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The Huron Expositor, 1965-01-21, Page 2•y Published at O!1 f. A Since 1860, Serving the Community First SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 a Year SINGLE' COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Publishers • . . RTCAU qIN SHIPPED - R �Yi YANmMS4 sou RA 4t% N`.Ypif rnI w .&"wa.►.�"+�"u On ; ' 1.w4RS.roW, SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 21, 1965 Seaforth Proves Clean -Ups Possible The Mayor of Goderich in his- in- there was a hard core of a few that required steps preparatory to prosecu-e tion in order to obtain action. augural address drew attention to the - eyesores that exist in the lakeshore town and indicated his determination to clean house. High on his list of muni- cipal objectives for 1965 was the elim ination of abandoned buildings, un- kempt lots and other sights that de- tracted from the general appearance of the community. If,, it's any encouragement to Gode- rich's Mayor Walkom, such a campaign is feasible and can pay dividends. Sea - forth proved this last year. The topic of countless council de- bates over many years, dilapidated buildings and unsightly lots were the whippings boys of successive Sea - forth councils. Everybody talked about this civic liability that , existed, but no- body did anything about it. That is until last year, when Deputy Reeve Carl. Dalton and his Public Works Committee decided there had been enough talk. A list of offending properties was worked out, council promised support, and the clean-up was on. The success., , of the project—and it was successful —can be attributed to a steady pres- sure that was aimed at the owners con- cerned, coupled with every .co-opera- tion by way of trucking and other as- sistance by the municipality. In, most cases, property owners con- cerned rushed to take action once for- mal notice of complaint was given them. They were apologetic that through neg- lect they had permitted untidy condi- tions to exist. Others presented some difficulty and adopted an attitude of "you aren't going to tell me", and then A Macduff Ottawa Report Best 'Bet 1966 .Election The result has been that many un- sightly .eyesores were 'removed at lit- tle cost to the town or to the property owners. Despite Reeve Dalton'sa quiet persistence and determination to see the project through not only tidied up existing problems but has brought about a new awareness of civic re- sponsibility on the part of many resi- dents. All that remains is to continue the program to ensure there is no back- sliding. Every good wish to 1VI.ayor Walkom in his campaign. And if he .runs into difficulties, we are sure. Deputy Reeve owners. Deputy Reeve Dalton's quiet and tell him of his experiences in Sea-. forth. Unfair Criticism (St. Marys Journal -Argus) A news reporter in a. rural district such as St. Marys,' usually takes in sev- eral municipal nomination meetings each year." Over the years, the high point in many such a meeting has been when a council member or a ratepayer "unwinds" with grievances concerning the work, or lack of work, completed by the road superintendent and his crew in their area during the year. - From the observations of this report- er, it is questionable whether any per- son employed by the municipality ' re- ceives as much advice, criticism and complaints as does ' the rural road superintendent. OTTAWA — Parliament Hill was in the doldrums during the' Christmas' and New Year's re- cess. 'This resulted in a rash of speculative stories over the pos- sibility of a spring election in 1965. Any politician,of note who appeared in the Parliament Buildings was stalked by news- men and interviewed. They gave their opinions. Opposition Leader John 'Dief- enbaker returning after several weeks in •the sun of Tobago said it appeared to him that Prime Minister Pearson would be persuadedby his Liberal col- leagues, to call an early elec- tion fliis year. Gordon Churchill, the Con- servative's house leader in the Commons, however, said there would not be an election in 1965 unless the Government "con- tinues on its course of incompe- tence." He pointed out that in fact the Government is "moral- ly obligated" not to call an elec- tion until redistribution ,was completed in mid -1966. Persons who are politically conscious and who have travel- led acros the country, returned to Ottawa with a conviction that the stock of the two old line parties—the Conservatives and .Liberals—had suffered during the last session of Parliament. They found a tendency among the electorate to adopt the at- titude "a plague on both your houses." Such an attitude would react to the benefit of the New Democratic Party. T. C. Douglas, national lead- er .of the NDP, has obviously heard such reports. He senses warned that another election that as the stock of the Grits without realignment pf politi- and the Tories decline, the stock cal thought would result in par-° of the splinter groups, and the ties winning support on a re - NDP in particular, will tend to gional rather than a philoso- go up. Aware of this, Mr. Doug- phical basis. The NDP party, las was .becoming increasingly he forecast, would get strong cocky and making noises that urban labor support; the Socred sounded as if his group was Party would get support in the determined to try and defeat' west, the Liberals would have the Liberal minority govern- strong support in Quebec and meat early in the resumed ses- the Conservatives in eastern sib of the New Year. and in some western rural ar- . Douglas indicated his dis- eas. Mr. Thompson would ob- satisfaction with explanations" viously like to see a new con - given the House on immigration servative party formed (small cases, the . furniture purchases "e"), with himself as leader. made by two cabinet ministers Prime Minister Pearson re - and other Matters. He suggest, *acted strongly at his final press ed that he was not pleased with conference of the old year when the Liberal minority govern- questioned as to whether he ment's• performance and might would "clean house" as propos- be 'forded fo "vote against it ill ed by Thompson and Douglas. the next want -of -confidence vote He said the members of his in. the Houso bf tomrrions, un. Cabinet were "Honest and hon- less:;,more satisfactory explana- orable men".' 'He also made it tions were ,forthcoming. clear' that he does not propose _ neat Credit Leader Rob. td govern Canada on the basis emir toi�hpd, in interviews d - of ihroa by o posit on pbiiti ,,'41.4'41:w�s�t:,,w�4.�trtx�,siF,A�' �,Li �a�':f,..'ldi.atn«h,4YYatt�tid.��trtt with the situation in Ottawa. He contended four federal cab- inet ministers were under suspi- cion (he did not name them). He said that if the Prime Mini- • ster did not "clean house", then continued support. of the Lib- eral minority government by .the Social Crediters would mean that the Social " Credit Party would come under a cloud of suspicion. . Mr. Thompson was clearly calling on Prime Minister. Pear-. son to -reshuffle the.- Federal Cabinet and get rid of the cab- inet ministers that the Social Credit leader believed had downgraded the prestige of the administration. He also left the clear impression that if Mr. Pearson did not "clean house" that the Social Credit leader might find it difficult to sup- port the Liberal minority group in any want of confidence test vote. Mr. Thompson went further. He expressed the belief that a realignment of political thought was coming in Canada He con- tended that if the Liberal min- ority government was defeated in the House and an election called it would see a new cen- tre -right political forte' formed. He said political philosophies are confused and -badly in need of realignment. The Socred lead- er claimed tht so me front bench Liberals are really con- servative in viewpoint, while some of the Progressive Con- servatives held Liberal atti- tudes. In . addition there were Liberals who were further left than the NDP party. The Social Credit -leader withdraw their support of his minority administration. Mr. Pearson said firmly and emphatically that he is not go- ing to get involved in a "show of house cleaning to satisfy those who reach wrong conclu- sions and made innuendos." However he did not rule put any cabinet changes. But he specifically denied a news ser- vice speculative reportthat sev- en cabinet ministers would be involved in a coming cabinet shuffle. The Liberal national organiz- ation has been making plans in preparation for the 1965 .gen- eral election. But this does not mean necessarily•that there will be such an election in the next 12 months. The Party has to be prepared in -the event of a defeat .of the Liberal minority government in the House of Commons. 'The Prime Minister is known to feel' that a general election at this Jime is unnecessary and would only serve to split the country at a time when he is making every effort to solidify Confederation. In addition,. Gor- don Churchill put his finger on a very important factor when he said the Government was "morally obligated" not to call an election until redistribution is completed in 1966. Now that redistribution has been passed by Parliament and the provincial commissions have been set up the actual redraw- ing of the electoral maps can get underway. The Liberal gov- ernment, like the New Demo- cratic Party, is committed to bringing about redistribution before another general election. This would appear to rule out the Liberal government deliber- ately dissolving Parliament and going to the country until after the sununnr of 1966 at the earl- iest. The NDP group tin the House has strongly supported.the prin- ciple of redistribution by non- political commissions. It fought for this and if it was to now turn around and force an early election it would be forcing an election on the basis of ' the existing distribution of elector- al seats. There are those in the Party, however, who scent the sweet air of political power and are becoming cockily con- fident that a general election in the spring of 1965 might see the NDP returned with as many as 50 or 6o or even 70 members. They could be tempted to for- get all about their arguKitents that redis t ribMort'altoaid : bet . a_ t d ont f orge t tarxie otif�; �f re keg, �ro tn . ,anti re�ze.Hext i&ni4dee ca6i�4.• kk,.1,Kir4 ,_, THEY'LL BE SORR-EE 1 In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor January 26, 1940 When the car in which he was a passenger crashed into a hydro pole four miles south of Hensall, John C. Crich, Sea - forth, was thrown through the windshield and suffered painful injuries, - • Motor traffic on main roads of the district • is approaching normal winter conditions: after the worst blizzard seen here in four years. The storm which was centred between Mitchell and Goderich and north from Exeter,• reached a climax on Sunday, by which time there wasn't a road open to traffic in the storm area. Kinburn receiv- ed the first mail in four days on Wednesday after a county plow had fought six and eight - foot drifts for hours. Two ,rinks from the Stratford Curling Club were in the draw for the weekly bonspiel at the Palace Rink on Wednesday. R. -J. Winter and J. M. McMillan were the caterers for the day and they provided a par excel- lent supper. W. E. Southgate's rink, with 2 wins and a plus .of 16, were the winners of the sil- ver spoons. William Ralph (Dave) Reid passed away in Wellesley Hos- pital, Toronto, on Jan: 19, fair - lowing an illness of three months. Mr. Chester Crich, of Carber- ry, Man., who came east to. at- tend the funeral of his brother, the late W. A. Crich, was taken ill last week and is now in Scott Memorial Hospital. - Miss Wilma Seip had the mis- fortune to fall in her home on Wednesday and fracture a small bone in her ankle. by Lion J. A. Stewart. secretary treasurer after thirty - The annual congregational five years of continuous service, meeting of Northside United and there was not a year that Church was held Wednesday there wasn't a balance to the evening. Rev. H. V. Workman credit of the society at the end, presided and P. B. Moffat was elected secretary for the con- gregation'. The following were elected as officials: A. L. Por- teous, J. C. Laing, Joseph Scott and Wm. Black were elected as members of session; Dr, F. Har- burn, G. C. Brikhtrall, J. ' W. McIntosh and Fred. W. Parsons were elected to the board of stewards; Miss Annie Ferguson and Mrs. Edith Russell were elected as auditors, and Mrs. E. B. Goudie as member of the trustee board. Appreciation was expressed to Jas.- A. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart and also to Miss Mabel Turnbull, for the services in music as rendered by them. From The Huron Expositor January 22, 1915 Mr. Thomas Adams has pur- chased the old postoffice and shoe . store in Constance from Mr. Duncan Tudor for the -sum of $85. He has moved the build- ing to his own place and is of the year. Mr. George T. Turnbull is in Essex this week looking up some good cows and will be home with a Iot of good ones - on Sat- urday. Two rinks from the Seaforth Curling • Club went to Stratford on Tuesday ,to play in Group 14 of the Ontario Tankard Trophy. The Seaforth players were John Dodds, S. Cudmore, W. , E. Kers- lake and W. Ament, skip; C. Stewart,, G. E. Henderson, R. S. Hays and John Beattie, skip. Miss R. Keys, who has held the position of teacher in S.S. No. 12, Hay, for the past year and a half, has severed her con- nection with the school and has left for her home at Varna. The box • social, which was held at Harlock on Friday, was successful in every respect. The worthy president, Mr. Thomas Neilans, was the auctioneer' and some of the boxes went as high as $2.00. The Young People of Crom- arty held their annual meeting g g and appointed the following of - The office -bearers of the YPS ficers: President, Hugh McLach- of Duff's Church, Walton, are fan; vice-pres., Russell • Scott; as o`1Tows: o. pres., ,Rev. It corresponding --sec., Hiss—Belle A. Lundy ; president, John Campbell; recording sec., Miss Leeming; first vice-pres., Miss B. Pearl Stacey; treasures,. Miss Davidson; second vice - pres.- Hattie McKellar. dent, Thomas McCall; corres- The women of Brucefield are ponding sec., Miss Anne Fergu- again knitting socks for the sol - son; recording sec., W. G. Neal; diers; 121 pairs of bed socks, treas., John McArthur; tate- scarfs and wristlets were sent chisf tutor, Miss Bessie McDon- a short time ago. ald. Mr. Peter Mclsaac, Dashwood, has again been appointed man- ager of the Hay Telephone Sys- tem. He is a first-class man for On Friday, out of Wingham's the position. The system now five doctors, Dr, Fowler was the switches 258 telephones. only one able to practise, the others being- ill with la grippe. Soon after -the early train left Lucknow depot for Wingham, the engineer observed in the distance a tree lying across the track, but was able to stop the train just as it almost touched the obstacle. The hurricane had done the mischief, which might have terminated in a very ser- ious manner: No sadder affliction hasbeen recorded in.the history of Gode- rich than has fallen to the, lot of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Campbell, who have lost their entire fam- ily of four children through diphtheria. The newly elected council for McKillop met at Fulton's Ho- tel on Monday. Adam Dickson was appointed as auditor; John C. Morrison was reappointed clerk; S: J. Shannon, treasurer; R. G. Ross, assessor, and Adam Hays, collector. The council for Ttickersmith met at Brucefield. After organ- ization S. Smillie was reappoint- ed clerk and J. Murray as treas- urer; Messrs. Elliott and Hicks were reappointed auditors; Jac- ob McGee; D. McIntosh, John Sheppard, with the, reeve and clerk, were appointed as the Board of Health for 1890. The following officers were elected for the current year for the Women's Presbytery held in First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth: Mrs. Thos. Fair, Clin- ton, president; Mrs: Colin Flet- cher, Usborne, first vice-pres.; Mrs. Duff Carlow, second vice- pres.; Mrs. John Ryan, Sea - forth, secretary, and Mrs. M. Y. McLean, treasurer. Mr. C. W. Papst leaves here next week for the Pacific coast. He will be accompanied by his uncle, Mr. Ross; who has been visiting here for some time. At a meeting of Seaforth Pub- lic School Board Friday even- ing, Mr. Andrew Young was elected chairman , of the board for this year. e The homestead of the late Henry Medd, lot 13, con. 11, Hul- 1 lett, has been sold to Mr. Gavin Hamilton for the sum of $5,'100. It is a splendid farm and is by ' no means dear, even with land low in price W 1Ua>ixi Bishop, of Grey, has disposed of his'•:1.00=acre' farm "I fl1ted out of xooking , near Hrusseis to Ferguson Bros., f ,,, of , 'y a water, ,;it is one of the ' hob ! c l A JYeA tt "n th ed )` f r► ,iat 'led-, 1•.<r��k�, � "...G�?d .y'�;�Y{,Y�^�� f:.,:� .,, _�R �,..43.1w n., .,t -...7.,�tir i.n•fdt.•I .n..., .,, H:;(• Miss Pearl Harpole, of -Hen- sall, who has been the efficient bookkeeper at the Zurich Creamery since last summer, has resigned. Miss Harpole in- tends going back to college. Mr. Allan Gascho, of town, has taken Miss Harpole's position at the creamery. The Seaforth PUC named E. L. Box as chairman and man- ager at their meeting on' Tues- day. Other employees were re- appointed as follows: D. H. Wil- son, secretary -treasurer; Alice Hudson, stenographer; Ed. Mole, H. Bolton, Ray Holmes and An- drew Calder. An interesting address on "In- surance Problems" was a fea- ture of the meeting of the Lions Club in the Commercial Hotel Monday evening, when Lion. M.• A. Reid was the speaker. The club welcomed three new mem- bers who were introduced by Lion A. Y. McLean. They were: R. R. McKindsey, James Mac-' Donald and Ross Scott. A de- lightful solo, "Mary," was sung "At least we found out the basement is watertiehif" From The Huron Expositor - January 24, 1890 Another move is being made to upbuild the •?Village of St. Joseph. The large brick build-. ing . block erected some years ago, is_ undergoing changes and many other improvements are being made. Mr. Nelson Nicholson, of Hul- lett, has sold his farm to his neighbor Joseph Wheatley. The farm contains 75 acres. Mr. Philip Kenny, of McKil- lop, met with a painful accident last Thursday when a horse kicked him. • The first meeting of the Pub- lic School Board was held on Wednesday evening. Mr. Berry Jeffery was elected chairman for the current year. Mr. John Rankin, who has been the .effici- ent secretary -treasurer for the past 10 years, was reappointed. :At the annual meeting of the South Huron Agricultural So- ciety held in Hensall, M. Y. Mc- Lean declined reappointment as "Certainly I know the value of a dollar ... that's why 1 asked for twenty!" • Sugar and Spice -- By - Bill Smiley PAY, AND FACE THE MUSIC If I had it to do over again, I'd raise my family differently, I'd let the kids grow up in hap- py ignorance of the finer things of life. That's exactly what most 'of my present family would have preferred anyway, but the Old Girl wasn't having any of it. 'And I, like all docile North American} fathers, swallowed all that jazz about "personality ful- fillment" and "developing natu- ral" talent" and "creative inter- ests." I've spent enough on music lessons, for example, for those kids to buy myself a brand new Cadillac, or pay off half the mortgage on my house. This month,' my son Hugh is giving two piano recitals before trying his music exam, the cul- mination of ten years of lessons. It's just about the culimation of the old man's credit in these parts, too. All itinvolves is the rental of two halls, the, printing of two sets of invitations and programs, and the purchase of new suits and dresses for the whole family. Even at that,'I could fight my way out of .the morass of bills and face the future, shaken but game, if this were the end of the affair. - But I learned,• in a short but devast6ting exchange with my -iwife, that it's~ only the begin- ning.- "Well," I beamed, "at last it'll 'be nice not to have' to pay for -lessons next year, what with all the expense of sending him to college." "Don't be silly!" she snapped. "Ofcourse he's going to go on ' with his music next year. He's scarcely begun." • And I reeled but of the room, • worry about your old age. By the time, you've paid 'to have your grandchildren's- teeth straightened' and " (here he pos- itively cackled) "paid for their first ten years of dancing and skating and music lessons, you won't, have 'any old age left." All I could do was quote from Hamlet: "For this relief much thanks," and -go quietly off to check my insurance policies, and look for my wife's. bottle of sleeping pills. years I'll be a broken, beaten old man, ready for the bone - yard, just when should be entering those golden years you see in the insurance ads: trips to Europe, curling, golf, fishing. And what will I get out of it. all? Likely nothing but a gaggle of grandchildren, who will be dumped with us every time their parents want to go on a skiing vacation or a jaunt to Mexico. In despair, I sought out an old friend who has been through it all with three sons and a daughter. Surely he'd have words pf comfort. He did. •"Smiley, old boy," he chor- tled, "there's nothing to it. But you've forgotten a few items. First of all, your son gets mar- ried in third -year college and you subsidize them and the baby, until he graduates. Then there's your daughter's wed- ding. Knowing your wife, I fig- ure that will cost you one cool grand. Then your son, and your son-in-law will take turns hit- ting you up for a couple of thou- sand for down payment on a house or furniture or a second car, or something. "It's not that they're grasp- ing," he went on, , chuckling. "It's just that this is the way the system works. nowadays. They'll be making good money, but they won't have any credit, and you have. So' they'll use yours.". "But when do I start paying off my mortgage on the house and putting by for my old age?"' I whimpered. s a.. "Don't worry about that," he twinkled. "You can always re- finance your mortgage at 18 per cent interest. And I wouldn't speechless. I could see the fu- ture: old dad pumping the treadmill for the next ten years in a welter of music lessons at $13 a rattle and university fees at $1500 a year. You see, just as Hugh gets out of college, his sister, who also takes piano les- sons at the same tariff, will be• ready to begin. It isn't fair, somehow. In ten TO THE EDITOR: Entitled to Support Seaforth, Jan. 14. 2. Nobody has yet told them they paid too much for it. -Sir-1 see in the papers, in- ". big headlines: "Farmers' Union 3. Since they took charge last Asks Government Probe of FAME". They are also' asking the' Government to raise prices paid to farmers, although how they can do that I fail to see. FAME has already increased the return of farmers who have shipped cattle to FAME'S pack- ing plant, s6 why don't they support .that? FAME has received a lot of opposition understandably from interests with Whom it will `con- flict, and also from the press. Not only has a, lot of mislead- ing information been published, but we have been bombarded with big headlines proclaiming that FAME and farmers have lost a million and a half dol- lars. Well, FAME has not yet lost a million and a half dol- lars. It is still only necessary to raise the required sum' of money, or substantial part of it, from the farmers to show their support, and the plant is theirs. There Chas been 'a lack of sup- port from the farm organiza- tions. Why? Wit because of a conflict of personalities, or con- flict of interests, i.e. stockmen or co -packs? This is something that needs a lot of light shed on it. I have no doubt that mistakes have been made, and one of them is that the FAME Board is fob big and ,unwieldy, but the following facts are something to think about: 1. FAME has ,purchased the most modern packing plant on the North American continent, August, its operation has so consistently improved that it is expected to- be on a paying basis by March. 4. All farmers I know who have shipped cattle there report increased Hogs over other H sources. ogs are purchased through the Hog Board. Huron County shareholders have passed a resolution call- ing for a feasibility study of the whole FAME organization at a cost of $10,000, to be pre- sented to the provincial` Meet- ing on Friday. If ' the U.F.O. and other farm .organizations, wanted to do some good, they could support this • and help with the cost and leave the Gov- ernment out of it. W. H. PALIN Smiles... Advice to the bridegroom: "No matter how she treats you, always try t6look a little hurt." ' The best insurance against automobile accidents is a Sun- • day afternoon nap. . A small boy's head bobbed up over the garden wall. "Please, Mrs. Jones, may I have my arrow?" "Why, yes, Johnny; where is it?" • "I think it's in your cat." arfr ,;till: lIWN►4, Y'.