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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-02-07, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning, by McL>f,AN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Jt'� t D 43.tMember Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association /, \. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association a1 n n \\ O Audit Bureau of Circulation c. Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year o Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year 4 t. PSINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 7, 1963 Thirty Years of It was on February 8, 1933. A group - of Seaforth women were gathered in Carnegie Library Hall to organize a Women's Auxiliary to Scott Memorial Hospital. A notice announcing the meeting had explained the purposes and included in these words: "For the last 64 years, vol- unteer women workers have played a large part in Ontario in assisting Hos- pital Boards to build up and maintain a service in their community for the care of the sick and suffering, making also a splendid contact between the hospital and community, strengthening the bonds of sympathy for the needs of the hospital and a better understand- ing of all that pertains to hospital ad- ministration." The Hospital Aid was formed, and in the thirty years that have elapsed the Dedicated Service 'organization has achieved in every re- spect the purposes for which it was founded. Complementing the work of the board and staff the Auxiliary has raised more than $20,000 with which to lighten the burden of the hospital patient through the provision of spe= cial equipment and added services. The members have never hesitated to give freely of their time to aid the work of the hospital. , The passing of the years has, if any- thing, increased the interest of the auxiliary members in their task. Typi- cal of their response is the pledge for $10,000 they have given the hospital building campaign. As the auxiliary goes forward to fur- ther years of service it takes with it the grateful appreciation and best wishes of the community. This Instruction Can Mean Lives Saved At a time when every School Board is faced with increasing costs and municipalities are suggesting that school taxes can go no higher, there probably should be no mention of an- other school project. Despite these problems, however, many school boards are looking at driv- er instruction as being a subject that can make a major contribution in terms of lives saved. • Every student is a potential motor- ist and the degree to which he or she receives proper basic training determ- ines their driving . habits for a life- time. That safe driving courses substan- tially reduce traffic accidents•and viola- tions involving young people is borne out -,by the record. SHDHS at Exeter is considering establishing a, driver course, according to. the Exeter Times -Advocate, and at a recent meeting to explore the matter, Fred J. Cronkie, accident preven- tion organizer for the Department of Transport, said that students who have graduated from high school driving courses have caused 50% less accidents and have 90 % less violations than teen- agers who have not taken the course. Mr. - Cronkite revealed that in one study involving 1,200 graduates, only four of them had been in accidents and none was blameworthy. A material benefit resulting from the success of the courses has been the 10% reduction in insurance rates for young people who have graduation certificates. True, a school board is under con- tinuing pressure to add or delete tours - • es and is faced with drawing a line at some point between teaching only the three 'R's' and including on its curricu- lum subjects reflecting every fad of . the moment. Perhaps, however, in con- sidering the pros and cons of adding yet another course, the long-term bene- fits of proper driver indoctrination may suggest the wisdom of favorable action. Certainly, like Exeter, Seaforth should study the matter.` Benefits of Technology and The degree to which technology and science have contributed to the wel- fare of mankind in less than a lifetime is pointed' up in a recent address by V. W. Scully, president of the Steel CQm- pany of Canada. "The changes that have taken place in the world ,since I was born," said Mr. Scully, "have been due almost en- tirely to scientific developments, to the expansion of knowledge. The motor car, electric power, radio, television, aircraft, space travel, washers, stoves, refrigtrrators, outboard motors, buses, etc. — —all commonplace things today, were virtually unkown when I was a schoolboy. And just think what these developments have done for the living standards of people Pike you and me. "In most industries, and certainly in steel -making, technology has practical- ly eliminated the back -breaking toil that made men "old even when they were still young. . . . The pilot of a jet airliner has far less to do in terms of physical effort than the driver of in ox wagon one hundred years ago. Ev- en the audit clerk in an accountant's Harvest Moon The harvest moon brings. to mind the harvest and .the moon, but also with many people it brings to mind love. Mixing the harvest moon with love is a mistake; the harvest moon. was more of an aid to work than to love. Long ago, when people were their own farm machinery, farmers liked to hold off from binding the sheaves until the dew had fallen, softening the thistles. As the dew falls at night, this • meant a lot of stumbling around in the dark unless there was a bright moon. When. the harvest moon was up, then was the time for getting the sheaves bound. Love had to wait.—The Printed 't?�'itird Science office can now do in terms of simple additions more work in an hour with the help of a machine than one could do in a week in my day. "What. is the common denominator in these hundredsof other similar ex- amples'? Some people call it automa- tion. I like to call it the ingenuity of man to harness power so that his own productivity is increased beyond the wildest dreams of our great-grandpar- ents." In the. Process In their school system the British still insist upon finding out what pupils can do and then making them do it. The Americans — and the Canadians who have copied the Americans — try to teach everybody everything and in the process simply prove that we all have our shortcomings and are all fail- ures in some endeavors. — Kingston Whig -Standard. Man and Stick Up to 150 years ago, orchestras did not often have conductors — the first violinist waved his bow occasionally to keep everyone more or less together. To the soloist, however, went the honor of directing the performance. This was partly because the soloist was often the composer too. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that Louis Spohr, a Ger- man composer and fiddle player, thought of usin ..a mall stick to make his sig- nals. By 1850, conducting had become the work of specialists. Since then, the baton wielders have garnered more and more authority. Today they reign supreme over the orchestra it seems.--eterborough Ex- oi :The "I do wish you'd wait until duck season is over" A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT ALMOST ANY STRAW OTTAWA — Live with crises long enough and they cease to be crises. That is probably the best reason anyone can come up with to explain the almost hap- py - go - lucky atmosphere on Parliament Hill these days. When a touchy Prime Minis- ter demanded rather than ap- pealed for a change in the rules to rush through approval of the spending budget of the current year—ten-twelfths of it already spent—rejection was a foregone conclusion. Opposition groups have returned after Christmas in no very co-opera- tive mood with the possible ex- ception of ,the Social Crediters whose outward threats of forc- ing an early election continue to be little more than windrow dressing. The Socred group is, in fact, closer to the Govern- ment today than it was before Christmas and is appealing for a less uncompromising attitude on the part of the Prime Minis- ter that will allow a little room for face saving. ' The Diefenbaker proposal would have meant approval of all estimates before February 8th, the deadline for getting more money from Parliament. It would have meant passing estimates at the rate of rough- ly $3 million a minute. Per- haps nobody would have wor- ried tow much about that ex- cept the back-bench politician trying to get himself on Han- sard for the edification of his constituents, But it would also have meant the loss of four opportunities to topple the Government and this is something the Liberal and NDP groups will not con- cede. The likelihood of any one of the five non -confidence mo- tions thatmust precede passage of the estimates• succeeding, in its purpose may be remote. But the non -confidence debates of two days each are all part of an over-all program of harass- ing a sensitive and nervous Government and, more particu- larly, .a growingly sensitive and touchy Prime Minister who is making sounds frequently these days as though he had had en- ough. It is on the very uncer- tain ability of this one man to stand up to a concerted and continuous attack which he is taking very personally that the fate of Canada's 25th Parlia- ment hangs. One typical reaction was seen during the recent defence de- bate. Mr. Diefenbaker, making what had been scheduled as a major policy making speech on nuclear arms, was raking over Pearson speeches to prove that the current Liberal acceptance of nuclear arms in Europe and Canada was a right -about-face in which it undeniably ,is. He picked a passage from a Liber- al press release and quoted Mr. Pearson as saying; "Canada should contribute to the stra- tegic nuclear deterrent". 'Mr. Pearson asked him to read it again, pointing out that he had omitted the word 'not'. Mr. Diefenbaker, annoyed and flurried, refused and continued his attack. The following .day the. Liberal leader told the House he had checked copies of the press release from which the Prime Minister had been reading and that they all plain- ly carried the wprd "Not". "The document I had before me was as I read it;" Mr. Dief- enbaker, replied testily. Which provides the very in- teresting mystery never to be solved on how on one of sev- eral hundred mimeographed copies of a speech distributed to, the press the word "not" could fail to register. In an ef- fort to solve it, MacDuff dd'u- ble-checked his own copy which turned out to be as Mr. Pearson said it was. Meanwhile frustrations are building rapidly. Mr. Diefen- baker had .pr,omised, as had Mr. Nowlan, that the budget would be down much earlier than cus- tomary. The first possible- date now, if the current year's esti- mates are to be passed first, as Mr. Diefenbaker says they should, would be, near the mid- dle of March which would not be unusually early. Even this assumes the very large assump- tion that opposition groups would co-operate in .pushing them through. Then there is the question of nuclear arms with a split in Cabinet so wide that any at- tempt to conceal it has been useless. It was brought. to a head by the Prime Minister's repudiation of his defence min- ister's interpretation or misin- terpretation of ' his House of .Commons speech. Mr. Diefenbaker again neat- ly straddled the fence between acceptance of nuclear arms and their rejection. Mr. Hatkness, perhaps in a premature cele- brations of victory, issued a press release' which nearly 'un- seated him. Almost .any straw now could mean the breaking point and send the Prime Minister hurry- ing to Government House with OH,MY/DID/V'T .1 TELL Y014,80)15 TO 'ExM1Lee ' r IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor February 4, 1938 The inaugural meeting of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute Board was held Thursday eve- ning, when J. F. Daly was elect- ed chairman, M. A. Reid is secretary -treasurer. Damage caused when the roof over Keating's Pharmacy col- lapsed with the weight of wet snow last week, has been re- paired temporarily. Miss Ruth Cluff has accepted a position in Seaforth Post Of- fice. Expectations are that Huron County may avail itself of 'a scheme to establish a county forest of at least 1,000 acres. •In 1037 Seaforth boasted of 180 hockey players and this was considered a record of some kind, but now along comes Tom Beattie with a string and six and 8 -year-olds. Hockey play- ers using the Iocal rink now total 205, including Intermedi- ates "B" OHA, 14; Junior Farm- ers, 75; Duncan Cup, 86; Juv- eniles, 15, and Atoms, 15. The annual meeting of Peck. ersmith Municipal Telephone System re-elected commission- ers: Andrew Petrie, William Mc - Ewan, William Alexander; audi- tors, Alex McEwan and Arthur Finlayson. From The Huron Expositor February 7, 1913 Robert Munn has returned to the 12th concession. of McKil- lop and will open a blacksmith shop on Munn Bros. property. Robert McKay, reeve of Tuck- ersmith, was elected warden of Huron County for 1913. Duff's Presbyterian Church, Walton, has, enjoyed a year of marked prosperity. The amount raised by the congregation for 1912 was $3,482. The congrega- tion of 100 families has already paid $7,460.50 on their new church. D. T. Pinkney was named president of the Seaforth Turf Club with -other officers being: Frank Kling, vice-president; W. C. T. Morson, treasurer; M. FEBRUARY The month of February might seem to be handicapped in com- parison with other months of the year because of the lesser number of days given it. Given only 29 days except in leap year, it must in other years be content with, 28 days, and make it possible for a person to have but few birthdays if he was born on February 29. But great men have not neg- lected February. Not because they had anything to do with it but Abraham Lincoln a n d George Washingtonwere ush- ered into the world during the month of February. Thus the shortest month can claim that it gave two great Emancipators to the world—the man who lib- erated the slaves and • the man who led in the liberation of the Americans from Great Britain. So may the present month be the time of liberation of all of us from anything that will mar personal character and prevent the service that we are our fellows. It would be a blessed thing to be liberated from all the evil things that bring disaster to hu- man lives, bringing unhappiness in the present and taking away the hope of better things in thethe future. So better even than' release from the evil thi than release from the, evil things that bring toil and , woe to the oppressed is the emanci- pation of the soul from the dominion of sin. Just a Thought: When trouble or ill -fortune besets us, we show d not take time to blame gives or others -=we shoal deviate our time and energy o the task of setting things ri again. a proclamation of dissolution. Capital Hill Capsule This is not just locking the door- after the .horse hast been stolen. It ie telling the burg- lars to make themselves at home. The practice followed by ;Time Magazine • and Readerts .Digest of printing so-called "Canadian editions" which sold Canadian advertising by reprint- iing American material plus a Canadian page in one case and ,one or two Canadian article in the other has been a target of "Controversy •for eight years or more. A Liberal Government imposed special tax on these editions. A green Conservative Government repealed it and later appointed a Royal Com- mission to advise •it on what should be dpne. The Commis- sion recommended another ,form of tax penalty. The Gov- ernment introduced legislation Teaming the penalty by 50 per cent, then withdrew it. Now it is about to impose the full peri. salty. But exempt, from it will e ,two, magaizxnes;,.•.•tie ,and, 446,010,0 Broderick, secretary; and W. Govenlock, G. E. Henderson, Colbert, W. Cudmore and John Bell, directors: The' club forms a part of the Canadian Racing Association, consisting of To- ronto, Seaforth, Chatham, St. Thomas, London, Aylmer, Lis- towel and Niagara Falls, and ensures an eight-week racing season. The Winnipeg bonspiel open- ed Wednesday with a rink skip- ped by W. Ament, Seaforth, en- tered for competition. From The Huron Expositor February 10, 1888 A large number of logs are coming to the Staffs mill this season, and a number of new buildings will be erected next summer. A former young 'townsman, W. E. Counter, now of Three Rivers, , Michigan, has invented an ingenious device for regu- lating the striking of clocks. A clock can be made to strike at any given hour and to remain silent at other hours. This will be useful for larger bells in clocks at school houses and fac- tories. John Young has been ap- pointed Tuckersmith assessor at $85 per year. - A meeting was called in Brus- sels for the purpose of purchas- ing the land occupied by the old race course and converting it into a driving and ;agricul- tural .park. The present owners, Messrs. Livingstone, have con- sented to sell as much land as required at $110 per acre. -Quite a number of Winthrop teamsters turned out Monday with plows, shovels, etc., and made a vicious attack on the innumerable pitch -holes. The worthy reeve of Hibbert, the Laird of Glenquaieh, has been promoted to the honorable position of Warden of Perth. Mr, McLaren is the oldest mem- ber of the county board. U.N. ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN CANADA The Food and Agricultural\ Organization of the United Nations was established in Que- bec City on October 16, 1945. Within one year, forty-seven nations had become members. Also in its first twelvemonth, the F.A.O. made a comprehen- sive world food survey, based on data from 70 countries. WHY A POSSE CAN BE BOSSY Ijnder American common law,. a sheriff can legally co-opt a force of able-bodied citizens to assist him, in case of inva- sion, riot or other violence, ac- sion, riot or other violence. Members of a posse a r e boundto help the sheriff, un- der penalty of indictment, when he has lawfully requested aid. A posse can legally kill a law- breaker in case of resistance. However, unnecessary violence is punishable. We parents, on the whole, don't give much thought to the education our children are re- ceiving. O,h, we want them to pass their exams, and we'd like to see them get into something where they'd make a lot of money. But aside from that, Canadian adults are pretty well in the dark about what the kids are learning, and why. As long as our youngsters come home from school with reasonable marks and their own rubber boots, we are hap- py to leave education alone. Adults feel that they have en- ough trouble with the economic system, the political system and the heating system, without tackling anything as complex as the education system. * * * And it is complex. It's be- coming more complex every day, as educators scramble to keep up with a society that is changing with the •. ease and rapidity of a burlesque queen. That's why we parents should pay more attention, take a deeper interest in what the sprouts are learning and should be learning. Our ignorance of their training is equalled only by our eagerness to: run it. down. * We all know the lady, a superb cook and homemaker, who announces flatly that teach- ing domestic science is an ut- ter waste of time, that girls should learn it at home. She has. forgotten that when she was married, her piece de resistance was mushroom soup on toast, that it took her three- quarters of an hour to iron a shirt, that she didn't know French provincial from Danish blue. * * * We all know the man who declares roundly that this here shop training for boys is a waste of time. He didn't have none and he can make any- thing. He then goes down cel- lar to his workshop and takes off his ,left forefinger in the: saw, •or -makes a hand sandwich while trying to nail two boards tpgether. These people don't realize that they have done so well not because of ;their lack of training, .blit ie spite of it. Nor do ;they realize theta the aworld their kids are about• to step in- to is not the one they entered. * *. * I'd like to see more, not few- er, training courses. Take do- mestic science, for example. 1'd just as soon throw a 'boy into a jet liner, without train- ing, and tell him to take off, THE HANDY FAMILY - I'D HAVE THIS CAKE NEXT' :TIME IN THE OVEN BY NOW YOU WON'T IF I DIDN'T • KEEP HAVE THAT LOsINGMY PLACE IN TWWOUnLE,MOM MIS. RECIPE NOOK I M &ONN& TO MAKE A RECIPE HOLDER FOR YOU SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley 'as I would throw a girl into one of those modern kitchens, all bells and buttons and lights, without training, and tell her to take over. In fact, I'd expand the domes- tic training. Girls shpuld be taught not only how to'. make a white sauce and an apron, but how to make a happy marriage. They should be thoroughly briefed on the wifely virtues of patience, thrift, silence and humility. They should learn how to run a power mower and shovel snow. They should be taught that -money doesn't grow on trees, that the stork is for the birds, that good husbands are like precious jewels—they can be • heavily insured but when they're lost, there's noth- ing left but• money. * * * The girls -and I speak as the father of a daughter—would learn some other fundamentals: that "nag" is a worse epithet than "bag" or "hag"; that it takes more than a bust and a bottom to make a well-rounded woman, In such an enlightened sys- tem, of course, we'd have to have equal opportunities for the boys. Best way to start would be to break down a cou- ple of their basic beliefs: (a) that the, world owes them a living, and (b) that the old man will provide it until the world realizes how fortunate it is to have the privilege. Then we'd teach them that manners, not clothes, make the man. * * * They'd be given courses' in handling firearms, cars, motor- boats, women and other dan- gerous items. They'd be pre- pared for marriage with short courses in diaper changing, bottle warming, and the estab• lishing of air -tights alibis. They would. • learn the "judo defense .against a kick .on the shins. They would be taught that• soft little girls with turned -up noses, doe eyes and velvety voices can, on occasion, turn into wives with the nose of a bloodhound, thle eye of an eagle and a tongue like a buggy whip; * * * These are only a, few rough ideas • of •what .'I'd like to' see added to- our courses of study. Some of the other ideas 'are even rougher. Mind you, I wouldn't throw out the'regular subjects. I'm sure they're use, ful , for something. But you're married a long, time, and you can't sit around• for 30 or 40' years conjugating Latin verbs, drawing triangles, or writing descriptive paragraphs. BY LLDYD''BIBMHlGIL I JUNIOR' PLAN FOR A KITCHEN STRAIGHTEN COAT HANOCR. THEN: aaNly SHARES 14W, to AltA Tse WHALL WITH M t A 4 • • •