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The Huron Expositor, 1965-08-26, Page 2• • Since 1860, Serving Me Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y .-MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly -Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers -Association • Audit Bureau of Circolation 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 41 L SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 26, 1965 Driver Education A good case for secondary school boards to sponsor driver training is made by .Merlin Donald, vice-president of All Canada. Insurance Federation, who told Niag3ra Falls, Ont., Rotary Club that."despite the fact that cars kill more young people than all the childhood diseases put together, most school boards have , no concern with automobiles other than providing park- ing spaces for teachers." It can besaid, of course, that school boards cannot be expected to teach the child everything. At some point a line must be drawn between that which is the responsibility of the parents and of the- school. At the same time, there is no fling- • tion that is more general or if perform - Merits Attention ed,improperly can have -more disastrous effects on the public than that of driv- ing an automobile. The daily highway toll is evidence of the problem. Every student either drives or will drive an automObile. If there is a bet- ter way Of doing die job than aping the bad driving habits of their parents, or of the kid down the street, surely it is ar proper task Of the school to bring this better method to the attention of the, pupil. How can the school that recognizes • the need of and provides training in the niceties of present-day homemak- ing, or in the dozen and one other sub- jects which today vie for spots on the • curriculum justify a denial of, driver training? Recognizing the Rights of the Public Is labor losing some public support? Is there an increasing tendency to con- sider that some demands being made - are unreasonable and against the pub-- lic interest generallY?t That there in indication that this is so is ,pointed out by the Ft5rt WiI- liam Times -Journal„ who discusses the matter in these words: "Members of the general public, so often innocent victims when labor dis- putes cut off services such as,transpor- tation, have been long-suffering. Be- cause most. people consider the strike to be a legitimate weapon in the hands • of labor, they have 'accepted temporary loss of their •owiejobs or- extreme dif- ficulty in getting to and from Work as • part of thoderit life: • They grumbled, but did nothing more. , "In Great Britain, however, the pub- lic tempef appears to be quickening. When crews of London commuter trains staged a slow -down to enforce their demands, and stations became crowded 'with Would-be passengers who were frustrated in trying ,to travel to their , homes, the crowds began to take it out on the train crews. Police protection had to be called in after railway work- ers were 'thumped' by the angry' train users. - "Another example of what may, be. a changing mood was the reaction of the public in the .Province.of Quebet wheri gas station operators went on strike and the source of fuel for motor cars dried up over night. So angry did the motor carowners become, the strikers gave in quickly and reopened •b their stations." Expo '67 The Mitchell Advocate --has been checking 'into' arrangements under way for Expo '67 and sees a bumping together of all Canadians `a.S a,resUlt. "If you have not Jecqme enthused over Expo '67 its goal d purpose" as' defined by our Governor-General should stir -the heart's blood: ne world— mankind: one race—man one language —love.',„ This is a Christian goal and that an 'attempt is being made towards its fruition is evident in the plan, 'for - already seven churches. including Pro- testant and Catholic. will be housed unl der. one -roof in the Christian pavilion!' • A Macduff Ottawa Report • A Decision in the • OTTAWA — A second mam- moth wheat sale for Russian gold has set off a new fever of • election speculation on Parlia- ment Hill. There is not too much logic behind the spectila- tion. While perhaps $225 mil- lion will be paid bY. the Rus- • sians for •wheat delivered be- fore the end of the year it is going to take a few months for money to get back to the West- ern farmer and still longer for it to be felt in consumer spend- ing. Chances are that the full impact of the new money on • the ,Canadian economy will not be felt until next Spring. - 11 this is the case. a Spring elec- tion would coincide with a gen- erally happy atmosphere some of which would inevitably rub off on the Government , in power. But Prime Minister Pearson, it must be said. did little, to • discourage the speculation be -- fore he plunged into his. West Coast and Edmonton tour. At his farewell 'Ottawa press con- ference he was more cautious than, usual to avoid any hint of 'the way the wind was blowing which encouraged some to be- lieve it was in the direction of a Fall vote. Would Parliament meet on September 27? • Parliament had been asked to reassemble on that date and so far there had been no change in the schedule. . Would he meet Parliament on that date? • There was no reply except a gentle slap on the wrist for the man who aske4,„it. But Mr. Pearson made it very plain that he would call an elec- . tion at any time if he hielieved it advisable. He was definitely • not &Ascribing to the views of M. Stahleir XtiOVilei or SOCial • Credit Leader Robert Thompson • that to call it before redistribu. tion had been completed would be immtiral. .1n .fat, he gave the impression that the electiott when it does collie will be by ° the ebitstitnericy pattern.. - titiMber of. :Steps before The ineW Making electoral boundaries can become law. The reports of ten elec- toral -commissions are open to local appeal. Then they must be laid before Parliament and if there is a sufficient measure of opposition (it does not re- quire a majority) they will be sent back for reconsideration. At that point, admittedly the commissions have the last say. If they choose to make no amendments there is nothing. Parliament can do. The final decision will be non-political. But. even assuming that ev- erything goes without a hitch or delay there will have to be a reorganization. of the whole electoral machinery of Canada. New returning officers will have to be appointed in more than 174 constituencies, Finally, the political parties will have to do their own reorganization. hold conventions. get committees and canvassers organized and generally reshape party ma- chines to fit the new geogra. phy. As Mr. Pearson says, it's not a matter of having redistribu- tion operative in terms of a general election next ,May or June, At the very earliest it would be the end of 1966. Mr: ' Thompson and Mr. Knowles left 'themselves badly open to a thrust from the Pear- son rapier because both had de- clared on the one hand that there should be no election un- til after redistribution, and on the other, that the Government had not cleaned its house and therefore that when the House of Commons meet on Septem- ber 27th it shopld be defeat- ed. No one is likely to take the .chances of such a defeat too seriously, but that did not weaken Mr. Pearson's come- baCk. "Apparently," he said, "it is immoral for the Government of the day to exercise its preroga- tive and apPeal ,to the people for a Vote of contiderite, but not at all immortal for the �p position to' defeat the GOOrti- ment,and force an election be. for redistribution, That l a very strange concept of mor- ality." Then to cap it off. Mr. Pear- son concluded: "Why are you all so pre -oc- cupied With an election? Think of all the, things that are going on in the. country. Have you read the reports frOm the Bur- eau of Statistics that will show how the country is going ahead?" ; •Mr. Pearson himself' might take a second glance at some of them because' they are rather a mixed variety, Gross.National. Product is going up nicely but unemployment failed to re- spond to the extent that might be expected with the impact of summer .seasonal jobs. The ex- port picture is strong enough but has nevertheless flattened out. As a result, with imports on the upgrade, Canada is run- ning another very heavy cur- rent account deficit in her in- ternatitinal balance of pay- ments. • There is certainly no crisis in sight. Wheat payments' . will help the deficit and keep good times with us for at least an- other 12 months. Canadians are experiencing. in fact, the luck of the, Irish. But if Mr. Pearson has any thoughts on Whether a Fall election is to be or not to be he is keeping them to himself. * * Capital Hill Capsule The withdrawal of ' Western Deuterium Ltd. from its agree- ment with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to build a heavy water plant at Estevan, Saskat- chewan, may mean that we fiave been putting the cart be - fere the horse. There is ,noth- ing wrong technically with the ammonia - hydrogen • exchange process. The - only thing wrong is 'that first you have to make sure of a profitable Use for the ammoniaafter it has dune its • work. This Deuterium had neg- lected to do. This means 'a massive fertilizer plan with a capacity of- 1,500 tons g day. jn the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor August 30, 1940 The honie of Mrs. L. T. De - Lacey was the scene of a hap- py gathering when members and ex -members of First Presbyter- ian Church choir gathered to spend a social evening .with Miss Harriet Murray, prior to her leaving for Brandon, Man. Following lunch, M. Dalton L., Reid read an appropriate ad- dress and Mrs. J. G. Mullen pre- sented her with • a substantial cheque, which carried with it a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Compilation of registration this week show that 17,151 per- sons registered in Huron -Perth. Of this number, 1,976 are be- tween the ages of 19 and 45. A trousseau tea in honor of their daughter, Miss Leona Box, who next week becomes the bride of Graham S. Vance, .of Kirkland Lake, was held' at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. -L. Box, Jarvis St. About 250 guests were present. Miss Ona Nichols and Miss Jean Frost served lunch. A number of Cromarty peo- ple attended the reception to Mr. and Mrs. Boa in Hensel]. Town' Hall Friday evening. A large crowd was present and Mr. and Mrs. Boa (nee Freda Harburn) were presented with a well-filled purse. - Mr. Neil ''Rymdall was here -this week visiting his parents, . Mr. .and Mrs. Harry Tyndall, in Tuckersmith, before leaving for Sudbury,, where he will join the staff of the Technical 5chool. Messrs. Charles Holmes, J. E. Willis, C. M. Smith, Archie Hubert and A. Hildebrand were in Stratford •Tuesday attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Henry McFadden. . Mr. Scott Bolton. Winthrop. has returned home from Vic- toria Hospital. London. after a week's treatment. and is doing well, ' • The 'Mellick block ia 4urich. occupied by Johnston & Kalb,- fleisch as a hardware and furni- ture store. and by J. W. Mer- 'ner as a general store. has changed hands. The property - has been purchased, by Johnston and Kalbfleisch. ' • Dr. Wm. Joynt. Hensall. who has been on the staff of the On- tario Hospital. Brockville. has left for 'Toronto. where he has accepted a similar position on the staff :of the Ontario Hospi• tal in that eity. The warm weather has taken a decided change and those that • are early risers say, there vNas a heavy frost on Friday night. While endeaN oring to extin- guish a fire that had set one. - of his trouser,legs ablaze. Geo. McNall. Sr.. of Blyth. 'member, of a Huron County weed spray ing unit. had both hands sev- erely and painfully burned on Monday north of Seaforth. Af- ter treatment at Scott Memor- ial Hospital. Mr. McNall as taken 'to the home of his son. George. Jr.. reeve of Blyth. Summer visitors in Bayfield gave an amateur concert in the Town Hall to establish. a patri- otic fund from which the local Red Cross can draw for gifts and smokes for soldiers who have enlisted. The success of the concert was largely due to the untiring efforts of the presi- dent of the Red Cross. Mrs R. H. Gairdner. The sum of S47 v70"Feelized. • • • •• From The Huron Expositor August 27, 1915 Miss Frances Houston, junior. teacher in the Cranbrook public school, is spending her holidays 'visiting friends in McGregor and other parts of Manitoba. Miss L. H011and, of Beech- wood, has accepted a position on the.staff of Peterboro school. •Mr. Colin Hudson, of Hensall, carriage -maker, bad the misfor- tune while Moving a stove, to have it fell on one of his fin- gers, Wilting it open and caus- ing ,him severe pain. Messrs. Harold Turner ,and Howard Allan. of Tuckersmith, have left for -Saskatchewan. Mr. William Broadfoot, of the Mill Road, had the misfortune to get. his fingers caught in the driving chain of his binder. and the tops of two, fingers were badly cut. `-qtiss Cora B. Gibb, of town, has resigned her position at organist of St. Thomas'. Church and has accepted the position of choir leader and 'organist in the Methodist Church in Port Petry.r At the regultiemeethig Of the I Lodge, Mr. Frank Smith was presented with a signet ring. He is the fifth member of the lodge who has volunteered for service at the front. The following were ticketed by Mr. W. Somerville, via 'the new Transcontinental route on Tuesdays harvest excursion: R. E. Kinsman, Chiselhurst; W. A. McKay, Tuckersmith, to Out- look, Sask.; John R. ,,McKay, Tuckersmith, to Winnipeg; Jno. A. Montgomery, McKillop, to Tessier, Sask,; Sidney Doh -nage, to Pasque, Sask.; Mr. and Mrs. Adam Holmes, to Swift Current;. W. Allan, Tuckersmith, to Medi- cine Hat; • James and Wilfred McConnell, to Regina; Peter Cameron, Brucefield, to Kin- dersley; Louis Atkinson, to Re- gina: John F. Neely, to Winitii- peg;, W. Charters, to Saskatoon; Wilson Wright, Tuckersmith, to Winnipeg; L. O'Reilly, Staffa, to Moose Jaw; 'H. A. McDonald, Kippen, to Calgary; W. Somer- ville, Chiselhurst, to 'Red Lands, Sask. • Referring to the request of Lieut. Col. Wilson and the of- ficers and men of the 33rd Bat- talion at London, Ont., to be sent to the front at once to take the place of the 1,000 sol- diers who were drowned on the .Royal Edward, Senator Lotrgheed said that this was just a proof of the.. splendid spirit which ' characterizes all the troops,now train.44 in Can- ada :••• Seaforth Collegiate Itstitute will open. on Tuesday, Sept 7. Never has the school opened With a stronger and more ef- ficient staff of teachers. The following are the teache S: . F. Ross. principal; H. C. a n M.A., Miss M. E. Allan, . Miss Edith Gibson, B.A., and Miss Helen Wetherell.- Mr. Isaac • Longstrath. for many years a well-known resi- dent of Seaforth. but now en- gaged in the bee business in Forest...NI-rites of the honey crop this season: "I. am gladto say that this year is better and we 'Will have honey to sweeten our griddle cakes and some left ov- er, to buy war stamps." Mr. W. E Hoggarth.. Hensall, held an auction sal*of. surplus household and; other effects last week before moving to London, where he has secured a situa- tion as public school teacher in the London east district. Mr. George F. Case. Hensall, the oast week sold his dwelling, on the west side of the railivav track on King St., to Mr. William Truemner, of - Heosall Mrs. J. A. Ferguson. Bayfield, is away on a trip up the lakes with her husband. who is Cap- tain of one ..of the largest freighters plying the upper end of Lake Superior. upset the thresher on its side. He had his arm broken and the machine was slightly damaged. Mr. Nelson Keys, of the Ba- bylon Line, Stanley, met wifh -rather a serious accident. While trying to get one of the horses into a mow, the animal kicked, striking him under the chin and on the- breast. He is now recov- ering, but had a narrow escape. Rev. A. D. McDonald, of Sea - forth, went up to Mackinaw on . the Pacific last Thursday. He helped. erect the first board shanty in Collingwood and was the first to preach to a Presby- terian congregation in this town while he was yet a student. AP` • • • • From The Huron Expositor August 29, 1890 One day 'last week while Mr. D. MacTavish. of Stanley, was . driving a team hitched to Mr. W. Perdue's thresher, the hors- es became unmanageable and Mr. John Hannah has pur- chased another carload of cheese from the. Blake factory, which he intends to job off. Mr. WilliantrHawkshaw; Sea - forth, has rented his -hotel here to Mr. James•Murray, the ()Wig- ing and efficient baggageman at the railway station. Mr. William McLeod left here for Augusta, Ga., where he has secured a good situation in the • tailoring establishment of r B. Jones, a former Seaforth boy, who has prospered in the south. Mr. A. K. Chittenden, head clerk in the E. McFaul store, left Monday to go east on some we'll -earned holidays. Mr: Paul Madge, hay fork ag- ent, has sold over 200 forks this season, and he advises people who hate, suitable buildings to get one. • On Sunday between 30 and 40 of the Zurich villagers at- tended the Salvation Army camp meeting in Bayfield. They were all pleased with what they saw and heard. Seaforth public school open- ed with an attendance of 528 pupils. arranged as follows: Mr. McFaul's room. 40; Miss A. Cowan, 60; Miss KateCowan, 61; Miss,Elder, 60: Miss Killor- an. 62; Miss Annie Watson, 61; Mrs. Campbell, 60; Miss Bella" Watson, 58; Mrs. Coulter, 66. On Wednesday evening some evil disposed person entered the residence of Mi. W. J. Fear,- Egniondville, after all the • in- mates had retired for the night. Mrs. Fear heard him and called lustily for help. The fellow evi- dently . considered • discretion the better part • of valor, and left. Tire Bright team and the Sea - forth Beavers played a game of lacrosse. at the recreation ground? on Friday. Meredith and Freeman were the stars of the game. Messrs. A. J. Wilson and Wal- ter Willis have gone to Detroit to spend their holidays. Mr. William Evans, Jr., of Mc- Killop. left with six fine young stallions for Lincoln, Nebraska. He had two roadsters, one .Per- cheron • and three Canadian Clydes. He was "accompanied by Mr. Rawley, of Hibbert. The Many friends of • Mr.' Robert Jamieson, of ,the. Golden Lion Store, are pleased to wel- come him home from the Old Country, where he had been on his semi-annual visit to the mar- kets. • a "That must be Irving, my blind date. Fred saidAe'S teal swinging cat." . . • 4 Sugar and Spice — By Bill Smiley THE DAY OF REST There have been fantastic changes in Our way of living in the last two or three decades. Schools are bigger and bright - hot better. The teenagers have taken over popular music and public attention. Televi- sion tirelessly hurls verbal and visual garbage in our unresist- ing faces. 'Murder and rape. walk city streets, even iii day- time. Not to Mention racial strife, the welfare state, frozen foods, instant everything, and Japanese motor scooters. It's a long, long way from that simple, cut - and - dried, black -and -white society in which' most . of today's -middleagerS, caught in a world revolution, ,were brought up. If our parents and • grandpar- ents could be brought back from their eternal. rest, for a quick look at our world, they would probably - go straight in- to deep shock. They might be able to cope • with most of the items above, but there is one thing that would send them right around the bend, -- the change in our observance of Sunday. When I was a kid, Sunday, aside from its religious aspects, was a day of rest, literally. There was nothing else to do. For the average family, it was church in the morning, .home for a big noon dinner, flake out for a nap for the adults, gloomy poking around house or back- yard for the kids, supper, and early to bed. No swimming, no fishing, not even a game of cathh. Peace and quiet, how- ever 'resented by the young. Only variation in this was the descent of•a,horde of dull rela- tives. Everyone then sat around in Sunday best, in parlor or on porch, and gassed interminably about Cousin Elwood's bad back or Aunt Arlene's asthma. I grew up thinking that Sun- day was just a day on which you couldn't do anything worth- while. My attitude toward the Sabbath was that the sooner it 9 was over, the better. But even then, though I was 'too young to notice, the rot had set in. Some of the' wilder elements in the community be- gan smashing the Calvinistic gloom. Here and there, a Ian -i- lly would not only go fer a drive on Sunday, but smuggle swimming suits and a picnic lundh along.. Before you knew it, the odd family was secretly listening to Jack Benny on the radio, 'after supper. The virus spread like wild- fire. 13y the time I achieved manhood, the grand old tradi- tional Sunday was crumbling rapidly. :The more reckless among the young fellows began hanging around the Chinese restaurant or going for walks with girls. Some of the pure anarchists' among them started playing tennis and fishing and alt sorts of unspeakable things. From there, of course, it was only a step to wearing, sports clothes and smoking and hav- ing a beer on tSunday. Drug stores •and restaurants began staying operWto cope with this new 'wave of wantonness. Sun- day sports got one toe in the door, then kicked it ,wide open. Sunday movies moved in. The beaches, set up midway rides. The transistor radio was invent- ed, along with the drive-in: - And you know, too, ,what's happened to the peace and quiet of our old childhood'Sun- day. Sports, cars bellow, lawn- mowers snarl. Traffic whines on highways, children whine at beaches. Transistors blare, Bea- tles -beat. Power boats drum and throb. The air is sweet with the pock of 'golf balls, ricocheting off trees, and wa- ter-skiers ricocheting off the heads of swimmers. Beer cans clang on asphalt. Couples wrangle on gin and tonic. Ev- en the birds have to shout louder to hear each other. • And all that, Dads, is why your old man went back from a rest to work on Monday, while you go back to work for a, rest. TO THE EDITOR Answer School Site Criticism Kippen; Ontario, schools was given last winter August 10, 1965. without a %single case of any . - student being unable to reach Sir: To the Ratepayers of home. , - Harpurhey and , nickersmith: 8. Irrelevant. Supervision at Below, are the answers to ques- noon, hour is provided by teach - tions asked by ratepayers of ers in Ontario from the Mani- Harpurhey as cdntained in a tissue baotrdeairi.tooQnueabllec.colrotacants recent issue of The Expositor: signed by teachers, there is a • 1.,,Obviously, there is no need to compare actual costs of a 16 -room school to an ,t,room school. The problem is, Tuck- ersmith's elementary, school population is not large enough to support an 8 -room school. Nor is it large enough to meet the suggested 300 pupil mini- mum suggested for a central school. • 2. The cost of sending pupils into . • neighboring community schools is based :on a formula found in the Public+Schools Act and would be different ,for each of the centres mentioned. In order that the Township may. be divided ' for education pur- poses, -the municipal council must -sanction this move. On February 2, 1965, the Tucker - smith School Area Board asked the Tuckersmith council that the township be divided, as Hay Township was venturing a building program and wanted to know if any Tuckersmith pupils could be involved. On that date Tuckersmith Council decided that ,the township must stay to- gether for public school,educa- tioul purposes. 3. The cost of transportation would not vary as it doesn't make any - difference when pu- pils are picked up, at the gate or nearest corner, what school they attend. as all roads must be covered in order to get the children; thus the cost would be no less, as bus' cbstS are based on mileage. stipulation that the teacher must perform all duties and teach any subject specified by the board. Regardlessofwhere the School is situated, there must be supervision at all times. 9. The activities mentioned are important in the lives of young people, it is true. 1-.1ow-' ever, these organizations exist fin the support of the children. and their parents and no doubt would be more than willing -to co-operate should any changes be necessary. • 10. This is a matter for other municipal bodies to determine. 11. One-quarter of -the total number of students in Tucker - smith live within a one -mile radius of Seaforth. The 20 chil- dren in Harpurhey will be look- ed after. in i terms of transpor- tation to the new school. Should the parts not wish to take advantage;of the School Board's service, the regulations relating to this are in the hands of the Beard Secretary. The Tuckersmith SchOol Area Board feels that it should do something for the "slow learn- er". In an .8 -room school this is not possible as there are not enough pupils who fall in this category to make an' "Oppor- tunity. Class". Joining with Stanley Township there are en- ough children to warrant a special instructor and classroom for these children whom we should be helping, so that they 4. According to Habkirk may live useful lives. Service, if high school buses were used for public school, there would be slightly less travelling time on the bus, as, it would fill in shorter mileage. There.would be no reduction in costs however, became it would take more buses to cover the area and there would be no reduction in total mileage cov- ered by buses. Bus costs are rated on total bus mileage coll. ered. 5. Bayfield apparently holds the same prejudiced point of view. The Stanley T.S.A. Board, we understand, were consider. - ing paying off BaYfieldls ttire debt at no increase in rates to the village residents: • The debt is in the neighbor - hoed of $25,000. • 6. The proposed location is as near as 'possible to the centre of the area it would serve. 7. Highly unrealistic ques. tion. Residents of 'Ong -stand: ing cannot recall problems of the sort described in an area adjacent to main roads, The township councils are Obligated here to see used roads are kept clear and serviteable. Sewn- darl roads used by school buses wotild,we feel bettab, get top • Iiihirity.• Bs §ettitti to rtial . - An groom school cannot af- ford special equipment, as it would not be used enough to warrant the expense, but in the 16 -room , school sufficient use can be made of it to make its purchase feasible, The. Department will pay. a grant en a Library in a school of over 12 rooms. Fully graded education can only be had when classes are divided according to the abili- ties of the children. There may be two or three grades within a grade, thin the more class- rooms the more evenly the chil- dren. may be graded. Regardless -of what sehool system is adopted in the town- ship, some people are not go- ing to be satisfied. Unless some- one, is willing to compromise we could find ourselves, using our present system for a num- her of' years. This- could only result in Several more years of inferior education for our town- ship children, Sincerely yours, VERNE ALDERDICE, • Chairman, The T0ekersinith Schonl Area board. , , ,8) a • • -re e 1 •