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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 1, 1961
LEGION MEMORIAL
It will be a proud moment for members
of Seaforth Branch 156 of the Royal
Canadian Legion when their Memorial
Hall is officially opened Friday evening.
While it is true the hall has been in use
for some months, the ceremony this week
marks the formal completion of the build-
ing. The ceremony will emphasize, too, the
successful ending of a project that has
extended over several years. It points up
what can be accomplished when there
exists a well-founded program and the
will to bring it to completion.
When it was first proposed that the
Legion should build a hall of its ,own,
there was some objection on the grounds
that the existing accommodation at the
Memorial Community Centre was satis-
factory. It was suggested, too; that there
would not be sufficient support to carry
out stieb a project; nor to maintain a hall
if it should be built.
Those favoring the hall persisted and
events have proven how right they were.
Long hours of planning were followed by
contributions of labor, material and
money, not only on the part of Legion
members alone, but by" the community
generally. Out of it all has arisen a hall
which serves the Legion membership, and
HALL 1S COMPLETED
as well, provides a building that is a use-
ful asset to the entire district.
The Legion Hall is a memorial to the
dead of two World Wars. At the same
time it is a tangible evidence of the ca-
pacity of the Legion membership to work
together and to bring a program to a
successful conclusion. In so doing they
have honored their comrades in arms and
have made available to their fellow citi-
zens facilities which will serve the com-
munity for many years.
THANK YOU !
We are indebted to our fellow publish-
ers in the area, as well as to many others,
for their generous comments and con-
gratulations on the General Excellence
award received by The Expositor last
week.
During the long years in which The
Expositor has been in existence, its Te -
ward has been in the knowledge that it
has contributed to the interests and ad-
vancement of the community.' At the
same time there is asatisfaction in know-
ing that our efforts in providing a good
newspaper are recognized. For this we
are grateful.
EVIDENCE OF HIGH- STANDARDS •
(The Stratford Beacon -Herald)
"One of the long-established news-
papers of Duron County has gained a
new a -of-recognition, with the an-
nouncement of an award for `general ex-
cellence' to The Huron Expositor, of 'Sea -
forth. The award was presented Satur-
day, at the annual convention at Ottawa
of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers As-
sociation. There is an added bit of evi-
dence of the high standards maintained
by the newspapers of Perth and Huron,
in the fact that the runner-up for the
award, won by The Expositor, was the
Listowel Banner.
"The Expositor o has been a winner, in
previous years, of provincial awards and
national awards for various aspects of
its publishing efforts, but this is the first
time it has won the top award, for all-
round competence. From its base in Sea -
forth, population 2,250, it had to compete
. against weeklies in towns twice as big;
the classification in which The Expositor
won top place was for newspapers pub-
lished in towns of 1,500 to 4,500.
"Seaforth itself, incidentally, is not as
old as the newspaper. ' The Expositor last
year marked the 100th anniversary of its
founding, in 1860. Seaforth wasnot in-
corporated as a village until 1868, when it
was beginning to forge ahead in the con-
test for pre-eminence among the three
settlements at Harpurhey, Seaforth and
Egmondville.
"A. Y. McLean, editor and publisher of
The Expositor, carries on a family tradi-
tion of journalism; he took over sole di-
rection of the newspaper in 1948, in suc-
cession to his father, the late K. M. Mc-
Lean. When the latest success of his
newspaper was announced, last week,
Editor McLean himself was quick to make
the point that an awara for general ex-
cellence can only be won by teamwork,,
and to share the credit equally with the
other members of The -Expositor's nine -
member staff—John Maloney, Leo Hagan,
R. J. Wallace, Ross Alexander, Tom Haley,
Flora Ann Scott, Carl Berger and Carolyn
Hammond,. The recognition which has
come to them, in competition against 48
other towr, in the same population cate-
gory, is something in which everybody in
the Seaforth area can take pride."
Facts
as the basis
of
advertising
investments
Once upon a time, all business men
who advertised were, willing or
unwilling, perforce speculators.
They couldn't ,help it, because in
those days they had no way of
knowing what they would get for
their money.
Today, advertising money can be
invested on the basis of facts—the
information in the reports of the
Audit Bureau of Circulations, a
cooperative, nonprofit association of
neatly 4,000 advertisers, advertising
agencies, and publishers. The ABC
has established standards for meas.
uring the-eirculations of newspapers
and periodicals, just as there are
definite standards for the weights
and measures of merchandise.
This newspaper is a member of
ABC. Our circulation is audited by
experienced circulation auditors.
The facts thus obtained are issued
in ABC reports which show how
much circulation we have, how it'
was obtained, where it is distrib-
uted, and other information that
tells business men what they get for
their advertising money when they
invest in 'these columns„
Ask to see a copy of our ABC
report.
Tomorrow, I'll be forty-one. It
occurs to me that the last four
decades have been an interesting
period, not only for -'me, but for
the world. Let's have a look back
and see what happened to the pair
of us.
When my mother presented my
father with a red-faced, undersiz-
ed, squalling brat in June, 1920,
the world was a fine place. The
Great War was over, democracy
had triumphed, prices were good,
and that great leveler of society,
the Model T, was about to start
turning pious„ sober men into red-
faced, cursing maniacs.
The next decade was the time
of the self-styled "lost generation"
—the era of the flapper, the coon-
skin coat, the rumble seat, the
hip -flask and jazz. But I'm afraid
they didn't mean much to a skin-
ny kid with freckles, growing up
in a small town.
The things I remember are: the
old silent movies, with the piano
player thumping out the William
Tell overture as the climax near-
ed; endless summers of hot blue
sky; two fat, homely little girls
who used to gang up on me and
kiss me after school; off for a
family picnic every Sunday in the
1923 Chev with the side -curtains;
and my kid brother following me
everywhere I went, to my unutter-
able rage and disgust.
* * *
That must have been just about
thebest decade the world and I
ever had, a heedless and happy
time. My parents were as solid
as the earth itself. My dad was
always good for a dime, if I work-
ed him carefully. My mother was
always there with a kiss or a hug
or a cool hand, when I was hurt
or scared or sick.
The world was -a pleasant place
then, too. What I remember most
vividly is that it was so quiet and
easy-going, 'compared to the world
of today. Men worked 48 or 50
hours a- week. But very few of
them had ulcers. Women had none
of the appliances they have today.
But they didn't need sleeping pills.
People walked more. Everybody
put his car up on blocks in the
winter, and nobody drove at night,
unless he had to. On summer eve-
nings, people sat on their ver-
andas, and visited, and drank lem-
onade.
* * *
Everyone forty or over knows
what happened in the next decade.
Our economy came apart at the
seams and the world entered the
long, grinding years of the great
depression. Canada suffered less
'than some, but enough. People
swallowed their pride and went
on relief. Thousands of men rode
the rods from town to town, look-
ing for work; begging for food.
There was no work. Those who
had jobs took pay cuts without a
murmur, and lived in fear of
worse.
My dad hung on grimly, but lost
his busyness in the end. At fifty,
he had a wife and five children,
no job and no money. We made
out. My mother took in boarders,
sold home baking and pinched the
pennies until they bled. My dad
took any work he could get. I re-
member one job was selling cof-
fins. He sold three in three
months, and his total commissions
were about $60.' Out of this he
paid his car expenses, meals and
lodging, on the road.
It was a difficult time to be an
adolescent. But I have wonderful
memories of that decade. First
love, in high school. Playing rug-
by in the fall mud. Square danc-
ing half the night at country danc-
es. My first job, sailing on the
Lakes. First interest in world af-
fairs, and a burning desire to go
to Spain with the International
Brigade, but too young.
* * *
The Thirties ended with a bang,
whein we went to war. Before I
was swept away on the stream
with the rest of my generation,
I had a year at university, by
sheer luck. That was a good time.
The "phoifey war" was still on, and
we squeezed every drop of juice
from our student days, knowing
they were of brief duration.
* * *
I don't know what happened to
the Forties. They went by in a
blur of excitement. Overseas, pubs,
girls, friends, operations, prison
camp, back to university, scuttled
by a pair of brown eyes, married
and a father before I rightly knew
what was happening.
* * *
Then the Fifties, as I entered
my thirties. Into the weekly news-
paper business and working like a
dog. Delighting in my babies.
Thrill of the first secondhand car.
Fun of buying an old house and
fixing it up. Satisfaction in turn-
ing out a good paper, sometimes.
Good fishing and hunting. Good
friends. But the world speeding
up, the big bomb hanging there,
the job always demanding.
* * *
And now, in my forties, we'll
see what the Sixties have in store
for me and the world. Already, a
new job, new friends, new inter-
ests, for me. New fears, new
threats, new weapons, and new
worlds, for the world. All I can
add is that I'm supposed to be
at the dangerous age. I hope the
world isn't. There hasn't been a
dull moment, in the last four de-
cades, for either of us. I hope
we're both around to tell about it
when I enter my seventies, in
1990.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
When Did Boxing Become Popular
in Canada?
It was not until the First World
War that boxing became general-
ly accepted as a popular sport .in
both Canada and the United States.
Military training showed its use-
fulness in physical conditioning.
Compared to wrestling, boxing is a
recent sport on this continent. In-
troduced from Europe in the form
of pugilism or bare -fisted fighting,
the sport was slow to gain public
favor and was often associated with
lawbreakers and disreputable char-
acters. Early matches were con-
ducted in secret and were often
broken up by police intervention.
In 1866 boxing achieved standard-
ization in both Britain and North
America with the adoption of, the
Marquis of Queensberry Rules. Set
weights for competitions were also
established. By 1906 Canada ,had
produced a world heavyweight
champion in Tommy Burns.
* * *
Who Published the First Paper in
Eastern Ontario?
Stephen Miles, journalist and
preacher, in 1810 founded the
Kingston Gazette, the first paper
in the eastern part of Upper Can-
ada and the only one published in
Upper Canada between 1811 and
1815. He sold his press in 1819
but continued to print the Gazette,
renamed the I jfitston Chronicle,
until he became ,printer of the riv-
al Upper Canada Herald in 1822.
He founded and published the
Kingston Gazette and Religious
Advocate from 1828 to 1830 and;
after moving to Prescott, the Gren-
ville Gazette. He left journalism
in 1835, was ordained in the Wes-
leyan ministry in 1840, and serv-
ed as an itinerant preacher until
superannuated in 1851. Miles was
born in Vermont in 1789, was ap-
prenticed to a printer there in
1805; moved to Montreal in 1807
and then to Kingston in 1810. He
died at Ernestown, Ont., in 1870.
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GOOD READING
It is significant that the presence
of the devil seemed so real to
Martin Luther that he hurled an
ink well at that evil personage.
For the writing and reading of
good books have been a powerful
aid in frustrating the devil in all
his works, from the days of Moses
to the present.
The 350th anniversary of the
King James' version came on
March 14 of this year. In calling
upon all Protestant bodies and
clergy in the United States to pay
homage to the King James' ver-
sion, there was announced the first
church -authorized version of the
Holy Scriptures since 1611, the
announcement coming from the
American Bible Society, 450 Park
Avenue, New York City.
Acquaint yourselves with great
literature and give your children
the benefit of good reading. Some
deterrent is needed against the
piling up of vicious books every-
where.
It is not necessary to play up
all the corruption of men and to
wash their soiled linen in news-
papers and magazines. Let us
strive to heal the rash of bad lit-
erature with that which is better.
"Search the Scripture, for in them
ye think ye have eternal life."
Just a Thought:
Too much conscience can be as
bad as none at all. We should not
continue to worry about the mis-
takes we have made after we have
recognized them and done every-
thing in our power to "make things
right." .
A SMILE OR TWO
Small boy's definition of Father's
Day: "It's just like Mother's Day
only you don't spend so much."
Dad: "My son, there are cer-
tain things in life that we have to
shut our eyes to."
Son: "Yes; Dad. Soap is one of
them."
"Do you think your daddy will
be laid up very long with his in-
jured leg?" the five-year-old was
asked.
"Yes, I think so. You she, com-
pensation has set in."
During a hurricane in Florida, a
woman was terribly upset and
couldn't sleep a wink. But her hus-
band was sleeping as if nothing
was going on.
"Darling, this house is rocking
as if it were going to blow away,"
she said, shaking him.
"Oh, go to sleep," he said, "we're
-only renting it."
A farmer, on his first visit to
the big city, stopped in a plush
cocktail lounge and ordered a
beer.
"How much beer do \vdu
week?" he inquired.
"About 40 kegs," replied' the
bar -tender.
"Pll...tell you how you can sell
80.,,
"Eighty legs?" said the bar-
tender, amazed. "How?"
"Simple," answered the farmer.
"Fill up the glasses."
A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
EXIT THE HANGMAN
A four-year program of public
enlightenment was climaxed last
week by a Federal Government
measure which, to all intents and
purposes, relegates the public
hangman to a position of obscur-
ity in Canadian law.
The Diefenbaker Government
chose its course in June, 1957, and
worked quietly and assiduously to-
ward its target—the abolition, ex-
cept in the most unusual circum-
stances, of capital punishment as
a penalty for murder.
John Diefenbaker was a defence
counsel in a great many murder
trials long before he was able to
set his sights on the Prime Min-
istership of his country. He de-
veloped a strong loathing for the
gallows as a twentieth century
answer to capital crime.
Mr. Diefenbaker and his Cabinet
knew that capital punishment'
could not be abolished overnight,
without the most violent protest
from the electorate. They chose
instead to make extensive use of
the Royal prerogative of mercy.
Between June 21, 1957, and May
21, 1961, the Cabinet commuted
the sentences of 39 murderers, giv-
ing them their lives to serve in
prison instead. Ten others, con-
victed of the most heinous type of
crimes, were allowed to die by the
hangman's rope.
While this process went on, the
Government entertained discussion
in the Commons on outright aboli-
tion of the death penalty.
CCF M.P. Harold Winch, of Van-
couver East, ,a devotee for a quar-
ter of a century to the belief that
human life is sacred, and not to
be taken by the state in the name
of revenge or punishment, led the
way. But when his private trill
seemed to be getting nowhere, Mr.
Winch co-operated and let a Gov-
ernment supporter, Frank McGee,
of York Scarborough, take over
the chore.
Mr. McGee, with some adroit edi-
torial support, (his father -id -law is
Grattan O'Leary, long-time publish-
er of the Ottawa Journal and Chief
Royal Commissioner on the Pub-
lishing Royal Commission), blew
up a storm.
After a faltering start in 1959,
he re-entered his bill to abolish
capital punishment with a single
exception—for high treason in
time of war.
The Government, subtly, let it
be known that a full debate would
be scheduled on the McGee mea-
sure, and dangled the carrot of a
free vote to follow with members
voting in accord • with their con-
sciences instead of the party line.
By the time the McGee bill came
up for debate, public interest from
coast-to-coast in Canada. had reach-
ed a crescendo. The public galler-
ies in the Commons chamber were
packed, and the House settled
down into one of the most inti-
mate, emotional and sincere de-
bates in its 93 -year history.
But the time was not ripe for
abolition. The debate revealed a
solid core of opposition to the abo-
lition bill. If it had gone to a vote,
it would have been overwhelming-
ly defeated.
Mr. McGee, painfully aware of
his colleagues' intended rejection
f his merciful proposal, agreed to
ithdraw his bill at the end of
e 1960 session.
Three months later, a new ses-
sion of Parliament opened with a
speech from the throne that fore-
cast Government action on the
death penalty.
Last week the action was taken.
Justice ,Minister Davie Fulton in-
troduced an amendment to the
Criminal Code which divided the
crime of murder into two categor-
ies, capital and non -capital mur-
der.
For capital murder—planned or
deliberate—the penalty will con-
tinue to be death. For non -capital
murder, which will include crimes
of passion, the vast majority 'of
such acts, life imprisonment will
be the price.
Support for the Government's
compromise was not unanimous.
Several Liberals, who spoke out
against abolition a year ago, term-
ed it an unwarranted watering -
down of the old Biblical law of an
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,
and a human life for a human life.
Liberal Alexis Caron, from Hull,
brought his Roman Catholic Bible
into the Commons to quote passag-
es from Genesis, Deuteronomy and
Leviticus -to support his contention
that the death penalty should be -
retained.
Two other Roman Catholics,,
strong abolitionists, argued just as
strongly that the death penalty
was unsound; that it failed as a•.
deterrent to murder, and that it.
was morally wrong for the state
to take a life for a life.
The fact that a Roman Catholic
Cabinet Minister — Mr. Fulton —
brought in the amending bill may
have been a contributing factor to
its passage: The Government also
declined the Liberals' demand for
a free vote, which bound its own
supporters to go along.
The CCF, which has a formal
policy opposing the death penalty,
cheerfully accepted the Govern-
ment's half -measure as a step in
the right direction.
And the majority accepted Mr.
Fulton's statement that the amend-
ment, even if a compromise be-
tween the strongly opposing views,
represented "the most progressive
and far-reaching move in this field
in Canada since we did away with
public hanging."
It takes time, but democracy
moves steadily and inexorably for-
ward.
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Capital Hill Capsules
The Government still entertains
hopes of completing the fourth
session of the 24th Parliament by
July 1. The target is still possible
of attainment, but increasingly un-
certain. Much legislation, includ-
ing the annual budget, remains to
be introduced.
* * *
The publicly -owned CBC, de-
fending itself before ,the Commons
committee on -broadcasting, seems
to be having an easier time of it
than on the last such occasion two
years ago, despite its ever-grow-
ing demands on the public purse.
Its relative success seems to re-
flect that its management has be-
come more aggressive, while the
investigating talent of the Com-
mittee has slipped noticeably.
How Long Have We Celebrated
Labor Day?
Labor Day, the first Monday in
September, -has been a federal sta-
tutory holiday in Canada since
1894. Its observance in the autumn
rather than in May as in Europe,
follows practice in the .United
States and is accounted for by the
closer affiliation of Canadian labor
organizations with American. Or-
ganized labor proposed the Sep-
tember date, in part be,ause it
was not too near other puolie holi-
days, and in 1887 several stuns in
the United States passed legisla-
tion making the first Monday in
September a holiday.
IN
THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50 and
75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
May 29, 1936
Dr. J. M. Field, who for the past
25 years has been Inspector of
Public Schools for East Huron, in-
tends to retire in December.
-Hon. T. B. McQuesten, Minister
of Highways, announced this week
that there would be no prefix let-
ters on motor car license plates in
Ontario next year. The letters
will be placed in the mid -middle
of .the numbers instead.
During the storm on Thursday
night a cow belonging to Mr. Harry
Tyndall, Tuckersmith farmer, was
struck by lightning and killed.
Mrs. William Gourlay, of De-
troit, is in Scott Memorial Hospi-
tal here with serious injuries re-
sulting from a car smashup on the
North Road, near Winthrop, on
Sunday.
Mr. Glee, who was in charge of
Mr. Thomas PurcelI's truck, last
Monday while transporting cattle
for Mr. Norman Beuermann, had
the misfortune to upset his load,
but no injuries were reported.
Over a hundred friends met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art
Nicholson on Friday, evening to
express their regards for the new-
lyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kling.
Mr. J. H. Reid left this week on
a trip to the West. He expects to
go as far as Medicine Hat.
Mr. J. A. Stewart and Mr. C.
B. Stewart are in Toronto this
week.
Mrs. Henry Koehler, of McKil-
lop, underwent an operation in
Scott Memorial Hospital this week.
Mr. "J. R. Scott, University of
Toronto, is spending the holidays
with. his mother, Mrs. H. 11. Scott.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
June 2, 1911
Mr. Roger Roberts,, of Seaforth,
who has been on the staff of the
Dominion Bank at Wingham, has
been transferred to the Winnipeg
branch, and is. spending a couple
of days with his mother before
going West.
Mrs. A. D. Sutherland and chil-
dren left this week for Edmonton,
where she will visit her brother
and sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Atkinson,
of Tuckersmith, Left this week on
an extended trip through the West,
ern States and Western Canada,
Dr. H. J. Hodgins, who is re-
turning to Seaforth from Lucan to
practise dentisty, is having an of-
fice fitted up in the Scott block,
where he was located when in
Seaforth before.
Mr. W. J. Ryan and family, who
have been living here for a year
or so, moved back to Walton this
week, where Mr. Ryan has erected
a residence.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Alexander
and little daughter, who have been
residents of Seaforth for some
years, left on Monday for Toronto
where they will visit prior to go-
ing to the West to live.
- Mr. Robert Holmes, ex-M.P. for
West Huron, and formerly editor
of the Clinton New Era, has been
elected president of the Toronto
Civil Servants' Association.
Richardson & Scott are adding
a new department to their shoe
store.
Mr. Alex Davidson has had the
old board platform in front of
the Commercial Hotel removed,
and is having the cement walk ex-
tended to the building and will
have steps placed up to the door.
C. Aberhart, D. T. Pinkney, R.
E. Cresswell, A. McLennand and
W. Ament attended a Shriners'
meeting in London on Friday.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
May 28, 1886
Mr. F. W. Crich has moved into
town from Hullett and has located
in his new residence on Goderich
Street.
A man named Hall, who has
been a resident of this town for
several years, was arrested as a
dangerous lunatic on Monday and
was sent to Goderich jail for safe-
keeping until an opening can be
obtained for him in one of the
asylums.
A young man named Burton
went to Mitchell on the Queen's
Birthday, where he got into an
altercation with the bar -tender of
the Royal Hotel, Mitchell, and the
feIIow hit him in the face with a
tumbler, cutting and injuring his
eye so that it will have to be re-
moved. He is now in Toronto un-
der medical treatment.
Mr. Michael Madigan is erect-.
ing a comfortable residence on the
Volmar property, which he will
occupy himself.
Mr. Lyons has received the con-
tract from Mr. Hugh Robb, Jr.,
fpr;"the erection of a brick resi-
dence on the old Adams home-
stead property on Goderich St.
Mr. E. C. Coleman, of Seaforth,
acted as referee at the bicycle
tournament at Woodstock on Mon-
day and Tuesday.
Mr. Cornelius, who for the past
year acted as leader and instructor
of the Seaforth Band, has remov-
ed to Clinton and has taken a
situation in the organ factory
there.
Gigs for business driving are
now becoming all the custom. The
latest addition in this line are
those of Dr. Mackid and Mr. 0.
C. Wilson.
Mr. John Hargan has sold his
farm in McKillop, which contains
75 acres, to Mr. Anthony Boyd,
for the sum of $5,300.
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