HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-04-03, Page 5WSPI S ►Y, AP iIL '3rd,. 1.963;
ST. HELENS
Seven tables: were in play at
the W4.:shoot party on Tuesday
evening, High prizes went: to
Mrs, Charles • ' McDonald and
maris Mothers. 2nd prizes were
-won by ;Mrs. Victor Errington•
and , Donald Murray..' Novelty
prizes were won by, Gordon,
u Stri. thers and Donald Murray..':
Mrs. Harvey Webb. ;spent a
few . days' with• her daughters,,
Mrs. Dan Rose 'at Newmarket ',.Sc
•: Mrs, David 041i -flour in. Toronto:,
Ntrs...Williiain A. Humplirey is
a. patient .in. Victoria Hospital,
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,Taia WCK? oW$i N'Tric4 I.tCKNQW. ONTARIO
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London; Mr Hu•'mphreY bent a
few days In :aIle. city,
A large 'crowd attended the
Irish program, . and, dance 'on
Friday evening ' wisth Mrs, Ross
Gaxrwnie ;as ohairlady, Readings
were given by Douglas McDo*i-
aid, Mrs, Harold -Coo .e and
p n
Janice b`owl'er. Musical .selections
were . given,` by Rosalyne Phil-
lips, George 'Cort'n and Jim Ross,
Simon De Boer, Mrs, Jack Irwin
and - Charles McQ'uillin. -Vocal
Soles were gaven by Lorne- For-
ster and: Marilyn Brooks and Mr.
and Mrs. De Boer .favoured with
a,. 4'uet lvarybelle Hunter gave
her. speech', ',Canada ,in 1967"
which. she recently had given in
a: Publie 'Sipea'king contest, .Ba-
ton twirling was performed by
Lois Struthers and Gail Prit-.
chard; Frank 'McWhinney de-
light young and old with.
ste •°: ance' .and'- .Jaeloie Cooper
gave . a ,recitation Tiff in's . or
ehes�tra played for the :dance.
Which followed, • .
An order for 100 road graders
•
and parts from Argentina,' to be
.delivered "before ;the 'gad Of 'the
'sutnrner." will result in ithe •.whir-:
ng of,"-tabout 50. more" mer at
'tile Dominion Road .Machinery
Co' L'td.,.: plant :at Goderich. The
company'•', now employs • about
200.
rI, iI I , 11tII1I(>R N AND
THE E: (Ai%I)U)tTIS
By' BAY ARGYLE
Snecial To
' LICKNOW SENTINEL
Canattla giV;eS.the cast hurrah •
to the • federal -: election ,,cant=
paign this weekend and ,Mon:
day •It becomes the 'turnof
eight million 'voters to speak •
,back to the '.politicians,
In what: voice they • answer
will iieterminewhether Can-
. ada's. ;year-old political crisis
..will' be finally resolved.. But
:the question, • which will face
voters as they enter tile' polling
booths is more: complex, than
just what arty will.win—it:is
• ',.:whether Canada is even going.
to have an effective government
after April 8. •
nd if Canadians awake'the •
•..mo ning ',afterelectrlin day" to
find 'they have . rcridereri
other "hung jury" verdict; the
following days and weeks will ..
be 'super -charged with".tension
and •suspense as the : parties
struggle to put soine,kind of a
' - workable combination' i i charge.
of Parliament.
Prime Minister John Diefen-
baker. •is., •eonviaced he will'
, be v.indicatedt'-hy the voters
but :•.Liberal leader. L. 13.
Pearson is • .equally cbnfident
he :will :have completed. the
;job , olLodecimati', ' the &Ire;
massive : fohow ing of his _-
opponent.. '
Just. as confident are, New
Democratic leader T •C. Dou:g-
: las. and: Social 'credit • head
Robert Thompsee that they w ill
have pu11e•.d off a historic re-
shaping.,.of ,political..loy,lltirys,
crippling both old .line: parties
in the process.
Just what themain issues
the':campaign have, been• 'de-' .
.,'pends from.'what party vantage
: point. thecampaign is .vis, ed.
Prbine Minister •nt«fe.n-
baker, the• issues are A mer .can
interference and •
Liberal obstruction of . Perlia;
rent. ; • J .
To' Lester Pearson,' they are
•the importance ' of. Majority •
;.
government, 'of "restoring, a
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OBITUARY
MRS. JOHN NORMAN
A native of A •reshire Scot-
land, Mrs. John Norman• passed'
away in Kincardine . •General
Hospital following a serious and
lengthy illness, on Sunday, March
713th, 1963; She was a. daughter
of• the late. Thomas . and Mary
(Ramie) Mathieson and' Was
born ,on May 17th,• 1897.
On November 4th, • 1939,• she
was united :in marriage' to • John
Norman of Kincardine who +pre-•
deceased. her.. Surviving are, two
sons,' William' • of Kincardine
Township• and George of Trail,
Coatition May $e Needed
To Rule After April $
•Iia•
sense' of purpose to Cana
government, gettingthe' econo-'
my •rol'ling. again, .and arming.
,ourselves with nuclear weapons
To Tommy Douglas, they , are
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pons .which hisparty bitterly
Hecklers halted many campaigner.'s,: and meeting of ..
canci dates in.. Port` :Cognitlam, B.C., home . riding of : T. C.
louglas, was . no exception. Liberal candidate Tom Kent
stands with arms' folded after shouting halted his .speech.
a' " plebiscite" on nuclear wet+
o s'es, national, medicare and
.fullp• eniployment . policies 'and'•
•measures to reduce U.S. control
of the economy.• •
To Robert :Thompson they ` :
•are'.. to halt the• drift to social-
ism, to 'embark . on , monetary .
refor�, with the •aim' iii easing ••'.
,credit"d reducing interest
:charges and• so• bring about
prosperity and full employment
under free ':enterprise,'
Whatever the •outcome Mon-
day night, it is clear that
'Canada is undergoing a political
upheaval the like of •which this
Country'has never seen;.
VOTERS CYNICAL
Politicians of all turtles hay:e
never' been heckled so rounc
AS they have during the.present
campaign, • •
111r, 13iefenbaket•'s strategy
as. been to refrain frolic out.:
..lining a cotnpi'ehertsive pro
gram, believing Iie'had offered
this to the country in i9 2'..
Instead he .ccrinrentrated his
fire on Liberal "obstruction`;"
• atiti-American themes, and—m\
the prairies•• -charges' that the
East 'is against hinti becau,S he
has • 'done • too much: 'Or the.
West. `.
With Social 'Credit. and th6'
New pcimocratic,' patty showing,
eWcry sign of 'picking up
'Strength,' the prospect of . a
minority government loomed .•
•larger: as the campaign entered
its • final week.1
There were persistent re-
ports that . behind the scents
efforts were . being,,! made in
the 'Liberal camp to effect
"a' • 1, iberal•f'onservativc coals
t;on if Mr. • Pearson • falls.
short of 'a niajarity: Pearson
denied this, and ,.also rejected,
suggestions that both he and
'Mr. i)iefenbaker should re
sign to open the way for a
coalitionist leader.
(r; howl! as rejected coalition
for the N1)1' hut gave assur-
,ince hiS party .would support
a . miterity ' government on
• eytery issue but nuclear wea-
pcaThetts7 post frantic behind
seines • manoeuvring, howpvcr,
-has-b'(n going on in the Sacred.
bloc; which' hopes for a• stale
• mate' Monday to enable it to
fusilier) a' merger with dissi-
tient Tories Hand Liberals• to
creat:C 'a' tteW free enterprise
party. • ' in mid+
'After sputtering
ai n roared •
course, the, campaign
to a'wblazing finish,
• t,�or lvlr, Piefenbake'sf,. it was
friendly 'West that •buoyed his
,spirits. Travelling in a $2,000-
a -day train,' . he whistle-stopped,
the prairies •and •B' C.,' :drawing
large crowds' wherever he,
stopped, ` - •
At Pincher Creek', Alta., he
• 'dre.w . loud cheers with 'strong.
a n t i- American -statements,
• "When some nations start point•
ing ••out what we should do," he
said, "let rrie tell you. that
Canada'. was in both •wars 'a long
time before some other .na-
tiens "'..
At -Victoria; B.C., he shifted
his aim from the .Liberals.to
• blame the Civil Service •Coni-'
-mission and its "red tape" for
the fact .that the armed forces
and civil servants haven't had
a pay raise. But the PM
promised they would eventually
get one, retroactive to. Oct: ,1.
'• Shouts of "bribe". and. "why
NIGHTLY' ' PLEDGES
Unveiling.. a: pledge.. a night,
he pledged in Hamilton ' that
"more constructive things.' will
' be done in' the first- 60 days"
under the Liberals than in any
similar 'period since Confedera
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British Coltiitinbra; ' also four
daughters; Mrs Arthur • (Mary)
Campbell . of Kincardine;; Mrs.
William (Sadie), .I•iabkirk of AyI
mer Mrs. Donald (Agnes)
Thomson of Lucknoviri:' and Mrs,
Arthur, ,(Sheila) -Baker .of Owen,,
Soun�d; and sisters Mrs. William
Downie •of •I4unsden, •S•askatche-.
Wan, Mrs.. 11iain McDowell tis;•
Mrs, Jean Wilson. of Ayreshire.
Scotland and Mrs....Janet Guy of-
Dundee;
f
Dundee,' Scotland. '.
Prior to corning to 'Canada,:
Mrs. Norrnar was .previously
married 'tin . Ayreshire;. Scotland,
to George Clark Pettigrew, Com-
ing'tto Canada +in .192$3. with. their
family and settling, tin the. Kin- •
lough area.. After . ,moving..to e: the
Lorne • ,district •Mr. -Pettigrew
Managed. the farm !belonging to
the late Hon. James Malcolm
and it was here that he was the
viot m of a tragic accident in
May. of .1936, . • '
The unfortunate ttragedy .mad'e
it necessary for the 'f°arnily to,
,hove to Kincardine. It was • here
She meet and married' the ,late
Mr. Norman, 6
Mrs. Norman was a , gentle,.
kindly ' woman 'and while of a•
retiring . nature, easily Made •
friends who remained loyal ' to
tion. The next night, he' pledged her.. As a wife and,another she:
an - all -party. defense committee •'Possessed ''a devoted understand -
in the House so •that, the issue '
"may be,.removed from' .partisan
politics,"
Mr., Douglas . drew the
largest •crowd • of the cam-
paign up to now when.' he •
".'spleke to ,15.,004. at •Voronto,'s
1Haple=Le'af-,Gardens.' :
Earlier, • he. charged ' that •
'Liberal' and PC campaigns were
° the products, of. ,advertising
agencies rather than the aspi-
rations
spi rations of 'the Canadian. people.
And in Creston, B.C.,. Mt; Doug-
las :said ."we greeted millions
through the Bank. of Canada •
.to fight ° ;Iitler-why can't wp fames Haiden�by, Charles •Mo•
or
'Robert Swan arid: Ray Thompson.
A• ' number ofN•friends and
ti_v_es_.attende_d.:Jro Lout of:tdwn
ling of her family's �problerns and
gave freely, of her love and lay-
alty. These, and a host' .of. friends
will. miss her • :presence. '
Last. Crites were conducted by .
the Rev. Donald J 'MacDonald,
of ;the Ki inP ilait d Ohu-roh
of Which . Mrs. Neiman. was ; a;
anerniber. . •
• The pallbearers were Bob
Tout, John Thomson, Bruce
Thomson, Donald Pettigrew; Ar-
thur' Campbell` and Norman Ro-
tbertson; Flower, bearers . ' were
:Terry, Purvis;' Ronald...Burrows,
find millions to fight unemploy
• trent, poverty and.disease?"
QUEBEC OUTLOOK
P-u:blic • =support of :•federal
Liberals by' .. Quebec premier
Jean Lesage has boosted the
:`party,'s optimism • there, but
observers are• doubtful it', will
have a very big' effect on' the
results. • •
"Social • Credit is .too. strong
here., now to be stopped .by a•
few `statements by the .premier,
no matter • how highly.• he ' is ;;
resn2cted" 'this ..reporter' was,
to] • •
Quehec:elected a .stunning 26
Socreds, last June, returning ;35•
Liberals .and 14.' Conservatives
The'prospects•are, now:that Real
• Caouette will elect at'•least •40'
members, with the . Liberals:.
winning in' all but two or three...
of the remaining 35 ridings:,.
• .The . New. Democratic party
reports an, upsurge of interest
in; Ouebec but. while it is expect
ed 'the party's tiro pular ote will
increase. it will. pro ably ,not
Brownie News.
2nd ' • PACK' BROWNIES'
The .2nd Pack .Brownies Met .
on Tuesday and.opened, with
games, which .tested on the •Union.
Jack crosses .and also a street='
erossing game... Joan . Chester Was
Toadstool ° Fairy and inspected .
for, clean. Shands. A. Needle game
was' enjoyed' with .the Pi�tie:s :+be
in•g -.the first :Six to thread a':
needle. Tawny Owl. taught . a
health lesson While -Brovn• 'Owl :•
taught •serna.phore, and.also gave
a. memory test *to a •.grou+p work-
ing: fo�r,,,their. Golden Hand , test.
IFn pow -wow: a..story. ;was read
+ia- BarFb-Rathwe 1 wlro, wa•s
elect. 'any MP's there. • ••
. 1962 pre-Plection; series, this
reoorter forecast that John,
Di.c..fenbalcer would do no better
• tisan return to Ottawa as- head ,
Of a minority ,administratiOn,
and ,that -another election would.
,The.' political situation has
. deteriorated . so . Much since.
' then that forecasting the 1963
• vote is.,,even More' hazardous.
country om coast to coast, this
The •LiberaIs will elect the
larciest bloe. of MP's, but wilt
fall ihort• of, the needed !It.
seat • majority. Progressive
'COnSeriratives ,will elect fewer .
than 109 members. Social
Credit, will win a majority of
Quebec seats, but will not
increase its strength nOtiee-'
•the balance cif. power in the
• nevi, . Parliament.
The PCs and. Socreds c0M-.
bined will not elect enoligh
membera to form a majority
government,' but despite this,
• made to merge the two 'parties.
Even with a Liberal plurality,
Mr, Diefenbaker could attempt,
to earry on as prime minister;
and could, fact, prikably
'serve", out another short term.
13ut unless the tido Moves
strongly enough. to push a eine,.
. party majority into Power. at
;Ottawa next lVfontlay, Canada is
-geing to have to get used to
• • the idea Of deirig business with
, Minority; government handling
the country's affairs. .
NEXT WEEItt AYLoOli At
the Outcome,
ling , for •Packie Diane Jamie-
son. A closing song . was, 'sung,
„ followed by the 'Squeeze, Prayer
• OBITUARY
Archie 'McGill Peebles, Willi -
barn, died in Wingham -Hospital
on Monday, Mareh 2•51th . at the-
. age 6f. 70 Years. He had stififerect
He' s;erved 'in World' War
enlisting in 11915. He was a .serg-
Battalion and ..retired from. set-
• Oh Noverriber 6th; 1922, he
was married in Toronto, to Aileen
for MeGorrniek'S, Lonclorr,'°'for '18
years •When.. he 'became. well
the poStion of '.postrnaster
Wingham, 'He held that •post for
20. years, retiring in 1960.
He •was a member of St. Ail -
where he served as- an. elder, a
rnemiber • Of the ,Masonie Lodge, e,
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch
Funeral service' was conducted
.G. L. 'Fish officiating. and inter.
merit in Wingharn CeMetery.
The pallbearerS ',Were Ken
Cameron, Hugh McKague, HOW.
Jack Bateson .and John Donald-
son