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The Huron Expositor, 1962-02-15, Page 2Since ince 1860, Serving the Community First • Published at SEAk'ORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers. t ANDREW" Y. MOLEAN, Editor Adt E D e► _ Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: 0\ R u /.r Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year \ 'a„l A Outside"Canada (in advance) $4,00 a Year" c, w', SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 15, 1962 41. Inclusion of Bayfield The possibility of enlarging the re- cently established Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority by the addition of the Bayfield Valley was seen following discussions at the inaugural meeting of the' Authority last week. e First raised by The Expositor in these editorial columns ear 1 y . in January, the addition of the Bay- field River Valley would bring full bene- fits of the authority to Seaforth and other municipalities now on the boun- dary of the present Maitland .Author- ity. The alternative is to continue a half in existence of little benefit or day find. the Bayfield Valleyin- cluded in the Ausable Authority. If this latter eventually axises, Seaforth, Clin- ton and Goderich would find themselves on the outside, looking in to two authori- ties, denied direct benefits from either, but forced to pay to both. The Stratford Beacon -Herald dis- cussed the proposal this week and agrees the matter deserves study : "A proposal rooted in the common sense of Huron County geography was made last week by Mayor W. J:Miller, of Clinton," the Beacon -Herald com- ments, "when he suggested, at the Organization meeting of the new Mait- land Valley Conservation Authority, that the best interests of conservation in the north and central parts of Hur- on . County would be served, if the Authority, could be enlarged to include all the area drained by the Bayfield River, as well as all the area drained by the Maitland. ' The Bayfield drainage area, a rela- tively, small unit in itself, begins in the neighborhood of Dublin, at the Perth- '' Huron boundary, and comprises a val- ley varying from three to 10 miles in width, from Dublin to the river mouth at Bayfield.. In itself it is scarcely big enough to support an Authority organ- Valley-Merits rgan- VaI ley - Merits Study ization, and the best hope of the resi- dents of the kayfield Valley, for getting the many benefits which have come from organizations such as the Upper Thames Conservation Authority, is to be joined with one of the Adjoining val- leys in which an Authority has already been organized. To the south is the val- ley of the Ausable, and to the north is the valley of the Maitland, each much greater in area, population and assess- ment than the Bayfield Valley. . The surveyors who marked out the line of the Huron Road to Goderich, 135 years ago, created the conditions for a natural link between the Bayfield Valley and the Maitland Valley. Strik- ing that then a line through g territory Y included many swampy low-lying areas, they put the.road along the line of high- er ground which makes the watershed between the Maitland River and the Bayfield ' River. . Towns and villages grew up along the line of the Huron Road', and settlement ..extended north and south from it. Centres of popula- tion at Dublin, St. Columban, Seaforth and Clinton lie in a straight line with each. other, essentially because the Hur- on Road followed the ridge between two valleys.. From the main intersection at Sea - forth, it is a mile and a quarter south to a bridge crossing the Bayfield, and' two miles north to a bridge crossing the Maitland. The Huron Road itself, together with the CNR railway line which runs par- allel to the Huron' Road, create a bond between the people of the Maitland Valley, and the people of the Bayfield Valley, which would make it a natural, development to organize for -conserva- tion work as a single Maitland-Bayfield— Conservation Authority. Mayor • Miller -'s proposal deserves study." .. ,,.... District Native Had Distinguished Career Few, if •any, native sons of this dis- trict have brought greater credit to their birthplace than James G. Gard- iner, long-time Minister of Agriculture, who died earlier this year. The subject at times of bitter criti- cism, Mr. Gardiner- througho„yt his life- time fought, for those tiingshe believ- ed: Born on a farm Perth, but edu- cated across the boundary ina rural school in Huron, he never forgot his farm background and continued to the end to strive to improve the standards of living on Canadian farms. Nor did he forget the scenes of his youth, and each year he arranged a busy schedule in such a way to permit him to' spend a day . or two driving through the dis- trict in which he was barn. The Montreal Star, in a recent 'edi- torial, summed up the Gardiner story in these words: "Mr: J. G. Gardiner, whose death was announced January 12 at the age of 78, was in all probability the ablest Minister of Agriculture Canada has ev- er had. He was a farmer, like many of his predecessors, but be brought to his portfolio not . only an intimate knowl- edge of farming ---he died on the farm he ..had operated for so long—but a knowledge of prairie agriculture in practice and in principle that was un- rivalled. With this he combined a de- gree, of political shrewdness which made him a formidable adhocate, wherever he was, in the national agri- cultural interest. He was born on an Ontario faun but, when still a boy, moved with his family first to Manitoba and later to Saskat- chewan. He was driving, ambitious, able and determined to get on. He went to normal school and became a teacher. Later, at the age of 27, he graduated from United College in Winnipeg, that great seed -bed of western thinking, but he was already dreaming of a political career, and in 1914, at the age of 30, he was elected to the Saskatchewan Leg- islature. Frorn"1914 until 196$, he was never dLefgated4 an astonishing accomplish- inetiti+ ire WAS 4 Othinet iti1niliter under Premier ch Dunning. He succeed- ed Mr. Dunning as premier in 1926. Though 'his party was beaten in 1929 and he moved into .opposition he him- self retained his seat and became Pre- mier again in 1934. When Mackenzie King formed . his able administration in 1935 Mr. Gard- iner became Minister of Agriculture, and he' held that post until the Liberal defeat of 1957. Duringyears when- the- farm hefarm interest was largely ignored at Ottawa he fought for it without inter- mission. The'farmers of the country owe more to Mr. Gardiner than to any other politician since Confederation. Rugged, hard-working and coinpe- tent he was a formidable adversary. If the parliamentary opposition found him intractable, his Liberal colleagues both in cabinet and caucus found him equal- ly unyielding. If his policies sometimes went awry, if his extreme partisanship made him enemies, theses -were flaws which were compensated by his inflex- ible, determination to get what he re- garded as a square deal for the agricul- tural interest. When Mr. King in 1948 saw to it that three of his colleagues were appointed to the Imperial Privy Council, Mr. Gardiner was one of them, and the reward was fitting." Urban Sprawl One of • the many problems which are confronting rural ratepayers and par- ticularly those who sit upon township councils these days is 'the growing trend of' city dwellers to get out into the country, preferably along a high- way, where they build themselves a home or set up in a retail business. All this building is fine, and in the past township councils have more or less encouraged this trend. Now, how- ever, these council members are find- ing that the taxes levied against these urban homes in rural settings. are not adequate to pay a proportionate share of the expenses of the townships, es- 'pecially in the way of educational costs, which vary from two to three hundred dollars per annum per. child of school • age, There's a new movement, and a fairly • strong one, afoot in Quebec these days. Its adher- ents,' labeled "Separatists," are urging that La Belle Province secede from the rest of Can- ada and establish a separate French nation on the shores of the St. Lawrence. I don't know the ins and outs of it, but, personally, I think it's a splendid idea. In fact, not only do I wish them well, but I hope the scheme becomes a trend that will sweep North America. It's the only thing that can break up the vast, neat blocks into which this con- tinent is divided, and give us a hodge-podge of untidy, inter- esting little states, ' Countries and principalities, such as the other continents boast. As far as I can see, breaking Canada down from 10 huge, in- digestible chunks of 40 or 50 juicy, indigestible morsels would solve most of our problems in a twinkling. First of all, it might stop cikl- tured Europeans and disgrunt- led horpebrews from' articles about the good, gray Canadians, those unimaginative, conserva- tive, colorless people who live somewhere north of Detroit, nursing their inferiority com- plex. I get so sick of this slop I could cry. SUGAR and SPICE By Bill. Smiley * * * They couldn't accuse us of these negative virtues any more if we were suddenly transform- ed into a seething mass of re- publics, peoples' democracies, monarchies and what -not. You see, if this was done, every- thing would -be different. The overpowering dullness of Cana- dian lite would be replaced by the romantic, exotic existence of the other continents. We'd be able to enjoy such fascinating things as: revolu- tions and counter-revolutions; refugees fleeing across 'bor- ders; students rioting in• the streets; military juntas carry- ing out coups d'etat; .sidewalk cafes riddled with spies; Unit- ed Nations aid; abusing the Americans; and all -the -other finer things in life. There'd be no more juvenile delinquency, as half a :hundred new armies would provide an outlet for high-spirited youth. And a lot of dandy little wars would keep them on their toes. But there wouldn't be much fighting. -Supposing' the new monarchy of Prince Edward Is- land declared war on the new union known as the United Counties of the Ottawa Valley. They'd have to fight their way through the new nations of Paasamoquoddy, Gaspe, Beaver- brook' and Nova Laurentia to get at each other. * * * My plan would hush up those bores who continually agitate for a Canadian national an- them and a distinctive Cana- dian flag. They'd be too busy writing anthems and designing flags for such new nations as The Yukon Republic, The Peace River Principality, Western Northern Ontario and Prince Rupert's Land. The smashing up of stodgy \old Canada would also give us a chs ce to introduce some fine new ocial legislation that the pre.se t Federal deral Government refuses ' to consider. Surely some of our brave new nations would lead the way in such progressive social measures as homes for unwed fathers, a free fix a day for dope addicts; handydandy divorce by vend- ing machine. * * * • Another thing. ,Canadians probably travel more miles per year than anyone el,,se, yet most of us have never been outside the country. What could be moreboring than to climb on a train, ride it for the best part. of a week, climb off, and still ke in the same couil'try?-'- That's wJ at happens now. All •-this would be changed. With all our new countries and borders, a cross-country train trip would become a thrilling adventure. We'd need pass- ports and visas. We'd have to pass border guards with tom - my guns. Our travelling com- panions would be Mysterious Strangers — -espionage agents, diplomats' mistresses, wild-ey- ed anarchists—instead of talka- tive elderly ladies going to vis- it their daughters, young moth- ers with damp, whiny children; and exhausted middleaged then heading for home after the hardware convention. * * * Unemployment would be solv- ed overnight. There'd be count- less new government jobs open in customs, immigration, post office, treasury, propaganda and secret police departments. Smuggling would provide a re- fuge for the few adventurous souls who repudiated offrcial- donnt. * * * There's be a bit of confusion at first, of course, financially. People would have to do with- out their beer when the baby bonus cheques failed to appear. This, however, could be solved by having the new governments distribute free beer once a month. But the real beauty of the scheme is this. Do you realize that instead of being a big, fat, prosperous, peaceful country, we could suddenly become a whole mess of small, poor, struggling, aggressive coun- tries? All we'd have to do is abolish the income tax, then sit back and scream for help, and the Yanks would rush. -in enough foreign aid to keep *us in luxury,......... By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER THE BIBLE TO -DAY Mr. H. van der Veen,....a lin- guist and -translator of the"Neth erlands Bible Society, who has worked for many years in Cen- tral Celebes, hos—'recently. com= pleted a translation of the Bible into Ta'e (South Toradja). Mr. van der Veen discovered how the telling of Bible stories helped him to establish an ex- act translation into Toradja language. Beginning with a paraphrase of a Bible term, a word, or a temporary make- shift rendering, it becomes pos- sible to explain this .with a more exact rendering. Thus at first "Heaven" was called Banua , Bulaanna Pung Matua — the golden House of God. In the translation of the Bible this was rendered by the loan-word "suruga" which was little known at the beginning of missionary work but gradually became more accepted. In the story of the crossing of the Red Sea the idea of the "waters being • a wall" to the Israelites was conveyed by ap- proaching the meaning of a wall by a phrase which meant "a sandstone cliff." Later the word "tembo" meaning "brick- work" was used, though little known at first. In the Bible translation "wall" was render- ed by rinding tembo—a brick wall. Another difficulty was in the fact that the Timorese had no knowledge of such animals as lions, ' bears, camels, donkeys, mules, and so -.on. Illustrations on lantern slides were used and when they saw a picture of a camel, the people gave it two names: "the horse with the crooked back" and "the long legged horse." When it was explained that the camel was used .to travel in the desert, a natural feature known to chil- dren from school -teaching, they thought the `best rendering in Timorese to be "the horse of the desert." (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) Who Discovered Coal Oil? Abraham Gesner, a native of Nova Scotia, who studied medi- cine in London, England, be- fore returning to the Martimes to practice as a physician, in the last quarter 'of the 18th century. Gesner, a creative sci=' entist in geology and natural history, discovered coal oil and invented the word "kerosene" to describe it. His tiny nil re- finery still exists. *• -* * .. Are Canadians Interested Other People's History? They must be. Canada had not been discovered in the Mid- dle Ages except by a few wan- dering Norsemen. Yet today Canada has three institutes of medieval .history, all specializing in the full time study of people who lived on "another contin- ent and bef re this cou ry h` d V:gaii The WeIe Are tto /e4Z:r fa.2'.�k'iff�;a Suggested Bible Readings• - Sunday—Mark 10:17-34 Monday—Mark 10:35-45 Tuesday—Mark 10-46-11:11 Wednesday—March 11:12-13 Thursday—Mark 12:1-27 Friday—Matthew 23:7-36 Saturday—Matthew 25:14-30 an identity of its own. These institutes are located in Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto. A ACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE POPULAR PENSIONER ver, was commissionL in the OTTAWA—The three politi- cal parties represented in Can- ada's 24th Parliament are each out to prove their deep-seated belief in the wejfare of the most popular member of socie- ty at election, .time—the old age pensioner. The Liberals, who first intro- duced pension legislation in 1926, are out with a promise to establish a universal rate of $75 a month, payable as fast as a new Liberal. Government can win -the -appr-a al of, Parliament. The Conservatives, who eapi- talized on the Liberals' failure to. offer 'a liberal pension in- crease before the 1957 election, are implementing a universal rate of $65 a month, and dang- ling a carrot of a contributory system paying benefits at the age of 62. ' The New Democrats, whose CCF predecessors were always first to offer the most, although they never' formed a- Federal Government, are holding to the $75 level at age 65, plus a con- tributory supplement of unspec- ified dimension. It's a race to the wire with. the day of electoral decision ap- proaching, and the current riv- al offers may well be sweeten- ed even further before, this an- alysis appears in print. The pensioner may feel flat- tered by this sudden intense in- terest in his well-being. But if he's been a pensioner long, and can remember the history of the Canadian social security sys- tem, he will have cause to pon- der and examine the promises with a critical eye. To shatter the illusions one by one: The Liberals did in • fact in- itiate Canadian pension legisla- tion—but only after the most. embarrassing insistence by La- bor M.P. and CCF founder J. S. Woodsworth, and over the most intense opposition of the Con- servatives ofthat day. In 1926 they provided the munificent sum of• $20 a month for the el- derly, payable only after an exhaustive means test. It wasn't until they received the greatest. electoral scare in their history as a government —in 1945, when they clung to power with a majority of only two in the Commons—that the Liberals acted to broaden the scheme. By 1951 the pension had be- come universal, without a means test, paying $40 a month at the age of `70. In addition, old age assistance at the same level was made available on a means test at the age of 65, in co-operation with the provinces. Nothing more happened until the Spring of 1957, when the Liberal cabinet split on the Measure of relief to be granted just before another election. De- spite the fact that the Covern- inent was enjoying a comfort- able budget surplus, the penny- pinchers won the day and the increase was fixed at a rela- tively -tiny' $6.00. But the penny-pinchers found soon after that they had won a battle and 'lost the war. Three months after the $6.00 increase was announced, the Conserva- tives triumphed in a general election and proceeded to add another $9.00, raising the pen- sion rate to $55, where it has remained since. Somuch for the "six -buck boys." Have the Conservatives done better? They certainly acted quickly to redeem their promise of a further increase before return- ing to the electorate in the Spring of 1958. But they stall- ed for four years on a 'compan- ion promise to implement a' contributory retirement scheme over and above the basic pen- sion system. Dr. Robert Clark, of Vancou- * * * What is the Legend of Malabeam? - Malabeam was a Maliseet In- dian woman, according to folk- lore. She and her family were camping on- a hunting trip near the Madawaska River, when the party was, surprised by 200 Mo- hawks on the war -path to de- stroy,,the Maliseet fort at Me- ductic,. near what is now Wood- stock, ° N.B. ' Her* kinfolk were all killed, but Malabeam was spared, promising to act as a guide. She was placed in ,the leading canoe. Gaining the St. John River after a portage, the war - band re - embarked, the canoes were lashed together and allowed to drift • downstream while the warriors slept, for Malabeam had told them there would be no more falls or rap- ids. Her enemies awoke amid the thunder of Grand Falls, but they were too late. All were swept into the abyss and drown- ed, the brave Nialabeam among them. "Oh, Hata Cable theiGtth's-Wflity'it a 'diidUli1"- Winter of 1957-58 to a full study of the U.S. system ori whichthe Canadian Arlan will be based. The idea was that he would report within three or four months. The study, however, contin- ued until March, 1959. For the next 2',i years, .the Government sidestepped every question with the explanation that the Clark report itself was being studied. It was not until last month that the. matter was• revived. .The Government announced it would seek the concurrence of the Provincial Governments for a constitutional change to make a contributory scheme possible. Five provinces quickly an- nounced their approval. But the Liberal Government of Quebec demanded full details of the Federal plan before making a decision. Prime Minister Dief- enbaker opposed the demand. The result appears to be that another stop -gap pension in- crease will be implemented for this year's election, but the sup- plementary system, hrst prom- ised five years ago, will not. As for the CCF -New Demo- cratic promise; it was fir brought in at a time when bo older parties rejected it as un- attainable and unsound, Prime Minister Diefenbaker once sniff- ed that it was easy for a party with no expectation of winning power to make promises it knew would never have to be kept. The New Democrats will have to spell out their plan in more detail before it can be judged against the Liberal and Con; servative proposals. All that is obvious about it at the moment is that a substantial increase in taxation would be required to finance it. And higher taxes, of course, is one subject that all parties choose to avoid at election time, no matter how much they revere the old age pensioner, * * * Capital Hill Capsules Prince Philip will make ap- pearances in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver later this spring. He's. due .to arrive in Canada May 11 or 12 to at- tend the second Commonwealth study conference in Montreal, and will join. in other sessions in Toronto and Vancouver be- fore flying home June 6. h * * * Agriculture Minister Alvin Hamilton's continued - illness may relegate him to the side- lines in the coming election campaign.' Aides say • he is worn out from overwork, and is suffering from extremely low blood pressure. He's been in bed since early January. A SMILE OR TWO Driver, on way home from New Year's party: "No wonder• we kot accidents. Just look, •• how close that fellow is driving in front of me!" • A rookie passing • the mess hall asked the cook: "What's on the menu tonight?" "Oh, .we have thousands of things to eat tonight." "What .are they?" "Beans." ' Parso Webster phoned the local 1 and of health to ask that a dhad mule be removed from in front of his house. The young clerk who ahswered thought he'd be smart. 4 "I thought you ministers took care of the dead," he wisecrack- ed. "We do," answered the par- son, "but first we get in touch with their relatives." IN THE YEARS AGON•E Interesting items gleaned from The • Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. '• From The Huron Expositor February 12, 1937 Mrs. F: S. Savauge had the misfortune to fall on the stairs at her home on Saturday and receive painful injuries to her head and face. Monday's rain changed the appearance of the country. All the lowlands were veritable lakes, covering the roads in many places: Mr. E. L. Box, chairman of the Public Utility Commission, was re-elected a . director of the Ontario Municipal Electri- cal Association at the associa- tion's annual meeting in Toron- to last week. R. N. Bissonnette, formerly of Seaforth, was receutly elect- ed president of the, Far -Qua Club of Shriners Massa Temple, A.A..N.M.S., Stratford, at the annual meeting of the club in the. Masonic Temple, Council took no action in re- gard to the resignation of May- or A.- D; Sutherland, due `to ill health, which was before It at the February meeting. Council appointed J. ,J. Cluff as acting mayor during Mayor, Suther- lan's absence. by Mr. William $yrne as a liv- ery stable, and by Mr. William Cudmore, as a horse repository was 'on fire. The fire brigade was unable to save the build- ing but was successful in keep- ing the blaze from spreading. Horses Were all safely remov- ed froth, the burning building. Saturday morning last was the coldest experienced here for many years. It is said that the thermometer registered- 35 -below. * * * * * *' From The Huron , Expositor February 16, 1912 Mr. L. Addy, of Grey, has a duck that laid '72 eggs last s* son, and from them were hatch ed dtteklirlgi Ttlegclay= rectning the fife Hardt adupddd as the .Targe, hint Gift 'Main Street, oeeupled' From The Huron Expositor February 18, 1887 Sleighing is now as good as it has been all winter. Dry wood is said to be . very scarce and some are asking as high as $4.00 a cord for it. Edmond Torpy, of Dublin, ing there. about' two weeks ago went into the woodshed to cut wood when his axe . glanced and hit him on the side of the face, making a cut several inches long and deep. An ewe belonging to Mr. Francis Campbell, of Tucker - smith, gave birth to two fine lambs on the 10th inst., and another of .his flock gave birth to two more on the 12th. The farmers along the gravel' road between Clinton and Lon- desboro turned out last Tues- day and filled up the pitch - holes en that road. It never was better than at present. Mr. .William Kerr, of Hay, who recently sold his farm, has given the contract for the erec- tion of a dwelling in Hensall to B. & W. Welsh and interids•mov- INESAWDY rAsay, GOOD GRAVY CORA -mime ARE. THOSE dAIR KEY9 THEY'RE NEVER IN THE SAME PLACG. Mien; THE SMITHS NAVE A UTTLE THEY KEEP TTHHEEIIR KEYS AND THINGS 4 BY LLOYD BIRM *IAM DAD TOOK THE HINT AND MADE A •. COLONIAL SALT BOX • FOR STORING KEYS GLOVES, PENCILS, NOTES ORCIGARETTES GLUE AND NAIL yew e l 11\ • • • a • • 1 • • • • • • • GLUS OH FROM' POE