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The Huron Expositor, 1963-09-12, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First u is ...bl _.hod at SEAFORT#I, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor ,4100 14 wp Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association • Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year o Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 12, 1963 Steps To Industry Increase First steps in a comprehensive plan to attract industry to Seaforth were taken this week when Council referred a report of Midwestern Ontario De- velopment Association to a committee for study and recommendations. The report set out in detail action which must be taken. If action is pressed there is no rea- son why Seaforth cannot enjoy the benefits of added industry that exist in many other centres. Strathroy is one such town, and the Strathroy Age - Despatch tells how it came about: "We believe it has been largely due to the attractive facilities which the town is able to offer. In addition there is the added attraction of living in a smaller community, minus the long dis- tances to travel and traffic congestion. "In the past eight years or so Strath- roy has attracted industries which have added several hundred jobs for town and district residents and we are quite sure that with the facilities that Strath- roy has to offer it will continue to at- tract industry and to make steady growth. "It is quite certain that the- plants which have been established here in re- cent years based their decision to locate here because of the fine facilities which the town offered. In addition to those facilities such as good water supply, ample electric power, gas and splendid transportation, in which any prospec- tive industry is naturally, vitally inter- ested, there are also the matters of so- cial and recreational facilities. Strath- roy has these in large measure and can offer most of the advantages available in the larger centres. Concludes the Strathroy editor : "These are some of the things that in- dustry looks for in 'seeking a new loca- tion. Heads of industry know that they will have happy contented workers in a centre which offers complete and gra- cious living. And Strathroy has them in abundance." And we add, so has Seaforth. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor September 9, 1938 A massive brown dog of un- certain ancestry is today the toast of McKillop. He drove off an infuriated bull just a few seconds before it would have trampled and crushed its own- er, Joseph Maloney, to death on Saturday. An increase of students in at- tendance at Seaforth schools is reported following registration at the schools on Tuesday. First day figures show 406 pupils in attendance as compared to 397 a year ago. At the Public 'School are 176 pupils as com- pared to 180 in 1937. The Sep- arate School reports 50 stu- dents in attendance, one less than last year. The main gate is the Collegiate, where 180 pupils registered as compared to 166 last year. The annual flower show, spon- sored-. by the Brucefield Horti- cultural Society was held in the basement of Brucefield United Church Wednesday. A collec- tion of gladioli, shown by Mrs. Robert Allan, won first prize. SS No. 3 also stood first in .the collection of mixed flowers. Members of the Mitchell Ten- nis Club were guests of the lo- cal club Friday evening, when a series of close games were en- joyed. I Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Govenlock, McKillop, gathered at the home of Mrs. R. Goven- lock on Thursday evening to honor the recently married cou- ple. ' Lions from clubs in Zone 3 gathered at the Seaforth Golf and Country Club on Wednes- day afternoon for their annual golf tournament and zone meet- ing. The Seaforth club's team won the Golf and Country Club trophy, which they will hold for one year. From The Huron Expositor September 12, 1913 The paid admissions to the Toronto Fair this year reached the million mark, the, largest yet, much to the joy of the management. The Canada Temperance Act petitions for the County of Hu- ron, accompanied by proofs and other documents required by statute, have been forwarded to the Secretary of State at Ot- tawa. A number of Tuckersmith farmers are busy sowing fall wheat. The regular meeting of the town council was held Monday evening last. One thousand dol- lars was authorized to be placed to the credit of the public school. The new Carnegie Library in Seaforth was formally opened to the ,,public on Saturday eve- ning. Mr. William Hartry, chair- man of the board, officially op- ened the new building to the public, and the mayor and town council passed a resolution thanking the board for the ef- ficient and satisfactory manner in which they carried out the work. -Cost of the building and grounds was $10,466.67. Of the amount, Mr. Carnegie furnished $10,000. Four new threshing outfits were shipped from The Bell En- gine Works to the West on Sat- urday. Mr. E. H. Close has leased the vacant store in Cardno's block and intends fitting it up for a barber shop. , From The Huron Expositor September 14, 1880 The South Huron Agricultur- al Show will be held in . Sea. - forth on Monday and Tuesday next. Seaforth marksmen made for themselves an excellent record at the Ontario and Dominion Rifle Matches held at Toronto and Ottawa. The four, consisting of Major Charles Wilson, Lieut. J. S. Roberts, Lieut, John A. Wilson and Staff Sgt. Alex Wil- son, carried off over $300 in prizes, besides the Caron Cup, valued at $250. All property belonging to the estate of Mr. Joseph Kidd of Dublin is to be sold by auction at Toronto. The estate consists of some nine or ten improved farms, timber lands, town and village property, sawmills and salt works. The value of the estate is valued at $250,000. Mr. A. M. Campbell of Stan- ley leaves on Tuesday for To- ronto, where he will act as a judge of light horses at the Exhibition. SUBSCRIPTION RATE INCREASE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 21, 1963 The Subscription Rates for The Huron Expositor will be raised to $4.00 per year CANADIAN $5.50 per year FOREIGN There will be no change in the price for Single Copies which will continue at 10 Cents each New Subscriptions and Renewals will be accepted at the present $2.50 rate up to September 21, 1963, for a maxi- mum of one year. For more than 10 years The Expositor has resisted any change that would result in a higher subscription price, but continuing increases in costs of production make an adjustment necessary. For this reason, then, the subscription rate will become $4.00 per year, effective September 21st next. ''The rate which was' last adjusted in 1§52 will then be in keenng with the rate which ' weeklies in other Duron towns have had in effect for some. years. ei The Wee4e "Heard you got a new living room rug" Are we going to have a civil war in Canada? You may laugh at the question, but a lot of people in this country don't find it too hilarious. La Belle Province is sick and tired of her Cinderella role. She has had enough of being the `bright and beautiful, but bedraggled and badly neglect- ed sister in the family. * * * Since Wicked Godmother Duplessis kicked the bucket and Prince Charming Lesage rode up on his white charger, a new life has dawned for La Belle. She has realized that her wicked godmother was diddling her out of her inheritance, that some of her sisters, especially that Ontario, who was always a bit of ,a snob, were looking down their noses at her, and that the meek inherit the earth only when everybody else has tapped it. As a result she has lost her inferiority complex. She has dropped her submissive obedi- ence. She has lost her faith in wizards. Her eyes are blazing. Her fists are up. She has a chip on her shoulder the size of a chunk of cordwood. And she is very definitely going to the ball, whether the rest of the family likes it or not. • * * Readers of this column prob- ably don't realize how Iucky they are to have the, whole French-Canadian revolution and the separatist movement ex- plained to them by an expert who just spent a week visiting La Belle Province, travelling on an English -Canadian shipping line, and staying in an English - Canadian -owned hotel. First, let me say that the girls in Montreal still knock you stiff. They have .'a flair, a style, that makes old guys like me stop dead in their tracks and turn slowly, mouth open, until a vicious poke in the ribs from wife or small daughter, shatters the moment. * * * Secondly, the traffic in Mont- real is still the most frighten- ing, the cab -driving the most hair-raising, and the fares the most reasonable of any city in Canada. Thirdly, the majestic bulk of Quebec, brooding over the St. Lawrence, with who knows what memories, is still probab- ly the most imposing city in North America. * * * Fourthly, the price of booze SUGA. and SPICE By Bill Smiley i\ in Quebec province is fierce. Fifth, I can't stay up all night any more. Sixth, it was good to meet old weekly -editors and assorted friends and find out their golf is lousy, too. Sev- enth, after a week of dressing up and eating fabulous meals and tipping everybody in sight, it's wonderful to sit in the back- yard like a bum, unshaven, to eat that real food which only the. Old Girl can prepare, and to get up from the table with- out having. to fish for a bill. We enjoyed our trip thor- oughly, -and. even the kids ar- rived home utterly exhausted, sure sign of a fine convention. It was tempting to devote this week's column to a "cute" trav- elogue. * * * But I came home with a deep feeling of unease concerning the mixed marriage which has, for almost one hundred years, confounded the experts by be- ing apparently a happy one. I'm afraid one of the partners wants a divorce, or if not that, at least a completely new deal. "Has the lady grounds for divorce?" you ask. Perhaps not, legally. Getting a divorce in this country has always been almost as tough as getting 'in- to heaven. * * * And like all ladies, her real reasons for kicking over the milk can are all mixed up with her emotions. She's sick of feeding a big family on her butter -and -egg money while the old man lives it up at the saloon with the proceeds from the beef he sold. She's fed up with being com- plimented on her home cook- ing, when what she wants is a pheasant -under -glass and cham- pagne dinner, like the other girls, once in a while. She's furious at the patron- izing air of the ladies who praise her needlework and then sweep off in their mink coats. • * * Hell, as the chap said, hath no fury like a woman scorned. Unless La' Belle Province can be convinced that she is our only love, unless we court her with sincerity and intensity, she is going to desert her fam- ily, set up her own establish- ment, and treat us with the hauteur we deserve. In the meantime, I for one am going to start taking those Conversational French classes at night school. MY MOTHER'S CHECKIWC�i ACCOUNT IS OVERDRAWN, YOU WON W, TO TALK T A MACDUFF OTTAWA UNEASY LIES THE HEAD OTTAWA Real Caouette, fiery and outspoken, Quebec lieutenant of Social Credit Na, tional Leader Robert Thompson made a bold move to out Thompson from the top job and take over. But it appears to have backfired. He opened with an attack on the national leader. Accusing Mr. Thompson of being "luke- warm" to Social Credit prin- ciples and of "turning a deaf ear" to Quebec's demands. He planned to emerge from a three- day convention of the Quebec wing of the party in Granby, Quebec, as the undisputed Que- bec leader of the Social Credi- ters. Mr. Caouette predicted that the Granby convention would present the national party with an ultimatum: "Equality — or else!" Of the 24 Social, Credit members in the Commons, 19 are from Quebec. One Social Crediter Guy Marcoux, 39 -year- old physician from Quebec City, sat in the pre -summer session of Parliament as an independ- ent. Following the Granby con- vention it now appears that Mr. Cauette will have only slightly more supporters inside Parlia- ment for. the Fall session than Mr. Thompson. Neither group is anxious for an early election. They will al- most certainly vote to sustain the Liberal minority administra- tion and thereby keep it in power despite, efforts of the P.C.'s or the N.D.P. to defeat Prime Minister Lester B. Pear- son and his Liberal Govern- ment. In the move to' pull the Que- bec Creditistes away from the National Party Mr. Caouette saw about half a dozen Quebec Social Crediters aside with Thompson and the National Party. Dr. Marcoux who had split with Mr. Caouette earlier this year and was sitting alone in the House as an independent member, has returned to the Social Credit fold now that Mr. Caouette is no longer within the Party. He had resigned from the Party last April—he was party whip—ostensibly be- cause the group had , failed to take disciplinary action against the Social Crediters who after the general election issued a public statement declaring their intention to support a Pearson Government. However, Dr. Marcoux was known to disagree with the tactics of Mr. Caouette. He blamed Mr: Caouette's state- ments and actions for losing lo- cal and national party support. Dr. Marcoux may emerge as the leader of the "official" So- cial Credit Quebec group in Parliament with Mr. Caouette leading the dissident group in Parliament from Quebec. The Quebec group under Dr. Mar- coux would follow a small "c" conservative private enterprise line. It would likely interpret "Social Credit" as meaning in the Federal Field as easy mon- ey, interest free loan policy. The Social Crediters, now that they have shaken Mr. Caouette, feel that in Quebec they will have a stronger appeal to the more sophisticated voters in the province; particularly in the cities. There appears to be little support for Mr. Caouette from any Social Credit group outside of Quebec. Even in Quebec Mr. Caouette is by no means the unchallenged leader of those who decided they wanted to break away from Mr. Thomp- son's leadership. Gilles Gre- goire, the Sociel Credit mem- ber of Parliament for Lapointe is ambitious. If Mr. Caouette's health should force ,him to take a less active role politically, then Mr. Gregoire is ready to step forward. Meantime, Mr. Caouette has been taking verbal potshots not only at Mr. Thompson but at Premier Manning of Alberta, and can expect no support from the provinces' Social Credit or ganization. In B.C., the Social Credit leader in that province, Premier W. A. C. Bennett, has cooled off on Mr. Caouette hav- ing previously backed the cola - tile French Canadian in Mr. Caouette's bid for the, national leadership. While Premier ' Bennett was not a strong supporter of Mr. Thompson at the time of the leadership convention he is not likely to take any sides in the current struggle. He is too busy with a Provincial election on his hands. The situation, will see two Social Credit groups from Que- bec sitting in the next session of Parliament. Le Ralliement des Creditistes under Mr. Caou- ette will go their own way, de- tached from the national lead- ership of Mr. Thompson. The Socred members under Mr. Thompson's .wing will follow his lead. Mr. Thompson- has indicated that he is against an yearly elec- tion, indicating that he is pre- pared to go along with his sup- port of the Liberal minority Government unless it makes -some blunder that will force his Party to seek to turn in out of office. While the Liberals have made some mistakes they are not such that would warrant the Sociel Crediters seeking to force n early general election. 9i his stage Mr. Thompson does not wish an early election as the only change it could bring would be to put Mr. Diefenbak- R. PORT e, er back as Prim Minister. He makes no secret f the fact that he had had a surfeit of Mr. Diefenbaker's administration. If the P.C.'s select a new leader then Mr. Thompson may be in- clined to take a different view about defeating the Liberal Government. The Liberals now have 129 members in the House; the Con- servatives 95 members, and the New Democratic Party 17 mem- bers. There are 24 Social Credi- ters in the House, including Dr. Marcoux. Even if the Progres- sive Conserva'ti 3i >es and NDP group joined in a want -of -confi- dence motion to try and bring down the Government they could not succeed so long as it has Mr. Thompson's or Mr. Caouett's and their respective followers support. Early in the Fall session of Parliament the Liberal Government will face at least two want -of -confidence motions. It will be challenged on its bilateral nuclear agree- ment soon after the House re- assembles September 30th. The N.D.P. has said it plans to in- troduce a motion regretting that the agreement was signed before it was brought before Parliament. On the question of the old age pension, both NDP and P. C.'s have stated they wilt chal- lenge the Liberals to act im- mediately to raise the pension by $10 a month. The Liberals contend that although they promised, during the election campaign, this did not mean an imediate $10 increase in- the pension. This would likely be introduced early in 1964. The Grits may face a want -of -confi- dence motion on that issue also. At this time it seems that the Government will ride the cur- rent storms, but all other par- ties are watching the develop- ments in the Social Credit camp with more than passing .inter- est. News Item The Canadian Government's $5,000,000 ground station cap- able of exchanging television, multi -channel telephone a n d telegraph transmissions with other ground stations around the world by means of commun- ication satellites, will be com- pleted on an experimental basis in 1965. Its site has not yet been selected.' But for technolo- gical reasons it will be located either in the Maritime Prov- inces or in Eastern Quebec. It will go into full commercial operation possibly ' by 1967. Head Bookkeeper: "Lok here. You entered this credit on the debit side." New Apprentice: "Yes, sir. You see 'I'm left-handed." Pilot Officer John G Mage,. fr.• Gh!1 have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter -silvered wings; - Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun -split clouds—and done a hundred things,You have nor dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hovring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eagr craft through footless halls of air. Up, uekhe long, delirious, burning blue I've copped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lrknor even eagle flew i. — And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space Put our my hand and touched the face of God. THE COMPLETE STORY of the Battle of Britain . . . bombed out ruins, enemy bombers, a handful of valiant fighters, and the spirit of a spitfire pilot captured in words written on the back of a letter to his mother three months before he was killed in action. Friends and relatives of the "few" who fought so well dur- ing the Battle of Britain, will pause a moment next Sunday, Sept. 15, to pay tribute to those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom. They will be joined byl the thousands of airmen from ev- ery part of Canada who partici- pate annually in the commem- oration of the RCAF's `baptism Of flre'—the battle in which it first flew against an ' enenty, won its first victories, and suf- fered its first casualtipgr This was the battle in which: Hitler gave' his Lttftwhffe Nat' The Immortal Few eight days to soften British de- fences for invasion—but which stretched to a full three months. It was a battle which hammer- ed English pride and tenacity into a defiant "we can take it" doggedness, and sent a hand - full of Spitfire and Hurricane fighters out to meet and crip- ple the invading hordes. Flying continuously' against the full force of the titanic German Luftwaffe, the courag- eous "few" of the Royal Air Force ---composed in part, of Canadian, Australian, New Zea. land, Polish, Dutdh, telgXtltte;, South African, Norwegian taut French airmen — destroyed 1,733 enemy aircraft; killed, wounded or captured more than 5,000 of the' Luftwaffe's prime aircrew; and deterred the threat of invasion. .. But not without cost! Four hundred and, forty-nine RAF fighter pilots died, 400 were wounded, and 915 aircraft were lost in the embattled English skies. The Canadian loss total- led 47 airmen — men whose names are included on the hon- or roll in the memorial chapel of Westminster Abbey -- men Who served with honor and distittetionI