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The Huron Expositor, 1961-05-25, Page 2IIALFPAST TEENJ .11 Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers �� 1t O ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario "Pi Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations 4 Subscription Rates: IBC Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year aR Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 25, 1961 Census is Massive Can What Jean Talon began nearly 300 years ago in France will be repeated next week in the Seaforth area and across Canada, when census takers' ring door- bells across the land in a massive stock- taking of Canada's human resources. The great intendant of the primitive St. Lawrence colony was far less inquisi- tive than his modern counterparts. . Talon's census in 1666 asked the 3,215 residents of New France their. name, age, sex, marital status and occupation. He did • much of the legwork himself in the world's first population census in the modern meaning of the term. This year the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics will send out 25,000 to 30,000 en- umerators to get 15 facts about every Canadian on subjects ranging from birth- place and ancestry to language and edu- cation, There are another 11 questions about employment and wartime military service for all persons aged 15 or over. More searching queries will be put to the occupants of every fifth household. They'll be asked whether they have chang- ed residence in the past five years, ,and if so, where, they lived before,. This will be the first large-scale survey of Canadian migration in 30 years. Married, widowed and divorced women will be asked how many children they've had. And, in, every fifth home, persons .over 15 years will be asked to report their in- come from all sources in the last year. This will provide DBS with far more in- , formation than the query on wages and salaries in the every -person census — a question which rules out the self-employ- ed. Lest anyone be unhappy about disclosing his full income to the census enumerator, the questionaire will be left, to be filled out in private. This document, sealed and left for later collection by the enumera- tor, won't be opened until it reaches the privacy of the census office. Once there, no outsider and no other government ag- ency may see it. The census starts Thursday, June 1. It's hoped that in urban areas most of the door-to-door work will be finished in two weeks. In rural areas, officials say, it might take three weeks to a month. Farmers will be asked far more questions than city folk. The massive agriculture questionaire covers 186 items on farm areas, plantings, equipment, livestock and the like. But since the document is designed to em- brace almost every type of farm activity, it will be a rare farmer who has to an- swer all 186 questions. The census must by law be carried out every 10 years, though a modified census with only a few questions was conducted in 1956. Each time the job gets bigger. This year's count will embrace over 2,000,000 more people than the 16,080,791 counted in 1956. Since 1951, when the population was 14,009,429, the equivalent of another province of Quebec has been added. The legal necessity for the census aris- adian Stocktaking es from the requirement for redistribu- tion of federal electoral constituencies ev- ery 10 years in line with population changes. But the census has grown into far more than a mere nose -counting. It's a stock- taking of what Canadians are and earn and own. It provides vital information for planning by all levels of government and turns up facts of great value to busi- ness and industry. Some 25 questions about Canadian homes and what's in them will be asked in the sample survey of every fifth house- hold, besides the special questionaire on migration, childbirths and income. Several housing questions are new to the .census, such as the ones on number of bedrooms, home freezers and television sets. No longer does the census merely ask whether there is a family car, but al- so whether there are two or more. Tenants will be asked how much month- ly rent they pay. Homeowners will be asked how much, approximately, they would expect to get for their house if it were up for sale. Other housing questions cover the age of the' building, its water, bath and toilet facilities, heating and refrigeration. A big census problem is to ensure that no one is missed. There is an extensive field organization which will seek to catch every dwelling in the census net. "Canada is a big place and we have to cover every little nook and cranny," says census director Dr. 0. A. Lemieux., "If we think people may be living in some place, we've got to take a look." Eight regional offices across Canada are largely responsible for organizing the field work. The electoral constituency is the basic unit of operation and between 1,300 and 1,400 census commissioners will be appointed to supervise the enumera- tors—an average of five commissioners to a constituency. Referring to the appointment of census commissioners, Hon. George H. Hees, Minister of Trade and Commerce, who is responsible for the census, said in answer to a question in the House of Commons recently that "the selection of these employees is left to the Minister of Trade and Commerce. "The appointment of each commission- er was made on the basis of his qualifica- tions, which were as follows: a good edu- cation with subsequent professional or business experience in a supervisory ca- pacity ; intimate knowledge of the csnsus district; proven executive and organizing ability; tact, good judgment and ability to deal with the public," Mr. Hees said. Enumerators are paid a piece rate -17 cents a person and $1.00 a farm, with additional amounts for the survey ques- tionaires made at " every fifth house. There's also a mileage allowance in rural areas. In urban areas each enumerator will cover 100 to 150 households, or approxi- mately 450 to 600 persons. This means that in some large apartments the census - taker can do all his work under one roof. — (Kincardine Review) . "Save Sales Tax °" -CONTINUOUS FORMS ORDER NOW AND SAVE 3% Your order may be placed now and held for August delivery before Ontario's new Sales Tax Hits. It's not exactly a dull world we live in, with its wars and rumors of wars, its rockets and spacemen, its horror movies and delinquent children, its constant threat of 'annihilation. No, you couldn't ex- actly call it a dull world. But don't you occasionally be- come heartily sick of stories about the trouble in Laos and the trou- ble in Africa and the trouble in Cuba? Don't yoii become a trifle weary of the never-ending stream of pronouncements from the Am- ericans and the Russians, every one sounding exactly like the last one? Don't you get a little fed up with the endless flow of articles about outer space? Don't you sometimes wish they would just skin Eichmann alive, or turn him loose, and be done with it? And don't you wish that, once in a while they'd stop playing bongo in the Congo? Sometimes I become so bored with the monotony of our daily fare of science, murder, violence and hatred, that I'm driven to read- ing the used car ads and the real estate 'ads for some light enter- tainment. * * * It isn't the fault of our news- paper people and our television newscasters, I guess. They do a conscientious job, on the whole, and make a desperate effort to extract some sense from the sound and fury that make up our world. But they simply can't keep the stuff continually alive and vital for us. We've had too much of it. We're saturated, After a week of watching the greatest comedian in the world, we'd be yawning un- til the tears spurted. Few of us could listen to even such great talents as Elvis Presley fore more than 10 or 12 hours at a stretch. People who are inter- ested in bird -watching don't nec- essarily want pigeon pie for ev- ery meal. And that's what is wrong with the ordinary Gus or Gert. That's why our keen, intelligent Canadian housewives read the slightly vici- ous columns by young women who offer advice to the lovelorn, rath- er than the latest from Laos. That's why the cream of our Canadian manhood may be found with its head buried in the comics or sports page, rather than the editorial page. We all know we should be con- cerned over China, riled about Russia, upset with the U,S., brown- ed off with Britain, vexed with Venezuela and having conniptions over Cuba. But we can't do it. We're pul- verized with world affairs, after. two decades of war, hot and cold, bombs, atom and hydrogen, and wind, mostly hot. Even the first story about a landing on the moon will likely elict no more than a bored "And about time, too," from us, This was the frame of mind I was getting into lately, and I had almost ceased to use the daily paper for anything more than swatting bees and wrapping gar- bage. But I was saved by a couple of stories in the newspapers that revived my faith in human nature and in the world as an interesting place to live, not merely a grim and gloomy sphere whirling -about in the dust of man's destiny. * * * The first story contained a state- ment from a Mr. Samuel Shenton, secretary of the Flat Earth So- ciety. He said flatly that these astronauts—Gagarin of Russia and Shepard of the U.S.--could not go into orbit, because there is no such thing. If Gagarin thought the earth was round, during his satellite trip, said Mr. Shenton, he was simply repeating an error man- kind has been making ever since Columbus, •He added: "Humanity has been brain -washed by scien- tists into the round earth theory." Well, all I can say is: "That's telling them, Mr. Shenton." More power to you and the Flat Earth Society. For years, we've been swallowing everything the scien- tists tell us, without a question. I've never been convinced, my- self, of that story about the earth being round, and I'm glad to see some healthy scepticism about it. And if the earth is warmed by the sun, how come it's so cold in winter? And what became of the Garden of Eden? And why are women so hard to get along with? You see? The scientists have been telling us a lot of stuff about light rays and neutrons, but they shy away from the important things. * * * The second story to cheer me up was the one about the teen- agers at Blind River. As they pull- ed away from a service station, the attendant saw a human hand stick- ing out of the trunk of the car, He alerted police and they threw up road -blocks all over the place. They nabbed the young men, but couldn't find the body. The lads were fined for creating a public mischief. That stunt tickled me, though I'm not keen on practical jokes. Then I thought of the day a friend and I were out trout fish- ing, recently. We stood, up to our breast -bones in ice water, in the middle of a vast swamp created by a beaver darn. We couldn't tell whether we were fishing in the stream, or just in flooded fields. And we were happy as pigs, call- ing quietly to each other that "this is the life." As long as people are still able to deny that the earth is round, to pretend that they have a body in the trunk of the car, and to delude themselves into fishing, where no trout has ever trod, there's hope for the old, news - weary world. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) 'Where Is Committee Bay? Committee Bay is quite a large body of water, about 150 miles long and from 50 to 75 miles wide, on. the Arctic coast of the Cana- dian mainland, between Melville Peninsula and Simpson Peninsula, north of Hudson Bay. It was nam- ed by Dr. John Rae, Hudson's Bay Company surgeon and Arctic ex- plorer, in 1847 after the committee of the Hudson's Bay Company. * * * Who Were the Earliest Arctic Explorers? From early in the 16th century there had been rumours of a sea lying to the north of Labrador. The entrance to such a -sea is clearly marked on a Portuguese map of 1570. In 1576 Martin Fro- bisher discovered the bay that bears his name. In 1585 John Dav- is discovered Davis Strait. It was not until 1602, however, that Hud- son Strait was discovered by Geo. Weymouth, who penetrated 100 leagues into the Strait. Eight years later Henry Hudson sailed through the strait into Hudson Bay and ex- plored part of that vast inland sea, only to be cast away by mut- ineers. He was followed by others who carried on the work he had begun. Sir Thomas Button visited Hudson Bay in 1612, Jens Munk, (a Dane) in 1619 and Luke Foxe and Thomas James in 1631. Wil- liam Baffin made five voyages to the Arctic between 1612 and 1616 and in the latter year reached in Baffin- Bay the latitude of 77 de- grees, 44 minutes, farther north than any other navigator was to reach for 200 years. err GENTLEMEN— I AM Y01.9Q NEW TEACHER, AND FOR A FEW M/NUTES I'D LIKE YOUR UNP/V/DEO A77EN77aiL iten PHONE 141 -- SEAFORTH • Sales Books • Carbon Snapouts • Register .Forms *Continuous Forms THE BIBLE TO -DAY When material disasters strike some areas of the' world many people lose all their possessions. One of the consequences of the flooding, in January, of the north- ern suburbs of Amsterdam, called Tuindorp, Oostzaan, when some 10,000 inhabitants were driven from their houses, was that many lost their Bibles. The Netherlands Bible Society ac- cording to its custom in such cases, enabled the local churches to re- place these lost Bibles with new copies without cost to the people. Another project of this Society is the production of a "Spoken Bible" by recording portions of the Bible on magnetic tape, for the use of the blind. A part of the Psalms has been recorded and ar- rangements are being made to re- cord other parts until the whole Bible is recorded on tape. These tapes will be available for the use of the blind without cost. Suggested Bible Readings Sunday—Proverbs, 8; 1-36. Monday—Deuteronomy, 5: 1-21. Tuesday—Isaiah 35: 1-10. . Wednesday—Isaiah 40: 1-31. Thursday—Isaiah 55: 1-13. Friday—Jeremiah 31; 1-19, 23-34. Saturdaf—Romans 8; 1-39. When bid Immigration From Greece Begin? Except for occasional refugees from the Greco -Turkish conflict of 1821-29, there was little Greek im- migration to North America until 1891, when poverty resulting from crop failure induced movement to the New World. Greek immigra- tion to Canada began as an off- shoot of the larger migration to the United States at the time. In 1871 there were only 39 Greeks in Canada, and even as late as the turn of the century there were fewer than 300. By the beginning of the First World War, however, their numbers had risen to nearly 4,000 and at the beginning of the Second World war had passed 10,- 000. Since the war immigration has been much greater than at any previous time and the number is now probably well in excess of 25,000. It's the . LAW . The Jurors' Act, R.S.O. 1960, c 1992 s 9$ (1), provides: "Ifa person having been duly summoned and returned to serve as a juror upon an inquest or inquiry before a sheriff or coroner, does not, after being openly called three times, appear and serve, the sheriff, coroner or commission- ers may impose -such fine, not exceeding $20, upon the per- son making default as is deem- ed proper." A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT KENNEDY'S BOLD APPROACH OTTAWA—President Kennedy's visit to Ottawa was billed by the briefing officers and bureaucrats as one of "easy informality". One even made a point of the fact both the President and Prime Minister Diefenbaker sat in rocking chairs for their private conference in the East Block. Nonetheless, this was a confer- ence characterized by solid discus- sion of issues, of sober delibera- tion and consultation on the grave problems that confront the West- ern World. Unlike President Eisenhower be- fore him, President Kennedy did not mouth mere platitudes. He is young and vigorous, and he is obviously impatient for ac- tion, Canadian action. Thus he did not shy away from asking Canada point-blank to join the Organization of American States, the inter -American body which for years has held a chair open for Canadian participation. "Your skills, your resources, your judicious perception at the council table—even when it differs from ours," said the President, "are all needed throughout the inter -American community. "Your country and mine are partners in North American af- fairs. Can we not now become partners in inter -American af- fairs?" To say the least, it is not usual for visiting heads of States to at- tempt to sway public opinion in the host country to any particular course of action. That President Kennedy bluntly sought Canadian participation in OAS is not lost on Canadian policy -makers. This subject of OAS has caused much soul-searching in the Capi- tal, particularly in the face of what has happened in Cuba. In retro- spect, it is entirely conceivable that Canada, as a member of OAS, might have headed off the trouble in Cuba. Canada, as a member of OAS, would not have openly supported and abetted the regime of Batista. The U.S. did, and Castro and many Cubans will not soon forget it. President Kennedy also told Canadians he is not entirely satis- fied with our contribution to the underdeveloped nations of the world. He has embarked on a great campaign to have the nations of the Western Alliance put up at least one per of their Gross National Product as their contribu-4 tion to overcoming poverty and ig- norance. He also told Canadians he wants the NATO nations to increase the strength and mobility of their arm- ed forces under NATO command. These are matters of grave im- portance. Canadian and U.S. views on them, as on many other matters, are not always in complete, harm- ony, but it is an encouraging sign that the political leaders of our two nations can discuss them pub- licly, as well as in secrecy. President Kennedy's visit has had another purpose. It has dem- onstrated to some of our`political leaders that they may have gone too far in preaching the cause of anti -Americanism. The Warmth of his welcome in Ottawa, a city that takes an obtuse pride in ignoring world leaders, is a firm indication of the close ties that bind Canada and the U.S. In the face of such warmth, anti -Americanism' is ex- posed as poor political currency. It may be the warmth was for the President and- his wife, and not for the policies of the United States on some matters in which we are in conflict. But to most Canadas the President is the U.S.A., and support of him auto- matically becomes support of the U.S.A, If the Kennedy visit reversed the trend toward anti -Americanism on the part of Canadian politicians it will have more than justified it- self, completely apart from any accord reached in talks between the two leaders. From all the evidence, there was more honest disagreement than ac- cord, on many of the topics rais- ed during the discussions. The Diefenbaker Government has been cutting down on foreign aid, not increasing it; our foreign aid contributions are far below Presi- dent Kennedy's goal of one per cent of the GNP. As far as the OAS is concerned, the Government is wavering, but keeps asking for an expression of public opinion before making up its mind. On the subject of a buildup of conventional arms in NATO, there is again no firm support from Can- ada. On the integration of the two trading blocks in Western Europe, our policies are poles apart. * * * Capital Hill Capsules One of the subjects discussed be- tween President Kennedy and Mr, Diefenbaker was that of Canadian acquisition of nuclear warheads, President Kennedy, like Eisen, hower, wants Canada to acquire them. He told the House of Com- mons "we must make certain that nuclear weapons will continue to be available for the defence of the entire (NATO) area." And that includes Canada. One hopeful sign; he indicated the U.S. is will- ing to amend its firm stand against sharing control of nuclear war- heads. * * Insiders are wondering if Sena- tor Brunt went too far in threat- ening Liberal senators with a Fed• eral election if they failed to pass the Government's new tariff legis. lation. One report has it he was roasted by the PM. Brunt and the PM are very close. * * * A big battle may be shaping up over the Government's decision to bar the Great Lakes -St. Lawrence system to Commonwealth coasting vessels. The change will inevitab- ly result in higher charges for moving grain to export points on the St. Lawrence. A SMILE OR TWO In a remote country village a new letter -box had been put up, and caused a great deal of com- ment among the village children. "I think it belongs to the doc- tor," argued Jimmy. - "No, it ain't," shouted Tommy. "It's by the church door so it must be the rector's." i "Darn," cried Bitty, scornfully. "It ain't the rector's. Read what it says on it: :No collection on Sun- days'." IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor May 22, 1936 John Daly, son of Mr. and .Mrs. J. F. Daly, Seaforth, has been ap- pointed postmaster at Beresford Lake, Manitoba. His appointment will mark ',the first post office to be established in the district. A young deer was seen on the farm of Mr. R. F. McKercher in McKillop on Sunday. Magistrate Makins on Tuesday afternoon at Seaforth fined two Tuckersmith men and one Stan- ley man for having bass in their possession out of season. The greens of the Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club have been chosen as the scene of the district lawn bowl- ing competition for 1936, it was announced this week. Alex Thompson, 12 -year-old son of Mrs. James Thompson on the Mill Road, is in Scott Memorial Hospital,following an accident on Wednesday, when he was run over by a disc harrow on his mother's farm. G. S. McLaren and R. S. Fletcher, Toronto brokers, charged with for- gery of a number of bonds, al- legedly missing from the Huggard vault here, will appear before Magistrate J. A. Makins in Gode- rich police court. A meeting of officers, directors and members of all Horticultural Societies in Huron County, =was held in the Board Room of the Agricultural Office in Clinton re- cently. Dr. J. A. Munn attended the den- tal convention in Toronto this week. Miss Fennell, Miss Sally Wood and Miss Ruth Thompson spent the weekend in Niagara Falls. Mr. Stewart Plant, Faculty of. Medicine, University of Toronto, is home for some holidays. Mrs. G. Weir, who spent the win- ter at Anderson, South Carolina, has returned to her hone here for the summer months. Rev, C. A. Malcolm, Mrs. Mal- colm, Mrs. Hugh Chesney and Mrs. R. E. McKenzie were in London on Wednesday to hear Dr. Kagawa, the great Japanese orator. * M From The Huron Expositor May 26, 191.1 Miss Mabel Govenlock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Govenlock, who has been at Sararac Lake, New '!fork State, for the past year or so in the interests of her health, has returned home very much im- proved. The m4ny friends of Mr, rrank McQuaid, of McKillop, were sorry to learn that he has completely lost his • sight after being troubled with his eyes for a couple of years. The weather for the past week has been hot enough for any per- son; in fact, for so early in the season, it has been uncomfortably hot. Cardno Bros. have given up bak- ing their ownbread, but have ar- ranged to get bread in Stratford to supply their customers. On Friday noon, fire started in the kitchen of C. E. Smith's house, but was extinguished before fire- men got to- the house. Mrs. Brown, who has been spending the winter with her mother,..Mrs. John Killorah, leaves this week on a trip to the Old Country. She will accompany Mr. William Prendergast, who goes to join his family who have been Europe for some months. Mrs. James Kerr, McKillop, left on Friday last for a trip to Ottawa and other eastern points. The celebration in connection with the opening of the new church at St. Columban commenc- ed with a concert on Wednesday. The plans of the new Seaforth post office were exhibited in the lobby of the post office on Satur- day afternoon and Monday morn- ing to give people an opportunity to gain an idea of what the pro- posed building will look like. Mr. G. F. Rogers, B.A., principal of Seaforth Collegiate Institute, has decided to stay in Seaforth another year. * From The Huron Expositor May 21, 1886 Mr. McCash has purchased from Mr. Richard Common, the house on John Street, recently occupied by Mr. Sleeth, Jr. Five hundred of the young cat- tle purchased by Mr. Thomas Gov- enlock ovenlock for a Northwest ranching company, were shipped from var- ious stations in this county this week, Mr. Thomas Downey has sold his pair of Clear Grit driving horses to Mr. Ed. McNamara, of Lead - bury, for $250. Mr. John Lyons has the contract of erecting a two-storey brick resi- dence for Mr. John Weir on the - lots he recently purchased. Messrs. Van Egmond's sons have received the diploma and bronze medal recently awarded them for their goods at the Ant- werp exhibition. The District Conference of the Methodist Church was held in this town Monday and Tuesday. The severe frosts on Sunday and Monday nights has done consider- able damage to early vegetables and fruits. The Methodist congregation of town have extended a call to Rev. Mr. Howell, of Owen Sound, to be- come their pastor for the next year, and he has consented, sub- ject to the action of the Station- ing Committee. -Mr. McKinley, of the Huron` Rd., McKillop, is erecting an addition to his residence, which when com- pleted will make it as neat and comfortable as any on the road. Mr. Robert Fulton, of Egmond- ville, one of the pioneer business- men of this 'section, having de- termined to remove to the United States, will sell his entire pro- perty by auction. Master William Sloan, who has been salesman in Mr. Jamieson's store for several years, leaves here next week for Shanghai, China, to join his father, who is a practising physician there. A SMILE OR TWO A wealthy contractor liked to know all about the employees who toiled in his vast business. One day he came upon a new young man who was dexteriously count- ing out a large wad of the firm's cash into pay envelopes. Where did you get your finan- cial training, young man?" he ask - 'ed. "Yale," replied the young man, "Goothe contractor. g�And will you tell me your name?" "Yackson." All the circus folk were�y�g ley- ing. over the death of 1 'i>ile,. a • • • • • • • s • s very old performing elephant of whom they were fond. One man was taking it much harder than the others. Cheer up, fella," said the aerial- ist "grieving won't bring her back. Why take it so hard?" "You'd take it hard too if you had to dig' her grave with the temperature at 90 degrees!" "How far is it to the next fill- ing station?" the •driver asked a farmer. "Nigh onto two miles as the crow flies." "Wel, how far Is it if the crow has to walk and roll as fiat tire?'"