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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-05-30, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Publis1ie4. at SEAVORTRR, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MeLEAN BROS., Publishers.• ,� .A ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor • Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers AddOciation Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association O Audit Bureau of Circulation All Subscriptionqt Rates; c+ ; Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year • • Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year U L p ` SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 30, 1963 Area Has Stake in Bayfield Watershed An important first step to provide residents of the Bayfield watershed with knowledge of the advantages which a conversation authority can provide was taken last week. Municipal representatives and others interested were guests at an information meet- ing called by the two existing conserva- 1 tion authorities in the district — the Maitland and the Ausable. The Bayfield valley occupies most of the area between the two established authorities. Including as it does much of Seaforth, McKillop, Hibbert and Tuckersmith, as well as other munici- palities to the west, the Bayfield watershed plays a major role in the economy of the district. The conserva- tion of its natural resources is of vital importance tb every citizen living either in the watershed or on its borders. The condition of Silver Creek, which originates in McKillop and flows through the Lions Park to join the Bay- field river at Egmondville, is typical of what happens when ordinary conserva- tion practises are ignored. What, as recently as twenty years ago, was a free-flowing, pleasant stream, even in the hottest days of summer, now through much of the warm months, is almost stagnant. A further reflection of the lowered watertable throughout this district is the increasing difficulty area farmers face with dry wells. Further west, serious erosion in areas adjacent to Lake Huron poses threats to the continued use of many - lakeside properties. Certainly, creation of a new conservation authority to in- elude Bayfield is not going to cor- rect these problems overnight, but the end result cannot help to be of benefit to every citizen today and in years to come. Every day of delay in bringing to an end the misuse of our land and the streams and rivers serv- ing it means added problems to cor- rect. It is hoped that municipalities who will benefit either by the creation of a new authority,:r by. the inclusion of the Bayfield valley in the . Maitland Authority, will lose no time in taking advantage of the machinery which the relevant provincial acts provide. Hospital Costs Reflect The Listowel Banner points out edi- torially that, "In a country where the standard of living is reputed to be among the highest `in the world, it would be ludicrous to suggest that the servicesofa plumber, a teacher,, a ,bricklayer, or any other service, lay or professional, could be available for ap- proximately $1.00 an hour. It would, be even more ludicrous to suggest the same fee for the same service on a • 24 -hours -a -day basis." '. Yet in spite of this, says the Ban- : ner, there is concern expressed in sev- eral quarters over the fact that the cost of .hospital care and service—the care and service which seeks to save and • preserve life and is .provided to pa- . tients 24 hours a day, every day—is too high, even though this daily cost averages out to less than $1.00 per hour. • ' As hospital people point out, hospi- tal care and service is essentially a 24.Hour Service service rendered to people by people. It cannot be automated or provided on a mass production basis. Consequently, approximately 70 per cent of the daily cost of care is required to pay the sal- aries and wages of the skilled techni- cians and professional people who staff our 'hospitals around the cleck. Forgotten, too, must surely be the fact that included in the daily cost for standard ward care is everything deem- ed medically necessary for the patient's recovery. This includes X-rays, labora- tory tests, drugs, use of operating rooms, delivery rooms, plus three nutri- tious meals each day, the Banner says, and adds : "We cannot help but feel that if everyone were aware -of these basic facts and viewed the cost of hospital care not only in terms of dollars and cents but in terms of its life-giving re- sults, the number of critics who express concern over the so-called high cost of hospital care would certainly be reduc- ed." • IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting Hems gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor May 27, 1938 A petition approving the pro- posed addition at the Collegiate Institute will be circulated among Seaforth property own- ers in the courseof a few days. St. Columban took a fall out of their old rivals, Winthrops, in the opening game of the Huron Football League. Explanation of the large number of freight trains pass- ing through Seaforth each day recently is contained in the fact that a record grain movement at the port of • Godbrich is un- der way to Chicago. For the third year in succes- sion, average values of occu- pied farm lands in Canada were estimated at -$24 per acre. Farm land values have been declin- ing since 1928, when they were, 'reported at $38 per acre. A low point of $23 per acre was reached in 1934, and an in- crease to $24 occurred in 1935, since when the values have re- mained at that figure. A duck hatched recently at the farm of Mrs. Elwin Killough of Auburn, upon examination,' was found to have four legs. On a wet and slippery field and booting a heavy ball, the Tavistock intermediate football team bowed to last year's run- ners-up of the Huron League— Seaforth. From The Huron •Expositor May 30, 1913 Messrs. Armstrong . & Co. have purchased the butchering business formerly carried on by Messrs. Everett & Son. We `welcome the new firm to Sea - forth. There was another severe frost last Monday morning,' en- ough to make ice on the wa. ter. Good progress is now being made with Seaforth. Public Lib- rary building, and 'we hope soon to see it completed, •J Mr. Dominic Flynn, of Hul- lett, last week sold a horse for $335. Mr. William .Snider, an en- terprising farmer near Dash- wood, has five incubators at work at his home hatching chickens. Each incubator holds 144 eggs and they have hatch- ed two lots since starting this spring. They have averaged about 98 out of the 144, which has a setting hen beat a mile. Last year they hatched over 2,000 chicks, and the best av- erage was 114. This year they are expected to hatch consid- erably over the 2,000. From The 1.furon Expositor Jun - 1., 1888 1040 MARRIAGE couniECLeR fa "What's -her -name here insists I've grown indifferent" • You'd never know it to look at me, but I will observe my 43rd birthday this week. What I mean is, if you are six, you'll think I'm at least 60, and if you're 66, you'll think I'm only about 29. Each year, at birthday time, I like to make a brief analysis of my character, my success in life, my likes and dislikes, and anything else that happens to crop up. * * * As far as character goes, I am confident, that there is a steady improvement. Some peo- ple deteriorate morally as they grow older. I get better and better. Really. . Take smoking, for example. I used to,smoke like a chimney. I even smoked while I was shav- ing. I learned my lesson. One day I put my razor in my. mouth and took a drag on it, and tried to take my whiskers off with a hot butt. It was because I was reading at- the time, of course. Now, I never read, smoke and shave at the same time. It's pretty boring, just reading and shaving, or smoking and shav- ing, hut I've stuck to it. * fi * I also received an object les- son about smoking in bed. One night my wife came home from a meeting, walked into the bed- room and was confronted by a pillar. of smoke. I have never srn6ked in bed since, except when I was reading. I've pretty well conquered the drink, too. I used to take a drink at the drop of a hat. Then hats went out of fashion among men, for a few years, so I took a drink just to prove that I didn't have a single-track mind. Hats are back now, but it doesn't bother me. When I take a vow, I stick to it. And a few years ago, I swore a, solemn oath that I'd never ,fake A new bridge is being erect- ed on the railway near Kippen, and there are some 36 men em- ployed. Mr. M.' Pillman has been an, pointed agent 'for the Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Co. in Seaforth. Mr. Thomas Hendry is pre- paring for the erection of a new residence on the Foundry property near the Collegiate. Mr. George Sproat is •erect- ing a large new frame barn on the north side of the road in Tuckers ith. Mr. James McIntosh, of the Mill Road, has a colt for which he was offered and refused the sum of $150 hi cashwhen it vVas only forir days old, A SMILE OR TWO "I was so sold last night I couldn't sleep. I just lay there and shivered." "Did you teeth chatter?" "I don't know—we don't sleep together." The moon over Miami wore a lunar halo one particular eve- ning and the weather bureau there reported receiving quite a few calls inquiring about it, And just how did the forecast- ers handle the situation? "We picked up the phone and mere- ly said 'Halo'," quipped a wea- therman. A woman waiting at the door ready to go to' the store had her arms filled with coatc and four little children at her side. Her husband, coming down the stairs, asked why she was stand- ing there. She replied quietly, handing him the coats: "This 'time you put the children's coats on and I'll go honk the horn." THE HANDY FAMILY SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley another drink unless we had company, or were alone. * * * I've given up playing around, too. This occurred last .New Year's Eve when my wife caught a lady kissing me with gay abandon. She didn't -mind an Auld Lang Syne buss so much: It was the gay abandon that got her. She claimed it was mutual... I haven't kicked a dog in years, Except Playbody, our Spaniel, when he helped me out with the garbage the other day. I haven't shouted at a child since I don't know when, except when Kim arrived home Thursday afternoon with a baby squirrel that had fallen out of a tree, and wanted to adopt it. IT'D Be A LOT EASIER i'VE GOT TD KEE, THIS GARAGE JUST The NEAT IF WE HAD A SOWTION TO Few HANDY SHELVES. THAT DP.OBLEM, IN HERE DAD/ * * * Well, then, the morals are 'on the upswing. As for suc- cess in life, I think things are going well there, too. When I was married, I didn't have a thing. Now I have three mort- gages. My name is a House- hold word. What more could one ask of success? With regard to my likes and dislikes, that's easy. I like swamps. Today, I was out in a swamp and I saw a rabbit, three part-pidge, a deer and a wild duck,' all within easy range. I had a fishing rod. That's why I like swamps. * * * I like teen-agers. From July 1st to September 4th, I find them the most fascinating, lively, effervescent, intriguing group I ever had nothing to do with'. I like eggs -(scrambled) and legs (chicken). I like May and September. I like - individuals as long as they, are being indi- vidual with somebody else. I enjoy crowds, when they are somewhere else. don't like: humorless peo- ple; those who try to impose- their morals on others; dirty jokes that aren't funny; wak- ing up in the morning; going to bed at night; phonies;. work; cats. I also don't like people with more money than I, peo- ple who are, smarter than I, people who are better -looking than I." In fact, I don't like many people. * * * Now for the odds and ends of my birthday analysis. If everyone followed my rules, few would live past 30. And it would serve them right, , You are old, Father William. Oh, izzat so? How come, then, my daugh- ter would rather play catch with me than anyone? How come my son says, "Dad, when are you gonna grow up?" How come my wife says, "Stop acting like a child!" Well, all I can say, in the face of all that evidence, is: "Happy Birthday to you!" And I do mean me. - AY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM JUNIOR MADE 5bM6 REMOVABLE SHELVES SEC▪ TION Of CURTAIN O STUD NAIL SECTIONS OF CURTAIN ROD 10 611.105, IN *ARAGE OR. WORK. 01-10P. 54109 ba 10 pLVwoop HSN0 RT.Sti ROC • 61100111 61RAMNt!0 A MACDUFF OTTAWA A REPORT A FOIIK IN THE ROAD OTTAWA—No one was un- duly startled when the new Government of Lester Pearson pledged itself in the Speech • from the Throne to "seek out new paths." The phrase, when it was no- ticed at all, was skipped over as one of those inevitable ex- ercises in bombast which are the delight of Governments, par- ticularly when they are writing Throne Speeches. It is now becoming clear, how- ever, that the Pearson Govern- ment may have meant what it said. In the days since it came to office, and in the Speech from the Throne read at the opening of Parliament, there is a blueprint which could pro- duce structural and deeply sig- nificant changes in Canadian life. These changes, if they come, and if the minority Government successfully initiates its pro- gram, will delight some Cana- dians and horrify others. They involve, in the economic field, a greater degree of Gov- ernment direction and interven- tionthat has ever been known in Canada. They involve, in the social field, a determined effort to give a new direction to rela- tions between English speak- ing and French speaking Can- ada, between the Federal Gov- ernment and the provinces— nothing less than a re -making of the historic Confederation which in 1967 will celebrate its centenary. " The intentions of the Liberals in these two fields were explor- ed during the election cam- paign. There may have Been some listeners who wrote a lot of it off to electioneering, and others who failed to catch the full import of what was meant. That full import is now be- ing felt in Ottawa through ques- tioning in the House of Com- mons, and through preliminary explanations of the legislation which is being presented. Economic legislation, for ex- ample, is based on the premise that unemployment is the most serious domestic problem. Noth- ing much new about that senti- ment. Many a politician has said it. What is new is the Liberal economic gospel behind this statement., In other words the provision of jobs for Canadians has become the most important objective in more'. than name only—more important than out- worn free enterprising con- cepts, more important than sup- ply and demand in the market, more important than balanced budgets. The sharpness of this turn—a left turn it must he said—to- wards a planned economy, is apparent in the first four econ- omic measures introduced by the new Government. Perhaps most important is the Canada Development Cor- poration to direct Canadian sav- ings into investment in Cana- dian industry. This is also aim- ed at diluting the effect of the massive foreign ownership of Canadian industry and is a most determined effort in that direc- tion. This will be -achieved by the sale of stocks and ,bonds in the corporation to the public at favourable interest rates. .The proceeds will be invested in Canada. A Municipal Development and Loan Board, with a bank- roll of $400,000,00 of Govern- ment funds will make capital available to municipalities for The Bible by correspondence is a method of teaching used in many parts of the world. A re- port in the Canadian Baptist by Waldo Penner tells of the Light of Life Correspondence Course in India. The demand is so great that new offices are having to be opened up to handle the heavy.. volume of mail. Questions are sent out to interested persons, along with a copy of the Gospel being studied. The answers are returned to a central office, marked, comments and nota- tions added and sent back to the student along with a new set of questions in successive chapters of that book of the Bible. Thousands of people are en- rolled in courses covering doz- ens of languages in several countries. Through advertise- ments in the newspapers, on radio and at evangelistic rallies, pepple are invited to enroll. Ce tificates are granted to suc- cessful candidates. "In the first three months our Kakenada office mailed out ov- er 820 Gospels df John to 'in- terested new students," Mr. Penner reports. "There are still 450 on the waiting list." Most enrolled students are teen- agers and over 85 per cent are non-Christian. "The method of correspon- dence appeals to many non- Christian young people who may hesitate to make a per- sonal approach to a pastor or to another. Christian), writes Waldo Penner. public works. Again an imag- inative scheme involving a large degree of intervention by a fed- eral agency into )he type and amount of money to be provid- ed in a selective manner to bodies which are the creatures of the Provinces. Another planning body is en- visaged in an Economic Council of Canada which will assist the Government, Industry and La- bor to ensure the highest pos- sible levels of employment, of efficient production, and sustain- ed economic growth. And the fourth measure calls for strengthening of the Atlan- tic Development Board, increas- ing its members, and giving it a capital fund of $100,000,000 for promotion of basic projects in the Atlantic region. This program, which has al- ready been attacked by opposi- tion leader Diefenbaker as a move towards "bureaucratic autocracy", accurately reflects the attitudes of the new Gov- ernment. It is a left wing program, but in a new sense. The Liberal forward thinkers, and Mr. Pear- son himself is among them, have been influenced by Euro- pean economic developments. The previous Government, with export insurance, small busi- loans, and planning agencies, leaned slightly in this direc- tion. But the new Government's ap- roach is more of a leap. It leaves behind encrusted Cana- dian economic practices and as- sumptions. The same leap into the future characterizes Mr. Pearson's plans for giving a new direc- tion to the Canadian Confedera- tion. The dissatisfaction in Quebec with the present form of Con- federation is all too apparent. What Mr. 1=!earson calls a "truly equal partnership" of French speaking and English speaking Canadians requires a truly great effort. This the new Liberal Government is apparently ready to give. It will establish a Royal Com- mission of Biculturalism whose objective will be nothing less than a study of how every Cana- dian can be given the oppor- tunity to be bilingual. There is also evidence Mr. Pearson is prepared tosee a basic revision of the present Federal - Provincial relations, with the Federal Government retiring from certain areas of jurisdiction and providing the provinces with the taxing auth- orities required for them to serve those jurisdictions. The new Confederation would emphasize diversity within un- ity. For as Mr. Pearson says, "Quebec to be Quebec must be in Canada." The whole concept is part of the search for a na- tional Canadian identity. There is no questioning the seriousness or the sincerity of the new Government's voyage along these new paths. If it is given a few years to establish its program, the chances are it will, begin to succeed in these difficult areas. If this happens, the Canada of 1967 may be vast- ly different not only from the Canada of 1867 but also from the Canada of 1963. Whether the Pearson Govern- ment is given this time may depend a good deal less on what the opposition parties in Ottawa do than on -how Premier Jean Lesage controls the pres- ent strong demands of the revo- lutionary Quebec for a new deal. His task is to achieve from his dealings with the new Pearson Government the essen- tial ingredients. to enable his Government to satisfy the strong current of nationalistic feeling in Quebec in a con- structive way and without as- serting demands in his rela- tions with Ottawa which go be- yond what can be accepted by the rest of Canada. Just as a major task for Pear- son is not simply to assert Can- ada's demands to the world but to persuade Canada in its turn to do justice to, the world's de- mands, so the supreme leader- ship test for Lesage is not only to assert effectively to the rest of Canada the special claims of French Canada, but also to per- suade French Canadians of the proper claims •of Canada as a whole. If he can do this, Can- ada may then truly be embark- ed on an exciting destiny—and the mantle of Ats leadership could then well fall upon Jean Lesage. Seaforth Building. Boom in 1863 By W. E. Fifteen to twenty houses were in course of erection in Seaforth in 1863, according to the Coun- ty of Huron Gazeteer of that year. This "rapidly progress- ing village," as it was describ- ed, had a number of stores, three hotels, blacksmith shops, tailor shops and wagon shops, and "bids fair to outstrip the other villages of the county." Evidently seen as. another 'as- set, Seaforth was "less than a mile distant from Egmondville and Harpurhey." The village had two physicians, and The Huron Express, edited by C. H. Cull. A .copy 'of this rare volume has come into possession of Sheriff Harry Sturdy at Gode- rich, who enjoyed scanning the names -of two generations ago, including that of his grand- father, John Sturdy, Goderich Township. The county possessed, on paper at any rate, a formidable militia force, including four volunteer corps and eight bat- talions of "sedentary" militia, which evidently included the entire male population. Most of these battalions purported to have a strength of 1,000 or more. Seaforth had a volunteer infantry company of 55, com- manded by Capt. T. T. Cole- man, with Samuel Hannah as first. lieutenant. Capt. Coleman was a physi- cian, according to a list of pro- fessions and trades, which in- cluded: James $urns, wagon - maker; Francis Fishleigh, hotel - keeper; Thomas Govenlock, pro- prietor Bill Bank mills; Charles B. Nimmo, wheat merchant; Alex McKay, carpenter and builder; John Seatter, merch- ant, and J. W. Graham, fore- ELLIOTT man in The Huron Express of- fice. James Dickson was• MP for Huron and Bruce. George Brown sat for South Oxford, and . Oliver . Mowat for South Ontario. The county judge was Robert Cooper, and Ludwig Meyer, of Harpurhey, was clerk for the second division. R. Gibbons, Goderich, was, warden of the county, and John Galt, also of Goderich, was registrar. Apportionment of the legisla- tive school grant for 1862 shows Tuckersmith receiving $370, McKillop $278. (Seaforth was not recognized as a municipal- ity). Total grant for the county was $5,452. School population (5 to 16) was 14,741, tauglft in 144 common .schhols and a grammar school in Goderich. There were no Roman Catholic schools°.• Population of McKillop was 2,425 (1,673 in 1962); Tucker - smith 3,226 (1,948 in 1962). These townships, however, in eluded. Seaforth. Huron had 14 'townships, hav- ing just detached McGillivray and Biddulph to Middlesex. The Gazeteer presents a cen- sus of religions, showing that four varieties of Methodists comprised 9,673 of the county's population of 51,953. The Church of England led easily, however, with 13,440. The Church of. Rome had most members in McKillop, with 1,028, followed by Presby- terians of three denominations, 851, and Methodists, 221. In Tuckersmith the Free Church of Scotland had 1,369 follow- ers, with the 'Established Church of Scotland reporting 90 and United Presbyterians 320. The Anglicans had 540. HALF PAST T€@