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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 22, 1961
"June is Dairy
Month" is Important
There are few, perhaps, who realize the
extent to which the dairy cow contributes
to the well-being of the average Huron
citizen.
Probably to many present-day youth
accustomed to reaching into the refrigera-
tor and obtaining milk from a carton or
a bottle, the fact that the milk originally
came from a cow may even be news.
There is no doubt the dairy cow doesn't
get proper credit for her contribution.
It's not only in terms of milk the cow
is important. Huron Federation of Agri-
culture officials estimate that dairy herds
in Huron add about $8,000,000 to the
economy of the county every year. That
is a lot of money—so much that the aver-
age person fails to realize its significance.
A Fine May Help
Our hat off to a Toronto alderman who
persuaded his colleagues to change a city
bylaw that will impose a $200.00 fine in-
stead of the present $1.00 for spitting on
the streets.
One ,should hope this will banish one of
the most barbarious and hazardous hab-
its, apparently still prevailing in that city.
But we also hope there will be public
officials who might go a step further in
freeing the greens and the parks in this
country from the. sandwich paper—beer
bottle—and what not—plague, that might
be considered a convenience by those en-
gaging in it, but certainly is a nuisance
for the ones who hit the spot thereafter.
There is a standard fine of $50 for lit-
tering the highways and one must admit,
they look much neater than many of the
rest spots, parks and greens where one
should expect to have some rules of even
stricter cleanliness carried out.
The highways for one thing are a proof
that the public can be educated in this
direction, even if it takes some stiff fines
to get the idea through.—Elmira Signet.
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It wouldn't take long, however, to learn
how important the dairy contribution is
if for some reason it suddenly no Longer
was available. There would be many
vacant farms ; there would be a drastic
reduction in purchasing power, and all
across the district—at every level of busi-
ness—the effect would be felt.
The dairy industry is important to
Huron. It is of even greater importance
to Canada, where it contributes directly
to the livelihood of about one Canadian
out 'of six, and indirectly to a great many
more. In addition to some 400,000 farm
families there are employees of dairy
plants, trucking firms, storage companies,
implement manufacturers and many other
phases of our total economy whose wel-
fare depends upon a healthy dairy indus-
try. Money paid to the farmer eventually
finds its way back into urban circulation
to pay for the things that are necessary
to operate and maintain a farm and .to
provide for a farm family.
As Canada population increases, so do
the demands on the dairy industry. It be-
comes increasingly important that the
public generally has a knowledge of the
problems and capacity of the industry.
That is why the theme, "June is Dairy
Month", is so important.
That's Life '
Athletics are touted as representing the
struggle of life in miniature. The differ-
ence is that in life, there are no half-time
periods, no trainers with oxygen when you
weaken, and very few cheers when you
are carried, recumbent, off the field.—Cal-
gary Herald.
Dandelions
This is the time.of the year for father
to lose the annual argument that dande-
' lions are beautiful flowers, and should not
be killed.—Edmonton Journal.
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In a recent , editorial, Hugh
Templin of the Fergus News -Re-
cord, one of the deans of the week-
ly newspaper field, outlined the
arduous duties of the weekly edi-
tor. He described a typical week
in the editor's life. It was not ex-
aggerated. It showed the editor
working a killing week, taking an
almost superhuman role in the af-
fairs of the community, and serv-
ing as a general wailing wall and
information service for his read-
ers.
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Closing his editorial, he remark-
ed that it was no wonder, in view
of all this, that some weekly edi-
tors with college degrees, were
leaving the field for the short
hours and high salaries of the
teaching profession. I flinched
when I read this. Then .1 flushed.
I felt like a deserter. Then I got
mad. "Why, the sonofagun," I
hought, "I'll bet he couldn't stand
it for a week!'
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Before this trickle.. of traitors be-
come a stream, hear me 'out, old
friends in the publishing business„
First, cling to that swivel chair
with both hands. Hook your legs
around„that battered desk! and
hang on. Say to yourselves 10
times a day, "I'm a 'happy weekly
editor.” Don't even admit you
went to college.
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I have just completed one year
of teaching high school students.
On the surface it •has had little
effect on either of us. The stu-
dents are a little taller, or fatter,
or thinner than when we began.
Some of the girls have different
colored hair. Otherwise they are
unmarked by the experience. Nor
do I show any signs of the ordeal.
Aside from a tic that makes the
left side of my face look like
Boris Karloff every 20 seconds.
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But inwardly neither of us will
ever be the same. The students
have had to' revise their ideas
'about teachers entirely. They be-
gan on the third day of school,
when their teacher howled, "Turn
around, ye damned gawk!" at one
of the class delinquents.
Since that day, we've roared
with laughter together. We've
argued bitterly, with them winning
sometimes. We've teased each oth-
er. I've bellowed at them, and
they've glared right back at me.
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And I, too, have had to refurbish
my notions about teaching and
teachers. -First of all, let me say
it's a grinding, hard job, mentally
and physically. If the teacher had
nothing to do but impart knowl-
edge, it would be a cinch. But
this is only a portion of his du-
ties. The rest of the time, as oc-
casion demands, he is cop, coach,
counselor, father,' mother and
baby-sitter.
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I don't know whether it's true
or not, but I heard someone say
the other day that there are more
mental bFeakdowns in the teaching
profession than any other. It's no
wonder. Recently, I was teaching
a sea story by. Conrad. I carefully
instructed the kids in such nauti-
cal terms as port, starboard, aft,
the bridge, the hold, hatches. Then
I gave them a test.
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One girl defined "bridge" as "a
group of hard boards nailed togeth-
er to cross a lake, river, etc." I
had to give her a mark, as I hadn't
specified the bridge of a ship, but
I almost had a breakdown right
there. The same kid told me "star-
board" meant "a board covered
with stars in the captain's cabin,
by which he navigates."
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Another boy informed me, in
an essay, that there are more peo-
ple drowned in summer than on
highways. I couldn't .argue with
him there, but I nearly bust a gus-
set when he warned that we must
be careful not to get caught by
the "undertoes" when swimming.
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Now, about those short hours,
Hugh Templin. Teachers work nine
to four, Unless they are coaching
a team, directing a play, helping
with the yearbook, or doing one
of a hundred similar tricks, in
which case they are around the
factory at all hour.
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Add to this about twenty hours
of lesson preparation, at four hours
a night, and we find that teachers
work a minimum of fifty hours a
week, a fair stint in this day and
age.
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Big salaries? My take-home pay
a little over $80 a week. A un-
ion Linotype operator or bricklay-
er, working the same hours, would
sneer at my pittance. True, after
fifteen to twenty years of teaching,
one can make from $8,000 to $10,-
000, depending on ,-qualifications.
There aren't many lawyers or den-
tists who aren't doing as well or
Better, and in 'a lot less- time.
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These salaries have been achiev-
ed only in the past couple of years.
They are not the result of a sud-
den wave of benevolence on the
part of school boards. They are
the direct result of the rule of
supply and demand. Teachers
were scarce because of the shab-
by salaries.
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Now, the salaries and security
of teaching are attraoting many of
our best and brightest, the people
who should be teaching. This can-
not fail to raise our standards of
education.
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The increase in education costs
hurst the individual taxpayer. It's
going to keep on hurting. No long-
er can a boy quite school at 16,
with a Grade 10 education, and
hope • to find a happy life. Tech-
nology is rapidly wiping out the
laborer. One man with a power
shovel does the work of twenty
ditch -diggers. The "Harvest Ex-
cursion" to the West is a thing of
the past. The machine has replac-
ed the men once required.
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Here, wait a minute now. I'm
starting to talk about stuff that is
away over my head. Let's' get
down to brass facts. All I can say
about teaching is that I've never
worked harder in my life. But it
was worth it, to see those shy
smiles of gratitude and affection
on the faces of my students, as
they trampled me into the floor
on their way out, the last day of
school.
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Don't worry, old friends, in the
weekly business. I'm not letting
down the 'team. You should hear
me talking to these teachers when
they start complaining about how
hard they work. "Why, you spoil-
ed, pampered pedagogues," I tell
them, "you don't know what work
is. This is a snap. You're over-
paid and underworked. Now, when
I was in the weekly newspaper bus-
iness .
You'll notice, friend Hugh, that
I have carefully avoided the mat-
ter of holidays. This summer and
next, I have to go to summer
school at considerable expense.
But I'm making plans for the sum-
mer of '63..
At first, I thought a trip to Eur-
ope might be nice. But I've pret-
ty well decided to spend July and
August on a tour of Canada, drop-
ping in on weekly editors in my
Bermula shorts and letting them
cry on the shoulder of my cool,
crisp sport short.
!i?aj? Ths ?Owl&
"You kjiow, I Just may have to toss him
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REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
WHAT I 1SO RARE—?
Yes, "what is so rare as a day
in June?" the poet asks, and adds
"then, if ever, come perfect days."
At least in our part of the world,
we find days most rare in the
month of June.
The vicissitude of seasons and
the changes of the years may alter
the June of 1961 for aught I know,
as these lines are written, but the
attar of the roses, the sound of
wedding bells and the sweet strains
of an old song bring back to mem-
ory days in June that live beyond
the years. ,
Let me now suggest that you
keep the blessed June in your
heart. For by the power of mem-
ory, you can restore every rose of
the past and secrete every thorn.
You can, if you will, keep the
glory •of a day in your heart that
brings you a peace that "passeth
all understanding."
Even better than trying to reach
a pot of gold at the end of a van-
ishing rainbow will be serenity of
the heart in which the Father
dwells.
From every stormy wind that blows,
From every swelling tide of woes
There is a calm, a sure retreat,
'Tis found beneath the mercy seat.
Just a Thought
It is often said that happiness
cannot be bought, at any price. It
is the same where the matter of a
"clear conscience" is concerned.
The, fact that we might do good
work with our right hand cannot
excuse the left hand for some
wrong -doing.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
What Kind of Roads Were First
Built in Canada?
In the early days of New France,
the roads were largely made of
earth. Stone was occasionally us-
ed on the surface. Corduroy roads,
made of trees laid side by side,
were built in low-lying areas. There
were a number of wooden bridges
but frequently the roads crossed
the streams at shallow places, or
fords. Equipped with only an axe,
a pick and a shovel, the road -build-
er naturally took the easiest way
and followed the Indian trails.
Thus the distance between farm
and village might be a mile as
the crow flies but four or five miles
by road. The roads in New France
were divided into three classes:
(1) Chemins de Royaux et de postes
—main roads, 24 feet wide; (2)
Chemins de communications—con-
necting roads for farms, 18 feet
wide; and (3) Chemins de ceinture
et de traverse—back roads built
on orders of the seigniors.
A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
THE TOSSS'OF A COYNE
OTTAWA—In the absence of evi-
dence to the contrary, it is fair to
assume that Bank of Canada Gov-
ernor James E. Coyne was a vic-
tim of the Government's frustra-
tion.
We will know in a short time
whether he is to be. made the
scapegoat for purposes of a gen-
eral election.
There is no question here of
who was right, Mr. Fleming or Mr.
Coyne, in matters of economic pol-
icy. What is relevant is the Gov-
ernment's handling of the whole
matter.
For many months now, the Lib-
erals in the House of Commons
have been trying to obtain from
Finance Minister Fleming an un-
equivocal answer to the question.
Who is responsible for monetary
policy in Canada: the Government
or the Bank of Canada?
And during those months, Mr.
Fleming ensnared himself inex-
tricably in a mesh of his own
making. The final result was his
contention that the Bank of Can-
ada was a power unto itself, over
which the Government could not
exercise control in matters involv-
ing monetary policy.
The reason the Liberals asked
the questions, was obvious. Mr.
Coyne had been rushing from one
end of the country to the other,
issuing speeches that clearly in-
volved Government responsibility.
It was almost `intolerable. But not
to Mr. Fleming and the Govern-
ment. In fact Mr. Fleming stoutly
„upheld the Governor's right to
make speeches.
The Country, and to a large de-
gree the financial institutions of
the Country, assumed that Mr.
Fleming and Mr. Coyne were
agreed on the subject matter of
the speeches. How else, it was
reasoned, could the Minister sub-
mit to such speeches?
Finally, on March 18 of, this
year, Mr. Fleming called Mr. Coyne
to his office, to tell him his speech-
es had been embarrassing to the
Government. Mr. Coyne didn't
make any more peeches. Osten-
sibly he would h ve quite sooner
if he had been as ed. • That, pos-
sibly should have been the end of
the matter. But, on -May 30, one
day after the holding" of four fed-
eral by-elections, Mr. Fleming ask-
ed Mr. Coyne to • resign.
Why?
Mr. Fleming mentioned changes
in the Bank of Canada's pension
arrangements, changes that in-
creased Mr. Coyne's ' pension to
$25,000 a year. Patently that was
a pretext, and Mr. Fleming didn't
cling to that argument for more
than one day.
Then he told the House of Com-
mons he had asked for Mr. Coyne's
resignation because the Govern-
ment was convinced the Bank Gov-
ernor would "stand in the way of
the iintilementation of a compre-
hensive, sound and responsible eco-
nomic program designed to raise
the levels of employment and pro-
duction in Canada." It is hardly
conceivable that a man of the sta-
ture of James Coyne, a responsible
public servant, in the employ of
the central bank for a quarter cen-
tury, would oppose such a pro-
gram.
In any event, assuming the Gov-
ernment knew hctw Mr. Coyne stood
on the policies it intended imple-
menting, how could it assume he
would oppose them by refusing to
co-operate through the Bank of
Canada? The reasonable course to
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follow would have been to imple-
ment the "sound and responsible"
economic program, see what the
bank's reaction was to it, and fire
Mr, Coyne if he failed to co-op-
erate.
The course that has been follow-
ed has aroused anger and resent-
ment even in the ranks of Coyne's
enemies, and he has made many,
both in and out of the banking
business. He has been deep in
controversy throughout most of
his six and one-half years in the
Governorship.
Mr. Coyne, it would appear, is
being used as a sacrifice to the
many Conservatives who are un-
able to understand the many fail-
ures of their Government, and
want someone's scalp.
"It was all Coyne's fault," they
will be told. "We had to get rid
of him before we could put our
policies into force. He was ob-
structing the Government."
And Mr. Coyne is not the only
public servant Who'" will fall to the
mob. Donald Gordon, President of
the CNR, has been operating in a
state of suspension for some
months now. Conservative back-
benchers have been setting him up
for the kill, hurling insults at him
from the floor of the Commons,
knowing he is unable to answer
the insults. There are disquieting
reports the Government is about
to aim its guns on still more top
public servants. Many of the most
capable have already pulled out.
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Capital Hill Capsules
Government officials put the
pressure on the Restrictive Trade
Practises Commission to hold pub-
lic hearings into drug prices. The
Commission felt public response
wasn't enough to warrant public
hearings and that it could have
done the job without the added
expense of hearings. However, the
Government didn't want to take
the chance of being accused of
covering up for the drug compan-
ies.
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The British are said to be ex-
tremely concerned at Prime Mini-
ster's Diefenbaker's attitude to-
ward the U.K. joining the Com-
mon Market. During his visit to
Ottawa recently, Prime Minister
Masmillan endeavoured to have
Canada join in North Atlantic
Free trade area. That fell on deaf
ears, and now the U.K, is trying
to find some formula that will keep
Canada's goodwill, but still enable
them in the booming Common Mar-
ket. The situation, say British
sources, is not being helped by
the Canadian Government's public
statements on the matter.
Who Fo,ond the First School West
' of Manitoba? •
Father Lacombe, the famous
French-Canadian missionary, ac-
companied the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany brigade as far west as Ed-
monton in 1852 and there started
the first school west of Manitoba.
He had been ordained a priest in
1849 and was one of the first Rom-
an Catholic missionaries sent to
the Northwest. Father Lacombe is
best known for his ability to con-
ciliate and pacify both .Cree and
Blackfoot who, 'although bitter en-
emies of one a other, regarded
him as a trusted friend. His influ-
ence was a major factor in pre-
venting the western tribes from
joining in the Northwest Rebel-
lion.
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50 and
75 years ago. -
From The Huron Expositor
June 19, 1936
Mrs. W. E. Southgate is visiting
in New York.
Miss Eleanor. Evans, a graduate
this year from. the University of
Toronto, has aceepted a position
in the laboratory at the Ontario
Hospital, Orillia.
Dr. J. A. Gorwill, of London,
who pias been assisting Dr. E. A.
McMaster, left on Wednesday for
Fort Erie, where he will do hospi-
tal work.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Neelin re-
turned this week , from Florida,
where they spent the last six
months.
ing at Hensel] on Wednesday.
The 10th annual Huron County
Livestock Judging Competition
was held in the Clinton district
on Saturday under the direction
• of the local branch of the Ontario
Department of Agriculture, when
31 boys took part. Frank Archi-
bald, Seaforth, scored the highest
number of points, with 692 out of
a possible 750.
Mr. J. W. Beattie appears to have
established a new record when he
was able to dig enough potatoes
from his own garden for his Sun-
day dinner. They were Irish Cob-
blers and were planted on Good
Friday.
Announcement has been made
this week by the Seaforth Collegi-
ate Alumni ,Association that the
winner of the third annual Alumni
Memorial Scholarship is Miss Doro-
thy Golding, daughter of Mr. W.
H. Golding, M.P„ and Mrs. Gold-
ing, Seaforth.
Six hundred members participat-
ed in the largely attended Holy
Name Rally parade, which formed
at Victoria Park and led by the
Highlanders Band, marched up Vic-
toria Street to George Street and
down Main Street to Goderich St.,
and thence to St. James' Church.
Members of Brucefield Church
recently honored their pastor, Rev.
W. A. Bremner, new president of
the London Conference.
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From The Huron Expositor
June 23, 1911
Miss Fannie Edge, sister of Mr.
H. Edge, of Seaforth, has recently
been appointed matron of the hos-
pital at Thessalon.
Dr. F. J. Burrows, of town, was
in Kingston and London last week
acting as examiner on the Ontario
Medical Council.
Miss Dafoei teacher, of classics
has resigned her position here to
accept a position in Toronto.
Mr. Harry Speare has accepted
a position as cutter in the Taylor -
Anderson factory, and -Mr. Taman
has been engaged by Stewart Bros.
to have charge of their tailoring
department.
One hundred tickets were sold
from here on Friday night for the
moonlight excursion at Goderich.
There were 1900 people on the
Steamer Greyhound that night.
Miss Minnie A. Best, daughter
of Mr. Frank Best, Seaforth, and
Miss Edna Dow, daughter of Mr.
Alex Dow, Exeter, have passed
their graduation examinations as
nurses at the Toronto General Hos-
pital,
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McLean are
in Toronto this week attending the
annual meeting of the Canadian
Press Association.
At the Civil Service, examina-
tions held in Toronto in May last,
Miss Luella Burke, of town, was
most successful, heading the list
and taking full marks on four sub-
jects.
Farmers in the vicinity have
started cutting clover, but the crop
is not a very heavy one this year.
Mr. Robert Wilson had his third
finger of his left had jammed be-
tween two heavy tiles, breaking
the bone and bursting of the nail,
while at work at the tile factory
last week.
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From The Huron Expositor
June 18, 1886
Last Tuesday was the warmest
day of the season. At three o'clock
in the afternoon the thermometer
registered 115 in the sun.
Rev. Mr. Broley, who for the
past 'two years has been pastor of
the Methodist Church in this town,
having been transferred to Elora,
will preach his farewell sermon to
his congregation here on Sunday
evening next.
The Knights of Labor Assembly
in this town now have a member-
ship of over 70, and new members
are joining every meeting.
The engine in,Ogilvie & Co.'s
mill in town became disabled on
Thursday night last. The break was`
a bad one, but workmen are now
busily engaged repairing it, and
we expect the fill will be in work-
ing order agatn in a few days.
Mrs. N. Davidson has leased her
residence on John St. to Mrs. Hab-
kirk and intends spending a year
with friends in the States.
Mr. F. Case had the frame of a
large bank barn raised on his farm,
Huron Road, on Thursday.
There are 15 male and 11 female
students of the Seafoirth High
School preparing to write for sec-
ond-class certificates.
Farmers say that the hay is like-
ly to be a short crop in this vicin-
ity this season, unless plenty of
rain comes very soon.
Workmen are now busily engag-
ed at the addition to Mr. Forbes'
livery stable. It is to be brick
veneered, and when completed will
make a handsome and comfortable
building.
Mr. H. Blanchard, of Winthrop,
had a barn raising last week.
The little town of Vancouver
was completely destroyed by fire
this week. Only six houses out of
500, which comprised the town,
were left.
111E HANDY FAMILY
1 JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO FIND THE BELT
THAT GOES Wirt
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