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Good Intentions Are. Not Enough
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, 'FEBRUARY 6, 1969
den-Tend. is the -exercise of courage and
decision that go far beyond the needs
of the moment.
"I believe that this is such a time
for Canada. Here the road forks:,
"If we have the resolution arid the
wisdom to choose the right new course
and to follow it steadfastly, I can see
few limits to what„we'may achieve to-
gether as a people.
"But if we lack the courage to choose,
or if we choose wrongly, we will leave
to our children and our children's• chil-
dren a country in' fragmentg, and we
ourselveg would 'have become the fail-
ures of Confederation."
lrr..:.. 4t0.4.1 •
I. WO* readiOreading"rate tly .70
a 'gal in one of. the ro
countries
s
like.Spain
or
#4'•
who died of ,shock. It was„ an
electric speck attached while
undergoing treatment to en- .
large her bosom.
The story didn't say hew
badly off-the poor girl was that
she felt she had .to submit to
such tactics to improve her rat-
ing with the world around her,
but it would seem to me she
must have been a mate for
Twiggy to take such punishment.
Fig the life of me I can't im-
agine why all the ' excitement
over a woman's buttline. Cer-
tainly a fully-rounded chest is
attractive but when -the balance
of nature la -upset so as to pro-
duce
meat it becomes a little gru9).
some
, it: o
say,
ver-flowing „endow-
I'm thinking now about the .
Ig
ha to',,ahoW YOVAAW4040 1
understand the ways •o. beauty
I feel sorry -for 4,401 like Raq-
uel Welch Whnita$ to Illy mind
a Perfect figure if it wasn't for
that darned *go • sho .wears
which pushes Mila,I,StAMIN4, and
midrift halfzway up to her slibul-
-ders. It makes her look `like a
sack tied in the middle with all
the produce at the, top. '
-' What kind- of ,a•Slicieb' would
driven flat;chested 'female to a
bigger, better bust intreau that
stimulates growth throtieh ele-
ctric.curient? I suppose it is the"
same kind of society Which per-
suades 'tall girls to have Incbes
taken out of their legs thin men
to torture themsel ,es , :lifting
weights, not-so-far people to .
starve themselyea intn malnut-
rition and brunettes - to go
blonde.
We're striving so Wit- to•come
up to the standards set by the
few self-appointed beauty ex-.
perts in the world that wc some-
times• lose sight of our -dod,
given right • to be distinctive,
Mie from the other. What would
look chic on Elazabeth, Taylor
would make Tuesday Weld look
matronly.
As long as beauty is only skin
dee(and Mot, judged according
to t e Wize of the breast) .P11
strug le alsing as'' I am—and I
urge you tondo the same.
To be safe, I'm 'staying-clear
of electrical outlets and bare
wires just in case a• stray wave
of current sets off a chain react-
ion of one kind or the another
with which I'd be forever "bless-
ed".
IF
I!'
Farm Retailers Prefer Newspapers
vertising, compared 'with 53 per cent
using direct mail, 36 • per cent using'
.'-radio, and 8 per cent using television.
The Istu0y, in which 1,000 question-
naires were sent to a random sample
• of subscribers to Farm 'Store Mei-Chan-, dising magazine, was conducted by the
,agency to guide its clients in the farm
supply business in their ' advettiaing
campaign's.
Living Is Frustrating ExpOrience
'Custom taxes, sales taxes and federal
and prdvincial income taxes.,
In, addition, am forCed •by the
strong arm of the law to pax! for a
buSiness" licence, dog -licence, hunting
licence, fishing liCence and marriage
licence.
For my own protection, I carry life
insurance, hospital insurance, 'liability
insurance, burglary insurance, proper-
ty insurance, fire insurance, rent insur-
ance, compensation insurance, mort-
gage insurance, accident insurance and
old, age insurance.
My business is so governed that
am regulated, inspected, clisrespected,'-',
suspected,' rejected, dejected, examined;
re-examined, summoned and fined,'un-
til' I have no time left to devote to the
business itself. .
I can tell you in all honesty, sir, that
but for a miraCle which has occurred I ,
would riot be-'in any position to forward
the enclosed cheque. The wolf that
comes to so many doors these days has
just had pups 'in my kitchene. I sold ,
them, and you get the money.
Your etc..,
and Spice
bilized in their parents. And of
course, fear of the unknown
the most powerful fear in man."
The same one says: 'Tear hat
advanced to prejudice, and pre-
judice is a.deadly , emotion to
n
e-
a
deal with, Deadly because it
composed of blind hate betwee
strangers. And hate is a polic
man's face as he confronts
barefoot girl, or a principal's
face -as he contren_tka long-hair-
ed boy."
And om,..,"Then. there"are the
adults who, posing as shocked
andindigant, eat up such propa-
ganda as "Wild in the Streets,"
search newspapers for teenage
orgies on LSD, thrust mimeo-
graphed sheets of drug addict-
ion symptoms, and systematic-
ally punch out words such as
"job," "college," "goals,' "Mon-
ey," and "future."
This essay ends with the sug-
gestion that, while this gap is
not as Serious as racial or re-
ligious prejudice, it is closing
people's Minds, Adults fear a
revolution, but the young peo-
ple, " to my knowledge haveeiot
even thought of such a thing.
However, getting stronger. every
day,, is the young people's urge
just to be left alone. This tend-
eney could be just as disunify.
as ..a revolution.''
• Glad to hear from you, "Old
" Flelt, and. yett, "Young Ruth .°
And i'eart say is ''PhimeY to
you, RIM •Smiley"' wheie dpin.
!Ong,' fragthente4i appear in , the
quotation above."
is
With the Federal-Provincial confer-
ence but days away it is worthwhile to -
recall the words of former prime minis-
ter Lester Pearson who launched the
first constitutional conference last Feb-
ruary with a warning.
Mr. Pearson began a speech which
Newfoundland's Premier Joey • Small-
wood said would go down in history,
with these words :
"There are times in the life of a
country when the assurance of good in-
tentions, the discharge of normal duty
and the acceptance of routine responsi-
bility are not enough. What such times
A survey of U.S. farm retailers shows
they prefer newspapers to other adver-
tising media, according to the reseasieh-
director for a New York advertising
firm.
William Foley of Marsteller Inc. told
a Canadian 'Marketing Association meet-
ing that of the more than 600- sellers
who responded • to a, mail questionnaire,
'80 per cent said they use newspaper ad-
ri
All of us are concerned about rising
costs which, we don't always recognize
as being related to 'the rising standard'
of living which we enjoy.
Perhaps it is not so much the rise in
'prices that disturbs us as the increas-
ing demands being made for returns for
this or that as government appears to
become more involved in our 'day to
day affairs.
This frustration which each of us
feels at one, time or'another is eloquent-
ly expressed in this indignant letter
from a small 'businessman which was
published recently.
Dear Editor:
I regret that the condition of my bank
account has ,delayed payment , of my
subscription.
My shattered financial situation is
due to the effect of federal laws, prov-
incial laws, municipal laws, - county
laws, corporation' laws, liquor' laws,
, traffic laws, by-laws, outlaws and in-
laws.
These laws 'compel me to pay excise
taxes, municipal taxes, business taxes,
--By Bill. Smiley —
The "Generation Gap"
held it against .him. And how
This week, I showed my - stu- my old math teacher, at a point
, dents a film ;about the much- when even the angels would be
then had there, write an • essay
vaunted "Generation Gap," and,
with two knuckles, just-below
tried, used to give us a punch,
the ribs. And we liked and re-on it. The gap, not the film..
. spected him, when we got our Coincidentally, on that very
day. I receivedlwo letters that breath back.
gave me new, thoughts about
Those people got a rotten
deal, financially - and socially, the "gap." • •
from the community. But at One was from my old high
least they could clobber a kid school math teacher, I don't
mean that he was old. It was and that's worth a lot of mon-
ey. If you even shake your fing-just a long time ago.
er* some' rotten little hoodlum. It was a pleasant shock to
hear front. him. The Pleestire nowadays, he either turns out
be a barrack-room lawyer, or came from his report that he
was alive and well and curling. else he's too big to clip on the
ear, because he could eat you Mid aiding. The shock was the alive, and would.
realization that the, gentleman " My other letter, the same day was called "Old Plena" is only
about 22 years older than I am. was a chatty; friendly one from
one of my last year's students, Strangely (as things so often
now at" university, enclosing a happen in this world), I. was
talking about him in school that parody of Hemingway she thou-
ght rd enjoy. How's that? Three very. day. The kids and I were
talking about corporal -Punish: generationk and no -discernible,
rant, strapping, slapping, the gap. Maybe it's because none of
whole business. • • us are teenagers any more. "Old
• I told them about how Miss Flem" would like "Young Ruth,
Lita • McCullough used to break_ and I'd enjoy talking to both of
pointers over my head regular- -fliem.
ly, and 'MSS Mary'' Walker used 7. Well, to go hack to the be-
tO.straTitiOand •young broth- ginning, some of the essays. as-
erafid,s kid.talled 41004et Re- signed were. revealing. One id-
Iyeathree times a week,'Whetli- ,anies the gap on age; Another
er..We . needed tuk:A#4,*8' says it'Sjiden there sineaShake-
064: their'-. And " 'Speak., which *true. Others say
key. •••:•Sq . Science .tokehert it's' hien blown Wilt of All propor-:
an of' giganticPrOiroOtOptirini. lion by the news iitediar seeking
saint,trued•ta ,for conflict And the sensational.
sweei!tio.O.:,0'US2-Oft*ir'itoolii Another says: It just the
with;. one 'Off; Atid. we' never intense tear 'Children have Me-
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Prom The Huron Expositor
Fob. 9th, 1894
Paul Madge of Itsborne tee-
- entlY brought to Exeter 58
bushels cdalsike, the product of
tabled sixteen guests at a most 12 acres. He received.. $7.50 per
enjoyable •Valentine party in • bushel.. This is,Lnot bad for the
honor of -G. -S. Millson of Camp ; bay fork and windmill king.
Borden, Those assisting Mies While John. Duncan, Sr., of
Edge - were Misses Doris and Farquhar was driving his horse,
'Jean Smale, Ethel Storey and it became spirited when passing
Mrs. Wm. Campbell. . • another rig and made a sudden
We have: heardfrequent corn. spring into the ditch, throwing
plaints in recent weeks about Mr. buncan out on his head. He
. this present winter weather-IC was removed at once to the
seems it is unreasonable, Commercial Hotel, Exeter and
natural,` unhealthy and a lot of his wounds dressed,
'other things that do not fol- Thos, Livingstone -of Hullett
low in the wake of an old- sold to Messra.-Ilobb of.Sea~rth,
fashioned winter. a . hog which weighed 557
Senforth.-Lions club' not only , pounds.' It was a Yorkshire
celebrated Burn's night, but white, and measured-eight feet
made a Scott night out of it at "and a, half from tip to tip.
well. Sam Scott gave, a. talk on ,On counting the ballots cast
Burn's and his pottrY; James T. for elders at the late election
Scott sang "Burns in Scotland in the ggmondville Church, the
Yet"; James M. Scott presided following were the choice of
at, the piano, and Ross teett the congiegation: „ W. McKay,
moved a vote of thanks: Se.aforth,. D. Stephen:3mi and R.
* ' Hicks of Eginondville."
Fr6in The Huron Expositor :. and Jackson
Feb. 7th, 1919 are, patting. furnace in AL
• Frank McCune and son . of Williaime block which is in-
McKillop, have disposed of en- tended to heat the..store lately
other of the horses, this time an
extra good One, to Wm. Cud
more of Seaforth. This _horse
weighs '1,950 pounds and was
got 'by-Thos. Archibald's Itorse;
BUrsar and Was bred and raised
by Mr. McCune. •
Jatiles :Watson of town has
disposed of the lot and stable
north of his office to George
Lilley.
The Crescent Club gave an
enjoyable dance in Case's Ifail.
The 'music was furnished by
Cortese 'London Harpers. "
From The Huron Expositor
Feb. 11th, 1944
One of the Most disastrous
fires in the history of Zurich
and district ,almost completely
'F
destroyed the large frame plan-
ing mill establishment of . C.
Kalbfleisch and Son. The origin
of the fire is, unknown. but
flames in the mill were first
noticed by Mrs. Block
Who ,lives near by,. The,
Gordon,oss
is
estimated at between $50,000
and $70,000 and will throw 50
employees out of work. •
-Plight Lieutenant .Edmond
_Daly, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Daly of Seaforth, has returned
to his „home on leave,:' 'after
three, years overseas doing spec-
ial radio work. • , ' 4
.Impressive nnveiling' and in-
duction services were held in
First Presbyterial} :Church,' when
the minister, Rev:JaCk
unveiled, the honor roll and or-
dained three newly-elected eld-
ers and instilled a 'fourth. The ,
newly eleCted elders-were W. A.
Wright' and C. 'A. fleitit•••of Sea-
forth and Charles MacKay of
Tuckersmith. Mr.- Hugh Mc:
Langhlin of EgmondVille was
-also installed.
A 'dual purposeShorthlrn.
cow belonging to Wesley Johng
of ---4Ishortie Township; gave
birth to three calveS. One lived
for 12 hours, while• the other'
two are healthy and well.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wright
received , a cable announcing
_the safe arrival of their son,
pilot Officer Bruce Wright in
. England. • '
A reception and dance, held
in the •Town Hall, was organiz-
ed by the Bronson Line unit of
the. Hayfield Red Cross,-.in hon-
or of the Warden of Huron
County, Fred .Watson. He is the
first warden elected in Stanley
W TOnship in over 50 'years. '
Miss Josephine Edge enter-
Robert Winter, the well known
cattle buyer of Seaforth, car-
ried off first prize for a Lei7
cester buck which 'he exhibited
at the annual fat ' stock show.
This animal was, raised 1V" P.
M. Chesney of Tticiersmith. ••••••,
James Devereaux sold his
farm on the Huron Road to S.
F. Carron, the:-consideration be-
ing $12,000. This is one of the
best farms in Huron with ex-
tensive buildings and handsome
brick residence: Mr.- and Mrs.
Devereaux will make their
home in Seaforth.
The flu has again made its
appearance in Manley, Mr. Hen-
ry Rapien and family being all
down with it.
Mr. Dippel, who is. working
for Henry BenneWles...415anley
received a kick .from a cow
which developed • into blood
poisoning and he lint gone to
Stratford Hospital for treatment.
Fred Eckert of Valley% is .
busy installing• his new Delco
lighting system and expeCts to
have it in -running -order short-
ly..
-At a well attended Meeting of
the ratepayers of S.S. No, 10,
Tuckersmith, it wat (Welded to
build -a new school with a base-
ment-this year. Messrs. Robert-
son and. W. Hoggarth -were ap-
pointed together with the trus-
tees to make necessary arrange-
mena -
Joseph IVIeCully Brucefield,
the obliging mail carrier. has
been awarded- the' contract for
the carrying of the mails to
n'n d from the post office to the
trains for another terra. •
occujiM by M. Jordan and J,
C. Smith's batik. They are also
putting one In the -Potte* at
EgmondVilie-which will be used
for drying IYUrposes.
Chris Dale, r., of Hullett is
the possessor , of a pair of
lambs Which wire born on Jan-
uary .18th.
The town building is nearing
completion. The finlike is- now
being put in. "
J. ArivIer, with his bride,
left here • for Enderlin, "North
Dakota. They.' take with them
Miaa Ida Btiff, fernier operie;
tor III the Canadian Pacific
Rail ay- Telegraph ',office' het*.
itaetalieti
truitelft 6-8m,
arty andtatta Was played here,
at Staffa and resulted in a vic-
tory far Cromarty by three
games., . •
The raiepayers of the -Har-
lock school have installed a fur- .
nace for heating the school in
place of the stove. . A
Messrs. R.srerris, A. Watt, J.
Smith and Tho's. Nellans, Har-
lock, are putting stone founda-
tions under their barns; while
Mr. Parsons intends building a,
large barn. John 'Watt proposes
erecting a new drive shed.
lady with the 21-Inch waistline
and the' 40-inch bust. Mention
those measurement's to a room
full of males and the resulting
drool would float a carload of
padded brassieres to the sea.
But to me (call me jealous if
you like) I feature the bessibili-
ty as a-horrible nightmare. If it
happened to me I'd hide Myself
under a waterfall and hope for
erosion.
-can just imagine the prob-
lems a woman of that stature
wouldkmeet. Simplest things
like Tieing up in the cafeteria
would be a major crisis dur-
ing the noon rush. Crowds '
would be disaster areas and
shopping for clothes would be
like trying to gift' wrap a set of
antlers.
ay'
This Week and Next
:-. by. Walt E. McDayter
oral: MIS Ii.aete kte- appre-.
Oitti 01* subtleties the: 41V•
nation.
MAW PriVanY, being threat.
MOO the;, traditional 'seal of
secrecy hetWeett laWYeri.„ and
&elk, for the time 'being in the
We all are seeking power . 'GB. at least.', An American Bar al official recently warned that
It's been three:,,weeks since Association committee recent- women welfare recipients may.
'Pierre „Trudeau ' lashed the ly recommended that lawyers organize into. pressure .greup,
Englishianguage „Tress for its in the future•Should be pormitt- seeking" more power to 'exerttag:
pretty ,crummy behaviour' -in ell- to -reveal -coefidefitial in- ainst local agencies -Such an or-
cqyering . the: ComMoaWealth formation .about.their clients' in ganizaticon already exists in the
summit conference, ,but there's response te a court order. ,,
still no hint that. his attack has Once 'it was that students A And .se,-obviously, power is a
stimulated public • debate on came to sehOol hungry for edu- commodity much in demand.
the question of individual pri- cation '• ...now they come Enfortunatelyi power Can nei- ,
vacy, as he hoped. hungry for power. In some parts ther be born nor can it exist in
Granted, his tantrum did raise of the world, ' student groups a vacuum. It must be taken away
some controveit'sy, but only of have become near-ter-rorist or- from someone, and exerted over
the most shallow and superfie-. ganizations, willing to btirn and someone. Every time some group
ial kind. • injure — even kill ,— to in- has gained power, it means you
Some Canadians agreed with mese their power on campus. — the individual — has lost.•
the Prime Minister that journ- It's been less violent in Canada, some.
allots in London behaved like although the power play is ob- Trudeau's call for debate on
eavesdroppers and goOsip-liun- _viously in full gear, to force personal freedom — regardless
gry Peeping Toms. Others took school governing bodies to ac- of how serious he was when he
the side of the press, and poune- cept student members. made it, has merit, and its im-
ed on Trudeau's statement-that It appears some , Canadian plications extend Jar beyond the
the police .should investigate the women on• welfare feel ,they, question of privacy in his or re.
pi:i'VatizIfferef reporters;-label, _ tee?, must "think big". A Feder- porters' love lives.
ling this llie,..most irresponsible=
thing ever said by a Prime Min,
ister.
But few, it seems, were will-
, ing• to take seriously Trudeates.
claim that his attack on the
press was prompted by a gen-
uine desire to stimulate public
debate on individual rights to
privacy. Blame it on our cyni-
cal age, but „ most Canadians
tended-to •attribute his out- burgt
to personal petulance, rather
than any publie-spirited motive.
It's a pity that Trudeau was-
n't •taken more seriouSK-for
there is a need to examine "not
only the question of priVidYc`
but of individual freedom as a
whole, •
This is the age of the Big
Grab,, when an increasing num-
ber of institutions and organiza-
tions are growing in power,
augmenting their membership
and strengthening their bar-
gaining 'positions.
The Federal Government, for
example, has . become a ihydra-
beaded creature of civil ser-
yenta, performing things that
were once the sole concern
indiViduals . . . and mean-
while,-the provinces are nipping
at the Vederal heels, seeking- a
bigger bite of power,
Labour, 'unions, like govern-
merit departments, are ever
groWing in size. Some Will soon
become so large that a single
strike could cripple the nation
— a situation that has already,
badly damaged the British ec-
onoray.
In law, 'Canada is unlikely to
become 'a' polite state, but there
' is danger in pollee , eagerness
-for the power to tune in to peo-
ple's.pevate lives, with the use
of electronic eavesdropping de-
vices and wiretapping equip-
ment, Examining thid • issue in
the. omnibus bill to amend the
Mrs. W. T. Hays, who has—the test wishes of the communi- Criminal Code, some Cbseivers
been a nursing sister in Frante ty. „ wondered whether the aVerigi—
and England for the past three George Murray, has 'several policeman today` his either the
years',' returned from overseas teams drioi glee from the old educational itialificiitieng et lib.
and ira guest of Mrs. E. dam at BO tore,
S'oiithgate, Jr.
W. James, who has been vas-
played in.,the Engine works
for several years has secured;'
'position Iii Eitehener and *HI
move his family there short%