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The Huron Expositor, 1956-03-16, Page 2TT 77f 'r#,, ONT., :ipri,e 1S, 1.9,E r.; Establish_ ..- t Itis le,; p., Editor Published at .Seaforth, Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean :.Bros. subscription rates, $2.50 a year in Nance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa EAFORTH, Friday, March 16, 1956 Too Many Dogs Outbreaks of rabies in some parts of Ontario have caused conctrn to parents who fear for their small :chi 1 d r e n. Fortunately, however, there has been no indication in this immediate area of the presence of diseased animals. However, there is another danger to small children, as Provincial Con- stable Gordon Ferris has pointed out, and that is the number of dogs which Seaforth owners permit to roam at will throughout the town. While no child has been bitten ser- iously, cases have been reported where children have been nipped. Frequently, of course, the children encourage friendly dogs to follow them and in this way sometimes are responsible to a certain extent for the situation.. On the other hand, owners of dogs could do much to help if more care was taken to en- sure that their dogs were not per- mitted to run at large. Certainly an owner can have no excuse when his dog is permitted to run at will throughout the town. Such dogs should be impounded. SEE n Which the OMirtioa could nay- W ' melds tothe provinces, 1, vhng re- isrd to its other eommittments. Finance Minister Harris told the conference that the government's' of- fer would amount to $640,000,000 to the provinces in 1957-58. As the Toronto Star points out, "This is an adequate sum, especially when it is realized that the provinces benefit from federal welfare expen- ditures which "Ow run at about $900,000,000 a year." Ottawa has al- so agreed to contribute $180,000,000 a year towards a "health- insurance plan, and $25,000,000 for unemploy- ment relief. In addition, of course, Ottawa has other heavy financial commitments that involve the welfare or safety of all Canadians. National defence alone costs nearly $2,000,000,000 a year. Under the proposal, Ontario would receive $219,470,000 in 1957-58, or 23.9 per cent more than it would get under the present tax agreement, which is to expire next year New Tests Wi11 Help Early experience with Ontario's new driving tests indicate that the test is a thorough one. On the first day, 60 out of 121 motorists trying the test, were failures. There no longer should be criti- cism that it is too easy to obtain a driver's license. The day is gone when applicants, after a short drive with the examiner, and a few casual questions, were given approval. The searching test and written ex- amination are part of the provincial program to remove highway haz- ards and thus reduce the toll of high- way accidents. Certainly the reduc- tion of the number of inexperienced or incapable drivers on the high- ways by a more careful system of licensing is a step in the right direc- tion. The next move, and one to which it is understood the department is giving consideration, will be the re- examining of all present holders of driver's permits. There is little doubt that there are on the highways to- day hundreds of drivers who would find it impossible to pass a proper examination. $640,000,000 is Enough There will not be general accept- ance among thinking Canadians of Premier Frost's sad prediction that present federal fiscal policy will bring this country "to the brink of economic disaster." The fact, of course, is that under those same fed- eral policies, Canada has achieved an eraof unprecedented prosperity. Mr. Frost's comment followed the conclu- sion of the federal -provincial tax discussions last week. Mr. Frost is perturbed because he sees there is a limit to the federal funds upon which over the years he bas depended for many of the gra- tuitous offerings he has made to the municipalities and other subordinate agencies under. the guise of grants. He realizes, too, that now he must evolve a financial . policy for the province ---one in which the province assumes its proper responsibility With respect to the levying and col- lection of taxes in amounts sufficient O carry out its commitments. ,Me Minister St. Laurent, in cor- r stn hence with the provinces prior tie the cdnferenee, indicated the fed. a1 e'er represented the limit to What Other Papers Say : We Echo This (From The Wiarton. Echo) Why is there such a dearth of in- teresting letters to the editor in this paper? Other weeklies have the same problem. About the only ways an editor can get some good spirited letters are (a) to write them himself, (b) to attack the church, the Royal Family, temperance or motherhood. We'd like to see a couple of columns of lively letters in every issue. In fact, if we could get enough interest- ing letters to fill the space, we'd glad- ly stop writing uninteresting editor- ials. Surely somebody who reads .The Echo has an opinion that is worth re-` producing in print. We know very well that many people disagree with our own opinions, expressed here. Is it possible that all our public - bodies are functioning to perfection and that there is nothing to criticize in the actions of town council, parks board, school boards, hospital board and others? Come now, don't be so Lazy. Put pen to paper. All we ask is that letters be kept as brief as possible, be free from maliciousness, profanity and libel, and be signed. Let's hear from you. Figured in Aecidenttt, Mr. Earl McKnight, of BI the escaped injw'y oa icy HWEliwa ; No. 4, north of Kippen, when bin; oil tank truck jack-knifed, snapping;; the c. ab from the trailer. The Mis- hap ishap 'took place on .Monday. Earl was able to escape through a win- dow when .thedoor jammed.— Myth ammed—Blyth Standard. Church Fire Alarm The Goderich Volunteer Fire Brigade answered a call to North Street United Church about 7:30 pep. Saturday, when a ,,chimney fire broke out. Two unidentified men, passing the church, noticed the sparks spouting from the chimney and informed Mrs. H. A. Dickinson, who turned in the alarm. The fire was quickly snuff- ed out and no water was needed in the chimney. Damage was neg- ligible.--Goderich Signal -Star. Lions Club Gets $1,000 Arena Grant Town Council on Tuesday night unanimously passed a motion granting the Clinton Lions Club $1,000 toward the mortgage exist- ing on the skating arena. This grant is the outcome of a request by the Lions for financial assist- ance with the rink. In other local towns, where the skating arena is managed by the town, expenses have gone up as high- as one to three mills of the tax assessment. --Clinton News -Record. Home After Year Overseas Gpl. William Whitehouse return- ed to Canada and to his wife and children at Blyth last week from Gros Tenquin, France, where he had been for the past year. Mrs. Whitehouse has been residing in Blyth and on the 27th of March Cpl. Whitehouse leaves for Saska- toon, where he will be stationed. Mrs. Whitehouse and the three chil- dren, George, Bob and Ted, will accompany him and make their new home there. Mrs. Whitehouse is the former Janet Pollard, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Pollard 13th concession of Hullett Town- ship.—Blyth Standard. MacKay Hari For Sale serve bid,, The town will 'retain. the contents of the latilhO* g. Qu the recommendation of the hire committee, a building permit will be granted Canadian Petrofina Limited to erect a service station at the corner of Bennett Street and twin Hayfield Read. A .communica- tion from Sift* Salt Limited asked permission to conduct'- diamond drilling• on two sites owned by the town. The first location is at the beach end of Britannia Road, and the second, at the east\ end of the fish sheds on the south pier.—God- erich Signal -Star. Hospital Grant Will Total $7,200 Whet the Ontario budget was brought down last week, notice was made of a special grant again being made to hospitals on the basis of $200 per bed. Clinton hospital benefits under this plan by the amount of $7,200, since there are 36 beds in use. This money is intended to be used for rehabilitation of facilities and oth- er capital purposes. The South Huron District Hospital at Exeter benefits an equal amount. How- ever, Scott Memorial Hospital, Sea - forth, with 39 beds, will get $7,800; Alevandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, with 58 beds, will get $11,600 and Wingham Gen- eral Hospital will get $19.000 for their 95 -bed establishment.—Clin- ton News -Record. It was decided at the council meeting to offer MacKay Hall for sale by tender, subject to a re - Who Will Pay the Bill? (Goderich Signal -Star) Some inland areas in Ontario are troubled with a water shortage and . the Provincial Government is.putting through a measure to solve the diffi- culty by means of pipelines convey- ing water from, one or other of the Great Lakes. It would be, interesting to learn how the cost of this service is to be met. We understand it is to be operated by a Provincial Commis- sion like the Hydro Commission, but judging from some comments in the press the municipalities concerned .expect 'to, get the water, service free instead of paying for it on the Hydro plan. If this is the intention it will not be fair to the municipalities that have to pay for electric light and power. If the cost of supplying water is to be met from Provincial funds, why should not the Province supply elec- tric light and power in the same way? Otherwise Hydro municipalities will be paying the bill for electricity—in- cluding in many cases high charges - for transmission—and will also be paying through Provincial taxation a portion of the bill for water which they do not need or want. No Newspapers (Brantford Expositor) Detroit has fund that lack of news- papers cripples community affairs. There are no adequate reports of civic doings or group activities. Realtors, bereft of their chief pub- licity arm, sit idle in . their offices. Merchants cannot reach prospective buyers visually at their own fire- sides. All this illustrates once again the unique and vital role of the news- papers in the modern community, a role little realized until it 18 inter- rupted. YEARS AGONE (By SIMILA MG''ADDFN): Last Wednesday afterneen Pd„, ed. the iaol's basketball c4reer fira another season. Clinton and Goderich divided the honors of the championships. Clinton senior boys took the senior boys title, while the Clinton and Goderich senior girls are tied for first place, and now are playing off a home -and - home schedule .with total points to count. Of The four Seaforth games play- ed last week, the senior boys came up with a spectacular . win over Goderich 56 to 42. Perhaps it was due to the fact that some mem- bers of the team picked up some worthwhile pointers from the Har- lum Globe Trotters the night be- fore, who were playing in Kitchen- er. Ron Johnston led with Sea - forth field with 26 points, with Ron Scoins close on his heels with 22 points. The remaining score was made up by Bruce McFadden 7, "Chick” Scott 5, Jack Melady 3, Ron Smith 2, and Bill Dinsmore 1. The Seaforth junior boys drop- ped a tough 39 to 37 loss to the Goderich hosts. The scorers in this game were: Ron Mason 16, Paul McMaster 6,, Howard James 3, D. lckenswiller 2, D. Tremeer 4, R. .Eryl 2, F Bryans 1, K. Pethick 2, and D. Riley 1. Sale Draws Hugs Crovyd A hugre crowd was on hand for the first community sale held here last Saturday afternoon. Parking space within several blocks of the site of the sale was at a premium and the event attracted buyers from a wide area. A notable in- crease in activity along Main St. was reported by various merch- ants. The site of the sale, so close to Main Street, allows those at- tending to visit the stores quite conveniently. Offered for sale were about 150 pigs, 15 head. of cattle, a quantity, of potatoes and odney oats, as well as other art- cles. Bidding was brisk and prices were reported as quite sat- isfactory. Mr. • George Nesbitt sales manager and auctioneer conducted the sale in a most cap- able manner and to the satisfac- tion of all concerned with the event.—Blyth Standard. From The Huron Expositor March 20, 1931 Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Siemon and family, Hills -green, have mov- ed their effects to their new home in Hensall and have got nicely set- tled. Miss Greta Gould, missionary home on furlough from Formosa, who is now in Toronto, visited ov- er the weekend with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ivi- son and Miss Jean Ivison, Kip - pen. Mr. James Dunlop has purchas- ed the residence of Miss Julia Murphy. on Coleman Street, and is making a number of alterations and improvements to the proper- ty. Mr. Rochus Faber, of Hensall, has rented Dr. Moir's farm, a short distance northwest of the village. Mr. T. C. Joynt has made very fine improvements in the interior of his block of stores in Hensall. Misses Margaret and •Ernestine White, who are in training in Grace Hospital, Toronto, are at present in Riverdale Isolation Hos- pital, suffering from an attack of scarlet fever. Mr. Alex Bethune, who spent the winter with his sister. Miss Beth- une, returned last week to Kam- loops, B.C. Interesting Items picked from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 Years Ago. bury; has purchased from Mia. T. J. Berry, of Hensall, a very fine year-old Clydesdale stallion. This animal was imported by Mr. Berry last fall and was sired in the Old Country by Gartney Gold. The price paid was a big one. Mr. A. F. Hallett, wife and two daughters, of Louisville, Kentucky, came here last week on a visit to his mother and brother. Since coming to town, Mr. Hallett has purchased the grocery business of G. Emery, south of the railway track, and will conduct-,,. him- self. From The Huron Expositor March 18, 1881 $ From The Huron Expositor March 16, 1906 Mr. Ed. Appell, of Zurich, has disposed of his comfortable resi- dence to Mr. Jacob Ort, who re- cently sold iiis farm. Mr. John Dodds and Major An- derson were out on a hunting ex- pedition on Monday and succeed- ed in baggin.g two fine foxes. J. B. Duffy, of Toronto. has tak- en a position as coatmaker with Stewart Bros. Mr. J. McGavin, of near Lead- The Seaforth girls finished their season by losing both the senior and junior games to the Goderich teams. Inc the senior girls' game, al- though Seaforth girls kept the score even at the end of the first half, they completely forgot how to put the basket in the net, al- though they outshot the visitors, to lose by a 24 to 14 score. Beryl McFarlane led the scorers with 7 , points; Ruth Teall accounted for , 4; Ruth Sills for 2, and Verda Wat- son finished the scoring with one , point. , In the junior game the Seaforth girls were pushed under 19 to 13 in a game which started quite . even until the last quarter. Gene Nixon was top scorer with five points, while Frances Manherr and Marjorie Boyd showed up for four points. The Seaforth JuniotTustitate: aiu Junior Farmers held their March meetings here and later field a, joint session. Betty Campbell, president of the Junior Institute, presided over that meeting, with 15 members answer- ing the roll call by each present- •ing a baby picture of herself, The motto, was discussed by Audrey Godkin. June Smith tald the life history of St. Patrick. Betty Camp- bell, Helen Johnston and Cathar- ine Campbell were named to at- tend the Junior Farmers' annual meeting and convention at Guelph on March 16-18. A poem was read by Joyce Miller; a quiz pertaining to St. Patrick was conducted by Dorothy Keys, a n d Catherine Campbell led in a sing -song. Mrs• Harry Dougall, R.R. 3, Exeter, a judge of the way Junior Institute meetings are conducted, was pres- ent and spoke briefly. Her decision grill, be given at the annual meeting. Junior Farmers Lavern Godkin presided over the Junior Farmers' meeting, at which Harry Strang, of Exeter, spoke on seeds and the value of registered seed. Harry Dougall judged the manner in which the meeting. was conducted. Lavern Godkin also presided over the joint meeting, at which films were shown. Larry Wheatley read $$ The school's hockey team met - with much better success, than 'the basketball teams, when on Mon- day night they defeated Preston 5-2, to win the home -and -home to- tal goals to count, after Preston de- faulted the second game to Sea - forth. The goals were scored by Paul McMaster 1, Bill Strong 1, Bruce McFadden 2 and Ron Scoins 1. The first game which was played in Seaforth, used Joe Bocchini, who had not attended S.D.H.S. last year, thus making him ineligible to play according to the W.O.S.S,A. rules. Seaforth now is waiting to play the winner from the northern group of Palmerston, Milverton and Orangeville. $ $ Question of the week: Is a girl from Blyth your reason for farm interests, Roy? SEED the club paper. Square dancing tae music by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pryce• and Hill Campbell was en- joyed. • A lunch was served by, Jean Scott and her committee. , Hold Mission At McKillop Charge The mission to members in keep- ing with the nation-wide program of the United Church of Canada is. continuing on the McKillop charge. The mission was inaugurated at a. special service in Cavan Church - on Ash Wednesday night at which 36' office bearers within the con- gregations, includirfg elders, stew- ards, Sunday School teachers, Young People's leaders and oth-' ers, re -dedicated themselves in Christian service. A recent Sunday was designated as loyalty Sunday, and the names of resident members were read to the three congregations concern- ed. Emphasis is being placed on Christian discipleship and on the privileges and responsibilities of church membership. The churches of the charge are co-operating in Wednesday night meetings for Bible study and pray- er. All church members will be invited to take part in a service of re -consecration on Good Friday. Mr. William 'Copp. harnessmak- er in Zurich, has traded his stand with Mr. E. J. Hardy for a 50 - acre farm on the 14th concession of Hay. Mr, J. I. Ellis, of this village, has resigned his bailiffship of the division courts of Exeter and Cred- iton, and intends leaving shortly for Dakota. Mr. William Grieve, of Tucker - smith, son. of Thomas Grieve, of McKillop, started on Wednesday for Fargo. Dakota, where he goes to visit friends who are located in that section. Mr: Andrew Morrison has pur- chased the farm of Mr. John Wal- ton, which is situated near Mr. Morrison's own farm, near Wal- ton. Robert Knox, saw miller, near Harlock, says he has more logs this winter than he has ever had. Mr. Knox has just received a new saw, costing over $100. Mr. John Sherritt, of Blooming Hill, was engaged in moving Mr. George Wren's house, but owing to the amount of ice on the roads he was unable to work the rollers, and at length bad to tear it to pieces. THE LEGISLATURE Health Insurance and the Bud- get were in the spotlight in the Legislature this past week. By introducing the Hospital Ser- vices Commission Bill, Mr. Frust made it clear to the House that his government is by no means ready to present a hospital insur- ance plan to the province, As the Prime Minister explained it, his government seeks' in this bill to set up machinery -to regulate the allocation of grants to hospitals and "to administer any system of hospital care insurance that may be established." In his explanation, Mr. Frost took over an hour to explain the results of a survey completed by experts to determine what the cost of a hospital -care scheme would be. He felt these should be stu- died further by the Health Com- mitee of the Legislature and was not prepared to bring in a hospi- tal care plan. The Leader of the Opposition, Farquhar Oliver, charged that the bill to set up a commission was only another tactic to delay a hos- pital -care plan. He asserted that two years was plenty of time for the government to take to decide what it was ready to do and he stated that his party's policy was a demand for immediate action on the hospital -care plan. Earlier in the week, the Opposi- tion's financial critic, John Win- termeyer, delivered a criticism of the budget which members on both sides of . the House agreed 11r.y,i'.,I• KIPPEN EAST W.I. I The March meeting of the Kip - pen 'East W.I. will be held at the home of Mrs. Verne Alderdice on Wednesday, March 21. at 8 p.m., The motto will be given by Mrs. Art Finlayson; poem by Mrs. El- don Jarrott and the current events by Mrs. Ivan Forsyth. Special speaker for the evening will be William Smith. manager of the General Coach Works. Hensall. Lunch committee will be Mrs. Art Varley, Mrs. Joseph Lostell, Mrs. R. Chapman, Mrs. S. Pepper and Mrs. M. Cooper. was one of the most detailed heard in the Legislature in years. . Mr. Wintermeyer charged that EASTER AT THE ZOO COLORING CONTEST THE COCKATOO LADY WAS HATCHED WITH A - BEAUTIFUL EASTER BONNET ON HER HEAD. SHE WEARS rr WHEREVER SHE GOES Name Parent's Name Age Address The contest is absolutely free. There is no charge to enter. However, if an entry, which is accompanied by a subscription, to The Huron Expositor, is successful, double prize money will be paid. in the past ten years the govern- ment had collected an average of $38,000.000 more than it had fore- cast and that the resulting surplus- es were hidden, and dumped into funds such as the Highways Re- serve Fund where it could be used without getting approval from the Legislature. 'Such a sloppy ex- ample of housekeeping and budget- ing is almost beyond human un- derstanding." Mr. Wintermeyer said. He suggested that accurate budgeting and proper use of pro- vincial revenues could provide monies to relieve the great bur- den which the municipalities are c rrying these days. He stated that the Government was con- stantly falling back on the excuse that it ought to get more money from the tax rental agreements with the Federal Government, and suggested tl3at if the Government could' not negotiate satisfactorily agreements it might try raising the money on its own. Replying for the government later in the week, R. Macaulay (P.C., Riverdald) -said •he felt Ot- tawa should provide Ontario with far more money. He agreed that since Ontario's per capita debt is $128 as compared to Quebec's $83, that Ottawa ought to give the Pro- vince with the greater debt more money. The debate on the budget con- tinued to the end of the week. BEST CUSTOMER THE STEEL INDUSTRY'S best customer is the farmer. Directly, the farmer as an individual is• a buyer of steel and on the farmer's prosperity rests the prosperity of the farm implement business, which is one of the three Canadian industries using the most steel. The two other largest direct customers of the steel industry are the railways and the . automotive industry. These also are' largely dependent on the farmer's pros- perity. Moving crops to market is the part of railway business on which nearly all the rest is based: Motor vehicles owned by the farmer or 13y other people moving foodstuffs account for a large past of the total automotive business. Because it is in the steel industry's interest that the farmer have profitable crops, the industry must try to keep down the costs, of steel products the farmer must buy. This company is constantly acquiring new facilities to produce more steel fOr more people. THE STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA - LIMITED MONTREAL GANANOOUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO ,