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The Huron Expositor, 1961-06-29, Page 2Since 18601 Serving the Community First bilidieifat .SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations /r fl 4 Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 29, 1961 Now is the Time' to Take a There is increasing awareness among area towns of the necessity of ensuring the orderly growth of the towns. Such or- derly growth and protection to existing property can be provided only ,by the adoption of a proper plan. Typical of the concern is that express- ed in a recent editorial in the Clinton News -Record : "The .establishment of some sort of planning board, with instructions to come up with a plan very shortly, must not be postponed any longer in the town of Clin- ton. "Why does ,Clinton need a plan? "Well,. the main 'reason is, sothat peo- ple planning to build a home, can be rea- sonablyassured that a meat packing plant is not put up right •beside them—or a bowling alley for that matter, or a dance hall, or a school. The plan, when followed up with the proper zoning by-laws give a householder reasonable assurance that his -street will not become a thoroughfare for trucks, which may endanger his children's safety and his family's peace and quiet. Publicity At the We have referred on a previous occa- sion to the great amount of publicity— much of which is at the public expense— which the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Alvin Hamilton, has been obtaining for himself. It amounts to many thousands of words and inevitably" -is favorable to the minis- ter. Considering that much of it origin- ates as releases from the minister's own -department, this is not surprising. ' To pi oject one's own image is, of 'course, a quite proper pursuit. And there can be no objection to the release of in - 'formation dealing with matters that are the concern of the Department of Agri- culture. But the form in which much of the publicity material is released by the De- partment of Agriculture is such as to sug- gest political propaganda, thinly . disguis- ed as information—and, of course, paid for by the taxpayers. Perhaps, however, Mr. Hamilton is not entirely to -blame, since he is following a course established by the Prime Minister. The Ottawa Citizen points out a similar use of government facilities in the man- ner in which copies of the' Bill of. Rights have been prepared for distribution, and says: "The government-sponsored distribu- tion of thousands of copies of the Bill of Rights containing extracts from a speech by -Prime Minister Diefenbaker, and the Decision "Proper planning and zoning also pro- tects an industry from having a subdivi- sion opened up on its doorstep all of a sudden, which present problems to that industry in the matter of children roam- ing and larger children investigating. "Proper planning and zoning also gives a prospective property owner, or builder, an opportunity to find out ahead of time what services are available to him, or are likely to be made available to him, and also those services which will only be available to him if he is willing to pay handsomely for them. "What are services? Essential things like sidewalks, sewers, water, hydro, fire protection, schools, etc. These • things a family is entitled to if it is to live in the manner which modern days have made the custom." ' Like Clinton, Seaforth has through the years taken preliminary steps towards a plan. For a'variety of reasons the studies were not proceeded with, but the time has come when a decision should no longer be postponed if the ton ifs to avoid costly mistakes in growth. Taxpayers' Expense distribution of a number of copies on parchment with Mr. Diefenbaker''s signa- ture, marks a misuse of government facili- ties. "A prime minister is not chief 'of state. He is head of the government and a party politician, no more. In fact, he is simply a member of Parliament (in this case, the, member for Prince Albert) who happens temporarily to be leader of the majority party. He cannot properly use public funds or facilities financed by the public to promote his own or his party's inter- ests. "The document inquestion could pro- perly be given wide distribution if ,it is paid for entirely out of Conservative Party funds. Alternatively, it could pro- perly be given distribution if it contains "no extracts from a politician's speeches, and if it is signed by the Governor-Gen- eral, who represents the Queen, who is chief of state, and stands above party politics." Red Sheep .4 A sheep breeder in Aalesund took fif- teen years to produce a sheep with red wool. Wool experts took only 15 minutes to decide that the wool was pot what they wanted. The quality wasn't the best, and the color didn't look as well as dyed wools. —Morgenavisen, Burgens. TO ADVERTISERS The average person has about one chance in 90 of being polled during his lifetime for his opinion, the station he listened to, or the book he read. Readers of this newspaper express their, opinions every issue — either they buy it or they don't. It's as simple as that. ABS keeps the score. Its reports tell the facts. ASK TO SEE A COPY OF OUR ABC Rtpont ONLY THE HURON EXPOSITOR provides audited len on in the SEAFORTH AREA. Still the favorite time for wed- dings, the Merrie Month of June, represents the crisis, or turning - point, .in the lives of hordes of. youngpeople. It's too •-late for warnings, this year, but perhaps a word of advice to those who have leaped into the quagmire of mar- riage would not be amiss. I wouldn't dream of offering suggestions to a singer or a sci- entist. I wouldn't be qualified. But I have no hesitation in speak- ing right out about matrimony. This September I shall have been rejoicing in domestic bliss for fif- teen years, and I have the scars to prove it. Oh, they're not all visible. Al- though I didn't get that broken nose in the ring, my wife hit me with a telephone. Nor is that lump just over my left ear the remains of an old war wound. It was put there by a plate containing roast beef, potatoes and gravy, served directly from the stove, across a ten -foot kitchen. * * No, many of the deepest wounds are hidden ones. They lie in livid stripes across my inner self, like the welts on the back of a freshly - fogged sailor. They seem to have labels. Let's see what they say. This one reads: "You're abso- lutely useless as a father." And this one: "Why de. you humiliate me like that in front of our friends?" This purplish one here reads: "I'd have been a lot hap- pier if I'd never seen you." And this one "Why can't you act like a normal, human being?" These are the old scars that throb whenever the storm clouds appear on our domestic horizon. It is to save the neophyte from such wounds that I propose to of- fer a few simple suggestions. These will be • for men only. Wo- men not only don't need any ad- vice, but won't take°it. They have a built-in conviction that' whatever they do or say is right. * * * All right, chaps. Pencils ready. First, know your enemy. This ad- vice alone will prevent,,you from learning it the hard way, in many a brief but bloody skirmish. Know that within that delicate skin, that dainty form, dwells someone who is just about twice as tough as you are, physically, mentally, and ev- ery day in the week. Know too, that within even that soft, buttery little thing who looks so helpless today, lurks the fire - .breathing dragon of tomorrow.. Now, if you realize that you are out -gunned, yoq're off on,the right 'foot. What do we do when we face superior armament? We run? No, no! That's just the trouble. A lot of fellows who have started running in the first month of mar- riage have been on the run ever since. ' No, what we do is omit -manoeuvre the enemy. We never risk a fron- tai assault. We probe the weak spots. We deploy •our forces. We use stealth and deception, guer- rilla warfare, hit-and-run tactics. We place spies in the enemy camp. A few examples might clarify these basic rules. How do we probe the weak spots, for ekam- ple? Well, first we have to find them. Every woman alive, is susceptible to flattery, and every woman is born with a -certainty that she has impeccable taste. Start from .there. If you can't bring yourself to offer a flattering remark about her dress, hair or figure—I mean if she's a real old bat --praise her cooking, or the way she' slaps the kids or cuts the lawn. * * * How do we deploy our forces? Simply by never being caught with - 3 out fresh reserves to draw on, new positions to withdraw to, If she says, "That's your third beer," we retort, "Yeah, but I didn't have any yesterday." We never just answer, "So what?" This would be risking everything on a direct trial of strength. Guerrilla warfare? This consists of hitting the enemy when he is off balance, or not looking, or un- prepared. Preferably from be- hind. For example,' you have done all your chores without a whimper, You have kept the kids strictly in line. You have tossed her a cou- ple of 'unsolicited compliments. And you love just presented her with an a pensive gift on her birthday, or Mother's Day, or just (yuk) because you love her. Now, you strike hard and true, with, "Well, only be gone three days." Even a wife can't cope with this guerrilla approach to a fishing trip with the boys. * * Hit-and-run tactics require little explanation. You hit with the thunderous ultimatum that "By George, woman, it's time you learned the value of money." Then you run to your workshop in the basement. You can use the kids as spies in the enemy camp. But watch them. Like all spies, they're treacherous, and you might find they're working for -both sides. There, I've -run out of space and barely scratched the surface. I guess I'll have to put this advice out in pamphlet form. Just a part- ing word, young fellow. Always have an air -tight alibi: never try to win an argument with logic; and leave yourself lots of room to move in a hurry. - (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) What Newspaper Was Headed By Charles Riordan? In 1884 Charles Riordan suc- ceeded his brother John as presi- dent of the Mail Printing Company, which published the Toronto Mail. Charles, born in Ireland in 1847, emigrated to America with his family in• 1850, and in 1863 came to Canada to join his brother, who had started a paper mill at St. Catharines,. A year later Charles was managing the mill and from 1882 until 1921 he was president years after becoming president of the Mail Printing Company, Charles bought out the Toronto Empire and merged „it with his own paper to form the Mail and Empire, This was the paper that was merged in the 1930's with the Toronto Globe, founded by George Brown, to form the present Toron- to Globe and Mail, Riordan, one of the founders' of Ridley College in St. Catharines, died in Montreal in 1931. How Was the Canadian Teachers' Federation Formed? This organization had its begin ning when four teachers from as many provinces, meeting in Win- nipeg in 1919, conceived the idea of a federation of teachers' groups of the four western provinces. At an organization meeting held in Calgary in 1920, in addition to re- presentatives from the four west- ern provinces, two represents ves from Ontario were present, ' d there was indication of suppd from Quebec and the Maritimes. Consequently the idea of a ,west- ern federation was discarded and a national organization, the Cana- dian Teachers' Federation, came into being, with an initial mem- bership of about 9,000. In 1946 it became incorporated and two years later established a central office in Ottawa. Its genera"i- pur- pose is to obtain co-operation and co-ordination of all provincial teach- ers' organizations in policies and activities of common interest. 'e.taii 61 The fifieehe, JsooP2o4 "Re wants an order of fried zemxnpq smothered with pnprdq and ..cup of gtnpb, to go. - - REV. ROBERT H. HARPER MODERN PIRATES Twelve days and a run across the Atlantic, the killing of one inan and the serious wounding of another made the log of the Portu- guese luxury ship Santa Maria as exciting as that of the tiny ships after which it was named, the flag- ship of Columbus in the year 1492, when he "sailed the ocean blue." Columbus, it may be recalled, with knowledge superior to natives of San Salvador knowing of an eclipse of the sun, frightened the natives by threatening to blot out their bright sun, and then agreed to relent when a shadowwasseen to be spreading across the orb of day. Columbus thus preyed upon the credulity of the natives. Henrique Galvao, leader of a band of rebels, dedicated to overthrow the dicta- tor, Salazar, amazed' the wide world by seizing the pride of'he Portu- guese shipping ,and planning to arouse African colonists to rebel- lion. But his plans failed in the end, and the Santa Maria has now re- sumed its schedules. Whatever the issues involved, it is to be seen that two wrongs do not make a right. Just a Thought: A man can lose his fortune and gain another; he can suffer dis- ease and find the way back to health—but, once he speaks a 1' , or says unkind things about anoth- er human being, he makes a mark in the book of life which can nev- er be completely erased. A SMILE OR TWO He "Know something? You're always wanting a more expensive apartment, and now we don't have to move, Our rent's being raised!" Four-year-old Mary had never seen a calf. On visiting her grand- father's farm, she went to the barn at milking time. When the calf was turned in to the mother cowo,Mary threw her hands in the air and exclaimed, "So that's the way it's done—fill 'em up when they are little and draw it out when they get big!" , The phone at the pet shop rang. "Could you send me 30,000 cock- roaches. at ,once?" a voice asked. "Thirty thousand roaches! Wflat on earth do you want with them?" asked the pet -shop proprietor. "Well, L'.m moving tomorrow and my lease says that I must leave the premises exactly as I found them." Smith insisted on having one night out a week alone. Every Tuesday night he went. One Tues- day night he went out and didn't come back for seven years. When he did come back, his wife was so happy that she phoned all her friends. "What are you doing?" Smith shouted. "I'm arranging a welcome home party for you tonight." "What?." yelled her husband. "On Tuesday?" A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S ANSWER OTTAWA—For weeks the pun- dits were reading significance into the statements and actions of Prime Minister Diefenbaker and his cabinet colleagues in the be- lief that they were building for an election campaign in the fall of 1961. The evidence was strong. Road- blocks in the Liberal -dominated Senate on Government tariff pol- icy; the sacking of •the rebellious Governor of the Bank of Canada; vastly -increased sales of wheat to Red China and other foreign coun- tries; and, the very fact that the Government's popularity, after a long and dangerous slump, was showing signs of recovery, or at least was being stabilized, "Mr. Diefenbaker has all the elements he needs right now to go to the country," a leading Liberal confided early last week. "The bud- get will be the tip-off." And so it was. But, not the way the op- position forces—or a good many government supporters—had ex- pected. The one message that sounded loud, and clear through the verb- iage of Finance Minister Donald Fleming's longest -ever budget speech was this: Any plans the Govei'hment may have had for a 1961 election have been abandon- ed for the present. This was obvious from the fact that no -income tax relief was in- cluded for the average citizen. It was a business budget, and in many ways a sound one. Mr. Fleming himself labelled it an economic budget. It was certainly a technical one, loaded with terms and phrases that would mean lit- tle to the man in the street, and might confuse even the econom- ists. Mr. Fleming's one concession of importance—the repeal -of the /1/ per cent excise tax on automobiles •—had a double purpose. It was intended, to spur employment in Canadian plants arid give ,a push to the lag in sales of new mgdels. But perhaps the most important feature of the budget was almost overlooked in the first analysis. It was a "sleeper" in the sense that the Finance Minister himself seemed to give only slight em- phasis to its potential effect. The critical item: The Govern- ment's decision to proceed, by va- rious means, to bring about a de- preciation of the value of the Canadian dollar" in terms of for- eign currencies. This, it appears, was the Gov- ernment's answer to the challenge presented by Bank of Canada Gov- ernor Coyne in public speeches and correspondence, in which he cited the nation's chronic imbal- ance of payments as the , greatest threat to our economic health. Mr. Coyne wanted to cure the imbalance by imposing. a 10 per cent tariff surcharge on all goods coming into the country. It was obvious enough that 'the Government would reject the ad- vice. It has consistently rejected Opposition claims that it thinks in protectionist terms, and such a move would have brought the free traders out in full cry. Mr. Flem- ing's dollar program, if it works, will accomplish the same purpose in . a different way. If the Canadian dollar is driven down to 95, or even 90 cents in terms of its U.S. counterpart, the price of all imported goods will go up in this country. A 10 -cent depreciation would thus have ap- proximately the same effect as Mr. Coyne's 10 per cent tariff. The Government's method of achieving the depreciation -is not so clear. Mr. Fleming indicated that he will use the $2,000,000,000 exchange fund, if necessary, to buy U.S. dollars in huge quanti- ties and thereby manipulate the value of ours. But he evidently seeks other ways of achieving the purpose without tying up the vast sums that would be required. The rest of the budget was certainly a disappointment when measured against the advance bill- ing it had received. There were no substantial incentives for busi- ness to spur the gradual recovery from last year's recession. In or- der to gain anything significant from its tiny concessions, the av- erage taxpayer would have to be, as one observer noted, "a Sommer- • tial hatchery operator suffering from a costly illness who likes pineapple juice and 'will probably buy a new car soon—if he's a vol- unteer fireman, so much the bet- ter." Mr. Fleming made it abundantly clear he's not afraid of red ink, although he perhaps had little choice. For both political as well as economic reasons he wasn't like- ly to either cut expenditures or raise taxes thus making the pro- jected budget deficit inevitable. He thus budgeted for his fifth consecu- tive deficit, his biggest yet and another peacetime record ranging between $700,000,000 and $800,- 000,000. After his wild and inac- curable stab last year, he didn't even try to pinpoint the exact amount. Many other aspects of the bud- get reflected the opinions express- ed xpressed by Governor Coyne—the remov- al of the excise tax on cars, and the broadening of 'the function of the Industrial Development Bank are examples-, I£ Mr. Fleming did adopt Mr. Coyne's proposals, however, he steadfastly' refused to admit it. The budget and Mr. Coyne, he said abruptly, were utterly incom- patible. There was no possible ground of agreement in its basic elements. Mr. Coyne, of course, could not be expected to agree. He had al • - ready produced evidence to chal- lenge the Minister's conten- tion that he thought in restrictive terms. Mr. Fleming therefore seems to have 'takena little bit here and a little bit there to make up a hodge- podge budget which may, indeed, do the nation a lot of good — or possibly a lot of bad. How Many Premiers Hitis Ontario Had? Since John Sandfleld Macdonald took office as the first premier of Ontario in 1867, the province has had 16 premiers. Longest in office was Sir Oliver Mowat, who served as first minister from 1872 until 1896. The present premier, Leslie M. Frost, has held the position for the second longest time; he took office in 1949. Sir James Pliny Whitney was premier for nine years, from 1905 until 1914. Among those who served the short- est terms as Ontario premiers have been Edward Blake, 1871-72; Gor- don Conant, 1942-43; Harry Nixon, 194$;. and Thomas L. Kennedy, 1948-49. Mistress: "And when you are waiting on guests, be careful not to spill anything." Maid: "Don't worry, I won't say a word," IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from -The' Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. • . From The Huron Expositor June 26, 1936 Lion George D. Ferguson was elected president of the Seaforth Lions Club at the club's annual lection of officers on Monday eve- ning, Members of the Goforth Mission Band held their first picnic on First Presbyterian Church lawn on Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. H. E. Smith, Miss Janet Cluff and Mrs. D. H. Wilson in charge. Three burglaries were attempt- ed at Walton, when thieves failed to make an entrance into Hum- phries & Co. store, J. L. Cumming's gage, and Doug Ennis' grocery store. The opening invitation tourna- ment of the Seaforth Lawn Bowl- ing Club was held on the greens on Friday, when a large number of players were present. C. H. Haugh, Brucefield, was struck down by a car on 'Friday while wheeling on the road be- tween Brticefieid and his farm on the MW Road, and his his arm fractured in two places. Following nearly a month's work the Lions Club park committee ex- pect the swimming pool to be open by July. Miss Alice Devereaux has pass- ed her third year Honor Business Administration and Secretarial Sci- ence at the University of Western' Ontario, London. Quite a number of school chil- dren are laid up with the measles. Miss Peggy Goddard and Mr. Hill, of McMaster University, Ham- ilton, and Mr. Unsworth, of Queen's University, Kingston, were week- end guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. McKellar. Haying is now in full swing and the weather everything that could be desired. Mr. Harry Addicott, of Winthrop, is erecting a woodshed at his resi- depce this week. G * i From The Huron Expadifor June 30, 1911 Tuckersmith council are having a coating of broken stone, cement- ed by fine gravel placed on Main Street in Egmoncivihle. Mr. John Reinke, Sr., of Tucker - smith, south of Egmondvilie, has torn down his old barn and Is erecting a large new bank barn with commodious stabling under- neath. Rev. and TM's. I1, T3ogets and daughter, who have been stationed here for the past four years, left on Monday for their new home in St. Thomas. Dr. H. H. Ross has purchased a fine new automobile from the In- ternational Motor Company. A number of bricks on the cor- ner in front of the Town Hall fell out of place the other day and are now being replaced. The Bell Telephone Company have got ' moved into their new office in the Cardno block. Mr. Miller, mathematical mas- ter in the Collegiate Institute, has passed his examinations in con- nection with the Faculty of Edu- cation in Toronto. Mr. G. A. Sills has the contract for putting in the plumbing and heating system in the' new Com- mercial Hotel at Hensall. Mr. A. F. Phillips, who has been Grand Trunk station agent in Sea - forth for some years, is retiring on pension. Miss Greta Watson, who has been teaching m Lindsay, has ac- cepted ccepted a position on the staff of Goderich public school. The contract for wiring tie Mc- KilIop Telephone System, between Seaforth and Leadbury, and also in the vicinity of the village of Londesboro, has been let to. Haw- thorne Bros. Mr. Harry Stephenson has pass- ed the theory exam in music which was held in Stratford this week. Miss Helen McGregor, who has completed her first year as teach- er in a school in Wellesley, has been re-engaged for another year, at an increase in salary. From The Huron Expositor .. June 25, 1886 Mr. A. Cardno intends taking a trip to the Old Country in a few weeks. Mr. Julius Duncan intends mov- ing to Virginia as soon as he can dispose of his residence here. Seaforth Fire Brigade went to Kincardine on Wednesday last to take part in the Firemen's tourna- ment in that town on Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. C. Lowrie recently purchas- ed 4,000 pounds of Seaforth Cream- ery butter, for which he paid 17% cents per pound, and shipped it to a friend of his, a wholesale mer- chant in Leth, Scotland. Mr. John Dorsey, in addition to the large warehouse he has re- cently completed, has erected an- other fire in his blacksmith shop, in order to accommodate his in- creasing trade. Mr. Robert Fulton, of Egmond- ville, has leased his blacksmithing and carriage -making establishment to Lounsbury & Ross, and leaves on Monday with . his family for Fort Townsend, Washington Terri- tory, where he has two sons doing a prosperous business. Two young lads, aged respective- ly 10 and 12 years, sons of Mr. John M. Martin, formerly a resi- dent of this town, but now of San Francisco, California, left the resi- dence of his brother, Mr. John Martin, of Morris,' and travelled the entire distance to San Francis- co themselves with no protection. Mr. Robert McLean, Jr., Tucker - smith, left this week for the Old Country. THE RANDY FAMILY GOLLY PAR THESE WIRE HANDLES ON THIS I'LL FIX BUSHE BASKET ARE THAT, CtiTriNG INTO' MY JUNIOR HANDS!. U HURON EXPOSITORo BY LLOYD BIRMIXONAM DAD SUPPED WOODEN CLONESPINS OYER THE WIRE - HANDLES AND FASTENED THEM IN PLACE WITH ADHESNE TAPE 4, a. • • • • • • • • • • w • • • 1'