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The Huron Expositor, 1963-06-13, Page 2Published at 0%D A Since 1860, Serving the Community First SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y., MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association ♦ Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association * Audit Bureau of Circulation , 4 N� Subscription Rates: %' Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year; "Y Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES -- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 13, 1963 ' Even Swimmers Must Be Careful While the temperature the last few days has not encouraged swimming, the calendar nevertheless indicates that before too `long the popular summer pastime will be in" full swing. Instruction programs at the Seaforth Lions Pool through the years have made it possible for hundreds of area children' to learn to swim. The experi- ence and training they have thus gain- ed provides a valuable protection against drowning. At the same time, the fact that one can swine is no guar- antee that drowning is not possible and should not be an invitation to careless- ness. A study was done by the Red Cross in Nova Scotia on the 82 drownings that occurred in that province in 1961. The findings of the study show that out of 82 victims, 68 were individuals who, for some reason, entered the water un- expectedly. They fell from boats, river banks, wharves, jetties and ` in a few instances, through the ice. Statistics -from other parts of Can- ada show the same results. Most drown- ings occur from unexpected falls into the water. One 6f the most significant findings of the Nova Scotia study is 'that almost all of the 68 victims were within a few feet of some sort of safety. Even more significant is the evi- .dence that in almost every instance, no call for help was made. This is somewhat of a surprise, for almost everyone assumes that .when a person is in trouble, he naturally .calls for help. Apparently, this isn't always the case. A few reasons are suggested. First, the individual maybe in a state of panic. Second, he may not be aware of the seriousness of the situa- tion. Third, he may be too embarrass- ed to call for help. This last reason may be the result of -self-pride and independence. Some people feel it's beneath them to call for help or won't admit to themselves that they need help., It might be that the individual doesn't want to subject him- self to possible ridicule. Or it could be that the average person doesn't know , how to call for help. . How many of us have actually prac- tised calling for help? As a result of the study, the Red Cross conducted a personal survival ex- periment and found that an individual requires a great deal of effort to over- come embarrassment in calling for help, even in a pool -side experimental situa- tion. If embarrassment is present in an experimental situation, surely it's bound to play some part in the real life - and -death situation. It seems, now, that learning to call for help is just as much of a drowning preventive as water safety knowledge. Incorporating it in regular Red Cross safety courses may eventually help in- dividuals call for help freely without , embarrassment in every risky situa- tion. So it is that the Red Cross advises when in trouble in the •water, use your voice. And here's a tip if you're in an accident. with a companion or a group. Call for help in unison. It helps. This summer—have fun in the sun. Be Water Wise! •No Encouragement (G. Allan Burton in the Financial Post) "Our, present assessment rules work against sound redevelopment. .They simply aid the person who lets his pro- perty run down and hurt the person who improves his property. Their ef- fect is exactly the opposite to encourag- ing anyone to work with the city to produce the most beautiful and effici- ent buildings on •their land." We're Sorry In last week's issue an editorial deal- ing with.specially designed •cars for rural mailmen was used on this page. The editorial originated in the Zurich Citizens -News but,' inadvertently, we neglected to give credit. We're sorry! IN THE YEARS AGONE Inter'eseing Items gleaned 'from The Expositor .of 25, 50 and 75 years Igo. From The Huron Expositor June 13, 1913 There were 54 tickets sold at Seaforth station on Monday ev- ening for the moonlight excur- sion at Goderich, and 34 were sold for the Greyhound excur- sion from Goderich to Detroit, which left Goderich on Tuesday morning. There . were 28 automobiles on the driving park at one time on Tuesday, the first day of the races. - On Monday of last -week Mr. John Boyd, of near Winthrop, held a most successful bee drawing the embankment for the new residence which be built a year ago. There were about 50 men and 15 teams al- together. They drew about 170 loads in the afternoon. The first game in the Inter- mediate series of the WFA, played- here this season, took place on the recreation grounds Friday evening, Brussels being the opponents, and also the winners. The large sawmill and stave factory in Walton, the property of Mr. John McDonald, was com- pletely destroyed by fire early Thursday•rning. The Seaforth fire brigade was called, but by the time they atrived all danger had passed. as the wind had shifted in another direction. From The Huron Expositor June 10, 1938 Miss Olive Ruth Hugill was gold medalist at the graduation MOTHER some MES, muN2E5 ME --- SHE ABSOLUTELY WONT LIG ABOUT ANYTHING_ SHE'S 114E MOST TRUTHFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD. L.D. j '*. .4.0 _--E7CCEPT HER AGE, WEIGHT AND FATHER'S SALARY. exercises of Stratford General Hospital. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hugill, Constance. New modern switches have been installed at the south end of Hensall, in place of the old type. The new type will provide a more efficient way of cutting the power from 'the village in case of fire. P. D. McConnell, who since being called to the•bar has been a partner in a law firrn in To- ronto, plans to practise law in Seaforth in partnership with H. Glenn Hays, who graduated from Osgoode Hall last week. Mr. E. C. Boswell. manager. of the Dominion Bank here, was successful in winning the prize for low gross first nine when he competed in the golf tournament staged by the Dom- inion Bank at the Royal York Club on Monday. From The Huron Expositor June 15, 1888 Mr. S. Dickson, the worthy postmaster of Seaforth, has pur- chased from his father the 200 - acre farm on the llth Conces- sion of the Township of Grey,, near Brussels. The fine new barn being er- ected by Mr. George Sproat, on the north side of the second concession, Tuckersmith, was raised on Saturday afternoon.' It is 72 by 52 feet, with a nine - foot wall. Mr. D. McGregor, of Hullett, recently sold a two-year-old en- tire coat for the snug sum of $300. The McIntosh property on the second concession of McKillop was sold at auction in town on Saturday to Mr. George Turn- bull for $2.170. Mr. Andrew Kidd has arrang- ed to continue the business in Seaforth, formerly carried on by his mother, Mrs. John Kidd. Mr, Joseph Rattenbury. Sr., of Clinton, 70 years of age, cut a cord of wood, a single cut, in one hour, Mr. Charles Mat1tay, of Sea - bah, has secured a good- posi- tion as traveller ,lot the 'Gould k yc1e Co., et fif'iliftforti. 4e.244 01 The Make, 0 0 "When I commented on your appearance at breakfast yester- day, 1 didn't expect you to take such drastic measures" A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE HIGH COST OF FLYING OTTAWA -A mark of distinc- tion in Ottawa these days is to be able to boast of having beat - ten the Glassco report to the punch. The Royal Commission on Government organization re- commended so many changes in so many fields it could hard- ly expect to be original throughout the piece. For one thing, it believed departments ought to look into the future and chart their course and re- quirements for ' some years ahead. Some of . them, very notably the Department of Transport. has been doing this for a long time. Its trouble is not failure to know. where it is going and what it needs to get there, but to convince the Treasury Board which has a habit of trimming everyone's sails each year with an eye to balancing budgets. In 1958 DOT put out its first ten-year projection. It was not too happy about it. This year it has made a second projec- tion of 1962-72 under the title, "Canada and the Jet Age". It is described as a report on the Department's air service needs, This is misleading unless it is realized that air services go far beyond the field of civil avia- tion. They include the entire meteorological service which will be the big spender of the next decade. Among other things, it will be joining with the United States in another satellite pro. gram Nimbus, this time' for a. series of weather satellites. Cap- ital cost of the Canadian read- out station in Cape Breton High- lands National Parlt. $8 million, will be borne by the United States, but annual operating costs will be more than $1 mil- lion. Precise weather information is now essential not only for aviation, agriculture and ship- ping but for lumbering. hydro electric operations and a score of other industries. To project air service costs 10 years ahead, three basic questions had to be answered: 1. Would runway facilities meet the landing and take -off needs of the jet of 1972? 2. Would airport terminals whose construction has been a huge capital drain on •the De- partment in recent years be suf- ficient to meet traffic conditions of 1972? 3. Would radar. requirements of 1972 mean drastic overhaul of the Canadian system? At Canada's eight internation- al airports and the 21 mainline trunk airports the real impact of the jet age has already been felt. Capital expenditure has averaged $25.7 million annual- ly for international, trunk and feeder runways. In the next 10 years this annual expenditure should drop to $16.8 million. The only thing that might in- terfere with this reduced pro- gram would be introduction for commercial use of supersonic jet" aircraft. According to the aircraft industry development of economic supersonic com- mercial flying is Still far dis- tant and their use of Canadian airports by 1972 unlikely. The largest part of the capital cost in the next '10 years will be additions to the mainline of about 20 - feeder airports to meet increasing requirements AMY MY of short trip services. Airport terminal,buildings have been constructewith the idea that they will take care of traffic requirements for the next 10 years at least, in some cases 20 years. Most of them are ahead of their time, a fact that has brought criticism of extrava- gance. The next 10 years will tell whether this is justified. In any event capital expenditures of terminal construction will drop very substantially from now on. Air traffic control in Canada is exercised along 17,000 nauti- cal miles of high level airways (above 23,000 feet) and 28,00ff miles of low 'level airways, By 1972 this will be increased to 26,000 miles and 34,000 miles, respectively. High and low lev- el air routes, not now under air traffic control, will be in- cluded. At the same time the quality of air traffic control will be im- proved by installation of new specialized radar. It will be necessary very soon to comple- ment direct control -to -pilot com- munication with secondary ra- dar to be installed at 20 sites across Canada. A secondary ra- dar network to be completed by 1972, will give coverage up to 100,000 feet above sea level. It will be able to identify aircraft, without pilot communication. Another development of the next 10 years will be replace- ment of human control by com- puter. In : split seconds the computer will be. able to give altitude, speed and a forecast of flight plans, including time of landings, etc. In all, airways and traffic control which is cost- ing Canada today about $26 million a year will jump to $58 millions by 1972. Capital expenditures on me- • teorologieal servicesare rela- tively small, amounting in 1961- 62 to $1.2 million opt of total air service capital costs of $73.5 million. By 1972 this will in- crease to $4 million. Opera- tion of meteorological services on the other hand will increase from the present level of $17 million to $25 million. • This is the pattern that will be followed throughout the air services picture. The peak of capital costs has been reached in 1961-62. In the 10 subsequent years, including of course the current year, they should de- cline from $73.5 million to $37.1 million. Operating costs, on the other hand, will rise steeply from $75 million to $133 million. While these figures allow for increas- es in staff, they do not take salary increases into account. This is a deliberate omission. In the 10 years it is estimat- ed that revenues will increase for $19.5 million to $39.8 mil- lion. This estimate is based, however, on the assumption that charges all stay at the same level and that new sourc- es of revenue do not develop. It is expected that these unpre- dicted new sources and new charges will be sufficient to balance off salary increases. * * * Capsule Comment For the first time in 17 years Canadians will take in more dollarsrom visitors to this country 1963 than they will spend during trips abroad. This is one harvest from the 92 cent Canadian dollar, NY Bien MINION • Huron Reviews Grant Set -Up For Area Fairs Huron County Council's move to review the whole setup of grants to breed associations and rural fairs brought another re- percussion in the form of writ- ten protests from four fair as- sociations, read on the first day of the June session. A delega- tion was expected on Wednes- day. On May 22 a delegation from Huron Holstein Club ap- peared before the finance and executive committee. Communications read on Mon- day were from Seaforth, Exeter and Kirkton Agricultural Socie- ties and Belgrave School Fair. The finance committee is to report to council, but not ne�cc- essarily before the September session. "We are of the opinion that fall fairs are playing an impor- tant role in promoting agricul- ture in Canada," stated the Sea - forth letter. "People are given the opportunity to see some of the best livestock and this also applies to the general edition of our fairs. They deserve all the encouragement we can give them. With the rising cost of operating fall fairs, we feel it is a very inopportune time to set back the grant paid by the county." "Concerned" with the pend- ing recommendation of the com- mittee, the Exeter society stressed the usefulness of small fairs in promoting understand- ing between rural and urban people and in ,general in mak- ing Huron a better place in which to live. "Doing good works with the 4-H clubs," Kirkton fair board pointed out that it is not spend- ing much on glasses open to professionals. There have been three winners of the Queen's Guineas by persons who got a start in 4-H clubs. The board is "very disappointed that county council is considering reducing the annual grant." Belgrave expressed a hope council will see fit to consider the annual grant. Statistics Show Accident Rate Higher hi Huron Accident fatalities are pro - proportionately more numerous in Huron County than in Metro- -politan Toronto, and the same is true of deaths from motor vehicle accidents. Citing the statistics in a health unit 're- port to county ,council, Dr. R. M. Aldis emphasizes the im- portance of certain safety mea- sures. The summer season, 'the M. 0. H. points out, "has more threats to human life than ev- en the past winter." Greatest risk is right around home, for 36 per cent of fotal accidents oecur there. The roads account for 22 per cent, the farms for 15 per cent, recreation 14 per cent and industry only 9 per, cent. Accidents are the No. 1 cause of death from ages one to 40. Country life is by no means exempt. Analysis of Ontario statistics for the five-year per- iod 1957-61 reveals these con- trasts (rates computed on basis of 100,000 persons): Met. Huron Toronto Rate for all acci- dental deaths 72 44 Deaths from mo- tor accidents 29 16 In other words, the death rate from all accidents is approxi- mately 63 per cent higher here khan in a large metropolitan area, and mortality from motor vehicle accidents is about 80 per cent .greater. The figures themselves are not of much help, but can provide a basis for action. "Has your •community a safe- ty council?" the MOH asks. "Is the traffic officer welcomed in your schools? Are classes for first aid and home nursing available in your community? Do • you have any supervised swimming areas, and is instruc- tion available for non -swim- mers. "About six per cent of the deaths each year in our county are due to act!idents. Six per cent is considered a good re- turn on investments, but it ia shocking in terms of human lives lost. `immunization against lock- jaw is particularly valuable for our rural residents, who risk exposure to the spores of the tetanus germ with every wound, 'be it from ,a rose thorn or a maure fork. A double benefit is available for persons seeking protection against lock- jaw, since this toxoid is avail. able in combination with polio' vaccine. There is another de- sirable feature, in that every- body protected with' this toxoid can escape the unpleasant re- actionsjso often associated with the horse serum that comprises conventional tetanus antitoxin. Tetanus antitoxin is the serum that has to be given to indi- viduals who have not had the course of toxoid previously. "No, matter where they Iive, all citizens should obtain im- niuri3zation for lockjaw and polio' Trite either their per- kbt�ai .,physlelan ,or at dile lit. the l tekMth'Viiit's clinic." Surely Father's Day is the most insignificant occasion on the calendar. Everybody knows which Sunday in May is Mother's Day, but there's a good deal of confusion in the minds of most people about the other one, and were it not for our good friends the merch- ants who urge us not to forget "Dear Old Dad," it would prob- ably slip by as quietly as Whit Sunday. It's not difficult to understand this vagueness. Not too many years ago, every day was father's day. But in the sym- phony of today's family, father is the lost chord. The family circle no longer centres on father. It has become an arc, the pendulum swinging be- tween Main and the kids. * * * From the time we can lisp "momma",,, we are fed a lot of pap about motherhood. Mother can do no wrong; Mother is a brave Little soul; Mumfny knows best; Mom works too hard; Mother is always there when she's needed; nobody can cook like Mom; Mother's nerves are bad; what could we do without Mama; and so on. There's a certain amount ,of truth in it all, but what I object to is turn- ing Mother into a bushel bas- ket under which father's once - bright Light is well hidden. Oh, for the good old days, when Father was head of the house, and everybody knew it. When he sat down at the head of the table,' there was a re- spectful, if not fearful, silence. The kids sat in rows at each side, silent until spoken to. The women scurried around with proper humility, fetching the steaming dishes, holding their breaths while Father tested the carving knife, sighing with re- lief when he waxed benevolent under the charm of food. * * * In those golden days,'Father's comfort, well-being, and peace of mind were the prime requis- ites of 'a happy home. His light- est opinion was gospel. His wrath was awful to contemplate. You didn't need household gods; you had Father. If Father said w'o m e n shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel of a car, they shouldn't, and that's all there was to it. If he declared there were no fish in that "crick," there weren't. If he believed that the Grits (or Tories) were "a pack of damned thieves," they were. If he told you to get to bed, you got. * * * By what subtle and fiendish alchemy has Father been trans- formed from a giant into a figure of fun, a national joke, a stooge on third-rate family tele- vision series? By what foul trick of the fates has that mag- nificent man been turned into the cringing creature who can be seen wiping the dishes while his wife is out at the bingo? How hath the mighty fallen, is all I can say, and I say it not in scorn but in sorrow, Bul- lied by his spouse, relentlessly heckled by his children, his only places of refuge are the garden, the golf course .or the trout stream. Not for him the might roast to carve. 'He is allowed to spoon out the meatballs cover- ed with mushroom sauce, or the macaroni and cheese. Not for him the hushed silence as he voices an opinion with ring. ing authority. The only opin- ion he voices is, "Well, I'm inclined to agree with you, dear." Where Father used to have SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley a fine paunch, an acknowledged symbol of his success in life, Dad has a mean little pot belly that merely suggests he doesn't get enough exercise. Where Father kept the children in line with one hard look, and the occasional clout on the ear, Dad whines that he'll cut off their allowance if they don't do what their mother tells them. * * * Where Father used to dole out the housekeeping money, with demands for stringent economy, Dad turns over the pay envelope, intact, and with- out a murmur, accepts the glad tidings that mother has just bought a new refrigerator on the never-never plan. Where Father used to read the Bible to the family before bed, Dad coaxes mother to let the kids stay up and watch Quest: Where Father used to rumble curses as he patched the fourth blow-out on a forty - mile trip, Dad grumbles com- plaints because he has to buy a new set of tires after 20,000' miles. * * * Oh, it's bitter, but• we've brought it on ourselves. Just an example of the awe in which the ex -head of the house is held these days: This week I suggested to the Old Girl, very subtly, that some new fishing tackle would be highly accept- able on Father's Day. She look- ed at me coldly. "You're not my father,"' she said. Anyone care• to join me in a movement to convert dither- ing Dad back into firm Father? Grow beards, get rid of the blubber: take away the wife's set of car keys, cut the kids down to size, do some bellow- ing around the house? * * What's that, Mac? You're sorry,but you have to go out and bring in the clothes? Well, I'm a little busy my- self. I have to take the kids for a swim, the dog for a walk, and the storm windows off. A SMILE OR TWO John was out with the boys one evening, arid before he re- alized it the morning ot, the next day dawned. He hesitated to call home, but finally hit up- on an idea. He rang his house. When his wife answered the phone he shouted: "Don't pay the ran- sorn, honey, I escaped?" The crowded double -deck bus stopped at the corner and a stout middle-aged man descend- ed the stairs, carrying a small girl. Depositing her carefully on the curb he climber back up and 'brought down a little boy. Again he made the journey to the top of the bus, and this time he carried down a younger child. As he went up for the fourth time a woman waiting to get on the bus snapped, "For goodness sake! What's het got up there? A nest?" A man in England decided to visit a married couple he hadn't seen for some time. The wife opened the door. "Hello, Mag- gie, nice to see you," ate said. "How's Jim?" ".Tim?" she repeated. "Didn't you know? 'E's dead. Went down to the garden to pull a cabbage for dinner and as 'e bent down 'e fell dead right there on the spot." "How awful!" exclaimed the visitor. "What on earth did you do?" "Well, what could we do? We had to open a tin of peas!" • tiAlleTAST 11:1EN -z. KNOW 1 54/0 MY DOG DOESN'T B/ME. ,.BUT NEVER SAW 711117 DOG /AI MY L/FE'! 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • x. • • • • • • • •.r,