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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 12, 1961
No Place For Hallowe'en Vandalism
If you see a gang of pint-sized witch-
es, clowns, hoboes and other assorted
characters parading about the streets
on an October evening, you don't need
a calendar to tell you its Hallowe'en.
It's fun for everybody when some
tiny toddler waddles up in an outsize
costume demanding that you 'shell out'.
But it's not fun when those of an age
that should know better use the pro-
tection of Hallowe'en custom to run
wild and to act as hoodlums. Even on
Hallowe'en night there is no excuse for
the vandalism that to some distorted
minds appears as part of the fun. The
scratching and painting of cars, the
damage to buildings, the uprooting of
Changes In the F
There have beenmany changes in
farming procedures during the past
twenty years, but according to the
specialists, many more changes are in
the cards in the immediate future.
Greatest difference will be seen in
the design and placing of farm build-
ings, according to Prof. G. G. Down-
ing, head of the department of En-
gineering Science, Ontario Agricultural
College.
"Farm building plans will change a
great deal from the traditional barn
with all the, facilities under one roof
to separate units for the housing of
livestock,' storage of crops, feeding of
crops, milking operationp, and so forth,"
he says. "The units Till be located to
facilitate the flow of material from one
area to another; the farmstead will be
arranged so that the buildings become
part .of a system somewhat analogous
to that followed in industry, where sev-
trees and shrubbery are examples.
Hallowe'en is more than three weeks
away and already there have been re-
ports of the kind of damage for which
there is no excuse — damage which
could seem to be fun only to a person
devoid of all sense and of all reason.
Sometimes those involved are of an
age that denies parental control;; such
cases become a matter for the police.
On other occasions, young children
may be involved innocently, thus plac-
ing a particular responsibility on their
parents.
Hallowe'en to generations of chil-
dren has been an occasion for fun and
frolic. Let's keep it that way.
arm Of the Future
eral plants combine to produce the end
product. Each phase of the program
will have an important part to play in
itself and each will be accountable on
a paying basis."
Other developments?
"Farm size will continue to increase,
but crop acreage per man will not in-
crease at as rapid a rate as during the
past 20 years because of the increase
in livestock farming in most areas of
Canada ; this will tend to accelerate the
upward trend in the number of animal
units per man."
The O.A.C. engineer sees mobile
power developing to about twice that
of present. tractor power, with the ma-
jor harvesting developments being for
special crops such as tobacco, beans,
cucumbers, tomatoes and grapes. The
pelletizing or wafering of forage crops
to improve handling for automatic
feeding will become well established in
the major cattle -producing areas.
Little Accomplished At Ottawa
(The. Ottawa Citizen)
The session of Parliament just end-
ed was relatively undistinguished. Its
most important work was performed
last autumn,''when it tried to tackle the
unemployment problem. 4ftert ,Afterthat,
the only legislation of note that it pass-
ed was its compromise bill on capital
punishment, going part of the way to-
ward abolition.
In the session's dying hours, the gov-
ernment announced the appointment
of Mr. Donald Gordon as chairman of
the Canadian National Railways' board
of directors. He will no doubt be re-
_ appointed president of the CNR, where
his vigor continues to be needed. These
were among the major positive achieve-
ments.
The remainder, in large part, consti-
tuted a record of mismanagement and
dithering. The deficit envisaged in the
budget will be larger than ever. The
Coyne affair left an unpleasant taste,
and a suspicion that the government
had tried to use the governor of the
Bank of Canada as a scapegoat for its
own shortcomings. A fortunate outcome
of the incident has been the clarifica-
tion of the government's responsibili-
ties: whatever the law has said—and
the law itself should be amended—the
government cannot escape ultimate re-
sponsibility for the country's mone-
tary policies. For every fiscal action of
the government influences monetary
policy.
' On defence, the government played
the role of Hamlet, the man who could
not make up his mind. No one knows
whether the government will arm
Canada with nuclear weapons, and no
one knows — probably least of all the
government — whether Canada or the
United States, or both, will have con-
trol of these arms if indeed they are
given to Canada's armed forces. Not
in years has Canada's weapons policy
been so confused.
Finally, the government dropped the
customs legislation which would have
given the Minister of National Revenue
virtual authority to make tariff Iaw.
The Senate, in an amendment to the
legislation, denied this authority, and
Mr. Diefenbaker, refusing to accept
the challenge, withdrew the legislation.
He tried to make some political capital
out of the incident by lamely saying
that the Senate was contributing to
unemployment; but it is yet to be prov- •
ed to the country that a high tariff pol-
icy—and that is what was really in-
volved in the legislation—is the right
course to take in achieving the goal of
full employment.
On trftde matters, perhaps the gov-
ernment's most constructive measure,
was the legislation enabling importers
of Canadian industrial products to ob-
tain long-term, low interest credits
here. This was new, and something that
should have been done long ago. The
effects are already being felt, through
the interest shown by importers lin
Latin America and elsewhere in Cana-
dian engineering products.
For the rest, the session generated a
great deal more heat than light. With
election talk constantly in the air, it is
small wonder that much of Parliament's
time was taken with partisan elec-
tioneering rather than serious debate.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN KIPPEN
Mrs. Jean Kyle, of Clinton,
visited Sunday with her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Emerson Kyle, and Jim.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Diekert spent
Thanksgiving with relatives in
Kitchener.
Mrs. Margaret Johnston, of
Toronto, visited Thanksgiving
weekend with her brother, Mr.
W. R. Cooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Decaire and
family, of, Aylmer, have moved
into Mr. tab's house at Kip.
pan.
likr. and TAM ;Me uittrle;
were Auc it of 'hetet tit a 6m
ily dinner held at the Domin-
ion Hotel, Zurich, to mark the
occasion of their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary. Those
present for the occasion were
their daughter, Mrs. Ray Hil-
lier, of Thamesford, and Mr.
Hillier and their sons, John and
Steven Hillier, and 1Vtrs. Hugh
McMurtrie, of Hensel'.
Miss Joyce Hood visited on
Thanksgiving with her friend,
Derva Stkitzer, at Clinton.
Visitors during the holiday
weekend With Mt. and Mrs. E.
Dewsoft irieltuled Mrs. iiddicott
atid'" Mi's. 18101011 of Staforth,.
and Mrs. A. Keene, of Strat-
ford.
Mrs. J. LeGard and son, Bill,
of Downsview, spent a pleasant
Thanksgiving weekend with Mr,
and Mrs. N. Long. Sunday visi-
tors were Mr, Arthur Golding
and son, of London, and Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Doig, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. McKenzie and son, Joe,
of near Brussels, visited Sun-
day with Mr. and Mrs. N. Hood.
Anniversary services will be
'held at St.. Andr'ew's, United
Mitch, Sunday, Oct, 16, at 11
arid. 7:30
What did you do on Thanks-
giving Day this year? I hope
you didn't just loll around the
house all day, drinking beer,
and watching a group of thick -
shouldered, thick-skulled young
gorillas moving a small, brown
ball back and forth on a large,
green field.
Some years ago, I deckled to
set aside Thanksgiving Day as
my annual day of giving thanks.
If this seems revolutionary, you
may as well know that I also
combine with it Remembrance
Day, which I don't enjoy on
November llth, because it's too
cold and bleak and sad, then.
• « •
As a result, each' Thanksgiv-
ing, I turn my thoughts rigidly
away .,from the lingering green
of the golf course, from the
rainbow trout skulking deep,
from the sun and shadow of the
partridge -startled woods trail.
Each year, I try to spend
Thanksgiving, or some part of
it, in remembering and giving
thanks. It's not a particularly
religious production. This is all
taken care of the day before,
when we go to church and the
minister reminds us of all we
have to be thankful for, and of
all the starving people in the
world, and we sit there belch-
ing gently after our big bacon -
and eggs breakfast, and wish-
ing he'd cut it short so we
could get out and enjoy a
smoke.
* • «
No, I don't flop down on
Thanksgiving Day and render
lengthy and tedious thanks that
my children are not mongoloid
idiots, and that there's oil in
the tank and food in the frig
and a few dollars in the pocket.
When you do that, it's difficult
to keep a touch of superstition,
of the knock -wood variety, out
of the whole business. What I
do is concentrate on all the
good things that have happen-
ed to me in the past, and give
thanks for them.
For example, I'm thankful
that I 'had the parents I did.
That's a piece of blind chance,
and I was luckier than most. I
learned a lot of good things
from them, and I just wish they
had lived' long enough to re-
alize it. My mother taught me
to hold my head up, and %+ .
you haven't something good to•
say of a person, say nothing."
My dad taught me, by example,
something that has proved ev-
en more valuable—how to get
along with a woman who never
stops talking,
* « *
And my youth was good, too.
Football in the fall, and going
steady with a first love. Read-
ing everything I could get my
hands on, far into the small
hours and dozing through school
next day. Roaring off with the
boys to a country dance of a
Friday night, and sparking the
firm farm wenches who are all
mothers now, and gray. Off
to the university, a dashing for-
eign correspondent well disguis-
ed as a hick of a boy.
And then the war, and all
the dear, good, hilarious friends
and the fine times, and the big
scares. Most of the friends
were killed, and it hurt some.
But now I give thanks for them,
that they'll never grow old, and
bald, and sunken-cheeked, and
pot-bellied, and hard -eyed, and
sick.
* * •
There was lots to be thank-
ful for after the war, too, says
this little note that's been push-
ed in front of me nose. I agree.
It's been a happy, wonderful
experience, every day of our
marriage, and there's not many
fellows can type a thing like
that with one hand, and the
other twisted up between their
shoulder blades.
Then there were the bless-
ings of fatherhood to be thank-
ful for. Two rare ones we got,
with the big brown eyes and
wagging tongue of their moth-
er, and the sweet nature of
their did. And cheap as dirt.
They've cost only about $8,000
each to raise. But the dividends
are starting to flow back in. I
can now wear my son's socks,
and do, when I can't find a pair
of my own, and I'm sure I
won't be out, except after dark.
* * *
And ten lively years in the
newspaper business, and I sup-
pose a man should be thank-
ful he was never horsewhipped,
shotgunned or even fisticuffed
during that eventful decade of
poking his nose into all the hec-
tic, turbulent .currents of small
town life.
Then into the teaching, and
thankful I like the youngsters.
It would be pure hell if one
didn't. And here's another
Thanksgiving gone by, and I've
only begun to touch the things
I'm thankful for. I wish they'd
hold it twice a year.
WOW
(Prepared tIy the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Where Was Canada's First
Road Built?
There were no roads in Can-
ada before the coming of the
white man. The Indian had nev-
er seen or used wheeled ve-
hicles. And like the Indian, the
early settler generally travelled
by water. The first road was
built in 1606 by Champlain be-
tween Digby Cape and Port
Royal. It was 10 miles long
and surfaced with logs.
* * •
Where Were the First Sleeping
Cars Developed?
One of the world's earliest
sleeping cars was designed in
Hamilton in 1857. Before that
time there was little night trav-
el. The idea spread very quick-
ly, however, and within just
two years Pullman sleeping cars
based on the Canadian design
had gone into production. An
early sleeper was far from com-
fortable. Sleeping on double-
decker bunks, Ole passengers
were kept ward by a pot-bel-
lied stove in the middle of the
car.
* * *
Why Did the U.S.A. Declare
War On Great Britain in 1812?
On June 18, 1812, the United
States of America declared war
on Great Britain stating its
grounds for this action to be
the violation of American neu-
trality in territorial waters by
British naval vesselsfi the im-
pressment of American seamen
for services in the Royal Navy,
the blockading of American
ports and the continued en-
forcement of the British Or-
ders in Council, which — like
Napoleon's Berlin and Milan
decrees—were intended to pre-
vent neutral countries from
trading, with opponents in the
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By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
KNOW HOW
An old minister, who had
come into the town to trade for
a buggy horse, was leaving with
his new purchase when all of
a sudden the horse stopped still
and refused to go farther. A
small man from the fire sta-
tion nearby came to the head
of the animal and in a soft
voice seemed to talk horse lan-
guage to him, at least pretend-
ed to do something about the
bridle, gave him an affection-
ate pat and off the horse went.
It was a fine exhibition of know
how with a horse.
As a small boy, I had seen
the man from the station driv-
ing the magnificent horses that
drew the fire engine, a sight
that boys cannot now enjoy.
It is a great thing if you have
anything to do with horses, to
have know how. And it is a
great thing to know how in any
work of life. 'The sad fact is
that many do not have the
know how and are poorly quali-
fied for the work they have to
do.
It is a wonderful thing to
have the know how of human
living at its best as God re-
quires. While many things,
some hard and complex, may
enter into this and that, good
moral life may be learned by
those who come to know God
and do His will.
Just a Thought:
Choosing to do the right thing
is not always easy, but once
the decision is properly made,
we are usually quite satisfied
with ourselves—as we should
be.
A SMILE OR TWO
Two friends went duck hunt-
ing one cold morning. One took
along a thermos bottle full of
coffee while the other had a
bottle ful of Old Typesetter
(one slug and you're through
for the day).
Both imbibed freely of their
chosen beverages through -the
early hours and finally 'u' lone
duck appeared overhead. The
coffee drinker raised his . gun
first, took aim and firedv k The
duck kept on going. His friend
then pointed his gun at the
duck and brought it down with
the first shot.
"That's pretty good shooting,"
said the first.
"Nothin' to it," shrugged the
other: 'When a flock like that
comes over, you're bound to hit
one of them!"
Napoleonic wars. In addition
to these causes, American opin-
ion was influenced in favor of
war with Britain by the nation-
alist and expansionist senti-
ments of certain politicians
from the western and southern
states and by the action of
British authorities in Canada
who had aided the efforts of
Tecumseh and the Indians to
resist white settlement in the
old Northwest.
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
MISFIRE
OTTAWA—Defence Minister
Douglas Harkness recently or-
dered the Canadian Army to
take the wraps off the difficul-
ties it had been experiencing
with the new FN automatic
rifle.
The story had its beginning
early in 1960. At that time
rumours began appearing in
newspapers that the Canadian
Army was having some trouble
with its new Belgian -designed
automatic rifle, the FN. The
press reports were raised in
the Commons at this past ses-
sion by the Liberal member for
Niagara Falls, Miss Judy La -
Marsh, a former member of the
Canadian Women's Army Corps.
She had read that some soldiers
had been injured.
Mr. Harkness was quick to
reply. He said a modification
was being made in the rifle be-
cause the ammunition from
some other NATO countries
caused a "blow -back" when us-
ed in the Canadian -produced
FN's. The minister rapped
press critics of the rifle. He
declared his intention to or-
ganize a tour so the press could
get the facts.
The correspondents and sev-
en members of ,parliament, dur-
ing the final week of the ses-
sion, visited Camp Borden.
There they received briefings
on the FN rifle from top rank-
ing army officers and watched
six of the army's crack shots
fire the automatic rifle.
The demonstration of firing
proved the great superiority of
the new FN rifle over the old
Lee Enfield bolt -action rifle. In
the time it took to fire 20
rounds from the Lee Enfield
the FN fired 55 rounds. Out of
a total of 258 rounds fired from
the automatic FN rifle there
were 206 hits on targets. Out
of a total of 102 rounds fired
by the Lee Enfield .303 only
89 hits were scored.
During the demonstration the
army crack shots deliberately
mixed up the breech blocks of
their respective FN rifles and
then resumed firing. It was an
effective demonstration that the
breech blocks could be inter-
changed without affecting the
accuracy or- operation of the
FN. It also effectively demol-
ished an explanation that had
been given the press last year
by the Canadian Army's public
relations division that the dif-
ficult5 encountered by the Can-
adian Army was due to a "pe-
culiarity" of the FN which
made it difficult to interchandt
breech blocks. That, said thE'
rifle experts in the army, was
"absolute nonsense".
The Army admitted there
had been some mishaps with
the new FN rifle. There had
been three cases of minor in-
juries from "blow backs". An
eyebrow was burned in one case
and hands in the other two. But
in no case was hospitalization
required. Since the rifle_ was
introduced for use by the Can-
adian Army as general issue,
there have been 37 cases of
pierced primers. That works
out to about one in 900,000
rounds fired.
Cause of the "blow backs" in
the Canadian FN rifle had been
traced to the high explosive
charge of a supply of •Canadian
ammunition. This was con-
trary to what Defence Minister
Harkness said in the House
when he placed the blame
on foreign ammunition. Army
spokesmen at Camp Borden
said he had been "unfortunate-
ly misinformed".
The difficulties with the Can-
adian -made FN were traceable
to a combination of the "peak"
pressure Canadian ammunition
and some alterations in the or-
iginal Belgium specifications
ordered by the Canadian Army.
The modifications are now un-
der way at the factory where
the rifles were made for the
Canadian Army, the govern-
ment-owned Canadian Arsenals
plant in Toronto.
Canadian Army rifle experts
are happy with the FN. They
sing its praises. They claim it
has made a marked improve-
ment in the markmanship of
the Canadian infantrymen.
In teaching young soldiers to
shoot under combat conditions
the FN rifle is ideal for the
fast type of combat shooting
now required. The old .days of
the slow bolt rifle are gone.
The Canadian Army officers
have full confidence in the FN
and describe it as a "first class
weapon". They are convinced
that when the latest modifica-
tions are completed it will be
a superior weapon to the orig-
inal Belgian design.
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Capital Hill Capsules
Trade Minister George Hees
says the text of his speech be-
hind closed doors at the Com-
monwealth Economic Confer-
encr . in Ghana was released to
the press "by mistake." But
Canadian reporters who were
there say it was "no mistake".
It was issued , deliberately to,
get world-wide press attention
for Canada's case against the
U.K. joining the Common mar-
ket.
Members of the Conservative
government at Ottawa have a
habit of howling that they have
been misquoted if something
they have said outside the
House is taken up by a mem-
ber of the opposition and
thrown back at them. This hap-
pened in the dying days of the
session with External Affairs
Minister Howard Green. He
spoke at Timmins and was re-
ported as having accused the
United States of "crowding"
Britain to join the );uropean
Common Market. Not so, said
Mr. Green, he had not used the
word "crowding". But the Tim-
mins Press newspaper was
ready. It had made a tape re-
cording of the Minister's speech.
and replayed it in front of wit-
nesses to prove they had not
erred lin ,quoting him as using
the word "crowding".
«
* *
Postmaster General William
Hamilton recently made a trip
to New York. He addressed the
American Hardwood Lumber
Association. He sounded a
warning that Canada was press-
ing for more Canadianization of
Canadian industry, for a great-
er share of ownership of re-
sources and industries by Can-
adians. It was a speech that
should have attracted attention
across the border. But only one
New York newspaper bothered
to report what he had said. It
gave him five paragraphs on a
back page.
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting Items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50 and
75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
October 9, 1936
Mrs. James L. Grieve suffer-
ed a very painful accident on
Monday. While washing, she
caught her hand in the wringer
of the machine and the palm
of her hand and fingers were
badly cut and bruised.
Mr. John A. McGregor has
returned from Guysboro, Nova
Scotia, where he has been vis-
iting the gold fields.
Miss Margaret Finkbeiner,
Reg.N., left for Kitchener this
week, where she has accepted a
position in St. Mary's Hospital
as assistant operating supervi-
sor.
Mr. Raymond Nott had the
misfortune to have the thumb
of his right hand badly lacer-
ated with a circular saw last
Thursday, necessitating medi-
cal treatment.
Mrs. M. McKellar has return-
ed home after spending some
time in Buffalo, Lockport and
Toronto.
Mr. H. C. Monteith, of Powas-
san, was in town on Saturday.
Mr. Monteith is an old resident
of the Brucefleld district and
came down to attend the diam-
ond jubilee of Brucefleld Unit-
ed Church.
Mr. Sam Spence, James St.,
has been confined to his home
for several weeks through iIl-
ness.
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From The Huron Expositor
October 13, 1911
Mr. Thomas Kyle, of Kippen,
is building a fine new imple-
ment shed.
Those who were wanting rain
some months ago are now get.:
ting enough and to spare.
Mr. Beck, of London, who
purchased the farm of the late
Paul Doig, of Kippen, now has
a gang of men in the bush cut
ting down the timber, which is
being shipped to his box face.
tory hr London.
During Saturday night or Sun -
kr. Miming, Sortie 'person ettf
tered Mr. H. Edge's hardware
store and rifled the cash regi-
ister, carrying off a small
amount of change which had
been left there.
Miss Elizabeth O'Hara left St.
Columban last Tuesday morn-
ing for the religious community
of St. Joseph, London.
On Saturday afternoon a ser-
ious runaway took place when
Mr. McGuire's delivery horse
became frightened by an auto-
mobile and made off with the
driver ,who was unable to con-
troI it. The wagon collided with
another rig and upset. Two boys
in the damaged wagon were not
seriously hurt, but the horse
was injured.
At the recent fall fair in God-
erich, Mr. Frank Kling took first
prize in the stallion class with
his stallion.
Mr. James • Cowan shipped
several carloads of sugar beets
this week. They were sent to
the Berlin factory.
Mr. Henry Carter, Tucker -
smith, has sold his farm on the
third concession to Mr. Joseph
Colclough, of Goderich Town-
ship, for the sum of $3,000.
* • *
From The Huron Expositor
October 15, 1886
Mr. John McCarthy has pur-
chased the house and lot on
Gouinlock Street at present oc-
cupied by Mrs. Mulkeron, for
the sum of $475.
Mrs. William McGavin, of
McKillop, near Leadbury, has
sold her summer make of home
made butter for 18c per pound.
The beautiful summer-like
weather of the past two weeks
was broken Thursday by a
drenching rain which gave ev-
erything of a genuine October
appearance.
Mr. and Mrs. John Porter
leave here today for Hastings,
a small town north of Belle-
ville, where Mr. Porter intends
engaging in the jewellery and
fancy goods business.
The total weight of 900
pounds of clothes, etc., contri-
buted by the Ladies' Aid of
First Presbyterian Church here
was sent to the Indian Mission
School in the Northwest this
week.
Mr. D. Weismiller recently
purchased a dwelling house and
Iot and the two grain warehous-
es formerly owned by Mr. Hen-
ry Shaffer, at Kippen.
The oatmeal mill of Messrs.
Thompson, Seaforth, has re-
cently been refitted from top to
bottom and a large amount of
new machinery has been added.
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