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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 25, 1963
New Industry Doesn't Just Happen
New industry doesn't just happen.
It comes to a community because it has
been invited, and because the citizens
of the community, through the efforts
they exert, have indicated they are
interested and are convinced their com-
munity has the most to offer. In other
words, it's a ,selling job.
The Clinton News -Record, discussing
the decision to locate a new FAME
plant in Mitchell, points out what hap-
pens when a community fails to press
its case when new industry is concern-
ed. Since Seaforth, like Clinton, was a
potential site for the industry, the
words of the Clinton paper have sig-
nificance here :
"As we reported a couple of weeks
ago, Mitchell has been selected as the
site of a slaughtering and cutting plant
for FAME, the co-operative packing
concern being backed by farmers in an
effort to afford some competition to the
major packing plants in Ontario.
"While the plant at Mitchell should
be of considerable benefit to area farm-
ers in view of the fact it should cut
down their shrinkage and trucking
costs for their products, the plant will
also give Mitchell an attractive new
industry that will boost the economy
of that Perth' town.
"The selection of Mitchell as the site
was not a haphazard affair that was;
determined by drawing a name out of
a hat, but due mainly tothe efforts of
three groups in that municipality.
"Se'(eral towns in this area, includ-
ing Seaforth, were being studied by
FAME, but the major selling factor
appears to be the work done by the
citizens of Mitchell and the attractive
offer they made.
"The Council agreed to install the
necessary sewer at a cost of approxi-
mately $8,000; the Chamber of Com-
merce made a determined drive to sell
shares in the town, boosting the coffers
of FAME by $3,300 in the process, and
the PUC will install the necessary
water and hydro lines.
"While this, expenditure will be a
slight burden on the taxpayers of Mit-
chell, there is np doubt that the bene-
fits they will receive from this new
industry will far overshadow the initial
outlay.
"This is just another example of
what a town can accomplish when
enough interested parties get together
to back a project that they know will
aid the entire municipality.
"While Clinton's location was just
not quite central enough for this plant,
we imagine there was a slight chance,
that it bould have been built in this
area had it been backed even more
than it was it Mitchell.
"We also understand the Seaforth
site being considered was west of that
town, which would have been of some
Own Best Customers
Canadians are their own best cus-
tomers. While we talk about extending
trade—and certainly this is important
—we sometimes forget that about 70
per cent of our agricultural products,
including wheat, are consumed in Can-
ada. •
This points up the advantages of an
increased population, which would
benefit every segment of the country.
Rural Canada would benefit first, be-
cause immediately there would be an
increase in the demand for the products
of the farm. And an improved agri-
cultural economy would in turn gen-
erate demand for the products of Cana-
dian factories.
The backbone of any consistent in-
crease in population must be a consist-
ent immigration policy. And the soon-
er such a policy is arrived at the soon-
er will Canada gain. Canada's growth
and prosperity during the fifties stem-
med in great measure from the contri-
bution made by' the hundreds 0 thou-
sands of citizens who arrived here from
Britain and Europe. Now Canadian
citizens, these newcomers have con-
tiirx `led retake an outstanding contra-
1n tion to their. ,new cooptry.,
benefit to Clinton, but apparently
neither municipality took any initiative
to study the benefits to make a proposal
to FAME in an effort to get it located
there.
"This proves once again that munici-
palities interested in enticing indus-
tries can't merely sit back and wait
for them to come, but must get out and
`sell' their area and give a few con-
cessions to industries.
"While it is too late to do anything
about this FAME plant now, we trust
the example of our neighbors in Mit-
chell is one that will linger with us
and will spur the proper people to .
more action in the future—and the not '
too distant future at that."
While the summary by the Clinton
paper in the main is correst, certain
of the conditions existing in Mitchell
didn't apply here.
The site under consideration was a
short distance east of Seaforth, on No,
8 Highway, and in Tuckersmith. This
being the case, neither Seaforth coun-
cil or Seaforth PUC could be involved
in provision of services. Perhaps what
was lacking here was necessary co-
ordination of effort. As an example,
many local people invested • in FAME,
probably as many as in Mitchell, but.,
this was not emphasized and thus the
impact of the publicity value which a
community investment created—as was
the case in Mitchell—was lost.
FAME is going to Mitchell but there
will be other opportunities. The
principal thing now is that we profit
by the lessons of the FAME. project
and are ready to take advantage 'of
other opportunities as they appear.
Parking Solution
The parking problem is one that fac-
es every community. The only differ-
ence between,large cities and small
towns is the ize of the problem.
But the difficulty is not peculiar to
Canadians, the Financial Post tells us,
and goes on to describe how one coun-
try—Japan—has done something about
it.
In that country a drastic new park-
ing law may have a sinister warning
to drivers in crowded Canadian cities.
Anyone who wishes to buy a car in
Tokyo must now produce a police certi-
ficate proving he has space to park it
off the public highway. This means
that the garage must come before the
car. As land is extremely costly in
Japan, this is an expensive proposition.
And this is not all. Tokyo car own-
ers have another woe. Cars now can-
not be parked continuously in the street
for more than 12 hours withoutthe
owner risking a fine of $30 or three
months in jail.
It is not surprising that car registra-
tions in Japah have fallen drastically,
much to the anguish of automobile
manufacturers . and • retailers, to say
nothing of service stations and parts
replacement dealers.
It couldn't happen in Canada? Per-
haps not at the moment, but if cars
continue to clog public areas, and thor-
oughfares lose their usefulness because
of long-time parking, a good long look•
at the laws in Japan may be in. order.
Cornflake Bond
(St. Thomas Times -Journal)
If one nice thing can be said about
Nikita Khrushchev, it's that he's re-
freshing, always coming up with some-
thing new. Now he's advising his fel-
low Russians to eat corn flakes and that
other capitalist food, potato chips.
This is heartening. Could be that if
East and West draw together in little
ways, the big differenees won't seem so
insurmountable.
If a bit of cold cereal can take the
chill off the cold war and the crunch
of potato chips drown out the sound of
marching 'boots, that's all to the good.
We won't even complain if the Rus-
sians eventually claim they invented
these delicacies.
!!ajj�/Th.*/thh
"It's been a wonderful evening, Harold—so please get lost
while I enjoy the rest of it"
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
THE DIEFENBAKER ERA
OTTAWA — The changeover
of Government has now been
made. Lester Pearson sits at
last at the centre of power,
having won on his third try
the Prime Ministership of the
nation.
In his slow climb to the poli-
tical zenith—a story by the way
of courage and ability which
has not yet been fully told—
Mr. Pearson pushed off stage a
star which sparkled with inter-
mittent brillance for the past
six years.
John Diefenbaker has stepped
aside after nearly six years as
Prime Minister.
With his departure and with
the advent of the new Liberal
Government under Mr. Pearson,
Canada seems ready to embark
on a new political voyage.
Just before the boat sails, it
may be well to bid a brief fare-
well to John Diefenbaker. In
terms of history, Mr. Diefen-
baker's six-year' rule was brief,
but it will not be forgotten.
He shook the dust from for-
gotten chambers in Canadian
political life. He came like a
jolt of adrenalin to a sluggish
population. He turned his par-
ty upside down. He generated
intense admiration or intense
dislike but he generated some-
thing 'in nearly every Canadian.
Was he a "good" Prime Mini-
ster? Probably not in the us-
ual sense of that word. The
contributions he made as Prime
Minister were more political
than administrative.
He couldn't preside over a
board of directors Government
the way Louis St. Laurent could.
In his six years as Prime
Minister,' there is no piece of
legislation, no national accom-
plishments that stands out as a
monument to his career. Even
the Bill of Rights has not yet
gained acceptance as a truly
significant concept.
There is a legacy of sound
but unspectacular legislation—.
business incentives, aid to mun-
icipalities, vocational training,
agriculture, employment mea-
sures.
Perhaps only in agriculture
was there any flair shown, any
imaginative action taken at the
right time and in the right
amount.
The Diefenbaker Government
did put a sound economic base
under the farmer, something
long overdue. If the eastern
farmer has not benefited to
quite the same degree as the
western, it was probably be-
cause he had farther to go.
There is no question that that
would have come if the Con-
servatives had been permitted
to remain in power.
Bub- these accomplishments,
solid as they are, are obscured
by a record of administrative
chaos, of indecision, of emotion-
alism and sometimes disorder.
One thinks of the abrupt
cancellation of the Avro Ar-
row; of the disgraceful and un-
necessary episode with former
Bank of Canada Governor
James Coyne; there was the
defence controversy, which the
Government allowed to fester
and spread; there was the
financial crisis and dollar de-
valuation, good in itself but
not so good when forced upon
a Government in the manner it
was; and in the past year there
has been the austerity program
and a brief session of Parlia-
ment in which the minority
Diefenbaker Government failed
to provide even a minimum of
leadership.
There was the Cuban crisis
when the Government knew not
which way to jump, There was
a failure to provide a national
focus for French Canada at a
time of revolutionary change.
There was increasing carping
and harsh tone in our relations
with the United Kingdom and
the United States. And finally,
there was disintegration, defeat
in the house, cabinet revolt, the
resignation of Ministers and the
retirement of others.
In short, the tftefenhaker eta
was simply the tempestuous, tate
riddled with mistakes, to be
called a successful administra-
tion.
The Government acted too
late, for example, to stem the
rising tide of unemployment,
to stimulate a lagging economy.
And that is one of the things
one thinks of in "good" Gov-
ernment: Showing strong and
steady leadership, making
sound judgments and giving
sound reasons for them, acting
on problems even before they
become public recognition, and
enhancing Canada's image in
the rest of the world.
On these counts, Prime Mini-
ster Diefenbaker was not a
good Prime Minister. But on
other counts, he was a good
Prime Minister.
After all, Canada had been
enjoying, or enduring, a sound
steady and unexciting . admini-
stration before John Diefenbak-
er came along.
If the economy was whirring
along, political life was stag-
nant, and that can be just as
unhealthy. A purge is neces-
sary once . in a while and was
particularly necessary when
John Diefenbaker arrived.
He awakened Canadians to a
sense of national destiny, even
if he didn't point the way too
clearly: He was a man of
words, not actions; of ideas,
not blueprints. It is, in fact,
ironic for the only Canadian
Prime Minister in recent his-
tory to win substantial majori-
ties in every part of Canada on
the strength of his broad Cana-
dian Nationalistic appeal should
have been reduced five years
later to emphasizing the divi-
sions in the' country for elec-
toral purposes.
After six years, his words,
his ideas perhaps became a
little distorted, but by then his
work had been done. He had
jolted Canadians. They had
become more aware of them-
selves, and it was perhaps
natural then that they should
become more aware of the
shortcomings of a man like
John Diefenbaker.
He was a Prairie lawyer. Be-
fore he became Prime Minister
he was a controversialist, a
cross-examiner, a weaver of
arguments, a n d he didn't
change that much when he be-
came Prime Minister.
Ile ,had a talent for combat,
and he was unhappy, as in the
years of his massive majority,
when there was no worthy
opponents. around. He was hap-
py in the last election cam-
paign when there were oppon-
ents all around him, on top of
him and underneath him.
There has .been a tendency
lately to speak of John Diefen-
baker in the past tense. This
is grossly inaccurate. He is no
longer Prime Minister, but he
is still very much alive. And
his special talents are especial-
ly suited to opposition.
For he is a fighter. That as
much as anything won admira-
tion for him during his last
campaign.
And that as much as any-
thing will assure his memory.
In a few years, perhaps a few
months, the memory of ' the
flamboyant indecision, the re-
cord of administration failure
and the messianic posturing,
which alienated so many who
watched him. at, work, will
likely recede.
When that has gone, it could
well be replaced by a feeling
of affection for this man of
good humor, a great campaign-
er and a fighter who perform-
ed the inestimable service .of
shaking Canada awake, from
coast to coast.
KOREAN LEADING ACTOR
REALLY PLAYS THE LEAD
In the traditional folk plays
of Korean theatre, there is a
full cast of players. However,
only the star gets to speak to
any extent. The other- players
are perfnitted to give hint only
alittle assistance, as he de-
elaims every role in- turn.
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 22, 1938
Mr. Gordon Wren, of Kippen,
started on his new- duties as
mail courier on one of the rural
routes on Monday.
The sawmill at Walton, which
has been running for a week,
has plosed down, but will fin-
ish cutting logs in a few weeks.
Seeding operations are in full
swing in ' Tuckersmith this
week.
It is impossible at the pres-
ent moment to estimate with
any degree of accuracy the
honey crop for 1938, but with
an increase in the number of
bee colonies reported, the ca-
pacity for production has in-
creased over previous years.
Reports indicate a possible
shortage of major nectar secur-
ing plants in 1938 due to the
heavy winter -killing of 1936-37
and a shortage of clover seed.
A fine rendition of "Olivet
to Calvary," Maunder's beauti-
ful cantata, which recalls so
simply and ereverently the
scenes which marked the Last
few days of the Saviour's life
on earth, was given by the choir
of First Presbyterian Church in
the auditorium of the church
on Good Friday evening, April
15, under the efficient leader-
ship of Mr. M. R. Rennie, with
Mrs. Rennie accompanying,
which was listened to by an ap-
preciative audience.
From The Huron Expositor
.April 25, 1913
Messrs. R. and F. Devereaux,
of the Seaforth Carriage Works,
last week installed two electric
Rev: ROBERT H. HARPER
The Canadian Bible Society
is Launching out into new seas.
For the first time since it was
inaugurated in 1904, the Cana-
dian Society will assume ad-
ministrative responsibility for
work outside Canada.
Long accustomed to caring
for Scripture distribution with-
in Canada ' and raising -needed
funds for The British and For-
eign Bible Society in its world-
wide work, now the Canadian
Society will reach abroad.
The Caribbean area n o w
comes under the Canadian
Bible Society in this new ar-
rangement between The Bri-
tish and Foreign Bible Society
and the American Bible So-
ciety.
Cuba, Bermuda, Antigua, Ba-
hamas, Barbados, British Hon-
duras, British Guiana, Grenada,
St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Domini-
ca, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago,
Saba, St. Eustabius, St. Martin,
St. Croix and St. John are now
included in the new administra-
tive area. Bible Society Secre-
taries are located at Havana,
Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica.
Besides administration, it has
been announced that the Cana-
dian Bible Society will under-
take to pay $170,000 a year to
promote Bible work in these
parts of the Caribbean.
Suggested Daily Bible Readings
Sunday—Mark 1:16-28
Monday—Mark 1:32-45
Tuesday—Luke 4:16-22
Wednesday—Luke 5:1-11
Thursday—John 2:1-12
Friday—John 3:1-21
Saturday --John 4:1-15
QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ
1. What Canadian woman
founded the world-wide Wo-
men's Institute?
2. How many buffalo are there
now in Canada?
3. In 1962 which had the great-
er value, Canada's imparts
or exports?
4. Where is Canada's largest
bird sanctuary?
5. Of total federal government
revenues, do personal income
taxes provide 66 per cent,
45 per cent, or 28 per cent?
ANSWERS: 5. In 1962-63 fis-
cal year, 28 per cent. 3. Im-
ports totalled $6,268,300,000,
exports $6,347,800,000. 1. Mrs.
Adelaide Hoodless, of Stoney
Creek, Ont. 4. In James Bay,
Akimiski Island, 1,300 square
miles. 2. There are now about
20,000 buffalo in Canada.
A SMILE OR TWO
Sign in a Beauty Salon: -`We
can always give you the New
Look provided you still have
the .Old Parts."
An old minister, seeking to
inspire his somewhat apathetic
asaid, "This clutch must get up
and w k."
"Amen," exclaimed a pious
brother, "let her walk."
"This church must run!"
"Amen, let her run," said
the saint.
Encouraged, t h e minister
shouted, "This church must
fly"
"Brethren, it takes money to
niake a church fly."
"At'nen," replied the saint,
"let icer' WalkrP
motors in their blacksmithing
shop for blowing their forge
fires.
Mr. George McIntosh has pur-
chased the residence of the late
James Murray, opposite the
flour mill.
Winthrop creamery will be-
gin operations for the season
on May 1. Mr. Calder has made
extensive repairs and has done
everything in first-class shape.
A post office official was in
Seaforth last Friday selecting
the points at which letter de-
livery boxes are to be placed.
A cavalcade, consisting of
five or six vans of Italian gyp-
sies, passed through the town
on Monday last.
The new street sweeper was
used in town for the first time
on Thursday morning and work-
ed very satisfactorily.
From The Huron Expositor
April 27, 1888
Workmen are now engaged in
erecting the new gymnasium in
connection with Seaforth Col-
legiate Institute.
Mr. D. D. Wilson is making
preparations to rebuild his barn
which was burned down last
fall.
Last week a yoke of oxen,
owned by Mr. James Fair, of
the Clinton Mills, were weighed
and turned the scales at 5,000
pounds, the heaviest yoke ever
weighed on the Scales.
Don't expect those ingredi-
ents of any good column—unity
and coherence—this week.
Since last November, I've
been needling everybody who
bored me by talking about
what a dreadful dose of flu
he had. "Stop babying your-
self," I derided. "It's all in
your mind. You're getting too
much rest. You're not boozing
enough to kill the bugs. You
just want a day off." And so
en. So . it couldn't hap-
pen to a nicer chap, but what
throws me is that I had to
wait until the Easter holidays
to catch it.
Something that gives me a
big pain in the arm is, the
advice you get from doctors
when the flu sneaks up and
pounces. "A couple of days
in bed is the best 'cure.'
Who in the world can take
a couple of days in bed in this
crazy age? A farmer, with the
seeding to be done? A fisher-
man, with the ice just nicely
out of the lake? A contractor,
with his first job in four
months, and a .rush one?
Ask any mother of young
children how many days she
spent in -bed last time she had
the flu. The only time most
women ever spend a few days
in bed is when they are com-
pounding their confusion by
bringing another little stranger
into o the world.
Enough of that. I still . say
it served me right. However,
I made it to church on Easter
and was delighted to renew
acquaintances with so many
old friends I hadn't seen since
last Easter. They should charge
admission, and a good stiff one,
for those bums who turn up at
church once a year, on Easter
Sunday, stuffed full of hot -cross
buns and • holiness.
I did overhear a remark that
day which rather refreshed my
sombre spirit. As we were com-
ing out of church, a little fel-
low ahead of us, clutching his
mother's hand, piped, loud and
clear, "Does Jesus have a sec-
ond name, Muni?". His mum,
looking around proudly to make
sure everybody noticed how
cute the kid was, answered
brightly, "Yes, dear. It's Jesus
Christ." The little guy ponder-
ed this, and shrilled, "I best 1
know what God's second name
is." His mother took off out
of there so fast the boy was
practically streaming out hori-
zontally.
Most of the election recrim-
inations are over by now, but
a few editors are still catching
it from readers who feel that
the local paper was one-sided
in its coverage, or did not print
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley .
the whole
complaints
candidates
truth. Few of these
are from winning
or their supporters.
This has always tickled me
—the fellow who demands that
the paper print the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but
the truth. What he means, of
course, is the truth as he sees
it. Or the truth about some-
body else. Most newspapers
print the truth, but show me
one that prints the whole
trifth, and I'll be the first to
donate toward a statue for its
editor. Or a tombstone.
Perhaps it would be a good
thing if newsapers did print
the whole tru li, about every-
thing. It wou d certainly put
some life into the obituary col-
umns. But in the first, • place,
a lot of people would '-suffer '
where it hurts most—in their
vanity. In the second place,
the editor would be so busy
facing actions for slander and
libel that, even if he won them.
all; he wouldn't have time for
anything else.
The truth is a fine thing.
It's like potatoes, one of the
staples of life. But just as we
can get tired of spuds three
times a day, every day, we
could get mighty weary of
nothing but the plain, unadul-
terated truth.
Do you think women would
lead a fuller life if, when they
ask how they look in a new
outfit, their husbands informed
them that they'resembled some-
thing left out for the dog's
breakfast?
* 3
Would the preacher feel rich-,
er, spiritually, if you told him,
right in the middle of the Sun •
-
day morning handshake, "That
was the dullest sermon I have
ever heard"?
Would your friends feel more
warmly toward you if you an-
swered the casual query, "How
are you?" with the plain, un-
varnished truth, right from your
throbbing corn through your
pulsing •hemorrhoids into your.
aching back and on up to your
certainty that you had a lump
in your breast or a brain tum-
or?"
Perhaps the bride would get
a better send-off in life if the
editor, instead of cooing that
She was radiant in white, sim-
ply announced: "The beauty
of the bride, a plain, dumpy lit-
tle girl, was scarcely marred by
the hint of a black mustache
beneath her prominent nose, on
which sat a wart the size of a
small gherkin."
Truth, like cheap whisky, is
invigorating in small doses, but
its easier to take if it is mixed
with something.
HAtF4A!Y TE1I