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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 11, 1963
Huron Resists National Trend
Regardless of political associations,
there will be regret among Canadians
that Monday's election failed to pro-
duce a majority government. The
country faces problems that can only
be solved by the introduction of con-
sistent policies which can best be
implemented by a government that is
not dependent on the whims of splinter
parties.
While there are uncertainties, the
voting did make it apparent that the
Diefenbaker party had been rejected.
"While at this time it has not been made
. clear the course which Mr. Diefenbaker
may follow, there can be no practical
alternative to his immediate resigna-
tion. The Service vote, to be announc-
ed this weekend, may make changes in
some ridings, but it cannot alter the
fact that 68 per cent of the peo Ie of
Canada rejected Mr, Diefenbaker and
all he stood for. By their votes they
have given Mr. Pearson a mandate to
take over the administration of our
affairs.
At a time when Canada is divided
one area against the other„ with her
prestige lowered, her former friends
disturbed, and with confusing dom)tiestic.
ASHFIELD
Poll Cardiff McGavin
No. 1 94 48
No. 2 86 29
No. 4 93 44
No. 5 29 48
No. 6 33 50
No. 7 47 38
Total 453 293
BLYTH
No. 1 141 72
No. 2 124 64
A. P. 11 5
Total 276 141
BRUSSELS
No. 1 102 85
No. 2 67 . 51
No.•3 110 54
Total 279 190
CLINTON
• 1 A -J 1 119 83
1. - 92 • 87
2 A -J 147 89,
2 K -J 123 ' 90
3 A -K - 121 59
3 L -Z 111 86
4 A -K 121 57
4 L -Z 83 64
A. P. 10 7
'Total 927 622
COLBORNE
No. 1 . 95 66
No. 2 93 50
No. 3 102 69
No. 4 62 50
Total . 352 235
EXETER
1 A -K . . 134 73
1 L -Z 116 59
2 A -K 213 100
2 L -Z ,.... . 198 114
3 A•K 130 82
3 L Z 136 86
4 70 54
A. P. 6 13
Total 1003 581
GODERICH TOWNSHIP
No. 1 154 76
No. 2 69 40
No. 3 74 47
No. 4 . 59 32
No. 5 ,67 47
No. 6 85 51
Total .. 508 293
GREY
No. 1 ....... 49 42
No. 2 66 55
No. 3 44 70
No. 4 47 84
No. 5 ....... 88 79
No. 6 56 62
No. 7 58 58
Total 408 450
HAY
No. 1 43 34
No. 2 49 43
No. 3 46 53
No. 4 57 51
No. 5 30 62
No. 6 122 86
No. 7 27 40
No. 8 34 80
Total 408 449
HENSALL
North 163 98
South 107 85
Total 270 181
HIBBERT
No. 1 77 199.
No. 2 54 68
No, 8 81 106
No. it 71 85
problems, the task facing Mr. Pearson
is formidable. Few, if any, leaders
have faced a,, more challenging task or
test of statesmanship. It is, however,
a responsibility towards which all Mr.
Pearson's life training has been direct-
ed.
The results in Huron and Western
Ontario did not reflect the national
trend. Here in these ridings the voters
apparently ignored candidates and is-
sues.
There was no concern over the pos-
sibility of minority government, or of
the need of stable government; the
lack of a budget was not disturbing.
In many municipalities the count was
within a few votes of the results a
year ago.
In Huron, Elston Cardiff won his
eighth election, and quite properly.
gained the, congratulations of Huron
riding voters whom he has served for
twenty-three years.
His Liberal opponent, Gordon Mc -
Gavin, in his first contest, made a cred-
itable run, but the fact there was lit-
tle, if any, shift in most rural areas
resulted in his gains being held to a
minimum.
The Vote Across Huron
'1~ota1 288 438t
Poll
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 44
No. 5
No. 6
No. 7
Total
HULLETT
Cardiff McGavin
80 86'
42 61
54 56
102 81
31 16
61
62
423
60
69.
438
•McKILLOP
27
82'
87
66
262
MORRIS
58
58
102
89
68
73
448
SEAFORTH
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
Total ..
No. 1 ...
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4 .
No. 5
No. 6
Total
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6
A. P.
Total
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
1 ...
2'
3 ...
4...
5 .. .
6
7 . :.
Total
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6
No: 7
No. 8
No. 9
10A
10B
152
120
102
95
469
49
57
. 61
37
57
82
323
89 140
134 113
102 113
56 104
80 65
89 87
12 9
562 631
STANLEY
62 45
53 51'
44 31
'154 28
63 32
76 32
26 23
164 '75
642 317
STEPHEN
109 54
63 24
102
101
30
123
42
77
46
42
43
Total . ..... 778
TUCKERSMITH
No. 1
No. 2 ,
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6 .. ...
No. 7 ,..
No. 8 ........,
Total
58
91
55
88
65
21
58
87
149
750
81 102
114 111
59 83
78 85
51 63
48 56
52 140
78 52
591 692
USBORNE
73 36
60 49
35 57
58 39
90 33
71 16
89 40
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6
No. 7
I Total
474 270
EAST WAWANOSH
No, 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
Tata1
39 36
91 57
45 , .59
a9 59
86 ' 24
280 M 235
WEST WAWANOSH
Poll Cardiff McGavin
No. 1 103 46
No. 2 88 45
Np. 3 42 30
No. 4. 45 44
No. 5 59 38
No. 6 15 41
Total 352 244
GODERIC- H
No. 1 94 43
2 East 213 82
2 West . 178 125
3 A -L 104 58
3 M -Z 104 51
No. 4 113 66
No, 5 121 100
No. 6 73 55
No. 7 .. 167 100
No. 8 . _ .. 76 77
9 A -K 75 57
9 L -Z .... 97 74
No. 10 _ • ,185 '105
No. 11 .. 112 86
12 East 104 ' 72
12 West .... 186 149
A. P. ..... 22 13
Total .. 2024 1313
ZURICH,
No. 1 62
No. 2 _.... 78
Total ...... 140
SUMMARY
Ashfield . . 453
Blyth 276
Brussels .. 279
Clinton 927
Colborne ...... 352
Exeter .. ... . .. 1003
Goderich Twp: . 508
Grey 408
Hay 408
Hensall 270
Hibbert 283
Hullett 438
McKillop 262
Morris 448
562
642
7'78
561
474
E, Wawanosh .. , 280
W. Wawanosh 352
Goderich ... . 2024
Zurich 140
Seaforth
Stanley
Stephen ..
Tuckersmith
Usborne
Riding Total .... 12,128
Majority . 2,375 ,
124
89
213
293
141
190
622
235
,681
293
450
449
181
438
423
469
323
631
317
750
692
270
'235
244
1313
213
9,753
WOMEN'S
HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY
The regular monthly meeting
of the Women's Hospital Aux-
iliary will be held in the school
room of First Presbyterian
Church on Tuesday, April 16,
at 8:15. This is the meeting
which was postponed Tuesday,
April 9. A good attendance of
members and visitors would be
appreciated.
Those who are planning to
have bridge, euchre or Lunch-
eon in connection with the pro-
ject, "Vanishing Lunchdons,"
are asked to please note that
the last week of April is to be
the closing date. The weather
isn't good for housecleaning or
gardening, so plan to entertain
and make this project a sue-
eea$.
The following ladies have
contributed to this project re-
cently: Mrs. Lloyd Itowat, Mrs.
Brad - Smith, Miss Florence
Laidlaw and Mrs. Johtl A Card -
no.
0/ The Itreehe
WE GIVE TRADING 5TAMPS
n
"Don't forget to wait for your trading stamp"
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
PICKING UP THE PIECES
OTTAWA—When Ottawa gets
over its election hangover some-
one will have to get busy pick-
ing up quite a number of
pieces.
The file of unfinished busi-
ness left in February is larger
than usual, including an un-
completed budget on which fi-
nance officials have been work-
ing quietly ever since their
minister dumped it in their lap
and turned to the precarious
business of getting votes.
Another problem shelved by
the political arm of Govern-
ment two months ago was the
Glassco report on Government
organization. Three volumes
have been published; two more
are ready or nearly ready for
publication. Meanwhile, piling
up for cabinet consideration
have been the reports on the
Report.
Not long before the death of
Parliament a small committee
of civil servants under the chair-
manship of one of Oftawa's
soundest and most experienced
Deputy Ministers, George F.
Davidson, was given thejob of
sorting out the scores of re-
commendations.
During its two and a half
years of work the Royal Com-
mission has looked at Govern-
ment from the outside as a
super -efficiently expert. T h e
senior civil service group was
directed to look at its report
objectively from the inside. It
was to advise the Cabinet not
only on what recommendations
might be implemented, but
what would be involved in
their acceptance.
The work was farmed out in
three ways. Most sections of
the Glassco report affected two
or more departments. These
sections were handed ov-
er to inter -department) com-
mittees, usually under the chair-
manship of deputy ministers.
In other cases, notable re-
commendations to increase the
efficiency and reduce the cost
of postal services, only one
department was involved and
it was invited to make its own
study and approve or condemn.
Finally, there are specialized
recommendations which require
very technical study. A case, in
point is the proposal that the
administration of payments to.
municipalities in lieu of taxes
under the Municipal Grants Act
be transferred from the Finance
Department to the Department
of Public Works. This is get-
ting a three -cornered 'study be-
tween the two departments in-
volved and the Glassco com-
mittee.
The plan was to have a steady
stream of recommendations fed
to the Cabinet by the commit-
tee. Even on that basis, Gov-
erment decisions on this bulk-
iest of all Royal Commission
reports (with the possible ex-
ception of the Rowell-Sirois ef-
fort of 1940) will take months.
With the stream dammed by two
months of election campaign,
ing the volume of recommenda-
tions presents a formidable
front,
But in addition to all the
paper work turned out by the
committee are the basic re-
commendations for a drastic
reorganization of the two pil-
lars of Ottawa officialdom,
Trexury Board and the Civil
Set 'ice Commissions. Nothing
has been done or will be done
about this until the last two
volumes of the Glassco report
have been published. Then, if
it is put in the hands of the
committee at all, it will be
accompanied by specific in-
structions on how to handle it.
In other words, it seems' likely
that the committee will be
asked merely to rationalize a
decision already taken on the
political level.
All this casts a cloud of
doubt over the fate of the
whole Glasse() report. Terms
of reference of the Royal Com-
mission appointed in Septem-
ber, 1980, were patterned on
the Hoover Commission in the
United States. The Hoover re-
port completed in two stages
several years apart promised
the taxpayer savings that ran
into billions of dollars. The
Glassco report is more modest.
It talks in tens of millions.
A few savings were accomplish-
ed as a result of the Hoover
recommendations. Some will
result from the Glassco report.
But neither report has tackled
the real key to high Goverment
expenditures—the incurable de-
sire of the politician to spend
money.
Capital Hill Capsules
By the time some of us have
finished paying our election
bets we may be wishing that
a Social Credit Government had
been installed in Ottawa.
* *
One compensation for these
periods without a Parliament is
the Governor -General's warrant.
Instead of spending what has
been provided in the kitty by
estimates approved (in this case
still to be approved) by Parlia-
ment, the Government is lim-
ited to paying only the urgent
current bills. This is likely to
shave the 1962-63 deficit, which,
it had been anticipated, would
be above the $600 million
mark.
* * * ..
Canada finished its fiscal year
with reserves of gold and U.S.
dollars at $2.6 billion, a healthy
total compared to the $1.1 pil-
lion at the time of the
exchange crisis less than a
year ago. There has been lit-
tle change in the total over
the last five months, reflecting
a steady inflow of new capital
from the United States as well
as surprising improvement in
our current account deficit with
the rest of the world.
* * *
The balance of payments
position made possible removal
of the last of the tariff sur-
charges on March 31, This is
at least four months ahead of
schedule. It has already result-
ed in reductions in the price of
imported cars and is likely' to
spread to -the field of ,clothing,
imported fabrics and perhaps
boots and shoes.
Among Canada's principal
cities, St. John's, Nfld., has the
lowest cost of living, and To-
ronto, Ont., the highest; at Oc-
tober, 1962, the index figures
fpr these cities were, respec-
tively, 118,1 and 133.1.
The man telephoned the the-
atre ticket office and asked:'
"Can I get a box for two for
tonight?"
A puzzled voice answered:
"We don't have boxes for two,"
"Isn't this the theatre?" he
asked crossly.
"Why, no," was the' reply,
"you are talking to Bell, the
Undertaker."
POLES FOUGHT HARD IN
WORLD WAR TWO
After the Nazi -Soviet con-
quest of 'Poland, vast numbers
of Polish servicemen made their
way to France and, later, to Bri-
tain. Over three hundred thou-
sand men, all volunteers, serv-
ed in the Polish armed forces.
Polish airmen shot down every
seventh German aircraft in the
Battle of Britain. Polish dM-
sions fought in Norway, Africa,
Normandy, and Germany. The
Polish Second Corps were re-
sponsible ,for winning the great
battle$ of Monte.' Cassino and
Ancona in Italy.
HISTORICAL NAVAL. BASE
The principal naval base of
the British Isles is Portsmouth,
Hampshire. The town has ex-
isted
xisted at least since the sixth
century but did not become a
naval base until the reign of
Henry VIII. its Royal Dockyard
comprises about 500 acres of
drydocks, repair b a sin s,
wharues and buildings, many
historic, Nelson's flagship,
IIMS Victory, is on view. The
novelists, Charles Dickens, peo.
Xeredith and. Sir W'aiter Besant,
were all bot in Portsmouth,
-.
IN THE YEARS ALONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 8, 1938
Despite most disagreeable
weather, the Seaforth spring
show on Tuesday was an un-
qualified success and well up to
the standard of previous years.
The judging of the classes was
watched throughout the after-
noon by a Iarge and interested
crowd, regardless of the cold,
raw winds and intermittent
snowflurries.
Fred Harburn, of Cromarty,
who for a number of years has
held the Canadian horseshoe
pitching championship, h a s
proved himself to be just as
proficient with a fiddle, when
he captured third prize at the
fiddlers' contest held in con-
nection with the agricultural
society dance.
Threshing clover is the or-
der of the day in Tuckersmith.
Members of the Seaforth Bad-
minton Club held an enjoyable
tournament Wednesday evening
when the girls' doubles were
won by Misses P. Southgate and
N. Jeffery, and men's doubles
went to M. Lazarus and S. Dor-
ranee.
Everyone is talking about the
extremely nice weather these
days, and they have good rea-
son for talking, as on March 21
and 23 it was 70 degrees in
the shade.
From The Huron Expositor
April 11, 1913
Mr. M. W. Cooper, Tucker
smith, is now busy getting ma-
terial for the remodelling of
one of his barns.
Miss Cora Dodds has taken a
Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER
UNPRECEDENTED WINTER
The historian relates that
when Napoleon Bonaparte be-
gan his ill-starred campaign
against Russia more than a
hundred years ago he soon
found himself confronted by a
new enemy against which his
previous .experience shed no
light and upon which his genius
as a warrior could not avail.
That new enemy was nature.
Winter came early and the men
from a milder climate than Rus-
sia were chilled to the bone and
fell by the thousands when Na-
poleon was forced to withdraw
from the ashes of Moscow. It
is to be hoped that the Russians
may be as badlyoutclassed if
they ever invade the south.
As vividly remembered will
be the winter that ushered in
the year 1963. It .is terrible to
think of a bus skidding into an
icy river in Montana, of the
vessels in the section where the
schooner "Hesperus sailed the
wintry sea," that repeat that
tragedy of which Longfellow
writes. And we may shiver to
think of a• landscape that like
Hohenlinden• where when "the
sun was low all bloodless lay
the untrodden snow but was
soon to see another ..sight with
the drum beat at dead of night,
commanding fires of death to
light the darkness of ,her scen-
ery."
Just a Thoughts:
The relief that comes when
someone helps us out of a tight
situation is not quite compor-
able to the feeling that comes
to us when we know that we
have really accomplished a good
deed of our own.
QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ
1. Which province has t h e
smallest number of seats in
the House of Commons?
2. Total payments from the old
age security pension fund
were $379 million 'in 1957.
What will be the total for
the year ending March '31,
1963?
3. Who wrote the words and
music of The Maple Leaf For-
ever?
4. As a proportion of national
income does Canada spend
more or - less than the. U.S.
on state Health and welfare
programs?
5. When a manufacturing plant
creates 100 new jobs in a
Canadian town or city, does
it create 14, 54 or 117 other
new, jobs in the community?
ANSWERS: 5. On the aver-
age, for each 100 new factory
jobs there are 117 other new
jobs created. 3. Alexander
Muir, a Toronto. -school teach-
er. 1. P.E.I., four seats. 4.
Canada. spends 14 per cent of
national income on state health
and welfare programs, twice as
muchas the U.S. 2. $736 mil-
lion.
Canada's farmers receiveda
record $2,199.5 million in cash
income from farming operations
in the first nine months of 1962.
Over the past 10 years de-
fence spending has increased
from $4.3 billion to $6.5 billion,
but as a proPortion of total.
budgetary, expenditure it has
dropped' from 45:6 per cent to.
26.3per cent.
4 re
position in Mr. W. G. Willis's
shoe store.
Mr. John T. Dickson has dis
posed of the 100 -acre farm op-
posite the homestead to Mr.
Forrest, who was the purchaser
of the other farm.
The work of repairing the
furniture factory in town is
about completed, and the em-
ployees are about ready to go
back to work again.
Mr. John J. McGavin, Lead -
bury, has again come to the
front at the spring show in Sea -
forth, held on April 1, taking
first prize for his year-old colt.
Mr. Ernest Dinnen, of near
Chiselhurst, delivered to Mr.
James Smillie, of the London
Road, a five-year-old gelding
that tipped the scales at 1840
pounds.
From The Huron Expositor
April 13, 1888
The Stratford Beacon of last
week says: "Oscar Neil, a welI-
known sprinter and lacrosse
player, a former resident of
the Classic City, has been elect-
ed captain of the Seaforth La-
crosse Club."
Mr. Noble Clutl', Seaforth, has
taken into partnership with
him Mr. Samuel Bennett, in the
pump -snaking business.
Mr. John Keefe, of Chisel-
hurst, commenced to plow on
Monday, the 9th of April,
Hall Bros., of Kinburn, have
sold their wagon and black-
smith shops to Mr. William
Cook, Winthrop.
Hector Reid, of the second
concession of Stanley, has pur-
chased from D. Hill, of Hib-
bert, a 14-months•old Shorthorn
bull, for which he paid a hand-
some price.
The barn of Mr. Peter Mc-
Cann, of the second of Hibbert,
was destroyed by fire on Wed-
nesday evening last,
Well, now that the nonsense
is over (and boy! aren't there a
lot of dopey voters in this coun-
try?) we -can get back to the
important things of 'life.
I'd like, at this time, to• pass
along a vote of appreciation to
the women of Canada. They
have put up with a great deal
in the past couple of weeks,
and it's not over yet, It has
been a harassing experience;
but they've taken it as bravely
as usual. No, I don't mean the
election.
* * *
Night after night, our women
have wheedled, coaxed and
threatened, trying to get small
boys and grandfathers to bed
at a' decent hour. Night after
night, they have received only
blank, uncomprehending stares
from their husbands.
But hold, ladies. Reck naught
of the scowls of young Wilber,
the snarls of grampa. Don't be
distressed by the utter noth-
ingness of ydur bitter half.
Bear with them. NHL playoff
time is to them what Paris is
to a middle-aged French teach-
er, what Stratford is to the
faded chap who helped paint
the scenery for the Hayfork
Centre Drama Festival.
* * *
Stanley Cup time is a won-
derful spring tonic. It is Alice
in Wonderland and Peter Pan
to the males in your family,
from eight to 80. Where you
see only a lot of large young
men rushing at each other, they
see a •ballet.- Where you see
only brutality and bloodshed,
they see the drarha of a bull-
ring. As you shudder at the
bestial roar of the arena mob,
they are thrilling to the skill
and gallantry of the gladiators.
You see, mum, hockey at its
best is poetry in motion, music
in flight. An NHL goalie has
all the grace and delicacy of
a toreador. Maybe we don't
think of these comparisons, as
we sit on the edges of our
chairs, watching the' warriors
weave their intricate design of
combat, but we're aware of
them. It's a national disease,
pretty well restricted to the
male species, and it makes the
so-called "fever" of the World
Series or the Grey Cup game
look like a mild case of the
sniffles, in comparison.
* * *
How did we get this way?
Well, it's a little embarrassing
to explain. But nine out of 10
boys in this country are ex-
posed to hockey early in life.
And eight out of 10 of them
have had, at one time or an-
SUGA
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley
other, a desperate desire to
become a truly great hockey
player. The urge may have
lasted five minutes or five years
but it was so powerful it hurt,
when it was in force..
And about 90 per cent of us
know perfectly well that if it
hadn't been for sheer bad luck,
or bad management, we'd have
made the NHL. Some of us.
were too heavy, some too light.
Some were a little slow; others
could not hoist the puck. Some
started to smoke; others to go
with girls. It was just some
lousy break like that that kept
us out of the big time.
* * *
Even knowing this, however,
we're not envious. We watch
the best players in the world
with the complacement cam-
araderie of a movie extra
watching the stars at work,
with the friendly concern of a
burlesque stripper watching a
prima ballerina. We sit there
as they flash about the ice, and
muse, "There, but for the fact
that I always went over on my
ankles, go I."
During my own hockey car-
eer, in the days when we used
department store catalogues for
shin pads, I played in the same .
peewee league as a fellow who
later went up to Detroit Red
Wings. I still think it was on-
ly the fact that he could skate
six or eight times faster than
I could that made him out-
distance me in our hockey car-
eers. Many a time I tripped
him as he went by. ,
* *. *
Go through any family and
you'll find they have some
great hockey traditions like
this. That fat fellow watching
TV once scored the winning
goal with only eight seconds to
go, if , the lousy ref haddena •
called it back for an offside.
That old gentleman in the rock-
er remembers the time Hbwie
Morenz • came to town, when
Howie was still an amacher,
and he'd, have seen him play
if he haddena been working the
night shift that night. That
urchin gnawing his nails in the
corner, why he was the third
highest scorer in the third best
team in the Squirts leagpe,
this very winter.
* * *
Oh, it may all seem very
childish to you women. But
it's in our blood. It's part 'of
the simple, strong, poetic heri-
tage of the Canadian male.
Have patience. The plaque
wanes shortly. And then, but
not until them, will you re-
trieve us to the dull, ordinary
round of family togetherness.
by
Tom Dorr
EVERY WOMAN
HER HUSBAND
BE BOSS...,