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The Huron Expositor, 1960-09-08, Page 2HALF$MT Published at • 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 Circulations. - Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SE/WORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 8, 1960 How Taxpayers Nobody likes the tax collector ! No matter how much we recognize the necessity of. each of us paying our proper proportion of the cost of run- ning our town, our province, or our nation, when the chips are down and we have to hand over the cash, we unconsciously . lay some degree of blame onthe tax collector. While the tax collector isn't to blame and is only carrying out his duty, perhaps at the same time there are occasions when he could do some- thing ,to improve the image he cre- ates in the eyes of the tax -paying public. In any event, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service thinks there is room for improvement and has ordered its tax collectors to treat tax harried citizens -with affability, courtesy and, a large dose of sympathy. Acreage Payments Fail The Canadian government, by its latest cash handout of $42 million to prairie grain growers, has failed to show' a realistic appreciation of the farm situation, according to the Fin- ancial Post. This grant is to be dis- tributed at the rate of $1 per culti- vated acre, with a maximum of $200 to any farmer. Clearly $200 won't cure any grain - grower's troubles, will have no sig- nificance at all in the budget of a'big, well-managedfarm, and will be but a snare and a delusion to farm opera- tors of small uneconomical units. The government, the Post con- cludes, is simply resisting progress, Farm Tractor As has been established, many automobile accidents are caused by vehicles moving too slowly along a busy highway. Traffic piles up be- hind them and finally some driver in the line becomes impatient and tries to pass. He doesn't always make it. Exhortation or regulation may have an effect in making the loiter- ers move more briskly ,— which of course is not to suggest that they ought to go to the .ether extreme and become speeders: There is a sensible means, depending .on conditions. However, there is"one class of ve- hicle that must perforce travel slow- ly. This is the farm tractor, which in the year 1959 was involved in 142 accidents reported in the • province. In about half the cases the tractor driver was held responsible. A ma- jority of the accidents occurred on straight stretches of highway and in full daylight. It is not sufficient to ban from the main highways these vehicles and the frequently wide implements which they tow. The danger also exists on secondary highways and on side-, roads. In most cases a swiftly mov- ing car overtakes a tractor and plunges into it from behind. Ade- quate rear lights at night or dusk are essential, but there is still the prob- lem of daytime collisions to be ac- counted for. In the final analysis, the respbnsi- bility rests with the driver of a mo- Should 'Be Treated Perhaps tax collectors at various levels in Canada might take a cue from these recommendations issued to improve "taxpayer relations": Be neat, well-groomed . . . keep desk in order ... greet taxpayer in a friendly manner and by name, if known. Impress the taxpayer that you be- lieve In his honesty and 'integrity. Listen to the taxpayer's story with undivided attention. Gain his co-operation by being friendly, sincere and understanding. Avoid criticizing the taxpayer. Speak in terms the taxpayer can understand. Always thank the taxpayer for his co-operation. Treat the taxpayer with the same courtesy you would extend to a guest in your home. ToAnswer `Farm `Problem helping to perpetuate , a peasantry and wasting money. Certainly the acreage'payments are but an expedient answer to, de- mands for a long-term solution to the problems facing agriculture. But what is of more concern to farmers, in areas other than those in the Western Provinces—Huron, for in- stance—is that the payments ignore completely their problems. Not only are Ontario farmers ignored insofar as assistance is concerned, but they will be called upon, through their taxes, to foot a portion of the pay- ments the Diefenbaker government is making to Western grain grow- ers. - As Road Haiiard tor car to have his car under such control that he can slow down to the pace of the tractor should he over- take one unexpectedly, and to stop completely if necessary should the tractor turn off into a farm lane or field.—(The Ottawa Citizen). Call Me "Mister" Rev. John"- Bothwell, writing in Huron Church news (Anglican), quotes a clergyman's poem asking his congregation to please! stop–calling me "Reverend Facetiously, but pointedly, he tackles the problem of how to address the clergy. "Emily Post and most churchmen have been fighting a losing battle in recent years as more and more folks call their rector, simply, `Reverend Blank'. What is forgotten is that "Reverend" is more an adjective than a title, and should be followed, always, by,..he person's initials, his Christian name,' or _else the .title `Mister', before the surname is add- ed. "Thus, you could write "the Reverend J. C. Blank" or "the Rev- erend Mr. Blank". But, in conversa- tion, you should drop the adjective "Reverend" and Say, simply, "Mr. Blank", or else just plain "John". However, it is usually not good taste to address a priest' by his first name alone, in public, even if you do know him well enough to do so in private. So be it, Mr. Bothwell.—(Exeter Times -Advocate). 5. • r . tuittiotattel-sdteet vitt& ..v i • Beet Marl's Fresera'rIt's 8,0ete" Milk RNTpes, �0 •..-,;,,I e.T "'�-t - Writ'• todayl `r0 _' ii0kiikir MrkfilWi.188ie tsitr'0I►ililA0A • '4'i i`i.tietin ktitti 'tiTOrdl'io 57/ES 'RES$ LOCK'S EXPENS/V4 BUT HER MO77XER AND I BOUGHT ?/N THE BGW-70NBUDGET BASEMENT Free 0/VLY $4.98 SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY This week the Old Girl and .I. will observe our 14th anniversary. You notice I didn't say "cele- brate," We just observe' them, rather coldly. She's been a little cool about anniversaries since the time I brought the present and the card, a few years back. She'd been beefing about her paint brushes .being hard to clean. On our anniversary, I gave her a lovely little package of paint brush cleaner, suitably gift -wrapped. I also handed her a 'beautiful anni- versary card. It cost me 40 cents, and had flowers a and` cupids' and all sort of things on it. Only thing was that it was head- ed off: "To my darling husband, on our anniversary." I'd forgot- ten to read it. These anniversaries are harder to take -than birthdays. The whole 14 years was brought graphically to the fore tonight at dinner, when I looked around, and -realized that all these people belonged to me, and were my responsibility for feeding, clothing and housing, among other things. 4c Fourteen ,years ago, I was a young veteran of the" air force, full of ginger and peculiar ideas. With the aid of other young vet- erans and various wenches, Iliad been successful in getting through all my gratuities in a few months of high living. I was 'broke, free, .cynical, selfish, and happy as a trout. - • I thought Love was something made up by women and the mov- ies. Marriage and children were for the dopes. Money was some- thing for other people to• scramble after. The Home was where old people went when they ran out of money. Family ties ' were neck- wear I borrowed from my broth- ers. 'Those were pretty good days, in retrospect. All I wanted to do was read books, eat, drink and sleep when I felt like it, and avoid personal entanglements like the plague. My chief ambition was to avoid work in any form, and my only desire was to find some exotic land crawling with beautiful na- tive women, and -there settle down in the sun. But, even as the walls of Jeri- cho, I tumbled. Like most young men of that age, I was just like an egg. I thought I was hard- boiled, but I wasn't even half - cooked. One crack ip the shell, and I ran all over the place. In short, I got married, and I've been running all over the .place ever since. Our marriage, in those 14 years, has had its upS and downs. And a good part df the time we seemed to be going side- ways. In those 14 frantic years, however, I've changed a lot. My cynicism has become merely a healthy scepticism. I haven't a hope of being selfish any more. But some things haven't changed. I'm still broke, and I'm still free, * •At Oh, not free in the old way, mind you. I can't go out with girls any more. I can't sit up with the boys until the wee small, and I can't throw all my worldly posses- sions in a bag and take off for Rio. Not unless I want to arrive at the airport with a kid clinging to each leg, and my wife flying from my neck like a pennant, 'But I'm free in the things that really count. I can go golfing or fishing any three 'I feel like it. As long as the Ids don't want to go swimming. I can speak my mind freely on any subject, around our house, without fear of contradic- tion. As long as I do it down in the cellar, or while I'm mowing the lawn. I can stop my son from wearing my T-shirts and sox. If I can catch him before he gets out of the house. Fourteen years ago, I abhorred' the idea of possessions. I didn't want to own anything. I didn't want to sink any roots. Since then I've collected an awesome assem- bly of junk and my roots are so far down they're s -blocking the sewers. Besides the ball -and -chain I've acquired two children who eat like sharks, two mortgages, a great big, old -house that swallows everYlickel I can raise, and en- ough accumulated"rstuff to fill a couple of warehouses. A lot of water has gone under the bridge in those fourteen years. And most of it has ended up in my cellar. But there's plenty on the credit side, too. We've two healthy youngsters whose daily presence is a joy in our lives, and also a great booster of sedative sales at the .drug store. Was it worth it? Would I do it again? You're darn right I would. It's been a wonderful ex- perience, and as we 'step off into the fifteenth year I can't help giv- ing thanks for the gentle, lovely, steadfast help -mate who has been by my side, ever ready with a word of encouragement, or, a slam on the ear, if that didn't work, VES (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana)- Where is the Richelieu River? The Richelieu is one of the im- portant tributaries of the St. Law- rence River and during the early days provided a major route for attacks by the English and In- dians on the colony of New France. The river has its source in Lake Champlain on the Quebec -Vermont border and it flows for some 80 miles due north to empty into the St. Lawrence at the city of Sorel. Ever since 1609, when Champlain ascended the river to attack the Iroquois, the river has played' a dramatic role in -Canadian history. Governor Montmagny gave it its name, in 'honour of Cardinal Riche- lieu, when he built Fort Richelieu at its mouth on the site of present- day Sorel in 1642. The fort was intended to halt the raids of the Iroquois against the new settle- ment of Ville Marie (Montreal). $ $ What Was Monklands? When Montreal was the capital of Canada, from 1844 to 1849, Monklands was the vice -regal resi- dence. Built on the slope o#..Mount Royal in the 18th century, probab- ly by the Hon. James (later Sir James) Monk, it was his country house in the 1790's. In 1884, when Montreal replaced Kingston as the capital, Monklands was rented by the government as the governor's residence and it was occupied in turn by Baron Metcalfs, Earl Cathcart and Lord Elgin. After the government's departure from Montreal in 1849 the estate be- came for a few years the Monk - lands Hotel. In 1854 it was pur- chased by the Congregation of Notre Dame and since then it has served as the, central building of a girls' school, the Villa Maria Convent. Have Many Meteorites Been Found in Canada? Meteorites fall on all parts of the earth but, of course, most fall in the water. Many others fall in uninhabited areas and are found only . by accident. About 1500 meteorites have been recovered and positively identified. Of these, only 23 are from Canada. There are three major classes of meteor- ites: irons or siderites which are all -metallic composed of alloys of iron and nickel; stony meteor- ites or aerolites, otimpoS.ed of sili- cate minerals with very little met- al; and stony irons or siderolites, which are a mixture of silicate minerals with considerable iron - nickel alloy. The largest known meteorite, an iron one weighing about 80 tons, lies where found near Grootfontein, South-West Af- rica. The heaviest meteorite so far found in Canada is a 386'pound iron discovered at Iran Creek, Alta 1fl ] and stow 'displayed in Vin ; ctoria College, Toronto. THE, BIBLE TODAY At a Bible Society Conference in Singapore a discussion took place on the relevancy of the Scriptures to the situation in the far East. Such phrases as "the uniqueness of Christ" and "the, superiority of Christianity" recurred' again and again in the remarks of these Asian Bible Society leaders. - When the chairman of the meet- ing, tte Ven. H. M. Arrowsmith, General Secretary of the Austra- lian Bible Society and Chairman of the General Council of the Unit- ed Bible Societies asked why it was thought that Christ was un- ique, the Rev, J. S. Weerasinghe, Secretary of the Bible Society in Columbo replied, "Christ is unique because He alone answers life's ultimate questions." The obvious extension to this reply was to ask the question, "But what are life's ultimate questions?" Mr. Weer- asinghe, after, careful thought, gave the answer, "Life's ultimate questions are, Whence have we come? Why do we persist? Where are we going?" A profound silence followed this answer until a remark was passed that in the story of Christ as told in the Scripts#res, we find the ex- planation as to why Christ has the answers. Mr. Weerasinghe has recently been released from his Bible So-. ciety duties in Columbo to promote the use and understanding of the Bible in the whole of the East. Suggested Bible Readings Sunday—Psalms 125,:1-5 Monday—Matthew 10:16-42 Tuesday—Matthew .,11:1-30 Wednesday—Matthew 15:1-20 Thursday—Matthew 23:1-24 Friday—Matthew 23:25-39 Saturday—Mich 6:1-16 SPECIAL CARE NEEDED WHEN MOVING PULLETS OFF RANGE There's a good chance you can hold pullet production when you move them off range and into the hen house, if you make the change smoothly. O.A.C. Poultry `specialist, Earl Hunt, says lack of exercise, lack of green forage and the sudden change from a low -protein grow- ing ,mash to a high -protein laying mash is just too drastic a change for a short period. He says a sev- ere physical reaction might set in. "The problem isn't so bad with 41/2 to 51/2 month old birds that are well -fleshed and matured but not laying heavily. It is Worse with pullets that are laying 15-20 per cent." If the birds are still receiving a growing ration at the time they are. moved off range, let them stay with this feed for at least two to three weeks after moving, says Hunt. Provide green feed. If you haven't green feed, a mild molass- es flush may help. Don't feed new wheat until November and even then start them off with only 10 per cent, he cautions. "New grain" poisoning is a real threat. Little things help. Feed troughs and waterers similar to those ori range should be placed in the pen until the birds get Used to the regu- lar laying equipment. Extra wa- terers also help in preventing blue comb. Net deliveries of oil through Canadian pipelines increased 12.3 per cent in 1959 to a record 308,- 454,005 barrels. A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT MERCY—MISUNDERSTOOD The Diefenbaker Government has been taking a beating iai the Al- berta press—and elsewhere in the country as well for its action in sparing the life of a condemned slayer of,a small Calgary girl.• The entire policy of granting commutations to life imprisonment at the cabinet level bas been at- tacked. The Government has been accused of bypassing, and trying to substitute 'itself for the law courts. Perhaps the public outcry is un- derstandable in the case of Ron- ald. McCorquodale, who brutally murdered a 10 -year-old child in the basement of a Calgary church. No one, particularly a parept, is going to welcome the prospect of a deranged man with criminal ten- dencies wandering loose in society. But the point that Ls repeatedly overlooked — sometimes, we sus- pect, with the purpose of belabor- ing the government, pure and simple—is that commutation and pardon are two different words with entirely different meanings. Parole is yet another. The simple issue in the Mc- Corquodale case, which threatens tobecome a cause celebre for the advocates of capital punishment, was whether the man was insane at the time of his act. The trial judge and jury pondered this issue and found him sane. He was sen- tenced to hang. Acting independently, as is its right and duty under law, the Cab- inet sought advice of a renowned Ontario psychiatrist, who diagnos- ed the killer's mental condition as "insanity of long standing". Both law and social practice say that an insane person cannot be executed. The Cabinet decreed that McCorquodale must serve life imprisonment instead. . Where the Cabinet made its mis- take was to allow the, impression to get abroad that -the man-eou be freed on parole in: as little as 10 years. In fact, he could—but only in the event that bis cure was complete. Later, acting in apparent panic at the hostile reaction to the com- mutation decision, the Cabinet made another silly error. Without stopping to consider the limitation on its powers—or perhaps believ- ing it could hoodwink a gullible public—it issued what it called an "order" to the National Parole Board, directing that the slayer be kept in confinement for the rest of his natural life, with no con- sideration of parole. That was im- mediately exposed as a bit of patent nonsense. The Parole Board's duties and powers are as- signed to. it by Parliament; it is not subject in any way to the Cab- inet's whims, wishes, dictates or directions. Another incredible feature of the case was the subsequent painful discovery that McCorquodale's lawyer had filed notice of appeal from the murder conviction, but the federal justice department was never informed. This was the fault of the Alberta provincial -author- ity, and it was duly admitted with some embarrassment. "11 the in- formation had been forthcoming as it should have been, the question of commutation would never have come before The Cabinet until af- ter the last avenue of appeal had been exhausted. Whether the kill- er would in fact have been hanged before his appeal was heard if the Cabinet had not acted is really beside the point. In fact, all of this extraneous confusion, which made for a plen- tiful diet of newspaper headlines but little edifying information about the central issue, has made it Much more difficult for the re- formers to modernize our approach to criminal punishment. Tear away- all wayall the sham verbiage of some edi- torial writers and you find that the Cabinet, in the McCorquodale case as in 34 previous commuta- tions, acted entirely in accordance with its unquestioned right to de- cide between life and death -for the killer. This right, exercised in the name of the Queen, is known formally as the royal prerogative of mercy. It dates back to antiquity, and has never been subject to serious challenge. Nor, does It constitute a review of the judge and jury's decision, or anything in the nature of a new trial. It is a pure and simple, perfectly legal question of whether mercy should be extend-, ed. The practice was referred to in the McRuer Royal Commission re- port on criminal sexual psycho- paths as a "very essential part of the administrdtion of justice in Canada". Commutation to life imprison- ment does not connote leniency, molly -coddling of the condemned man or even, necessarily, an ex- pedited return of the criminal to the ranks of society. His care, as a life -termer, is giv- en ' to penitentiary authorities act- ing under the guidance of the Na- tional Parole Board. There is no basis for the suggestion that he would be freed in due course to repeat his crime. The argument over commutation presumably will continue until the government has the moral cour- age to test the case for abolition of capital punishment in Parlia- ment and on the hustings. Meantime the safeguards re- main, and Canadians can be as- sured that their protection from ' convicted criminals is adequate indeed. $ $ • Capital Hill Capsules Strengthening of Canada's-- re- presentation in the Congo by es- tablishment of a full consulate - general in Leopoldville is expected to sharpen up communications, and avoid the embarrassment of -" government authorities comment- ing on. developments on the basis of press reports. William M. Wood, a Montrehler, who has served the External Affairs Department in Brussels and Athens, has been assigned to the critical post. An 11 per cent rise in Federal revenues at a time of high unem- ployment and minimum increase in the gross national product is not as mystifying as it seems. Finance department spokesmen explain the revenue gain represents the .period from April 1 to July 31, while the GNP rate was reported only for the period January 1 to March 31. The two rates may vary widely during the year, but Finance Min- ister Donald Fleming is holding to his 'prediction of an 11 per • cent rise in revenue firom a total GNP increase of six per cent over the entire fiscal year. How Many Farm Tractors Has Canada? Canadian farmers naw make use of more than half a million trac- tors. There are also more Than 150,000 grain combines in use, as compared with only 19,000 less than 20 years ago. The tremendous increase in farm mechanization ,since the Second World War in- cludes a wide variety of trucks, as well as tillage, seeding and har- vesting equipment. In addition there are such specialized items as milkers, sprayers, potato dig- gers, corn pickers and flax pull- ers. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 • and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor August 30, 1935 Cold, rainy weather has caused, the opening of the Lions Par swimming pool, scheduled f r %o - night, to be postponed Inde ' ite. Allan Keys, stude la year the Seaforth Co11 i Institu has been awarded a tuiti sch arship, value $250, by the Univers- ity of Western Ontario. Arrarlgements have been begun for the annual Lions Hallowe'en Frolic here on Thursday, Oct. 31. William Aberhart, leader of the Social Credit party in Alberta, will become Premier—Of that province on September 3. Two separate rinks were in God- erich on Monday evening at the bowling tournament there, when Seaforth won a first prize. There were 23 rinks in the tournament. Tests of speed will be a feature of the Seaforth Fall Fair this year. The final concert of the series which the Seaforth Highlanders Band has been playing an Victoria Park on Sunday evenings, was held on Sunday last. Thomas Beattie, McKillop, Who is 84, built a stack of grain with 24 loads in one day. This is quite a job for any person. Seaforth Canadian Legion has secured the services of the Bour- que Producing Co. of --Canada to produce a musical revue with lo- cal talent. It is entitled, "The Fol- lier of 1935," and has a cast of 100. Yi Gerald Stewart won the uphol- stered chair in a raffle in aid of the Star Fresh Air Fund. Mayor A. D. Sutherland drew the win- ning ticket" on Saturday, - Hensel], defeated West Lorne in the OBBA playoffs on Wednesday. $ $ From The ,Huron Expositor "September 2, 1910 Very large loads of flax are be- ing brought into the mills in Hen- sall, the drivers vieing with each other as to big loads. iiensall's onion growers are bus- ily engaged in securing their crop, which is large 'arid of good qual- ity. The Bell Engine and Threfiher C,o. are making a fine display of their 'machinery at the Toronto Exhibition. We would again draw attention to the flower show under the aus- pices of the Horticultural Society in Campbell's block on Saturday. Captain Hood, of New Bruns- wick, will conduct a series of spe- cial meetings at the Army Hall from Saturday to Monday. Mr. r. A. Wilson is in Toronto this week. He tfvent down with Master David, who is showing his pony outfit at the Exhibition. Mr. Clifford Whitlock, who has been assistant at the Seaforth elec- tric light station for some time, has secured a good position with the London Electric Construction Co. Up till Thursday, aboqat 100 train tickets had been sold here for To- ronto because of the Exhibition. The Brucefield Rovers were do- feated 4-0 by Grand Bend in their exhibition football game Saturday. $ $ From The Huron Expositor August 28, 1885. Mrs. Clutton's McKillop farm, being the north half of lot 30, on the 8th concession, was sold by auction at the Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, by Mr. Brown, of Win- chelsea, to Mr. Ross, a neighbor. The cow by-laW seems to be about as rigidly enforced as the Scott Act. Bovines can be seen lying around the . streets at all hours of the day and night. The recent wet weather has ser- iously retarded harvest operations 'tE and has been somewhat discourag- ing for the farmers. Mr, J. A. Smith, formerly of London, and well-known in this town, has started a gents' furnish-. ing store in St. Thomas. Two weeks ago Mr. A. J. Boyd, son of Chanselor Boyd, and Mr. E. Buchan, two members of the Wan- ders' Bicycle Club, of Toronto, passed through this town on their way to Goderich. The Seaforth cricketers gave a team from the Bayfield club a bad beating here on Saturday last. Mr. Robert McMillan, son of John McMillan, of .Hullett, left on Tuesday last on a trip to the Old Country. Workmen are now busily engag- ed erecting the new roller rink on the Houghton property, near the station. Some of the more observing say there was a shower of snow Wed- nesday morning. Mr. Michael McArdle, of the 4th concession of McKillop, had four lambs killed by lightning on Tuesday. Mr. Charles Herbert, so long and favorably known as a miller at Winthrop, has moved Co Toron- to. One day last week Messrs. Jas. Gemmell and Alex Gordon, of Tuckersmith, bound and stooked six acres of oats in six hours. The High and Public Schools op- en on Monday next. This will, no doubt, be a relief to many of the mothers. DANDY FAMILY BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM PAOMAaE.4 PICKET FENCE FROM AN OLP WXPEN vE/ErlAN BUND Cur su►rs To TRE HEIGHT' T ewe NAIL V V V ,iil�'r'' ti •