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The Huron Expositor, 1968-03-14, Page 27' Since 1860, Serving the Community Pint • Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN mos., Publishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau at Circulation and Class 'A' Coramunity Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $7.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 12 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa cIass commuselt swsparkr SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 14, 1968 Canadians Win With Expo Canada has received the bill for Expo. '67. The deficit is expected to be *295,000,000' the commons has been told. Of this amount 50 per cent will be paid by 'Canada, 371/2 per cent by Que- bec and the ba/ance by Montreal. But when all the plus factors are considered Expo '67 was probably the best piece of business in which Canada was, ever involved. Just consider these items, not one of which is reflected in the deficit: 1. An increase in Canadian tourist re- venue in 1967 of about $490,000,000, most of it due to Expo. 2. An estimated increase of $238,- 000,000 in tax revenues of all govern- ments generated by expenditures on Community Expo. 3. Assets transferred to the federal government, the province and the City of Montreal of a total value of $74,000,- 000. 4. An investment of $200,000,000 by foreign participants in Expo. 5. Intangible benefits to Canada's foreign trade and general reputation abroad. The first four items alone total over a billion dollars and this was our re- turn on an expenditure of 295 million. In other words for every dollar we as Canadians,spent on Expo we got back nearly four dollars. And this doesn't take into consideration the value of the prestige, the sound publicity which was generated around the world. Acceptance Is Necessary The Ontario government or any gov- ernment can only do so much to achieve equal citizenship for the many- new- comers who have chosen to make, On- tario their home. The point was made by Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship Robert Welch when he addressed the an- nual convention of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association in Niagara Falls last week. "These are trying times for a tense world constantly on the brink of cri- sis," he 'declared. "Times when doubts, often unfounded, are being raised in respect to men's motives and goals, when most of us are being subjected to the cOnstant pressures of changes." and added, "More than ever before, We .need the truest kind of responsible cit- izenship." , Certainly citizenship programs can contribute in a vital way to Ontario's development because as the minister said, an orderly integration of new Canadians is vital to a strong and meaningful life. But in the final analysis it is the de- gree to which the community accepts the newcomer that is important. For- tunately in this/district where so many residents of other lands have found new homes and made such substantial con- tributions to the community, the prob- lem perhaps is not so serious. But un- foitunately this is not the situation in every centre. As Mr. Welch puts it, without accep- tance by the, community the new Can- adian's hope "for a new life could be- come the tragedy of an empty hope." Sugar and Spice — By Bill Smiley — SMILEY THE HUSTLER A funny thing happened on the way to the proof-reader's, a couple of weeks ago. My col- umn appeared, headed "Gloom and Doom.". It was riddled with quotations by experts, al- lusions to economics, refer- ences to the stock mdrket and all sorts of similar portentous fulminations. I imagine bewildered readers shaking their heads and, mut- tering to their spouses, "Here, Mabel. What's come over young Smiley. He sounds learned, in- telligent and as though he'd lost his lest friend_ Completely out of character." What Lhappened was that the heading § were inadvertently switched on my column and that of Ray Argyle, an old friend who writes a perceptive • column on current affairs. , And his, readers must have been equally baffled, asking "What in the name of all that's ridiculous has happened to Ar- gyle this week- Pure driveL Never knew him to write such puerile nonsense before." Oh well, the allies made biaer boobs than that and won the war. At any rate,' it may be of some comfort to you to know that this week's column is not only mine, but is being written by the undisputed Russian Bil- liards champion of the , local curling club. I'm not much on the ice, but fm a ,heller on the pool table in the basement. . It shook a lot of the denizens of the billiard room, but none of thern- as much as it shook me. Knocked off three oppo- nents, including one bird who tried to oneupmanship me by bringing along his own private cue, to make the finals - Should have seen the tiger I faced then. Six feet four, 20 years younger than me, fine golfer, hawk -eyes of -the out- standing hockey goalie he is, and the hottest pool shark in town. Now don't panic, mum, I . beat him It was best three games out of five. He took the first two so fast that all I had a chance to do was chalk my cue and spot the balls he kept knodking in. Isn't this exciting? Well, as we old fighter pilots put it, there I was at 30,000 .feet, upside down, out of ammo and three straight games to win. I knew that only sheer brilliance and naked courage would save the day. So I gave the old reverse treatment. Instead of making _points, I kept losing them. You can do this in Russian billiards. Pretty soon I was 28 in the hole. Se a lot sturdier when we put of the wall paper!" He was about 30 in 4),e clear, a difference of 58. He got over -confident and careless, started knocking the balls around, losing points, and I craftily crept out of the hole, a few at a time. Suddenly he realized this old duffer might beat him, got desperate,, and I had him on the run. Nothing to it, really. The thought of the shame if -1 beat him destroyed his confidence and he was a sitting duck. That's my story, anyway, and there were no wit- nesses. Speaking of games, never play them with women. I found out years ago that the only game you can play with _them is the love game, and even there you have about as much chance of winning as you have with a slot machine. In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor March 19, 1943 After several postponements on account of weather coadi- lions, the induction of Rev. W. A. MacMillan into the Cromar- ty Presbyterian Church was held when Mrs. T. L. Scott sang an appropriate solo and an address of welcome was Made by James Scott, clerk of the session. The St. Patrick's social under the auspices of St. James' Church CWL, Seaforth, was well attended. Among those tak- ing part were: Mary Lou and '• Ronald Sills, Kathleen Holmes, Alice McIver, Joan McMaster, Mary Margaret Cleary, Pat Bechely, Jean McMaster, Kath- erine Laudenbach, Betty Moore, Jean Habldrk. The accompanist was Miss Alice Daly. J. W. Berry of Victoria, BC, in.renewing his subscription to the Expositor says: "It is quite interesting to read about On- tario having one of the worst bliYYards they have experienced since 1900 and that same week- end, I was out planting some early potatoes and green peas in my victory garden." William A. Siebert, Zurich has received word from Ottawa that he has been named as post master for Zurich. A .family dinner -marked the Mr. and Mrs. George Gram of Hensall. A masquerade dance was held in the community hall when there was a large crowd. The prizes were' as follows: best couple, Mrs. R. McMichael and Mr. Wm. Dennis; best dres- sed Miss Mary Humphries and Mrs. A. Coutts; best comic, Mrs. John Bruce and John Mar- shall. Mr. W. J. Cleary has rented the residence of Mr. John Laing on Side St. Many friends 'will regret to learn that Mrs. Rueben Frost had the misfortune to fracture her hip. The west and east line social evening was attended by a .very small but jolly crowd at Win- throp. The winners at cards were: ladies' games, Mrs. Chas. Dolmage; lone hands, Mrs. Horne; men's games,Chas. Dol - mage; lone hands, Thos. Blan- chard. Mrs. Barbara Holland of Dub- lin celebrated her 79th birthday and received congratulations from a large number of friends and relatives. Women are completely de-' void of sportsmanship, hate to be beaten and turn cold or hot with rage when they are. Knowing this, I foolishly took part in a mixed curling bon - spiel the .other day. The girls haven't changed. They played as though the six -dollar prizes were solid gold Cadillacs. Still on sports, the winter carnival season is in full swing. I guess they're a good thing. Give people a chance to get stoned to the eyeballs or 'roar about on their skidoos, releas- ing their aggressive tendencies. The height of something occur- red at one of these events the other day. Winner of the ice - fishing contest collected a free holiday in Nassau. The winner? A 41/2 -inch perch. And a last word on games. The Liberal leadership mara- thon is on and the pack is off and running. But the 'bulldogs, greyhounds and just plain mutts are all looking over their shoulders at Wet darned French poodle coming un fast. My suggestion:call the race off and ask Dief to take over as leader. Winston Churchill crossed the floor of the House and look how far he went And wouldn't the Old Chief have a lovely time ripping into Stan, field? . Frank Hagan of Hillsgreen has had the hydro system ex- tended to his barn and is now enjoying good light. A large section of the har- bour at Hayfield was flooded and a rock garden at the bridge head was left filled with large cakes of ice. The storm made no difference to the attendance at the Farm Foram for circuit 651 at Kip - pen. It was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Alexan- der. • • • From The Huron Expositor March 22, 1918 John Rowcliffe of the London Road north, recently sold '21 pigs to Sam Horton of Hensel', for which he received the neat sum Of $758.00. The 52 acre farm of Angus , McQuaig, near Walton, has been sold to Mr. Thos. HaCkwell for $4,700 who gets possession at an early date. The nine o'clock train at Wal- ton was stuck in a snow bank just east of the village as also was a freight train, Several of the citizens helped tel shovel snow but could not release the trains; a snow plow came from Guelph and backed the trains into Monkton. Mr. Hebert 1VIaeLaren of Hen- sel' has purchased a splendid thoroughbred driver which he intends exhibiting at the spring show. As Will be noticed in the ad- vertising colums, Messrs Turn- bull and McIntosh' are dispos- ing of their livery stock and fixtures, having leased their block an Main St. to the auto sales company of Canada who have purchased the garage hilli- ness of Mr. James H. Wright. The new premises will be un- der the management of G. S. McIntosh. Nial Murray, son of Mr, John Murray of Tuckersmith, who enlisted with a Saskatoon bat, talion and who has been in France for some time, has been granted a lieutenant's commis- sion in the Canadian Army. The auction sale held by Wm. Knechtel was a most Succes-sful one. A fine team of 3 yean-old Glenrac geldings. was. knocked down to Thos. Pryce for $464. Mr. Knechtel intends retiring to Seaforth. James Robertson of the 3rd concession of Tuckersmith, has sold his 150 .acre farm to Mr. Green, Hay, the price being $11,- 500. One of Seaforth's oldest and best known, businessmen, pas- sed, away at his home in the person of James Graves in his 72nd year. Messrs John Beattie, Chas. Aberhart and C. A. Barber were in Toronto on business. Martin Murray of Manley has purchased the old 50 acre home- stead of the late Thos. Murray, the price being $2,210. It is a choice farm, only that the barn was destroyed by lightning last fall. Mrs. Martin and her daughter, Mrs. Dempery of Leadhury have knitted 225 pair of iOcks for the soldiers. Mrs. Martin was hardly able to sit up owing to illness,' but she continued to knit. * * '• From The Huron Expositor March 24, 1893 Mrs. John Thompson of Mc- Killop, near Kinlaurn, has rent- er her farm to Messrs. Robert and Thos. McMillan, for a term of years. They intend using it for grazing purposes. Several of the boys froin Bay- field skated up to Goderich last week. The best driving td' that town now is on the lake. Mr. W. H. Willis proposes leaving town, having received the appointment as organist in an Ingersoll church at a lucraz– tive salary. He is a son of Mr. Robert Willis. We understand that Mr. Hen- ry Jackson and Mr. A. Charles- worth are making arrangements for the erection of a three- storey, brick warehouse. A. Cardno intends erecting a couple of nice residences on his property on John St. Both houses have already been rent- ed. . D. B. Steckle of Blake has 'purchased the farm of his neighbor Abraham Snider in Stanley. The farm contains 91 acres and was purchased for $4,500. 'f*> James Scott Jr. held a wood bee at which over 30 cords of wood were cut. In the evening there was the usual termina- tion, a party and a very enjoy- able time 'was had by all pre- sent. A large number of relatives and friends met at the home of James Aikenhead of Stanley Twp. to compliment him on his new and commodious dwelling. While returning home from Varna to Brucefield. John Ash- ton had the misfortune to break the tongue of his sleigh. McKay Bros. of Tuckersmith have sold a 7 month -Old bull calf to Messrs. Stewart and Switzer of Goderich Twp. Michael Carlin of Hibbert .died at the residence of his son Phillip at the advanced age of 95 years. He was born in the eounty of Meath, Ireland and came' to this country in 1832. The young men's Christian Association meeting was one of the largest yet held in the new rooms. It was addressed by Al- lan S. McLean on his exper- ience in the west which was both interesting and instructive. SEEDGRAIN and FERTILIZER AVAILABLE EARLY DELIVERY Cash and Volume DISCOUNTS Cash Discount on Fertilizer 3% Seed Grain 4% — CONTRACTS AVAILABLE — CONTACT US ON PRICES' OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED 527-1910 Seaforth Here at LARONE'S you find the Latest 'YARD GOODS Attractive patterns, in a' wide variety of exciting cloths — including: Broadcloths - Linens - Ginghams Crepes - Prints - Silks Butterick Patterns and Sewing Accessories. 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