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-SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 8, 1964
Organized Sport Deserves Support
IS too . bad that lack of itrterent
on the"part of those who are in a posi-
tion -tet do something about it should
result in the suspension of minor ball
activities in Seaforth this year. A
story elsewhere in this issue gives the
reasons.
Certainly it is not the fault of the
relatively few people who for several
years have spent long hours in plan-
ning , and carrying out an organized
:program that has iriade it possible for
- more than 100 Seaforth and area boys,
to play ball under proper supervision.
'hese people, with little encourage-
ment and at considerable personal
sacrifice, have carried the load for sev-
eral years. Quite properly they feel
they no longer can carryon. They are
right, .and it's not fair to ask them.
That puts the responsibility back on
the parents of some 'of the boys who
have enjoyed the benefits of an organ-
ized ball. program. Too frequently we
are quite content and happy to sit back
and reap the benefits of the work which
is done by somebody else, . We not only
fail to show -our appreciation to those
who are carrying the load ; we don't
even realize, the contribution they are
making..
And it is a contribution. It is a
contribution to the town in terms of
the publicity which successful teams
bring. But more important, it is a con-
tribution, to good citizenship and to
the deveTupzxient and well-being of the
boys who take part. It is a contribu-
tion of training in sportsmanship, in
give and take, and in control and • in
mental agility, which only keen compe-
tition can give.
• The dividends that flow from proper-
ly sponsored programs, such as the
Legion's Saturday morning hockey and
the minor ball schedules,, - can't be
measured in dollars. But the results
can be measured in better citizens.
As far as ball is concerned there
still is time if there" are a few parents
who are interested and, who are pre -
'pared to help: The season's- schedules
are not being set 'UP until next week.
Beating Disability
The late Aldous Huxley often said
that he might have become a scientist,
like 'his brother Julien, if he had not
been almost totally blind. Hirt disabil-
ity did not, of course, keep him from
making 'za 'marvellous contribution to'
the world of literature as a writer and
lecturer. Nor did it make day-to-day
living entirely awkward. It. persuaded
him to learn . to read braille, with the
result that he was able to continue his
reading under the blankets on a cold
night.—(Hamilton Spectator).
You can depend on fat men —.-they
will clever stoop to anythj.ng:low —Stun-._
Thine.
Sugar and Spice
a • By Bill Smiley.
IT HAPPENED ONE SUNDAY
Does going to church imp -
prove your golf score? Do you
put the good side out .or in
when you build a fence on your
property? How many people
attend evening service at
church? Why do- women live
longer • than men?
I don't know how you spend
Sunday, these fine spring days,
but I got the answer to these
questions, and a few others,
last Sunday.
Went to church. Sunday morn-
ing, and was early, for once. It
was twenty to eleven when I
arrived, and it's usually eigh-
teen minutes later than that.
The ,reason was that I was
on hand to teach ,Bible Class,
which begins at quarter to ten.
You guessed . it. The Smileys
for about the tenth year in a
row, had forgotten to join the
swing to Daylight Saving. time.
Took advantage of the extra
time to line up golf game with
fellow pillar of congregation.
Answer to question 1: No, I
can't understand it, but going'
•to church doesn't improve your
golf. This other good Angli-
can and I took on a couple 'of
Presbyterians who admitted
they'd missed morning service,
They licked us. Badly.
Home at 4 p.m. Sat in chair
in sun in• yard, licking golf
wounds,
Wife appears, Glares around
yard. Looks meanly at me,
then at half -raked leaves, half-
baked dog who messes every-
where, cat who climbs screen
on kitchen door and ruins it,
huge branchoff oak tree lying
across flower beds, fence lean-
ing towards us at• 45 degrees:
She tells • . me we've got to
have a new fence. It'll cost
hundred of dollars. I• produce
a diversion. Ask her whether
we'll put good side of fe{iec in
or out. I suggest.: out. She
says no. I say everybody does.
She says I'm crazy. I say,' calm-
ly, she's ridiculous.
Leap in car to inspect fences
all -over town. Some face in,
others out. Nobody will ;give
in, She gets sore. I give in,
But I'm telling you right here,
answer to Question 2: Depends
on whether you want to look
at the nice side of your fence,
or want your neighbors to see
it.
Urgent call during dinner.
Sidesman needed for evening
service. • Agree reluctantly. Get
to church. Not a pillar in sight.
Not a sinner. Not a choir mem-
ber. Three altar boys, rector
on the job. Congregation is me,
Got the works, including ser-
mon. Answer tb Question 3.
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But rector told. a good story
later. One elderly cattlefarm-
er turned up, once, for eve-
ning service. Preacher said,
kindly, "Since you're the only
one here, perhaps we'll dispense
with , the sermon,"
Farmer says, "Well, if I load-
ed the whole wagon `with feed,
and only one old cow turned up,•
I think I'd feed her," Preacher.
agreed it was good' logic. Went
through entire service, includ-
ing 'one-hour sermon.
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When it ended, he asked
farmer what he thought. Lat-
ter replied, "Well, if I loaded
the whole wagon with feed, and
only one old •cow turned up to
he fed, I don't think I'd dump
the whole .wagon in front f
her."
,And the answer to the I
question?. Why do Women' live
longer than men, 'Taint origin-
al, but I like it, "Because they
don't have.. wives."
Irr the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
May ,12, 1939
Workmen are busy thisweek
planting some 6,000 trees at
the Seaforth Golf and Country
Club. All conifers, the trees
will be used in reforesting a
tract of land to the north, and
adjoining the course, which in
previous years had been used
for pasture,
In• readiness for the coming
hot weather, workers are busy
thf, week getting the Lions park
and pod n shape,
Interest In Huron's first oil
well is increasing as drille's on
Wednesday reached 3,020' feet.
Tho drill is now in. the oil -bear -
Ing or Trentor formation, and
there already is very evident
signs of natural gas, according
to J. 1", Daly, Seaforth, vice-
president of the company,
Beginning Monday, May 15,
all milk will bo pasteurized and
delivered at night. Milk will
be at the homes before 7 a.m.
Silver dollars, specially- mint-
ed to commemorate the visit of
Their Majesties to Canada this
month, wore received In town
pit Thuraday by throe local
batiks -
After the
atiks.After~the long-awaitod spring
th fanners are wearing a smile
ace most of the seeding is fin.
10,0d, The Tuesday rain In.
Creased vegetation so that ov
writhing will get an even 'start
ROI the limited ore enjoying
the greefl palitttres.
From The Huron Expositor
May 8, 1914
Messrs, J. M. Best and James
Watson, of town, spent Friday
trout fishing at Holstein. They
had an enjoyable outing and
made a good catch of the speck-
led beauties,
Mr. R. B. Scott, of Harpurhey,
left with Tho Expositor an egg
laid by a hen in his flock which
beats the record. This egg
weighs half a pound and mea-
sures Otz Inches one way and
eight inches the other.
The Rebekah Lodge of Odd -
fellows will celebrate their sec-
ond anniversary on Monday
evening next.
The markets In Seaforth on
May 8, 1914, were: fall wheat,
96 cents; oats, per bushel, 40
cents; barley, per bushel, 40
cents, Eggs were 19 to 20 cents
per dozen; hay, per ton, $16,
and potatoes were 60 cents a
-bushel.
The 100 -acre farm of Willows
Farrow, of the third line of
Morris, has boon purchased by
Mr. John Miller, of the same
line, for the sum of $1,900,
Mr. Fred Fowler, of the 2nd
concession of Stanley, has now
in captivity and in the process
of taming, a young porcupine,
which -he recently captured in
his bush. Those animals are
now somewhat rare and are riot
very -safe "for pets. . ,
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From The Huron Expositor
May 10, 1889
Mr. John Scott, of Rooro,
had five .lambs killed and, two
or three badly injured by dogs
'on Monday night. The dogs
were caught in the act and
have since been destroyed.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sproat
left herd on Tuesday last for
the Old Country.' They were
expected to sail from New York
on Thursday and will, spend a
coupleof months visiting
friends and relatives in Scot-
land. They were accompanied
by Miss Boswell, of Seaforth,
and 'Miss Cumming, of Egmond-
ville.
The Seaforth Creamery will
open for this season on the
10th rest, We are pleased to
learn that Mr. Ilannah has dis-
posed of the entire season's
make of this creamery and bo
expressed to Toronto as made,
and the prices open very much
better, than last year,
There are now four good
veterinary surgeons located in
town and they all seem to be
busy.
The weather during this week
has been exceedingly Warm;
vegetatloh has been rapid, and
a good warm shower would
make things just about right,
Mr, J. Carroll takes possession
pf the Royal Hotel on Monday
next. Mr. Weir retires to his
edmfortablo residence on Gode•
rich St. East. -
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A, FLAG WE CAN ALL SALUTE
The Telegram, Toronto
A Macduff Otta.wal Report
' BANK CHANGES COMING
OTTAWA—Word" here is
the Federal Government will
accept several of the' recom
mendations of the Porter Roya
Commission .:on Banking and
Finance, incorporate them in a
draft bill to amend the Bank
Act and present it to Parlia
ment next Fall, Initial reac
tion in Government circles was
one of the surprises bordering
on shock at the sweeping
changes proposed which if
adopted in complete form.would
require • a wholesale'rewriting
of the country's, financial legis-
lation. '
Procedure to be followed by
the Government will be to pre-
pare the draft bill for amend-
ing the Bank Act. It will then
he introduced into Parliament
with the clear understanding
that it will be referred to the
Banking Committee for detail-
ed study. This will provide the
opportunity for interested par-
ties to make representations for
and against.
The Royal Commission •pro-
posed far reaching reforms in
the operation of the banks,
trust and finance companies, in-
surance companies 'and stock
exchanges. It carne out strongly
in favor of injecting real com-
petition into Canada's system
of lending and borrowing cou-
pled with more protection and
information for the public.
The Commission found that
-Some of the laws now .in opera-
tion needlessly restrict the fi-
nancial institutions, serve •no
purpose in protecting the pub-
lic and in fact reduce the -avail-
ability of credit to some bor-
rowers thereby bringing them in-
to the .arms of high cost lend-
ers.
One of its main recommenda-
tions was to scrap the six per
cent ceiling' that Parliament has
so long imposed on the' lending
rate of the chartered hanks. It
was imposed first in 1867. First
it was seven per cent, but then
it was reduced to six per cent
in 1944.
The main recommendations
were in keeping with the posi-
tion taken by - the Canadian
Bankers' Association when it
appeared before the Royal Com-
mission early in 1963. What
the•Government now has to de-
cide is whether now is the.time
to. go all out for competition,
not control, in the field . of the
chartered hanks.
One big hone of political con-
tention will be the freedom for
the hanks to enter mortgage
lending. The Royal Commission
said this could open up new
that sources of credit for business,
men. It may make it easier and
_ cheaper to buy new and old
1 houses. That- remains to be
seen. It could also mean that
the big banks will get larger
at the expense of other institu-
tions. The Commission con-
_ tended that the size of the
banks did not necessarily give
them an advantage. The hanks
had lost ground in recent years
to trust and loan_ companies and
credit unions. Their profits
were lower than some , other
private financial .firms. The con-
centration of power in the
banks will lead to heated de -
(bates in the Commons as mem:
bers consider applications for
,. new hank charters and the
decennial revision of the Bank
Act.,
THE HOME TEAM
The hill amending the Bank
Act will probably be introduced
into . the Fall session, receive
first and second " reading and
then be referred to the Bank-
ing Committee' for detailed stu-
dy: That Conunittee would sit
in the Fall and Winter and the
same hill would likely be re-
introduced at the next session
in 1965.
The recommendations of the
Royal, Commission regarding
National Housing Act mortgag-
es will be studied by the Gov-
ernment with a view to consid-
ering their adoption when the
House of Commons studies the
resolution now before Parlia-
ment respecting amendments to
the National _Housing Act, The
report proposed the NHA in-
terest rate he freed, 'not peg
ged by the Government. This
would mean the rate would go
up which is contrary to present
Government policy to .have
NHA mortgages • available • - at
low interest cost.
The Royal Commission had
some caustic criticism to make
of funded pension plans and
warned the Goyernment to go
slowly and count the cost be-
fore embarking on its contro-
versial Canada Pension Plan.
It suggested that an unfund-
ed pay - as - you• _ go -pension
scheme might be cheaper and
•more effective in the long run
for the average Canadian. The
Commission urged that the pro-
posed Federal pension legisla-
tion, take account of the price
that will have to be paid in
the terms •of the financing of
Canada's national development
and that care be exercised to
ensure that the country's econ-
omic resources not be strain-
ed.
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The Royal Commission stress-
ed that it was not arguing.
against establishment of a Can-
ada Pension plan,.- but 'it was
emphasizing the need of con-
sidering each step along the
way with the greatest care, par- •
titularly where the vital•, sav-
ings and investment process is
involved. It .suggested that un-
der' a contributory pension, plan
of the scale being advocated
Canadians might be inclined, to
save less . and spend more.
There are certain to be po-
litical repercussions- over the
sections of the Royal Commis-
sion 'Report .questioning the -
proposed funded pension •
schemes. The Federal Govern-
ment will be asked to answer
the points advanced. by the
Commission when the Pension
Plan goes before the Joint Sen-
ate -Commons Committee this
summer.
Recommendations of •- t h e
Commission will also be very
much to the fore when the
Joint' Senate -Commons Commit-
tee on ,Credit holds its meet='
ings in May. The Report advo-
cated an expansion of Federal
control over consumer lending
to control interest charges and
to inform the consumer of the
rate he's paying in interest.
The Report proposed stiff
penalties for excessive charges
and, for failure to disclose ef-
fective interest rates. Its re-
commendations were •alined at
opening up competition• and
giving the borrower a better
break in the field of consumer
credit. These recommendations
-are expected to meet with. fav-
orable response. in Parliament,
as are many of the others which
a decade ago would have arous-
ed, strong and vigorous pro-
tests.
Teacher:- "What do we learn
from income taxes?"
Willie: "My pop says mak-
ing out a tax form is a lesson
in addition, multiplication and
extraction."
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Township of Tuckersrnith
PROCLAMATION !
RE DOGS
In accordance with a resolution passed
by the Municipal Council of the Town-
ship of Tuckersmith, and by virtue of
the provisions of Bylaw No. 13, 1952, I.
hereby proclaim that no ,dog shall be
allowed to run at large in the hamlets
of Egmondville and Harpurhey, Town-
ship- of Tuckersmith, during the period
ending October 31, 1964.
(Note: The bylaw prrovides for the
impounding, destroying or selling of
any such dog and, upon conviction, the
owner or harborer of such a dog is liable
to a fine not exceeding $50.00.)
Elgin Thompson, Reeve •
Tuckersmith, May 5, 1964.
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