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The Huron Expositor, 1962-06-21, Page 2Published Since 1:460, Serving the Community First at SEAFORTH. ONTARIO. every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers p ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor A Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association i Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association O Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription Rates: Z Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year d Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 21, 1962 Canada • Faces Serious Times Results of the voting on Monday must cause concern in view of the many pressing problems facing Can- ada, and the fact that the prime re- quisite to a solution is a strong gov- ernment. However, instead o1,_A. strong government there is every indication that we will have a weak government, fearful for its very existence. Foreign confidence in Canada has undergone severe strains 'in recent months as a result of erratic trade poli- cies, and more recently because of the fiscal difficulties that existed and which resulted in the weakening of the dol- lar. The fact that decisions of the ut- most importance to Canada may of necessity now be taken in the light of demands of , a group holding the bal- ance of power will do little to restore School Holidays It may be disheartening news to stu- dents, most of whom are still looking forward to summer holidays, to learn that dates have been established for the 1962-63 school year. The Department of Education has: announced both the school year and holidays for elementary and secondary schools in' Ontario. The first term begins .the day after Labor Day, Sept. 4, and ends Dec. ' 21 ; the second term begins Jan. 3, 1963, and ends June 28, 1963. Thanksgiving Day holiday will be October 8; Christmas holidays will be from Dec. 22 to Jan. 2; Easter holi- daysDfrom April 12 to 21, and Victoria confidence. When what is needed are stern measures to counteract the ero- sion of our economy, we could have in- stead decisions based on political ex- pediency, designed to appease sectibnal interests in an effort to hold offtce. Under the circumstances, another election within the year appears a cer- tainty. In the meantime, a responsi- bility rests on all members and particu- larly on the Government to take those steps—no matter how distasteful politically they may be—that are es- sential if Canadian affairs are to be put on a sound basis. There must be an end to drift and confusion ; problems no longer can be swept under the rug with the hope that they,•will be forgot- ten. Temptations to begin the new elec- tion campaign as soon as the House opens must be resisted. For Next Year Day on May 20. The number of teaching days for 1962-63 will be 198. After all it isn't too bad: There are • 365 days in the year, and on the basis of 198 school days, pupils and teachers will have remaining 167 .holidays—on the average, nearly one every other day. Of course, in listing the holidays the Department is not unaware that many days on which there is no school are not necessarily free of work. For the students ,there is homework, ,-and for the teachers, lesson preparation, exams to mark, and the planning so necessary if the term is to be a success. Buggy Whips Still in Demand The days of the horse -and -buggy long since having passed it seems anachron- istic that buggy whips still are being sold in old Ontario. One Ontario mer- chant,- once in, the harness business, sells a dozen or more 'a year. - Some are the short, variety used by drivers in the trotting and pacing har- ness facing. But he still sells some of the long ones which once graced the buggies of Ontario. These go, mainly, to those who have show horses. Good horsemen, of course, always us- ed the whip sparingly. It sometimes was necessary to do so to control a frac- tious steed. More commonly, however, it was to "touch up" a slow or lazy horse, to make him pull his weight in a team or to move a bit faster on- the road. The whip had a bite to it and a horse soon responded to even the threat of it. Buggy whips now sell from two or three dollars up to $7 or more. And it is an insight into trade that the best come from England. British traders, alert to every opportunity, do not ig- nore even such small markets as those for buggy whips.—Windsor Star. A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT AND NOW TO WORK OTTAWA—Many thoughtful Canadians are probably, look- ing into the years ahead with a little more anxiety than cheer. The problems facing the Na- tion in the next few years are so complex and so difficult it's a wonder so many politicians wanted to take on the job. During the election cam- paign, these maladies were nev- er clearly diagnosed for the Canadian people, though the. politicians loudly hustled their snake oils and curealls. The truth is that Canada is ailing—vital organs of its econ- omy,,,its financial state, and its national defence are in disre- pair. It will be the job of the Gov- ernment, in the next few years, to take the firm and perhaps unpopular decisions which will bring the Nation's health up to par by the time its 100th birth- day arrives in 1967. That's a job which will be tough for any Government—a job that has nothing whatever to do with the promises and preachments of the election campaign. The cure involves hard work, tightening of belts, and Gov- ernment overnment leadership with the guts to tell people that that is what it involves. For those inclined to over- optimism, let's just taker a look at the picture Canada presents as it approaches its 100th birth- day. On the face of it we have a soine'what spoiled but still at- tractive young man, national in come steadily rising, exports highest in history, prices rela- 'tively stable. Yet the good looks are mar- red by an unemployment prob- lem as persistent and disagree- able as' a sdcial disease, and •'there is, a •eertnin Weapons'. bihty about him as he Oita prce carious d#I" alf .ifwesome: • ..Goye7rtlment's backside. ;Every. billion debt accumulated since 1958, nonchalantly playing his. dollar value like a yoyo;.a bit of hypocrisy too, amassing nu- clear hardware but resolutely rejecting the warheads that make it effective. These are the massive char- acter blemishes on Canada that cause anxiety for the years ahead. And they are blemishes that must be dealt with promptly. Our international partners must be shown, and shown quickly, that the exchange va- lue of dur dollar is 'firm, fixed without reservation at its pre- sent rate which is probably just about where it belongs. The pattern of deficit spend- ing which drained confidence in the Nation's economic health must be broken. This probably can not be done without some tightening up, some loss in luxury and ease. But the problem of unem- ployment reflects in itself the general sickness in the Nation. The Senate committee on man- power and unemployment re- ported for instance -that the high value of the Canadian dol- lar undoubtedly had an adverse effect on the growth of employ- ment opportunities. If that Were the only obstacle to full employment, it is easily removed: But it isn't, The level of unemployment averaging ov- er 400,000 will no doubt con- tinue until the economy is mov- ing fast enough to absorb the labor force. The main attack on unem- ployment therefore should be made through efforts to stimu- late industry, by tax incentives, export aid, stimulation of sec- ondary industry, and by ener- getic development of industry in depressed areas. Even with a bold and far- seeing program, however, Un- employment will continue for Seine titrte to be a boil on the time the Government sits down to rest or congratulate itself, it'll hurt. In the field of external trade, there is no doubt the most im- portant influence is Britain's negotiations to join the Euro- pean Common Market. It begins to look as though there will be a place for Com- monwealth products in a com- mon market which includes Bri- tain, at least for a time, and no doubt on a permanent if non - preferential basis. Loudly- expressed fears of disaster for Canada in the loss of preferential treatment in the British market have been exaggerated. There will be dislocations, it is true, but Can- adian sales to common market countries have been increasing rapidly and will likely continue to do so. Energetic selling in world markets by Canadians, with Government aid in the form of export credits and expert ad- vice from the trade department, is the line the Government will have to take,• rather than cling- ing to out-moded preferential concepts. , . There will be so much to do in the next few years, so many hard decisions to make in trade, in taxation, employment, in na- tional defence, that there may be little time indeed for the development of "national sym- bols". A distinctive nationaT 'flag, a national anthem, a re -made con- federation, are all important. They are particularly important adjuncts of the. 100th. birthday party of a sovereign nation. But they are not matters of priority in themselves, A. Gov- ernment that applies itself to healing the Country's economic woes, restoring health and vigor to national' life, 'will very like- ly find •that "symbols" of that national life will come about quite naturally. And 'maybe witJ.qut even a national confer.- enee.. . { he :?Ueeke "And he said I could keep him until he gets housebroken." Things have been so scram- bly around our place in the past couple of weeks that I still don't know who won the elec- tion. I've been too busy with important things. ' Kim knocked off two thirds and two fourths at the field day, and came home mad as blazes because she hadn't plac- ed first in all events. She takes after her mom. She also tried a grade seven piano exam, with accompanying panic. She also went picking strawberries for a farmer and made $1.04. She also lost- her Christmas watch while swimming and was cut off her bike and allowance for twa weeks, which was pure hell for all concerned. . * * m Hugh came up with a start- ling climax to a year of hard work at his piano. Every morn- ing he got up at seven to prac- tise, and added another couple of hours later in -the day. All his Saturdays were taken up by a trip to the city for his lesson. As a result he missed a lot of parties and ski meets and other adolescent fun. But he wasn't feeling , any pain when the results of his grade 10 piano exam arrived this week and he learned he'd re- ceived thefairly fantastic mark of 90, which threw his old lady into a state of near -hysteria and his old man into . a dangerous case of parental pride, I ° bade farewell to my stu- dents at school, and it was an emotional ordeal. On the last day of school, some benevolent old fairy waves, a magic wand. The grim -lipped teacher sudden- ly becomes . a tender-hearted old trout who wasn't so bad af- ter all. The sullen students, the• lazy louts, even the class cut -ups, are suddenly transformed into a group of the nicest youn;- sters you could .meet. * * * And' when they sing, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and present you with a beautiful shirt and tie, and those who are leaving school come up and shake hands with you, and some little girl waits until the others have gone and tearfully blurts out at you, "Thanks for a WONDERFUL year, sir," and some dreadful boy who has har- assed you all year says, "Sure hope I have you next year, sir," it's pretty hard to -main- tain the god -like imperturba- bility of the teacher. Maybe I'm just imagining things, and I certainly wouldn't come out with it back in Febru- ary, but I think there's a special bond between young people and their teachers. Not all of the kids feel it, and some teachers don't. But it's there and, though different, it's just as real as the bond between par- ents and their children. With the students, I think it's THE HANDY FAMILY NOW WHERE'S NAT NEEDLE? OSZCt1, , THERE IT I3! GOLLY MOM, r Jusr NOUGHT OF A SAFE WAY 10 STORE NEEDLES AND PINS SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley a - slow realization that the teacher is a human being, all evidence to the contrary. And with the teacher, I think it's a slow realization that the stu- dents are human ' beings, de- spite what his eyes and ears tell him. When this mutual realization begins to work, communication quickens. The kids decide that this man or woman is actually concerned with improving their ability and knowledge, not just making life miserable for them. The teacher decides that most of these kids are doing their best, in, the fac of their pri- vate fears and furores, their domestic upsets their love af- fairs, and their complicated hu- man natures. *. * * It's a pleasant thing, and a good thing. In some cases it is the only good and" warm rela- tionship in the lives of both. However, we'll explore that another time. To 'get back to the chaos at the Smileys, we bought a new house this month. Twelve dollars down and 12 dollars a day for life. Before, the ink was dry on the corp tract, the old woman was wav- ing samples of linoleum, wall- paper and drapery at me, de- manding an opinion. As always, I remarked equ- ably about each sample, "That looks pretty good to me." This sensible, reasonable, co-opera- tive attitude, for some reason, infuriates her. "You don't even care!" she howls. "You'd live in a pig -pen! Have you no taste, no desire to make your home decent?" * * * By this time I am thorough- ly cowed. I haven't the nerve to say what I think:' that the place looks fine the way it is, and, anyway, we can't afford it. So I point to one of the little squares and suggest, "How about that nice green there?" It turns out to be turquoise, and it also turns out to be the only one of the lot ,that clashes ."hideously" with ev- erything in the room. Never mind, I think we're saved. She's gone off on a gar- dening tangent. It doesn't mat- ter that it's the middle of June. It doesn't matter that, in the 15 years of our marriage, she's never planted anything except an annual crop of pointed re- marks. She's going to have a garden, if it kills me. * *• * Yes, it's -been a rather fran- tic couple of weeks. Even the one spot that might have cre- ated a moment of domestic calm ,. and restored household unity—Father's Day—was ruin- ed when I tore the fancy paper off what looked like a new fish- ing rod and discovered it was a shiny, new garden hoe! BY LLOYD ilitANCOM SOU MADE A PIN AND NE•EI?LE SOWER BV REMOVING THE POINT AND TUBE OF AN OLD FOUNTAIN PEN CLIP TO SEWING SABKET TUE NOLPER CAN ALSO 6E CLIPPED ;:: A Pun TO i?: -LD Na R PINS • IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The ,Huron Expositor June 18, 1937 P. D. McConnell, son of M. and Mrs. David McConnell, of Dublin, graduated from Os- goode Hall this year and is now associated with a firm in To- ronto. Improvement is seen in the condition of William McCann, 35, of Hamilton, who was in- jured on Thursday when a hy- dro pole, on which he waswork- ing, broke and threw him to the ground. McCann, a mem- ber of the HEPC crew which has been rebuilding the high tension 'line into Seaforth from the north, was at work on a pole on the North Road. Mrs. H. E. Smith and Mrs. Arnold Westcott are in Toron- to this week attending the Re- bekah convention being held -in the Royal York. * * * From The Huron Expositor June 21, 1912 There were 79 tickets sold at Seaforth for the moonlight ex• cursion on the Greyhound at Goderich on Thursday of last week. Miss Genevieve Jones has passed the civil service exam- inations' which entitles her to a position in the inside civil service at Ottawa. The coal dealers received consignments of coal on Fri- day last and more since. For several weeks there was not a scuttleful of coal for sale. A couple of "daygoes" and a tame bear furnished heaps of amusement for the youngsters in town on Tuesday last. The bear climbed climbed telephone poles and performed other an- tics to the delight of his youth- ful audience. Tuckersmith council are call- ing for tenders for the erection of cement abutments at the bridge at Mr. W. G. Broadfoot's and also for a cement culvert at the corner of Mr. A. El - coat's farm. At the last regular meeting of Seaforth council, $500 Was placed to the credit of the Col- legiate Institute Board and $150 to the Separate School Board.' * * *°. From, The Huron Expositor . June 24, 1887 On Tuesday morning last, about eight o'clock, a valuable By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER LITTLE WHITE PIGS This is a story of some little white pigs, Whose breed and ownership are unknown. The time and place of their `birth are also unknown. All that is known is that they existed at some time during the Civil War, possibly in the State Of Georgia. They may have sur- vived the war only to meet a tragic end in the cooking pots of a hungry people during Re- construction. In their brief stay on earth thy were thus unknown' to fame and so far -as the writer knows this will be -the first time their story has been in print. And I am sure that the little white pigs never worried because their names were never in print. And also that they did not intend to save a man's life and never knew that they did. It may have been in Georgia, when Braxton Bragg was draw- ing his faces together for Chickamauga that a soldier whom I knew during his later days was stationed as a picket after a hard day's march. Af- ter a short, time, the weary soldier could not resist the de- sire to sprawl at the foot of a large tree. And it was not long until the soldier knew nothing of the waking world. "Didn't they catch you sleep- ing on duty?" I asked. "No," he said; some little white pigs rooting among his' feet had awakened him to his duty just before the relief came. Let us never undervalue little' things. breeding mare and foal owned by Angus McLeod, of the 3rd concession of McKillop, were struck by lightning and killed. On Thursday of last week, McMann and Dickson, the well- known horse dealers of this town, shipped a car of very superior heavy draught horses to Pennsylvania. Mr. C. F. McBride, of Sea - forth, who has just graduate at the Guelph Business College, leaves shortly for St. Paul, Min- neapolis, where he is about to engage in the wholesale pro- duce business. Mr. Thomas Russell, the well- known thoroughbred stockman of Thames Road, Usborne, last week sold a very fine 10 -months - old bull calf to Mr. James Bel. wood, of Binbrook, Wentworth County. Mr. Josiah Irwin, of Hullett, sold to Mr. 0. C. Wilson, Sea• forth, a superior yearling colt for a good price. KNOW YOUR CANADA Are there any gigantic Dinosaurs in Canada? Moder only. Life-sized re- plicas may be found in the Fos- sil -House of the Natural His- tory Park in Calgary. * * * Who brought the Douk. hobors to Canada? A political economist named James Mavor was the chief ag- ent in promoting this emigra- tion. A Scottish educator he was on the faculty of the Uni- versity of Toronto from 1895 to 1923. A holiday' traveller, he visited Russia and formed a close friendship with Tolstoy. * * * What did "The Maple Leaf Forever" earn for its author? All that Alexander Muir, the schoolmaster who wrote this popular patriotic air, got out of it was satisfaction. He paid $30 to have the first edition of 100 copies printed and his sales to- talled only H. Later on, a pub- lishing firm copyrighted it and it sold , widely—without ,any benefit to the author. * * * What is the minimum • number of people it takes to make a city? It depends upon your prov- ince. In British Columbia only 100 males are regarded as en- ough for city corporation. Oth- er provincial requirements vary from 5,000 in. S'askatehewan to 15,000 in Ontario. Alberta and the Atlantic provinces do not by general statute require a stated' minimum population for cities. What was the tragedy of Matonabbee? Suicide, ending a very useful life. This Chipewyan Indian leader was horn about 1736, at Prince of Wales Fort on Hud- son Bay. Adopted by the gov- ernor of the Fort, Matonabbee went .back to his own people when his patron returned to England., Later he entered the Service of the Hudson's Bay Company asa hunter. He suc- ceeded in negotiating, after much difficulty, a treaty of peace and trade between his. own._ people and their historic foemen, the Grees. Matona'bbee also guided Samuel Hearne, the explorer, on his storied trip to the Coppermine River. Made head • of the Northern Indian nation in 1772, Matonabbee be- came ecalve successful in the trapping business. Learning that the French had seized the fort, in 1.782, he hanged hithself. Six 'of his Witres.and four of his children starved to death that winter. w , * * * Do Canadians kill their politicians? Hardly ever. But there were three murdered in the era be- fore and riot long before Con- federation. A member of Par- liament named John Sheridan Hogan was • murdered in Toron- to in. 1859. A Fenian slew the Hon. Thomas D'Arcy McGee in Ottawa in 1868 and a Toron- tonian killed the Hon. George Brown in Toronto in 1880. It has been pretty safe to be a politician in Canada ever -since. * * * Who first championed French Canada after the Conquest? James Murray, who had com- manded the left wing of the British forces at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and was later appointed the first gover- nor of Quebec under the Bri- tish regime. He opposed re - pressive measures envisaged by some men in the British gov- ernment and firmly adopted a policy of conciliation toward the French Canadians. * * * What comes from Mayo in the Yukon? Silver and gold. This central Yukon town has been produc- ing silver since 1906. Long a pioneer town Mayo is now con- nected to the outside world by road and air services, hydro. electric power, hospitals, schools and churches. * * * Which Spaniard nearly started a war in Canada? A navigator of the 18th cen- tury named Jose Esteban Mar- tinez. Sent to take possession of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island, in 1789, Martinez seiz- ed a number of British ships and with them an officer nam- ed Captain James Colnett. This action gave rise to the historic Nootka Sound controversy which almost brought war be. 'tween Spain and Great Britain, * * * What did Elizabeth Math- eson do for the world? A gd'od deal. Born in 1866, near Campbellford, Upper Can- ada, she taught in India as a missionary. Returning to Can- ada she married a minister and served the Indians and pioneer whites of the remote Onion Lake Anglican Mission north of present-day Lloydminster. In 1898, Mrs. Matheson became a qualified doctor and began the practice of- medicine in Onion Lake, also acting as coroner, for 20 years. Later, she moved to Winnipeg, where she was assistant medical inspector for the public school board for. a further 23 years. In the course of her busy life Mrs. Matheson had pine children. * * * What Frenchman fought for the British in Canada against the French? Paul 'Mascarene, acting Gov- ernor of Nova Scotia, 1740-49. Born in France, he was educat- ed in Geneva to which his father had been forced to flee. Young Mascarene went to Eng- land, was naturalized, gazetted a lieutenant in the British Army. Sent to America to help in the taking of Port Royal in 4710, lie became president of the Council of Nova Scotia in 1740 and four years later' -de- fended Annapolis Royal against Du Vivier. 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