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The Huron Expositor, 1963-09-19, Page 9• r 0 4 r i • • • R M • • M 4 • • v SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1963--- Second Section: Pages 9 to 16. Hibbert, Man . Wins Field Crop Award in Perth Donald Street of Listowel was the judge for the annual Mit- chell Agricultural field crop corn competition. He visited 19 farms and was accompanied by W. F. Cornish of Mitchell. Mr. Street reported the corn of ex- cellent quality this year. Competitors are each requir- ed to enter six cobs from their field at the Mitchell Fall Fair to complete the competition. The following were the marks: Dalton Malcolm, Hibbert Town- ship, 92; Norman Dow, Hibbert, 91; Fergus Lannin, Hibbert, 90; Morley Lannin, Hibbert, 89; Herbert Britton, Hibbert, 88; El- wood Inman, Elma, 88; Lorne Fell, Hibbert, 88; Don Sinclair, Fullerton Township, 87; Orm- and Pridham, Fullerton, 86; William Lease, Fullerton, 85; John KinSman, Hibbert, 85; Thomas Scott, Hibbert, 85; Nor- man Chaffe, Logan Township, 85; Kenneth Crawford, Elma, 84; John Krugel, Elma, 84; Oli- ver Bannerman, Logan, 83; Ro- bert Chaffe, Logan, 82; Percy Wright, Hibbert, 80; Thomas Bingham, Fullerton, 79. A SMILE OR TWO "Jack?" "Yes, dear." "How do you suppose aston- omers ever found out the names of the stars?" Mrs. Crimsonbeak: "Did you say he is a man of stable hab- its?" Mr. Crimsonbeak: "Yes; he kicks like a mule." Red Cross Sets Deft* For Blood D�nor Clink Seaforth R.ed Cross Society is sponsoring "a blood donor clinic at Northside Church on Mon- day. It is nearly two years since the last blood donor clinic- was linicwas held here. An article in CIL Oval said several years ago: "Giving blood is the simplest way in which an individual can serve others. It takes about half an hour of your time. It is harm- less: in fact it often has a slight beneficial effect." Canadian Red Cross has a na- tional blood transfusion serv- ice unique in its completeness. During World War II the Can- adian Red Cross Society collect- ed blood from volunteer don- ors so that members of the armed forces might have ade- quate quantities of driedserum for the treatment of casualties. Then the Red Cross was ap- proached by a number of hos- pital associations and depart- ments of health with a request that similar service should be provided in peace time to meet civilian hospital needs. Red Cross took on the task of collecting, processing, stor- ing and delivering blood of the right type to the right place at the right time. Its purpose is to supply every hospital in Can- ada, free of charge, with whole blood and blood products to meet their transfusion: therapy needs. This is the achievement of hundreds of thousands of men and women who give their blood voluntarily, regularly and anonymously as donors, who serve as volunteers in clinics and in the workrooms prepar- ing supplies. A total of 679,319 bottles of blood was collected in 1961. Red Cross, which maintains medically competent personnel .—physicians, nurses and tech- nicianS—in its depots and lab- oratories, helped ,by voluntary non-technical workers, refuses either to pay for or charge for the blood that it collects from volunteer donors and distri- butes to hospitals. The provin- cial governments provide the premises and maintain them, the Red Cross provides the staff and equipment, and citizens donate their blood. The Wo- men's Work Committees, assist- ed by Junior Red Cross branch- es, have manufactured all the surgical supplies such as swabs, wipes and dressings, used by the service in its depots and donor clinics, I had my annual injection of culture last week, and am now ready to resume my normal condition of boorish bourgeois - ism. The shot, as usual, was painless physically, producing a feeling of mild stimulation, painful financially, producing an aftermath of hollow depres- sion- Because we plan to attend a convention at a swank spot next week, that ancient and honor- able lament, "I haven't a' thing to wear!" reared its hoary head. This gave birth to the inevit- able twins: a visit to the bank manager and a trip to the city. * * * The latter, in turn, demand- ed that we take in a show. The YOUR BLOOD CAN SAVE A LIFE Doctors and Hospitals depend on this life-saving, Red Cross Blood Bank ! Since January of this year, many bottles of Red Cross Blood have been used in Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth. Dying the same period other hundreds of bottles were used in London Hospitals —much of it on behalf of Seaforth area patients. The Red Cross must rely on citizens like you to provide the blood for its blood donor service. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HELP RED CROSS BLOOD CLINIC NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH — 'SEAFORTH MONDAY, SEPT. 23, from 5 to 9 p.m. Leave your blood at the Red Cross Clinic, rather than on the highway . . YOU MAY NEED IT SOME DAY ! Clinic sponsored by Seaforth Branch Red Cross Society SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley . only show in town was a "bril- liant" .British revile called "The Establishment," direct from rave reviews in New York. It stank, That may not be quite the cultured way in which to re- view a revue, but it's an honest opinion.' The critics probably burbled that the thing was "re- freshingly frank" and "delight- fully irreverent." I thought it was disgustingly frank and childishly irreverent. * * * . The show did have 'a couple of amusing skits, including - a clever parody of the Queen reading one of her speeches. but the remainder was labored and tasteless, about one jump and a bushel of English accents ahead of a college annual show. However, the audience, to prove its broad-mindedness, applaud- ed wildly, while I sat glumly on my $3.50 seat, glowering like" a true-blue royalist. Just to make a proper mish- mash of the excursion, my wife, who was supposed to be shop- ping for some stunning late - summer clothes, came back to the hotel with nothing purchas- ed but a winter coat which she couldn't resist. * * * Things were a little brighter on the weekend, when we took a flyer to the Stratford Festival, that peculiar Canadian monu- ment toward which we bow with reverence, beam with pride, and point with honest indignation when people say, "Ah, you Can: adians got no culture." Ten years ago, when the fes- tival began (it was in a tent), we stayed, for three dollars, in a private home whose mistress turned out to be a nut, and our six-year-old son was left at home with Granny. * * * Things have changed. The festival is now in a handsome theatre; we stayed, for ten dol- lars, in the room -at -the -top of the shabbiest hostelry this side of the Atlantic, and our great, gormless boy went off after the theatre to hear the folk -singers at a coffee house and didn't get back to the room until 2:30 a.m., at which point he heard some real folk -singing from his ain folk. * * * I liked the hotel. Found the manageress in the kitchen af- ter waiting vainly at the desk for a while. She tried about eight skeleton keys before find- ing one that would open our door. Carried our own bags up three flights. No tip. Went down to the kitchen and got a bucket of ice. No charge, no tip. Used the phone in the lob- by. No phone bill. Used the bathroom at the end of the hall. No paper. Saturday night we s a w Cyrano de Bergerac, with John Colicos in the lead. It was a grand Stratford spectacle, a great swirl of color and mo- tion and poetry. I3ut either I'm getting old and hard, or Colicos didn't quite bring it off. You're supposed to bawl like a baby as the gallant Cyrano dies at the end, and the only emotion I felt, was impatience that he took so long about it. * * * Sunday afternoon, we "took in" a Schubert concert, featur- ing pianist Rudolph Serkin. He needed a shoeshine, but he could really make that piano sing. He even enjoyed it him- self, so much that he started, at one point, to sing along with Serkin, booming and humming away. I thought at first that it was some clod like' me in the audience, carried away by the tune. I could tell the concert was a great success, because a lot of insurance salesmen and tour- ists who had Seen too many movies stood up and cried "Bravo!" at the end, something I could not quite bring myself to do should Queen Elizabeth and President John Kennedy do a surpassing soft-shoe shuffle on Stage, yllorns Against Dangers Present hi Rifle Use, A hunting license is required if as possession of per an is in pos a .n a pellet giro, air gun, rifle or shot -gun in an area where game is found, according to the On- tario Department of Lands and Forests weekly report.' Farm- ers and their sons may hunt and trap on their property, ONLY, without the authority of a licence, BUT a hunter, other than a farmer and his Sons, does require a hunting licence even if he is asked or invited to hunt on the farmer's proper- ty. Under the present legislation a person 15 years of age, or over, may acquire a hunting licence, but if the person has not held a previous hunting licence he is required to take a Hunter Safety Training Course. Information concerning the Hunter Safety Course may be obtained by contacting area police. At the present time there is a rash of occurrences of young- sters in their early teens tot- ing pellet guns, rifles and shot- guns but with no hunting lic- ence, no idea of safe gun hand- ling and no parent or older person with them to instruct and guide them, according to the report. In some cases these weapons are sneaked out of the house but in a good number of cases» the parents are aware of the situation and are allowing their children to break the law. Children look to their parents for guidance and if they are given permission to break the law it could lead to more ser- ious trouble in later life. The report stresses that fire- arms are not playthings or toys and recalls recently a youngster was shot in the eye' with a pellet gun and is now lying in a Toronto hospital with the possibility of losing the sight of that eye permanently. A .22 calibre rifle is capable of inflicting serious injury up to a distance of . one mile and a shot -gun at close range can make a ghastly mess. "This does not mean that we want you to discourage your young- ster from becoming a hunter, but the matter does call for some serious thought and good common sense by seeing that your boy has the proper Hunt- er Safety Training and that he abides by the rules and regula- tions," A former Seaforth resident will be secretary of a cdinin.it-• e tee studying the feasibility of establishingga Museum, ,of enee and Industry for oantarlo, Re is Clare Westcott, son of Mrs, J. A. Westcatt and the late Mr. Westcott, and for some months executive assistant to CLARE WESTCOTT the Minister of Education in Ontario. In a statement indicating the purpose in establishing the com- mittee, Education Minister Wil- liam G. Davis had this to say: As Canada's leading indus- trial province, as an area that has provided world leadership in many aspects of science, medicine, engineering, transpor- tation and agriculture, Ontario has a proud technological story to tell—not only to its residents but to the hundreds of thou- sands who visit the province each year. It has a story that is a na- tural inspiration to its young people and a revelation even to the most sophisticated observer, This story is being told partly through the annual fairs and exhibitions held throughout the province, including the Cana- dian National Exhibition. But such messages are necessarily of a temporary nature and lack the effectiveness of continuity., Moreover, such displays. are not designed for thoughtful re- search or exploration by the student or the .advanced schol- ar, and they cannot in their present form give the general nc.. publi , iiielud#1?.> t#►e One and half m. itli¢n school :tatxpils of a e t ont rip, : � coli siva pec lire of ;the accoamPuslnhenta of Indus- try ,and .selee this rs vast.. and varied pravinne4' pf SY the Same t4lten, the a .cat- tered permanent ntuaeums and collections, such as the bell Iioniestead at Brantford, while. of great val'ae in thea elves, ar'e of necessity specialjxed and are scattered about the prov- ince. rowince. The Royal l(Intario. Mua- eum, though 'one of the world's great repositories of informa- tion, is essentially devoted to the passive sciences and arts and to archaeological subjects. It remains that nowhere in Ontario, indeed nowhere in Can- ada, is there a central point of reference on topics of contem- porary science and industry, no show window of Canadian tech- nological accomplishments. I think immediately of such things as—the cobalt bomb— one of the many giant steps in Canadian medical research; and in science and engineering I think of the genius that went into developing and producing the Alouette Satellite. Lately we in the Ontario De- partment -of Education, and others in industry and science, have been giving some thought to this matter. We have come to the inescapable conclusion that there is very definitely a need >to be filled in Ontario. I am proposing, therefore, that a study be undertaken im- mediately on the feasibility of establishing in Ontario a perm- anent museum devoted . to the display of industrial, scientific, and technological accomplish- ments in• this province and in Canada, The precise terms of refer- ence of such a museum, its ex- act features, or even its shape, size and location, have not at this stage been defined. Neither has the method of financing. These matters require study and careful consideration; there are many questions to be an- swered before a definitive plan can be put forward. My Department intends to move into the subject and find out, and I have appointed a special committee to give active study to this proposal. This group is made up of re- presentatives of industry, edu- S Area .Hydro- Consumers Have Link With Far North tBy Lynn Lashbrook, President of the Ontario Weekly News- paper Association) In Hometown, Ontario, or the back concessions, the only link with Ontario Hydro is the re- pairman who braves electrical, wind and ice storms to restore power and keep the system in repair generally. To the newsmen who attend- ed the opening of 'Ontario Hy- dro's new Otter Rapids gener- ating plant, 93 miles north of Cochrane, and about the same distance, south of James Bay; there ws the realization many more are involved in the com- plex organization that is H.E. P.C.• First glimpse at the new Ex- tra High Voltage plant and dam proved years of planning by many engineers in Hydro's Toronto head office went into the plant before its generators could be started. Too, it was obvious the labor of hundreds of men for many months were ' involved in tam- ing the rahids, blasting and ex- cavating the rock, building the darn, powerhouse and transmis- sion line, before any electricity could be turned on to feed in- to the province's 'System. -But why did Ontario Hydro select such a location so far north from centres of popula- tion and industry? The reason is that Ontario Hydro has searched the prov- ince over for good sources of water power as close as possible to hydro consumers. With all other such sites in the province developed, the Commission's engineers had to look further afield. The Otter Rapids site, 23 miles downstream from the Ab- itibi Canyon, was chosen be- cause it offered a good fall and sufficient water for eight gen- erators, four of which have been installed. Provision was made in construction for four more generators which will be installed when required. Ontario Hydro also found three other good power sites on the neighboring Mattagami Riv- er. These are what is known today as the Little Long, the Harmon and Kipling sites, 42, 55 and 58 miles north of Kapus- kasing, respectively. Little Long construction com- menced in the spring of 1960 and will be producing power October 1st with one of its two units. The Harmon station was started last fall and will be producing in August, 1965. Con- struction on the Kipling plant will commence this fall and will be put in operation August 1, 1966. Al four plants will be oper- ated by remote control from a transformer station further south called Pinard, where transmission lines will con- verge. From there power will be sent south on lines carrying a half million volts. While the line is currently being built to Sudbury, it will be extended to Toronto by 1966—a total distance of 450 miles. Until now Ontario Hydro has been transmitting power over relatively short distances at 230,000 volts. Because of the great distance between the James Bay area and Toronto, power of the four generating stations will be boosted to 500,- 000 volts so a minimum of pow- er will be lost in transmission. By comparison with some of H.E.P.C.'s other generating sta- tions, Otter Rapids is small, but when it is considered every, thing had to be taken by rail into Ontario's north, where there are only two summer months when snow does not fly, and where temperatures are sub -zero many months, con- struction of the plant was a remarkable achievement. Since work started in 1958 over a third of a million cubic yards of rock and a quarter of a million cubic yards of con- crete went into the dam and plant which is the equivalent to the cement used in paving 50 miles of four lanes of 401 highway. Just taking expansion and ::i;. '•!r �'.G,.:i. s:. �� s;.$s ?iia'. ONTARIO HYDRO'S new Otter Rapids Generating Station, located on the Abitibi River 98 miles north of Cochrane, was officially opened Sept. 11. The plant; which will have a capacity of '174,800 kilowatts by Oct. 1, will be the first of four new plants to be completed in the James $ay watershed which will provide an additional 560,000 kilowatts for the province by 1968. The concrete and earth power dam stretches for 1,800 feet between the steep hanks of the Abitibi, catimocience alnd other intori ested citizens, :They will be s tea a, s a bed o . in � ec of t~ '�� t. the • proposal organization, .cation finatieiilg, feature* to to included, and its . feasibi'lity',, and ':to»sport back •.tt} me in three months. . With this infor. Ration} we Meet to y able 'lwk ' make a positive decision nn ilea direction in which to go, Zt is • my earneat,. hope. that out of this will come the .estab... lislit?igiat sof .e. peri4lie fl Nue, eum of Science ,and' l'ndestrx' in Ontario. We have ezeellelst precetats for such a plan Tllere are two in particular which have been brought to my .attention. CI?e is the Museum of Science and Industry located in Chicago and the other the Deutsches Mus- eum in Munich, Germany,, ' As the records of the Chica- go museum show, thousands from this province, including myself, have visited this Wen- did plendid and exciting establishment located on the shore of Lake Michigan. Others here may :al- so have had the good fortune to have visited the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Both of these establishments offer in- spiration and guideposts to our thinking. Concluding, Mr. Davis said it was his earnest hope that out of these explorations will come a plan for a similar museum in Ontario—to give Canadians and visitors to Canada an apprecia- tion ppreciation of the great contributions. this country and her people have made to the nation and to. the world. Most important of all, he said, it would add an invaluable learning aid to our education system. Egmondville Group Considers Fowl Supper The September meeting of the Egmondville Church UCW was held in the Sunday School room of the church on Wednes- day, gept. 4. Mrs. Ed. Boyes, president, presided over the meeting and opened with a verse of Scripture. "Rock ' of Ages" was sung as the opening hymn. Mrs. L. Hammond, acting sec- retary, called the roll and read the minutes of the August meet- ing. During the business period Mrs. K. McLean's resignation as recording secretary was accept- ed, and Mrs. D. Wallace was appointed to act until the end of. the year. A Christian Fel- lowship meeting of the Huron Presbyterial UCW, to be held at Goderich summer school on Saturday, Sept. 7, was announc- ed. The Centre Section Fall Presbyterial will be held in Bayfield on October 8. The an- nual bazaar will be held in No- vember. A committee from the UCW is to meet with the Board of Stewards to decide whether a fowl supper would be held. Mr. Vardy spoke briefly about a program under the Christian Education Committee for jun- ior and senior girls. Thee,UCW were willing to contribute $50 to help finance such a group if the Board wished to have such groups organized. The offering was received by Mrs. R. McGonigle and Mrs. J. I. McIntosh, after which Mrs. M. Dalton played an enjoyable piano solo. Mrs. Alex Chesney read a story from the book, "Hasten the Day," entitled, "The Second Harvest." This story is about an elderly retired minister and his wife, living in a new sub- division. There was great need for a nursery school for the young children, so it was start- ed in the basement of their home. Finally, a school was built; then a church, where the elderly man was able to be in charge until a younger one could take over. The worship service was in charge of Mrs. Emerson Cole- man, the theme of the service being "The Universality of God." Mrs. K. Carnochan open- ed with prayer and the hymn, "Come, Thou Almighty King," was sung. Mrs. J. I. McIntosh read the scripture from Acts, chapter 10, verse 34: God is no respector of persons, conclud- ing at verse 43. Mrs. Coleman: continued with the Meditation, God still continues to search for lost souls, and closed the serv- ice with prayer. The closing hymn was, "In Christ There is No East or West." Mrs. Bayes closed with the benediction. Lunch was served by ladies in Group One, with Mrs. Forbes as hostess, ontf`5ction into consideration was a real challenge for the engineers who drew up the plans for the 1,800 -foot long concrete and earth dam. But these and other chal- lenges were successfully met and when the button was push- ed to set three of the plant's four generators in motion, the faces of the engineers were all smiles because they had over- come tremendous obsteeles to assure everyone of ample el+et- tricity to .imeet the :province's ever-exlafding.requirements.