The Huron Expositor, 1959-12-25, Page 21u
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COL,P,,,WET.,,. W INDYs
END X SHOT ONE
HUNDRED BUCKS
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, . DEC] MBER 25, 1959.
For Unto You #s_. Born This Day; `a,SaviOur_
Luke 2:1-10
And it came to pass in those days,
hat there went out a decree from
,aesar Augustus,,that all the world
hould be taxed. (And this taxing
Tas first made when Cyrenius was
'overnor of Syria.) And all went to
e taxed, everyone into his own city.
Y
Lnd Joseph also went up from Gall -
.=e, out of thecityof Nazareth . into
odea` unto he city of David, which
c
called Bethlehem (because he was
f the house and lineae of David),
D bey taxed with Mary p his espoused
rife, h, gein great with child. ,
And so it was, that while the:
Y
tTe
re there, the dayss were accom
lis ed that she could be delivered.
end' she brought forth her first -bur -n
on, and wrapped him inia: man er°
pp g
ecause there was no room for them'.
the inn.
nr,Y
-And there were in the
e same cou
n -
Shepherd§ abiding in the fief W
-
ee ppin g watch over their flock g by
h And ' h angel ofthe Lord
t. nd lo, t e a ge f
Me upon them, and the glory- of
e Lord shone round about them:
n theywere sore -afraid. Andthe
d
D
gel
said unto
them, c
Fear not: for,
ehold I bring you good tidings of
reathich shallall -
�oy,.w a be to peo
ple: -For unto you is born this day in
the city of David, a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord. And ' this `shall be:
a sign unto you: ` Ye .shall find, the
babe wrapped in .swaddling. clothes,
,lying in. 'a Manger:" . And suddenly
there was with the angel: a multitude
of the heavenly host. praising
and saying,"Glory to God in the
highes'tand on earth peace, good will
toward men."
And;itcame .. a • as
toss, the angels
p
Awere '. gone away from them,. into
heaven :. the shepherds saidr, one to, :
another," "Let us now- go;
e
v
en
unto
Bethlehem, and see this'thinghich
is come :to pass which the Lordhath
made known , unto. ns." And theY
: .
h e.•ndf
came with art na found Marrand
and t' babe lying in.a,-man-
ger.
m n
Joseph; the Yi g a a
when he had "seen it, ,the
ger. Arid w t, �' .. . , ,they
made known 'abroad ..the sa in :which'''
was told them': concerning this' child,
.g
11� whohad ;-hear -i vo der d--
AncT a d ,t`
e.
at thse things WiliCh Were told
them .
by theshepherds. B`' zt ar_ kept",
'
1
1
these things,:and pondered the n
her heart.Andt e Shepherds' retur
ed, glorifYing.,- and
nd praising God
for
allthe things; that theY,•had heard
t w
i , l :hem."
and" -seen, as as told unto t �— ..
The End. •
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Not in the sense of custom only, but with a 'genuine
appreciation of our pleasant .associations during
the last ear, all of us a t BALL - ACA, LA L.-
y t M U X T]
extend to you our Best Wishes for an Old 'aslione
hllerr
•
` Ch as..
Merry " rist �
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AT ONE BUCK!!
YOU GOT THE WRONG LAW.
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WEEKEND AND THAT'S
WHERE I SHOT MY,
'ONE HUNDRED, BUCKS!
SUGAR .AND SPI
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T.
W. Bill B. r S �L
ByT. MI EY
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When you write a weeklyecolumn
and Christmas is "upon you, and
you are just getting over the 'fl'u,
Y just g g ,
and it's --too late to . do ' anything
sensible excepthit the sack, Satan
tan
lurks.'`Alf," .hesmirks, „whY
don't ` you eprint
one from. last
Christmas? They'd never know
the difference."
Shortly after Old: Nickhas said
his piece, and the . sinister •:sweet-
_Hess of the idea .is Dakin m an-
other advocate ;speaks up. From
t h e ottomof the stairs, °the Oldb a
Lady suggests: ' . Why don't you
reprintan old : Christmas column?
Aren't you' ever coming to bed?,
n -
Nobody has time to read it, any -
,way,
;way, around'Christmas!: Bsides,
they'd ':never remember: they'd
read it before. After all, 'it's not
xactly deathless prose, you know,
I : am. proud to saY that I sent"
them both on their way. Not that
it wasn't a fine idea, if I'd had it
myself. But I'll.: frequent the com-
pany- of Old Nick when` 1 feel like
a ' fling, not when he does. And
I'm.;" too stubborn to admit that my,
wife has.; ever had: a good idea in
her entire existence.'
It's difficult to write something•.
sincere ' and original about Christ-
mas, ' because there -is one story;,
repeated every year, ,that makes
every other piece of ° literature'
about Christmas ;; look feeble in
comparison. So this year, 'I'm "go-
ing = to, make' it simple, and • just
say "Merry Christmas" to a 'whole;
lot of people. ,
At a rough guess; there are
about 250,000 people who read: this
column. At a dime each for cards.
and tuppence apiece for stamps,' it,
would cost me $30,000 to send you
all :.':a....card After careful' study,
Idecided not to do it. It isn't that•
I don't have the money, "It's just'
the thought of licking ' all those
stamps!.
Obviously, it's pretty cheap' to
drop from $30,000 to a mere
"Merry.'Christnias to one, and'
all'.'
in 'my,' column. • So I'll have to
single: out a few, 'withthe hope,
that they'll' ,repeat it to all their,
friends„, and all their friends will
repeat Lt ::to' all .'THEIR,: friends,
until the whole English-speaking
world is one great : booming
"MERRY 'CHRISTMAS
So it's "Merry Christmas" to all
my friends in the weekly news-
paper business. Just for., example;
Fearless 'George` .Cadogan' of the
Durham Chronicle : and • his wife
Edna; :Gene Macdonald of the Glen-
garry :News, the last of the :big-
time 'spenders; Pete and., Leila
owls who publish the Times -jour-
nal; Dor McCuaig;of the -Renfrew'
Advance, biggestbuntingn_
: and
fishing, liar north of the Rio,
Grande; Rev.' John McNabb arid,
Alison, s n of the Alliston Herald, a
clear :„case:of the pulpit's gain
be-
ing the newspapers' Perr loss. And all
you other characters.
aracters.
To all the public relations boys
who have, suffered my presence
with :aniiable, slightly_frozen
smiles, •:on occasion. Just for ex-
ample: Ron Everson,- whose poetry
is• as impeccable as his manners
as• witty as his talk, as,piercing'as
his -eyes; Colin Haworth, whose
drawings are as shaggy
g
and 'inter-
inter-
esting asp his 'eyebrows; :Tommy,
Lee,' the last soft-spoken ;mayor,
in Canada; Paul Gormley,the
g.
most elaborately-disuise;” batnik
north of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
And all the rest of you characters.
T0 those retired gentlemen
e
}� p ntlemen
W
whose letters Fare a: -great pleasure
to receive, •-whose critcisms and
encouragement are sahitory • and
,warming. Just for example, "Wil-
liam Graham, 'retired railroader,,
of Winnipeg, 'for. .his blasts of fresh:
air; Hugh ;Ferguson, former•:news-
paperinan, of Florida, for his clip-
pings and comments;:Andrew Gal-
loway, retired banker, of Toronto,
for 'his lively " reconstruction of,
things, past.. . r_
To all the odds and ysods every-
where, with Whom I've 'consistent
ly refused: to exchange Christmas
cards." Like Hunchy, nice English
lad who was in my squadron over-
seas. Got a':`card "from; Cornwall
three years in a "row: and never.
answered. Like Tony of California,
with whom .I shared a hilarious
'and hazardous journey from Pol-
and to
ol-and<to the 'lovely,sight of -.a Cana-
dian tank and 'crew, :complete with
Sweet Caps, in Western 'Germany.
And all the\rest of you "characters
in Australia and Alberta, Belfast:
and Bulawayo. I never, was much`
of a card -answerer,'
To . my brotherin' Paramaribo;
South America: "Deck- the hall
with boughs of mahogany, old hoy "'
Haven't got- around •to.:answering
your last four letters. Haven't got
around to getting a present ,off'
for your son, my dear nephew But
we'll be thinking of you, sweating
and racked -by fever, as we ' sit
down oto -.our: turkey in the middle
of our crisp December day:
Finally, to a11 of you, who read
this column: may you know peace
and joy on this Christmas; may
you remember why you are cele-
brating this; day; may I wish you,
with all,mylieart, a Merry Christ-
Hvidsten of Uxbridge; the night- •mas,
45l
on our 1 to 5 year Guaranteed Certificates
is firm until December 1st., but will likely
be lower after that date
•
Why not invest pari of your year-end bonus
in these safe Guaranteed certificates
while they still earn this historically highrate.
Ta invest see your leeal-agent or send us your, cheque.
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fHE :`YEARS AGONE
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CHRISTMAS a;
Christmas comes but once a year
we have often been told and as
often realized. But once a year is
sufficient tobring us saving truth
for the -whole year and for all our
'It is 'a; pity that so ;little atten-
tion is given to the significance of
Christmas and the Yule season.
The day and the season have been
so commercialized that many gave
but scant attention to the religious
value of the time.'
So let us not be so., engrossed
with business ,and the merriment
of the season that we forget, the
blessed . truth it should "bring' to
your minds and hearts. Let us
bow in gratitude to God. for ; the
'gift of his Son to the:. world -and
for all the good things;. the Sons'
coming has -brought to men. `.
We may --hope that the • latest
celebration bf the . Advent ;may
have' such influenee on n
n upthe world
thatthe of thought peace pe a may
have becomeso bri4htithat it will
light the tlwa-,y,tb''the ;blest time,
when men shall ,beat their swords
and spears into ploughshares and
pruning hooks and learn of war'.no
more.
To ail --a happy Christmas so
observed that you will come • to
know Jesus better.
- v
(Pre ared
the.' Rene c
(Research 'Staff;
P by
of Fine clo edia-Canadia
Y P na)'
•Has' Lake -•E .
ne a. Heroine .?
Yes, her name was Abigail' Jack
son Becker.: r In 1844, at
the -age o
f
24, sliewas -instrumental in saving
the livesf
o the e master and; six
on
crewmen ,of.'.the: schoer • Conduc=.
for, :wrecked off' -Lon i
g h?o nt. Island
in Lake :Erie. .For this "deed Queen
Victoria honored:her with a 'gift
of £50 and Buffalo, seamen with'
a gift of $500. ; In 1857. the New'.
York Life Saving Benevolent: As-
sociatioi awardej1ier a medal and'
in 1890. the' Royal Humane Society
did the :same. In 1860 the Pri-nce
of Wales, when,mCanada, person
ally thanked her and 'made' her a
gift, • Abigail • Jackson, born' in.
Frontenac County,, Upper Canada;
`moved to- Long'Point Island in 18481
when; she married Jereinia"h' Beck-
er, a .trapper, . at the age of ,• 18:,
After, his death she married:Henry
•Rohrer in 1869•, and, moved to Wal
singham'Centre Abigail had' -eight -
:children, of:lier own,nine stepchik
dren and two:adopted-etid"dren.
She died in 1905, . ,.:: "
Who,,Was Newfoundland's First •
Federal Cabinet Minister? '.
`Frederick :Gordon Bradley„ -'who'
in; April,' 1949, upon the • entrance.
of • Newfoundland into 'into'l Confe.dera ;
tion, ,. was appointed secretaryof
state for. Canada in the, St. Lour.-
ent Government' He'r„etained ,this.
portfolio .until, his ;appointment- to-
the Senate in 1953. Mr. Bradley,
a .lawyer,. entered- politics 'in '192':
when he won .election „to the -New-
foundlandOuse
H, of Asse .rnbly as a
Liberal. 'He served in provincial
Cabinets, : aetl took an active :,part
in the: events leading to Confedera-
•
Is Winter Maintenance of the
•Alaska Highway a"Problem?; .
It isnot as serious a problem, as
one might think:. The :snowfall is
dight along the„1;523 mile road ,and,,
A *DUFF OTTAWA ' REPORT'
GATHERING OF TIth CLANS---
OTTAWA—Canadians have been
treated to a stimulating exercise
in the old game of pelitical press-,
agentry in recent eeks.
The Progressive" o ative As-
sociation of Canada, to it its
formal title; gathered °2,000 strong
in Ottawa to sing the praises :of
John Diefenbaker and assure the
leader that thegrass-roots were
still well-nourished and apprecia
live.
A week later, the., national' advis-
ory council` of. the. National Liberal
Federation field a meeting inthe
same hotel in the same city for
somewhat similar purpose.
But not to •praise ".Caesar" Dief
enbalter: Rather, to snake 'arrange-
-meats. to, bury him with all pas
sable speed -politically speaking, of
course. ,
The interni problems of the
Conservative and: Liberal' party as-
sociations have been examined in
a previous report. This one 'will
devote„ itself to 'an "appreciative
is "usually 'easily reinaved with, Pro- ,
per snow-removal.equiprnent, Tem-
peratures, however, range from 90
degrees F. in summer to 60 de-
grees below zero ,• in the winter.
Maintenance costs on the highway
have ;averaged ''about,' $1400 per
mile yearly and general;expenses
about' $1,000,000 yearly. The high-
way was constructed froin Dawson.
Creek, BIC., to Fairbanks, „Alas-
ka,'in 1942 and 1943 as a joint de„-,
fence project of the United States
and
Canada:,
Who 'Hel e
d D ve the
Pe lop
Sullivan :Mine?
It was largely _,' uo:.
g y,ae .t the
metal-
lurgical skill of Selwyn
; Gwillyni
Blaylock that the Consolidated,
'Mining and Smelting Compan
of.
CanadaCominco eventually ( ) ev y .suc-
ceeded,
uc;ceeded in extracting the, values.
from the complex; ores of its great•
'Sullivan:Kimberley, ine at imberle
lyf . y B .C,,
which has:sinee- become the larg
-est -''silver lead--zinc—mine=•in--.the-
world. From 1899 almost 'until his
death i :Blaylock`°
n t,945• was can=-
.
nected, with Cominco "(formerly•
known as4the 'Canadian, Smelting
Works),beginninga'
. s an assayer
r
and beoming in :turn chief chem
ist, assistant general, manager,
general manager' and '.director
,'
vice-president, managing ;director,
and chairman of the board, and
finally president.
glance at two publications, one ea-
titled ' "Here Are the Facts", an-'
o'Factherts' „ re"He's the` Trutb About the
.
As, yciu might guess,„one is' the
sequel to the other,. And each one
is a' press agent's :dream.
"Here- Are the Facts,” a slick"
paper booklet adorned ,with a snar-
ing pictureofPrime Minister Dief--
enbaker, is distributed in English„
arid' French from the public 'rela-.
tions department. of _the Progres-. -
sive'? Conservative Party of Can,
ada, national headquarters, - 141.
Laurier` Avenue »West, Ottawa
It shamelessly singsthe.: Praises-
of
raisesof the .Diefen.baker governmentand
its• accomplishments.; , So ' shame-
lessly, in -fact, 'that "Here's the
Truth, etc." was rushed .into' print.•
a
side weekof the latercoby.'the National, Lib-•
eral Federation to' show the other,
ni. '
The Liberals make::M1it clear that
their target is not' the Diefenbaker
government itself; `but• itg big bad
publicrelations man, 1V Ir. Allister.c``
Grosart, the party's national direc- '••
The .hand of Mr. Grosart, a
Grosart„,
shrewd publicist who played :a a-
jor part in Conservative :election '
successes in' 1957 and 1958r shows
through oin "Here Are the Facts'
‘..Across rocs the nation went the elec
trifying assurance: `John Diefen-
baker Keeps His Promises'," goes
the Grosart account' of conditions
under the Tories in late 1957.
"The nation will' be-electrfted
reply the Liberals, ".when ` the
rvatin
poirAt :to one
romis th
e' at -hasca„been fu1 ill
f ed 'to
pConse.
the letter "ves : .
"Canadians worked ed "mor. arn,�
ed -more, saved more and 'spent
more; in95
1 8 thanany '.
year in
history, '' boast the Conservatives,
"Canadians worked. less, earned;
,
J'
ss and Spent 1e .
P
ss,decla're the
Le
ib talc, quoting liberally from the : `
governm'ent's:'"own Bureau of Sta
tistics : reports
"Tax levels are 1 we
o r say
the .<':
-Conservatives-,--despite the . "mod-..'.
est increases
s s in Finance .lViinister ',''
Donald ,Flemm s-aast budget, g
Tot
al'taxes are
hi her
the Liberals;pointingout thatr
eM P1rY.
Fled" 's "modest' �. ,inere se
g
tot. -
'tailed. $$52,000,000 compared,' with
his s 26 000.000"'im tax cut
sn
the. ea
be e'
or
f
,National debt'percentage"
low.:
.er"a : Conservatives. rvatives:..
Y .the;Co
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To all our many friends a#ul custorhers='
maY Youenjoy the happiest holiday ever!
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Interesting items gleaned front ' .,The Huron. Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago :
From The Huron • ' sitor :.
December 21, 19
At the fifth annual meeting of
Scott Memorial Hospital Board on
-Friday-;-evening;- there - -was a
lengthy discussion regardingthe
advisability of building an addi-
tional wing totake care of: the
increasing number of patients.
The property eommittee agreed to
ascertain . the estimated cost of
the proposed wing and the neces-
sary equipment.
The Seaforth Iadminton Grin
will hold an open tournament on
Thursday evening next week when
visitors intown and district .will,
be the guests of the club.
Santa Claus will arrive in town
on Friday afternoon at 2:45 p.m',
and will distribute gifts to the chil-
en of Seaforth and district. The
eaforth ,Highlanders Band will,
lead the parade. The visit is
the auspices of the Seaforth
Lions Club;
Brussels -is CO; have a new three-
storey pbst office in the very near
future. There will ' be •two upper
stories and a basement. Living
quarters for a caretaker will oc-
cupy the top of . the building.
'Prom The Huron Expositor
December 17, 1909
The new rural telephone system
for Brussels is being rushed along
and it is expected the phones will
be in working order in°the course
of a couple of weeks.
Thomas:Handley was arrested in
Clinton on Tuesday morning on
the charge of giving a bogus
cheque and waS sentenced the
same afternoon to"three months -
at hard labor in the. Goderich jail,
The:. police, were notified ' and
found their man at- the depot,
awaiting the train 'for Goderich.
J. H. Holland & Sons Co., of
Brantford, Ont_, one of the largest
Canadian manufacturers of special
grinding machines, have purchas-
ed at an attractive figure from Mr.
J . L, Kyle, formerly of Seaforth,
the ;righrto manufacture in Can-
ada, his lawn mower and skate
grinding machine.:
Oa ; Friday afternoon Mr. J. ,J.
Darwin, of The Expositor staff,
had two fingers on his left' hand
badly jammed. He Was:: cutting
some paper, when the lever came
loose and jammed his fingers be-
tween the lever of the machine
and the floor. •
Mr. Gilbert Dick, of Hensall,
made a shipment of sheep and cat-
tle to Toronto the past week.• Large
quantities of live fowl have also
been 'shipped from there.
Mr, Henry Geib, of the R. Dev-
ereaux Carriage Works, Seaforth,",
has just finished a tray that is not.
only a . novelty, • but a most beauti-
ful and clever piece of workman-
ship.
orkmanship. It is made up- 44. 1.14 differ-
ent speties
ifferentspecies of wood, inlaid, and the
effect is beautiful Mr. Geib gath-
ered all these species of wood
about Seaforth, although a person.
examining the . article would al-
most doubt it. -
1'rom The Iluron Expositor
December 26, 114
Messrs. Hugh Robb d Frank
Cash are doing a very ,extensive
business in pork packing this sea-
son. The meats' cured by the gen-
tlemen. are now so noted, for their
excellence that there is 'an active
(Continued on page 3)
.1
ESSEX, JORDAN,. rDURANT' ; . more than' 2,400
different cars, have—leen `made in. ..North',America.
America.
Of these, less than, thirty. still make new''.appearandes';
each year on:`Canadian roads
The reasons for' failure were riiany, ;but the under,
lying factor was the' inability'to.,inake annual, profits
sulficie& for survival and progress
This is a .dramatic example : in just one industry of
the role of profits in helping'. a company/ survive and
grow. Without -profits, only one, road 'faces any
company. It must lay 'off its employees, close its
doors, and go out of •'' business:
Whatever the industry, .whatever its: size, steady
profitsmean steady jobs.
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