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The Huron Expositor, 1960-04-28, Page 2Since .1860 Serving the Community First •: bhed- at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50•a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association SEAFORTH, .ONTARIO,. APRIL 28, 1960 Education Department Delays Tax Rate In about six weeks' time the first instalment of Seaforth taxes is due. But despite an early start on the part of council to work out a budget, at the moment no estimates have been adopted; no tax rate has been struck. The reason is that Council, who acts as a collection agency for local .- school boards, has not been advise the requirements of the boards, Rut 'the, fault is not that of the school boards.. The extent to which they must seek funds through local tak revenue depends on the grants they receive from the Department of Education. However, as happens ev- ery year, the department fails to ad- vise until late in the year the amount each board may expect to receive. The problem is reviewed in a recent issue of the Toronto -Star : `" "With school trustee protests coming in from all sides, Queen's Park is try- ing to ease itself out of the predica ment resulting from its 1960 scale of , educational grants. "Education Minister Robarts de- nied a Week ago that grants to muni- •cipal boards of. education would be less than in 1959. , But this week he had his doubts, for he said that if any school board fails to receive grants equal to last year, under the new rates, the difference will be made up. "Premier Frost shuffled similarly. He implied in the legislature 'this week that grants based on a new sys- tem of equalized assessment would provide a fair and handsome yield for everybody. But the grants have been based on equalized assessment since 1958, according to Provincial Treasurer James N. Allah in his bud- get speech a year ago. He ought to know:- And the yield this year has not made local boards happy. Hence, Metro school board is formally pro- testing a drop of more than $2 mil- lion in its anticipated grants. "The protests are based on two fac- tors. The first is that the grants •will not keep pace with rising costs. For instance, Metro may receive, as Mr. Robarts said, about $1.3 million more than in 1959, but its costs are up -more than $5 million. The grants will be about $8 less per pupil, "The second factor is that the grants schedule is disclosed too late. No' }?oard knows where it is at in drawing up its yearly budget. Hamil- ton, for instance, had set its educa- tional tax before it heard that its rate of grants would be slashed. "How can schoolboards budget properly at the first of the year, and - city councils know how much to tax for their schools,' if the department of education doesn't get around to stating what its grants will be 'until mid-March, or even later? Mr. Rob-. arts admitted on March 17 that ex--, act grants will not be known until mid -summer." There will be general agreement with the Star when it,declares: "This is an addled state of affairs and should be corrected." Sanitation There's too much sanitation. What could be more appalling to _ a real cheese lover than the cellophane - wrapped pasty atrocities now on the- , shelves of our grocery shops. To de- serve the name, cheese in fact must be hewn off the block, rich, solid, tan- gy and aromatic.—Hartland (N.B.) Observer. See the 1960 Frigidaire REFRIGERATORS TODAY at 13-0-X FURNITURE from $1 99.00 We Urgently Need . 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When the winter had begun, they'd had eight small children, but they'd had to keep the wolf away from the door some- how, and the wolf was very par- tial to small 'children. ' * * Now, it was spring and things were tough. The mammoth they'd put in the deep freeze at the back of the cave was gnawed to tusks and tail.' The Mother had begun to eye the three. small children, gaunt as. they were, in a rather chilling manner. And every time the Father looked at the Mother, saliva leaked out the corners of his mouth. She had a little more meat on her than the three small chil- dren. * •* * As for the three small children, they took a snap at the calves of their parents every time they crawled past them. And the wolf had long since forsaken the front door. He knew well that if he whined once, he'd be hauled in. clubbed and end up as guest of honor at a wolf dinner. • * It was a tense situation, and just to make it unbearable, the Mother started agitating about the condi- tion of the cave. She wanted all the bones picked up and dumped outside, the skins on the floor shak- en out, and the mammoth's skele- ton dragged outside,•so she could get into the corners and clean them. But he knew her of old. Just as she swung, he leaped like a deer and she missed. Grinning'hugely, he Whipped from behind11 back a knotted piece of hide, on which were strung the three biggest rain -4 bow trout you ever saw. * * * After the tears of remorse, and her assurance that it was just her nerves, he gave her a ,12 -pound trout. She was well into it before she • remembered, with shame, and said: "Go and find the three small children and 'give them a fish" She could have saved her breath, as the three small children were already crawling out from behind three small rocks, their three small noses quivering, and . their three small teeth glittering. Soon their three small bellies were dragging on the ground. * * *,_. And so they all lived happily ever after. Until next winter. And that's the story of Opening Day of the trout season, and how it ac- quired its significance in our Can- adian. way of life, even though it interferes with the housecleaning * .*. * Maintaining an iron self-control, the Father went to work. He knew that if he hit her, as she should, and she went down, he'd,. pounce on her and gobble her up. He didn't want to do that, as she was a good:woman. She always chew- ed the tougher pieces of meat be- fore handing them to him. And she made the best sabre -tooth tiger soup m the neighborhood * * * But 'she made a mistake when she told him to go out and get some clean sand for the floor. He rolled back the stone at the mouth of the cave.' It was a golden morn- ing, bluesky, world turning green. He took a deep breath, a quick look over his shoulder, and off, in that order, and didn't stop until he had reached The Place Where the Big Ones Are. * * * When her 'mate failed to return, the Mother snarled: "Trhat ousy bum, He never has time to do any- thing around the house, but he al- ways has time to go to The Place Where the Big Ones Are." The three small children, knowing they were living on borrowed time any- way, nodded their three small heads agreeably; trough they didn't have a clue about what was bothering her, as she stormed around,• cleaning up. * * * By noon the cave was tidy and the Mother was fit to be tied. She sat in the cave entrance, chewing her nails in a combination of rage and ravenousness. The three small children sat in the sun on their three small bottoms, looking wor-• ried. * * * Suddenly the Mother realized she had chewed three of her fingers. right down to the second joint, This would never do. Sadly but re- morselessly, she fastened her gaze on the three small children. When they saw their Mother pick up a club and advance on them, the three srnalI children uttered three small squeaks of despair, and for- getting that they hadn't learned to walk, got up and began to run Iike hell. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Where is the Worlegs Largest Freshwater Fishing Fleet? Port Dover, Ont., on the shore of Lace Erie, is reputed to have the largest freshwater fishing fleet in the world operating out of its ex- cellent harbour. The town lies 38 miles southwest. of 'Hamilton and just nine miles southeast of Simcoe, Ont. It was once known as Dover Mills and it takes its name from the English port. One of the prin- cipal commercial fishing centres en Lake Erie, the town is also a popular summer resort. Among its points of historic interest is aross marking the visit of the first ivhite men to Lake Erie's north shore in 1669. * * * Who Was the First Acadian • Senator? Pascal Pqirier, a lawyer ..and,. writer who was born at Shediac, New Brunswick, in 1852_ -.He prac- tised law in Shediac and served as postmaster of the Canadian House of 'Commons from 1872 to 1885. When he was appointed to the Sen- ate in 1885, he was the first Aca- dian to be son honored. Poirier was a man of broad views who worked unceasingly for the better- ment of his fellow Acadians, and in 1902 he .was created Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur for his con- tribution to the survival of the French language in Acadia, A Fel- low of the Royal Society of Can- ada, he wrote many historical papers and several books. He died in Ottawa in 1933. * * *, Are Pronghorn Antelopes Found in Canada?' Yes, but only in the sagebrush country of extreme southern Al- berta and Saskatchewan. Sage- brush is their main food, although in summer they eat grass. The panghorn antelope occurs only in North America and has no close relatives. It differs from other hoofed. animals in many respects. It 'is smaller than any of our deer, -varying in weight from 100 to 125 pounds and standing only three feet, or : a little more, at the shoul- der. The horns are simple, with but a single tine or point. Each year the.. sheath covering the horn is shed by both bucks and does— a characteristic found in no other animal. Before the white man set- tled on the prairies, the pronghorn was very abundant, possibly more than the buffalo. * * * What Was Pontiac's Conspiracy? THE BIBLE TODAY • The Committee for Bible Mis- sions in. Germany is launching an appeal for funds for the supply of Scriptures to refugees in other parts of the world as well as Ger- many. The first.objective propos- ed 'is the supply of 250 complete Bibles in -Arabic to refugees in the Jerusalem area, A revolving fund supplied by the American Bible Society has en- abled the Luther Hans Publishing firm to produce 1,550,000 copies of illustrated Gospels since 1953, for distribution mainly in West Ger- many. The printing of a further 400,000 is planned. The, Altenburg Bible Society dur- ing the same period has circulated over one million copies in East Germany and expect to reach 1,- 500.000 copies in 1960. With the addition of the portions bound in the form of an illustrated New Testament, the total number of illustrated. Bible portions which will have been produced in this way for the -whole of Germany will be about 3,500,000. • ..Suggested Bible Readings Sunday—Luke 21:12-28 Monday—Luke 21:29, 22;6 Tuesday -Luke 22:7-23 Wednesday—Luke 22:47-71 Thursday—Acts 24:1.27 Friday—Acts 25:1-27 Satiirday—Acts 26:1-32 *• * * Just then, who should come strol- 11ing up, whistling, but rather? The Mother scarcely had time to hide her club behind her back. "Bet you don't know what I've,got for you," beamed the daddy coyly hid- ing something. behind his. ' back, "And I'll bet you don't know what I've got for i!OU,", she countered, grinning • whitely,.and clutchfiig herr club tighter A • McDUFF WAWA REPORT TWO FOR ONE OTTAWA—Canada has signed a new trade treaty with Russia which on paper looks attractive but actually will not be as .good from the Canadian point of view as the last trade pact with the U.S.StR. The Russians realized soon after they had signed the last treaty that they had got the short end of the stick. They were buying mil- lions of, dollars worth of goods from Canada, but in turn Canada was not buying much from Russia. HoweVer, the Soviet was anxious to sign the last treaty. This time things were different as it was Canada that was anxious to have a trade pact. The Canadians have been pressing the Russians to re- new the old treaty which expired in February, 1959. But the Rus- sians were firm in saying "no". They wanted' no deal like the last one. This time they held out for bet- ter' terms. They wanted from Can- ada, and got, a provision that for every dollar's worth of goods Can- ada purchased from Russia the Soviet would in turn buy two dol- lar's worth of goods from Canada. The last deal worked out at al- most five to one in Canada's fav- our. What assurance has Canada got that the Russians will live up to the provisions of the new agree- ment? They defaulted on the last deal. Under the terms of the last agreement the U.S.S.R. got Most - Favoured -Nation tariff treatment from Canada° and in return the Russians undertook to purchase about $50,000,000 worth of Cana- dian wheat over the three years of the agreement. But, when the deal had terminated last year the Russians fell behind in their wheat purchases and were short by over 8,000,000 bushels when it expired. That amounted to nearly $10,000,- 000 worth of wheat the Russians had agreed to buy and did not Since the last treaty expired the Canadians have been pressing the Russians to live up to the terms of the d'greement and purchase the additional amount of wheat. These negotiations have met with no suc-' cess. The. Canadians have not pressed too hard for fear that they would antagonize the Russians and ruin the chances of negotiating the second deal — Signed in Moscow April 18. Moreover, the Canadian government authorities reluctapt- ly concede that there is nothing to ensure that the Soviet will not de- fault on the new agreement. How- ever, with the two-for-one provi- sion in the pact the Russians have ,a better deal and are more likely to live up .,to its provisions. "Purpose of this agreement is to expand and diversify trade be- tween the two countries," the Trade and Commerce Department said -in a statement issued in Ot- tawa simultaneously with the sign. ing of the past in Moscow by Hon. Gordon Churchill, Minister of Trade and Commerce. Coupled with the announcement was the appoint- ment of William Van Vliet, 42, as Canada's first trade commissioner in Russia. Mr. Van Vliet has a tough job. The Russian and Canadian resourc- es are similar so that it is diffi- cult;for the two countries to trade with 'one another. Canada's pur- chases from Russia last year amounted to only $2,250,000. These purchases consisted mainly of furs, pig iron, chrome bre and • a few manufactured goods. Those pur- chases will have to be more than. doubled if 7,000,000 •bushels of wheat are to be sold to ,,Russia, under the terns of the new treaty. Last year Canadian exports to Russia totalled $12,750,000. •Main exports were wheat, barley, steel, nickel, drugs and chemicals. If This is the name sometimes giv- en to an Indian uprising that was organized at the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763 by the Indian Chief Pontiac in an attempt'to wrest control of the lands beyond the Appalachians from the new British rulers. As no help was forthcoming from France, the up- rising collapsed and Pontiac made Peace with the•British in 1766. This influential war chief of the Ot- tawas was probably born near De' troit about 1720. He consistently supported the French throughout the Seven Years' War. When his uprising collapsed, he lost his posi- tion of authority among the tribes. Three years later, in 1769, he was murdered by a Peoria Indian near the present site of St. Louis, Mis- souri. Sir Gilbert Parker told the story of Pontiac in his novel, "When Valmond Came To Pon- tiac," which was published in 1895. STAFFA. Mrs. Ross Smale was hostess for. the April, meeting of the Staffs'W. M. S. in the Family Life 'Centre. Mrs. Robert Vivian had charge of the devotional period, using as her theme "Easter." Mrs. Cecil Bow- man presented the topic on Africa. Mrs. Walter O'Brien presided for the business period. Plans were made for the . annual strawiiera social to be held in June. The next meeting Will be the May thankof- fering with Mrs. Fetguson, of Stratford, as guest speaker. A layette has been completed to send to the Mission Hospital in British Columbia. ST. COLUMBAN Miss Karen Kale spent the Eas- ter holidays in Kitchener. ' Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hartleib and Vincent Nolan; Kitchener, vis- ited Mrs. Elizabeth Nolan and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Malone and family, Windsor, with Mr. and Mrs, Tom Morris. Mrs. Marie Maloney, Fergus and Gerrard Maloney and Terry Ryan, Kitchener, with Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam •Ryan. Mrs. Jack McIver visited in Kit- chener with Mr. and. Mrs, Martin Purcell, ' Miss Net Doyle, I radon', With TO:Doyle. Canada is to continue to sell about $10,000,000 or $12,000,0.00 worth of wheat to Russia, then Canada will have to purchase from Russia" be- tween $5,000,000 and $6,000,0001 worth of goods, that is three times the amount of purchases this coun- try has made from the U.S.S.R. in the past. Under the new pact, during the three years of its life, the Russians are prepared to purchase up to $30,000,000 worth of Canadian wheat, providing the Canadians buy $18,000,000 worth of goods from the U.S.S.R. . There is a maximum target set in the agi°eement pf purchase by, Canada of $12,500,000 from Russia each year' for the three years. In return Russia would buy from Canada $25,000,000 worth of goods annually up to a total of $75,000,- 000 for the three years. However, there is little chance that 'Canada will step up its purchases from Russia by the extent required to reach the maximum goals' in the agreement. The difficulty is that, while Russia is a state trading na. tion and can order its state trad- ing agencies to boy certain amounts from 'Canada, this coun- try cannotorder private business men to make their purchases from Russia. Before he left for Moscow for the signing ceremony the Minister of Trade and Commerce was not clear on how the new pact would work. For example, it was not clear how Russia would determine its purchases under the "two-for- one" provision. Will Russia wait until the end of the first year, de- termine the amount of Canada's purchases and then purchase twice that amount; or, will there be a cut-off date midway through the year? When he. reached Moscow, Mr. Churchill got into trouble. He told reporters that Canada would sell uranium to the Russians it they want it. Immediately there were astonished reactions in Wash- ington and Ottawa. Uranium is on the list of strategic commodities. that Canada, in concert with the United States, has undertaken not to sell to Communist nations. Mr, Churchill later explained thathis statement was made only ."in a joking way". Opposition party spokesmen said it was a poor joke at this time when Canada's uran- ium industry is suffering a depres- sion due to the falling off of orders from the United States. They will demand a full explanation when parliament resumes its sittings. * * *. Capital Hill Capsules Prime Minister Diefenbaker has asked western farm leaders to sug- gest an alternative plan to assist wheat farmers' with their financial problems. He rejected suggestions that they meet with the govern- ment before Easter, but left the door open for a`meeting after the Easter recess of parliament. Mean- time he wants the farm leaders to put in writing their plans for al- ternatives to deficiency payments for wheat, oats and barley. * * *I With the Bomarc failures in the Unites States the question is be- ing asked increasingly at Ottawa if the Conservative government "goofed" when it cancelled the Ar- row Jet interceptor program last year. It may yet be' forced into the embarrassing position of hav- ing to purchase a "'bade in the U.S.A." jet interceptor to "stand on guard" for__ Canada. Do you always hal/6 your On- tario Hospital Insurance certificate in a handy place? It's a 'good idea to have the number written down with other emergency numbers. IN THE YEARS AGONE •- ' 'Interesting items gleaned from The Huron. Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. FromThe Huron Expositor April 26, 1935 A meeting will be held" in the Carnegie Library on Tuesday eve- ning, when it is hoped to form a Seaforth Athletic Association. William Aberhart, native of Sea - forth, graduate of Seaforth Colleg- iate Institute, and brother of Charles and Louis Aberhart, is widely spoken of in Western,Can- ada as Alberta's next premir. Golfers commenced their sum- mer's activity on Fridayat the Seaforth Golf and Country Club. The clubhouse is 'expected to be ready within a week. Contrary to previous announce- ments, arrangements are being made to observe the 25th anni- versary of His Majesty's accession to the throne, May 6. A parade, headed by the Seaforth Highland- ers, will be held. Mr. James Kerr, Buffalo, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kerr, Main St., was one of the lucky ticket hold- ers in the Irish sweepstakes re- cently. He will receive $3,804. The annual Huron Regiment military ball, sponsored by the of- ficers of the regiment, was held in the Town Hall, Clinton, on Mon- day evening. Mr. Jaynes McBride, Stanley, met with a very unfortunate acci- dent last Thursday when he was struck by one of his horses. He suffered, a broken kneecap. A few men from town were in Hampton on Friday -attending the Oddfellows' rally. Miss Mary Logan Simpson, who died recently in Brantford at the age 'of 92, and who was buried in Maitlandbank cemetery, Seaforth has left a bequest to St. Thomas' Anglican Church, according to in- formation received here. it -i§-a, great acquisition to the vil- lage, The Brussels electric light plant -was---recently purchased _by .Mr - James Sharp, Beth, daughter of Mr. W. G. Willis, while running across the road, was struck by a rig. She was struck by the wheel, knocked down and run over. She was un- conscious for a time, but is fine now. The automobiles are again on the roads and this means one will not know an easy moment. - Mr. Harry Little, proprietor of the Seaforth and Bayfield stage line, is offering his business and property in Bayfield for sale. Mr. Little is thinking of going West. Since Christmas, Mrs. Charles. Dolmage, McKillop, has shipped about 100 dozen eggs to patrons in Toronto, for which she got the top price. Mr. J. A. Roberts, who has been conducting the drug business of his father, the late J. S. Roberts, intends giving up business in Sea - forth. Most farmers in the area have completed seeding operations. * * * From • The Huron Expositor • April 15, 1910 The Clinton horse ,and cattle show was field on Thursday. There was quite a good attendance and a large show of animals. Mr. James Hamilton, Clinton, the other day disposed of his two spans of horses, for which he received the handsome sum of $1,200. Iieksall iso hoping UP sec .their' brass band Soon reorganized,. AS * * * From The Huron Expositor April 24, 1885. Mr. James W. Biggins, of the London Road, has eight head of thorough breds which are pretty hard to beat. One is a 10 -year-old cow from which he has sold stock to the value of nearly $2,500. The first fair for the sale of fat cattle was held in Seaforth on Thursday last. It was eminently successful, as there were quite a number of leading buyers present. , On Friday last Mr. George Mur- ray, with his dray team, drew from the station to The Expositor office, 8,250, pounds of printing paper at one load. Mr. John Hannah, Tuckersmith, sowed grain on Monday last. This is the first of the season we have heard of. Revival services were held in the Methodist Church here on Sun- day and have been continued dur- ing. the Week. The meetings have been largely attended,. The fift vegetables df the txda- st11), Were brotight into t utit by, Mr, Comber, Harpurhey. He delivered some onions here. Messrs. Reid & Wilson, Seaforth, have just prorured from the manu facturers, a fine new bell, weigh- ing_over200 pounds, td be placed in the Harlock schoolhouse. Mr. David Sproat, Egmondville, started a frame dwelling house on Thursday of last week, and the occupants moved into it yesterday, This is rushing things with a vengeance. Mr. J. E. Hamilton, a fancy rol- ler skater, will give an exhibition in Cardno's Hall flus •evening. • A SMILE 'OR TWO "Of all the stupid sales clerks, I'll talk to the manager; perhaps he has more sense than you." "He has, madame; he went out as you come in," When a man called a veterinarian in a nearby town the operator ask- ed, "Is this a personal call?" "Of course not!" snapped the caller, "It's my dog that's sick." Small Fry: "You wouldn't pun- ish me for something I haven't done, would you, teacher?" Teacher:. "Certainly not. What haven't you done?" Small Fry: "My homework." Insurance Investigator: "When you found all the bureau drawers ransacked, whydidn't you report the robbery at once?" Housewife: "Why, I just natur- ally aturally supposed my husband had been hunting a clean shirt." • .•, "Your typing seems good, Miss J, but I'm a bit dubious about hir- ing -a stenographer who has left six jobs in a year." "But I didn't leave a single one of them voluntarily." A farmer with a healthy appe- tite stepped into a hotel tea room for some lunch and ordered a steak. The waiter presently came back With a plate on which was a small portion of meat, 3 "Yeah," said the farmer, "that's the: kind, Bring me .some," • a