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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-02-14, Page 2Since 1860; Serving the Coni.munity First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers . ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor apt t D A Member Canadian 'Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association aO Audit Bureau of Circulation IOCSubscription Rates: o .2 Canada (in advance) $2.5Q a Year 1 Outsi a Cana' . (in advance) $4.00 a Year V L I INGLE CO ' . S — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class ail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, RIO, FEBRUARY 14, 1963 Face Decision Concerning EMO Huron County is seeking a new ' director for the Emergency "Measures Organization following the resignation of Murray MacDonald. Mr. MacDonald in -the short time he held the post made much progress in setting up an organization across the county. Unfortunately, however, his efforts were hampered by the less than enthusiastic support he received as he went about the county. Too frequently the attitude at all levels seemed to be that the work of the EMO was not something that need cause concern. We have no means of knowing whe- ther or not an emergency measures gr- ganization is necessary. County Coun- cil, however, on the advice of higher levels of government, agreed that EMO was a requirement in Huron. Having taken that decision, then the least that can be• done is to provide active leader- ship and encouragement 'for the work of the EMO. It is not enough .t9 ap- point, a new director and then forget about him. If We are to have an em- ergency measures organization in Hur- on, County Council should ensure that it has the necessary support to func- tion as was intended. In this connection the Wingham Ad- vance -Times is concerned that there are too few persons convinced that em- ergency measures are indeed impor- tant "It was with sincere regret that we noted the resignation of Huron County EMO director, Murray MacDonald, which was presented to County Coun- cil at its recent session. His secretary resigned at the same time. "Murray MacDonald, an ex -army of- ficer, was well equipped to take charge of Emergency Measures work. He was intimately acquainted with the training which has been given army personnel to meet the threat of nuclear attack, and the necessary chain of command to carry out plans for the protection of the public. His resignation not only means the loss of a valued individual but a serious interruption in the EMO program. "Of necessity, the appointment of a new director for the county will take time and there will be a serious delay before the new man can get plans roll- ing again. In most organizations, such a delay would not be too serious, but owing to the special nature of EMO work, we feel that every effort should be made to get the program back on to the rails. EMO planning is utterly dependent -upon the co-operation of a widespread group of volunteer officers and 'assistants. Unfortunately it is dif- ficult to locate a sufficient body of per- sons who are convinced that emergency preparations are indeed necessary. "The post of county director 'must be filled by a marl who is. completely dedi- cated to the long-range viewpoint; a man. who knows that we could at any moment become the victims of history's greatest calamity, but who, at' the same time, can impress the general public with the fact that there are means of self-preservation if we start preparing, them now." • Committees Can Save Time (Mount Forest Confederate) A remark at the first coundil meet- ing of 1963 was timely. It was to the effect that discussion concerning town affairs should take place, as far as pos- sible, around the council table. This does not mean that there is no place for committee work outside meetings. Certainly some work has to be done by the committees, otherwise meetings would be prolonged endlessly. On the other hand; to have too much of the work transacted at committee meetings and not fully reported at council re- sults in a short council meeting with little information regarding town . af- 5fairs to be reported for the ratepayers; or for that matter for the councillors not on the committee. The running of town affairs is too important and too big a business to be handled at a short meeting once a month. Committees having done their ' work should present their recommenda- tions to council for consideration and discussion. There is no doubt that this would go a long way in removing grounds for the perennial complaint of citizens that much of the town business is "cut and dried". It should also make for more discussion by council as a whole. Hensall Acts in Clean -Up (St. Marys Journal -Argus) We notice that the council of the Vil- lage of Hensall recently took action to see that some eye sores and dangerous buildings were t attended to in that municipality. An abandoned founda- tion and a dilapidated barn - were among the structures mentioned as be: ing detrimental to the safety and good appearance of the community. This is the type of leadership which is needed in most communities, we think. Although the majority of our property owners seem to take pride in their premises and surroundings, there are always a few who have a "don't care" attitude towards their own pro-' perty and the community in general. Besides dilapidated, unpainted build- • Ontario Milk Safe (Kincardine News) It is difficult to believe, but millions of quarts of unpasteurized milk are consumed annually in Canada in this highly enlightened age, and each sip of this unprocessed liquid can carry the germs of undulant fever, bovine tuberculosis, septic st :e throat and acute diarrhoea of infancy. There are only two provinces -- On- tario and Saskatchewan — that have compulsory legislation for province - wide pasteurization. The Ontario gov- ernment estimates that 100 per cent of Milk in the municipalities is pasteuriry ed and that abotit 9g per cent of all ptltehased milk in rurat areas is also i ttilit'it'dd. ings We sometimes find wrecked cars and other pieces of equipment left in conspicuous places. The untidy parts of -a town are some- times the first to be noticed by visitors seeing the place for the first time, and these visitors leave with some impres- sions which somehow are not very flat- tering or helpful to a community. Nice . . . But Costly Humankind, let it be granted, divides neatly between the busy ants and the carefree grasshoppers who care not that winter cometh. And to judge from what's being reg- istered in patent offices, the grasshop- pers of this life are gaining ground: " Consider the patent on a new vibrat- ing couch for massage treatment. At the end of its mechanical ministrations it lifts the occupant back up to his feet. Or look at the. latest way to get din- ner dishes cleared away in a hurry. This is a table wish concealed dish- washing compartments (soap and wa- ter piped in via. -a, hollow leg) permit- ting dining and washup at one sitting. Or, for the wife who may be weary of waking hubby up to silence his snor- ing, there is a new battery contraption which is strapped under the offende'r's chin. When his mouth falls open the tightened strap sets off a btfzzer and the tired wreteh wakens by himself. A11 it takes, it seems, are the attri- butes of an ant to earn money enough to buy the gadgets of the grasshoppers. 'W el The "64 "Okay—let's cut out the fancy stuff and just bring in the ducks!' A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE SNOW -SHOE ELECTION OTTAWA—One of the most dramatic weeks in Canadian parliamentary history• came to a close with the dissolution of of the 25th Parliament on Feb- ruary 6th. The day saw a Pro- gressive Conservative caucus crush a revolt within the Party's ranks that had threatened to force Prime Minister Diefen- baker out of the leadership. The backbenchers in_the Tory party together with most of the Cabinet closed ' ranks be- hind Mr. Diefenbaker. By their enthusiast support of the lead- er they quashed a move by a clique in the Cabinet who had sought to obtain the resigna- tion of the Prime Minister and replace him with Finance Min- ister George Nowlan. The re- volt had smouldered for three days and led' to approaches be- ing made to the Sociel' Credit Party to determine if it would support a new Conservative Government in a Parliament headed by Mr. Nowlan. Several of the Cabinet had reached the stage where they were going to demand. that Mr. Diefenbakex step down. If he refused they, would tender their resignations. But Agriculture Minister Hamilton and other loyal Ministers warned that if Mr. Diefenbaker was forced out they would quit. Fighting for his political life Mr. Diefenbaker made a force- ful and spirited speech in the Commons. During most of it he was addressing his own Con- servative colleasues rather than facing the opposition. It was an effort to demonstrate he was still capable of providing vigor- ous leadership and it succeed- ed. But the speech effective as it was in impressing his own col- leagues failed to impress the opposition. All three parties united to defeat Mr. Diefenbak- er's minority.? Government on a want -&f -confidence motion. The Liberals, Social Crediters and New Democratic Party were all agreed that the Government had failed to give a clear state- ment of policy respecting na- tional'defence. It had failed to organize the business of the House so that. the 1963-64 esti- mates and budget could be in- troduced. It had failed to out- line a positive program of fol- low-up action respecting many things for which Parliament and previous Parliaments had already given authority. The non -confidence motion carried by a vote of 142 in favor and 111 against. Thus the shaky Conservative administra- tion finally came tumbling down and the following day after he had survived the battle in cau- cus Mr. Diefenbaker went to Government House and recom- mended dissolution of Parlia- ment. The Tory caucus saw Mr. Diefenbaker ask for and ob- tain individual expressions of loyalty from each Cabinet min- ister. This, despite the fact that several of the Cabinet had in the past two days been work- ing to oust the Prime Minister. The Canadian Press reported that some of the Ministers broke down and tendered their pledge of loyalty in tears. In fact, others said there was hard- ly a dry eye in the House .as Senator Gratton O'Leary deliv- ered a passionate plea to rally lit IIANDY FAIIt.'Y ' route GO114W117 HAVE A WN6ER WAWA:* DINNER IF poM'T sEH sPool4 AMP LAD E around Mr. Diefenbaker and warned that the future of the party was endangered by the suggestions of revolt against the leader. The caucus over the ministers and private Members emerged smiling broadly and voicing their unanimous support of Mr. Diefenbaker. One after another cabinet ministers came out of it to the caucus room and with a straight face told newsmen there had never been any at- tempted revolt, that such stor- ies were "fantastics". ,But .Rob- ert Thompson, the National So- cial Credit leader, did not con- sider them fantastic. He knew better. The - fascinating demonstra tion of internecine political warfare carried on within the ranks of the Conservative par- ty apparently - at an end the members of Parliament began packing to return to their home ridings. They face six weeks of campaigning in February and March in frigid days and freez-. ing nights. It was being tagged as the "snow -shoe" election. Because of the winter weather it will be hard -slogging as well as hard slugging. There will be great- er emphasis on train travel, not so much traversing the country by plane as far as the Con- servatives were concerned. But the Liberals still planned to send their leader, Hon. L. B. Pearson, across Canada by char- tered plane. Undoubtedly t h e Govern- ment's defence .policy—or lack of policy—as emphasized by the resignation of its Minister of Defence, Hon. Douglas Hark- ness, will. be an issue. The. So- cial Credit group n English- speaking Canada will denounce the Tories for having no nuclear warhead policy. But the Socreds in the rural areas of French- speaking Quebec will condelnri the Liberals as "war mongers" for favoring the adoption of nu- clear warheads for Canada's 'forces in NATO, and NORAD. The Liberals are confident they will do better in Quebec this campaign .because they are not underestimating the impact of the Social Credit group. In the last election they did not realize until too 'late that they should have been fighting the Socreds in Quebec, not the Con- servatives. They will not -make that mistake twice. The Liber- als also expect to do better in the Prairies and pick up seats in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Conservatives are hoping to win back some seats in On- tario. They hope to hold to what they have in the Mari- times and in the West. But Tory members privately ack- nowledged that the moral of the party has suffered because of the party's poor showing in Parliament and the downgrad- ing of Mr. Diefenbaker. Social Crediters were cockily confident they would win more seats in Quebec and -pick up other seats in the West. The New Demo- cratic Party hoped to at least double its numbers in Parlia- ment. The spectre of Anti -Ameri- canism as an issue looms over the election campaign. Prime Minister biefenbaker has made it clear he will brand the Lib, 'rals as "tools" of the United States. He will condemn the Americans tor what he terms *Y LLOY iblibibleal DAD'S RAH N'R AN AIUUSTA81. UTENSIL RACK NAIL SAW INNER I1D UltrAtN cors- I I:EN.i'11f5: d CtPER NAi11.ti I1r HOL • ORII.t. P IN CENTEp. •C.'F E 0 rg. u1 ,. _-. bP ricAlL'i. tl IN THE YEARS.AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor February 11, 1938 In the presence of 1.5,000 hockey fans at Maple Leaf Gar- dens, Toronto, Mayor John J. Cluff, on behalf of Seaforth citi- zens, presented Ralph "Cooney" Weiland with a gold watch. At the annual meeting of Seaforth Carnegie Library Board, Mr. P. B. Moffat was elected chairman, and E. C. Chamberlain was elected as secretary -treasurer. Ernie and Betty Clark, chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Clarke, while playing at their home on John Street, found a beautiful pansy in full bloom in the garden. This district experienced its first thaw since December over the weekend, and since then nearly all the snow has disap- peared. Many cellars were flooded as rain fell steadily for two days. Roads, which all win- ter have been covered with many feet of snow, are now bare and sleighing is about im- possible. Mr. Fred Eckert, of Egmond- ville, went back to his old home this week to exchange his cut- ter for a buggy, so that he will be able to enjoy his daily drive. From The Huron Expositor February 14, 1913 Mr. John Erb, of Blake, has purchased a large barn on the 14th concession and intends moving it to the farm lately purchased by him from Mr. Jantzi. Mr. George E. Troyer, of Hen - sail, met with an exciting time last Tuesday. While returning from the blacksmith shop lead- ing some colts behind his bug- gy, one of the colts got its foot caught in the wheel of the bug- gy, thus causing an upset and general stampede, No damage resulted. A very successful wood bee was held on the farm of John Little, 4th line, Morris, when about 30 men with 12 saws cut 43 cords. The young people were entertained to a dance at night. The medical practice of the late Dr. A. McKelvey in Brus- sels has been sold to Dr. Fred Bryans, son of Edward Bryans, who• took possession this week. From The Huron Expositor February 10, 1888 Mr. William Bissell has dis- posed of his dairy stock and (REV. ROBERT H. HARPER) CASTRO'S GENEROSITY There was perhaps a sly rea- son for Castro's generosity , in allowing relatives of those who fought at the Bay of Pigs to leave Cuba for the United States. For in doing so, he saved himself from making pro- vision for a thousand and more needy people. There is evi- dence that the economy of Cuba is in bad condition and the dictator avoided quite an expense. As these lines are being written, report comes of the re- fusal of Castro to allow more relatives to leave the Island (perhaps a play for larger ran- som) and of the clash of a thousand and ' more people in Havana with Cuban soldiers be- cause they were not allowed to depart for the United States.. It may be that Castro's days are numbered as the dictator of Cuba. That is certainly a "con- summation devoutly to be wish- ed." If ever a man failed to live up to,. the promise of his early days that man is Castro. As he failed in his premises to and 'for the Cuban people, it is to be hoped that he is on the way out and that better days are ahead for our close neighbors of the Caribbean Sea. "unwarranted interference" in the affairs of this country in respect of defence. ' Mr. Pearson will emphasize that the issues in the campaign are the need for a stable par- liament, the need for a- decisive Government and the need for a purposeful Government with a definite program. He will stress the need to improve conditions at home and abroad. The Liber- al program will be aimed at producing economic growth in Canada to bring about greater employment and job security. Mr. Diefenbaker on the other hand will campaign on what he calls "made in Canada" 'poli- cies. He will brand the Liberals with "obstruction" in the House of Commons. This charge Lib- eral Leader Pearson is prepar- ed to answer with factsnd figures including the point that more legislation was passed at this session than in the 1962 sessionwhen the Tories had 205 members. Nomination day will be Mont day, March 25th. A total of 1b,000,000 voters are expected tb lie •• m the voters' lists, business to Mr. S. Cluff. Mr. Bissell, who was a general fav- orite with all his customers, intends devoting his attention hereafter to market gardening, for which his place is admir- ably adapted. The ice harvest is now in full operation. Mr. D. D. Wilson has had six or seven teams drawing from the Egmondville dam for two weeks, filling his large refrigerators. Mr. R. Common is laying in a large supply from Silver Creek, which he will dispense' to the citizens during the coming heated term. Mr. 0. C. Millson has dispos- ed of his feed and seed busi- ness to Mr. William Grieve. Mr. Grieve understands- the business and is well and favor- ably known to the public. The thermometer stood as low as 22° below zero Wednes- day night, and the mercury vibrated from 10 to 12 below all day Thursday. • For some reason, Valentine Day brings out the worst in me. The idea of having a special day for expressions of love ap- peals to me, but not in the middle of a Canadian February. At this time of year, I can hardly stand myself, let alone my wife, my neighbor's wife, and various other people I'm supposed to love. Bearing this in mind, perhaps you will ex- cuse the family anti -romantic tone .of the following. * * * Nothing discomforts a woman quite as much asthe sugges- tion that she is not the fingers - to -the -bone type of worker she claims to be. And that's a big statement, because an awful lot of things discomfort a woman. Trouble is, most men swal- low this legend. They come home from work with their tails dragging, and barely have their coats off when the recital starts. They react in various ways to the avalanche that flows from Mum on everything she did from the time she got out of, bed this morning. One of the moslt widelyused methods of retaining sanity is to paste an interested look on your face, go right on eating your dinner, and emit a re- pertoire of small sounds indi- cating incredulity, approval and sympathy, aco panied by pop- ping the eye , if your mouth is full, waggin your head from time to time, and shrugging your shoulders at the oppor- tune moment. This gets you through the meal. Then she says, "Why do you never talk to me?" Another way of countering the vivid account of the way she got at the ironing right after she .made the beds is to say, "Oh, put a sock in it. Who the tell cares how long it took you to, wax the floor?" But this method is not recommended un- less your wife isparalyzed from the waist down. And up. * * * „ The more subtle and intelli- gent approach is one I have de- veloped, and which I amtoo public-spirited to keep to my- self. It is to read women's mag- azines. Practically every one of them these days contains • an article, about how to hold your husband. For example, this week I found a couple of dandies, One reads: Stop Boring Your Hus- band! The second asks, .Are You Exploiting Your Husband? Just crease the magazine at the article, put some fingerprints on it, and underline a few preg- nant phrases. Then leave the open magazine in some place where she's likely to see it, such as the bathroom or inside the refrigerator. * * * Next, find a few murder mys- teries in which husbands have SUGAR and SPICE By BiII .Smiley done away with their wives. Or news stories in which a man has gone berserk, and axed his entire family. Get into the hab- it of reading them aloud to your wife, jovially and with relish. Start grinding up aspir- in tablets and dropping them into glasses of milk just as she enters the room. When she starts talking about working so hard, fix her with a piercing stare and ask soft- ly, "Are you really unhappy with your life, darling?" This method is practically guaran- teed to give her something else to think about besides what she told the milkman when he shortchanged her. It's all very well for women to talk about how hard they work, and, what a state their nerves are in, from the con- tinual pressure of "kids, kids, kids!" But I, for one, am not interested, and don't believe •a word of it. Third of all, ,I'd rather talk about me. If life is such a round of drudgery, why are they so frantic to get married? Oh, I know the answer to this one, too. It goes, "I certainly didn't expect it to be like this. - You, used to talk to me about ev- erything. Now you fust sit there with your noSe in the paper. Other .peopl's husbands talk to them." * * * Of Course they do, and so would/ we, wouldn't we, chaps, if our wives would only SHUT UP! Don't expect her to admit it, but today's woman, if she is a fair mechanic, has a life that would make her grandmother turn green with envy. Some- body else does her baking. A machine does her washing. The milk and groceries are deliver- ed (unless she Iives in the city, where the latter amenity has been dispensed with). She doesn't have to pump, water or chop kindling or •shovel snow or shoot Indians or drive a team or birth babies or pre- serve fruit. * * * She has so many time -saving devices she hasn't time to look after them all. And with radio, television and telephone, she doesn't have to suffer the worst plague of her grandmother— loneliness. Or does she? * * * On top of the mechanical aids that have removed the drudg- ery from her life, she has a husband who might think that a woman's place is in tae home —but wouldn't dare say it. Come on, kids, confess tli`at you never had it so good.. Or do you? Happy Valentin'li' Day. And even if it's only old Bill Similey —I love you., EVERYTHING... TUST EVERYTHING-- MW GIRL INTRODUCE© ME 710 .TIER-FATIIEi'1,.- • T DON'T THINK I MADE A VERY GOOD ..) IMPRESSION—. jkti• HE SAID I, REMINDED' HIM OP HIMSELF . WREN HE WAS MY AGE•