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Widow Arid family dame Ireland.
115-Yeors Ago 1Ta Tqke Up'Beffast Farms
Blake '.Alton . ,holds the , Crown 'became known• as the Belfast
deed on• phis • 100-,acre'f arm .at Bel- 'settler rent , were Mrs" Alton -took
fast which .Was taken Up. d y his up ;a large acreage with each of
her. Sons . eventually. being located:
ort adjacent 10.0 acre farms..
great grandmother, Mrs... Agnes
Alton, 115 years . ago, and has
been in the, Alton family ever
since, .•
But 'there's • a human Ii•nterest
story back of this which portrays
the' courage and what must have
been the lonliness .and heartaches
e.perienced b.y many. of this
country's pioneer settlers.. :'°
• Daniel Alton and hisdwijfe Ag-
nes with their family. of +five sous
and twoslaughters, in their teens
and early 20's, had ;passage • book- farmed this 100 acres:. Jeremiah
ed for Canada from -Limerick, Ire-• had the farm south of,the. hoine-
land • in 1847, .when Mr: Alton stead, now owned by ftuwse1
died • suddenly, There. was. 'little Phiillfips, Across the 'road in ,Ash-
choice but to carryout 'their plans field, Daniel was on what is'no'w
and the •family'•sailed on the long. Harvey Kilpatrick's' farm and
sea : voyage.. Arriving "'at„ Quebec Joseph was on Jack'A•lton's 'farm.
they proceeded to Hamilton' by Valentine 'had what waslater the
late boat. from wherethey tray- •Wrrn.. TwamleY lanai on the.. 10th•
elled to Goderich, •by ,wagon: They Concession. of Ashfield, which
remained at Gixierich ,for 'about a butted 'his -brother Daniel's farm.
year, and in the spring' of .1848 There ..were two -girls' .iri , th
fam'ily, •'.Mr's. 'Frances ,S,meltzer .&
' The Crown deed; to the 'home
farxp, ICH,: of Lot:. 13, Con. 10,
West Wawanosh, on; which Slake
resides , is iri` the .name of 'i.Vrs::.
,Agnes • Alton, and . was dated at
'MUiontreal on April 12th, -1848. The
Brice of •the 100 acres was .forty
pc unds, or -close to $200.00.
Samuel Alton, :one of tlje. wid7
Awed mother's five sons, :and who'
was Blake AItonas`' grandfather,
. ^.. -�.. rnhn�tatl■■t�inn■n„nna • • walked through 'the ,bush to what
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THE I I: (14:tiIIILI1*NYI AND
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'I'111: Ci%I)II)iTES
• • By> RA;Y ARGYLE
Special.'to 'The '
• ' .,LUCKNO1'7 SENTINEL
The `inuclear.weapoE s, issue
. wliether Canada should. or
• should". no:t. become a• nuclear'
.power began . to split :the,
electorate down; the middle
this weeI.•
But. because : gf confusion on
exactly where 'the parties stand,.
the 'split. .overlaps party` lines,
obscuring even such "gut"
issues as stable: government,
prosperity• and medicare.
The campaign. was formally
under way this, ;week following
Prince .Minister Diefenbaker's
renomination in his; borne riding
of Prinde 'Albert'and :his open-
`trig, ral`ly..at Winnipeg.
re..n from being .ho'nored,
as a'' Freeman of the; City.' of
Londof,.•he• hit back decisive-
ly at his • multitude of''critics
and, left ' no•; doubt , that• he
would fight's vigorous,_tough
campaign; ., '
Lib'erail.'leader Pearson, recog•
sizing ,QUebee's•% Credit.
bloc 'as." th:e••main• obstacle to his.
beco.rning Prime Minister; ;;pent
the first week of his' campaign
'trying -4d 'sell hiss -p i ;lc.i
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4rns Issue splits':
Pa rties AndVoters
80.5 ;
+.101,111
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soact
'policy to French Canada.:'The percentage of Canadians voting has been re=
New: Democrat chief Tommy
,Douglas,'welcoming the nuclear
• 1 Of th ie
ible 75:1p er cent did so in 1957; 80.5 per cent.in 1958;
and 8n.2'per cent. ' . 1962.. Nearl' 10 millions.. will be'
' . ',. in y
'eligible April .8:'..•
niarkablj' high `in. the last threo e e . ectromns e lg-.
squabble a's a prime campaign
• issue; drew big crowds' in •the
West' (a record 3,000 in, Edmon,
ton) . and •called:' the ,April. 8
'ote�a na n
'v tio-1 al' referendum' on •
,,
:'the question of Canada ,acquir
ing nuclear we pan
Social Credit' :leaders Rc lacr•t
Thompson and' .:Rea -1 ;Caouctte
• chose Montreal'•s 'cavernous At-
' water Market as the kick=off for
theft. campaign, And once again
M. Caouette :a.ppcared' to,'come
out on top by swinging ',Bob
• Thornpson's carefully reasoned
approach to the nuclear issue
over to an, . emotional • anti'.
nuclear pitch. •
• Despite the feeling., of many
voters that nuclear weapons
should be discussed outside the, ,
political arena, there is do doubt
• of•it being the No. 1 issue in ,the
: 1963 campaign. •
'The fact 'that the US.. •State •
Department note criticizing. Can,"
oda brought on .the downfall of
the government. will not be for.
inotten. It and other U.S, attacks,,
cluding the.now-fatrious. Ncu's
Week magazine ...• 'iele, could re.
week, magazine .art ,
bound to the favor of the PM
and Conservative party strate-
gists see Mr. Piefenbaker bene•
fitting. from an upsurge of• hoth
s tpathy and national ride.
w . Despite , the' rna gnation of
defense` minister Douglas nark..
nets over the EM'S refusal, to
accept A -arms now, Mr, Diefen-
baker has not yet specifically
nailed an/anti-nuclear plank into
the, PC ptatferni. '
Although h It: government
spent $700 'milllorl teristru'ctieg. •
the Bornarc ;antiaircraft missile
• bases in Ontario and Quebec, :
he told •a Toronto:.audience..at
the start of, the campaign that ,
the
leissilcs are„ineffective 'and
,
that. aircraft' ,are• no good .tor
defense.. 4 ,
' "if ':war ix launched it
would be with Weapons.: of: •
destruction against 'w h,r c h
there is no•defense,” he said..
CONPi MNS 'BOMARCS
O'ne' o.
f Mr:". Diefenbaker's
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Most e'lo i•uent. supporters, Sen.'
Gratton, O'Leary of Ottawa,,went
a Step 'te . further.. •The Bomares:
are."no•dainti good," he said.:.
The . govcrninent hasn't de-,'
sided against' nuclear warheads.•
but is examining the changing'-.
concepts Of atomic warfare'and
wilt' negotiate further with
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President :Kennedy before ,mak-
ing up its mind, he added.
. • •'fh
e PM has' said that ` a
decision Will not be reached.
before the spring ,tnecting'of
`
Mc NATO Council in Ottawa'
TA! ay 8: .
l' PCs ---including
taetill l' ,.
t Egan
llut"sot PC Iden Egan
natinna'i , :res ..
: (i arnhers•2. disagree, Chambers,'
in a' Montreal speech, •plumped.
for A -arms and. said our dn�
lenses •"slaould.be armed. in the:
tiiost efficient manner possible,'
Which means with nuclear weal
ons " -
• Liberal leader Pearson made •
it clear in Quebec that he would.
• commit C.an a to .accepting
nuclear 'wands: for both tht
:Bomarc� missiles and, the RCAF
-at• home.and in Europe
• : OKAY RY LESAGE,
'Quebec Premier Lesage shared
the platform with,. Mr. Pearson
in Montreal, and later""said he'
hoped the election, would.bring
stable, government -and 'obvi-
ously• a' Liberal one—to Canada.
"We're for nuclear weapons
,'because we're for peace, and
peace can`• only be maintained
with in effective deterrent,
Pearson said.
However, the Liberals hedged
their stand withthe'
suggestion.
they would try to negotiate their.
• way out of nuclear arms after
having accepted • them:. ' This
seemed only to create an inde;
cisive image among the voters;
and the party has since plumped
air out for: A- rms. /
• The New Uerriocrats, predict-
ably, are fighting ntsel'ear--we'a`
pons and this stand could pick
up votes from., ' anti -weapons
voters who might be d'issatisfie'd
with the government's position.
Mr. .Douglas has won .his
loudest applause wheh` oiit
lining 'tire NOP's non-nuclear
stand. -
Bccatisc there is no defense
.._•
.against •the , intercont,inestal
ballistic missile,. he has said,
and. because ' manned . bombers
are being phased .out of service,
the lornarc bases are outdated.
and u3eless •
For Social ' Credit • leader
Thompson, the nucleatr issue
'Bases the toughest policy hurdle•
facing the party. "
Mr--Plro •
port for. Canada. honoring all its
defense 'commitments:' seemed.
to vanish' in the 'enotion-packed •
atmosphere of the big •Montreal a
rally last 'week:
On the : magic ' word "peace,
the Soereds' began wooing Que
bee;: in -hopes of' doubling^.'the
party's 26 seats there. •
Thompson . gave . a personal„,:
:pledge, -to -"do. all. in 'my power
to prevent Canada. from becom
ing • a' nuclear' nation." Real'
Caouette . followed ',up with his
' ern otic stand:. "No .nuclear
• army/!for Canada, now or ever;
we -,do noLneed..them or want
then,"• • .
Hidden behind': the.: flurry of..
:oratory, . a, -clearer ' picture , of ;
the .party maehines : bega:n:
emerge. ,,this . week. '
d; ...'MARGINAL' SEATS
And ; a curious ' combination •.
of 7mathematical possibilities,:
emerged from a study of , the
marginal ridings of • 'the : last .
Parliainent. .
In• the 1962: election, '68' of: •
Abe 265 'seat's were won • by
candidates with a: margin of less
•‘ than .15 -per cent. of the runner
up's. 'vote.• ' .
The Liberals, go into this '
election needing' to add 34 seats
to their previous. 100 ,for a •
clear majority.. And that's ,just
the number' of seats the •'party,
lost in, 'last J`.une's marginal
ridings The Conservatives need
an additional ,18 seats •,to their
previous 116 for a majority, and, • :'
that ,also ' is the :number they
lost• py:„razar thin.! margins.,
Aeross the• country,' some,
sof the most interesting fights',
.are shaping up this Wayi•
• In' Burnaby-Coquitlam, NDP
Pleader •Douglas is • being chal-
lenge by a :