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The Huron Expositor, 1962-05-10, Page 2Singe° 1860, Serving the Community First Pubtidied at SEAFORTH; ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers `i E ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor • Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association o Ontario Weekly Newspapers' Association 41• ,� ABC 4 Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Ye'a.r Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year • >h� (1 L AS SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 10, 1962 Devaluation Is Costly Embarrassment If further evidence was needed to indicate the extent to which the place Canada occupies in world opinipn had fallen in recent ears, it came with the recent announcement by Finance Min- ister Fleming that events had led the government to devalue the Canadian dollar to 921/2 cents. While the action is one that results in embarrassment to all Canadians who have a pride in their country, the low- ered value of the Canadian dollar has even more implications. True, it may result in higher returns for the large exporter of raw materials, the makers of paper and some other large manu- facturers. But this profit means noth- ing to Canadians as a whole, who will be. faced with higher prices for hun- dreds of necessities which must be im- ported, or the price of which is gov- erned by imports. No wonder then that the press across the country are concerned at the move and attribute the devaluation of the Canadian dollar to the failure of the government's economic policies. "Financial Crisis Is Clear Inference," states the independent Montreal Star. "It is hard not to draw an inference that this 'is a gesture of desperation to meet a crisis . . . Foreign exchange reserves had fallen . - . to the lowest point in more than 10 years and dur- ing April the rate of run-down was in- creasing ... That Mr. Fleming should be compelled to hand his opponents such a weapon at such a moment seems prima facie evidence that Walter Gor-..ir don (Liberal economic Spokesman) is right." "A Crisis of Confidence", is the head- line on the Toronto Star's lead editorial May 4: "The Nation today," warns the editorial, "is face to face with a dan- gerous crisis of confidence . . . In- ternational confidence has been declin- ing steadily for almost a year and for this decline the Conservative govern- . ment's mismanagement of our econ- . omy is to. blame." "Characteristically," says the Ot- tawa Citizen, "the government is now seeking a scapegoat for the collapse of its foreign exchange policy . . . Loss of -world confidence in Canada is a measure of the government's misman- agement of our affairs." Promises Have Proven Disappointing (Vancouver Sun) The June election ends a period in which government -as -usual has allow- ed a static Canada to fall behind most of the world in a time of unprecedented change. It climaxes five years of frus- tration and embarrassment for Cana- dians. Externally, the last five years have seen Canada fall from a position of international influence to almost neg- ligible status. Internally, ourcom- merce has failed to advance or has de- clined. Our social problems have multi- plied or increased. None has been solv- • ed. It is not a grateful task to condemn a government composed, in ' part at least, of sincere and moderately able Canadians. And the Liberal party is not beyond criticism nor of unfailing efficiency. There appears, however, a gulf be- tween dynamic Pearson Liberalism and the stuttering,. fluttering Toryism of the Diefenbaker regime. In 1958 the Sun which supports Lib- eralism, dropped its support of the fed- eral Liberals. The Diefenbaker Con- servatives then seemed more promising for a change than the tiring and arrog- ant Liberal giants who governed so long. The Conservative promise has prov- ed only a disappointment. The measure of 'a government must be the stark fact of how the government meets and solves the problems that con- front the nation it rules. The Diefenbaker government was elected on the slogan, "Catch our vision for Canada." Yet the stark fact that faces the Canadian voter June 18 is that the Con- servative government in five years has usually failed to envision even the prob- lems the nation has had to face. It has not shown the vision, the ability or the courage to solve them. There are instances in which the present government has done well and acted wisely. But it has failed dismally to adapt it- self to changing international conditions and to the mounting complexity of our internal development. For five years it has. been governing the Canada of 1957, while both Canada and the world have advanced to 1962. Like the Bourbons, it has forgotten nothing—learned nothing. We now vote for the freer -trading, - forward -looking Liberal spirit that has dominated Canadian progress and: gov- ernment for most of the past 35 years.. We vote for Pearson. Deserve Praise ' (Exeter Times -Advocate) Mason Silver, the owner of the Hen- sall store which was damaged by fire three weeks ago, certainly must have been distraught when he criticized the efforts of area volunteer firemen on his behalf. This would appear to be the only explanation for his incredulous ingratitude. Mr. Silver complained that the vol- unteer firemen could have put out the blaze with a hand extinguisher, instead of pouring water into the building, breaking windows and cutting holes in the roof. This statement hardly can be taken seriously since the fire wasn't noticed until smoke was pouring out of the building. The first person on the scene said the smoke was too dense for anyone to get near the source of the blaze. At one point we, too, felt the fire- men may have been oyer -anxious about fighting the fire. Yet, with a large busi- ness ' block 'with second storey apart- ments at stake, they had ;to be sure ° . they had to play it safe. It's conceivable that Mr. Silver might have had cause to be far more critical had the firemen treated the threat lightly and allowed the blaze to spread. Our local brigades aren't perfect. They'll be the first to admit they can make mistakes. After ' all, they aren't professional. However, they do con- tribute a lot of time and energy and they. take many risks to' protect their neighbors' properties. That, Mr. Silver, calls for praise, not condemnation, KNOW YOUR CANADA Who Was Canada's Most Popular Postmaster? Probably James Morris. He became Canada's postmaster general in 1851 and reduced the letter rate from 16c or thereabouts to a flat 5c. * * * Who Were the First Na. Live Born Canadian Priest and Nun? Germain Morin, born 164Z was the first -•Canadian ordain- ed in Canada to the Roman Catholic. priesthood,• I is sister, Melee1lofd 1649, was the first natio Orn called alt hiln. Who was Canada's First Monopolist? Pierre, Sieur de Monts, gover- nor of Acadia and first coloniz- er of Canada. He secured a monopoly of the Canadian fur trade in 1603, during the French regime. It was he who sent Champlain to build the fort of Quebec. * * Which Canadian Fish Has a Particularly Toothy Smile? The mooneye. These fresh- water 12-inchers have a great many teeth located in their. jaws and on, the tongue Itself:• "My kind old mother, of whom I am the sole support, sends her very vest regards:" • This spring I was confronted by a difficult decision. It involv- ed making a choice between two ways of life. I wonder what' you'd have decided? - Oh, it wasn't a world-shaking decision, like giving up smok- ing or drinking, or entering a monastery, or anything as ser- ious as that. But it did require much mulling over, and I'd wager that the Old Girl and I got through about 400 cups of tea in the process of making up our minds. * * *• It came about like this: An old acquaintance, and a very decent chap, had offered mean extremely interesting job. The salary was a big improvement over my present one. The holi- days and fringe junk were as good. My training and back- ground fitted me for the job, which was a challenging one. Green light all the way. Very attractive, even exciting. Why didn't I grab it? Well, it was a matter of piling items on the scales — an advantage here, a disadvantage there— and in the process, my wife and I learned a lot about what we wanted out of life, for ourselves and our children. The species is found in the lakes and rivers of Manitoba, northern Alberta -and northern Ontario. * .* „* How Long Was Howie Morenz in Big -League Hoc- key? Fourteen years—from 1923 to 1938. This star of the Montreal Canadiens won the Hart Trophy as the National Hockey League's most valuable player, three times. In his 14 seasons in the League he scored a total of 270 gala; His daughter married oom-Boom" 'Geoffrion: * * * I should mention that taking SUGAR and SPICE By: Bill Smiley the job meant__'moving to a large city It meant the second major dislocation of our chil- dren at school within two years. It meant shying boodbye to new friends we had made, and start, ing the process all over again. These were someof the things that took a little of the shine off the proposition. But there were many items for the other side of the scales. I have nothing against large cities, •and my wife likes -them. They have cultural advantages the smaller centre cannot pro- vide. There is a certain ex- citement in the city, with• its good restaurants, its theatres, its concerts, its major sporting events. There is a definite feel- ing, however little it may be justified, of being at the ^ centre of things. Taking the job meant saving money. It won't be long until the kids are ready for univers- ity. Think of what we'd save if they could live at home while attending college. Right now, it would save me about $7 a week, which it costs to get my son to the city for a music lesson ev. ery Saturday. By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER, MOTHER'S DAY We do not know why 13 should be regarded as an un- lucky number. Certainly it is not such this year, as it marks both the Sabbath and Mother's Day. Thus the number now brings to the mind the best in- fluences of the Church and the Home. As these lines are necessar- ily written in advance of the 13th, I now express .the hope that Mother's Day, as in the Sailor Boy's Dream, may in memory restore every rose and carefully secrete• every thorn. DO you remember how Mother took her time to make the paste for your kite or to make a wee dress for your doll? And does memory now make you to feel the marvelous touch of Mother'§ hand upon the fevered brow? Wear your flower today to church in honor or in memory of Mother. But we are sure that Mother does not wish this day to be only one of sweet sentiments indulged and nothing more. Good mothers desire their chil- dren to walk in the way their own feet have made plain. 0 mothers of today, daughters of the mothers of yesterday, may your steps lead toward the blessed place where all is love and light, that grateful children may arise and call you blessed. Just a Thought: There is no limit to the amount of human sacrifice that is possible—and is often endur- ed—because of a mother's love for her children. IN THE YEARS. AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor May 7, 1937 A donation of .$100 has been made to the London flood sufferers by the Seaforth Lions Club, President Geo. D. Ferguson announced follow- ing an executive meeting of the clui}. Announcement was made this week of the appointment of Fred G. Bonthron as postmas- ter at Hensall. Miss Gargaret White, gradua- ate nurse of Grace Hospital, To- ronto, having recently complet- ed a four months' course in post graduate work in surgery at. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti- more, has been engaged on the staff of that hospital. She will assist in operating room work during the summer months. The Misses Fowler have sold their farm on the Huron High- way west, to James Reynolds and sons. The Misses Fowler have retaind the house on the farm in which they will con- tinue to reside. Mr. Con Eckert is the first this season to have tomato plants set out in his garden. If the weather of the past two days continues, Mr. Eckert will have the to watch out for frost. The following officers were elected at,the -recent annual meeting of the Seaforth Horse- shoe Club: President, Fred Reeves; secretary -treasurer, J. Pullman; grounds committee, P. McIver, J. Hotham, Henry Hog- garth; turnament committee, R. Pinkney and George Reeves. * * From The Huron Expositor May 10, 1912 Mr. Owen Geiger and Mr. Alexander Smith, of Hensall, have purchased the flax mill machinery of Mr. D. Urquhart, in Hensall, and are removing the plant to Blyth. The Seaforth Flax Mill Com- pany are preparing to sow a large acreage of flax again this spring. Stewart • Bros., who are con- tinually extending their busi- ness, now occupy the whole of the two flats of the Johnson block. An immense flock •of wild geese settled down on a pond near the railway track, west of the station, about eight o'clock Tuesday morning. The rain showers of the past week and the warm weather have given vegetation a great. start. Mr. J. Elliott- Somerville, a graduate of the Seaforth Col- legiate Institute, has secftred the degree of B.S.C., at Queen's University this year. Mr. Henry Edge has a num- ber, of his men repairing the roof of First Presbyterian Church this week. The recent fine weather has brought out th bowlers, who disport themselves on the green every afternoon. *. * * -Taking the job meant higher expenses. Parking, lunches, gar- age, public transportation, pre - lunch martinis, more costly en- tertainment: all these would easily neutralize those vast sums we saved in the last para- graph. Accepting the position meant moving from a house we like very much, set in a huge lot currently festooned with tulips and daffodils, shaded by huge, spreading oaks. We shuddered at the memory of all those dreadful, little, suburban brick boxes jammed in rows, with just room to park a car be- tween each pair. * * * I seriously considered, with half my life spent, whether I could afford the sheer waste of time imposed by city life. Hours are stolen from each week, simply getting to work and home. More hours of traffic -bat• tling and parking -frustrations are snatched from your leisure in the process of getting places, whether it's to visit friends or go to church or go golfing or go to a show. Here, a minimum of time is wasted in the boring, business of getting where you want to go. I'm five minutes from work, golf course, curling rink; three minutes from church and shop- ping; five minutes from good swimming for the kids; 15 min- utes from a trout stream. The average human heart eight abou 11 ounces. * * * From The Huron Expositor May 13, 1887 Mr, Charles Lowrie has pur- TO THE EDITOR: chased the lot and store on Main Street at present occupied by Miss Carlisle, for $850. Several carloads of potatoes have been brought into town this week. Many have to buy seed as this useful vegetable has never been so scarce or dear in the memory of the old- est inhabitant. Mr. Beam, butcher, has add - d to his rolling stock a hand ome new delivery cart. Mr. R. Coad, of Hensall, has the large fish hawk which he recently shot on Bell'm mill dam, stuffed and on exhibition in his store window. Mr. W. Colwell, carriage - maker in llensall, is this week building'an addition to his shop. Mr. William Ballantyne, the town assessor, has completed his labors and returned the roll to the town clerk, which show- ed a population of 2,540, while during the past year there were 25 births and 10 deaths. A .MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT A DEFENCE POLICY EMERGES OTTAWA—Canadian defence policies are a major issue in the general election campaign. Tied in with them is the ques- tion of whether o not Canada should acquire or wea- pons. It is a question on which both the two main parties are vague, if not wooly -minded. Defence Minister Douglas Harkness undoubtedly would like to see Canadian• forces with nuclear arms. He has gone on record, after taking office, that in Ike fmodern world a country to be efficiently armed has got to have nuclear arms. But for the time being Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Howard Green has the ear of the Prime Minister, and Mr. Diefenbaker has been convinced by his col- league that there is a chance the disarmament talks might make progress. Mr. Green wants Canada to take a leading role in the disarmament discus- sions. He is confident that Can- ada can speak up with more authority if she disassociates herself from the nuclear club by refusing to have anything to do with nuclear weapons. Mr. Green has been described as one of the world's greatest "peacemongers". He likes the title. As a consequence the Tory Government's utterances on the policy of defence and nuclear weapons have been anythingbut clear. It may be as the election campaign progresses' that the Conservatives m a y produce some clarification of their de- fence policy but at present it is ,muddled. Almost equally confusing up to a few days ago were the statements made by Liberal Leader Mike 'Pearson on de- fence. He embarked on the el- ection campaign without mak- ing his promised declaration on defence. However one week later the Party issued its plat- form and the last two pages of the 21 -page document dealt with defence, and since then he has dealt directly with the issue in several campaign speeches. May 4, 1962. Editor, The Hruon Expositor: Dear Sir: The weekly editions of The Expositor that I receive regularly keep me well inform- ed of the happenings around good old Huron, the place of my birth 89 years ago. I see the Young Liberals are rallying around Ernie Fisher in. full support. Come now, get busy and not let good old Grit Huron away into the hands of the Tories. Get us back to the days of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, MacKenzie King, Oliver Mowat, John McMillan, M. Y. McLean, and a host of others that helped to make us a happy, place to live in. I never took much interest in politics, but my late father, Robert Petersen, was a typical debater, but 'retained the re- spect of the opposition, among whom were some of his most intimate friends. Those days we called the Liberals "Grits" and the Conservatives "Tories" I very seldom hear the nick- names here in Toronto!I think they substituted with graft and craftiness. So thank you, Mr. Editor, for space in your valuable paper, I remain. Taking the job meant getting away from the heavy snows and deep cold of winters in these parts. It Meant escaping the long, wearing drive to the city, so often necessary. On the re- verse side of the coin, it meant sweltering summers in the city, or the expense of a cottage in the north country, and the long, wearing drive to the cottage. This sort of dithering went on for weeks. Finally, we found the item that tipped the scales. We decided that life looked a little better in this land of trout streams and trees, of black squirrels and blue water, of friends and flowers, than it did in the concrete canyons and the self-conscious suburbs. Do you know what swung the deci- sion? We realized -we were too darn lazy to tackle• moving. Yours truly, J. F. W. PATERSON 453 Soudan Ave., Toronto 7. P.S.—A `real Grit, so get busy, you Young Liberals, wishing to win Huron back to us again. J. F. W. P. A SMILE OR TWO Grapefruit are so-called fe- cause they sometimes grow in clusters. the West is relatively weak in the conventional forces that may be needed to deal with lo- cal violence without precipitat- ing nuclear war. A new Liberal Government, he said, would do Canada's share in strengthen- ing such forces on land, on sea and in the air. Canadian forces will be equipped with the "most modern weapons and air trans- port." They will be held avail- able and trained for United Na- tions or other assignments to keep the peace. A new Liberal Government would press for the formation of a permanent Unit- ed Nations police force. The Liberals noted that Som- arc missiles are useless without nuclear warheads, and added' that the usefulness of the Boni - arcs in any event was so doubt- ful that the present Government was refusing to install war- heads. The Liberals said that they would prevent such costly hesitation and waste. If this seemed to suggest that the Lib- erals might agree to arming the Bomares with nuclear warheads, the Liberals in the next para- graph aragraph stressed the importance • of keeping down the number of nations with nuclear weapons. Said the Liberals in their of- ficial policy statement: "The threat to peace will be greatly multiplied if more_ and more nations have nuclear wea- pons under their control. The spread of such weapons in Can- ada or elsewhere, would not in any way increase, in present circumstances, t h e ultimate power of retaliation which is the only real safeguard against aggression. The wording of the official Liberal defence policy on nu- clear weapons took several readings to arrive at its mean- ing. Obviously every word had been carefully weighed. Cer- tainly it was clear that a Lib- eral Government would have no part of making Canada a nu- clear power under existing con- ditions. However the Liberals reserv- ed the right to acquire nuclear weapons depending on new de- velopments affecting Canada's security. The policy statement, which was signed by Mr. Pear- son, emphasized that defence policy cannot be fixed for all time. Decisions must be made in the light of changing cir- cumstances as they become known. "There must be a de- cisiveness in doing what is nec- essary when it is necessary," it said. A new Liberal Government would co-operate fully in the warning systems and other con- tinental measures necessary to preserve the deterrent power now mounted by the United States. Canada would maintain continental squadrons for pa- trol and surveillance duties. However, Mr. Pearson said "I was not intoxicated, your honor," insisted the defendant. "But the officer says you were trying to climb a !amp - post." "So What would you do, your honor, if an elephant and two crocodiles were chasing you?" Quality has reverything in its f>tyor,inC ,uyiing the ,prie'e, • • "On the basis of present in. formation, therefore the de- fence policy of a new Liberal Government will not require Canada to becomea nuclear power by the manufacture, as- quisition or use of nuclear wea- pons under Canadian or • Ameri- can control. A new Liberal Gov- ernment will, however, reserve the right to examine each new development in the light of its over-riding responsibility for the security of the Canadian peo- ple-" Meantime in Toronto's York West riding (where Toronto Maple Leaf hockey star Red Kelly was nominated as the Lib- eral candidate) Mr. Pearson rip- ped into the Conservative Gov- ernment's defence policy. He accused it of "confusion, inde- cision and lack of careful thought". He pointed to the scrapping of the Canadian de- signed and built Avro Arrow interceptor aircraft as a typi- cal example of the Conservative bungling in defence. The Gov- ernmeut has destroyed the Ar. row and the industry that pro- duced it (lost key personnel). and now was buying an Ameri- can -built interceptor (the Voo Doo) and installing the headless Bomarcs to try to take the Ar- row's place. His attack struck a responsive note among the audience in To- ronto who were acutely aware of the Arrow's destruction and its cost of 14,000 jobs. They did not lil{e the Government's deci- sion and made that plain in their applause and cheers for Mr. Pearson as he. denounced the Diefenbaker administration, Surprisingly it seems that the now dead Arvo Arrow will rise to haunt the Tories during 'the election. I'LL BET YOU'RE HAPPY I SUGGESTED THIS BOOK. 114 • • • • • • • • • M v • • • • AND ,HOW_._! •