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SEAFORTI, ONTARIO, April 13, 1962
C of C Street Signs Are Commended
The Chamber of Commerce has been
active in Seaforth for'•many years. As
a rule, though, there is little stir about
the things that are accomplished, or
about the projects which the organiza-
tion contemplates. The work goes on
year after year with the suppoi of a
relatively small group of citizens, who
are prepared to give of their time to
make a contribution to the community.
This quiet, low-pressure approach
tends sometimes to the C of C being
taken for granted by many of the citi-
zens it serves. Too rarely is there re-
cognition of what is being accomplish-
ed.
For this reason it was a pleasant ex-
perience the other day. when one of the
C of C projects was singled out for fav-
orable comment.
A former Seaforth resident, here for
a visit, was speaking of changes and
improvements he noted in the town.
And among the first references he
made was oto the fact that attractive
signs indicated the names of Seaforth
streets.
This is 'Chamber of Commerce Week
and perhaps it is appropriate that some
of the other accomplishments of the
C of C be recalled.
These include, in addition to the
stret sign project, the following:
1. Annual Santa Claus parade and
Christmas decoration program.
2. Co-operation with Seaforth Agri-
cultural. Society in developing in-
dustrial and merchants' display at
the Fair.
3. Promotion of the beautification of
Seaforth in sponsoring "Paint Up,
Clean Up Week."
4. Encouragement of area youth ' in
participating in minor ball by.
awarding trophies.
5. Close liason .with Seaforth Coun-
cil in encouraging industry to lo-
cate in Seaforth.
6. Co-operation with existing Sea -
forth industries to the end that
they may be assured of the full
support of the community, and
that their requirements may be
met.
7. Working with and on behalf of all
the citizens of Seaforth to make
this a better community in which
to live.
This is a comprehensive programe,
the fulfillment of which means much to
the community. The Chamber of Com-
merce deserves full support in it's. ef-
forts to carry it out. Such support can
best be indicated by membership in the
organization.
. Up To DHO
Among motorists who travel along
No. 8 Highway, Seaforth rapidly is
acquiring an unenviable reputation for
the condition of Goderich Street. •
Certainly there are few, if any,
'streets throughout the district that are
in worse condition. But to blame Sea -
forth for this is most unfair.
Responsibility for maintenance of
highway connecting links lies directly
on the Department of Highways of
Ontario, and Goderich Street is no ex-'
ception. Certainly, replacement of the
highway at this time, in view ._of the
possibility of early installation of
sewers, would not be wise. At the same
time, there can be no excuse or reason
why the Department of Highways can-
not provide ordinary maintenance and
eliminate the pitch -holes.
Perhaps to protect Seaforth's reputa-
tion ,p;Council should have signs erected
indicating that the road is being main-
tained by the Ontario Department of
Highways,- and not by the town.
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
KEEN EYE ON BRUSSELS.
TALKS
OTTAWA—Trade is the life-
blood of Canada. Without trade
this country would face 'a com-
plete collapse of its economy.
That is why the ' Canadian
government is so concerned
about the talks now going on
at Brussels between the British
and the • six nations making up
the European Economic Com-
munity, about the possible en-
trance of• the United Kingdom
into the common market. Can-
ada has some top ranking trade
officials in Brussels working in
close association with the Bri-
tish.
But at the same time Can-
ada's government has stressed
to the Br'tish government that
she must have frequent consul-
tations with Rt. Hon. Edward
Heath, Lord Privy Seal and Bri-
tain's chief negotiator at the
common market talks. In order
to keep the Canadian govern-
tnent up to date on' the latest
developments Mr. Heath flew to
Ottawa late last month.
He conferred for two days
with Prime Minister Diefenbak-
er, Finance Minister Donald
Fleming, Trade Minister George
Hess and Agriculture Minister
Alvin Hamilton. The latter end-
ed his period of recuperation
from a serious illness to sit in
on the discussions.
Canada is worried about Bri-
tain's poasib1e entry into the
common market and what it
could do to Canada's trade with
the United- Kingdom.
Second to the United States,
Britain is Canada's largest ex-
port market. It takes about one
billion dollars worth of Cana-
dian exports annually. A wide
variety of produets of interest.
to every region of Canada and
to moat Canadian industries
Make up the total. For a num-
ber of these commodities . of
which, wheat and flour are out-
standing examples, the United
Kingdom is Canada's principal
external market.
One of Canada's 'big worries
is that should the U.K. join the
common, niark$t there would be
k.�.comnion tariff imposed against
$teat as high as 20 per cent.
..rhe Canadian government<Made
itrotig retiresetittt1otis to tile.
�ritidlt t§. try a`nd lireVent , a
'tariff i*sle k agtihist ento'
adian wheat exports to the U.K.
should she join the EEC, but
Germany arid France are not
expected to go along with such
a pro' bsition.
Comparing the terms of ac-
cess which . Canadian exports
now enjoy in the British mar=
ket with the common tariff of
the European Economic Com-
munity countries, Mr. Fleming
noted that of total Canadian
sales of $915 million to the
U.K. in 1960 a total of $691
million, or 76 per cent could
be affected in greater or lesser
degree should Britain join up
with the six. Of course much
depends on the terms of entry
which the British are able to
negotiate.
The British government has
assured Canada and other com-
monwealth countries that she
will make every effort in the
negotiations at Brussels to get
the best possible terms of en-
try that she could arrange to
protect commonwealth trade in-
terests. But it is' recognized
here and elsewhere in the com-
monwealth that Britain can-
not join the common market
and expect to maintain intact
her commonwealth preferential
trade arrangements,
Consequently the British
would like to know from Can-
ada and other commonwealth
countries what industries they
consider "expendable". In oth-
er words, she 'would like to be
advised by Canada, for example,
what industries this country is
'post anxious to see left with
the commonwealth preferential
tariff provisions. But the Cana-
dian government, with an elec-
tion looming, is not going. to go
out on a limb and state what
industries she insists must re-
tain the preferential tariffs and
what indtistries can get along
without such concessions.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker
reiterated in his two lengthy
meetings with Mr. Heath that
he wanted to see a prime min-
.isters' commonwealth confer-
ence called. He wants it held
before Britain reaches a final
decision to' join the common
Market.
1G Ir. Heath tet it be kiioWii
that his gorernttient yrottld fav
Or such a conference being held
WI the ;i"a11rprobably In gepteni
her, `Itat'e ate' 1M:10'0on1 that
Mr. Diefenbaker was not too.
happy with this suggestion. He
would have liked the 'confer-
ence earlier in the summer.
Among those who travelled
to Ottawa with Mr. Meath were
some Englishmen who were not
too confident that Britain would
decide to join the common mar-
ket. They reported a growing
sentiment in the United King-
dom against the idea.
Should it develop—and there
is always the possibility that
the U.K. decides against join-
ing in with the EEC because
she could n k out satisfac-
tory terms to maintain some of
her trade with the common-
wealth, then the Canadian gpv-
ernment would have to consider
making new trading arrange-
ments with the British. Trade
officials in this country are con-
vinced that if the U.K. decides
not to go into the common
market she is almost certain to
come back to "Canada with a
new free trade proposal.
Britain made a free trade of-
fer to Canada at the ill-fated
Mont Tremblant conference in
1957. The Conservative Cana-
dian government was taken
aback by the 'idea. It was not
prepared to accept such a pro-
position with all its implica-
tions. It flatly rejected the idea
and it was then that Britain
began looking to the common
market in earnest as her trad--
ing area for the future.
Should the British decide
against going in with the EEC
she will have .to look elsdwhere
for ways and means of expand-
ing her trade. Certainly a free
trade arrangement with Canada
would be a logical step and
Canada after 'insisting on• cer-
tain protection for the common-
wealth, would be honor bound
to go along with such a free
trade proposal. It is no wonder
that the Canadian government
is watching the negotiations at
Brussels with considerable con-
cern.
* * *
Capital Hill- Capsules
Parliament appeared to be
posed ,preeariously on the brink
of dissolution early in April.
Most members of Parliament
were convinced the Prime Min-
ister had decided to Ball a gen-
trot 'eleetibn• for a Monday In
anO:'
•
MAuaJE'/
It may be, still snowing in
Whitehorse,
Though I hope for their sakes
that it ain't;
But this unpredictable hussy
Would elicit bad words from a
saint.
You don't know to whom I'm
referring?
I'm sure you're acquainted, old
thing,
The• lady whose name I am
slurring
Is.. greeted with rapture as
"Spring!"
* * *
And that's 'pretty horrible
doggerel. But it represents my
long -held and carefully consid-
ered opinion of the character
of that particular season which
is supposed to follow on the
heels of winter, but is usually
so far behind that she's out of
sight.
It has been my custom to
write an annual and extremely
ill - tempered column about
spring. For years, my opinion
of this greatly over -rated sea
son has been similar to that of
a dying man who calls for wa-
ter and is given a healthy slug
of vinegar.
* * *.
For years, I have longed to
get hold of one of those poets
who burble about the tiny cro-
cuses, poking their heads up to
the sun, and show him some of
the stuff that pokes its head
through the snow around our
place, in the spring.
This year, we've had such a
delightful_sgring here, so far,
that I find myself in an unusual-
ly mellow mood, This year, I
cannot bring myself to vilify
spring. Even though I know
perfectly well that behind that
disguise of chaste and gentle
maiden with the warm sweet
breath, lies a cold-hearted old
harridan. Even though I know
that she will probably produce
a wind that would freeze the
brains. out of a brass monkey,
along, about Opening Day of the
trout season.
* •
It must• have been that won-
derful month of March that
softened me. Almost every day
the yellow sun nibbled daintily
at the huge, cruel banks of
ice and snow until they were
suddenly gone. All except the
big one behind the garage, on
top of the picnic table. It will
be there until Jul'.
I hate to destroy a tradition,
and I'm doing it with my fin-
gers crossed, which makes typ-
ing rather 'awkward, but this
year, I'm going to write a salute
to spring.( I'm going to say nice
things about her. She'll prob-
ably be so surprised that she'll
blush and weep all over the
place. So get your sump pumps
ready.
* * *
Let's face it. Were it not for
the belief that life will return
to our frozen' land annually,
everybody north of the 49th
parallel would be running
around drooling and gibbering
by the, middle of March.
Spring is like Santa Claus.
She has something good for ev-
erybody. She, brings pure de-
light for• :the kids. Skipping
ropes and marbles and mud.
And mud and mud and mud.
And off with the rubbers ,and
into it, the minute your back is
turned.
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SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley
• *• * *
Por the dtderly, perhaps more
than fiitiiblio, the .lengthening
days, the warming sun, are a
blessing and a joy. Cold and
darkness and the eternal enemy
who lurks in the shadows are
beaten again. Life, , however
tremulous, blossoms, and fear
and pain retreat.
For mother, she brings gifts.
To offset the'tracking in of dirt
and the constant battle over
wearing enough clothes,' with
the kids, there are the touches
of reprieve from madness: a
goofy spring__hat; a flower peer-
ing up from the earth; a wild,
new shade of paint for the kit -
Chen.
• * *
Dad gets his presents, too.
Car body rusted in spots; a
fuel bill like the national debt;
April 30 and the Receiver Gen-
eral lying in wait. But he .can
stand it. The ice on the lakes
is gone. The golf course is dry-
ing up. And a Sunday jaunt on
the muddy sideroadshas dis-
covered a new trout stream of
superlative potential.
Teen-agers turn peculiar in
spring, as she pours potions
into their blood and bones.
Eyes gaze vacantly • at teachers.
Bodies are one moment utterly
listless, the next, supercharged
with energy. There is a great
increase in bunting. and push-
ing and hand -holding and stand-
ing about on corners, and long
looks.
* * *
But the trollop has only be-
gun to distribute her largesse,
when we list these. There's the
lovely smell of . rotting earth
coming alive as it crawls from
the tomb. There's the chitter
of birds and the chuckle of run-
ning- water. There's the grand,
springy feel of yielding ground
underfoot again.
Gone is the sombre charcoal
sketch .that was winter. Here's
a touch of green, there a flick.
of yellow, yonder a smudge of
brown. How war ing are they
to eyes that hav grown cold
and pale with loo g at ice.
There, how's that an ode
to spring? And if it's nowing
when I step out tomorro morn-
ing, serves me right.
The odds are
about 10,000 to
1 against your
mastering ven-
triloquism.
The odds are probably about
the same against a company
not validating its product
claims.
The proof of our circulation
product is in ABC's independ-
ent audit and fact -filled report.
When advertising, insist on
circulation. proof: Be .ABC-
sure.
The Yuitrh Expositors
IN THE YEARS ALONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 5.0
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 9, 1937
The Seaforth flour ill may
shortly be in f operation
again, accordin to a report
from Toronto. The mill was
bought by Elzebert Turgeon
from the town in 1935.
Seaforth's Main Street will
shortly be cleared of all hydro
and telephone poles, if present
plans of the Public Utility Com-
mission and Bell Telephone Co.
materialize.
Mr. Colley, of Brussels, a
storekeeper for the past year
and a half, has sold the busi-
ness to Mr. Donald, of Brus-
sels, the change to take effect
immediately.
Property changes in Seaforth
during the past week include
two, announced by Mr. M. A.
Reid, of Watson & Reid. They
are the dale of the Stephens'
block of stores, at the corner of.
Main and Goderich Streets,
from the estate of Grace E.
Stephen to A. C. Routledge,
and the sale C. W. Past, one
of Seaforth's early businessmen,
to Walker's ,Furniture Store, of
the store now occupied by them.
Other changes include the sale
of the Huggard residence, High
St., to Mr. Thomas Phillips; the
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Where does Canada stand
in world metals production?
Canada ranks first in world
production of nickel; second in
aluminum, zinc and cobalt;
third in platinum, gold and sil-
ver,; fourth in iron ore.
* * *
Where was the first elec-
tric railway in North Am-
erica?
Built in 1887, it connected
the city of St. Catharines, Ont.,
with the town of Merritton two
miles away.
*' * *
Are all minnows small?
Hardly. In Canada, the min-
now family of fish includes the
carp, the goldfish, the chub
and the squawfish of southern
British Columbia. There are
many species of fish in the
minnow family, some only a
few inches in length and others
weighing as much as 50 pounds.
* *•*
•
Where are the biggest
meteor craters in Canada?
Chubb Crater in the Ungava
region of Northern Quebec
measures more than two miles
across, has a rim over 500 feet
high, and is more than a quar-
ter -mile deep in solid granite.
The Brent Crater in •Algonquin
ark, on its northern boundary,
is a little less than tw6iles
in diameter.
Gillespie home, James St., to
Mr. M. E. Clarke, and the Hog-
garth home, Railway St., to Mr.
Ernest Stephens. -
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
April 12, 1912
Main Street was scraped for
the first time this season on
Thursday, April 4, but there
still considerable ice on it.
Mr. N. Horton, of Harpurhey,
carried off the red ticket for
the Clydesdale stallion at the
Clinton Show on Thursday of
last week.
The Oddfellows have let the
contract for papering, painting
and redecorating their hall and
upholstering the furniture • to
Mr. Thomas G. Scott.
Mr. G. F. Rogers, principal of
Seaforth Collegiate Institute,
attended the annual meeting of
the Ontario Educational Associ-
ation in Toronto this week.
Mrs. John Kerr is having her
residence on Goderich Street
made more comfortable by the
erection in it of an open fire-
place.
Mr. James McKay, of Eg-
morrdvilie, is busy remodelling
the house-. he lately purchased
from Mr. Box. .
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
April 15, 1887
The weather continues fine
and farmers are beginning their,
spring plowing. The fall wheat
looks very promising.
Mr. Gillespie has purchased
the Prendergast lot on John St.
from Mr. J. S. Porter, and has
removed the charred remains
of the old building.
Mr. William, Sinclair, of the
llth concession, Tuckersmith,
sold a valuable breeding mare,
six years old, for $260.
Mr. Diehl, of Brucefield, who
recently came to town to reside,
has purchased a small house
and three lots from Mr. Camer-
oon for $175.. -
Mr. Frank Murray, of town,
is having a very useful machine
made by Mr. Colwell for cut-
ting sods for laying on lawns,
A SMILE OR TWO
Speaking of telephones, a -
Texan was in Waukesha and
called Milwaukee. When the
operator told him to deposit 35
cents he was flabbergasted.
"Why in Texas," he scream-
ed, "we can call Hell -n -back for
a dime!"
"I know," the operator sooth-
ed him, "but in Texas that's a
local call . . . "
A group of soil conservation-
ists was making a tour through
a badly eroded, rocky section of
the hill country. At one stop a
farmer told the visitors, "My
forefathers fought for this here
land." Then looking out across
his gullied fields, he added wry&
ly, "They wuz the hotheaded
type, I guess."
In 1961 a total of 84 cancer
.research projects were support-
ed by the Canadian Cancer So-
ciety in 21 Canadian universi-
ties, and research institutes.
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