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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 11, 1957
Canadian Weekly
Newspaper
Association
An Uncommon Commons W
(The Toronto Star Weekly)
1twill be-annneemmon- -Commons-..
that assembles on October 14 when
the Queen opens her 23rd Canadian
Parliament. The party which sat
for a whole generation on the right
of Mr. Speaker is now Her Majesty's
Loyal Opposition on the left, In the
seats of government are a new prime
minister and cabinet, not one of
whom has ever before been a mini-
ster of the Queen.
Even Her Majesty will find the
scene strange. She has only met Mr.
Diefenbaker. By contrast Mr. St.
Laurent was prime minister during
all her reign; she knows him well
and as a confidant.
Ottawa observers and, less direct-
ly, all the Canadian people, look to-
ward the new Commons with some
bewilderment. Its chief figure for
nine years, a distinguished member
for 16, is going into retirement. Rt.
Hon. Louis St. Laurent gave the Par-
liament of Canada not only intelli-
gent leadership but also grace and
conscience. In Parliament or out of
it, Mr. St. Laurent seemed to embody
the highest qualities of Canadian
character and to unify in his own
person the virtues and varieties of
Canadian traditions, races and citi-
zenship.
He was not really "Uncle Louis"
at all; he was the father of the Cana-
dian family. He was a remarkable
prime minister, and the most popular
since Macdonald and Laurier. His
resignation as P.M. and his with-
drawal as Liberal leader mark the
end of a political era. It is not equal-
ly valid to say that the Conservative
upsurge at the polis and the new
government signify the beginning of
a new era.
For a new political age has not yet
begun though an old one has ended.
The electors last June voted more
against members of the Liberal re-
gime than they did for a Conserva-
ill Assemble
tive government. In fact, the Dief-
enbaker party secured less of the to-
tal vote than did the Liberals.
Now the sifting and reseeding time
f6Y the major parties. The Conserva-
tives are in flux. In philosophy and
policies they are in quandaries. In
practical matters the government is
initriecl; Even the P.M. hs never
before been a minister of the crown,
and two of his cabinet have never.
sat in the House of Commons. The
Liberals have to reform, affirm a
truly liberal policy at their national
convention, and choose a new leader.
So the new House will see to the left
of the Speaker a revising Liberal
bloc in the unfamiliar role of Opposi-
tion ; on the Speaker's right a brand-
new Conservative bloc, tentative,
trying to run a minority govern-
ment.
It is a perplexed and curious Can-
adian people who await the opening
of the strange Parliament on a
Thanksgiving day which was named
for another reason.
Should End This Immunity
(Financial Post)
In a brief to the provincial authori-
ties, Ontario construction companies
have asked that labor unions be giv-
en complete civil status so that they
can sue and be sued in the courts.
Such a step is both overdue and fair. •
Construction firms which fail to
meet agreed completion deadlines or
building standards can be sued in the
courts and are liable for heavy dam-
ages. So are suppliers of materials
under contract. But there is no simi-
lar redress for a firm injured as a re-
sult of an illegal work stoppage. '
As J. J. Pigott on behalf of the
construction companies pointed out:
"A building trades union is a con-
tractor in the industry—it contracts
for the supply of labor—and it is in-
tolerable that this kind of contrac-
tor only should be beyond the reach
of the civil law."
;entY,fitte television eaineras d 1 radia: tilekkis will be used iil bringing the pageantry of the
iit t&.ottova. !Otiziada, This, sketch map of Ottawa rs the
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Fall Fair 'inest
The 1957 Brussels Fall Fair dr*
over $,000 people in spite of chill
winds on Friday of last week. Otiq
standing classes of beef catgq
heavy horses and bacon IMP, VA,
4-H competitigns featuring beet
dairy and swifle club animals, ant)
the showmanship of the club menk
bers, highlighted the afternoon
program and substantiated •the,
claim that this fair is becoming
one of the best in its class in this
area.—Brussels Post.
Fall Clean-up
Saturday afternoon was the time.'
set for the Zurich Lions annual
car wash and these husky boys of
the jungle really turned• on the
water and washed up the cars as
they came along, realizing $65 as
proceeds which- -will-flow into -
welfare fund. Some cars were
fairly clean before the wash, but
some really needed it, and the soap
and water were not spared, as all
tried to make a good job of it. So
there are a lot of nice clearn cars
in town and vicinity. — Zurich
Herald,
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Ashton Sells Out
After 18 years in business on
Clinton's Main Street, Clifford
Ashton this weekend sold his taxi
business to Donald Switzer. Don
intends operating the taxi firm
under the well-known name of
Ashton's Taxi. Cliff started in the
taxi business in 1939, the first to
be organized in the Town of Clin-
ton. Trips to Sky Harbor and Port
Albert Airports were part of the
early service, and later, when the
RAF settled at Station Clinton, the
business grew.—Clinton News -Re-
cord.
Ear Lacerated
George Lane, elderly resident of
Wingham, is in the General Hos-
pital here following an accident
which took place at the farm of
his son, John Lane, in the Wroxe-
ter district on Tuesday of last
week. Mr. Lane was assisting
with harvest operations when he
was caught by a corn -picking ma-
chine and one ear was almost torn
of. Rushed to the Wingham Hos-
pital, he underwent surgery for al-
most three hours. At fast report
his condition was said to be only
fair.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Bingo! What Time?
A fairly good crowd in Clinton
Lions Arena braved reasonably
chilly temperatures Wednesday
night to play bingo, and took away
upwards of $1900 in prizes won.
This was the Kinsmen Club of
Clinton's annual fall bingo. There
was some confusion about times,
and some folk reached here at
6:45 p.m. However, the evening
vreAt• off •04 schedule, :40 411
games were played by 1,149
mer of the jacket prize •
UN() was Mr. Fred Small, ICin-
cardine, who travelled te Clinton
With friends. She had net won
at a as bingo ever before, and
in fact had not attended one for
the past five-years.—Clinton News -
Record.
Choir "Boy" Returns
Large congregations, • including
many visitors from surrounding
arears, were present last Sunday
for the 80th anniversary services
of Blyth United Church. Guest
minister for the occasion was the
Rev. Harold Snell, B.A., of Exe-
ter, president of the London Con-
ference. Mr. Snell is well known
throughout this area and his ad-
dresses were heard with attentive-
-nesx and -pleasure -by -those-present.
Guest soloist at the morning ser-
vice was Mr. Jamie Sims, of Lon-
don, former Blyth boy and mem-
ber of the choir.—Blyth Standard.
Almost Paved
With the conclusion of this week
it is expected the paving of the
No. 84 Highway will be about com-
pleted as far as the hot mix is
concerned. They are, on the way
to Hensall and losing no time these
nice days. Here in town, some of
the places that was found neces-
sary to tear up, are now being
resurfaced. There will, however,
be considerable building up the
sides, grading, etc., to be done,
which will take considerable time
and there will also be the finish-
ing eoat, whenever that will be
put on, but we are very happy for
so much before another winter
comes along.—Zurich Herald.
Junior "B" For Goderich
Local hockey officials said that
prospects for icing a strong con-
tender in the OHA Junior "B"
hockey race look very good. Plans
for the new team are gathering
momentum. A public meeting is
to be held next Tuesday night at
7:30 in the Town Hall. Everyone
interested in hockey is urgently re-
quested to attend this meeting as
plans for the new entry will be
brought forth at that time. Chas.
Larder has volunteered to act as
manager of the squad, and Ted
Williams, who has coached two
Goderich midget teams to Ontario
championships, will serve as
coach. Jack Evans and Ted will
be in charge of lining up players
for the club, and the work has
been done already along this line.
The club's entry fee has already
been sent to the OHA. The new
Goderich team will perform in the
Junior "B" Western Division with
five other clubs—London Lou Balls,
Woodstock, Sarnia, St. Marys and
Seaforth.—Goderich Signal -Star.
• YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron •Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
October 14, 1932
With the announcement that Mr.
A. Carter proposes opening a mod-
ern grocery store in the stand for-
merly used by the Toggery Shop,
Seaforth, citizens can take pride
in the fact that they now have
More grocery stores to buy from
than citizens of any other town in
the district. The new store, which
is being entirely remodelled m
readiness for the opening, kmakes
the ninth grocery store on Sea-
forth's Main Street.
Defeating Egmondville by a 2
to 1 score on Saturday to take the
round 4 to 2, Walton football team
has won the Stephenson Cup, em-
blematic of the championship of
the Huron Football League for this
season.
Mr. H. G. Meir, who was in To-
ronto over the weekend, left his
car parked on a street with the
windows up and the doors locked.
When he returned he found that a
window had been smashed and his
bags stolen: No trace has been
found of either the bags or the
thief.
Mrs. T. S. Smith was successful
recently in winning the Savauge
trophy, emblematic of the ladies'
championship of the Seaforth Golf
and Country Club. Mrs. W. Parke
was runner-up. Mr. W. E. South-
gate, in the cup tournament some
time ago, won the Cresswell and
Southgate cups.
E. R. Crawford, a former prin-
cipal of Seaforth public school,
but now at Shakespeare public
school, Stratford, was recently
elected president of the Perth
County Teachers' Institute. It is
Mr. Crawford's second year in
Stratford.
Late Tuesday night an unknown
car crashed into the sedan of Mr.
Robert Govenlock, which was
parked in the middle of Main St.
in front of Thomas Dickson's store
and tore off a rear bumperette
and smashed the fender and
springs. No trace of the car was,
found, although a hub cap was
left at the scene of the accident.
Constable Snell is investigating.
$ 3:
From The Huron Expositor
October 11, 1907
While driving into town last Fri-
day afternoon, Mr. J. Alexander,
of Tuckersmith, had an exciting
time. When in front of Mr. James
Stewart's, just south of Egmond-
ville, his horse took fright at some-
thing on the road and jumped into
the ditch. Mr. Alexander was
thrown out of the rig, but man-
aged to hold on to the lines and
was dragged some distance. Fin-
ally the horse got away and ran
up through town. Mr. Alexander
was stunned for a few minutes
and was badly shaken up and
scratched about the face, but was
Very fortunate in getting off with-
out any ,more serums injury.
/MSS Greta. ThOtriPSOil :has been
6itited'Abk#14(tif: 400,04
lic library in succession to her late
brother, Mr. John Thompson.
What might have proved a more
serious accident happened to Rev.
and Mrs. R. J. Currie, on Friday
evening of last week while return-
ing from holding special revival
services at Bethel Church. When
nearing their own gate they were
met by a couple of belated pedes-
trians coming from Brussels Fair
who were heading for Seaforth and
were speeding their horses, • pre-
sumably to make up for lost time.
As the two horses were being
driven abreast, the road was not
of sufficient width to accommo-
date the third, and a head-on col-
lision was the result, the night
being very dark. Mr. Currie's
horse had its shoulderbone brok-
en rand it is thought it wall be un-
fit again for driving. The buggy
was also badly wrecked, but Mr.
and -Mrs. Currie escaped with on-
ly slight injuries.
Mrs. McKinnon, who has been
commercial teacher in the Colleg-
iate Institute since school opened,
has resigned with the intention of
going to Edmonton to join her
husband. Miss Chidley, of Clinton,
has been engaged as her succes-
sor.
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anadian Hans
-(4 Ruth CaUllibell, Press Gallery,
Ottawa)
As tiine hastens on toward Oc-
tober 14, the auspicious day on
which Queen, Elizabeth II will
formally open the first session of
the 24th parliament of Canada,
here is a timely reminder which
every politically - minded citizen
should inscribe on his memo pad:
"Send Queen's Printer cheque
for $8.00 for subscription to Han-
sard official daily report of House
of Commons Debates."
In this historic year Hansard,
always an indispensable publica-
tion to those who follow closely
and intelligently the development
of Canada's democratic processes,
takes on an additional significance
for every reader, is more than ev-
er a `must" in the library of
every well-informed voter.
'The' doffing- SeSsidti "cannot but
e one of rare excitement, of bril-
liant debate, of verbal battle be-
tween skilled adversaries, adjust-
ing themselves to the new roles
they have been elected to play in
Canada's unfolding constitutional
history. Hansard will tell the
story, word by word, speech by
speech, and Hansard alone is the
official record on which the well-
informed citizen must rely.
Who and what is Hansard? is
the question frequently asked by
new Canadians, eager to learn and
fully understand the democratic
processes of their newly -adopted
land. It has been aptly defined as
"the record of the evolution of our
widening liberties and the achieve-
ments of a nation," and our own
Canadian .version—patterned after
that of the United Kingdom—has
been termed "that Canadian in-
heritor of a great name and a
great tradition as an author, com-
piler, editor unique in his class."
The familiar name goes. back a
century and a half to an English
printer, one T. C. Hansard. From
1811, at first unofficially and un-
recognized by the British Govern-
ment, the Hansard family contin-
ued, under the title of "Hansard's
Parliamentary Debates", the task
sketchily begun in the 18th cen-
tury by another printer, William
Cobbett. Although in 1892 the name
was dropped with the severing of
the family connection, it remain-
ed in popular use through the years
of a ding-dong battle in the Mother
of Parliaments as to whether an
official report of House of Com-
mons debates should be published
daily. It was only in 1943 that the
popular Hansard title was official-
ly restored to the printed report of
parliamentary proceedings, b u t
throughout the Commonwealth the
authentic report of parliamentary
debates is invariably known as
Hansard.
It is especially interesting to
note that while the publication of
the daily proceedings of parlia-
ment was only formally ratified
in the United Kingdom in 1909,
Canada's first official issue of such
procedures dates back to 1865,
when the discussions and results
of the interprovincial pre -confed-
eration conference held at Quebec
City were published. One of the
first considerations of the new
federal parliament was the ques-
tion of official report of its pro-
ceedings, and the Senate made an
early start in this with the cover-
age—but not verbatim—given by
that eminent parliamentarian, John
Bourinot, who later became a
knight clerk of the House of Com-
mons.
The growth of the Canadian Han-
sard presents a colorful story.
From 1867 to 1870, as what was
dubbed "The Scrapbook Hansard",
it consisted of clippings from news-
paper reports of Commons debates,
written by partisan journalists,
who for the most part wasted lit-
tle or no space on the utterances
of political opponents or such
nonentities back-benchers—a situ-
ation far from satisfactory to those
From The Huron Expositor
October 13, 1882
Mr. James McMichael has sold
his farm on the town line, Hullett,
to Mr. John McMillan, M.P., for
the sum of $6,500. It contains 100
acres. Mr. McMillan now has an
estate of 450 acres in one block.
Mr. McMichael refused $8,000 for
this farm about three years ago.
Last Tuesday night the exten-
siVe barns and outbuildings of Mr.
Samuel Scarlett, about six miles
north of Seaforth, fell prey to the
incendiary's torch About eight
o'clock that evening the barn was
discovered to, be on fire, and it is
supposed that the fire was placed
in a straw stack.. The buildings
contained the entire crop of the
'season and nothing was saved. The
furniture was removed from Mr.
Scarlett's residence and was bad-
ly smashed. Mr. Scarlett loss will
not fall far short of $6,000, and he
has an insurance of $1,500.
The Kinlyern hotel propetty has
been sold to Mr. Amos Goodman,
formerly of Clinton, for the sum
of $1,500.
We understand that Mr. Corn-
elius Duncan, brother of Mr. T.
W. Duncan, has purchased the
drug business of E. Hickson & Co.,
in this town.
Last Saturday night while Mr.
Daniel Moran, McKillop, was as-
sisting in unloading some rails at
Mr. Andrew Govenlock's, he got
his righehand very badly jamnied
between two of them and will be
kept from work with it for some
time to come.
• ast Tuesday John and Hugh
Grieve threshed on the farm of
4A0ITIttt CiOvenlock..68 los.4
of „ifenS,* 4eurs,
iore, "
who went unreported. From 1870
to 1872 the "Scrapbook" was the
work of John Cotton of the "Ot-
tawa Times", who issued a com-
pilation of newspaper reports, of
which a certain number of copies
was purchased for distribution by
parliament.
Between 1875 and 1870, a debate
over tenders being 'called for the
reporting of full parliamentary
proceedings was a heated issue on
Parliament Hill, but in 1880 the
House concurred in the report of a
special committee which, with ef-
ficiency in view, gave greater per-
manency to the personnel of the
reporting staff. The Canadian Han-
sard system, conceded to be "the
best in the world" was well on
its way to becoming a complete
verbatim report of parliamentary
proceedings, "better indexed than
any other author or compiler who
ever- walked on earth."
Through the years -Hansard has
established and maintained an out-
standing reputation. Behind the
silent, skilled reporters who come
and go so quietly to their tables
in the "gang way" of the House
of Commons are that host of in-
dispensables—the expert stenogra-
phers who take the reporters' dic-
tation verbatim, the editors who
correct and revise, the translators
who swiftly compile the French
version of the daily debates and
who translate for inclusion in the
English issue the fluencies of
French members of parliament ad-
dressing the House in their native
tongue. The same night, the vast
mass of words which represents
the complete exchange of a ses-
sional day—question and answer,
statement and rebuttal, even the
asides and interpolations of vocal
MP's, is in the hands of the
Queen's Printer, and in the morn-
ing the full report of yesterday's
nation's business, immaculate and
impressive, has left the presses of
the federal Printing Bureau for dis-
tribution to members and senators,
government officials, newspapers
and individual subscribers from
coast to coast.
Silent, alert, imperturbable, are
the Hansard men who translate
politics into pothooks, missing nev-
er a spoken word, even in the
thick of stormy debate. Only twice
since Hansard became a vital na-
tional institution have these ex-
perts been moved to contribute
their own words to those recorded
by their flying pens. There was
the untimely interruption many
years ago when a hapless work-
man dropped a pail of ice through
the glass ceiling of the green
chamber,. almost following it
downward — an episode tactfully
commented Upon by Hansard.
And again, on. February 6, 1916,
when fire swept the magnificent
centre block of Parliament Hill to
destruction, Hansard noted briefly,
at 9 p.m., the call of "Fire", the
suspension of the sitting of the
House, and the hasty exodus from
the smoke -filling chamber.
It has been said that if Hansard
illustrated it would unquestionably
be a best seller. But even in its
stark black -and -white it offers an
abundant treasure for those who
seek. It alone provides a true re-
cord, a firm basis for judgment of
men and measures through the
years. Without it, there can be no
true translation in terms of nation-
al existence—for on it the politic-
ally alert citizen can rely for
knowledge of the men whose
speeches so powerfully influence
the evolution of Canada's political
and industrial life.
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and tomorrow, and for all years
to come, is the • complete and ab-
sorbing history of Canada's growth
since the days of confederation.
There is no subject of national im-
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try's development, on which Han-
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ies of the Atlantic and Pacific
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the vast northland?, the, industrial
expansion of Ontario and Quehec
--,unlimited is the infinite variety
of subjects about which Canada's
elected representatives can dis-
course at will, n.o questions C011-
cerning the people's welfare which.
they may not ask and have an-
swered.
It may be his own constituency
of which a member speaks with
pride, or for which he urges as-
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ince for which he pleads; the 'wel-
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calls forth his oratory. The prob-
lem& of immigration, the ,need for
better housing and Welfare ser-
cises, the future of the Eskimo
and the Indian, the vexed question
of federal -provincial relationships,
the ever -more -baffling perplexities
of Canada's foreign policy, this
-country's_ ... trade__ rel atians, her
freight rates, her shipping, her air-
lines, her railways—it is all there-
in Hansard's verbatim coverage of
the speeches which are the life --
blood of our political. system.
The total of Hansard's printing
varies according to the length of
the session of parliament, , brit
surely no other volume evar pub-
lished offers so much for a mere
$3.00 annual subscription. The long
drawn debate on the proposed ex-
tension of the War Emergency
Powers act brought the total:word-
age of 1954 to approximately 6,-.
237,-600; the Trans -Canada pipe-
line battle of 1956 resulted in the
transcription of some 6,927,000\
words; even the short pre-election,
session of 1957 accounted for the•
utterance of 'some 3,095,400 words.
Truly a bargain in verbiage offer-
ed by the Queen's Printer!
There is something for every
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cord. Here is language from.
slang to the most erudite of poly-
syllan.s; idoms new and old; the
technical phrases of business,
banking and trade, farming and
fishing, quotations from poets and.
press.
The speaker may be brief and
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devious. He may speak with bril-
liance, with passion, with the
rapier thrust and parry of an ex-
perienced politician, or the down-
to-earth conviction of a simple
man whose roots go deep in the
countryside. But always his words
are important, and well wor.h the
study of every Canadian, for this
is one of the men whom his con-
stituents have chosen to repres-
ent their interests in parliament,.
and to follow his deliberations to-
gether with his 262 fellow -MP's is
to know and judge intelligently the
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scription—a daily newspaper not
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the parliament of Canada. Of Han-
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day it is thrown' away; after' the
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Huron Farm News
The bean harvest is practically
completed. Movement of sugar
beets to the loaders has just start-
ed. Silo filling is about two-thirds
completed and a fair amount of
fall plowing has been fnished.
Some corn is still going to the
canning factory.
Judge: "Have you anything to.
say for yourself about this forgery
charge?"
Defendant: "Your Honour, $
couldn't be guilty of forgery. I
can't even write my own name."
Judge: "That's no excuse. Yoit
aren't accused of writing your own.
name."
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approved, because each of us seems to think it is
some other person's tax money which is being spent
so lavishly.
Canadians can help themselves, and the men and
women they have elected to office, only if they
remember that governments have no funds except
the taxes they take from each of us. •\
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Fall Fair 'inest
The 1957 Brussels Fall Fair dr*
over $,000 people in spite of chill
winds on Friday of last week. Otiq
standing classes of beef catgq
heavy horses and bacon IMP, VA,
4-H competitigns featuring beet
dairy and swifle club animals, ant)
the showmanship of the club menk
bers, highlighted the afternoon
program and substantiated •the,
claim that this fair is becoming
one of the best in its class in this
area.—Brussels Post.
Fall Clean-up
Saturday afternoon was the time.'
set for the Zurich Lions annual
car wash and these husky boys of
the jungle really turned• on the
water and washed up the cars as
they came along, realizing $65 as
proceeds which- -will-flow into -
welfare fund. Some cars were
fairly clean before the wash, but
some really needed it, and the soap
and water were not spared, as all
tried to make a good job of it. So
there are a lot of nice clearn cars
in town and vicinity. — Zurich
Herald,
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Ashton Sells Out
After 18 years in business on
Clinton's Main Street, Clifford
Ashton this weekend sold his taxi
business to Donald Switzer. Don
intends operating the taxi firm
under the well-known name of
Ashton's Taxi. Cliff started in the
taxi business in 1939, the first to
be organized in the Town of Clin-
ton. Trips to Sky Harbor and Port
Albert Airports were part of the
early service, and later, when the
RAF settled at Station Clinton, the
business grew.—Clinton News -Re-
cord.
Ear Lacerated
George Lane, elderly resident of
Wingham, is in the General Hos-
pital here following an accident
which took place at the farm of
his son, John Lane, in the Wroxe-
ter district on Tuesday of last
week. Mr. Lane was assisting
with harvest operations when he
was caught by a corn -picking ma-
chine and one ear was almost torn
of. Rushed to the Wingham Hos-
pital, he underwent surgery for al-
most three hours. At fast report
his condition was said to be only
fair.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Bingo! What Time?
A fairly good crowd in Clinton
Lions Arena braved reasonably
chilly temperatures Wednesday
night to play bingo, and took away
upwards of $1900 in prizes won.
This was the Kinsmen Club of
Clinton's annual fall bingo. There
was some confusion about times,
and some folk reached here at
6:45 p.m. However, the evening
vreAt• off •04 schedule, :40 411
games were played by 1,149
mer of the jacket prize •
UN() was Mr. Fred Small, ICin-
cardine, who travelled te Clinton
With friends. She had net won
at a as bingo ever before, and
in fact had not attended one for
the past five-years.—Clinton News -
Record.
Choir "Boy" Returns
Large congregations, • including
many visitors from surrounding
arears, were present last Sunday
for the 80th anniversary services
of Blyth United Church. Guest
minister for the occasion was the
Rev. Harold Snell, B.A., of Exe-
ter, president of the London Con-
ference. Mr. Snell is well known
throughout this area and his ad-
dresses were heard with attentive-
-nesx and -pleasure -by -those-present.
Guest soloist at the morning ser-
vice was Mr. Jamie Sims, of Lon-
don, former Blyth boy and mem-
ber of the choir.—Blyth Standard.
Almost Paved
With the conclusion of this week
it is expected the paving of the
No. 84 Highway will be about com-
pleted as far as the hot mix is
concerned. They are, on the way
to Hensall and losing no time these
nice days. Here in town, some of
the places that was found neces-
sary to tear up, are now being
resurfaced. There will, however,
be considerable building up the
sides, grading, etc., to be done,
which will take considerable time
and there will also be the finish-
ing eoat, whenever that will be
put on, but we are very happy for
so much before another winter
comes along.—Zurich Herald.
Junior "B" For Goderich
Local hockey officials said that
prospects for icing a strong con-
tender in the OHA Junior "B"
hockey race look very good. Plans
for the new team are gathering
momentum. A public meeting is
to be held next Tuesday night at
7:30 in the Town Hall. Everyone
interested in hockey is urgently re-
quested to attend this meeting as
plans for the new entry will be
brought forth at that time. Chas.
Larder has volunteered to act as
manager of the squad, and Ted
Williams, who has coached two
Goderich midget teams to Ontario
championships, will serve as
coach. Jack Evans and Ted will
be in charge of lining up players
for the club, and the work has
been done already along this line.
The club's entry fee has already
been sent to the OHA. The new
Goderich team will perform in the
Junior "B" Western Division with
five other clubs—London Lou Balls,
Woodstock, Sarnia, St. Marys and
Seaforth.—Goderich Signal -Star.
• YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron •Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
October 14, 1932
With the announcement that Mr.
A. Carter proposes opening a mod-
ern grocery store in the stand for-
merly used by the Toggery Shop,
Seaforth, citizens can take pride
in the fact that they now have
More grocery stores to buy from
than citizens of any other town in
the district. The new store, which
is being entirely remodelled m
readiness for the opening, kmakes
the ninth grocery store on Sea-
forth's Main Street.
Defeating Egmondville by a 2
to 1 score on Saturday to take the
round 4 to 2, Walton football team
has won the Stephenson Cup, em-
blematic of the championship of
the Huron Football League for this
season.
Mr. H. G. Meir, who was in To-
ronto over the weekend, left his
car parked on a street with the
windows up and the doors locked.
When he returned he found that a
window had been smashed and his
bags stolen: No trace has been
found of either the bags or the
thief.
Mrs. T. S. Smith was successful
recently in winning the Savauge
trophy, emblematic of the ladies'
championship of the Seaforth Golf
and Country Club. Mrs. W. Parke
was runner-up. Mr. W. E. South-
gate, in the cup tournament some
time ago, won the Cresswell and
Southgate cups.
E. R. Crawford, a former prin-
cipal of Seaforth public school,
but now at Shakespeare public
school, Stratford, was recently
elected president of the Perth
County Teachers' Institute. It is
Mr. Crawford's second year in
Stratford.
Late Tuesday night an unknown
car crashed into the sedan of Mr.
Robert Govenlock, which was
parked in the middle of Main St.
in front of Thomas Dickson's store
and tore off a rear bumperette
and smashed the fender and
springs. No trace of the car was,
found, although a hub cap was
left at the scene of the accident.
Constable Snell is investigating.
$ 3:
From The Huron Expositor
October 11, 1907
While driving into town last Fri-
day afternoon, Mr. J. Alexander,
of Tuckersmith, had an exciting
time. When in front of Mr. James
Stewart's, just south of Egmond-
ville, his horse took fright at some-
thing on the road and jumped into
the ditch. Mr. Alexander was
thrown out of the rig, but man-
aged to hold on to the lines and
was dragged some distance. Fin-
ally the horse got away and ran
up through town. Mr. Alexander
was stunned for a few minutes
and was badly shaken up and
scratched about the face, but was
Very fortunate in getting off with-
out any ,more serums injury.
/MSS Greta. ThOtriPSOil :has been
6itited'Abk#14(tif: 400,04
lic library in succession to her late
brother, Mr. John Thompson.
What might have proved a more
serious accident happened to Rev.
and Mrs. R. J. Currie, on Friday
evening of last week while return-
ing from holding special revival
services at Bethel Church. When
nearing their own gate they were
met by a couple of belated pedes-
trians coming from Brussels Fair
who were heading for Seaforth and
were speeding their horses, • pre-
sumably to make up for lost time.
As the two horses were being
driven abreast, the road was not
of sufficient width to accommo-
date the third, and a head-on col-
lision was the result, the night
being very dark. Mr. Currie's
horse had its shoulderbone brok-
en rand it is thought it wall be un-
fit again for driving. The buggy
was also badly wrecked, but Mr.
and -Mrs. Currie escaped with on-
ly slight injuries.
Mrs. McKinnon, who has been
commercial teacher in the Colleg-
iate Institute since school opened,
has resigned with the intention of
going to Edmonton to join her
husband. Miss Chidley, of Clinton,
has been engaged as her succes-
sor.
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anadian Hans
-(4 Ruth CaUllibell, Press Gallery,
Ottawa)
As tiine hastens on toward Oc-
tober 14, the auspicious day on
which Queen, Elizabeth II will
formally open the first session of
the 24th parliament of Canada,
here is a timely reminder which
every politically - minded citizen
should inscribe on his memo pad:
"Send Queen's Printer cheque
for $8.00 for subscription to Han-
sard official daily report of House
of Commons Debates."
In this historic year Hansard,
always an indispensable publica-
tion to those who follow closely
and intelligently the development
of Canada's democratic processes,
takes on an additional significance
for every reader, is more than ev-
er a `must" in the library of
every well-informed voter.
'The' doffing- SeSsidti "cannot but
e one of rare excitement, of bril-
liant debate, of verbal battle be-
tween skilled adversaries, adjust-
ing themselves to the new roles
they have been elected to play in
Canada's unfolding constitutional
history. Hansard will tell the
story, word by word, speech by
speech, and Hansard alone is the
official record on which the well-
informed citizen must rely.
Who and what is Hansard? is
the question frequently asked by
new Canadians, eager to learn and
fully understand the democratic
processes of their newly -adopted
land. It has been aptly defined as
"the record of the evolution of our
widening liberties and the achieve-
ments of a nation," and our own
Canadian .version—patterned after
that of the United Kingdom—has
been termed "that Canadian in-
heritor of a great name and a
great tradition as an author, com-
piler, editor unique in his class."
The familiar name goes. back a
century and a half to an English
printer, one T. C. Hansard. From
1811, at first unofficially and un-
recognized by the British Govern-
ment, the Hansard family contin-
ued, under the title of "Hansard's
Parliamentary Debates", the task
sketchily begun in the 18th cen-
tury by another printer, William
Cobbett. Although in 1892 the name
was dropped with the severing of
the family connection, it remain-
ed in popular use through the years
of a ding-dong battle in the Mother
of Parliaments as to whether an
official report of House of Com-
mons debates should be published
daily. It was only in 1943 that the
popular Hansard title was official-
ly restored to the printed report of
parliamentary proceedings, b u t
throughout the Commonwealth the
authentic report of parliamentary
debates is invariably known as
Hansard.
It is especially interesting to
note that while the publication of
the daily proceedings of parlia-
ment was only formally ratified
in the United Kingdom in 1909,
Canada's first official issue of such
procedures dates back to 1865,
when the discussions and results
of the interprovincial pre -confed-
eration conference held at Quebec
City were published. One of the
first considerations of the new
federal parliament was the ques-
tion of official report of its pro-
ceedings, and the Senate made an
early start in this with the cover-
age—but not verbatim—given by
that eminent parliamentarian, John
Bourinot, who later became a
knight clerk of the House of Com-
mons.
The growth of the Canadian Han-
sard presents a colorful story.
From 1867 to 1870, as what was
dubbed "The Scrapbook Hansard",
it consisted of clippings from news-
paper reports of Commons debates,
written by partisan journalists,
who for the most part wasted lit-
tle or no space on the utterances
of political opponents or such
nonentities back-benchers—a situ-
ation far from satisfactory to those
From The Huron Expositor
October 13, 1882
Mr. James McMichael has sold
his farm on the town line, Hullett,
to Mr. John McMillan, M.P., for
the sum of $6,500. It contains 100
acres. Mr. McMillan now has an
estate of 450 acres in one block.
Mr. McMichael refused $8,000 for
this farm about three years ago.
Last Tuesday night the exten-
siVe barns and outbuildings of Mr.
Samuel Scarlett, about six miles
north of Seaforth, fell prey to the
incendiary's torch About eight
o'clock that evening the barn was
discovered to, be on fire, and it is
supposed that the fire was placed
in a straw stack.. The buildings
contained the entire crop of the
'season and nothing was saved. The
furniture was removed from Mr.
Scarlett's residence and was bad-
ly smashed. Mr. Scarlett loss will
not fall far short of $6,000, and he
has an insurance of $1,500.
The Kinlyern hotel propetty has
been sold to Mr. Amos Goodman,
formerly of Clinton, for the sum
of $1,500.
We understand that Mr. Corn-
elius Duncan, brother of Mr. T.
W. Duncan, has purchased the
drug business of E. Hickson & Co.,
in this town.
Last Saturday night while Mr.
Daniel Moran, McKillop, was as-
sisting in unloading some rails at
Mr. Andrew Govenlock's, he got
his righehand very badly jamnied
between two of them and will be
kept from work with it for some
time to come.
• ast Tuesday John and Hugh
Grieve threshed on the farm of
4A0ITIttt CiOvenlock..68 los.4
of „ifenS,* 4eurs,
iore, "
who went unreported. From 1870
to 1872 the "Scrapbook" was the
work of John Cotton of the "Ot-
tawa Times", who issued a com-
pilation of newspaper reports, of
which a certain number of copies
was purchased for distribution by
parliament.
Between 1875 and 1870, a debate
over tenders being 'called for the
reporting of full parliamentary
proceedings was a heated issue on
Parliament Hill, but in 1880 the
House concurred in the report of a
special committee which, with ef-
ficiency in view, gave greater per-
manency to the personnel of the
reporting staff. The Canadian Han-
sard system, conceded to be "the
best in the world" was well on
its way to becoming a complete
verbatim report of parliamentary
proceedings, "better indexed than
any other author or compiler who
ever- walked on earth."
Through the years -Hansard has
established and maintained an out-
standing reputation. Behind the
silent, skilled reporters who come
and go so quietly to their tables
in the "gang way" of the House
of Commons are that host of in-
dispensables—the expert stenogra-
phers who take the reporters' dic-
tation verbatim, the editors who
correct and revise, the translators
who swiftly compile the French
version of the daily debates and
who translate for inclusion in the
English issue the fluencies of
French members of parliament ad-
dressing the House in their native
tongue. The same night, the vast
mass of words which represents
the complete exchange of a ses-
sional day—question and answer,
statement and rebuttal, even the
asides and interpolations of vocal
MP's, is in the hands of the
Queen's Printer, and in the morn-
ing the full report of yesterday's
nation's business, immaculate and
impressive, has left the presses of
the federal Printing Bureau for dis-
tribution to members and senators,
government officials, newspapers
and individual subscribers from
coast to coast.
Silent, alert, imperturbable, are
the Hansard men who translate
politics into pothooks, missing nev-
er a spoken word, even in the
thick of stormy debate. Only twice
since Hansard became a vital na-
tional institution have these ex-
perts been moved to contribute
their own words to those recorded
by their flying pens. There was
the untimely interruption many
years ago when a hapless work-
man dropped a pail of ice through
the glass ceiling of the green
chamber,. almost following it
downward — an episode tactfully
commented Upon by Hansard.
And again, on. February 6, 1916,
when fire swept the magnificent
centre block of Parliament Hill to
destruction, Hansard noted briefly,
at 9 p.m., the call of "Fire", the
suspension of the sitting of the
House, and the hasty exodus from
the smoke -filling chamber.
It has been said that if Hansard
illustrated it would unquestionably
be a best seller. But even in its
stark black -and -white it offers an
abundant treasure for those who
seek. It alone provides a true re-
cord, a firm basis for judgment of
men and measures through the
years. Without it, there can be no
true translation in terms of nation-
al existence—for on it the politic-
ally alert citizen can rely for
knowledge of the men whose
speeches so powerfully influence
the evolution of Canada's political
and industrial life.
Here, immortalized for today
and tomorrow, and for all years
to come, is the • complete and ab-
sorbing history of Canada's growth
since the days of confederation.
There is no subject of national im-
port, no aspect of this wide coun-
try's development, on which Han-
sard does not touch. The wheat -
fields of the. prairies, the fisher-
ies of the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, the mineral resources of
the vast northland?, the, industrial
expansion of Ontario and Quehec
--,unlimited is the infinite variety
of subjects about which Canada's
elected representatives can dis-
course at will, n.o questions C011-
cerning the people's welfare which.
they may not ask and have an-
swered.
It may be his own constituency
of which a member speaks with
pride, or for which he urges as-
sistance; it may be his home'prov-
ince for which he pleads; the 'wel-
fare of the nation ,at large which
calls forth his oratory. The prob-
lem& of immigration, the ,need for
better housing and Welfare ser-
cises, the future of the Eskimo
and the Indian, the vexed question
of federal -provincial relationships,
the ever -more -baffling perplexities
of Canada's foreign policy, this
-country's_ ... trade__ rel atians, her
freight rates, her shipping, her air-
lines, her railways—it is all there-
in Hansard's verbatim coverage of
the speeches which are the life --
blood of our political. system.
The total of Hansard's printing
varies according to the length of
the session of parliament, , brit
surely no other volume evar pub-
lished offers so much for a mere
$3.00 annual subscription. The long
drawn debate on the proposed ex-
tension of the War Emergency
Powers act brought the total:word-
age of 1954 to approximately 6,-.
237,-600; the Trans -Canada pipe-
line battle of 1956 resulted in the
transcription of some 6,927,000\
words; even the short pre-election,
session of 1957 accounted for the•
utterance of 'some 3,095,400 words.
Truly a bargain in verbiage offer-
ed by the Queen's Printer!
There is something for every
man in the -pages of this daily re-
cord. Here is language from.
slang to the most erudite of poly-
syllan.s; idoms new and old; the
technical phrases of business,
banking and trade, farming and
fishing, quotations from poets and.
press.
The speaker may be brief and
to the point, or at times dull and.
devious. He may speak with bril-
liance, with passion, with the
rapier thrust and parry of an ex-
perienced politician, or the down-
to-earth conviction of a simple
man whose roots go deep in the
countryside. But always his words
are important, and well wor.h the
study of every Canadian, for this
is one of the men whom his con-
stituents have chosen to repres-
ent their interests in parliament,.
and to follow his deliberations to-
gether with his 262 fellow -MP's is
to know and judge intelligently the
workings of our democratic sys-
tem of government.
Hansard to the citizen of every
part of Canada is a daily news-
paper well worth the price of sub-
scription—a daily newspaper not
written by specialists, concentrat-
ing on a single assignment only—
the parliament of Canada. Of Han-
sard, it has been truly said that
"like the newspaper, the first day
it isread with eagerness,' the 'next
day it is thrown' away; after' the
lapse of years it is worth its
weight in gold."
Huron Farm News
The bean harvest is practically
completed. Movement of sugar
beets to the loaders has just start-
ed. Silo filling is about two-thirds
completed and a fair amount of
fall plowing has been fnished.
Some corn is still going to the
canning factory.
Judge: "Have you anything to.
say for yourself about this forgery
charge?"
Defendant: "Your Honour, $
couldn't be guilty of forgery. I
can't even write my own name."
Judge: "That's no excuse. Yoit
aren't accused of writing your own.
name."
11
WHO SPENDS?
WHEN new federal buildings, or new highways with
elaborate cloverleafs, or new city halls are construct-
ed, they must be built with the taxpayers' money.
Very often such expenditures are enthusiastically
approved, because each of us seems to think it is
some other person's tax money which is being spent
so lavishly.
Canadians can help themselves, and the men and
women they have elected to office, only if they
remember that governments have no funds except
the taxes they take from each of us. •\
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