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The Huron Expositor, 1963-10-24, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association AB e Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: o AI Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year '.a ♦� Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year V �+ Pb SINGLE COPIES -- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. ,tED popentwommommtgo micomommotrinsoommimmomompormoopon SUGA and SPrCB SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 24, 1963 Protests Conf One of the surest signs that news papers are fulfilling their function are protests from people that they are not points out the Sarnia Observer, which says: "Politicians in Canada have been castigating the press for its refusal to ignore the splinter parties and lead the country back to the two-party system which has degenerated into decrepitude by the inabilities and ineffectiveness of the parties themselves. "It is the same all over. In the United States an editor received a let- ter from a discontented reader telling him to 'stop and do some clear thinking for a minute, or are you too deeply en- tangled in the fuzzy wool' of politics to regard the fate of the human race as important?' "Warning the editor, and newspap- ers in general, the writer tells him that 'if you keep up the war scare headlines in your paper, the earth as we know it, along with a sizeable amount of the human race, could be destroyed.' "What the writer appears to over- look is that the newspapers are not manufacturing any of the news which endangers the human race and, presum- Michigan Has (Goderich Signal -Star) Skirting the southern shore of Sag- inaw Bay in Michigan, almost directly west across Lake Huron from Goderich, is Huron County. We don't know whe- ther Michigan's Huron County was so named first or whether it was Ontario's Huron County. However, historical data records that Michigan's Huron County was organized in 1859.,. On the other hand, the District of Huron in Ontario was so named in 1841. That was when it comprised the present counties of Huron, Bruce and Perth, as well as the townships' of Biddulph and McGillivray. In subsequent years, Huron County's area became as it is today with the other aforementioned areas separated from it. However, the County of Huron crest carries its estab- lished date as 1841. Comparing statistics of the two dif- ferent counties today, we find that Michigan's Huron County has an area of 822 square miles in contrast with • irm Readership ably the existence of both the writtr and the editor. All the newspapers are presenting are events brought about by men in high positions whose actions are controlled by more powerful forces pulling strings behind the scenes. "Newspapers, despite the puffed-up profundity of some journals who be- Iieve they can sway public opinion, are powertpss t9 stem the flow of nations toward their destinies. It requires more than anything within the power of a newspaper to pave the way toward either war or peace. Protesting and widely -divided public opinion is a much more potent weapon which is seldom harnessed into one cohesive force until the last hopes of peace have gone and the nations weld together to fight the war this letter -writer would blame up- on the newspapers whose headlines, perhaps for years, pointed to the com- ing danger which the public and its elected servants either refused to heed or lacked the will or ability to fore- stall. "If at some near or future date the human race goes down to atomic des- truction the newspapers can plunge in- to the vortex with clear conscience." a Huron County Ontario's Huron of 1,278 square miles, about two-thirds of the size of its On- tario counterpart. Density of popula- tion in the two counties is somewhat similar, In Michigan's Huron there are 41.3 people per square mile, whereas in Ontario:s Huron there are 39.1 per- sons per square mile. There are 50,021 people living in Ontario's Huron and 34,006 in Michigan's Huron. Both counties are predominantly ag- ricultural. Michigan's Huron boasts being the first county in United States' navy bean crop and a recent state lead- er in oats and beans. Our own County of Huron led all other counties in Ontario in the pro- duction of poultry last year, and also cattle. It also stood high in the pro- duction of hogs. As the years go by, both counties will probably turn more and more away from being agricultural and swing to industrial as has been the case with other counties closer at the present time to large industrial centres. IN THE YEARS AGONE - Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor October 28, 1938 The sale was announced Mon- day of the Stratford-Goderich bus franchise and equipment to Charles Berner of Detroit, by A. Leishman, Elmira, who has op- erated the line for two years. Work of drilling for oil or gas on the farm of Howard Tre- wartha, in Hullett, is under way with G. F. Gregory, veteran Petrolia driller, in charge. The drilling is being done by the Huron & Bruce Oil Co. Cardno's Hall was filled to capacity Friday evening when the Junior Women's Institute was host to 76 tables at euchre. Following the games, a delight- ful lunch was served and danc- ing concluded the evening. The South Huron Plowmen's Association match, near Exeter, Friday was one of the most successful in the history of the association. Large crowds wit- nessed' the various competi- tions, while there was a record total of 36 entries. Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge 'JEST A RE am" '` i t ii1tY't tiio nattie yon ts>�til , iai i ,night bad." held the annual installation meeting in the IOOF Hall on Monday evening, when Mrs. Violet Thorndyke and her team from Milverton installed the officers .in a very able manner. From The Huron Expositor October 24, 1913 The Hydro • Electric wiring outfit are encamped on the sec- ond line of Hullett, near the river. They have a large board- ing car and several tents. The Tuckersmith council have put a lot of splendid gravel and broken stone on the roads in that township during the past summer. What the council now require is a good steam roller to pack down the gravel as it is applied. Mr. J. l'. Daly 'is to install the clock in the tower of the new post office building. The new school at Hannah's corner, west of Egmondville, will open on Monday with Mr. Andrew Scott as teacher. This is a neat, comfortable and up- to-date building and is a credit to the section. The Post Office department is calling tenders to be sent in before' November 28, for carry- ing mails twice a day between Brucefield, Varna and Bayfield, to connect with morning and evening trains at Brucefield station. From The Huron Expositor October 26, 1888 It may interest some of our readers in Hullett to know that Mr. James McIVlichael, now re- tired in Seaforth, was the first tax gatherer in the Township Of Hullett, the total amount of taxes then amounting to the nun of £46. Mr. James Constable has pur- chased the residence, recently ocaup1cd . by Mr, C. M. Dunlop, for $700, and is now living in it. Mr. Constable now has a nice comfortable home. Mr. Dunlop has removed to Detroit. Mr. M. Robertson will have an auction sale of furniture in the store lately occupied by Mr. James Pickard, in this town on Friday and Saturday next. Mr, John Leonhardt, the well- known pig breeder of McKillop, won prizes at the several shows this season, amounting to about $175. The Star Theatre, Company appears in Cardno's Hall every evening next week. It is said the company is good and the plays are new, but a whole week is a good long seige for a town the size of Seaforth. Teacher: "Yes, Johnny, what is it?" Johnny: "I don't want to scare you, Miss Jones, but my father said that if I don't get better grades, someone's due for ., a lickin'." 'JEST A SECOND' ►'1t's the haat time 1 ga ,to an alicuo l alox[e," 1 IIIui,usiaiaBy Bill Smiley ulllllulllllllljIJ What a difference a few weeks can make in this coun- try! It is no wonder that Cana- dians carry on a deep, linger- ing, tongue-tied, love affair with their native land. And they do. Believe me, they do, although you'd never know it from casual observa- tion. They may sally to Flori- da and Mexico and Europe, but most of them would be sad be- yond endurance if they were suddenly told they were to be banished forever from Canada. About eight weeks ago, we drove out to visit friends at their cottage. It was the lush, bosomy end of summer, and the evening air was tropical. We slowed to cross the bridge, and the ever-present, ever -in- tent anglers peered with pa- tience at the black little river, and the birds chortled and the frogs krumphed Along the beach, golden .girls walked, and brown urchins pad- dled, and fat ladies slumped in deck chairs, and teen-agers looked sophisticated, and dogs ran over sleeping old gentle- men, and people waved and water lapped and motors roar- ed and hot dogs smelled good. When we arrived, our friends, about a dozen of them, sprawl- ed under a vast, sighing pine tree, drinking chilled sauterne and eating dill pickles. Their children and ours, from tod- dlers to bantam delinquents, prowled and squabbled and beg- ged bites of pickle and demand- ed one last swim, and laughed and cried and wet their diapers and bothered their moms. Out over the lake, the sun, almost gone, had a moment of hysteria, slashing color across the sky with the ferocity of a Van Gogh. And the water, darkening its blue, looked up longingly, and the sun flung across it, disdainfully, a few scarlet and gold streamers. * :'•* And we lounged, in shorts and bare feet, shirtless and wordless, too lazy and content to get up and go in, even when the sun took a deep breath and went down like a bomb, away out at the end of the water. Like good Canadians, we ac- cepted the splendor of the'eve- ning with decent restraint. No- body sang a sonnet to the set- ting sun. Nobody was impelled to sing a dirge to dying sum- mer. It was admitted, upon the urging of a couple of the more flamboyant types, that it sure was a swell night, before we gathered the kids and went home. Just the other night we went back to the same beach for din- ner with some friends at their cottage. The air was fairly cur- dling. The car heater felt good. When we reached the little bridge, there were no fisher- men, but we stopped to look at the late gold sun on the lit- tle black river. And high, away up, went over a wavery V of geese, a lovely sight. Along the beach there was no sign of life. Steely water around green -clumped islands. Silver sand. Black and blue sky. Cottages boarded up and blank -faced. It was. -lonely and bleak and beautiful. When we came to the cot- tage, away down the shore road, and saw the yellow lights shin- ing, it was a good feeling. In- side, there was a great, glow- ing fire, a warm welcome, friendly faces, and the good, rich smells of rye and turkey and perfumed women. And again, like decent Cana- dians, nobody made any crude remarks about what a beautiful evening it was, how lucky- we were to live in this demi-para- dise, or anything as foreign and sentimental as that. We just stuffed ourselves with food and drink, and went home. Maybe we all had too much Bliss Carman, William Wilfred Campbel and Archibald Lamp - man, when we were in school. Maybe we're just undemonstra- tive. But surely there is no na- tion on the face of this earth that loves its country so much and sings about it so little. That's why I''m going to sing out once in a while, however cracked the voice, or corny the tune, or bored. the audience. Maybe I can incite enough peo- ple to form at Ieast a quartet. Paths Of History Through Huron and Perth "Rare log cabins, occasional houses, barns or stores," and the stories behind them are the inspirations forming the back- bone of a new booklet publish- ed by the British Mortgage & Trust. The booklet is called "Paths of History in Perth and Huron Counties." It has been produced in story and picture form, drawn and recorded ' by John Martin, ARCA, OSA, and arranged and written by Anthony L. Kears- ley, BA, FR Met S. The booklet traces four jour- neys through the Huron Tract country, including one unfold- ing the country around Seaforth and district. It deals especially with those homes which were built in accordance with a book brought out in 1768 by one Batty Langley called "The Builder's Jewel: or, the Youth's Instructor and Workman's re- membrancer." "Obviously," says the history booklet, talking about the early settlers who built their homes in accordance with the plans book, "they were master crafts- men at adzing, dovetailing and mortising, and well-trained in practical geometry." The booklet asks the travel- ler to see the influence of that skill in a columned porch, a dentilled verge, a Georgian front, a Gothic window, and shuttered windows of twelve lights. Seaforth is characterized as the home of many pieces of such outstanding architecture, notably some homes on the town outskirts built in the Ver- mont style of white verge boards and fine doorways. John Street, in particular, is singled out as containing "as many well preserved houses as may be found anywhere in Ontario," The booklet mentions St. Thomas' Anglican Church as "an excellent fusion of revival- ist Greek and new Gothic styles; standing amid the great elms, it recaptures the mood of a time when its first congrega- tions assembled." The Exposi- tor office is, says the booklet, a "late Victorian functional build- ing , finely proportioned." "Heading north from Sea - forth," state the BMT book- let, "one sees a good Georgian house on the way to Winthrop, and at Walton, some early stores, one with a very good doorway. Lingering a little at Brussels, look up at the upper storeys of the stores which still retain their Georgian manners. Monuments to the early settlers dot these areas. "Brueefleld, named after Ma- jor Bruce, son.in-law of Lord lgin, is a crossroads village --- 1 . portant to early settlers, There is a memorial here to one Scot born before the '45 and aged 102. The house next to the post office is Victorian Gothic at its best. The brackets anti cast iron decoration are good and the general design well done. Note also the colon- ial store and house." Among the other area build- ings which are of note is a barn standing at the Ellis farm at Summerhill, north along No. 4 Highway from Clinton. This barn, originally put up as an Anglican Church in 1855, still contains beauty in the narrow styled windows, some of which still contain fragments of col- ored glass, and in the apse win- dow, which is still intact. The Langley book states: Well building hath three condi- tions: Commoditie, Fifinenes, and Delight. The end is to build well." The early settlers did that. A SMILE OR TWO "She enjoys conversation, I believe." "She thinks she does, but as a matter of fact she doesn't know the, difference between conversation and a monologue." "And she has the assurance to speak concerning matters of art?" "Assurance? Say, I don't be- lieve that girl would be afraid to pronounce renaissance be- fore anybody!" The customer had picked out six, apples at the grocery store. That will be $1.65, please," said the clerk. The fello* handed the clerk $2.00 and started to walk out of the store. "You forgot your change, sir," called the clerk. "That's all right, you keep it," retorted the customer. "I stepped on a grape on the way in." Waitress: "We have almost everything on the menu today, Sir." Customer: "So I see. Bring me a clean one so I can read, it." SPARKS by Willis Forbes Some people wear such long faces barbers should charge them double for a shave. ii �. , _ � < •f.'f LTD CROCETERT . 1 •GRAINS• FLOUR_BAKING PROWJCT5 -±j-VILtri A MACDUFF THE PRICE IS RIGHT OTTAWA—In the future, it's going to cost quite a bit more money to be a Canadian. This is the one certainty in the current turmoil in federal - provincial relations, in t h e argument over remaking con- federation and the realigning of federal and provincial juris- dictions. It always has been costly to be Canadian of course. A meagre population in a vast land pays heavily in taxation to provide itself with roads, com- munications, health services, education and defence — more than is economic, in fact, if Strict economic arguments are used. Now it appears that the price is going up. This has not been generally recognized yet but it should become clear after the federal -provincial conference in Ottawa next month. The conference will deal with how the tax dollar should be divided between the Federal Government and the province. On the surface this looks like an argument between the two levels of Government. The pro- vincial premiers, particularly Lesage of Quebec, Robarts of Ontario and Bennett of British Columbia, want greater access to tax sources. And in this age of provincial ascendancy, they're likely to get it. The thhory is that the Fed- eral Government can vacate certain tax fields, leaving the provinces a larger share. It would be the same tax dollar, in other words, divided up in a different way. It would be nice if it were that simple. But it isn't. As one federal tax expert remark- ed, "somebody is going to have to raise taxes." He pointed out that not • only the Federal Government, but most of the provinces, have been operating at a deficit for several years. The plain fact is that it's costing all Govern- ments a lot more to operate than they're taking in from taxation and other revenue. The surge towards provincial autonomy has no relation to Government economies, to cut- backs in services or spending. On the contrary, the provinces want more revenue because they are hardpressed to' build the roads, the schools and to provide the health and welfare services their populations are demanding. And how can the Federal Government, faced with anoth- er $700,000,000 deficit, contem- plate the possibility of reducing its revenues? After seven mas- sive deficits in a row, federal tax people regard the thought with positive horror. The federal -provincial argu- ment, of course, has already resulted in a decision to raise federal taxes. Most Canadians will begin in January to pay up to $30 a year in additional in- come taxes to finance the $10 increase in the old age pension. This is a direct result of the Canadian federal system and a good illustration of the cost of being Canadian. Had the fed - ,uroutog v1114 llilU/1 r._ OTTAWA REPORT A eral Government been able to proceed immediately with its national contributory pension plan, the direct tax increase would not have been necessary. The $10 increase would have been paid out of contributions, based on earnings, of partici- pants in the contributory plan. This is only the beginning, of course. The Federal Govern- ment has ambitious plans for revising national defence, the costliest item in the federal bud- get. It has plans to expand aid to underdeveloped areas of the country; to provide university scholarships; and to expand family allowance payments. And the provinces are not sitting back counting their money. They're spending it even before they get it. There is not a single province which has not found its resources strained by the multiplying costs of providing universal ed- ucation. Quebec and Ontario have multi-million dollar road -build- ing programs. Who can esti- mate the cost of Quebec's de- termination to recapture con- trol of the province's basic in- dustry? Ontario has a new pen- sion plan and a new education- al program. British Columbia has its vast power development on the Columbia and Peace Rivers. - Millions of dollars must be found to meet new urban prob- lems everywhere—slums, rede- velopment, rapid transport, sub- urban services, housing. This problem has scarcely been touched. It all adds up to higher tax- es. It may not be good econ- omics. Making Canada work CANADIAN SCENE never has been. It is even less so now when the needs of two levels of Government are so demanding; when Quebec, an important segment of the land, is determined at least on semi - independence, a sort of "legal" separatism. There are some who answer this by advocating economic and political absorption with the United States. There are others, including some in the present Federal Government, who seem to hold the view that if Quebec does split from the' rest of Canada, the automatic result would be absorption into the United States. This is a fatuous view; Cana- dians have always been willing to pay the price of being Cana- dians. The United Empire Loy- alists of the 18th century were willing. The Canadians of 1812 were willing when they fought for their Country. From the Fenian raids a cen- tury ago, through the reci- procity debates in the early 1900's, to the most recent ex- pressions of Canadian national- ism, the price of . being Cana- dian has always been high. But it has always been paid. In a way, the price nowadays may even be lower than it was in the days when battles had to be fought, when Canada was little more than a collection of weak and isolated villages. Now it is not Quebec, nor any other section 'of the coun- try, which will determine whe- ther or not Canada, survives. Canada has survived, because most Canadians have paid the price, and will continue to do so. ITIS A WONDERFUL BU"( — ALL PREVIOUS OWNERS MADE 8( HEADLINES IN `CAIS HOUSE. By Mac SEE OUR COMPLETE SELECTION OF as Cards .. AS WARM, AS SINCERE, AND 'AS FRIENDLY AS A HANDSHAKE THE HURON EXPOSITOR Phone 141 SEAFORTH $O mg NATIONAL IO NAL UNE • • • • r • • • • 4 • • t • r • • v • •