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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 11, 1968
The Power that 'Makes the Difference
• There probably is no more appropri-
ate time than at the beginning of a new
year to remember that with all our
problems, and, ,they are many, Cana-
dians continue to be among the most
fortunate people anywhere.
The world of today, is a world made
up of a minority of rich, prosperous
and advanced nations on the one hand
,and a majority of poor, depressed and
underdeveloped ones on the other. And
the gap between the two, far from nar-
rowing, is becoming ever wider we are
reminded by Industry.
The world's population is increasing
•every year by more than 60 million
people, three times as many as there
are in the whole of Canada, and most
of them are being born in the have-not
countries. At the same time, the death
rate from epidemic and endemic dis-
eases is being cut even among those
people (estimated at at least one-third
of the world population) who suffer
from malnutrition.
The point is made w.ith devastating
force in a recent Institute of Actuaries
study, quoted in the current Mercer Ac-
.tuarialliulletin: The richest part of the
world (North America, Europe, Ocean-
ia and Russia ,in Asia), with 30 per
cent of world population, is increasing
by 1.3 per cent -per annum; the remain-
der, embracing the other 70 per cent
of total population, is increasing al-
most twiee as fast, by 2.4 per cent.
More than 90 per cent of the world's
output of industrial goods, it is pointed
out, is produced by the well-off 30 per
cent of the world; the same countries
do the bulk of the trade in manufactur-
ed goods. The effect, notes Mercer, is
to virtually isolate 70 per cent of man-
kind from prosperity, reasonable Jiv-
ing standards and human aspirations.
What it all adds up to is that despite
the foreign aid programs to which Can-
ada and the other affluent nations are
subscribing (at a rate approaching one
per cent of annual income), the rich
minority.is getting, richer and the poor
majority poorer.
What is necessary Industry suggests
is that capital investment, technical
know-how and 'educational develop-
ment on a much greater scale than any-
thing yet undertaken are absolutely
basic to any real solution of this_human
problem. And what is even more vital
is that the program be undertaken in
time. '
But They Won't Go Home
Canadians are the most heavily in-
sured people in the world and it could
be expected they would understand the
principle of insurance. Without getting
into the esoteric jargon of the expert
this would seem to be that Protection
can be bought for reasonably low prem-
iums ,because only a few fortunate
people have to collect. Not everyone's
house burns down.
But Canadians seem to forget all
, about this when the government enters
the picture with its universal insurance
against unemployment or insurance
against the painful necessity of going
into hospital.
The homeowner buys fire insurance.
He hopes his house will not burn down
but expects that the insurance company
will send a cheque if it does.
The employee has deducted ,from his
pay a share of unemployment insurance.
He should hope that he Will not lose his
job and have to collect. But otherwise
,intelligent people seem, to translate 'in-
surance into savings and seem to think
they should get their money back in
some way..
The citizen wliq'-pays his hospital
insurance should hope that he will re-
main well and not have to go to hospi-
tal, although he is relieved to knoW
that his bill will be paid if he does go.
But some people seem to think that
since they have paid the premiums they
should stay in hospital as long as they
wish.
The hospital of one Canadian pro-
vince are said to keep their patients in
hospital for longer periods of time than
any other hospitals in the world. This
would be a wonderful record if they
were hotels.
` If citizens cannot be convinced that
hospital beds in treatment hospithls are
for sick people and for sick people only,
not all the goodwill in the world will
enable politicians ' to- keep downrates
and taxes. Even if they try.
—"The Printed Word."
Samuel de Champlain repelled fre-
quent attacks by the hostile Iroquois
Indian § in 1609-10 after forming an al-
liance with the friendly Hurons and
Algonquins. In the picture, Champlain
wears the outfit of a 17th century mus-
keteer, but without the traditional
steel armoured breast plate and thigh
guards. He favored buckskin for travel-
ling lightly by canoe in the „wilderness.
Two patvdr flasks and a bag of bullets
hang front- his belt.* The gun was a
heavy, muzzleloading arquebus, fired by
a. long fuse. The arquebus was clumsy,
slow to operate, raid its recoil could
aft dislocate 4 shoulder or •collar
bon e.1 Eventually the. Iroquois realized
the superior efficiency of their own
limple weapona. They plagued the
From the Imperial Oil Collection
French settlers with swift, silent sur-
prise attaCks until about 1670, when
flint -locks were developed and musketS
became lighter and more efficient.
Champlain made up in leadership what
he lacked in hardware. Builder of the
first permanent settlement on Cana-
dian soil and founder of Quebec, he
was an explorer, advepturer, carto-
grapher, colonizer and writer. He was
commandant of New France for 15
years. After being captured and re-
leased by the British, he was governor
for the final two years of an -energetic
and brilliant life which he had devoted
tq strengthening the colony.
(This historical feature is one of Iv
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In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
.18n. 15, 1943
(Mrs. D. Mackenzie; the town's
Changes in
Education
In an effort to help inform
the general talblic of what is
happening in today's secondary
ichools, teachers from this area
and from all areas across the
Province have prepared a series
)f articles stressing these spec -
al two and four-year programs,
the work included in the sec-
ondary school and the oppor-
tunities beyond. -
Following is another in a
series of five such letters writ-
ten and edited by teachers.
By W. G. Carter
Carepbellfoitd District High
School
The high school business and
.„,connnerce sourse — formerly
known as the commercial
course — has never 'had such
a demand on its gradeatea. as
in the recent - past. Students
from the two-year course to
those graduating , from the fiye-
nyerr,dtrayr, e gwenrtnedm, ebnytbgannsd
by schools offering post seoi-
day school education. These
agencies with their greater de -
mends, salaries, and opportun-
Of Egmondville and one of the ed and Mr. Wilson has a num-
best kn' nowmen in the county; beat of teams engaged in *draw- better
are tts recimiiireieng skilled' and
died at his home in London. ing from Egihondwille dam.
oldest resident, celebrated her * * * Harry Willis, formerly of this Setudeernts graduating from the
new commercial programs have
90th birthday at her residence:. From The Huron Expositor town, has disposed of his boot
an opportunity to meet that
Ilene.
Mrs. Mackenzie was born in ...Ian. 20, 1893 and shoe business in Wingham
came to Seaforth in 1878, where Cranbrook, was fined $10 and instrumental music. The two-year course is set up
Sutherlandshire, Scotland and D. Zimmer, hotel keeper at and intends teaching vocal and
she resided ever since. costs for having his barroom The genial townsman, Mr. Rat- for students who know they
Seaforth thermometers havemust go out to the labour mar -
Henry Young of Hullett, the snow off the streets after ket to support themselVes as
.. blinds down on,Sunday. Inspect- tenbury of 13rucefield, with
the past two Weeks. On Friday soon as possible. The course
or Miller was the complainant. team and snow plow, cleaned
zero. the centre cut of the tree, G. K.:- Holland, the genial concentrates on practical skills
of immediate value to the stu-
been hitting low marks during
it registered 20 degrees below brought to Blyth, an elm log, the recent storm.
store keeper at, Beechwood, has dent in the labor •market. Typ-
er, at one end and 44" at the purchased a fine new. Bell I or- ing, office practice, and in some
which measured 46" in diamet-
Seaforth Curlers opened the . ..
other. It was 14 feet long and gan from. John Mooney, agent cases an introduction: to data
when eight rinks were in. play. processing are hnmediately em -
season' with a supper bonspiel
The first game § in the Stewart
George -Watt of Harlock, rec- - Thomas Geary of Hibbert, en_ ,Ploy bl kill that may be
Trophy competition were play- . a e s s
contained 1,217 feet. - for Scott Bros., Seafortiv.....
ed. Winning' skips •being M, A: ently sold a very nice young tertained a number of his found in the course:
The five-year course -students
Reid, C. A. Barber, J. E. Keat- in business and commerce have
cha
. •
ing and R. J. Sproat,.
The Catholic Women's Lea-
gue held their tnonthly-meeting
-at the home of Mrs. J. F. Daly
with the president, Miss Alice
,Daly in Charge.
• A presentation was held in
Walton Hall in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Bryans. Dur-
ing the evening they were pre-
sented) with war savings*certifi-
cates.
Samuel Carter, for some
years a well known resident,of
Seaforth, died sud'denly at his
home on Main Street. He dreite
the stage between -Seaforth and
Brussels for many years.
• Many friends Will regret to
learn of the death of. Daniel
Renshaw. He was .one of the
most widely known men in the
country.
LAC Jack Dunlop and LAC
Joe Purcell have arrived at
their station, Calgary, after be-
ing with the first Canadian con-
voy. to cross the AlCan°Highway.
Daniel Williams. son of Mr.
and Matss,DanieT Williams, a stu-
dent at Dublin • Continuation
School, fell in the school base-
ment, striking his head on the
cement floor, causing -slight
concussion .
The death occurred in Toron-
`0 of George Stogdill, a former
yell known and highly esteem-
ed resident of Seaforth for
many years.
With good standing, usually
first class, the student may go
to' brie of the new- courses at
Ryerson, or on to the three-
year diploma course -in the new
colleges. Skills such as book-
keeping, stenography, dictating
and transcribing machine oper-
ation, as well t as a wide array
of other business machine skills
are brought to competent and
usable levels in tihs course. ,
Business and commerce cour-
ses have been responsive to the
needs of the changing local
economy., and high schools have
been set up to meet thechanes.
The high school now, has a
three division tnake — Arts
and! Science, Technical and
Trades, and Business, and Com -
met*. The lssk two are each
headed, •hy a dir‘ector under the
principal, and have a signifi-
cant, hriportanee to the .laboro
market. The courses train the
background skills that are so
badly needed by the economy.
Because of its practical, as Well,
as academic, make-up, the busi- -
ness and commerce courses- are
some of the mot sought after
and popular courses in the high
school.
The new technological„age i8.
felt by the student. He sees
traditional subjects change and
new courses 'introduced; Elec-
tronic data processing has Stres-
sed the importance of numbers
in our economy, and in the class
-
roam, numbers are now em-
phasized from the typing key-
board to the new data proces-
sing machines. Communications
have gainednew importance.
Many specialized f,skills in busi-
ness and industry make it im-
perative that the courses stress
vocabulary development in. the
student. Sim.ulated telephone
thoroughbred Shorthorn bull to friends to an oyster supper rec- tion of the local telephone of -
conversations with the co -opera -
It is not often that man or enAilY.grand dance in which the goals. They have 1) leave at the tice course in many high schools.
several means of a,ttaining their fice are part of an office prac-
James Taylor of Belgrave.
horse gets the better of Mr. young people of the Parr Line, ,end of four years.ef a five-year ,Programreed visits to business
' course and graduate with tlie 'and industry and government -
John McMann, but his black Varna" and several froin a dis-
Ontario Secondary Scheel Grad- affices are part of the training,
pony landed him in a big snow tante, took part, was held at
the veteran and leaving him to ter, Stanjey..• nation Diploma and enter the and a work -experience week
drift, making its escape from the residence of Wm. McAllis-
labor market, or 2) they may held in the spring of the year
enter • a three-year diploma for thosegraduating, introduces
make his own way. The Farmer's Assembly held!
The members of Britannia in Cardno's Hall, Seafoith, was course at one of the new com- the student to actual work con-
munity colleges, or 3) they may ditions as they will be encoun-
Lodge, Seaforth, with their favourewives and friends, etc., spent weather'
with excellent stormy and bad) roads. The g° on for their fifth year com- tered after graduation in June. '
pleting Grade New areas,of employment for
an enjoyable evening in their music was furnished by Messrs. .13 in preparation t
for university. the business and commerce
Those taking the four-year graduate of today exist in gov- .
lodge rooms when musical sel- Chesney and Forsythe on the
ections,were given by a numiber violin and Mrs. Thomas Grieve ,
of the guests. on the course and graduating with the ernment offices, marketing, re -
piano. A bountiful din- Ontario Secondary School Grad- tailing, advertising and data
We notice that Arthur Aikin- ner was furnished by A. Cardno.
son of Winnipeg, formerly of The Officers and direetnit' for nation Diploma may enter the processing. For the male stu-
this town, has been elected pres- the Tu.ckersmith branch of the labor market with a well -round. dent with accounting, bookkeep-
ident of the Winnipeg grain ex- Agriculture S-ociety include: ed business background. They ing .business machines, or many
may go on to further schodling of the other commercial sub -
change. •
Thomas E. Hays, president; Rob- in a two-year certificate course jects, there exists ver( rewaids.,
The ice harvest has commenc- ert Chatters, vice-president. at the epw„ colleges of Applied ing opportunities in the remote
me.
• Sugar and. •Spice
•
- By Bill Smiley —
* *
From The Huron Expositor
Jan. 18, 1918
An entertainment was held
in the school house at SS No. 4,
McKillop in aid of- the Red
Cross. Frank Hunt gave a num-
ber of well. rendered violin
solos, as were the selections by
Master James Ipegy. The chief
centre...of interest was the fish
pond. F. T. Fowler, who has,
taught_the school for the past
eleven years, , was presented
with a !nautili:1r fountain pen
andi a box ,of bon - bons.
The Walton senior depart-
ment of the public school, sup-
ports a soldier prisoner of war
in Germany. It takes '$2.50 a
month and an organization has
been formed, to promote the
good work, .with Mary McDon-
ald as seeretoary and Miss Dick-
son, teacher.
The worst storm in a genera -
ion raged here over: the week-
end, completely tying up the
railways, and sealing up the
country, where the roads were
12 feet high. It was 18 below
zero on Saturday afternoon. The
morning train from Goderich,
with • two engines, was stalled
in a drift near St. Columban
where it remained with only
the smoke Stack thawing. "
The first mail sine Friday
last was received at the post
office on Thursday morning,
having been brought fro.m Mit-
chell by sleigh.
Lieet. Smillie, son of Mr. and
• Mrs. W. It. Smillie, who was
wounded and gassed in France
early last fall, is at present
home on sick leave.
llenry Colbert, Sr., formerly
WE GET LETTERS
Teachers get some pretty
funny notes from parents, ex-
plaining the absence of a pupil.
Usually it's because the haras-
sed mother or father. stabs down
anything at the last minute, as
the kid, heading for the doer,
and already late, screams in.
dismay; "Oh I gotta have a
note,"
Thus you get such things as, •
"Please excuse Jane'e grand-
mother for being absent due to
her illness." The baffled teach-
er finally figures out that gran-
ny had the 'flu and Jane had to
stay home and) look after her
because Mom can't miss a day
at the shoe factory, • because
that's the only way She can
muster enough money to buy
Jane some decent clothes so
she can go to school, so she
can be a real whiz and help out
Granny,and Mem.
Sometimes ,the notes are , not
so l'ufFy. !Please extt.se Jim
Lor being late as he had to ap-
pear in court this ',Morning for
drunk and disorderly, but it Was
the other guy's fault,"
Well, teachers aren't the only
ones who receive sad. and funny
letters. The rest of the column
will be Made up of sentences
taken from actual letters re-
ceived by the Toronto Welfare
Department from applicants
for aid and assistance.
They may explain why Eng-
lish teachers" look se stunned
so much of the titne. The, sen-
tences will • be in quotation
marks. The comments will be
whatever conies to mind.
"I am very annoyed that you
have brandedmy son illiterate
as this is a lie. I was married
t� his father a week before he
was born." She didn't mean il-
literate. She meant illegible.
answer to your letter,
have .given birth to a boy
,weighing ten pounds. I hope
this is satisfactory." iteallY,
what could be ,more satisfactory?
"Unless I get my husband's
money 'pretty- soon, 1 will be
forced to lead an immortal
life." And good hick to you,
Missus. There should be a lot'
stenography.. could not seem brighter.
more of' that type of ksitive A147
thinking in the world.'
"Mrs. Jones has not had any
Arts and Technology, orgo,%-to-aveas of, Canada where mineral
a one-year course at -atittrtario and,- oil deve/opment is taking
Vocational Centre specializing place. In almost any field, the
in such skills as bookkeeping, student with a background in
accounting, medical secretarial business subjects is in _grtyt de -
future
legal secretarial and general mend today and the
clothes for a year arid has been
visited regularly by the Cler-
gy." No comment.
"This is my eighth child,
what are you going to do about
it?" 'What, indeed? It's certain-
ly time somebody did some-
thing. Or ,stopped doing some-
thing.
"I am glad to rdport that my
husband who was reported mis-
sing is dead." Now there is a
sentence of which Hemingway
would be proud. Not a sylla-
ble too much or too 'little. The
emotion is retained. Note that
she said !Wad"! not "delight-
er.
And here's one with the safne
theme, but a different twist.
"Please find for certain if, my
husband is dead!, the .man'T am
living -with can't eat or do any-
thing until he finds °qt."
There's drama for you. There's
tragedy. Think of the poor dev-
il, starving to death, unable to
sinoke or drink or pick his
teeth or pull the.. fluff out of
his belly -button.
Here's -another that shows a
nice respect for bureaucracy.
"In .aecordance with your in-
structions, I have given birth
to twins in the enclosed' envel-
ope." And they thought .The
Pill wag. a big deal!'
• Another mom writes, "I can,
not -get sick pay. I have six
'children. Can you tell me why?"
There's a beautiful loCie there
somewhere, if you could just
put your finger on it.
"I haven't any'children as yet
as my husband is a bus driver
and works day ani night," But
think of all that overtime.
And finally. It sounds like
an old chestnut, but teachers
, actually get notes like this. "I
want money as quick as I can
get it. 1 Iteve been in bed with
• the doogtor for two weeks and
he doesn't do me an • good. If
things don't improve, I will
have to send for another doe.
tor."
This hi Medicare?
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