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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 26, 1961
Present - Day Demo
cracy Requires Effort
There was much of value in re-
marks attributed to Gratton O'Leary,
chairman of the Royal Commission
on Publications, as he addressed the
annual dinner of the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
recently.
Mr. O'Leary was critical of the in-
difference of Canadians of ability to
their role in public affairs. He recall-
ed a sentence in President John Ken-
nedy inaugural address: "Ask not
what your country will do for you—
ask what you can do for your coun-
try."
Warning that democracy itself is
not necessarily good, not necessarily
noble, Mr. O'Leary said that if men
are not prepared to work for it, to
toil for it,- to suffer for it, it can be
mean and inefficient.
"Democracy today is not the thing
that men and money and machines
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Prepaying Taxes
Stratford citizens have been able,
for some years now, to pay- in ad-
vance a proportion of the taxes for
which they will be billed after the mill
rate is struck. Evidently the plan has
worked out to the satisfaction of all
concerned. This year, collector Mc-
Donald reports $126,000 paid in up to
January 18. Taxpayers taking ad-
vantage of the 4% discount may pay
instalments of $10 to $1,000, receiv-
ing certificates for use later, when
the total due is known.
When you stop to think of it, the
reason for such a system is in a way
strange. Every municipality must
meet its obligations for several
months before deciding upon the tax
Ievy which is its principal source of
funds.
The funds thus drawn upon are
built up in the 19th century and call-
ed democracy. Democracy today is
something that must be fought for in
the hard and stoney places of the hu-
man spirit."
There is a "frightening indiffer-
ence and cynicism about government,
about Parliament, about freedom it-
self," he said.
While his . remarks were directed
primarily at Canada's captains of in-
dustry, finance, labor and science,
they apply equally to the situation
that too often exists in the lower lev-
els of government. Too often posi-
tions on town and township councils,
on school boards and other elective
bodies at the local level, go begging,
or are filled by default because citi-
zens with the qualifications and
ability to make a contribution to
their community refuse to accept
their responsibilities.
Helps Municipalities
those on deposit with the bank, sav-
ings or otherwise. (Personal sav-
ings of Canadians in 1959 were esti-
mated at $1,591,000,000, or $88 a
head.) Retail business people in their
advertising offer inducements to
coax out savings, and there is no rea-
• son Why municipal councils should
not do thq. same. The municipality's
credit, being good enough to borrow
from the bank, would be good also
with other creditors, but it is not de-
sirable to defer payment to business
people, and employees must be paid
regularly. So the tax prepayment
plan is used to bring in money with
which to cut down the bank over-
draft, and citizens get in discount a
certain amount which otherwise
would be paid as bank interest.—
Stratford Beacon -Herald.
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LIVE BETTER C
ELETRICALLY
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"Only thing is ... 1 have to take more baths!"
Everyone in the family can
take more baths and you'lI still
have loads of hot water for
every other household us'e,with
the new two -element, fast -
recovery, Hydro water heater.
With electricity, hot water
satisfaction Casts only a few
cents a day.
And that's not the only thing!
Hydro water heaters offer the
important advantage of safe,
clean, flameless heating!
You get more out of life
when you get the most out of
electricity.
HYDRO
IS you Ira
'e:e„101 of The */eeh
"One of the two is going to get cut around here—the grass or
your allowance!"
SUGAR AND SPICE
By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY
•Recently, I decided that some-
thing must be done to ward off old
ageand complete disability. I re-
alized r must have some recrea-
tion. Night after night, I sat up
in my little hole in the wall, up
to my knees in unmarked essays,
half -finished lesson plans, .unread
examination papers, and all the
other paraphernalia of teaching, a
paper -happy profession, •if ever
there was one.
Slumped over my card table,
eyes running redly in the cigar-
ette smoke, thick a's eggnog, I
could See nothing ahead but steno-
grapher's spread, permanent curv-
ature of the spine, °cancer of the
lungs, and total blindness.
* * *
"For this," I thought bitterly,
"I left the even tenour of my news-
paper work, where the only things
that threatened were hyper -tension,
boozer's nose, my trick' knee, my
bad back, a heart :ondition, can-
cer of the lungs, and the odd punch
in the face from an irate subscrib-
er.
* * *
It was time to act. And when. I
make a decision, there's no .hesi-
tancy in carrying It out. It was
only four or six weeks after I
threatened to do something, that
I joined the curling club. I've nev-
er been sorry for a minute. My
whole system is toned up. My
outlook is fresh and different. I
feel like a new man.
* * *
It's not that I've done any curl-
ing yet. Oh, no. After a11, I'm
new at the game, and I'm just
sort of studying it up. I'm not
one of these impetuous chaps who
hurl themselves into a thing and
then make a mess of it. I mean,
I wouldn't want to just go right
out there and CURL, as though I
knew all about it.
* * *
Why, I could go out there and
make a complete fool of myself,
if I didn't go into the game thor-
oughly. So I've been reading art-
icles on the sport, and looking at
some of those beer ads describ-
ing it, and chatting quite a bit
about "the roarin' . game" with
some of the boys, and I must ad-
. mit I'm getting the hang of it nice.
ly.
* * *
The kids encouraged my enthusi-
asm, and did all they could to aid
in getting me back into top physi-
cal trim. They bought me a curl-
ing broom for Christmas, and it's
a beauty. One of those real two -
dollar brdoms that the regular
curlers use. It's the handiest thing
you ever saw for sweeping off your
goloshes before you come into the
house. Much easier to handle than
one of those big, awkward, kitchen
brooms.
And my wife has certainly sur-
prised me. She always seemed a
little cool about my going fishing,
or golfing, or deer hunting, or
playing poker, or to turkey raf-
fles, or any of the athletic events
of that nature in which I used to
participate. But she's keen as
mustard on my curling, She's ev-
en suggested a couple of times
that I get on one of the curling
teams and curl.
* * *
In fact, the other day, she bought
about eighteen skeins of that big,
heavy wool, and she's going to knit
me a curling sweater. I told her
it would be finished just in time to
wear when I became a "skip," and
she seemed as pleased as Punch.
She's going to knit in curling stones
and Seotchmen and brooms, and
all sorts of things. Like a moose,
and a polar bear, and a pair of
crossed golf clubs, in case I want
to wear it golfing.' And a fisher-
man pulling out a big trout, in case
I want to wear it fishing on those
nippy days.
Half the fun of a good, outdoors
garne like curling, of course, is
getting the terms right. There's
no use taking up a sport unless you
know what you're talking about.
lows, and sittingaround about h t"ends"
and "rinks" and 'spiels" and
"spares" and the "draw game"
as opposed to the "knockout game"
has done me a world of good. I
can feel my muscles tuning up my
Iungs developing and my back
straightening.
And it's• done wonders for my co-
ordination and judgment, 1 was
• had lot that in
liaison between
hand and brain that I'd had for
years. But the %gthey night, over
at the curling chi°b, I pulled off a
couple of shots that had them all
gasping. I -°felt about eighteen
years old again when a couple of
the old-timers clapped me on the
back and told me they hadn't seen
anybody in years sink the pink
ball in the side pocket as neatly
as I had just done. Most of us
older curlers don't bother going
on the ice much. Too darn many
women and young fellows. But we
do enjoy our game on the pool
table in the clubrooms,
* * *
I'm just sorry I didn't take up
curling years ago. But it's ideal
for a chap my age, even when
he's new at it. Some middle-aged
fellows go flinging themselves
about on badminton courts. Others
play squash or handball to keep
in shape, or do boring calisthenics,
or work out on a rowing machine.
Some even go to the lengths of
walking to work. That's all very
well, if alI you're interested in is
punishing yourselfto stay young.
* * *
But for a game that develops the
mind as well as the body, that
sharpens every faculty, heightens
every experience, I'll 'take curl-
ing. Give me a cold ;winter night
with the hoots and hollers of the
curlers in the frosty ,air, the re-
sounding "pock" of stone strik-
ing stone, the color of the cos-
tumes, the frenzied ballet of the
sweepers—and you'll find me right
down there in the billiard room
with the rest of them.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
What Was the Colonial Laws
Validity Act?
This was an act passed by the
British Parliament in 1865 to con-
firm the authority of laws passed
by the Canadian and other colonial
legislatures. It stipulated that a
colonial law could not be "repug-
nant" to the laws of the United
Kingdom and it defined what was
to be understood by the term "re-
pugnant."
Was Prohibition Ever Enforced In
Canada?
Almost. During 1916 and 1917, as
a war policy, all the provinces ex-
cept Quebec, passed legislation to
prohibit the sale of alcoholic li-
quors for other than medicinal and
scientific purposes. Quebec passed
similar legislation in 1919. In On-
tario native wine was excepted
from the prohibitory legislation,
and in Quebec beer and wine. Af-
ter the First World War the prov-
inces continued prohibition for
varying periods. During 1921 Que-
bec, British Columbia and the Yu-
kon discarded their prohibition
laws and adopted policies of liquor
sale under government control.
The same course was followed by
Manitoba in 1923, Alberta in 1924,
Saskatchewan in 1925, Ontario and
New Brunswick in 1927, Nova Sco-
tia in 1930, and Prince Edward Is-
land in 1948.
* * *
What Canadian Minister Became a
Newspaperman?
There have been a number of
Canadian clergymen that have left
their profession to take ' iia'' news-
paper work. One of the best known
was R, E. Knowles, for many years
associated with the Toronto Daily
Star as a special writer. Robert
Edward Knowles was born in Grey
County, Ontario in 1868, the son
of a minister. He was educated at
Manitoba College and at Queen's
University and was ordained a
minister of the Presbyterian
Church in 1891. Foi' several years
he served churches in Ottawa and
Galt, Ont., before Ieaving the ac-
tive ministry to join the Star. In
addition to his journalistic career,
he was the author of seven region-
al novels, including St. Cuthbert's,
published in 1905, and The Dawn
at Shanty nay, which appeared •in
1907.. Knowles died in. Gait In 194e.
REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
ROAD TO ItESTERDAY
No man can travel the road to
yee
sterday
that bet memory.
knew have
changed as he turns his feet into
an old road. So I found recently
in driving through a country which
I knew as a boy.
The dirt road that once followed
the crooks and turns of a sluggish
stream now cuts across the bends
and is.paved and smooth for speed-
ing cars when once there were
only buggies and wagons. Several
old homes I did not see because
they were left in a bend or fire and
decay had come to them.
There were places I once knew
that were no longer tenanted by
persons who had been my friends.
Some are in the churchyard laid
and some now dwell far from the
old home. But a few places have
not changed and some dear friends
remain and I thank God for the
good to be still found along the
road to yesterday.
And so may you find along the
road to your yesterday the blessed
bhlm for the healing of each wound
of the past and the restoration of
each rose.
The corporal was preparing to
fingerprint a recruit who was fresh
from the backwoods. "Wash your
hands," he instructed.
' "Both of them?" inquired the
recruit.
"No, just one—I'd like to see you
do it."
Sam, the private eye, was giv-
ing his curvesome client a report.
"I trailed your husband into four
bars and then to a bachelor's apart-
ment," he said.
"Aha!" exclaimed the wift. "Go
on, go on! What was he doing
g
"Wel, lady," Sam responded in
an embarrassed tone, "near as I
could make out, he was trailing
you."
Who Was Newfoundland's Last
M.P. Before Union?
Frederick Charles Alderdice, who
was prime minister in 1934 when
Newfoundland switched from re-
sponsible government to commis-
sion government in order to wea-
ther the storms of the depression
and the prospect of bankruptcy.
The island . retained this type of
government until Confederation
with Canada in 1949. When the
Commission• of Government was
instituted, Alderdice was appoint-
ed vice-chairman and commission-
er for home affairs and education.
He was born in Ireland in 1872. At
the age of 14 he came to New-
foundland to work for the .Colon-
ial Cordage Co. By 1922 he had
become vice-president and manag-
ing director of the company. In
the summer of 1928 he became
prime minister and leader of the
Conservative Party on the retire-
ment of his cousin, W. S. Monroe,
but his • party was defeated in an
election that autumn. In .1932 he
became prime minister•once more.
Alderdice died in St. John's in.
1936.
A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS NEEDED
Filled with understandable hor
ror at the thought of a melee
holocaust, a growing number
Canadians are becoming convinc
ed their country should not and
press resolutely for a disarmam
ent agreement, but tread the path
of neutralism as well.
There is in many quarters a re
vulsion at the idea of Canadia
forces being equipped with nuclea
arms, a feeling that in doing s
the Nation would somehow becom
unclean,
ing
Asatendencresulty, theretoseek a is an way increas.ou
of this dilemma which will enebl
Canada to retain its virtue, while
continuing to enjoy shelter widem
the enormously costly nuclear u
brella spread out over the free
world by the United States tax
payer.
Some have suggested Canada
should reduce its forces to a cor-
poral's guard, using the funds thus
saved for aid to the underdevel-
oped countries around the globe.
A far more popular opinion, be-
cause it at least maintains the il-
lusion," if nothing else, that i;an-
ada is making a contribution to
the joint defence of the West is
that it should build up a highly
mobile, conventionally equipped
force capable of serving under the
United Nations to quell brushfire
To a greater or lesser extent,
the force of opinion against Can-
ada's adoption of nuclear arms
has had an effect on all three fed-
eral political parties,
The CCF, predictably, has react-
ed most violently, called for com-
plete renunciation of atomic wea-
pons and Canadian withdrawal
rom both the North American Air
Defence Command and the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
At its national rally in Ottawa
arlier this month, the Liberal par -
y was only a step behind. It bon -
ended no nuclear weapons should
e used by Canadian forces in Can -
da; would only begrudgingly con-
iaer their use for Canadian forces
n NATO if the alliance would not
onsider placing greater emphasis
n conventional forces.
A sub -committee on defence ov-
rwhelmingly supported a resolu-
on for Canada to pull out of
orad, but the convention was
alked out of going that far by
he Liberal high command. Fol -
wing the line of Liberal Leader
ester Pearson, however, the par -
agreed this country should adopt
purely passive role in North
merican air ,ine defence,
It would confitself. to man -
ng radar warning stations and
roviding five to six squadrons of
anes purely for the purpose of
entifying an enemy attacker, a
le which radar cannot perform.
These reconnaisance aircraft would
place the nine squadrons of CF -
00 interceptors which now stand
certainly on guard over Canada.
The nuclear -tipped Bomarc mis-
e bases in Ontario and Quebec
ould be scrapped.
As Mr. Pearson explains it, the
uadrons replacing the CF -100's
t only would be denied nuclear
apons, they would• have no wea-
ns at all. In the event of attack,
nada presumably would sound
e warning, leaving it to the mass -
squadrons of the United States
force; south of the border, to
the fighting.
Returning to the less dangerous
ttle in the House of Commons
owing the Christmas recess,
? Conservative members were full of
scorn at this position. The Liber -
r als, they said, wanted to convert
o
Canada to the role of bird watch..
ers. But the Conservatives had lit.
y tie reason to be proud of their own
position.
Although already engaged in the
expenditure of over half a billion
- dollars for nuclear weapons ear-
n riers, the Federal Government is.
✓ frantically shying away from an
o agreement with the United States
e for the nuclear warheads they are
supposed to carry. Reacting to.
- the same pressures of pullic'opin-
t ion as the other two parties, the
Conservatives have had serious,
second thoughts about the wisdom
r of their policy of acquiring Bom-
arc missiles for Canada; Honest
John rockets for the brigade in
- Europe; or, CF -104's for ground
attack with small nuclear bombs.
For nearly two full years since
the cancellation of the Arrow it
has also left hanging a decision
on acquisition of an aircraft to re-
place the obsolete CF -100 intercep-
tors in Canada. For a time it hop-
ed to justify the purchase of a U.S.
plane to succeed the ill-fated Ar-
row with a deal to sell Washington
a number of heavy transport planes
produced in Canada. Recently that
deal fell through and the Govern,
ment is back where it started
frons.
No one doubts the urgent need
for a drastic and far-reaching ov,
erhaul in Canadian defence policies
to bring them up to date. But,
many feel it must be based oh a
decision as to the best way in
which this country can do its share
to contribute to the defence of the
Western world, and thus its own
people. Aversion to nuclear wea-
pons should not be the compelling
force driving Canada along the
path of righteous neutrality, a priv-
ilege which it could only continue
to enjoy in freedom at the expense
of the United States.
However, Canadian defence pol-
icy must be as consistent as.prac-
ticable 'with the aim of restricting
the nuclear club to those now hav-
ing nuclear arms and of the maxi-
mum Canadian contribution in ne-
gotiating effective disarmament.
It is questionable how much the
Canadian possession of nuclear
arms would add to the western de-
fence posture, but it is likewise
questionable whether the absence
of nuclear arms will make Cana-
dian diplomacy among the so-call-
ed neutrals more effective. The
truth is that Canada's greatest di-
plomatic influence is still as a
committeed but dejected member
of the western alliance. A holier
than thou attitude by Canada to-
wards the possessors of nuclear
arms could result in losing the real
influence Canada has had in Wash-
ington without remotely compar-
able gains in 'effective influence
with other important groups such
as the Communists and • neutrals. Minister John Diefenbak-
er may have been right the first
time .he told the House of Com-
mons two years ago: "Canadians
will continue to support effective
measures for disarmament, but in
the meantime we cannot minimize
the importance of providing the
strongest deterrent for aggression
and of protecting the deterrent
power against surprise attacks,"
The real question is how much or
how important Canada's contribu-
tion to the deterrent can be, and
certainly few feel that very much
of Canada's present expenditures
make any significant contribution,
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IN THE YEARS A G O NE The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
Interesting stems gleaned from
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
January 17, 1936
Thrown from a car when it skid-
ded on an icy road near Kincar-
dine on Tuesday evening, Harold
Foster, Hensall, star player with
the Seaforth Beavers, suffered a
dislocated shoulder. He will be
out of the game for some time.
A checkup on radio owners is in
progress this week and it is un-
derstood action is being taken
against those who have neglected
to obtain a license.
The Battlin' Bruins nosed out the
Flying Frenchmen 6-5 in the first
game of Duncan Cup hockey, and
the Collegiate Cougars defeated
the Black Hawks 7-5 in the second
game.
Seaforth town council authorized
the old waterworkers building to
be repaired. The task was assign-
ed to the property committee.
The Mill cat, that little known
town employee, entered into de-
liberations of Council on Monday
when a bill for milk, amounting to
$4.56, was presented. He has been
doing a favorable job.
Members of the Mitehell Bad-
minton Club were guests of the
Seaforth Club on Friday evening,
when a series of enjoyable games
were played. Seaforth won 14-12.
The inaugural meeting of the
Seaforth Public School was held
on Wednesday when all members
were present. William A. Wright
was re-elected chairman of the
board.
Seaforth's new council was
sworn in on Monday when all
members were present. Following
the meeting, the council and PUC
were guests at a delightful ban-
quet at the Star Cafe.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
January 20, 1911
Ernest McMillan, a nephew of
Mrs. (Dr.) Gunn, of Clinton, who
has been studying music in Eur-
ope, has been appointed a Fellow
of the Royal 'College of Organists,
the highest degree obtainable for
organists.
A number of BrucefieId sports
were present at the Stratford and
Seaforth hockey match in the lat-
ter place last week.
Mr, J. P. Bell has sold the Sea-
forth steam laundry to Mr. Wil-
lard Elliott.
Mr, John Aird, former manager
of the Seaforth branch of the Can-
adian
,ak ssisf tant -Commerce,
I mman-
ager of the bank at Toronto.
The quarterly board of the Sea
forth Methodist Church has ex
tended an invitation to Rev. A. W
Barker, B.D., of Comber, to be-
come pastor of the church at the
close of the present conference
year.
Stratford and Seaforth played
their championship game Thurs-
day. A large crowd was 'in attend-
ance to see Seaforth come out vic-
torious by a score of 8 to 4.
Clinton's hockey team defeated
Stratford in the junior series by
a score of 11 to 7.
Quite a number from Lakelet
will attend a shredded wheat ban-
quet under the auspices of the
Sunday School and choir of the
Clifford Presbyterian Church on
Monday evening,
The annual meeting of the Sea -
forth Agricultural Society was held
Wednesday afternoon. The new
president elected was Mr. J. F.
Daly. It was decided to hold a
spring fair this year.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
January 15, 1886
There is some talk of a Young
Men's Christian Association being
started at Staffa, We wish it a
speedy beginning,
Mr. Thomas Downey is erecting
a new building on his recently pur-
chased lot on Goderieh Street, It
is to be used as an agricultural
implement wareroom.
The attendance at the Seaforth
High School since the holidays is
larger than at any time since the
school was started, but there is
still room for plenty more.
At a meeting of the Fire Brigade
Thursday, all of last year's offi-
cers were re-elected. Following the
W! men FAIRLY .
meeting, the chief, George A. Sills,
entertained the boys at an oyster
supper at Burgess' popular res-
taurant,
The Bishop of Huron preached' in
St. 'Thomas' Church here on Sun-
day, both morning and evening,
to large congregations.
The members of the Seaforth
Band have decided to hold their
concert .on the 26th. This promis-
es to be the musical event of the
season, as the best local and for-
eign talent has been secured.
The first grand skating carnival
of the season will be held on the
ice skating rink on Tuesday eve-
ning. The band will be in attend-
ance, and we expect there will bo-
a large turnout,
Two rinks of the Seaforth Curl-
ing CIub left here on Thursday on
a curling tour.
A SMILE OR TWO
Second: "Well, old man, I'm
afraid you're licked now."
Boxer (gazing dazedly across to
opposite corner): "Yeah, I shoulda
got him in the first round when
he wasalone."
e
dollars patient
lot mneycomplained, fr pull-
ing a tooth that just takes a cu-
ple of seconds to do."
"WelI, if you wish," purred the
dentist, "I can pull it very slow-
ly."
"Could you give me some point%
ers," queried the journalism stu-
dent, "on how to run a newspa-
per?"
"You came to the wrong per-
son," answered the editor, "ask
one of my subscribers."
BY LLOYD NOMOGRAM
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