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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-01-31, 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. i Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association ABC O Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year sr AFD • Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year I L P ` SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 31, 1962 What Will New School Program Mean? While some months will elapse be- fore the new Central Huron Secondary School at Clinton begins receiving students from other Huron secondary schools, already there are questions be- ing raised as to the effect the central school will have on local schools. Will the movement of pupils to the new school leave accommodation unus- ed in present buildings? Or will the pupils to fill the many new classrooms at Clinton come from that unknown quantity. that pointed up the need for a greater degree of technical educa- tional—the so called drop -outs? What- ever the answer, certainly it is not too soon to give serious consideration to the future of local schools. Expressing concern over .the matter, the Exeter Times -Advocate sees one answer in the provision of practical courses in local schools in addition to those provided at Clinton, and adds: "The warning already has been giv- en that the Clinton courses will be 'jammed' in three years. Let us not wait until then to embark on some em- ergency program to meet a crisis. Now is the time to take steps to meet the problem." Certainly the commonsense approach would be for the SDHS Board to plan to the end that the existing facilities be not only used to capacity, but developed to today's standards. And; as the Exe- ter paper says, the.time to take steps is now before an emergency develops. . Provincial Liberals Plan Ahead •The successful rally of Ontario Lib- erals, which econcluded in Toronto on Saturday, should do much 'to bolster" that party's appeal whenever an elec- tion is called. The thorough examina- tion of policy which wag carried out at the rally should result in Mr. Winter- meyer, the Liberal leader, being given an election mandate that will reflect the views of the party at large. In drafting a' Liberal blueprint; con- sideration was given to many of the problems facing the province. Thus among proposals endorsed by the rally are the following: • A plan for medical care insurance, capable of providing protection against the cost of illness for at least the great majority of Ontario -residents. • A minimum wage for men. • A new system of financing elemen- tary and secondary public schools through a combination of provincial grants and a uniform, province -wide mill rate, designed to guarantee each school board in the province adequate funds to provide equal opportunity in education for the pupils under its auth- ority. • • An expanded university program intended to assure a place for every qualified high school graduate who wishes to attend university. Associated with this will be a system of scholar- ships to help students who lack money for higher education. • Greater provincial financial assist- ance to municipalities designed to re- duce their dependence on property tax- es, and to provide them with credit at low interest rates for public works. • A thorough overhaul of the admini- stration of civil and criminal justice in Ontario. • A provincial housing program es- pecially designed to provide credit for the construction, of low -rental housing units and for the renovation and re- habilitation of older houses. As Mr. Wintermeyer has said, this was a relatively .new kind of political function—a calling together of the rank and file of the party for the pur- pose of together framing clear-cut pre- cise policies on the questions that On- tario is facing both in 1963 and in the years ahead. Whether Mr. ' Winter- meyer and his party succeed in ' their quest remains to be seen. But certain- ly there is much to be said for this basic exercise in grass-roots democracy. The open rally does away with the notion that the public lacks the intelli- gence to know what is best for itself, and places the formulation of political policies in the hands of the people who must bear the consequences of it. Certainly, policy itself will. not win elections. Organization and hard work in party ranks are also ingredients of electoral victories. ' But in a period when the charge is thrown back and forth that there is really little differ- ence among the parties, it is refreshing to find this trend towards openly thrashing out public questions and the solutions each party offers. Such a move cannot help but contri- bute •to a greater knowledge of and participation in politics by the voting -. public at large. It is on an informed electorate that the successful working of our democratic process depends, and anything that contributes to an in- crease in information and interest on the part of the voting public is in ef- fect a welcome aid to democracy. Year Book Provides Wealth of Detail The recently published Canada Year Book, like the many issues that have. gone before, provides a wealth of in- formation concerning almost every- thing involving Canada or Canadians. Typical of the information is that concerning the religious denominations of persons .married during 1960. The 14,869 Anglican bridegrooms that year inarried brides of the following num- ber and denominations : Anglican, 7,- 375 ; Baptists, 558; Eastern Orthodox, 110; Jewish, 18; Lutheran, 410; Pres- byterian, 676; Roman Catholic, 1,875; United Church, 3,279 ; other Sects, 566. The 4,819 Presbyterian bridegrooms married the following brides : Anglican, 797; Baptist, 192; Eastern Orthodox, 23 ; Jewish, 2 ; Lutheran, 152; Presby- terian„•, 1,807; Roman Catholic, 538; United Church, 1,127; other Sects, 180. Brides were selected by the 23,901 United Church bridegrooms as follows : Anglican, 3,149 ; Baptist, 810; Eastern Orthodox, 153; Jewish, 13; Lutheran, 723 ; Presbyterian, 1,026; Roman Cath- olic, 2,300; United Church, 14,827; other Sects, 900. The 62,284 Roman Catholic bride- grooms (which included Greek Catho- lics) married brides as follows : Angli- can, 1,910; Baptist, 422; Eastern Orth- odox, 273; Jewish, 23; Lutheran, 856; Presbyterian, 480; Roman catholic, 55,121; united Church, 2,342; other Sects, 853. The 4,512 Baptist bridegrooms mar- ried the following . brides : Anglican, 546; Baptist, 2,043; Eastern Orthodox, 22; Jewish, 1; Lutheran, 92 ; Presby- terian, 154; Roman Catholic, 455 ; Unit- ed Church, 887; other Sects, 311. Look, See !' `A sponsor's idea of an ideal TV pro- gram is a show that gives the watcher a headache, followed by a commercial that sellshim pills. — (Welland Tri- bune) . When Horn Doesn't Work A good driver uses his car horn spar- ingly. He uses it only to warn, never to scold, threaten, bully, advertise, joke or catch the attention of friends. He never uses it to dissolve a traffic tie-up, because it doesn't work.—St. Thomas Times -Journal. Pedigree, Please Since dogs must pay carfare aboard street cars in ' Basile, transportation officials have arranged season tickets at reduced fares for regular canine pas- sengers, But each season ticket must intrude a photograph of the dog for 4dentificatfon purposes — La Gazette, Lausanne. It vial/ q The Week& .11 /MPORTS FINE USED CARS "It was owned by a Iittle,old lady who only used it once a week to report to her parole board" A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE POOR BANKS OTTAWA—Should Canada's eight chartered banks be cut loose from the age-old shackles binding them in the' public in- terest to engage in free -swing- ing competition with other less restricted financial institutions which in recent years have been growing swiftly at their expense? That is the question the Por- ter Royal Commission on Bank- ing and Finance •must decide now that it has completed months of public hearings across the country and turns its at- tention to the difficult job of preparing its report. Uultimate- ly it's a question that both the Government and Parliament may 'also have to face. In a massive brief a n d throughout three clays of testi- mony' recently, the' Canadian Bankers' Association launched a concerted drive to rid them- selves of old controls and regu- lations and to be given new and broader lending powers to com- pete with the fast growing near - banks -finance, insurance, trust and loan companies, and the credit unions. During the postwar years, the chartered banks' share of the savings of Canadians had $Ie- clined from 87 per cent to 74 per cent, the bankers complain- ed. From 1955 to 1960, deposits of, the chartered banks had in. creased by only 19 per cent, compared with an increase of over 73 per cent in the assets of other financial institutions. The reason the banks had fallen behind, they contended, was that they -were limited—at least theoretically—to charging a maximum of six per cent in- terest on loans, which meant they could not compete with the higher rate paid by the near - banks for the savings of deposi- tors. Because of the interest restrictions, they had been pre, vented since 1959 from being primary buyers of mortgages issued under the National Hous- ing Act. They were hindered, too, by the fact they could not invest in conventional mort- gages like many other credit groups, nor could they accept mortgages as security. But it was riot just a matter of the self-interest of the banks, but of the national interest, the bankers warned. "The continu- ing relative decline • is of impor- tance to the chartered banks and may have serious repercus- sions on the economy," they said. The Association pointed out that the Bank of Canada is con- fined to working through the banking system to carry out its monetary policy. If it wants to restrict credit, it puts the clamps on their lending ability. If , it- wants to expand it, the central bank can turn on the tap in the banking system. If the present trend continued the base orf which the Bank of Canada operated would become progressively narrower, with the result that the central bank would have to push ever harder on the chattered banks in one direction or another in order to produce the required effect on the economy as -a.whole. Unfortunately for the banks the argument that they should be given broader lending pow- ers in .order to Make monetary llcrr FA ,l.7 I SURE COULD USE 'SOME BOOK ENDS TO KEEP MY BOOKS NEAT I'LL GEE TO THAT RIGHT AWAY, SUZY policy more effective won no support from someone who is in a good position to know, Bank of Canada Governor Louis Rasminsky. The Governor did not agree that the banks were at a marked disadvantage by virtue of the fact they had to maintain, certain non -earning cash reserves and low earning short-term securities which oth- er institutions did not have to maintain. To demonstrate that they were all in favor of free and equal competition, the banks told the Commission they had no objection to their opponents -being-brought under the Bank "Act and being given all the privileges of banks, providing they also accepted the same re- strictions. Whether or not that was the answer remained for the Com- mission to decide, but various members made it clear that they had more than a few mis- givings about the proposition advanoed by the banks. It is probably still true, as Finance Minister J. L. Ilsley told the House of Commons in 1944, that Canada's chartered banks are subject to more strict and far-reaching controls than virtually any country in the world. For this there are rea- sons. They relate to the geogra- phy of the country and the dif- ficulty of hammering it into a nation without a large degree of government direction and control. They relate also to the concentrated control and mono- lithic nature of Canada's bank- ing system. Throughout the hearing be- fore the Porter Commission, the bankers " vehemently insisted there was strong competition among themselves in every as- pect of the banking business,. including interest rates. Broad- ening their lending powers would only intensify competi- tion within the financial system, thus ensuring that interest rates were determined purely by market conditions. Even such an inherently friendly element as the Cana- dian Manufacturers' Association had difficulty swallowing the proposition of intense bank competition when it appeared before the Commission earlier. If there was competition, it was pretty highly controlled, said one spokesman, who ap- peared to pretty well reflect the Commission's own feelings. Even if they only control some 75 per cent of the savings of the country, the banks still control a lot. Considering the fact the system is dominated by only three of the big banks and that all of them operate in close combination, it is open to question how much competi- tion can or will exist among them. One of the big fears of some' •of the Commissioners was that if the banks were given the powers they seek -to compete on more equal terms with the near - banks, they wouldend by swal- lowing them up or driving them out of business. Needless to 'say, the banks pooh-poohed any such suggestions. But under questioning from Commissioner W. T. Brown, a Vancouver investment dealer, Neil McKinnon, President of the Canadian Imperial Bank of BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM HOWBLOCK DAD MAPS BOOK ENDS r FOR EACH BOOK END 6105 TOC/ETHER 18 GHILPS BLOCKS. ATTACH SHEET AL OR ‘ ` Ear TO M IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting Items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor January 28, 1938 Mr. J. E. Keating was re- elected Legion president at their annual meeting on Thurs- day evening. Members of Seaforth public school board, holding their in- augural meeting in the school Friday evening, re-elected John Hotham chairman of the board. E. L. Box was re-elected chairman of the Public Utility Commission at its inaugural meeting on Tuesday. He will also continue his duties as manager. * : From The Huron Expositor January 31, 1913 'Jtshua Pollard and family, of V,G!ta1ton, have removed from Mc- irllop to Blyth, where he pur- chased the Wetlauffer proper- ty. A fine draught team belong- ing to W. P. Ament, Brussels, and driven by William Lawson, one day last week drew a load of beech logs from T. J. Mc- Caughey's bush, 7th Line of Morris, to the Ament mill yard in Brussels, that weighed over (REV. ROBERT H. HARPER) ESSENCE OF SIN We are accustomed to think of this or that outbreaking deed as sin, and indeed it is. We in- cline to think of sinning as do- ing some evil thing. we ought not to do. But it will be seen upon examination that the es- sence of sin is leaving undone the good thing that should be done. It is written of the last judge- ment that when the King shall come in the glory of his Father with holy angels, and before him shall be gathered all na- tions, he shall say unto those on his left hand, "Depart from me . . . for I was a stranger and ye took me not in; I was hungered and ye fed Me not; I was sick and in prison and ye visited me not." Thus the dread total of the sins of those on the left hand was summed up in the charge, "Ye did it not." The most of the Ten Com- mandments begin with the for- mula; "Thou shalt not," but when Jesus was asked the great commandment in the law he said, "Thou shalt love -the Lord thy God with all thy heart." Thus the Great Teacher sum- med up all law as positive. If we would be gathered with the sheep on the right hand of the King, our record. must be that ,of positive goodness. It is not enough to avoid the evil. .After the life is cleansed of evil, it must be• filled With goodness, 10 tons. The distance is over 'seven miles. ' The residence of Mr. L. L. McFaul, Seaforth, was broken into some time last week. On Saturday Mrs. John Kerr, who had the key, went to see that things were all right, and found everything in a disorderly con- dition. WHEN IRON CZAR MET IRON DUKE Nicholas I, ruler of Russia in the second quarter of the last century, was called the Ir- on Czar because of his stern tyranny and •inauguration of the secret police, he tout - finessed the Duke. of Welling- ton when the erstwhile conquer- or of Waterloo arrived in Rus- sia on a diplomatic mission. However, Nicholas' victory ov- er Britain's Iron Duke, in diplo- macy, led to his provoking the Crimean War. In this, his ex- panding Russia sought a pro- tectorate over Turkey and was resisted by the Turks, England and France. The Russian army proved to be unprepared and was defeated at the Alma and - at Inkerman. Commerce, acknowledged the possibility that the banks might buy out the major trust com- panies, if they were given the powers they were seeking, most of which - are now associated with the banks through exten- sive share ownership or inter- locking directorates. "I don't see how that is going to in- crease competition," Mr. Brown remarked. Even if the bankers succeed in winning approval of their case from the Commission, they must still win their case before Parliament. They have reason to have some apprehension if Prime Minister John Diefen- baker is still in office when the issue comes before the Govern- ment. When a sharp rise in interest rates in the summer of 1959 led the banks to murmur about re- moval of their own lending: ceil- ing, Mr. Diefenbaker reacted violently. "To raise the allowed rate of bank interest would in no way increase the money supply," he declared. "It would only in- crease the differences in costs and would mean added income to the banks. It is not the in- tention of the government . to recoi» fiend to Parliament any incase of the statutory lim- its- on bank interest to borrow - i s, no hatter what the prep'a- 'gartda in that direction may lie.'' From The Huron Expositor February, 3, 1888 Mr. George Trott, Seaforth, has, purchased a fine thorough - Look, I take it all back. I didn't mean a word of it. I'm sorry. I apologize. I'll never say it again as long as I live, Truly. I mean that part about loving snow. Ever since that column I wrote about us skiers revelling in real winter, things have gone haywire around here. It has snowed (about 24 hours a day and about one inch per hour) and blowed (gale force) and the temperature has plummeted like a hawk going down for a fat hen. * * * All I can deduce is' that eitl1er Somebody Up There has no sense of humor, or that the Lord is on my side. I'm not quite sure which. But it will be a long time before I try getting flippant about the wea- ther again. One kid's in bed with the 'flu. The other is outside somewhere wielding a snow shovel, and we'll be lucky if we ever see him again. The Old Battleaxe has those midwinter blues, and the dog and cat have to be lit- erally kicked out of doors. * * * The only cheering note we have had this week was a let- ter from our sister-in-law, who iswintering in balmy old, toasty old, sweaty old Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean, . stating that she had just recovered from the worst cold she had ever had in her life. Hah! To top it all, the inspector is coming to the school this week. This event causes rough- ly the same panic among school teachers as an announcement that Princess Margaret would be around for tea on Friday would cause among a gaggle of housewives. * It .reminds me of the ala anddespondency that used to take over at any camp during the war, when it was learned that a senior officer would be making an inspection of - the camp. Everybody knew perfect- ly well that the old trout would merely totter around the. camp, inspect a guard of honor, and head for -the officers' mess to maintain that purplish com- plexion he had taken so many years to acquire. But there was always the chance that he'd be oneof those maniacs who actually wanted to taste the slop about to be served to the other ranks, instead of joining the officers over their Scotch and steaks. Or one of those nuts who ac- tually drew a white glove along that window sill, looking for dust. Or one of those fiend's vho , actually believed that sol- diers, or . airmen, or ratings, were human beings, and asked them all sorts of human -being questions, to the coritplete and utter detriment of ordinary dis- bred Jersey bull from Mr. Vali Egmond. The contract for the erection of the new cheese factory at Winthrop has been awarded to Hiram Blanchard and James Hays, Jr. The contract price for the building and placing -machinery is $895, and for the foundation, $75.00. Mr. Walter McBeath, of the 4th concession of Stanley, last Thursday sawed over 100 cords of wood for Mr. John McDou gall, with a sawing machine which is 25 years old. SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley cipline, unit morale and the di- vine right of officers. You nev- er knew what you werer going to get. ". * * Worst offender of this sort I've ever experienced was Win- ston Churchill. One time in France, we were warned that a Very Important Person would visit our wing, which was flying dive -and -rocket fighter- bombers from a field in Norm- andy, We sneered. Figured it would be some. crummy Air Commodore who would try to convince us that our young juicy, fresh liyes were fair ex. change for some vague crap labeled "freedom" or "democ- racy" or "home -and -loved -ones." Nonetheless, we spitted and polished. And cursed. On the big day, we were drawn up in a hollow square' on the field, Pilots' silk scarves were ex. changed. for shirts and ties, fly. ing. boots for polished shoes, bare heads for caps at the right angle, beards for clean-shaven faces. Officers in front, other ranks in the 'rear,where they jolly well should be', in a democracy. * * * A little plane hopped the nearest - hedge and butterflyed• • into the middle of the square, The motor was cut. A massive figure, rather like an old sea. lion, struggled out of the rear cockpit and stood on' the wing, We didn't need the jutting cigar to ,tell us who he- was, He grinned. I'll swear his eyes twinkled, as he looked us over, Then he lifted his right arm, as though to make the famous V-sign. Instead, he made a,, rude gesture, then beckoned, The "other ranks" safely in the rear where nobody would be . offended... by their cheap uni- €e and low pay, could take a hin They gave one wild cheer, an toward the plane. So help me, several officers in the front rank of the hollow square were trampled so deep into the mud of Normandy that they weren't found for days. * , * * The old man with the great heart, who. should have . been safely at home in England, not dodging about the airfields of France in a tiny, unarmed air- craft, gave us five minutes of the famous Churchill prose. Not the kind you'll find in the his- tory books, I'm afraid. More like the kind that Julius, Cesar used to give his legions,, Roars- of delight answered him. Now, how in the world did get from the white wilderness outside to a blistered, baked, octanestinking, converted pas, tune iri Normandy?. Frankly, I've no idea,' I keep telling my stte dents to stick to oneidea, to write in logical sequence. I hope the inspector doesn't read thist 11111111 YOU MAY BE FORCED TO GINE HALF YOUR SCHOOL? ROOM SEAT TO SOME BOY STUDENT NYOCT OWN LIFE, FATHER. I'LL SIT ON HIS LAP. o