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The Huron Expositor, 1963-06-20, Page 2, Since 1860, $erving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by NeLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor �t * Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association 0' • Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association •� f ' n n O Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: 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 Masi, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 20, 1963 Commendable Awareness Of School Costs Recent announcements by Premier Robarts and Education Minister Davis, while made on different occasions and in different contexts, when taken to- gether suggest a commendable aware- ness on the part of the province to the growing costs of education. The first by Mr. Davis referred to an increasing tendency on the part of some school boards and educational ad- ministrators to provide school plants of a magnitude and grandeur far in ex- cess of what the community being serv- ed considers necessary. He urged that school boards in planning new school accommodation give regard to the ne- cessity of creating buildings that are basically functional and without per- haps desirable but not necessary frills. Such an attitude recognizes that a truly functional building needs no spe- cial ornamentation to make it attrac- tive, and even more important, that no board should create staff and pupil ac- commodation of a standard that results in unnecessarily high capital costs. Premier Robarts, too, has taken a long look at rising education costs and suggests that thought perhaps should be given using educational facilities on a twelve-month basis. Certainly next to , salaries, the great- est contributing factor in education costs is the provision of necessary build- ings and facilities. If through admini- strative changes it became possible to use existing facilities for an additional three months every year, the cost of the facilities is reduced. Certainly changes in the accepted scholastic year would be necessary, but surely these could be worked out in such a way as not to interfere with instruction stand- ards. In themselves, perhaps, the sugges- tions will not mean much in the way of savings.Certainly this will be true unless they are translated into actual decisions. But at least it is an indica- tion that those in charge of education in the province realize the problems which local municipalities face in the way of producing the dollars that edu- cation properly demands. June Is Dairy Month In saluting the dairy industry dur- ing June, recognition is being given a farm producer group that countrywide is making a major contribution to the Canadian economy. The. Dairy Month program is an in- dication, too, of the extent to which farm -commodity groups are ,capable of self help.. The dairy farmers of Can- ada mustbe commended for the enter- prise they have shown in organizing what has become an annual dairy fes- tival. The man who does the milking—the indispensable dairy farmer—is a man we're all beholden to for fresh whole milk and other dairy foods. Dairy foods are essential for health- ful living. They supply the bone and bodybuilding food values growing chil- dren must have . . .4 and adults need too. But did you ever stop to think how important the dairy farmer's work is to Canada's economy ... and to your own income? Look at it this way. One out of every six Canadians depend on the dairy industry for his livelihood. When you buy dairy foods you help provide income for the dairy farmer, and for more than two million other Canadians who work in ° dairies, farm equipment companies, feed and fertil- izer plants and many other industries. Now suppose Canadians changed their eating habits—began buying less milk and dairy foods. The dairy farm- er would be the first to feel the pinch. With his income reduced, he'd have to cut back his purchases of farm equip- ment, fertilizer, etc. Dairies, farm equipment -manufacturers and feed and fertilizer plants would have to reduce wages—maybe lay off men. The pur- chasing power of 21/.2 million Cana- dians would be substantially reduced. By the same token, the more . dairy foods you consume, the more the whole economy benefits. And this is an ideal time to help yourself to a large measure of these health -giving foods and a share in the economic progress of Canada. For June is the month of flush produc- tion on the nation's dairy farms. That's why June is Dairy Month. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor June 17, 1938 The twelfth ' annual Huron County livestock judging compe- tition was held in the Clinton district on Friday, under the direction of the Huron County Branch of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture. Forty-nine boys took part, the competition being open to all boys in the county 26 years of age and un- der. The Women's Association of Duff's United Church, McKillop, celebrated the 35th anniversary of the organization ' of the so- ciety at a delightful birthday party, held on the manse lawn, at which Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Craw were hostesses. Seaforth citizens will pay tax- es at the same rate as in 1937, members of the town council decided on Monday evening, as the rate was set at 43 mills. Five pairs of Seaforth bowl- ers took prizes in the Goderich doubles tournament on Wednes- day of last week. Frorp The Huron Expositor June 20, 1913 Mr. Dan Shanahan has over deedint Arm LOOK AT POOR MABEL DANCING WITH THAT CLUMSY OAF. J OUCH! HER POOR FEET. HE'S STAMPING ALL OVER THEM. I CAN'T STAND IT ANY LONGER -_.I'VE GOT TO RESCUE' HER.__ -__THOSE ARE MY SHOES SHE'S WEARING. 200 cattle pasturing on his sev- eral farms in this vicinity. Thirty-five years, ago there were 10 licensed hotels, one saloon and four liquor stores in Seaforth; two hotels and one store in Egmondville, and one hotel in Harpurhey. Now there are only four hotels and one liquor store in Seaforth and no licenses in either Egmondville or Harpurhey. An ' advertisement appeared in this week's issue stating that for the sum of $1.50 you could hire Robert Dyball, of Seaforth, to take you to Bayfield and back at any hour, in his new automobile, with perfected springs, deep, soft cushions and complete electric wiring. Master Orval Twitchell, of Hensall, has quite a large col- lection of wild animals and birds at the home of Mr. Burns. Orval has a talent 'for charm- ing and taming these wild birds. From The Huron Expositor June 22, 1888 During the first three days of this week the thermometer av- eraged 92 degrees in the shade and 120 degrees in the sun dur- ing the afternoons. During the thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon of last week, lightning struck a stable on the farm of Mr. Robert Thompson, on the second con- cession of Hay, shattering the timbers and tearing up the foundation. A real live bear was seen in different parts of the Township of Grey during the past week. Mr. F. W. Crich, of Seaforth, has been appointed agent in this vicinity for the Grange Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Mr. P. Brown's sawmill, East Wawanosh, was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Neigh- bors saved a large quantity of lumber and logs. !T&a 6 Th � "Ever thought of making pets of them, lady?" Twelve years ago last Sep- tember, their mothers watched with a mingling of smiles and tears as a hundred children set off for their first day at school. The little girls were curled and ribboned and starched and ador- able. The little boys were scrub- bed and slicked and scared. This month, the remnants of those 100 tots,• and thousands like them, will graduate from Grade 12, their school days just a nostalgic ache. Fewer than half of the original hundred are still together. Some have fail- ed and been left behind. Oth- ers have quite school and gone to work, some because they wanted to, some because they had to. One is in reform school. Another was killed in an acci- dent. Two are married. * * * Seven of the original hun- dred will go on to university. Five of them will graduate. The remaining thirty or forty will be swallaved up by bank- ing, nursing, industry, business. Within a few years they will be parents, citizens, taxpayers. Perhaps one will be an alco- holic. Three will be divorced. One boy will enter politics. One girl will enter a mental insti- tution. But most of them will be up to their ears in life, even as you,and, I. * * * What kind of people are they right now, as they prepare to break out of the shell of school and home and ..stand on the windswept plains of adult liv. ing? What do they think about? What do they feel? Are they better than we were, or worse? Far be it from me to boast that I can see clearly into that maze of emotion and imagina- tion that makes up the teen- age mind. But as their English teacher, reading their last es- says, I learn a lot about them. One thing they are is pretty honest. Thus, I get a peek into that murky maze occasionally. Join me. . * * * On "going .steady." An amaz- ing number, of both sexes, agree that it's stupid. One lad says it's great at first, because you always have a date and never feel left out. But, he adds, after a spell of the same routine with the same girl, week after week, you always have a date and it's as boring as be- ing married. A girl points out that "going steady" is a prestige deal at first, but inevitably leads to a feeling of being left out of normal, fun, because you're se- gregated. It ends, she warns, in one of two things: a too - early, tragic marriage; or bit- ter arguments and recrimina- tions, just like being married. You can't win, it seems. * * * On making friends. 0 n e young lady, with a mind like a cold chisel, observes that we never really look for friends— THE HANDY FAMILY AL GIVE %CU THIS IS HOLDING UP AFRESH OF ,FIND YOUR UTENSILS APPLE PIE A5 READY AT HAND, SOON AS I M'DEAR,WHEN i FINISH FIND MY WORK ON YOUR SPATULA UTENSIL RACK only for love and security. The same girl suggests wryly that, "Some old friends should be savored; other should be sever- ed." On noise in daily, life. They like it. Tuned to a noisier so- ciety than the one in which we grew up, they thrive on the squeal of tires, the squawk of the transistor, the shrilling of the telephone and the thump of the jukebox. Although one lad remarks, "Those signs at the street corners which spell STOP don't necessarily, mean Squeal Tires On Pavement." * * * On manners. Good manners are a must, the essence of so- ciety. They are based not mere- ly on politeness, but on con- sideration for others. On teachers. Pretty vile things, but not so bad, on look- ing back. They detest the grouch, the sarcasm artist, and the person who can't control_a class. They like the teacher who combines courtesy, com- mon sense, reason, a sense of humor, and professional com- petence. ) * `i * On leaving school. Even the. Junks and the renegades of boys feel an overwhelming, al- most indescribable, senses of loss and sadness. But it's ming- led with a certain eagerness to take on the big world. Are these young people dif- ferent from their parents at the same age? Yes, on the surface. They seem more confident, bet- ter adjusted, tougher. They are definitely less inhibited, in thought, word and -deed. Which is not a. bad thing. They ap- pear casual, careless and cal- lous. They are more knowledge- able. They are less bigoted, but just as conventional, in an un- conventional way. • * Remember, they were born into a 'different world. While they haven't known the desper- ate, frightened years of the great depression, as we did, they know the era of transience, loosening family ties, changing morals and standards of living, and the great mushroom cloud. Personally, I have a lot of respect, and a great deal of hope, for them. Probably more than I had for my own genera- tion. Beneath the teen-age fac- ade of cockiness, they are just as troubled and lonely and scar- ed and uncertain as you and I were, Maggie, when we were young. * * * They are just as eager to do the right thing, as rebellious against what seems wrong. They are just as good, in the moral sense, as we were. And just as bad, with a lot more oppor- tunity. All I can say, as they ex- change the morass of the teen- ager for the bog of the adult is, "Welcome to the human race. And may you be fleet of foott" BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM DAPS PLAN FOR A DECORATIVE UTENSIL RACK O0K & EYE I CLEAT T DOWN DESIRED DESIGN ON DE BOARD (AWI.R,STRAW- BERRV.ETCAND JIGSAW. RAC tVIP CLEM 5 HELD Fo MMMAr WITH f RRD HANr�R$ as se us�A.,yj.,.�,1!. A MACDUFF OTTAWA TIRESQME REHASH OTTAWA—The general feel- ing here is the Canadian pub- lic must be getting awfully tir- ed of hearing the politicians at Ottawa talk about nuclear war- heads. During the recent general election the vpter heard de- fence policy of the political par- ties discussed at length. Some politicians kept insisting that nuclear weapons were not a major issue in the campaign and then proceeded to devote half of their speeches to the subject. Since the election the Lib- erals in Parliament have declar- ed repeatedly that they want to get on with the business of governing the country. But on each and every occasion that an opportunity arises the Conserv- atives and the New Democratic Party have raised the question of nuclear weapons. During the Throne Speech the NDP group seized the occa- sion to introduce a want of con- fidence motion based on nuclear weapons. This brought about a prolonged debate on the sub- ject and when the vote was fin- ally taken it almost resulted in the defeat of the Liberal min- ority Government. But the Lib- erals survived that crucial test, with the assistance of a few Tories and some Social Credi- ters who rallied to their sup- port. Then the Liberal Government introduced the resolution to set up a committee on defence. Prime Minister Pearson, during the election campaign, had promised to set up such a com- mittee at the first opportunity. He was carrying out that prom- ise. Once again the opposition —primarily the Conservatives— seized the opportunity to- go back over old ground and launch a debate on the acquisi- tion of nuclear weapons for Canadian forces. Earlier the House had pass- ed a motion introduced by Stan- ley Knowles (New Democratic Party Member for Winnipeg, North Centre) asking the Gov- ernment to produce„ any docu- ment that would prove that the former Progressive Conserva- tive Government committed Canada to acquire nuclear' wea- pons for its armed forces. Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Paul Martin said such documents ex- isted but it might endanger Na- tional security to make them public. He promised to go ov- er them and see whether it would be possible to bring down in the House extracts from the documents. This promise provoked a heated exchange with Opposi- tion Leader John Diefenbaker. Itv was a revival once again of the hot issue of the election campaign. • Mr. Diefenbaker in- sisted—as he had insisted dur- ing the campaign—that his Gov- ernment never made any such commitment. He said no such documents existed. He insist- ed that if anything was to be produced the entire documents should be produced, not just a summary or extracts as Mr. Martin proposed. But the House overruled him and his Tory colleagues and voted to have Mr. Martin look at the documents and decide whether they could be brought down in whole, or in part, or not• at all. Then came the debate on the move to set up a defence com- mittee. Once again, Mr. Diefen- baker was off on a favorite sub- ject for him—the discussion of Governmental policy in regard to nuclear weapons. He has been harping on this question so much in the past four or five months that many questioned whether the public is not get- ting yeary of the rehash. The debate saw Mr. Diefen- baker attacking the Liberal ad- ministration and Prime Minis- ter Pearson in particular on the subject of the acquisition of nuclear weapons. Mr. Pearson responded with a speech in re- ply that was one of his best efforts in the House of Com- mons. The Prime Minister to bolster his Arguments cited statements made by two previous defence ministers in the Conservative Government. They were Hon. George Pearkes and Hon. Doug- las Harkness. Mr. Pearson went back to the records of a pre- vious defence committee to read into the record what. Mr. Pearkes had to say about the Government requiring nuclear weapons. And, he quoted a re- cent interview Mr, Harkness had given in which the former Defence Minister said that doen- ments did exist setting out Can- ada's obligations to acquire nu- clear weapons. The debate ended, the House voted to set up the defence committee, and in that commit- tee the 24 members will have ample opportunity to probe in- to defence policy. The battle over nuclear policy will there- fore be transferred from the floor of the Commons to the confines of a committee room on Parliament Hill. There are 12 Liberals on the committee; eight Conservatives; two Social Crediters and two members of the New Democra- tic Party. The Liberals will presumably pick a chairman from among their members. Prime Minister Pearson dur- ing his major speech spoke ap- preciatively of the knowledge possessed of defence problems by Mr. Harkness. As a former Minister of Defence in the Dief- enbaker Government, Mr. Pear- son said he was confident Mr. Harkness would be able to make a valuable contribution to the committee. But when the Conservatives came to select their members to sit on the committee, they left Mr. Harkness off the list. Mr. Harkness was naturally dis- appointed that he had been barred . from the committee by his own Party. He' told news- men that he found it 'very strange'. However, it is likely that the Liberals will have Mr. Hark- ness summoned as a witness to REPORT appear before the committee. He will thus be in a position to put his views on record. Mr. Harkness' views in the nuclear weapons field conflict with the position adopted by Mr. Dief- enbaker. It was for this rea- son that Mr. Harkness found it necessary during the last days of the Diefenbaker regime to resign from the Government. The defence committee should produce some interesting ma- terial. Prime Minister Pearson has made it clear that the com- mittee is to be empowered to examine issues in the field of policy. This is unusual as in the past. the defence committee has been prevented by the Gov- ernment from delving into pol- icy, The Parliament committees on defence in the past were frustrating exercises in futility. They had to confine their dis- cussions to defence expendi- tures and whenever they stray- ed over into policy they were called up short. However, the committee un- like the practice in the United States, will not be allowed to call and question serving offi- cers about matters that fall in- to the realm of policy. The Min- ister of Defence will handle those questions. It may be that at this point the committee will break down and once again the old tiresome wrangle about nu- clear weapons develop. If it does the public will quickly lose interest and the commit- tee will end up by making no real contribution. It rests with the 24 members to make sure that the• -commit- tee does its work well. Unfor- tunately, the committee mem- bership is short on experts, lacking even Mr. Harkness. The members will have to do their homework if they are going to study all aspects of the Coun- try's defence establishment. A SMILE OR TWO At the party, the hostess tried to press another drink on one of her guests. "Oh, come on," she urged. "I've had three already," the man objected. "Four," she corrected, "but who's counting!" Judge, after charging the jury: "Is there any question you would like to ask before considering the evidence?" Juror: "A couple of us would like to know if the defendant boiled the malt one or two hours and how did he keep the yeast out?" The young bride announced to the grocer, "I want to buy some oysters." "Large or small, madam?" he asked. Faced with an unexpected de- eision, she studied a moment. "Well," she reasoned, "they're for a man with a size 15 col- lar." CHARLES V. BARRETT Thank You... to all who visited British Mortgage on our opening day last Friday. We were glad to meet - you and hope you will come in again, Special gifts are being offered to mark the opening of the new Exeter branch office. Each Depositor who opens a Savings Account of $25. or more will receive a beautiful clear Lucite silver dollar paperweight, with shiny silver dollar inside. Each Investor in a Guaranteed Certificate will be given a paperweight plus a $5.00 gift certificate good at any Exeter retail store. Since 1877 BRITISH MORTGAGE & TRUST COMPANY CHARLES BARRETT, Manager Exeter Branch, Central Hotel Building, - Telephone: 235-0530