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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 2, 1963
Congratulations, Seaforth Hockey Team !
There will be disappointment that
the Towners hockey team was unsuc-
cessful in its efforts to bring the On-
tario Intermediate "B" championship
to Seaforth. The fact that the team
was unable to win the final series, how-
ever, diminishes in no way the con-
gratulations which the players have
earned for upholding the reputation for
sportmanship and fair play established
by a long series of Seaforth teams
through the years.
The Towners may not have won a
championship, but they did something
just as important. They proved a team
composed entirely of local residents
could produce an interesting season of
hockey—a season which attracted the
largest crowds in several years. They
proved, too, that such a team could earn
a place in province -wide competition.
No longer need it be necessary to go
out in -the market and compete for play-
ers in order to ice a hockey team of
championship caliber.
Congratulations are due, too, to the
Seaforth Pee-Wees. After fighting their
way through five games in the Young
Canada Week hockey tournament at
Goderich, they bowed to a superior
Exeter team for the 'C" series cham-
pionship.
The showing which the Pee-Wees-
made, reflect's the training which Sea -
forth and area boys receive all winter
long in the Legion hockey program. It
reflects, too,, the hours and hours of
devoted effort which Jack Eisler has
contributed to the program during the
more 'than ten years in which he has
been Legion Sports Officer.
Seaforth is proud of its hockey teams
and now is the time to show this. Per-
haps the Chamber- of Commerce could
arrange a function so that we could let
the players know how much we think
of them.
Central Site in Huron
Some weeks ago we commented edi-
torially on the 1966 International Plow-
ing Match, and the necessity of select-
ing a site in the county that would be
central and, in fact, representative of
Huron.
Now in a communication which has
been distributed to county papers and
which appears on page three of this
issue, the Grand Bend Chamber of Com-
merce suggests that there are moves
afoot to "steal" the project from Grand
Bend.
The Grand Bend Chamber of Com-
merce in the letter confirms that Grand
Bend is in Lambton County—not in
Huron—and thus could not be regard-
ed as a central location. It refers, too,
to a contribution it made to the Sea -
forth District High School Girls' Band
on one of the occasions the band ap-
peared at an International match. This,
of course, is but'a small part of the cost
of sending the band to several such In-
ternational events—costs met by con-
tributions from this area. ,
All this is of little significance in the
greater necessity of ensuring that the
match is located as centrally as pos-
sible, so that Huron, as the sponsoring
county, will benefit as a whole. That is
the problem facing the committee.
A IMACDUFF OTTAWA
SET FOR THE SIXTY DAYS
OTTAWA — The changing of
the guard has been completed.
A new Liberal Government has
taken office to grapple with the
many and pressing problems
facing the nation, sworn—per-
haps mistakenly—to 60 days of
decisive action.
As always, the Cabinet select-
ed by Prime Minister Lester
Pearson represents a compro-
mise, a compromise between re-
gional and political forces on
the one hand• and the demand
for able administrators and
architects of policy on the oth-
er.
On the whole, Mr. Pearson
succeeded in striking a notable
balance. He has a minstry rich
in.: potential talent, potential be-
cause talent is only proved in
the fire of public office. Many
an otherwise able man has
found himself burned to death
on the political griddle. But
Mr. Pearson was forced to give
way at some points to meet the
demands for regional represen-
tation and political pressure.
Particularly is the latter true in
Quebec, where the new and old
guard are locked in quiet but
fearsome struggle.
Theme are a number of re-
inarkable things about the cam.
position of the new Cabinet. It
is concentrated heavily in On-
tario and Quebec, no coincidence
considering that it where the
Liberals drew the bulk of their
strength. Including Mr. Pear-
son and the Government leader
in the Upper Chamber, Senator
Ross Macdonald, there are 10
ministers from Ontario out of
a total of 26 and eight from
Quebec, in contrast to the more
usual six and five. There are
two from British Columbia, one
from every other province ex-
cept Saskatchewan, where the
Conservatives scored a shutout.
Eleven of the ministers 'are
lawyers, four are economists,
four are businessmen, two are
agricultural experts and one is
versed in fisheries. At least
nine qualify as former senior
civil servants, six of them hold-
ing the rank of deputy minister
or assistance deputy minister,
including former Under-Secre-
tary of State for External Af-
fairs Lester Pearson. All of the
latter are eidpected to be lead-
ing figures in the new admini-
stration.
Two of three key posts are
held by relative newcomers to
politics: Finance by Walter Gor-
don, chartered accountant and
Consultant to both business and
governments; Trade and Com-
merce by Mitchell Sharp, a for-
mer Deputy Minister of that de-
partment who resigned as a
'vice-president of the mammoth
Brazilian Traction to enter poli-
ties. The third, Bitterne Af-
fairs, is occupied by veteran
Liberal ineMber Paul Martin.
°iii'the 1neteasihia'ly imPortaiit
Agri iiltp(>se 'toilt''Mi' Pearson
has placed Harry Hays, mayor
of Calgary since 1960, livestock
breeder and unknown political
quantity. Into the soon to be
created portfolio of Associate
Minister of Agriculture, repre
senting Eastern Canada, will go
Rene Tremblay, a former. De-
puty Minister of Commerce in
Quebec ,at present a Minister
without portfolio.
REPORT
Other brighter lights in the
new ministry include Maurice
Lamontagne, a former econ,pmic
advisor to Mr. Pearson, who as
President of the Privy Council,
will have special responsibili-
ties for such things as federal -
provincial relations, bicultural -
ism and implementation of the
Glassco report on Government
organization; and, R. M. Drury,
former Deputy Minister of Na-
tional Defence, who is now Min-
ister of Defence Production,
will take over the important
new Department of Industry
that is to be created.
Lionel Chevrier, a veteran
Liberal and also the Party's
leader in Quebec, was named to
the Justice portfolio, one tradi-
tionally reserved by the Liber-
als for the senior French,speak-
ing Lieutenant of an English-
speaking Prime Minister, As a
representative of the fast -fading
old guard in Quebec, Mr. Chev-
rier's days in the Cabinet may
be numbered. Because many
feel he fails to represent the
new forces that are shaping that
Province, it would appear that
Mr. Chevrier must inevitably
go. In the meantime he and
the old guard he represents
which is a mere matter of ten4
perment rather than age, are\
still a political power.
Through a near -revolt in the
Quebec caucus the old guard
succeeded in the appointing of
four of their numbers to the
Ministry. More important, they
blocked the appointment of one
of the brightest upcoming mem-
bers of the new guard, Maurice
Sauve, economist and director
of public relations of the pro-
vincial Liberal Party. Although
temporarily blocked — due in
part to his own rather personal
public (relations (he is not rioted
for sparing the feelings of oth-
ers)—he is expected to play an
important role in the new
House of Commons and to be
in the Cabinet before too many
months have passed.
During the campaign Mr.
Pearson promised the first 60
days of his ministry would pro-
duce the most decisive action
Canada has ever witnessed.
This is one campaign pledge he
will not be allowed to forget,
one that could return to haunt
him. Unfortunately, while there
is a need for decision and for
action, neither °should be taken
with undue haste tb deal With
problems that were a long time
coming and will be a long time
going.
drf the doniestic front, ta
most urgent need is a beginning
on the preparationof a budget
to lay down fiscal policy for
the current year and a review
of- the Government's spending
estimates for the same period.
'Legislation must also be drafted
to provide for the early estab-
lishment of a municipal ' loan
and development corporation
and a National development
corporation.
The former is intended to
make loans to municipalities at
the current borrowing rate of
the Federal Government, with
repayment waived on anything
up 'to 50 per cent of the total.
Liberals are counting heavily
on the scheme to spark a ma-,
jor public works expansion pro-
gram next winter in order to
create additional employment.
v2.4 ei sfeehe
"Can I treat you to cab fare?"
Animal life,- wild, domestic
and in-between, has been giv-
ing me a bad time of it lately.
First of all, a lady in B.C.
wrote a letter giving me the
devil for the way I dispose of
kittens. She doesn't know quite
how I did it, but she suspects
they suffered. Lady, I can as-
sure you that I suffered far
more than they did.
* * * -
My daughter conned a class-
mate into taking the last pair
of the last batch of kittens. As
soon as they were weaned, the
little girl picked them up. My
wife and I sent her off with
cookies, pats en the head, and
our blessing. As soon as she
was out the door, we did a
triumphant fandango in the
kitchen, and opened a bottle
of bubbly.
Twenty minutes later, the kid
was back. You guessed it. With
the kittens. It seems she hadn't
cleared things with the authori-
ties at home. She did not get
any cookies or pats on the head
this trip. She was lucky to get
away without a punch in the
nose.
* * *
My correspondent in B.C. re-
proved me for not having our
cat "neutered." We've been in-
to that, thoroughly. It's a cost-
ly business, for one thing. These
lady cats have to have a com-
plete hysterectomy, like ' all
modern women. After every
batch of kittens, we discuss, it,
plan to • have it done, get in-
volved with getting rid. of the
kittens; and before we get
IN THE YEARS. AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of. 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 29, 1938
Members of the Seaforth Bad-
minton Club held their final
tournament Wednesday even-
ing, but owing to the small at-
tendance it was not possible to
proceed with the annual meet-
ing as planned.
Wednesday of next week will
mark the first of the weekly
half -holidays in Seaforth. May-
or John J. Cluff issued the nec-
essary proclamation following
receiptrof-a argely signed peti-
tion. The holiday, commencing
in May, will continue until the
nd of September, except dui*:
ing such weeks when a legal
holiday precedes or follows a
Wednesday.
Seaforth bakers were hosts
on Wednesday evening to an
attendance that completely fill-
ed Cardno's Hall, when they
sponsored the modern talking
picture, "White Magic." The
picture interestingly told the
story of a modern bakery and
how it was tuned to serve
housewives at all times, and
with an amazing variety of bak-
ed goods.
Complete redecorating of the
interior of St. James' Church
is now in progress, and when
completed the redecorated walls
will present a fine appearance.
Seeding operations are in full
swing and quite a number will
finish this week. By all appear-
ances there will be plenty hi
store for the farmers which
means good times for all.
From The Huron Expositor
May 2, 1913
Mr. William Turney, of North
Main Street, Seaforth, has been
'awarded the contract ,for the
eaTryrng of Iris ,14I1tjestrs snail
over ' the new 'I' fitO'tll=Cans
stance route.
The bowling season on the
Seaforth greens opened on Fri-
day with the greens in splendid
condition, and it is expected the
lights will be installed ' by the
end pf the week.
Mr. George Taylor, of Kippen,
has sold to his neighbor Mr. W.
W. Cooper, a young gelding.
The price was $240.
Mr. R. M. McKay, of Blyth,
has purchased a Ford car and
is now turning his stable into
a garage.
Mr. William Martin, of the
second of Tuckersmith, is tear-
ing down the house on the Mor-
ton farm, which he recently
bought from Mr. Robert Carno-
chan, and intends erecting a
new residence in its place.
From The Huron Expositor
May 7, 1888
Mr. C. L. Papst, who has been
in the jewellery business in
Seaforth for several years, is
removing to Harriston, where
he intends going into business.
Messrs. George Bell and
George Horolett, of Leadbury,
are going into partnership put-
ting up fences.
The shipment of salt from the
works of Gray, Young & Spar -
ling, Company, whose head of -
fee is in Seaforth, reached the
total of 102 cars for the month
of April -61 going by Grand
Trunk from Blyth and Seaforth,
end 41 by Canadian Pacific Rail-
way from Wingham.
At their meeting in Seaforth
on Saturday, the directors of
the McKillop Fire Insurance Co.
decided to extend the scope of
their operations so as to in-
clude isolated town and village
property.
Mr. Jacob Happel, burgomas-
ter, left last Saturday for his.
fatherland, Germany. This is
his fourth trip since he has,
been 'in Catli -
around to putting Piper into
hospital, that • feline nympho-
maniac is in trouble again.
However, the kittens are
gone. I probably won't get to
heaven, but I swore to two dif-
ferent people that the kitten
they took was a male. Nobody
seems to know the difference.
We called Piper "him" until
"he" got slightly pregnant for
the first of many times.
Next we had trouble with the
dog, Playboy. He's a . backward
Spaniel, and no animal can be
more retarded. He's compara-
tively friendly. That is, he's
friendly all the time, more
friendly when he's hungry, and
most friendly when he's soak-
ing wet.
You see, we had planted
grass seed in a large, bare
patch in the backyard. Gently,
and with infinite care, we had
turned the soil, weeded it, seed-
ed it, scratched it, massaged it,
patted it, and enriched it with
chicken manure acquired by
somewhat dubious means. It
looked like a pie ready for the
oven.
* *
Our dog is not only too stupid
to get out of the rain, he is
too dumb to bury a bone, be-
cause he knows perfectly well
-he'd forget where he put it, so
I had no fear of him disturb-
ing the 'masterpiece. But he
does, like to chase things.
Next morning, my wife look-
ed out at her newly -seeded
lawn. She. screamed; I ran to
the window. The "pie" looked
as though a troop of cavalry
had bivouacked there for the
night. Holding the old girl up
by the •armpits, I watched with
horror. In a minute, tubo ruddy
robins drifted in and started
gobbling grass seed. Out of no-
where hurtled Playboy, making
dirt and robins fly joyfully. He
stood in the middle of the
graveyard of our hopes, pawing
the dirt like a bull and bellow-
ing his triumph.
* * *
Then the black squirrels and
the starlings got into a donny-
brook .over who was going to
have the attic for the summer.
The starlings had it last sum-
mer, and the day they left for
the south, the squirrels moved
in. The other day, a couple of
starlings, tanned and arrogant,
just like all those southern
tourists, sailed insolently
through the eaves, into their
penthouse.
Talk about bats in the belfry.
There was hell to pay. We all
stood about in the bedrooms,
looking at the ceiling, mouths
open. I was cheering for both
sides. I think the squirrels.won,
because one mean,looking star-
ling limped out, cursing over
his shoulder. He'll be back.
With relatives.
* *
* p
Then came the hardest blow
of all. Opening day of trout
season loomed. My wife teach-
es piano to a little guy from
the country. He's about six.
He confided to her that he and
his brother had been fishing.
Speckled trout. Before the sea-
son. They saw lots of big ones.
Next day, I drove past his
farm. Sure enough, there was
a stream. Likely -looking. Last
week, I was on hand, with a
chocolate bar, a half dollar and
my kindliest expression, when
Danny arrived for his music
lesson, He ate the bar, slipped
the half in his pocket, and
agreed to show me the Spot
Where the Big,.Ones Are.
* * *
All week, I chortled and rub-
bed • my hands, when nobody
wa looking. Opening day, I
plc ed bonny .tip early, told his
mo her Zddtlook' later hiIIT,r -;mand.
..
LETTERS TO TEE EDITO
Problems In Sewer Project
Ingersoll, Ont., Apr: 24, 1963
kindly
Sir: Thank you very
kindly for taking the time last
Saturday morning to discuss
with Mr. McGeachy and myself
the sewer project which our
Company is presently carrying
out in Seaforth. We were, to
say the least, disturbed by the
editorial appearing in your
paper on April 18th, and we
appreciated the opportunity of
discussing the matter with you.
We felt that to compare the dis-
turbances resulting from the
laying of a small 'gas main at a
depth of approximately two feet
to the laying of large size sewer
tile at depths of up to 24 feet
in wet ground conditions and
on narrow streets was hardly a
fair comparison. However, your
editorial did jolt us with the
fact that our public relations
left much to be desired, and we
thank you for bring this rather
forcibly to our attention.
This past winter has been a
difficult one for our Company
in Seaforth. Under the terms
of the contract we are required
to carry on as much of the work
as possible during the period
of the Winter Works pro-
gramme. This we attempted to
do. However, the severe weath-
er, combined with wet and un-
stable ground, gave rise to very
off we went. He told me, ex-
citedly, that the Big Ones were
just below the dam, in a deep
hole. I did a few little dance
steps as we .swished through
the wet grass. With the utmost
hilarity, I envisioned my friends
fi 1Aing those worn-out holes,
with hundreds of others.
"There it is!" shrilled Danny.
"That's where the Big Ones
are!". And they were. All 728
suckers of them.
difficult working conditions. Our
crews' carried on working dur-
ing many severe days when
they would much rather have
been at home. The wear and
tear on equipment was expen-
sive.
During the past two weeks
we have made every effort to
catch up on cleanup work which
was left behind during the win-
ter months, and at the same
time follow up closely behind
current digging. The excavated
material being put back in the
trench, however, is clay and it
will take time and some warm
weather before it dries out. An-
other few weeks shquld see
a substantial improvement in
street conditions. In the mean-
time we hope that the citizens
of Seaforth will bear with us.
Yours truly,
J. D. CAMPBELL,
Haggerty Campbell Construction
Limited.
(Editor's note: There was no
intention in the editorial refer-
red to, to suggest that the work
involved in laying a gas main
was compared to that in laying
a sewer. What we did suggest
was that the rights of property
owners and of the public in
each case were similar and
should be recognized, regard-
less of who the contractor may
be.)
Should Remember
Local Industry
Seaforth, April 27, 1963.
Sir: Over the years I have
read with curious interest your
editorials, some of which I
must say have portrayed a keen
sense of sound° logic; others,
more or less, a political or a
particular point of view.
Your latest comment in this
week's issue of -The Expositor
on the apparent lois to Seaforth
of a new packing plant venture
being undertaken by FAME, I
feel was very well presented
and worthy of consideration by
the town fathers and others.
My interest was aroused not
because of what you felt was a
shortcoming on the part of re-
sponsible Seaforth and district
committee people in not press-
ing harder to obtain this indus-
try -for our town and district;
nor was it aroused by the par-
allel you drew in describing
the efforts put forth by our
neighbor community of Mitchell
in a successful bid to land this
industry for that. town.
I see here another argument,
if properly presented which
would have just as much logic
as the argument you have al-
ready so ably presented, and
which possibly could have just
as far reaching effects.
I congratulate Mitchell in hav-
ing the foresight to go after
and work as hard as they did;
I also feel Mitchell is well situ-
ated for this particular type of
plant and that those in charge
have chosen wisely, and Mit-
chell can stand a few more in-
dustries than it now has.
The point I am trying to
make is not the fact that Mit-
chell is not blessed with as
many industries of one type or
another as is Seaforth, but once
you have "landed" an industry
is that all you do?—begin to
bleed him for all the assessment
and taxes you can get out of
himOr?
should consideration be
given to the industries already
located here — for which you
don't have to spend large sums
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