The Seaforth News, 1937-04-15, Page 3THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937
THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE,
The Sinking of the "Titanic"
'On April he, 191112, occurred the
greatest .sea disaster in the history of
'navigation. The Titanic, hearing 31,030
+people and majestically proceeding on
her maiden voyage front Sotethampton
to New York, hit an iceberg 810'0
mils off the coast of Ffalifa:. In
three hours she had sunk and only
1600 people were saved. Jack Kancta-
'win will tel the story of this terrible
disaster on Friday, 'April :1(6, when
his program, '"This Week in Ilis'tory"
is offered to the listeners of the 013C
front the Toronto studios at 1730' pen.
'EST.
The Titanic was presumed to he
u•nsinkalb'le.'She was the last word in
luxurious .ocean 'travel. and so sure
were her designers that .no ill -fake
'c'ould overtake her that she was
equipped with only twenty !lifeboats.
H'er's was the first wireless equip
mtent to send out the distress cal] of
"SIDS" and 'the Caepathie 'hurried to
her aid but found only the lifeboats
and the struggling survivors. 'The
beautiful new ship had 'gon'e clown
with her captain, E. 'C. Smith, on the
bridge and she carried to a watery
grave such internationally known fig -
'uses as Charles 'MI, 'Hays, Benjamin
rOuggenheini, and john IJa•cob Astor,
Program of Chamber Music
t'Echoes of the Masters," a CBIC
national network presentation from
Toronto on Thursday, 'April .115, at
.8.30, p.m, IESIT, will he trader the dir-
ection of 'Geoffrey Waddington. The
'program will he devoted entirely to
chamber music presentations and the
major work selected for .this date
will be the "Symphony INo. IP" by
William Boyce. 1Tthe celebrated
Eighteenth Century composer was
associated th'rou:ghon't his career with
the .composition of church music. He
is not particularly well known as a
,composer ,of orchestral 'music but
nevertheless his contributions in this
field were important and the eym-
phony announced for this presenta-
tion is typical of itis spirited work.
The symphony is in three move-
ments: (11) Allegro, (3) Andante
dolce and (3) Vivace. Boyce -w*as born
in London, isngland, in 1:110.
Kelsey Club Talks Extended
The Kelsey Club talks presented
from \Vinnipeg every Sunday over
the •CBC national network have 'been
'extended owing to the .great interest
that is being taken in the original
.broadcasts on the subject "What We
Have to +Defend," The 'concluding
distussinns will deal more directly
with''variaus conflicting points of
view regarding present defence pol-
icies in Canada. In this •way the ac-
tual issues of the defence ,problem will
be placed in front of the listening
audience.
Dr. R. 10. MadFarlane, ]Associate
Professor of History, University of
M'anitoha, in his broadcast of :April
4, presented the "isolationist" point of
view. 'The "Imperialist" point of
view ;presented by R. F. Mhe\•Villiantts,
K.C., on April 1(1, and the argument
for the "collective security" point of
view now will be given by 1E. J. Tarr,
K.C., 00 April 1118, and the "pacifist
point of view, by ;l, S. •\Voodsworth,
MLP., on April 25. The series will
concludet on May 3 with a sununary'r
of these conflicting arguments togeth-
er with comments up on then by
J R. Coyne, 'K.C., and by S(tlney
Smith, M1.,A„ I.,L.13„ !President of
the University of 33anitoba,
Broadcast From Corona-
tion Boat -Train
The excitement aed gaiety 'of the
departure on 'April 15 front Windsor
station, Montreal, of the !C:+'P,'R. spe-
cial' hoa't-train en route to Saint John,
N.B., with passengers proceeding to
London .for the Coronation •cerenton-
its on May '1(2 will be described for
national network listeners ,of the Cans
adien .Broadcasting Corporation dur-
ing the program "Night Shift," to be
presented at 1110145 ,p.nt. IEIS'T,
The boat-tnala will make conttec-
tions with .the last 'Coronation sailing
From Saint 'John and will carry am-
ong its many passengers a number
of pro'min'ent Canadians. R. T. Bow-
man, ;producer and commentator of
the ''Nigh't 'Shift" series, is planning
to interview them as to their plans
while in London, ,MIF, IB'owman, who
will be ,assisted by four observers,
three of whom will lee stationed .at
different points throughout the train,.
also plans a talk with 'engineers, por-
ters and others, The last words of
the' broadcast will be made .by a com-
mentator located in the CAP:R. con-
trol tower, .about a 'quarter of a mile
outside the station, "who will describe
the safe routing of the train out of
Montreal.
Gaily coloured ,flags and buntings
will 'bedeck the train as it makes its
aleparture for the Maritime 'harbour
where hundreds of Coronation pas-
engers will converge front all parts of
Canada and the 'United States. The
train 'will be one of the Ionget, it is
expected, ever assembled for such a
journey.
Coronation News
Seventeen special programs in con-
nection with the forthcoming Caron-
a)lon Of King !George VI and Queen
(Elizabeth, will originate in the Tor-
onto studios of the CDC during the
next five weeks, The production staff
and artists, musical directors, script
writers and arrangers are at work on
this elaborate assignment which will
bring to Canadian listeners interest-
ing commentary, vivid dramatic in-
cidents, and magnificent music in
honour of the solemn, splendid anal
colourful ceremdny- which takes place
in Westminster Abbey on May 112.
Practically every type of program
now .being broadcast on the regular
CDC schedule will be influenced by
the forthcoming Coronation. In ad-
dition to the more elaborate dramatic
and musical presentations there will
be nemerous short features including
talks :on the •various aspects of the
ceremony its origin and an'eient cus-
toms. Books w'hielt have been writ-
ten and published in connection with
the crowning of the new tKing, and
music specially composed for those
who have worn 'the Crown in the
past, interesting sidelights on the pre-
parations now well under way for
,chat is expectedto be the most im-
pressive coronation in the history of
the British people, as well as strange
anecdotes out of past centuries, all will
be presented to the listening public.
"Early in May, Dr, Stanley Russel,
kreow's for his brilliant discussions on
the CRC "The Broken Arc" series,
will he heard speaking on The Com-
ing Coronation." His associate on the
lecture series, '13, ,K. Sandwell, will
review his impressions of the Coron-
ation scene as presented over the na-
tional network Ort the actual day of
the ceremonies. (Professor J. F. Mac-
Donald 'will
lac-D�onald'will be presented in. a special
'Book (Review," flack .Kamnawin and
Harriett M. Bail will be heard in
brief commentary programs, and Mr.
John Alford has been invited to speak
on "Canadian 'Art at the .Coronation:
Exhibition,"
Corporation Features Day by Day
Thursday, April '1151:
8.30 p.m. "•Echoes of the Masters."
Chamber orchestra direction Geof-
frey Waddington. ':From 'Toronto.
1000 p.m, 'By the Sea." 'Orchestra
direction Percy Harvey withsoloist,
stale quartet and "The Smile Sleuth."
(Prom Vancouver.
Friday, 'April 30:
6.30 pant. Cesare S'odero Directs.
Soloists, chorus and orchestra, NIBS -
CRC international exchange .program.
Front New York.
9.00 p.nt, Winnipeg Musical Festi-
val, From Winnipeg.
Saturday April dt7r:
8.30 pati. La Petite Symphonic cle
Radio -Canada. Direction lEdwin Bel-
anger with IGabrieile Hudson, soloist.
From Quebec.
1.0.30 p,m. (George ;Sims and his
Dance Orc'hes'tra. From Montreal.
Sunday, April 9:8:
3,00.p.tn. (New 'York Philharmonic
Orchestra. Froin New York.
9.00 p.m. "The Pagoda of Flow-
ers," Dramatic ,production tinder dir-
ection of Mercer 'McLeod. 'From Van-
couver.
iL000 p,nt. Canadian De -fence: What
\Ve Have to Defend—meeting of the
Kelsey Club. Brom \Vinnipeg,
Monday, April '119:
9,00 p.nt, "Melodic Strints." Or-
,hestra direction rAlexentler Chuhadrt-
in. From Torc oto.
9.31) p.m. "il;tidittage." Qrehestra
and guest soloist. From Miontreal,
Tuesday. April 20:
9.00 p.m. "Coronation Legends."
Narration,. drama pori music. From
Toronto, ,
'1(1,00 p.m. "National Sing -Song."
Connnuttity singing directed by
(leorge Young. From (Regina.
1110.3D p.m. A Canadian Looks at
Canada- mDown and iOett Westers."
a talk by C. V. Jamieson, :From Cal-
gary.
\Vednesday, :\writ 2d:
9.00 p.nt. Canadian Concert Hall of
the 'Air. Montreal Vocal Symphony 1030 p,tu, Lloyd lHu»tley and his
with orchestra conducted by 1Guit- Mtottttt Royal Hotel Dance Orchestra.
epee Agostini. From Montreal. From M•rontreal.
BAYFIELD
(Clinton News-tReoord)
Congratulations are extended to
Mr. Sanmel Carlisle Houston who nn
April 6th passed his eightieth birth-
day. Mr. Houston has seen life • in
many places under different ' condi.
!ions and is one of those nicl young
people who with his wile has labored
truly through :joy and sorrow to a
happy old age, 'He Iva' boric in By -
town (lOttawa) on April le 15'37, one
of a fancily of four son, and four
daughters of the late Mr. and airs,
\\'int, 3, Houston, As a babe in arms
he was taken by itis parents across
the sea to Ballymena, near Belfast,
1rcland in a timber boat, his mother
being the only woman on hoard. The
journey took six weeks and at the
titnc it was not thought that' the babe
Would survive the trip. He again
came to America with his ,parents and
family .whet he was fourteen years of
age. This time the fancily carte over
in eleven' clays in the Scandinavian.
They were on the ocean at the same
time that the Targe passenger ship At-
lantic was lost. 'They settled in New
York State and lived there for two
years where Samuel 'helped his lath-
er as shoemaker and also learned 'har-
ness making with a cousin. It was
iu 1187(2 after the American Revolu-
tion aiul'1lr, Flouston .remembers that
money was very seance—int other
words there was a "Depression." The
family theft Moved to Listowel and
Spent two years there where the learn-
ed the trade of carpenter and framer.
and -then moved to Baynfield and resid-
ed first in the house, owned by Tont
Castle, which was 'burned a couple of
years ago. The father died here in
11879 and after living here a number
of years his 'widow moved to Virden,
Man., where she died at, the age, of
niate'ty-eight. (si'r. 'Houston remembers
one experience he had shortly after
coming to the village. He was work-
ing with Robert Watson who was a
framer. They were moving the late
Tota Cameron's •'house, which is now
occupied by Jack 'Parker, from ran ad-
jacent lot. The house was ,almost in
position but not quite straight with
the street. Santwent underneath to
adjust the skids, and 'the rollers had-
n't been stopped. He saw the house
shaking above him ,and managed to
get 'between two of the sleepers, but
ate leg was caught when the horse
slipped and his thigh was broken.
Danny 311 ray, Isaac Richards and
']'honors Cameron worked with fev-
erish haste and '(tad' to dig about six-
teen feet under the building to teach
him (the building, by the way, had
dropped into perfect position). '(hey
eslieeted he'd be dead 'bttt took hint
out on a door and the old Doctor (Dr.
Nittian \\'oocls, Sr.) set the leg and
kept hitt in bed until efter Christ-
mas, 'I'•Ite accident occurred on the
seventh of November about sixty
sears ago. Mr. 1-louston thinks that
Hayfield is quite pretty compared to
those clays. It was lively when he
first came. 'He remembers that there
were about seven ,general stores, six
'hotels, two liquor store,, three har-
ness shops, three blacksmith .shops,
three shoe slaps, a Cooper's shop, a
ounter
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
ews
brewery, a tannery, 'a hardware store,
a chair factory, furniture factory, two
carding mills, a sash .and door factory,
a flour nafll, grist mill and saw mill
11111 iJitm 35dDonald t»anufactured 'fish
oil on the island in the river. A brick
yard flourished int Coderirh Town-
ship v11erc the golf house is now
-ituatsd. About Sixty yeare ago he
helped load the lase boat or grain
which was shipped (rout this 'harbour
by Andrew Rutledge. At that time
there Iva. a :,rain elevator on the Bats
and elle south pier w•as,.int the course
of erection, He alto worked on it.
But having started 'travelling as a ba-
by. he still kelit it tip an:d wenn out to
M'anito'ba where he took up yard and
later"' worked for the CA'.R., building
the first Boal shed and freight shed
at Brandon. At that time there was
no station at Winnipeg, In a few
years he returned to Bayfield and
then romance entered his life and on
the evening of iJ1u•1y 30, 1084, he was
united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann
Harrison, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William 'Harrison. The
ceremony 'was performed at the Rec-
tory by 'the Rev. Mr, Taylor. Miss
Harrison and her sister ran a dress-
making establishment in the store
which was the King Bakery before
it was 'burned' in 1923, Later they
lived in the house whiten is now occu-
pied by Dyers, ,and then moved to
Listowel where they made their home
for three years. There Mr, Houston
followed 'his trade and helped build
the big flour mill. They then return-
ed to this vicinity and rented various
farms in Stanley township until 1900
When they bought the old Charlie
Dewar farm, about three and a heel
miles south of the village, where they
resided until their son Carl took it
over in 19117. They then moved to the
Harrison place on the outskirts of the
village, and some 'eight years ago
they bought the (Parson house on
Ann Street and moved into it, They
are parents of fouo children, Carl,
Stanley Township, William John, 'Fir
Mountain, Sask., Samuel Guard, who
died et three years of age, and •Ruth
of '11.ondbn. Mr. 'Houston 'has made
three trips to the West since he 'first
went out and be still hopee to do
some travelling, He takes an active
interest in the affairs of the village
and has served as village Trustee, He
is also a .Director of the Bay/field Ag-
ricultural Society, 'being the only one
of the original directors left.
AT OTTAWA
Ottawa 'April 0,—It Special tParlia-
tnentary Correspondence) 'The last
lays of the Eighteenth Pariiantettt
were ehar;tcterized by a great' deal of
reading into Hansard of ex1viously
ircet appeals to the aver -suspicious,
discontented man •with'it many-sided
grievance complex too numerous to
figure in statietics. Minister of Lab -
err 12ogers led a ministerial brigade
in Chit respect. The anti -combine late
+t•its 'iii.. chosen instrument.
lliuister of 'Pensions,. ,forcer, an-
nounced that a Federal dole would
not he ,added to that of the provinces
and municipalities in the case of non-
tieneioned returned then, tome 2(7,-
000. The decision was matte with final
emphasis; it put aside an ttnarcept-
able principle which the government
would not sanction. .Relief dor autt'nl-
ployed yotutger veterans is, heing
planned under government oversight
and that -of prominent citizens. 'Mere
would ,he the factor of self-help in-
.adverl. '1'lte decision of the minister
against.added government titles was
nm'nttnced in the face of a Contntis-
degi's favnnrahle recontmenlation.
This hudy was of Hon. 1(r. Power's
ow•n appointment. Mr. Bennett made
a ('lea for the uneniployaltle veteran;
telling the minister the time was
coming when a permanent policy
nest he adopted. (Perhaps Canada
should follow the United States and
establisfi homes or colonies where
unemployables could he cared for.
The minister agreed as to the neces-
sity of a permanent policy, promising
to .submit some ,concrete proposals 'to
Parliament next session.
Interspersed in debate were charg-
es of unjust dismissals of veterans
from government service. The sten
involved were not given an opnortuti
by of appeal to establish their inno-
ruce of partizan Con titt et.
'rite Opposition Leader's proposal
of ear -marked federal funds for mu-
rticipaliitie., a plan regarded with fav-
ern- by> the government, will dottfit-
'ess react to the easement of hard
Tressed civic authorities, Money will
cot he go "tight" for the dole, which
a;e unemployed returned men share
riot the other workless.
The importance of the debate on
much discussed decisions of the
'•iv3. Council, dealing with Canadian
:;is iatinn dcuttpri.ing •(tocol 'loytnent
ranee and federal marketing rt'_-
'rtions, is tttade plain. "('here is ono
imaistal what has herotue t genera'
.re to amend the 11. N. \. Ac1e
esti rias; i1de a Bremer w'arraitt
entical ulposc between the Can -
esufederal and provincial govern
s. Mlr, Callan took a highly critt
1 attitude •rf the eriey eeuncil's rue,
Mi'.', Thor -on. Rout the
latter and Minister of Justice inveigh-
ed against further appeals to the
London tribunal. Mr, 113'enneltt's criti-
cism was tempered with censure of
Ottawa in not submitting a concrete
reference 'based on aortal Canadi'att
court decisions. instead of a request
for an:apinion on what was practical-
ly an acedernie reference, The Lon -
din view complained id had in'vedved
contradictions .regarding p•reeeilen'ts
already laid down by their lordships.
Roth Mr. Bennett and Mr, Ca'la'is
Ivere agreed 017 this ,point: There was
in the ,Opposition Leader 'speech a
reminder that all re(ereti:ces to the
Privy Cnmrcil preserved the right of
appeal by the subject to the foot of
the Throne—to the sovereign—and in
such cases, as now being dealt with,
were delegated to 'his legal a'd'visers,
in' the nature of things. 'There was'
much of merit in the past history of
the body.
On top of elle debate tPremier King
has promised ,parliament that between
now and t'he next session, plans of
unemployment insurance will be pre-
pared for acceptance. Also provincial
consent in a wider sense will be
sought in a conference called to deal
with new alignments of authority In
Canada. Mr. Benn•ett'•s utterances 017
this aspect allow he 'would amend the
British North ;America Act to the
same end where necessary, and would
arrange for this by a .conference of
dotuftrion and ,p•ro.vineial representa-
tives and spokesmen for all politica]
parties. The Opposition Leader has
doutbtiess .offered a wise suggestion in
proposing that ,party 1pre'indices 'be
cast aside in a combined effort to
serve the welfare of Canadians.
A .C'anadian•4Germantc Treaty was
enacted to senile a desire of increased
Canadian exports. There is a 'balance
of trade in favour ofCanada now, af-
ter 'two years otherwise. The new
deal with the Nazi government was
put through admittedly as an experi-
ment. 'There are exchange uncertain-
ties from clay to day involved; also a
.fickle reputation attaching 'to Benner
and the lbeichband as is notorious.
The discussion called forth a lengthy,
eloquent_ and well documented speech
on the, part of Mr, .Factor t(Liberal,
Toronto), who declared his inveter-
ate hostility against a governntedt of
tyranny and a people who .tolerated
it. He could, therefore, not support
the Filer trade plan. With 'a mom-
ent1e hesitation the deputy speaker
uttered 1111d write "Carried" in dis-
posing of the clause of the bill .which
gave rise to Mr. 'Factor's impressive
words.
The Senate's acceptance of the pro-
posed Canadian ,National' Railway's
new ,financial set -tip at last has
reached a compromise. And the same
frame of mind is exhibited regarding
Mfinister of Labour (Rogers' anti-
Combine hill.
PORDWICH
(Continued from Page Two)
present-day limits when Joel Rogers,
W. G. Walker and ,Arthur Mitchell
located there in 105514. It was Joel Ro-
gers who 'built the first .public house,
Mlitchell , built the gristmill, which
was in fact, one of the first to 'be
built in the township. This fact led
indirectly to him becoming a -leading
man in the affairs of the towtm, and
records dscllose that he was for many
years actively connected with muni-
cipal affairs,
Joel Rogers can be named as the
founder of the town, as he was the
one who .h•u•il't its first log house on
the site off the proposed "city". 'Arth-
ur Mitchell was the 'first storekeeper,
and he had the "'post Office" in con-
nection with it. Mack in 11(8880' Ford -
',rich had ,good connections in the way
of railroads. It was on the southern
extension of the Toronto, 'Grey and
Bruce !Railway, over which there was
a daily mail both ways, as it was only
IS miles from 'Teestrater, the western
terminus, 55 from !Orangeville, the
junction with the main line, and 105.
miles front Toronto. A post office
was established in 18515y .with Mr, Mit-
chell as the first postmaster. 'There
was mail once a week then, and he
was obliged to go '1S miles to meet
the gegular courier at Wallace village.
(His trips were made through the
rankest of forest growth and he :was
obliged to make it on foot wading
through several :streams on his way.
The ,.turountling country was settled
for the most part by the residents of
the highlands and the Northern part
of Ireland. Cunning hack up tine wind-
ing hill, on our way out di the village,
curiosity prompted me to ask a vil-
lager. what was the main puna of
in tens:
"The cemetery," he replied. 'Tour-
ists look there to take .pietures." A
trio to the cemetery hImre Out hit
't'rtetne t , as it is one ,af the most pie -
nue -vile and orderly 'cemeteries to he
':nnnl in Ontario 1t w•a, the sexton,
hotiever, who vouchsafed ahe inform-
ation as to 1,113' the tourists were didi-
re,etd to the cemetery. Forclwich
'kcs rt pride in the longevity of its
resident., and a proof of the attain-
:nut of hearty a.1d ages is to beseen .
'n the inscription, 011 the ,tombstones.