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The Huron Expositor, 1959-05-08, Page 2PObli4lied Singe. 3.860• Sorvin# the Covimotity.frirt ONTARlo;every Thursday" .1110*niallt by. -.-1VreLea:11 BrOsebliTshers.° ANDREW :t meLEAN,.Editor SIII3SCRIPTION RATES:. canada. (hi advance) $2.0 a Year T.Y'nite. States L (in. advance) $3,50 8, Year ' SINGLE COPIES -5 :CENTS EACH Antborized as Second Class' Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa , •SEAPOR,TH, ONTARIO, -Senate Study Of :Inflation Can Be Helpful • It is difficult to understand the re- sistance which the °Government of• to a Senate proposal to study the causes of inflation. Only as a re- sult of the support of the Liberal ma- , jority in the upper chamber was it • possible to • set the study in motion. The success ofthe • probe will d- ,perid to a great extent on the attitude • of the government and the extent to which it is prepared to assist • Certainly in an economy faced • with under -production, high 'unem- plbyment, but at the same time with increa,sing prices, there is room for a serious examination. An -irnport'ant-- study, such as the. Senate is so well equipped to carry .ont, can point up ,_isehae of the causes, can indica,te the extent- to which .present budgetary, deficits and deficit financing are fac- tors in producing rising •interest rates and tight money, and perhaps - make possible an appreciation on the Part of. the public , af_the_dange,04nr t•- • herent ---'-'"----friSteacl ---being---antagonis tie to Member. of Canadian Vireelcir • Newspapers • Association M Y ItY.K$ TOOK iQT F6AmP6hoi5' • ouR noRiatVACATION- 13W WE — • IVAN' HAVE A At 'if MONEY L'EAT 747 . GET THEM 4EVELOPEP. a base for a consistent financial -pol- icy .which the government °could fol- low in the future. Voters Will -„Decide The announcement by tsreinier Frost that Ontario eleetors will go • to the polls'on June 11_ vVas welcomed by the leader of the official opposi- tion, Mr. Wintermeyerfas well as by the CCF leader. For them it 'brings - to an end -a long period of hesitancy and doubt as to when the test of pubi opinion-would-corne:- In his statement Mr. Frost rndi- cated that almost, until the time of the 'announcement, there_was doubt as to the actual_clate of the election. It is the clearing of this 'doubt that r. Wintermeyer ,welcomes, for in is travels about the province he has 'ensed, that there is much cli.ssatis-, futionr e_ ,st Qoternaiern • aludouS to have this dissatis- faction-eonverted,mto-Liberal votes. such an inquiry, one Would think the • Diefenbaker Government would- be • quick -to welcome assistance -in its -fin- ancial troubles. This is particularly so *hen The -Senate Mvestigation - could provide information to serve is While the election was announced , , On Monday, it wilrloe a few day S yet before the full force Of the campalgii is sensed by the public. By another week, however, -,the .,election battle Will be in full swing. A. McDuff, •oTTAVVA Report • . • . -TRUTWOW CONSEQUENCES • O'TTAWA-Nineteen, fifty-nine is rapidly 'developing into a -year of reckoning for • the Conservative government. •- For Months the government Man- aged to live happily "on time", go- inginto debt by nearly $1400 mil- lion to lower taxes and at the same time increase old age pensions, farm Price supports and a host of other benefits... •,' • When lie brought down his, bud,, - get last, month, ,Finance Minister' Fleming was- forced to tell,Cana- • dians thatthe party was jiist about over. He announced tax increases • this year of, $245,000,..nearly $40,- • 000,poo •mare Ilan, the tax ,reduc- halls granted over 'the ,previons - •two •years. •„Next year, when the increased rates are in effect for • a full 12 months, the increased tax take will be ,$352,009,000-, , - • During the election. •camPaign that brought them, to office in 1957, the ConserVatives made a promise • of a fair share of the national inn Come for farmers a major ,plank in their platform. Soon 'after they were elected they intro iced legislation which, • if it fell considerably-- short • of promise, still -raised farm price supports, considerably above the •level that existed before • The Weekly Newspaper —What is "(By Duane E. Dewell, Publisher Koss th C , u ountY, • luwa Advace.), (The Glengary News, Alexandria,.._ - Ont.) It's a.yellowing • telling of the birth of a baby who • smiled but a little while, otherwise • remembered by the parents and -GO._ It's your life history, and the life 4 history of those who know. •° It's your joys and Sorrows, and__ those of your neighbori, recorded by • the only news medium in the world that cares about you. • . It's your conscience joined with others to form a guard againstinjus- tice by government. It's the difference between you be- Jiig uninformed animal, or 4 MI - man being, knowing . and forming • judgment based on facts ma,de able to you easily, quickl3r an'cl truth- fully. It's the support froin which ,you • ask and get the strength,of many in furthering- the welfare, of -your own world --your ,community. It's 'the only medium that shows the .future that your footprints were . , once made upon the shifting. sands • 'of time. - • • It's the bellringer at your birth, your marriage, and the birth Of your children--; and-tolls-the-belifor-you_as___ _you' begin the long journey: IFS- your servant, waiting your pleasure to be read—today, tomor- row, or next week.' It's a record for you to read, or keep to read again, or discard; not a_ _ voice or a -picture for an instant and then gone forever. It's the bringer of news tidings, not a carrier of only the commercialism • of the market plac_e. It's the record of a day when a fleeting moment of glory 'descended upon your house for all to rerneml3er, arid those who come after to know. It's, the handful- of-clippi6gs, that • brings tears and fond smiles of re- membrances -to your children and 'children's children when on:the ev- entfid clay they must share what -was once yOu and yours. It s you on your first day of seho.ol; and at, your graduation. yok little yoy, _a .1:Tide- groom, and a father: , 'It's you as a -little girk a bride, radiant mother. It's you—of 'you, by you, and for you! • FrOst Boil Blamed •'A; frost boll in an T-Tsborne ,tewn- • ship • road, 'eaused • Mrs:.,,; Gladys .Janke;.33;iSanderSStreet, to lose eontrcil of hdr ar Which rolled on •its .',side ..11lendaY afternoon'.. After' .hitting' the boil.; the 'cat startedto. • skid; tinned over when,.itbit thn. ' Janke,Was,Lshalcen„. p. Damage hi. the'. car ,Vvis',$125,. • e,, accielentL„hapPeried,aboutLone mile, east of, ;Exeter"'on Huron: . Street -ExetetTirriest-Advneate., „ ., • , Buys .Restaurant , • Mr.. and Mrs:Laurence Conipean have -sold the 'Mayfair Restaurant Co Mr: and Mi.S Wirson'lLnder, of: Whigham. The trans aetion Will. be- come„.effeCtive iu:rnid May. Mr. •?and ,lVIrs. COMpeau purchased the -reStaurant from -the.,,Chin.,-family one and .011e -half y_ears. age,They_ Jaiie_rettire_tcetbeir4iative. 41.P a - around, Ganamique, and ;LYndtairSt in the Rideau, Lake dis- trict.. Their plans...are to ``tiake. it. easy"for;,awhile..=4tiickilOW..., Sen- tinel. - • Theldeal of HOwson llovvsOn LtcLhavelinrchased,the farm. Of.. Mr. :and Mrs,• •, jack- Clark, Lon.'No.,•1.11ighway;JWas Miles sontlt of Rlyth..'.The, barn haS been.' COM - I t ly.renovated .mad :a Ponitry arid: experimental ,farniTiStpIanned Mr. Jrvin.BoWes, who haS been ein-. 4‘.)loyed. With the, firm -fOr several years; will he larni,' Manager: Ile. and..his- , be Moving' ta the farm.shortly. Clark -and -fanailY,:haVe litoved to a ' farm .Ori the, . 13th ,..,(onces sion, of ,HUllett, 'formerly. OWned by, the late Jo aepb Vebster.Blyth Standard.' ANADA'S Marrilfaettiting industry- began to' -grOW 7 significantly nbnnt 86- years ago :when the peOp16 deCided that more. of. their needs' should be PreVided froin Canadian factories. - TridaY, inanufacturing is the' /nest impgrtarit ele- ment in the' .Canadian econorny. It 'provides nearly: half of all employnierit; it pays high taxes ; and it fis the, greatest, crintribirtor to,. our national production.: Manufacturing cOntinue to ,provide Canadians vyitkthe :Torld's,second highest standard of the -people -of -Canada -..vvillAluy Canadian. . Set Tax Rate The 1959 municipal tax rate, up 11.3 mills over last year, was of- ficially confirmed at a special town council meeting Thursday. The new rate iS 73.3 mills on the dollar for residential and farm • properties, YEARS AGONE AR ANS) (W) B, T. Aren't -thOSe 'People' fortunate who are the arrangements or the Rival Tour? They're get- ting all kinds of help in planning the Queen's visit this surniner. Foremost arnong the generous ad Unselfish assistance they are receiving is a lot of free advice from newspaper columnists. A peculiar spawn ef .We - last few decades, the columnist is, a jump-, ed -up newspaperman or woman, who speedily acquires the certain- • ty that his, or her, opinions carry onlY a little less weight than the • scriptures. • With a_few notable exceptions, the columnists have an almost des- perate urge to be the voice of the "little" man, Their stuff is writ- ten to be gulped, not digested, by the "'Man, in the street", that neb- ulous character, and the "average. housewife", -another on -.existent personage. - ' • e Free of , the need for either edi- ,dignity or the objectivity al- leged to be found in the news col -I urnias, the columnist earl" use his space for tilting at' windmills, fan" ning...,prejudices, sublimating nein- ing- has, already tried to, wiPes-his hands of any reSpansibility for this development_ by tryingto. shift the -.:-ii1 of -Only-a-few,days after- Mr; :C.Anada, t .introduced, his ',budget' h6W- res- In " tilo-r:1-rsan :TT-irtitiferir i''el: govern- • ever-, Agriculture' Minister!,Harli:' meugts.,tricebenstroble. y6n.{31 'Oe •," Sness was forced to acknowledge :that the support prices for many • prodimiS: Were toohigh, presenting, • ,the .governinent with the probleth eonipared tO 62 mills last year. For: Of .raPidlY rising' Surpluses: As industrial' and bushiesS properties; result., support levels.' for such the new'. rat& is 38.6 'Mills, ;CoMpa.'r.' , prnducts as hog's, •cheese and .skim ed to67.25 mi11s1aatyear»Lncreas,1 milk:were ,.cut badk 'Sharply. But es in PAY have been approved for even. though the Conservative min municipal .eiriployees, retroactive iStry. has started to take its'''cour• ta January ' 9. .Menibers Of council age in. le aroigamnsd,:ttia faete upedrionftrostiomr also gav'ethernaelVes-a,.50 per Cent of hp ppaontY. ineicir_was7meptireas,e4; thatighthRie;skieic4Aainoes',yvlilt..14_stuieillyL„wriet eroue_t inef_othepp6NsviOtioodriset. _.dyia..,_' the timing of it.-Gociericli :Signal- ing 1956 and 1957 members of the ' Star. . ' Zurich PlaUS incorpOratien . , „ It is now ,clefinite-,tkat :Zurich Will be incorporated- a'S a' village. •Holding' a special Meeting on the matter on Monday night[the .trus- tees passed. _a mOtion to theeffect that iiee'essark steps be 'taken :to hake Zurich incorPorefecl. as a yil lage, and that- the firm of Bell'and UdifghT6iThe7eiigagedlO .draft the -.9oriserfAtive-party;Tyrany-TOf-whoin- now: sit,"On, the ,goVernment '.vigorpuslY':eondPinned the Lib-. •eral adininiStration for the,. tight.; Inoney..poliey that then as in ef- - the reontlis ahead, however, the Conservative government may find itself facedwith a new tight - money era that will make that of a few years ago seemmild bY comparison. During his remarks - bylaws: It -is the -hope -of -the trus- on -the budget -debate, Mr.-Mem- -fees:that -all-arrange in ents-will-be -ing-pointed-tce-andinportant---factor. completed before the end of the that could bring this -about.. He year, so a reeve and extra come noted that in one week alone. the. cillor can be -chosen at the regu- ,general loans of the chartered lar nomination •meeting. The fact banks ;jumped, by nearly $100,000, - that zurfch will have a.--reeve--of -000eSinee the -beginning of year their own means .t.hat the- village they have risen by some $400,000,- wi1l have a representative en. the 009. ,Zurich County 'Comp - Citizens During .rnest of last .year the d- ews. , mand for bank loans remained al -L , , NuMber-Houses most .statianary. It has started to •• . . By the niiddle of May, Cli ton's, increase sharply now, with the ris- many, hornes :.and.":13nsiness;laceS ing..terapa 'of 'the 'eConorny. In Or.. have ,a' .thiniber; assigned to :der to find the money they need ..them, and the Kinsmen to-.7.,makeLloans,_the hanks have hers :have .accepted the task been '6].ling Off. 't1eir7: short:terny Making, sure each household 0xi goVernnient..seeitrities., The effect 'business knows their '..-oWn number 'haSbeen to drive up almost all and has a, set Of numbers installed interests rates- h to levels; • that 'are Coat .of .the PrOjeet. has been esti-- alreadywellji.ew'elllaitabatight vmoney periode7..anythirig.hit Mated at $2,:09 per,: bnilaing.•.The d Kinsmen Club is sponsoring this; -.The:federal government .itself will and. will appreciate donations from have to borrow,I: Some , $390,000,099. .,tlinuer'nhbotitsseabrOeldplina.tp:ithace.tiniciehi.tthone•,iitn:'7aeliticitIt'eeYd. t.ldieisiicyjetrotto$Ppa3,0°01: was :incorporated as a . town in Isis,: ,000 . and meetether commitments,: but „neVer in..its,.84.,..Years.. has ghe',. demand for .credit :from :priv- cMierete 1step been taken, before ate sources is expected to ,continne this,,,towardS laaVirig Iminhers 'as- dinibiligk The. result may be Mat .signed t� horneSa.nd.bnsiness Piac-: GTO a steady rise in interest rates, but also severe restrictions on the availability. of. ,nfoney,, from .' the banks -finance ...ediripanieS. •es.-Clintan NeWs-Record.. • - ; ' "Interesting -items gleaned rront The Huron ,ExpaSitor of 25 50 years ago ' • F ,The laurou ExPesit,' • ilay--1.14-1934 • ' - • Officers elected for the Seaforth Badminton Club are as follOws: President, John McKenzie; ' vice- president, Dr. W, C. Sproat;' 'secre- tary -treasurer,' W,. Sillery;- audi- tors; I. J. Huggard, and E. s. Downey; chairmen, of committees:- soeiak Sally I. W�04; property, 3. C. Crich; rneMbership, A. Y. Mc- Lean; tournament, Lloysi Hoggarth. Mr. E. B. Gondie,,.Sifver Creek Dairy, has purchased from' Mr, A. C. Routleclge, two fine Jersey cows which, he has added to his already splendid herd. ', : • - The resolution passed at, the meeting of' lte 'businessmen on Thursday morning, 'which is to be presented to the WWII, council, is .assfollows: "lVfoved by J. W.' Beat- tie, seconded by J. M. Carcino, that this •meeting recomniend to our council the advisabiLiteef the pur- chase of the. •Cartada Furniture - Manufacturers property at $500.00 and foregoing taxes as per ar- rangements -outlined by the town. solicitor, or at any better arrange - On Monday morning the -brigade was-ealled to, the farm of Mr. A. G. PyinIS, of Zuri.cli, but,whert they got there the fire was under-enti- trol. In.some way the grass in the yard became ignited and it was, feared- the fire would spread to, the'biiildiegs, but it waS 'put out before Much damage was done. tH E. -• TEEL. 01F•CANADA , • .LIMITED • MONTREAL -GANANODDE IliNULTON BRANTFORD • PROMO' From The,Eur.fyit EiiPoSitor. - Messrs, J. IVIeMichael,' R. 'Willis, H. Gelb, W, Hartry, W . D. Bright arid Dr, -BurreWs have been elected stewards of the Methodist Church' for the comirig Mr. G,A. has an exhibit in his show window a silver cup •on by the Stars of Seaforth in 1876.fOr the baseball championship • of theUountieS of Wellington, Grey, Perth, Bruee ancl.iluron. The Sea, forthJearti at that:lime was cf.-Im- posed of George Latimer, John Kidd, George " Andrews, jamas Ornves, Harrigan, John Lamb, S. Hogan, G. A. &MS and . Alex Cardrio.`' ' • Op. o ay night, about.30 the stable on Mrs. Xeil McLatieli: - lin's 'lot in Brussels was, almont burned to_theground;41 waS-caus- ed by the upsettieg of a lantern which was hanging on a peg in the w.ali. • R. 'J. MeLauchlin -was going past; it tvitb a 'fork full, of' hay fel his horse, When the acci- • dent occurred. The loss was abbut $300. , • • Ilullett, has purchased the,fine brick residence of Mrs, B. B. Gunn. ' • • While working in P. Ament's sawmill last- Thursday 'morning, Angni Campbell, of Brussels, was struck 'on the -face by a slab thrown from the saw, which ren- • clered him utleortscious for a time. His 'right cheekbone was staved in ,and his eyelid badly cut, besides - . other bruises. From The Ewen Expositor May 9, 1884 fact, ,the „government .to.daY is in'ticks. different a position that Was the Liberal- governinerit two years ago' and is .as equally vulnerable to the starni-,of protest that rnight• be expected 'to '.clevelop. Actn?llY, • of, course, 'the adririnistration to- day has little 'choice but to accept the situation, unhappy and all as imay be. t,. . . . . The only alternative is for the •Bank -of Canada --to begin once. gain-to-atunn money off its -press- es -as it did. lait year to keep. tile -go-vernment -afloat:. The -money ,stipply. was allowed ta expand by • nearly 1.4.1billion or 12 „per' 'cent •during We firSt, ten months of 1958, although real output inareas- ed relativelY little, for the period.' .Such a move woulde y serve o -.further water deivn- the value Of `We dollar and couldgav,e the Way, for, an expldsive price inflation. A move:. is' 'Quebec, forceS,LePpoSed.L.to Preiniee DuPlessis',..Ciiiter Nation= • ale, partY:.into -a' gelid .froei. `bersef a iiiiiiiber..Of;:*groups,:.in- eluding the: proVieciat IY;'-the"SOCial',-Deniaciatin,=party-4-i! Quebee Wing .'of the- OCV, , the' Oath-. °lid labor .;Syndipates and QUebee, Federatichi prOyinej.a1• 1.: Of 'the...Canadian Labor Con gress; haVe. issued,a,manifesto Call- • ing Or the .resterationefTdennic- racy. in the :province. • ; • 1' ' ti '6' P : „The irs n.serva v .rirne •SPIC E osea; exposing foibles, scabs, and champiening,the under, - dog, eveit if he is just that -a dog.. . * * *. moit Of them are, eleVer; their • stuff entertaining. They are„: in fact,' the court' jesters 'cif the agp. ' Their sharp tongues and impu- dence are tolerated by -that mighty . monarch who rules. the Public press,- the• Constant Reader. He is amused „by theni, fond tit them at times; occasionally listens ta them, with half an ear. But When.he is not 'in the mood,-nne grnwl sends them scuttlirrg to the seuller,y.-• !These clays, a favorite theme of some colurnmas is a new deal fOr the Royal Tour. They Want the Qneen to -meet the .'"common pea - pie", to get the-. flavor bf.the "real • Canada" this sunimer. .They de, Maud', these' pipsqueak propheti, thAf the, people in charge d„ the tour eliminate all pomp and cere- mony, ,,cut 'out the reception lines and bahish the Official banquets. . • They want the Queen to, visit supermarkets,.fgo on picnics, take 'part. in. square 'dances., and engage in all-'sortS„of. similar asinine an - ties. If' the supermarket is a syni- bol of our Canadian, way of life, take me back to dear old Dixie., And what's , so great about' the "common peoPle”? I-' know a lot -bf- col/II-non- people."' In fact, my' wife often tells .rne I'm as eqmmon as they 'come. And' frankly, I'm not -particularly impressed by •them. Uncominon people are much more interesting., • Its bad enough having to shake the hot little hands of "a -few thou- sand and- perspiring afficials and their quiVering wives, without get- ting- all. clowned 'up- with " the com- mon people. :If Iler ..,uvfajesty was interested in Meeting common peo- ple, she vvouldn", • • • e way.. ta Canada. 'They have ,plenty of them in. England. Another thing. What -have the ,common ,people done- tO earn the' privilege ,of a, greeting or, a hand- , shake fronf the Queen? All they've. : • done is pay their taxes, and:that under 'vehement protest and with the' greatest :reluctance. . - - On t.he other hand, Mayor Mal • Function and Mt. Seldom Wright, 1VI.P., haVe been listening ,te our -- "lox-rat-lairds about sewers, our de- • mands for new post offices., for years. They have labored through manY a -dreary task for us, while— we were out fishing, or home watching, TV. /WhY shouldn't theY, as °lir representatiees, have the honor---and-the. plea.sure; if they • get a chance to. meet the Qiieen? • They've earned it. and • Of course, if she just happened to bump,into some of' us common , -types,411-a-PnrelY spontaneous Way, that would be different: Like, "for example, the Royal Yacht will_be passieg within miles of our -Minister, - Sir John A: Macdonald, use, on July 4th. This I know. used to be flubtie,d,"Old Tomor- d by Piird .-ciiiiierdetice, I .just row", but when. it Comes to the happen to have a fast launch char...' „question of•appointments Prime teredfor,the fourth of July. lVtinister Diefenbaker -can match - -Al • his,record as a procrastinator any Now, if ,we just happened to be tune, For .more than -a year- the passing right in front of the Royal prime minister has been, consider- 'Yacht, that clay, arid our boat hap- ing sheffle in his ministry from pened to catch fire, and I had to Quebec and appointment of another throW the kids, the dog and the representative. The appointnient Old Lady into Georgian Bay, .and • of parliamentary assistants -• or Prince Phillip demanded that -the parliainentary secretaries, as they Yacht stop and take us aboard, are now to be. called -has been well, that would be `different, and pending for even longer, much to sort. of deinociatic, and sure the annoyance of the young -hope- we'd all have a- nice chat. fuls in the Conservative ranks. Still • " * * * to be filled as well, of course, is Maybe I should lint life -jackets other -lending agencies. Mr..,Flent- . the external ,affairs portfolio. • on them, though, just hi ease. 11 • Duncan & Duncan are having their' stem fronts very materially Unproved and renovated by having, them newly painted., - The" Walton cheese factory will open on Monday next and the milk •drawers, will go Weir rounds. The directors hope that all interested wilt -take notice and have their milk in order, as they intend to draw every s,econd day for soine time. ,• Mr,`,Tames Broadfoot of the Mill Road, has rented the front 50 acres of Mr. Alex, McCartney' s farm and pays $200 a year for it, Mr. William Carnochan has sold a hOuse and two lots' ad-RAW/1g his own, in rear ittf the Catholic Church, • to Mr. joint Dorsey .for the surn of $509, ' ` , • The grounds a the Red School- house on the ICPP,en Road, have been very much impro-Yed and •beautified. by I3eing planted with Shade trees. • - •The fall wheat in this vichlitY • has improved 'wonderfully within the past two weeks and now.prorn- ises„t0 be a fair average crop. The' large grain storehouse, eorth of Hensall sta.-Linn, Was corn, pletely destroyed by fire on Friday inorning: , • , Mr. John Carrieron, of the Mili Road, Tuelcersmith, inferma tis that he. had spting wheat fully ari inch above the -ground two weeks age. , The Month of ,Brings, Firecracker. Da 110WEVER -- Owing to the large number of fires and children 'behig burnt while playing with firecrackers without supervision, it has become necessary to Ihnit the setting Off of firecrackers to one day — MONDAY, TFIE. ).8th OF MAY. A POLICE AND FIRE ORDER Please Observe! NO Firecrackers May, Be Let 'Off on theStreots Should a fire ,;rsult at any time, and it IS necessa,ry to turn in an - alarm, PHONE 190, and advise location and details of the, fire, It . has been noted that schildiet: gather near, the:Fire„.1-iall when anplant is Soumled.. In order thatno aceidents ;may occur; please 'Warn your children to stay clear of fire truck doors, SEAFORTH FIRE I3RIGAD JOANr SCOT't Chief SEAFORTHI POLICE DEPARTMENT ELMER HU'VCRINSON, Chief