The Huron Expositor, 1964-02-27, Page 2•
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'SEAFORTH, ONTARIcj, FEBRUARY 7, 1964
Early Decisions Save Confusion
Mitchell merchants have taken a leaf
from Seaforth merchants " and have
made decisions now concerning the way
they will observe Remembrance Day
next November. The Stratford' Beacon -
Herald has commended the Mitchell
merchants and sugges other merch-
ants in other townsfmight well ,follow
the same practise.
Seaforth merchants, it will be recall-
ed, established their practise a year ago
and, determined not only the procedure
on Remembrance Day, but also for oth-
er occasions, such as Christmas shop-
ping and open shopping nights that in
past years have resulted in unseemly
and unnecessary dissension. When the
decisions had been taken they were pro-
vided in printed form and displayed in
each place of business.
So it is that the words of coigratula-
ions which the Stratford Beacon -Her-
ald directs to Mitchell merchants 'may
be applied in added measure to merch-
ants here.
We fully agree with the Stratford
paper when it contends there is no justi-
fication in delaying such decisions. De-
lay is unfair to individual merchants,
as well as to the shopping public and
can only lead to confusion.
-Red Cross Earns
Much too often, these days, we're apt
to measure our successes and accom-
plishments in ' terms of direct cash,
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monetary value or •material benefit.
The structure of our mbdern society
has_ caused us to evaluate our status
and our worth in the community in this
manner and we're apt to forget that we
may have other assets which cannot
even be measured by material stand-
ards, yet, assets that could give us a
position of very great impoitance with-
in the community..
To stand in a position of importance.
in the community does not necessarily
mean that one Joust be a leader of men,
nor does it mean that one must occupy
the house on the hill. A position of im-
yportance can be occupied by the per-
' son withsuch, seemingly unglamorous
personal assets like charity, human un-
derstanding, kindness and gentleness,
courtesy, tolerance and consideration.
These personal assets have more va-
lue in the, long run. What's, more, we
ourselves control their destiny. A stock-
market crash does not decide whether
they continue to exist or not. Whereas
an economic depression does dictate
our standard of living and the .extent
This is what the Beacon had to say
'In recent years there has been u
seemly argument in many places, ever
November, about the observance of R
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membrance Day. Some years the 'd
bate has gone on until a few days be
fore November 11, to get agreement o
business closing hours; some year
there has been no effective agreement.
"Last year int tratf erd some business
places closed forthe' day ;`'' Sortie closed
for'••part of the day; some closed for a
few minutes at 11 a.m. on the llth day
of the month; some did business a,t•.us-
ual while a service of remembrance was
•'being held at the War Memorial,
"One could find some justification for
any of those courses of action, but there
is no justification for a higgledy-
, piggledy mixture of courses.
"The sensible plan which has already
been followed in Mitchell i$ •to make the
decision ahead of time, so that every
businessman in the town knows now
what the community plan is to be for
Nov,ember 11 this year.
"We are not commentingon the de-
cision; we
e-cision;"we are commenting on the fact
that the decision has been made. " It is
a decent and seemly arrangement to
forestall argument, and have the mat-
ter settled far in advance."
IN THE YEARS AGONE
From The Huron Expositor
March 3, 1939
Seaforth Collegiate Institut
Board re-elected J. F. Daly a
chairman at the board's inau
gural meeting Saturday morn
ing. M. A. Reid was- reappoint
ed secretary -treasurer.
Tuckersmith' council met in
the Town Hall, Seaforth, on Sat
urdayy with the members al
present. Reeve Whitmore pre
sided. The correspondence from
Earl Van Egmond and Salva
tion Army was tabled for fur-
ther reference. Dr. Wilcox, of
London, was ordered to be paid
$5.00 for a medical examination.
W. S. Broadfoot was appointed
weed inspector for 1939 at same
salary as R. Kennedy.
Preparations for ' the next
n- • " `� ��' il,, .'� L'���: w. . "1 . _. 1 �?'�� w�.- :':'ti,i Dominion general election are
going forward steadily at the
y rvi ) •� t ,� x chief electoral office in Ottawa.
e_ � . �,,,� .h � I •. � ' � ,.,> .•, � On Tuesday a 381 -page book of
4tltuif� i - ,,: i election instructions
e- -- •uIGI,I,, .,� ,,r' . ,/� U;. .� / ��► � �a prepared
�' �� ' by Jules Castonguay, chief elec-
• _ �" toral officer, came from the
King's printer. A week ago the
TN
tendent of Huron District, and
Mr. A. A. McLennan, represent
e ing Malloch Chapter, were in
s Toronto this week attending the
Gr'and Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons.
Mr. Smith, of Montreal, ship-
ped from Seaforth on Tuesday
a carload of very fine -heavy
_ horses. One of the number, a
three-year-old gelding, he pur-
chased from Mr. John Sparrow,
of Varna, for $3.00. He was
_ raised in the Township of
Stephen, near Crediton. Good
horses still bring good prices.
A year ago, however, this horse
would have brought $350.
Mr. Palmer Whiteley, who has
been a salesman in Edge's Hard-
ware Store for several years,
has taken a position in the store.
of Mr. Geo. A. Sills.
Messrs. William Wilson, R.
P. Bell, John Finlayson and
George Murdie have been elect-
ed Eiders of First Presbyte fan
Church, Seaforth.
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From The Huron Expositor
• March 1, 1889
• Mr. W. T. Farquhar, of Hul-
lett, recently sold a fine young
horse to Mr. John McMann, of
Seaforth, for $155, and Mr. P,
Churchill-, of the same township,
sold one for $180. Prices for
good horses keep up well.
We notice that the enterpris-
ing townsman, Mr. E. McFaul,
has ,purchased a $20,000 bank-
rupt stock of dry goods in Strat-
-ford_at a very_ Iow rate on the
dollar, and we hope he will
make a good thing out of his
venture '
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Cornunity Support
and value of our material ' possessions.
The peacetime purpose. 9f.. the Cana-
dian Red Cross Society is "to carry on
and assist in work for the improvement
of health, the prevention of disease and
the mitigation of suffering throughout
the .world", a purpose that is motivated
by personal assets, a purpose which
cannot continue to be carried out with-
out the active use of these assets.
We are the Canadian Red Cross... We
keep it going. Its success or failure is
dependent upon how much -use each
one of us makes of such personal assets
as charity, kindness and human under-
standing. The success or failure of the
Red Cross is a direct reflection on the
value we place on these assets,, and in
the end, a reflection on us and our
community-. '
• A strong Red Cross means at strong
community of individuals who place a
high value on these personal assets.
The Red Cross campaign in . Sea- •
fort area begins next week. When
you're asked. to give to the Red
Cross, think of the many `ways your
Red Cross helps to improve health and •
relieve suffering in this area and
throughout the world—then give ` gen-
erously.— (Contributed) .
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names of the new returning of-
ficers were announced in a spe-
cial issue of the Canadian Gaz-
�� ette. ,
Members of the Seaforth Bad-
minton flub held an enjoyable
▪ tobogganing party Monday eve-
ning. •
The silver spoons went to Dr.
F. J. Bechely's rink at the curl-
ing club's weekly bonspiel Wed-•
ne sley afternogn•_and . ev_enin ,'
with two wins plus 20. The rink
was composed of E. C. Chem-
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"THAT'S NOT STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN!
ot A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
Stealing the Spotlight ing.
• OTTAWA —,'Conservative
Leader John Diefenbaker de-
nounced the throne speech op-
ening the second session of the
twenty-sixth Parliament at. mid-
. month as a pallid document.
In a sense he •was right, since
most of the measures which the
Federal Goyernm•ent proposed
• • were leftovers from the last ses-
sion and therefore had already
been anticipated.
Just because there was so lit•'
tle new or unexpected in the
throne speech itself, two new
developments. which embroiled
both Mr. Diefenbaker and Prime
Minis,t;•. Lester Pearson in the
• batl°e of binationalism succeed-
:Med In talking the spotlight.
During the course of the Con-
servative annual meeting in Ot-
tawa earlier in February, Mr.
Diefen,baker found himself con-
fronted ` with, a- resolution from
the Quebec wing of the party
calling on him to recognize Leon
Balcer as the Conservative Lead-
er in Quebec arid, his own chief
lieutenant.
Mr. Diefenbaker appeared to
make it clear that he was pre-
pared to .accept the proposal.
As if to underline the point,
Mr. Balcer, the member from
Three Rivers, was given the Seat
of honor alongside the Conserv-
ative chieftain when the Com-
mons assembled for the open-
Pvemer
Up to that point, all was well.
Then Mr. Diefenbaker felt com-
pelled to, call a press confer-
ence in order to. lash out at
the devastating. weakness of the
program just,,,unfurled by the
Liberal Government. That was
his mistake.
Before long a reporter who
,had lost interest in Mr. Diefen:
baker's condemnation • of the
Liberals wanted to know .whe-
ther Mr. Balcer was now the
deputy leader of the Party. Af-
ter much to-ing and fro-ing, the
leader contended there never
was such a position in the• Cdn-
servative Party.
At that particular point in
time, any 'chance of Mr. Dief-
enbaker and Mr. BaIcer singing
duets together appeared to.have.
vanished. Within the hour, the
Quebec chieftain called a rens
conference for his own sol per-
formance.
"As far as I am concerned,
there was a resolution passed
by the Quebec caucus in which
it was saidi that I was appointed
leader of the Quebec Conserva-
tives and chief lieutenant of the
leader of the Party," he assert-
ed. -
In an effort to smooth over
any ruffled feelings his remarks
may . have caused, Mr. Diefen-
baker sought to suggest that Mr.
Balcer would act as head of the
Party by virtue of his seniority
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"`Nurse,1 wish you wouldn't use the expression 'the Doctor
will take you now'l"
berlain, Fred Johnson, a M.
in the Commons dating
1949. But on that basis,
man who would, actually h
seniority, as Mr. Balcer poin
out, was Douglas Harkness.
If nothing else was clear
from Smith and Dr, Bechely (skip).
the A post office savings bank was
ave opened in the post' office in Mr.
ted W. C. Bennett's store,, Walton,
on February 1st.
it ac
was that Mr. Diefenbak
-going to have a lot of trou
in the future trying, to____p
vent Quebec Conservatives fr
waffling out of the party if
takes up his campaign agai
that province in order to capi
ize on the anti -Quebec stirri
in other parts 'of Canada.
From The Huron Expositor
ble
om Mr. John Clark has—disposed"
he of his grocery store and busi-
nst . ness in Egmondvlle, to Mr.
tal, Leech, who moved to Egmond-
ngs ville from Chiselhurst. Mr.
Leech is well and favorably
known and should ' do a good,
February 27, 1914
Prime Minister Pearso
problems stemming• from
clash between the two 'solitu
were on a less grandiose. sc
but they underlined the diffic
ties• both leaders face in th
trying days.
As part of -his'aherculean
fort to weld French and En�-
. fish -speaking Canada closer to-
gether, or at least to prey
them from flying apart, t
Prime Minister had proposed
reverse the usual order
things when it came to appoi
ing Canadian representatives
London and Paris. He plann
to dispatch former Justice Mi
ster Lionel Cheerier, who is
n's business in this old and fav -
the e orably known stand.
deale, Mr. L. C. Jackson, superin-„ 1
We understand that Mr. John
Beattie has purchased from Mr.
George Mitchell the store on
Main Street, formerly. occupied
by Mr. J. L. Smith.
Mr. William Habkirk, of this
town, has purchased the resi-
dence recently occupied by' Mr.
M. Pittman, for which he paid
$1;400. Mr.- .Habkirl_-has_ got_a_.
good and cheap place.
Three rinks of the Seaforth
Curling Club played a match on
the rink here on Tuesday last
with three rinks of the St.
Marys cluli. Some of the Sea -
forth players were badly out -of
condition, and the match was
ost by 13 shots. .
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French extraction but fluently
bilingual, to replace George
Drew as Canadian High Com-
missioner to the United King-
dom. At the same time he had
in mind transferring career
diplomat Charles Ritchie, who is
of English extraction and al
bilingual, from Washington
Paris.
Stage one of the operatio
was duly carried out and Mr
Chevrier shipped off to Londo
But stage two ran into In i
surmountable obstacle, oppos
tion in both Quebec' and Franc
to the idea of sending an En
lish-speaking Canadian to Pari
There was nothing for it bu
• to send another French-sp'ea
ing diplomat to the post. Th
ethoice was an excellent on
Jules Leger, then Canadian am
bassador in Italy and a forme
under-secretary of state for ex
ternaI affairs. But the fact ther
would now be two French -speak
ing diplomats in the twomos
senior posts outside of Washing
ton hardly seemed likely to d
much to lessen the reaction t
Quebec from other parts of th
country.
Had he known it was goin
o work out this way, Mr. Pea
on might far better have dis
etched Mr. Chevrier to Pari
the 'first place and left wel
ugh alone,
e And what of the throne
speech that all these happen
h dos? Well, it thcontainedr in esha
a few
things that were new, but hard
ly of major significance.
There were interest-free loans
for students at university who
are in financial need, which was
- the most modest of four prom-
- ises the Liberals .made to young
- Canadians in the last election
campaign,
There was a proposal to stu-
dy the best way of limiting
election expenditures, a worth-
while objective in a day when
the parties compete among
themselves for votes :on the
basis of which can make the
most lavish, bid for the electors'
support.
And there was a plan to pro-
vide for the compulsory retire-
ment of Senators. The age lim-
it was not disclosed, although
it is probably 75. Of more in-
terest is whether it will apply
to present members or only to
those appointed in the future..
Because there is nothing new
in the program does not mean
that there is little business for
Parliament to attend to. On
the contrary, it has on its agen-
da one of the longest' and most
complex list of business ever to
be considered in one .session,
By the time members have
finished dealing with such is-
sues as the Canada Pension Plan
redistribution of constituencies,
the overhaul of railway legisla-
tion arid of the unemployment
insurance fund, denfece and the
Columbia hitter treaty and sub-
sequent protocol they wilt have
more than exrlied their pliy. ',r
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Greener
so "I wooden live in that Tronna
to if ya gave me the whole dump
on a sliver platter:' This is an
n expression oft heard in the vast
hinterland of our dominion, the
re true north, strong and free.
n- It is echoed with equal emph-
i- asis •aobut Montreal, • Halifax,
e Vancouver, Winnipeg and -the
g- other dozen or so cities of any
s, size. '
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k- The statement above -is usual -
e ly followed by a diatrible
e, against "city living.'' Its high
- rents, its heavy traffic, its nn -
✓ friendliness; its distance from
- that demiparadise, the speaker's
e home town.
"Ya, I know it's nice in the
t summer up north there.' But
wuddaya do' all winter in that
o dump?" This is equally famil-
o lar. It is asked in the. "tones
e of simple incredulity of a so-
phisticated suburbanite w h o
g spends all winter doing exactly
Pear what you do in that dump up
north: working, playing, bring-
s ing up your family, trying to
1 pay the bills, and growing old -
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A Member: speaks in' the Legislature
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Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. Huron brought tos and
propfindthat
would'a
the
repeat- the Det t f Ed
What is the situation now?
According to my information,
there are roughly 400 licensed
private nursing home in the
Province of Ontario. These
nursing homes come a tirely
under the jurisdiction the
municipality where t y are lo-
cated. The municipality sets its
standards and the nursing
homes within that municipality
are required to come up to
these regulations. Having done
so, the nursing homes in that
municipality are granted a lic-
ense. `These regulations are
very general in nature, setting
a standard, and sometimes a
rather low standard, for sani-
tation and fire protection_ 'As a
result, every munitpality has
different rules and regulations
governing nursing homes with-
in its . jurisdiction.
- In a few cases, counties have
had the foresight to establish
basic standards and the munici-
palities within the counties „ere
free to ,impose additional re-
quirements if it is deemed ad-
visable:
. tJotwithstanding this, the en-
tire field of licensing nursing
homes is a dilemma second on,
ly to the hodgepodge situationin- the -•textbook• fields created .by
par men o ucation.
There is absolutely no uniform-
ity. Uniformity is needed.
The province has roughly 400
licensed, privately -owned nurs-
ing homes. Of these, 43 are ap-
proved temporarily by Ontario
Hospital Services Commission,
usually for the duration of a
year, to ....help alleviate the
chronic bed situation in public
hospitals where the problem
'has -become acute. In these cas-
es, Ontario Hospital Services
Commission pays for. the keep
of the chronic patients on be-
ing removed from the hospital
to an approved nursing home.
However, if the situation recti-
,fies itself and . the hospital is
able once again to handle all
the chronic patients, the tem-
porary Ontario; Hospital Servic-
es Commission approval to the
nursing home is withdrawn.
Many times, members have
pleaded in this House that ad-
ditional capital is needed for
hospital construction and 4 _am.
entirely in sympathy with them,
but 'failing this, would it not
be good business on the part of
the 6i/eminent to extend 0.H.
S.C. to private nursing homes
in order that the many chronic
patients who require only care
and supervision he . removed
from the hospitals altogether
and placed in private nursing
homes?
1t is felt, and rightly so, that
the community through the gov-
ernment, is morally responsible
for the maintenance of our ag'
ed citizens due.. to their inabil-
ity through inadequate means
to provide- this maintenance at
a proper levet for themselves.
This responsibility is discharg-
ed -4)y private nursing homes,
county homes for the aged and
charitable institutions.
Indeed the growth of county
homes for the aged across the
Province is indicative of the
concern the community places
on the proper, care and treat-
ment of our elderly citizens.
However, I feel that the solicit-
ing of and admission to county
homes of persons with. adequate
and more than adequate means
to care for themselves, thereby
depriving some of our aged'peo
ple without these means of care
in the county homes for the
aged, is in direct contradiction
of the principle behind the es-
tablishment of such homes for
our needy older citizens. It is
apparent that after many of
these homes for the aged were
built people with adequate
means were solicited to assure
the county homes were filled to
capacity to justify their very
existence. Frankly . X.Jeel _ that_
the admission to the county
homes of persons with adequate
means and the subsequent de-
privation of accommodation for.,
others less fortunate is one of
the contributing factors to the
alleged need for more of this
type of- accommodation, there-
by putting an added, unneces-
sary tax burden on the taxpay-
ing public.
One -recent illustration of this
was quoted in the Wingham
Advance -Times dated•Thursday,
January 20. It 'says: "The need
for a provincially approved
nursing home or a,chronie wing
in this area was so much to'
the fore in discussion last
Thursday that action -in on
form or another may reason
.ably be expected. An earl
step will be consultation wit
provincial officials on the prob
lem.
"We are deeply' concerned
for the future of many a senior
citizen in Huron," said Reeve
Clifford Dunbar, of Grey, pre
senting the report of Huron
view Board. The home is ,run
ning practically at -capacity and
we are not geared to take care
of chronic patients. We are
awaiting instructions as to our
meeting with officials of wel-
fare and healthdepartments to
' study this problem.
"At no time in the history
of Huronview since I have been
there," said Superintendent
Harvey Johnston, have there
been so many people enquir-
ing and waiting to get in."
Chairman Dunbar said, "As re-
gards chronic patients, we are
not geared to take care of
then, but when there is no
place else, we --have to take
the
• Mrs.m.' Bernard Henderson of
.Kincardine,'"who until a year
ago conducted a hospital ap-
proved nursing home,there, told
council that no privately ad-
ministered home could compete
with the per diem cost of $3.75
mentioned by Mr. Johnston,
Confirming her undettanding
that about half the Huronview
are.se -paying, Mrs.
Henderson said, "Even if you
had a nursing hone he Gode-
rich, nobody would go there
when the Huronview rate is
$3.78."
(Continued on Page- 8)
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On most matters, I take • a
stand. But in this denunciation
of the other fellow's mode of
life. I take two stands.
The first is gentle agreement
with nay small-town friends. I
go along with their belligerent
argumeht that the city is no
place -to live; that Fd hate to
battle that traffic; that living is
cheaper in a smaller centre;
that it's wonderful to live, with-
in five minutes of fishing, curl-
ing, golfing and friends.
When I'm listening to some
old buddy who lives in the city,
I nod sagely when he points
out that the city is an exciting z
place to live; that it's wonder-
ful to be able to take in all
the shows and concerts; that
it's grand to be able to go out o
for an exotic meal in a fascih-
ating place; that the small town
doesn't provide the same cul-
tural 'opportunities for your
kids.
Privately, I chuckle at both
points of view. Both are full
of contradictions. The city fel-
low claims there's no privacy
in a small town everybody
knows your business. The small-
town fellow explodes, "Privacy!
How can you have privacy m
the city when you're jammed
into a two-by-four lot; in a.hoiise
beside people you don't like and
who have horrible kids?"
The small-town fellow raves
about that mythical "rat -race"
in the city, 'and 'goes out and
roars around in service clubs
,and fraternal organizations and
athletic clubs and,. church
groups at a pace no city rat
could stand.
The myths - multiply. In a
city of a million, theatres are
half empty, concerts play to
small crowds, exotic restaurants
go broke. In a small place, one-
tenth of two per cent of -tire
population is revelling in that
fishing, hunting and so en at
the front door. The rest are
at home watching the same TV
program as the fellow in the
city.
On Saturdays; the whole
problem is brought into per-
spective, on a four -lane high-
way..town to the city, in one
stream, pour the thousands of
pedpJe going in for a day to
shop,'see shows, suck up some
fast culture.
Up from the city, in the oth-
er streath, pour the thousands
of people going north for the
skiing or swimming or fishing.
'I'lieyother. don't even wave to each
All -of his relatives had been
urging the most substantial eiti-
en in our town to make a will.
He did so, and on demise last
week the will was opened. It
had only one sentence: "Being
f sound *mind, I have spent all
my money."
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