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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-01-17, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor %'t E D 9Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association • Cr / L Il f\ p Audit Bureau of Circulation ` Subscription Rates: o \ RU h /r Canada (in ;advance) $2.50 a Year o0 Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year V L A" SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 17, 1963 Centenary Opportunity For Huron We hope that the same lack of de- cision that has characterized so many functions of government at Ottawa dur- ing recent years does not extend to planning for Canada's Centenary. More than three years have passed since Prime Minister Diefenbaker an- nounced the formation of the Canadian Centenary Council, and with great.fan- fare told the nation a $100 million cen- tennial fund was being established. Since that time the council has held several meetings and a number of sug- gestions have filtered through to it as to ways the centenary might best be observed. But no planning in depth has been carried out, nor has any indication been given to provinces and municipali- ties as to how each can best co-operate. The result of course is frustration and growing concern at every level. Frustration, that no decision can be ob- ' tained, and concern, that continued de- lay and lack of direction can only re- sult in denying Canadians that type of centenary observance that their 100 - year historr'y would deserve. While in recent days John Fisher, special assistant to the Prime Minister, has been named to the long vacant chairmanship of the Centennial Com- mission, no other committee heads have been named, nor staff'provided. In fact,. itwould appear the funds which Mr. Diefenbaker announced as being avail- able, don't exist. "The Prime Minister has announced this $100 million and everyone thinks we have it; but we don't," according to Mr. Alan M. Clarke, former provisional secretary of the Centenary Council. Here in Huron, as far as we are aware, no thought, has been given to the way in , which the county might mark the centenary. Despite the fact that, at least until now, there has been no direction from Ottawa, it is not too early for County Council to consider Animal Fats The American Medical Association is worried now because people may be indiscriminately cutting down on, ani- mal fats. This may be resulting in' an unbalanced diet and so be more harm- ful to people than the cholesterol they're trying to cut out,•says the association. Who knows animal fats may soon swing back into favor—Farmer's Advocate. the matter. A committee might well be thinking about provision of a project that this generation and succeeding generations could enjoy, and which at the same time would be a fitting recog- nition of Canada's centenary. What better project could there be than 'the development of a county -wide park system, as discussed in these col- umns a few weeks ago? Not only would we be taking advantage of a natural heritage, but wewould be cre- ating a facility which with each pass- ing year would become more valuable in terms of 'the pleasures it brought to Huron citizens and to the visitors such a project would attract. The Weekly Press The cornerstone of freedom is a free press, and the cornerstone of a free press in Canada, with its small popula- tion scattered across its vast territory, is the weekly press. Many a Canadian community would have no vote at all if it did not have a weekly newspaper, Isolated from the relati'. ely few centres of population which are large enough to provide fin- ancial support for a daily newspaper, these communities would live and die in silence without their local weeklies. Their problems would be unexposed, their prides unflaunted, their needs to government unexplained, their statis- tics unrecorded, their opinions unex- pressed, their thoughts uncommunicat- ed. Such newspapers serve a vital pur- pose in a growing country ; they keep it informed and they make it vocal. They do not hesitate to speak up on be- half of their people and their communi- ties, presenting their cases to the coun- try and to Governments. The best among them, moreover, set a standard in news coverage, in editorial expres- sion, in general. competence, toward which all other weekly newspapers in the country can aspire. Ontario is for- tunate to have so many of the best among them.—The Globe & Mail. Sign of Looseness? Is this new word "tenseness" used in- stead of tension, a sign of looseness in the language, or is that what is taut these days?—(Ottawa Journal). MAGNETIC INK ENCODED CHEQUES FOR BUSINESS USE PAY TO THE ORDER OF MODERN VAN LINES 100 CHESTNUT ST. YOURTOWN, PROV. 1.236 19 YOUR FAVOURITE BANK 1234 MAIN ST. AT•QUEEN YOURTOWN, PROVINCE DOLLARS too MODERN VAN LINES 1:oL23to. 56?1: 890eal 341' Now available! . . Magnetic Ink Encoded Cheques which meet 011 specificqtions of The Canadian Banker's Association. These cheques are printed three on a page with stubs and each cheque and stub is numbered. Stock cuts and your name imprinted.;on each cheque quickly identify your business to your custdmers. The cheques are bound in a handsome, long wearing; vinyl. cover. See our new 36 page cheque catalogue and choose the cheque style that suits your business requirements. THE HURON EXPOSITOR bk... 141r-Seitifenith !,E41 61 Wee4JINTHEYEARSAGONE "Nothing's wrong with it—I just want to make sure some housework gets done today." A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT COMBINES CHANGE COMING OTTAWA—Further changes in the combines legislation are in the formative stages in the Federal Justice Department. Justice Minister Donald Flem- ing has made it clear both in public speeches and in letters that he will welcome proposals for alterations to the combines legislation. Many suggestions have been received in response to the Minister soliciting opin- ions and proposals, and officers of that Department are now ex- amining and screening the sug- gestions. One possibility is that an at- tempt may be made to re -draft the anti -combines law so that it will be moved from the crim- inal to civil field. It is too ear- ly to say whether su lr pro- posal would meet,�.wsith t e ap- proval of the federal o cials• and ultimately end up. as a pro- posed amendment. Suggestions havebeen made. in the past that the combines legislation should be altered so that it would 'be possible for private parties, particularly those in the merchandising field, to go to the courts and get an injunction. However, Mr. Fleming has recalled that the basis of federal jurisdiction in the anti -combines field has been construed by the courts to be the authority of Parliament in relation to criminal law, so that either a constitutional amendment or astute legal drafting Would be involved in making such a change. If the Government should de- cide that the time has come, (possibly at the next session) for Parliament to attempt to legislate to bring the anti-com- -bines new law partly or wholly into the civil field, as is the case in the United States, then almost certainly a refe'l'ence to the courts would be involved for a determination as to the jurisdiction of the Canadian *parliament to do so. This would arise because the cotirts have found in the past that Parlia- ment lacked the constitutional authority under the British North America Act to legislate, against combines in the civil field as this was an interference with property and civil rights which comes within the prov- inces' jurisdiction. The Justice Minister in discussing the com- bines law publicly has said that there is much talk about the need for amending the com- bines act to permit greater scope for agreement. among competitors, rationalization of industry and other forms of co- operation, thought by business- men to be important in present economic circumstances. Mr. Fleming agreed there was such a need for change in order to cope with competition in for- eign markets and to meet the competition of foreign entre- peneurs in the domestic mar- ket. Trade and Commerce Minis- ter George Hees in a public statement late in the Old Year o als- disclosed that a study of Canada's anti -combines legisla- tion was underway to find a safe means for allowing indus- trial concentration to take place. He said a new look at the legislation had been forced by increasingly competitive trading conditions throughout the world. "I am confident," Mr. Hees told a Toronto press confer- ence, "that the Act can be changed—and will be changed —to solve the problems." So it is obvious that this is a problem that is engaging the attention of the Conservative cabinet. As far back as 1919 the Fed- eral Government established a Board of Commerce to try and bring about objectives that -were essentially the same as those outlined by Mr. Fleming and Mr. Hees. Its function was to determine if combines were op- erating to the benefit of the public. If it ,found they were -nat,..,the.. Board:. of .Coiiimeree, up the combines that were found operating against the best interests of the public. But in 1921 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain found an appeal to it that the Canadian Parliament had no authority to establish such a Board, as its operations inter- ferred with provincial jurisdic- tion over property and civil rights. Again in 1933 the Bennett Government tried to create a Board to exercise administra- tive judgment including the sanctioning of arrangements be- tween companies which were in the public interest. The objec- tive was to eliminate—accord- ing to the Tory Government of the day—wasteful and demor- alizing competition. But it too foundered on the constitution- al rocks. The courts again found that the Board set up by the Ben- nett Government was an inter- ference with the provinces' pro- perty and civil rights and over- ruled Federal arguments that the Canadian Parliament had authority to regulate trade and commerce under the B.N.A Act and that this was what the Board would be regulating. That ended efforts by the Federal Government to intro- duce anti -combines legislation in the civil field and the law as it now stands on the statute books is criminal law. Thus • in order to obtain juris- diction over matters that other- wise belong to the provincial field, Parliament has decided to make crimes of acts and situa- tions that would not ordinarily be regarded as criminal. By taking such a step the Federal Government has confronted the business community with the continuing and very live threat of being prosecuted and treat- ed as criminals for things dont, without guilty intent. It is clear Mr. Fleming and others in the present cabinet would like to see changes made. Whether the present minority Government will remain in of- fice long enough to bring about changes and whether the Prime Minister will consider such ac- tion polite is a question that only time will answer. But the way things are shaping up in this New Year the question of the Government's continuance should not 'go long unanswered. Capital Hill Capsules Proposals for Federal Govern- ment re -insurance of the crop insurance plans on the Prairies are being considered by the Cabinet at, Ottawa. Manitoba Agriculture Minister George Hutton has put forward a plan and has been assured by Agri- culture Minister Hamilton that the matter is receiving study at the cabinet level. Manitoba contends - that unless the Fed- eral Government makes chang- es in the crop insurance act no Western province will be able to provide sound crop insur- ance. Fro)n The Huron Expositor January 14, 1938 Seaforth's fire loss in 1937 was one of the lowest on re- cord, according to Fire Chief E J Box, and did not exceed $50. Mr. J. C. Crich is in Toronto attending the Bakers' and Con- fectioners' annual convention this week. Having served for 15 years as trustee of SS No. 7, Tucker - smith, William Cameron this year resigned, For seven of the 15 years he was secretary -treas- urer of the board. From The Huron Expositor January 17, 151.13 The comfortable and com- modious residence belonging to Dr. Menzies, a former resident of Walton, has been purchased by Mr. John Bolger, of Grey Township, who will move short- ly to that village. Stanley School, west of Bruce - field, has lately been reopened, a new floor and new seats hav- ing been put in. Mr. Bowey did' the work. Forbes Bros. have secured the contract for the erection of a new rural ,telephone line in the County of Grey. Mr. John Rankin, Seaforth, has been appointed manager of the curling and skating rink in place of Mr. Ament, who is go - Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. ing West for the winter. Mr. John L. Brown, of Mc- Killop, Huron's poultry king, obtained five first prizes for his white Rock fowl at the Buffalo International Poultry Show this week. From The Huron Expositor January 20, 1888 Messrs. James Scarlett, Robt. Grieve, John Govenibek and John Oakley left on Tueasday with their teams for Wiarton, where they intend taking out square timber, logs and tele- graph poles for Mr. Edward Mc- Namara, of Leadbury. Creole was originally the language used by European set- tlers and their slaves in the West Indies. It is spoken and read today hi Haiti as well as several other Islands of the Caribbean. Putting the whole Bible into Creole for the people of Haiti has been a long, slow task. The first book ever ,published .in Creole was the Gospel of Luke, shortly after World War II, by the American Bible' Society. In 1957, Raymond A. Joseph, a Haitian and a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, was appointed to oversee the translation of the whole Bible into Creole. . The New Testament and the Psalms were published in 1960. Genesis, Exodus and Proverbs have been translated and are now being checked for publica- tion. Mr. Joseph is now at work translating Iaiah into the Cre- ole. "I may • be attempting too much," he writes for the Carib- bean Challenge magazine, "but I believe in `attempting great things for God'. God willing, we in Haiti will also have God's Word in our own language, be- cause many have cared. * * * Hazen Argue's charge in the closing day of the last session that enumerators were being made part of the Tory political machine in Saskatchewan cre- ated quite a stir. He read a letter into the records which lie claimed substantiated his allegations. A SMILE OR TWO A race horse is an animal that can take several thousand peo- ple for a ride at the same time. Suggested Bible Readings Sunday—Deuteronomy, 5:1-21 Monday—Psalm 19:1-14 Tuesday Psalm 27:1-14 Wednesday—Psalm 46:1-11 Thursday --Psalm 103:1.22 Friday—Psalm 24:1-10 Saturday—Psalm 107:1-16 After due consideration, the council of Tuckersmith ap pointed Mr. Samuel Smillie, ex - deputy reeve, as clerk at a sal- ary of $165.00 a year. Rev. William Torrance, Wal- ton, was made the recipient of a buffalo robe from the young people of that appointment. Mrs. Torrance was also present- ed with a silver butter dish. A high school boy took home from the library a book whose cover read, "How To Hug", on- ly to discover it was volume sev- en of the encyclopedia. We go coast to coast this week . . And as usual, I'm belated, but thanks anyway to those readers who sent cards and notes at Christmas time. They're appreciated. In my better moments, I tell myself that there are about a million people, give or take a couple, reading this column every week, But sometimes late at night, column not going well, squirrels scampering, wind howling the banshee blues around the window, I feel as though I'm writing in an im- mense void. a: * * Think I'll have to go down east this summer. I'm going great there. Lovely card, with seagulls, from Cyndy Godbold, of Bridgewater, N.S. Nice note from Miss S. Forhan, of Hali- fax, enclosing an advertisement, which reads, "Why, you haven't been in GERMANY yet! Plan your trip now!" She said it made her think 'of me. Sorry, I've bden in Germany. In those halcyon days they didn't have to advertise. All sorts of tourists were dropping into the country. Most of them by parachute. They didn't spend a lot of money. Yet, de- spite this flaw, they were warm- ly welcomed by the natives. I still have a lump over my right ear to prove it. • * * *. Chap in Aylmer, Ont., drop- ped a note to say a column of mine got him in trouble, a year ago. Apparently I had come home, late, cold, wet, tir- ed and 'had crawled into bed with the old Trouble 'n Strife. I had compared her to a little box stove. (And I'll stand by it). Chap in Aylmer did the same thing, but got a little mix- ed in his metaphors and said to his wife, "You remind me of an old pot-bellied, heater." Mrs. Frank Rastin, of Mount Brydges, Ont., sent a note -re- vealing that there are still a few real Christians abroad. She referred to a column of which I had mentioned Mrs. Mallett, an elderly lady, sick .and alone, who had found time to thank me (I say it humbly), for bring- ing a little warmth into her life. Mrs. Rastin enclosed a let- ter, full of interest and cheer for Mrs. Mallett, asking* that I forward it. Set Opening For Ag Rep Office Hon. W. A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture for the Province of Ontario, will officially open the new offices of the Extension Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, Clinton, at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 21. Mr. Stewart will be introduc- ed by the Minister of Highways, Hon. C. S. MecNaughton, mem- ber for Huron. Assisting in the ribbon cutting will be Steve Stothers, of Lucknow, the first agricultural representative for Huron County when the govern- ment of that day and Huron County officials established the office in the county on March 11, 1918. Also assisting in the program will be Murray Gaunt, member for Huron -Bruce. The offices and board room will be open during the re - remainder of the afternoon and evening to give all an opport- t nity of viewing the new prem- iaes and talking with the staff of the Extension Branch. A young lady in the waiting room of an airport was cry- ing steadily. Seeing her tears a young man came over and tried to soothe her. He put a comforting arm around her and talked to her. She con- tinued to weep. "Isn't there anything I can do," he asked, "to make you stop crying?" "nit afraid not," the girl go lie l a , iIt's hay , „ever, But SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley any better." I agree, but I don't see any- thing wrong with being unhap- py. They're the interesting ones. ..* * * From Don McCuaig in Ren- frew comes the annual photo of the family. Each year, the. inverse ratio applies. His wife and children get better look- ing, while he gets . . An- other welcome photo is that of the Rudelles, of London. Filled the whole backyard with boys before Jennie came along. Six boys . and one tiny girl who wraps them all around her . pinkie. I spent a good part of Christ- mas Day on my knees. And 1 wasn't praying. Quite the re- verse. I had been suckered in- to new skis for the kids, and I was trying to get the blighted boots into the blasted harness. This kind of thing is second on- ly to erecting the Christmas tree in our family convulsions. * * * That Boxing Day is the best day of the •year, as far as I'm concerned. Fire in the fire- place. Friends with noggins. Kids off somewhere in the wild, white yonder. A great sense of relief. Exchange of anecdotes, With message. * * a: Old friends, Mrs. Viola Nick- erson of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Paul Rutz of Red Deer sent cards, with friendly notes. Mar- garet Brontmier, lino operator at the Paris Star, suggested an addition to my list of Christ- mas gifts: Giving the last twen- ty years back to the unhappy, people. She adds, rather cyni- cally, "I'll bet they could'nt do LADIES' AID MEETS An interesting meeting of the Ladies' Aid of First Presbyter- ian Church was held Tuesday. Mrs. Ila Dorranoe opened the meeting with a poem entitled, "Another Year Has Passed," af- ter which a hymn was sung. Numerous thank -you notes were read from those who had received shut-in boxes at Christmas, expressing much pleasure and appreciation. A solo, "Did You 'think To Pray This Morning," was sung by Mrs. Frank Kling. Rev. D. 0. Fry brought an in- spiring message , of the Parable of the Sower. The meeting wag brought to a close by the sing- ing a ing-ing,of a;hymn and a social tfma One was about the South Seas islander who had a great de- sire to be king. With this in view, he saved up, purchased a beautiful throne. But he lost the election, or something. Put the throne away in the back room, to await better limes. Had a fire. House burned- down. Moral: people who live in grass . houses shouldn't stow thrones. * * * Another story was mathema- tical Indian background. Rule of tribe: suitor must produce requested gift for potential bride. Young chief wants wife. She wants No. 1 buffalo hide. Easy. Five years 'later, Chief -decides to take second wife. She wants polar bear hide. Chief sent braves. Months lat- er they return, with hide. Nup- tials celebrated. Ten years lat- er, Chief spots beautiful maid- en, She wants hippopotamus hide. Chief sent braves. Four years later, they return, with hide. Nuptials celebrated. Pret- ty soon, first two wives com- plain, "You spend as much time with new wife as you do with both of us together." Chief replies, "Natch. Euclid. Squaw on hippopotamus hide equal to sumof squaws on oth- er two hides." And that reminds me of the sad, little, grunting hound, whose only desire was to join her predeceased mate and go to the Happy Grunting Hound, but perhaps we'll leave that for another •day. I1LFIAVF TEEH COME /N,FRAN!I KNOW YOU'RE JUST DY/NO TO MEET THE NEW GIRL TNAT8 MOVED WV THE NEIGHBORHOOD/ •