The Seaforth News, 1950-08-17, Page 4THE
A ORTH NEWS
-.P.C. Conference Gibson, itlead. Rev 'IV J'. Rogers of-
ficiated for the ceremony, Miss Greta
Held at Gravenhurst i } eddi wedding musictlalnd accompanied td he
e
e
By (Tore Wostisol i soloist Mr. Benson Stoneman. The
On Sunday July 30, ,over 100 Young bade was charming in a (loot length
Progressive Conservatives from t)'• gown o:" white • corded tati'e.tta
flu • corners of Ontario convel'.;e,l on' fashioned with a sweetheart neckline
thetedged with French lace. Her finger -
station
old Norwegian iAlo Force.tr:cu led; ti) veil of sills illusion was caught to
ALodge,
(;for their
t now culled 1
,.cru I,ntlge, fur that( third, week-�a halo headdress and red roses form -
long.
ed her bouquet. Four attendant, pre -
With
enol;. hat 101101er 0 0111 lit' ,, front ceedtd the bride to the altar. Miss
1'fch ,i the y00'01t tune! Orrice Gibson, sister of the groom,
yyour riding In rho askat1't I Taranto, maid of honor, Miss Mar-
Qu"he nb11,1 rh from 4wslcdrl islann,,
Mar -
Quebec and I'tiuc,• Edward island. Barth vbride,ghton, Toronto, sister
tete conference was officially opened: of the bride, was bridesmaidHiss
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011 Monday by i'reutiet
Leslie Frost) bride's tslstertluMeNaughton,
bvridesmaidThe
Mr. From 011111ued rete work of the two were lovely in gowns of nylon
various departments Of Ills r uverlt l sheer 111 mauve, yellow and powder
meat and their Ontario.
stove 4 blue. Mario( Bell, Hensall, (rocked in
taping office in Ontario. .s of pink organdy with matching bonnet
On 'Monday evening tete first I and carrying a basket of corn flowers
three political quiz contests., were and rose petal was flower girl.
held. The 'camp having been ivided 'The brother of the •bride, Mr,
into six committees with two groups Glenn McNaughton, Toronto, attend
battled each night with goestions ell the groom, and the ushers were
pertaining to various government Messrs Clarence McNaughton and
agencies. Interest was keen and eon- Robert Coates; Toronto, The recep-
testants were urged on to Will. for tion was heldat the bride's home.
the losing team was required to sweep Mr: and Mrs, Gibson will reside in
the auditorium floor. (This writer is Sudbury.
now more familiar with t11e 'business- Mr, and Mrs. .Gordon Davis of
end of a broom.) Toronto are visiting with the latter's
The Y. P. C. executive was 1011(111' parents, Mt'. and Mrs. J. R. McDonald
ate in obtaining two very prominent Mrs. Stanley Love of Exeter spent
speakers for Tuesday's program. Mr. several days With her brother 911'.
Wm. S. Gibson, President. National John MaeBeath, who is seriously, ill.
Cellulose Co. Ltd., whose 1110100 was At a special meeting of the Village
"A Half Century of Industry Manu- Council, C. V, Leonhardt of Mitchell
factoring and Commerce in Ontario", was appointed Chief of Police and
and Professor Vincent Bladen, Air -
%Mor, Institute of Industrial Relations
at the Ttnivetsity of Toronto, who
spoke on "Tete Wage Earner, 1900-
1950.'
All work and no play nlu.kes Jack
a dull politician, so off to Bala fol'
everyone Tuesday night to a dance in!
the spacious pavilion overlooking
Lake Muskoka. where delegates had
the opportunity of fraternizing with
Northern Ontario natives (and bird-
like mosquitoes). Generally speaking
the "lights out tit midnight" rule was
adhered to, for hearty appetites were
order of tete day, and to sleep in (leant 1
passing up those luscious servings of
cereal. bacon and eggs and utast and
coffee.
The third day. • Wednesday. saw
Party Chieftain Drew arrive at t11''
cramp and speak bafore a 1'091'1'y
Ball. 31r. Drew. who incidentally was
the ,originator of the sunnier c"nf•
ince idea, spoke briefly to the class
WA then joined the group for a svvirit
its the camp's large crystal clear tank.
The Opposition Leader left for Eur-
ope from the canlp where he will join
his wife and fancily.
Also on Wednesday the delegates
heard from men from the top and
bottom of Ontario. Bob Robinson, vice
president of Ontario P.C. Assoc.,
spoke on "The Social and Economic
Progress in Northern Ontario in the
Past 5) Years," while Earl Watson,
president Local 195. 'United Auto
Workers C. I. 0., Windsor, spoke on
"The Labor Picture in Ontario". Mr,
Watson, who is president of the
Largest local in Ontario. said that
unions could operate properly only in
a free enterprise system of society.
i11r. Elmer Bell of Exeter, president
of the Western Ontario F.C. Assoc.,
dropped in at the conference Wed-
nesday afternoon and spoke before a
Practical Politics Round Table Ses-
sion on "Y.P.C. Activity Between
Elections,"
Wednesday night was spent in the
lounge around the massive fire place
with the delegates and guests roast,
int; weiners. taking part in skits• and
sing -songs and the usual discussion
regarding. the day's speakers.
On Thursday an address given by
- J. E. 3I,'Cague of Alliston entitled
'•Agri,.•nlrure in Ontario since the
Turn ,-f the Century" was attentively
list• ntd t1, by both rural and urban.
!l at r.-.
Before the day was out those at
1111- t',-•.:1•'• ses•iotn 15'.'re ' to hear a
JJa.,1 ill (,'•Inletiv, talk on Practical
...arvi,.e from that grand old 111 1i11 of
Ontario a4ricultur,. Tom Kenliedy.
He
711'gr'1 tit? y..,tltlg delegate; t.,
think for themselves till have an
i;t'•-ri'11:lg- of ideas
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11, c.o irs. rile Minister prl,phe-ie1
tartnint,.ar•-,a will 1•-v'°lep
n Northern i (nttcie and will be one
of tri-- tear• -a in the world.
In the evening after tl.' u•ua1 poi.
itis a1 'm?sk parliament
was statreti complete with all til?
triniMiLg:. This typ-• of activity: al-
though more 1tti 11J-• satire 'side than
�• 11. 1- gave the participating dole-
. orale idea hove :. dein,. ratt•.�
; 11:~ 11, mattes the lava., of the
I1 ,, :inr: was spent diset169-
11.c .. *:,a• 1)ntisri,t Labor -Code„
of included a pair of young
E, A. Goodman and
The men. Iabor law -
The (1, 00 that trade
.. ..• • •.• p1talist it' form of
to etii-r.
t'anada's
P., cls,) -poke• Friday
'r1so,oill secority.
tear., .,..
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lir. and 91re. Cline Flynn .and
Jinttnie of Lottdon and 'Mrs. Jas.
Parkins, Seaforth, visited recently
with leers Bertha 51cLareli and Don-
ald,
1Ir. anti firs. Wm. Simpson, Bill
and Bob returned to Detroit after
holidaying with the former',. (nether
Mrs, Lou Simpson,
Mr. and Mrs. Hazy Lawrence of
London here roma visitors with Mr.
and :tiers. Jack Farquhar.
Mr. and Mrs, Ronald Moir, new1J'-
weds have returned from their wed-
ding trip and have taken up residenee
in the apartment at Mr. and Mrs,,
Lorne Luker's home.
9liss Barbara Michie, Brussels, and
Miss Jeau Brandon, Bayfield, visited
recently with Mrs. Bertha McLaren
and Mr. and Mrs, John McBeath.
Mr. Howard Love returned to Tor-
onto after holidaying with his par-
ents Mr, and Mrs. Milton Love.
Miss Stella Robinson of Toronto
is visiting with her sister Mrs. Arnold
Miss Mary Goodwin of the staff of
the Bank of Montreal is enjoying her
vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. 0, •Goodwin at Shady Beach,
Lake Huron,
Mr. and Mrs, Donald Walker and
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ferguson of Tor-
onto visited this week with the for-
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Walker.
Carmel Presbyterian Sabbath
School picnic was held at Lion's Park,
Seaforth on Wednesday with about
75 present. The following sports un-
der the direction of Rev, and Mrs.
Ferguson, 'Mrs. C. Kennedy, Mrs.
Harvey Hyde and Mt's. Cecil John -
neral utility man at a salary of
25 per month, duties to continence ceasfolows: sand girls
ug. 1St. iare as
MargaretHyde, Jean
Kennedy; boys and girls age u, Neil
Forrest, Hairy Moir; boys 7, ', 9,
Bud Johnston, Terry Forrest; girls
7, 8, 0, Po sy Bell, Marion Bell:
boys 10, 11 12, lion McLaren, Nor-
man Hyde; girls 12 and snider, Joan
Johnston, Shirley Bell; boys 12 and
over, Gerald Boil, Allan Johnston:
wheelbarrow ruse, hays, lot Bob
Baynhant anti Allan Johnston, 2nd
Don McLaren and Nell Forrest;
three-legged race, boys and girls, 1st
Alien Johnston and Gerald Bell, Pat-
sy Bell and Beverley Dick; tug-of-
war, boys, east side won; anew s tug-
of-war, leen vs youth, youths won;
clothes pin race, boys and girls, 1st
Billie Fink and Gerald Moir, 2nd Bob
Baynham and Norman Hyde; slipper
scramble, girls, 1st Betty Bell, 2nd
Sharon Neeb; peanut scramble, boys
and girls' life-saver relay, Charles
Forrest's team; driving nail in block,
Harold C. Bell; marshmallow race,
Don M"oLaren,
Mrs. Stewart Barbour of Toronto
is holidaying with her parents Mr.
and :Mrs. James 11oggarth.
Mr, Russel Dennison of Loudon
called on friends here this week,
HEALTH UNIT NURSE
TO BE AT SEAFORTH
The Huron County Health Unit
announces the appointment of three
additional public health nurses to the
staff,
Mies M. Jean Marshall, Reg. N.,
Toronto, will live in Goderieh and
serve a district north and east of the
town, At headquarters in Clinton,
Miss Rhea G. Desjardins, Reg, N.,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1950
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of: Sudbury. will be posted to work
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LOGAN
Logan Council met and formed
into Court of Revision on assess-
ments of the main Ritz Drain, Ap-
peal of G. Trentowsky was consider
ed and allowed, Acreage reduced
from 25 acres to 20 acres and bene-
fit 005easlnent from $10.00 to $8.00.
Outlet assessment from $4,00 to
$3.20. Court of Revision was then
closed.
By -Laws No. 527, Connolly and.
Ritz branches and By -Law No, 528
Main Ritz drain were finally passed.
and Clerk & Reeve authorized and
instructed to sign and seal said By -
Laws,
Tenders were accepted for the said
drains. Robe'r't Nicholson being
awarded the Main Ritz drain contract
at $4,000,00, Reuben Denstedt was
awarded contract for Connolly and
Ritz 'branch drains at $2,350.00 Mr.
Denstedt starting work at once while
Mr, Nicholson has •ag'reed to start
Aug, 21st,
Council then adjourned and will
meet again Monday, September 4.
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HENSALL
The United Church, Hen:ta:i, was
the setting for a wedding hon Hetet:
Marion McNaughton, Toronto, and
Harry Abner Gibson, Sudbury, ex-
changed marriage vows. The bride is
the daughter of :Mr, and Mrs. Lorne
SlcNaughton, CromartY, and the
groom, the son of Mr, and Mrs. R. A.
It is important that you understand clearly why the
managements of Canada's railways believe a rail-
way strike is absolutely unnecessary.
Our reason for this conviction is that we have
made the employees involved in the present dis-
pute a fair offer of wage increases and improve-
ments in working conditions which, if applied
to all employees, will cost us $37,000,000 a year.
We have further acknowledged a moral obliga-
tion to implement the 40 -hour week at the appro-
priate time, and we have explained why, in fairness
to Canadian industry and all other employers of
labour, we cannot put it into effect now.
To do otherwise would be to perform a dis-
service to industry in general and to all employers
and employees alike.
The railways, after making two previous offers
which the union leaders rejected, have now made
Not only is a railway strike unnecessary now,
but furthermore, because of the tense inter-
national situation, it would endanger the entire
Dominion. As the presidents of the Canadian
National and Canadian Pacific Railways said
in a joint statement to the representatives of
the unions last Thursday:
"The present situation... imposes a nerve strain
on all concerned at a time when we badly need
to devote all our energies and thoughts to the
grave threat of war and a national emergency
... It leaves the railway employee in a most
uncertain and unhappy frame of mind be-
cause we are morally certain he does not wish
to walk out on his job at a time like this, no
matter what issues are involved . . . this
opinion seems diametrically opposed to the
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'u�.:.y"r 0004 J 1„•a'..�t l� . .e.'k't ., ,., ... I S7'a'^n."�C
a .third and final offer which gives the employees
the choice of either:
an increase in wages averaging 81/2 cents
per hour, or
a reduction in the basic work week from
48 to 44 hours, with an increase in wage
rates of 9.1% so as to maintain or in some
cases improve present "take home" pay.
The labour leaders have made no concessions
at all and have refused to budge from their original
demands for a 5 -day 40 -hour week with mainte-
nance of present "take home" pay, and in addition
increases of 7 cents and 10 cents an hour.
The railways are thoroughly conscious of, and
sympathetic to, the problems of their employees re-
sulting from higher costs of living.
Drastic, unwarranted reductions in hours of work
instead of decreasing these problems will inevitably
increase them.
strike ballot which has been reported by the
unions, but railway management retains
too high an opinion of tate loyalty, stead-
fastness and sense of responsibility of their
employees to believe a strike would not
mean a heart -breaking situation for them.
That is not to say they will not carry out
their undertaking to strike if union leaders
decide to call upon them to do so hut as
already stated. it will cause great unhappiness
and self-reproach."
The importance of the railways in Canada's
economy cannot be exaggerated. Never was
that importance more apparent than in World
War II. And without the loyalty and in-
tense effort of alt railway employees. Canada's
magnificent war effort would have been im-
possible. The same hold( trait today. M the,
presidents further ,rated;
" .. the general public is inconvenienced and
business arrangements are made uncertain so
long as the likelihood of a strike persists.
Moreover, a railway strike would so cripple
our economy that it would weaken for a long
time our ability to take a strong line in inter-
national affairs and thus give great comfort
to the enemy. Therefore, railway manage-
ment feels strongly that the issues must be
faced resolutely so that all interests, the worker,
the public. and the Government, as well as the
anions and railway management, will know
precisely what is facing them. The time has
come to retnove this uncertainty which hangs
as a blight over our day-to-day life."
WITH THESE CONSIDERATIONS IN MIND, THE RAILWAYS HAVE MADE THIS OFFER AS THE ULTIMATE
THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE EXPECTED OF THEM, AND IT GIVES A SETTLEMENT WHICH WiLL LEAVE
RAILWAY WORKERS iN AN EXTREMELY FAVOURABLE POSITION COMPARED TO OTHER INDUSTRIAL WORKERS.
HERE IS OUR OE is
The final offer which excludes hotel and water transport employees
is as follows;
(1) Recognition by railway management of a moral obligation to implement
the 40 -hour week at the appropriate time.
(2) Recognition by the unions in principle, subject to negotiation In detail,
of minor amendments to existing contracts covering working rules to
bring about more efifcient operation.
(3) EITHER
(A) A 44 -hour basic work week with a 9.1% increase in hourly rates
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS
TORONTO, HAMILTON & BUFFALO RAILWAY
so as fo maintain "take home" pay, In regard to monthly rated
clerical employees there will be an understanding that a 5 -day
actual work week may be granted by local arrangement in selected
cases where the hours now actually worked are Tess than 44,
on condition that the requirements of the service are protected
up to 44 hours per week.
OR (B) A graduated increase in basic wage rates approximately equivalent
in expense to that involved under Plan A, When applied to all
employees, this would cost the railways $37,000,000 per year, and
would average Ill: cents per hour.
CANADIAN. PACIFIC RAILWAY
ONTARIO NORTHLAND RAILWAY