make one of the most important of all decisions facing the Coun- try, which party will govern it. They were obviously uncertain in 1962 about which group could provide the best leadership and the choice is not much easier in 1963. While the Conservative Gov- ernment continues to flounder from one stop -gap decision to another, the Liberals—the only other party that could conceiv- ably form a majority Govern- ment—have et times not dis- played a much higher ability to come to grips with basic prob- lems. One of the most crucial de- cisions is where Canada is go- ing to take its place in . the drastically changing world eco- nomy. If it is prepared to take part in the revolutionary pro- cess now underway, then it must be prepared to undertake far-reaching changes - in the whole structure of its economy to enable Canadian companies to survive the competition. What is at stake is abandonig at least in part, the historic i a tional policy first laid down by Sir John A. Macdonald, under which Canada has attempted to build up as self-sufficient an economy as possible behind high tariff walls. A beginning of a beginning to realign the economy has al- ready been made with. the es- tablishment of royal commis- sions to examine the banking, financial and tax structure of the Country. The creation of a National Economic Develop- ment Board also offers , some hope that the Nation may colne to grips with its problems. But reports and studies are of eio avail unless the resolution is there to carry through the hard decisions that must be made, and that involves not just the resolution of Governments but IN THE YEARS AGONE- Interesting. items gleaned from, The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 year ago. From The Huron Expositor December 31, 1937 Mayor John J. Cluff was re- elected Mayor of Seaforth on Wednesday. John W. Ortwein, well-known Hensall resident, celebrated his 88th birthday at his home on Christmas Day. Seaforth citizens . indicated their approval of the manner in which the town's business had been conducted in 1937 by returning all members of the council by acclamation at the nomination meeting held in the Town Hall Monday evening. Issued last week, the fifth an- nuaI SCI Alumni Year Book has already had a large sale. The snowplow started east of Walton but was unable to con- tinue owing to trouble to the plow. ' The many friends of Mrs. Robert Bell will sincerely re- gret to learn that she suffered a fractured hip in a fall while spending the winter with her daughter. Mr. Thomas Gillespie ligt on Monday for Guelph, where he will take a short course in pou- try. Mr. `and Mrs. James Scott, By. REV. ROBERT H. HARPER NEW YEARS 1963 Happy New Year to all who may read these lines. It could well be wished that this year may be better than the, last. It is well at intervals to look back over the way we have come, if perchance we can make our way better in the future. Such a time may be at the end' of the year. So let us give a few moments to the year 1962. Except for the fact that, we all are grown a year older dur- ing the year, we can hardly re- gret the passing of 1962. The year has been filled with wars and rumors of wars around the earth. All the continents and the islands of the sea have felt the stirrings of the desire for change. The agonized 4tirrings among the races and the nations have had their counterpart in unrest and violence and crimes of al- most every imagined kind to our own great Country. It is distressing to find how many people there are in our land who_ftar not God nor regard man." The present month is• named for Janus; the god of mythology who had two faces—one look- ing back upon the past and the other face turned to the future. Let us now turn with relief from the year 1962 to the year 1963 with a new' hope and a new determination of better things through a brighter faith in God. Just a Thought: Even in the darkest hours of disappointment and despair, one may find a ray of hope in the simple attitude of faith in the goodness of God. of the Canadian people. If Canada is to take decisions as a Nation it must have the fabric of a Nation and that will involve some . re -weaving of re- lationships between English and French speaking Canada. While the turmoil and upheaval in Quebec is likely to bewilder and at times annoy Canadians in the rest of the Country, patience and understanding are the first prerequisite if this important task is to be carried through successfully. A host of lesser decisions will also have to be faced in the year ahead. The, whole basis of Canadian defence policy may be called into question as a re- sult of the decision reached by Prime Minister Harold Macmil- lan and President John Ken- nedy in'.Nassau to begin estab- lishing a NATO Polaris submar- ine force. Surely at the very least 1963 will become the year of decision about accepting or rejecting nuclear warheads for the more than $5004000,000 worth of nuclear weapon car- riers which Canada is bringing into service. Then the question of whether ,,pr not to proceed with the Co1<umbia River power developme,under the treaty signed with the United States in 1960 must also be resolved. It may be a lot of things, but at least 1963 shouldn't be dull. well-known Cromarty residents, celebrated the 50th annivers- ary of their marriage at their residence. * * * From The Huron Expositor January 3, 1913 Christmas was spent very quietly in Blyth. In fact is was so quiet that a person would almost have thought it was Sun- day. There is no doubt that the closing of the bars had a great deal to do with it being so quiet. The Indians who came to the big swamp last fall have been fairly successful in hunting and trapping. They brought into town recently four mink skins. one fox skin, six raccoon skins, four muskrat skins and sold them to Mr. • Charles Fritz for good prices. • N. Cluff & Sons, of the Sea - forth planing mills, last week received the largest car of lum- ber that ever has been cjeliver- ed in Seaforth. It contained 31,- 500 feet. There was a large crowd at the nomination meeting at Brucefield on Monday, The fol- lowing were nominated: For reeve, Robert McKay, T. N. For- syth and. William Berry. * * * From The Huron Expositor January 6, 1888 Sleighing continuing good, large quantities of grain and wood are daily being brought to Hensel'. The skating rink is once more in full blast and we believe the ice is ineg xoellent condition for both skating and curling. Mr. David Hill, the well- known stockman of Hibbert Township, has a bull 18 months old which weighs 1,434 pounds. This is a good weight for its age. Three daughters of Mr. Wal- ter Jackson, of Brussels, are laid up with typhoid fever. Well, it's stock -taking time in the old firm, and one look around confirms my suspicions —that the shelves are pretty bare. I don't know about you, but I'll bet you're in the same shape I am—exactly where I ,was, fi- nancially, physically and moral- ly, when 1962 got under way. I've given it my best for the last 52 weeks, but apparently the best is none too good. In fact, if it's possible, I've slip- ped back .a notch or two in some of the categories men- tioned above, Financially, I'm dead even—up to my ears in debt. Physically, I.ve gone to seed, piling on a lot of excess poundage until I'm up to a lar- dy 140 pounds, with my snow - boots on. Morally, I think per- haps I've gained a couple of centimetres. I haven't gone off the weed and on the wagon, but I have stopped lying to the kids about how good I was, and what a help to my parents I was, when I was their age. * * * Lookin_gback over the past 12 months, I don't see anything worth flinging my ..new hat in the air about. I helped ram an- other 180 -odd kids through the education grinder. Only ma- jor acco hment' in our•fam- ily was Poduced by young Hugh, who picked off the high- est mark 'in Canada in his Grade 10 piano exam, and fired his parents, momentarily with visions •of front -row seats at Carnegie *Hall some night in the future. He and Kim grew a foot each, doubling our grocery bill in the process. The Old Battle- axe grew a little mellower, fail- ing, for the first 12 -month per- iod in our marriage, to hit me with anything except the flat of her hand. Our cat had eight kittens. And we managed to meet our payments. That's a pretty god epitaph in these times: "lie Kept Up His Pay- ments." * * * Not an inspiring performanYce by the Smileys in 1962, but an average one. If the country had done as well. we'd all have reason to be satisfied. But it didn't. The past year is not one that. will go down in his- tory as the 'finest hour of the true north strong and freezing I'm afraid. . On the social front, booze sales boomed, a healthy sign for distillery stock -holders, but SUGAR and SPICE By Bili Smiley not for the nation at large. But we can't blame that on the peo- ples. We must blame it oh the weather. This country is a drinker's dielight. He has to take a drop to keep out the cold in winter, is so delighted when spring finally arrives that he must celebrate, needs extra beverage intake ,to counter summer's torrid blast, and finds the nip in the air conducive ,to nipping elsewhere, in the fall. * * * Once again, Canadians re- vealed their sturdy political in- dependence, and little else, in a general election. Abput, the same time, they learned with no little dismay that the coun- try was heading for the rocks, despite all those donations made so wholeheartedly — end blasphemously—every April. In international affairs, Can- ada moved boldly from a weak position to a weaker one, end- ing year with about the same world prestige as Monaco. At home, we worried' about the same old things: the Yanks overwhelming us, the whoop - in -g reran -vanishing; the -way we. treat -our Eskimos, our jam- packed mental institutions, our lack of a flag and national an- them, free medicare, and capital punishment = without doing anything about any of them.. * * * • In the entertainment field we watched with pride as Can- ada's own Bob Goulet became one of the continent's most sought-after performers. We watched with wry amusement as Stratford's own Tom Patter- son sold an assortment of the century's biggest rubes the Yukon Festival. We watched with horror as Quebec's own (thank goodness) Real Caouette emerged from tadpole to bull- frog. Again in 1962, Canadians spent most of their time talk- ing about the weather, money and their cars, and almost none of their time talking about love, beauty and goodness. 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