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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-06-07, Page 2(Nesbit Since 1860, Serving the Community first • W*140 At SWORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday meriting by McLEAN BROS., Pubbishers Ltd. ANDREW Y. IVIeLEAN, Editor , 'Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper As§oCiation and Audit Bureau of Circulation - Newspapers • Subscription kites: . 'Canada (in advance) $8.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $10.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES AO CENTS EACH - Second Cl-ass Mail RegistratiOn. Number 0696 Telephone 527,0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, June 7, 1973 • Hanging ban (A, guest editorial) , 3 From My Window By Shirley J. Keller • 41,•11. • •••v Oyer 150 persons enjoyed the recital given at St. James Hall by the piano, vocal' and violin pupils of St. Joseph's. Among those taking parts were Lydia Reid, Joseph Hogg, M. Dowriey, Jack Campbell, Beatrice Seip, Rena Reid, R. Hogg, Margaret mcQuald, Margaret Horan Verna Adams..- Mrs. E. Grieve, Mabel Hogg. • , A quiet but pretty wedding was sol- emnized at the manor, Egmondville, when Medora,Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Reeves,- was united in marriage to Bernard Andrew HildebrarM, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hildebrand of Egmondville. Messrs. ,Harold McLennan and John R. noble, who have been attending the 0.A.C., Guelph, have both succeeded in securing their B.S.A. degree. Mr. Ashton has disposed of the Sea- forth Pop works in Harpurhey to G. W. Hill, who recently returned from the west. A large -peultry house belonging to e John A. Smith on market street was destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney. Gemmell, Earl Smith, Seaforth, M. and Mrs. James Wright, Mitchell, were in Toronto attend- ing the wedding of Aldimer Troyer. • Mrs. WM. latrine n Sr. of Cromarty while walking to church slipped on the sidewalk and fractured one of her thighs. Mrs. W. A. Crich attended the gradua- tion exercises In connection With the University of Toronto. • JUNE 11th, 1948'. Thomas Pryde was t -elected as member jor Huron PrOtrillt elec- JUNE 9th, 192-3. J. Smillie df Hensall is busy pressing hay for the farmers in the Chiselhurst area. J. Connolly of Manley is constructing the Manley Drain. Rev. J. E. Jones has been appointed by conference to Staff a Methodist circuit. Mr. Charles Eggert of McKilltip has a black Minorca hen' which laid an egg measuring-7" one way and 8" the other way. M. Purcell of Dublin has purchased the three acres of land and house of Jack McGrath, for the sum of $1,000.00. Margaret Humphries of Walton, has purchased a new Chevrolet car. - , Quite a large number of willing hands turned out last week to make improve- ments to the Hensel! Union cemetery. G. J. Sutherland, as agent for Dr. James Bell of Hensall, has rented hi "farm house, stable and barns to Ezra williard. Quite a large number from Hensall, motored to Goderich to enjoy the moonlight excursion on the Steamer Greyhound. Miss Marguerite Fisher of Hensall,, - has accepted a position with Messrs. Cook Bros. as stenographer. E. Rennie of Hensall, is having a good new fireproof roof on his dwelling on Queen Street. While, the way freight was 'shunting at the station in town a freight car jumped the track on ;he 'Bell Engine siding, colliding with the loading plat forM. It carried away the corner of & Sobs coal shed and a tele- graph pole. It is June' and all the world loves a lover. what better timefor the world to. know that Princess Anne is to be married to her horn-riding soldier? There's something about a royal wedding. • . or even a royal engagement . . which dazzles the 'imagination. It sets hearts aflutter in, the same way as the fairy tales .of dhildhood. But this • time the princess is alive and the mar- . Nage is real. • There's excitement in ' that. •• Anne's intended Is a commoner, though ..... 'a wealthy commoner it seems. That adds ' a dimension of romance which all British subjects appreciate. He's also handsome, 'athletic and very masculine, the exact characteristics that most women look forana adere,a, rnee. , Oldl!'' , tg4VOU „. am, sh itCW,;‘,•: two..s recall when the Priacessl moaner was married. I made a scrapbook of that wedding and somewhere in my. attic it can be found as a testimony of the big play the newspapers gave that royal wed- ding. For weeks and weeks prior to the event, there were sketches of everything from the ,wedding cake to the bride's gown. There were lists of -wedding guests, stories about the bride's trous- seau, pictures of the happy couple as they walked (not too close mind you) in the royal gardens. And when the wedding actually did take place, the -newspapers were literally filled ' to the brim with pictures and stories of absolutely everything. - On the day of the wedding, I remember• rising at five in the morning or some Such unthinkable hour, to hear the report on the radio.' As I recall, reception was atrocious, partly because the event was taking place across the seas and sound equipment wasn't up to snuff and partly because the radio at. home was on its very last legs. • Of course, there Is quite a difference between the young Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth and Princess Anne. Princess .. • ' ^ As I write, tip Watergate hearings are In progres and that word is entering the language, 0 a synonym for scandal and skulldu ery. C tans are having a whale of alline do1flg Wit they like very much, n' looking doyen their spotless noses at the Yanks. I guess we've forgotten our great home- grown scandals involving Canadian governments, both provincial and federal. Some of the fantastic rip-offs Made by such -,•lBolutiey om outfits asour railways and the Hudson Company make the -Watergate Imek' And then there was the Beauharnois affair, a place Of piracy that made many. a Canadian politician feel like looking for a hole to crawl into. And let's not forget the Duplessis era In Quelfec, where votes were bought and sold like potatoes ballot boxe8 shifted, and strong-arm, tactics used at election time. Nope. We can't afford to look down our noses at anybody,. All we can or should clO is shake, our heads and remember, “There, but for the grace of- " , Of course, Watergate :is somewhat different in that it's involved the use of police state tactics in pursuit of un- bridled political power. That distinguishes it from traditional' political corruption which has usually been motivated by a love of ',booze, broads, and bucks". Perhaps the saddest aspect of the Watergate affair is that nobody is spilling pthreisebei:its. beans because, of conscience or lofty They are telling all because the • ir are on n thee hot seat. It's every man for himself those as involved try to save their own necks. A, bunch of finks Scrambling for saf ety. At the same, time; one must admire the U.S process of probing for the truth, regardless of who gets hurt. I wouldn't. want to be up in" front of - those tough' senators for anything more serious than *ding on the sidewalk. • . .Hew would Canada handle suchasitua- tion? WIl Drat . the government would appoint a Royal Commission, which would investigate In ,near-secrecy. The Com- mission would require three years to complete its job, by whicb :time nobody would be interested. It Voirld then publist„,,,,„,„ its report, which would be almost unread- able.A 'few. weary editorials would be written, a few professors who could wade through the • Commission Report would make speeches and the whole thijig would then be buried. As a good many,observers have pointed, out, the Watergate airing of soiled linen- maybe the best thing that has happened.',,,„ to the U.S. democratic.systern in generat- When you are 'constipated, Von.taice' purge. When you've swallowed poison and -want to 'throw up, you take an emetic. Perhaps the. Watergate will serve as both. Regardless of how many heads. will get. the chop, and to .whom these' heads belong, it la comforting: to know that our great neighbour will heal itself,-Slibii out the poison or cut out the cancer, and get back to work. 'And it will. It has 'survived Senator 'Joe McCarthy's witch-hunts, the lying about spying on Waste, the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and mani, another, not to mention a disgusting arid disastrous war in Asia. It is also comforting to know that there are still countries in the world where powerful public figures cart be brought to account.. It couldn't happen in Russia or Chine. And it wouldn't happen in many a so-called democracy.' - On the other hind, the average Joe in the States must be becoming a little saeptical, to say_the, least. 'He has been- lied to and lied to. He must be Wondering 'whether jie can believe anybody any More. I knowl -WellId be. ,There's nothing new in powerful leaders lying to the people they are leading. Hitler lied to the Germans, Mussolini to the Italians, Stalin to the u_ sus at a on U nf ortunately, t nately, their lies were not dis- cove red theirpeoples until the damage' y had been done and the world was stag- gering back from the holocaust'they un- leasheids. time the truth Th h is coming out, haltingly, so that the damage , to a nation and a nation's pride may be halted before it becomes irreparable. Let's hope so. And let's 'hope the American's conne out of ,the sordid little mess smelling of violets and ready to get back to the real problems they must solve: inflat- ion, pollution„ integration. They're great solvers of problems, and' they have'great problems to im tomseoalsyte. e, it behooves us in Canada not to sneer and point the finger. Let's pretend our neighbours are having a domestic quarrel which is none of our business. Let's cultivate our own garden. It needs it._ „ 1) , The recent House of, , Commons vote to extend the ban on capital punishment ' for another five years is a reassuring commentary on the level of civilization„, in_ this country. With our - increased understanding Of human behavior, our know- )edge that murderers are usually menta11,9 sick with no control-over or under- standing of their .action 's and are usuaTly the pro- ducts of deprived and un- ' loving environments,there Is no excuse for perpe ting a vengeful eye fo eye mentality. " - Revenge does not re- store a murderer's victim to life; it only degrades the society that sanctions it. Ultimately-respect for all human life is les.sened when murderers are con- sidered less than human and put to death by a kind Of "state murde..". , Those for and against capital punish'ment can marshall statistics to show that it is or is not a de- terrent to future murders. Ontario Liberal leader Robert Nixon and Agri- . culture Miniiter Wm. Stewart made a good point in the Legislature the other day when they em- phasized that while farm income is up substantially over the low point it , reached in recent years, farmers by no means are , in the clear financially. Statistical information that farmers' net incomes have increased 43 per cent this 'year 'is misleading, Mr. Nixon said. Agriculture Minister William Stewart agreed, JUNE 10th, 1898 • the May butter manufactured at the Londesboro Creamery has been -soh! and the patrons will realize between 12 and 13 cents a pound. • Alex Cummings of Egmondville, has answ ered Uncle Sam's call for volun- teers to fight the Spaniards and has gone a soldiering. Henry Weiland of Egmondvine has purchased the residence Of J. B. weber,' for MO and has moved into it. Messrs. Broadfoot, Box & Co. sent two large loads of furniture -to a gentle- man in St. Joseph, amounting to over $300.00. Fred Cardno of town has gene to . Detroit where 'he expects to get ern.. ployment. The Band, the Presbyterian Church choir and a host of young people from town attended the garden party at wet- ' ton. Alexander Stewart, returned'home from Liverpool, England, having com- pleted his 42nd trip across the Atlantic. ,Mr. Ament finished cutting staves. He has an immense pile of them In the yard at Brucefield. Two cars of water lime and one of British Columbia shingles are now un- loading at Ktppen station for building purposes. Nicholas Horton of Chiselhurst has - sold his 'farm to his brother John for a good figure. The Masons are now laying the foun- dation for the new presbyterierChurch in Chia-01Juni: What might have proved, a serious accident happened to Mr. and Mrs. John Delbridge of Windhelsea on a .recent Sunday Morriing while driving home from # Church. Tile King bolt came out of its piece aildWing the front wheels and axle to be drawn under the buggy. Both ' occupants were thrown out an their heads. - However, it is,:doubtful' that -thethreatof hanging or the electric chair would deter any half-crazed in- dividual who was bent on violent crime, , At the same time it Must be recognized that ConYia- ted murderers and other psychopaths are_a danger to society and should not be paroled routfnely.Indeed they should not be released at all until their anti Social impulses are elimin- atte-d to. the satisfaction' of police, penitentiary offic- ials-and psychiatrists. , The only.real deterrent• to murder is an eliminat-. ion of the.poverty and de- grading social conditions ' which breed hostile indi- • viduals. • •That elimination,alOng with a humane judicial and penitentiary system which -rehabilitates individuals and instills in them a. feeling of .responsibility to•,society will do More to prevent murder than the most:stringent enforcement of capital'punishment. Anne has had the advantage of a swinging father, who wanted his children to grow tip as far removed from the public eye • as possible . . and Anne, bless her, is as much like the average young wornah in love as a princess can be. • , From all reports, the demure Princess Anne can lay a Royal tongue-lashing on a body if' she cares to and according spine newsmen and photographers she has oft done so.' Not that I entirely blame her. Itsoine shutterbug was following me around waiting for my slip to hang out or my eyelash to fall in my Soup; I'd not ,be in the sweetesiframe of mind either. 'I suppose now that the engagement has been formally and properly announced,' some of the beat will be off -Anne and her 1 ' handsome mairkr, ,at least,, the two won't have ha .finSwer ,triose r tions that some uncouth press types can ask like ills there any truth to the rumor that you two will _be married?" or lorlle me Mark, does the Queen approve of you seeing her only daughter?" and ,,Princess Anne, would you be able to become the wife of a combat soldier?" . . . Funny thing about ityalty. Many, many people 'poh-pooh the idea of a Queen at the head of things, btit just let her or one of her family Make the sug- gestion of a wrong move and everyone • has something to say about it. It is almost as though they were public-pro-' perty - puppets without a will or a mind of their own. ' I'm, not What could be called a royal familylibuff but I am 'content with a sovereign head. t get a kind of glow When I think that the little princess is now a woman, that she's taking a husband and making a home of her own. It IS rather like living a dream. But I wouldn't harrass the' princess. I wouldn't put any demands on her. She's her own boss. She's a right to live her own life. If I get to peek once in- a while - . .. • Such as at her wedding - I'm satisfied iitI ha,ppy. tion. Misses Vera and Laura Mole were hostesses at a miscellaneous shower given On honor of Dorothy Agar, bride elect. The winners at euchre were Mrs. John Beattie, Mrs. C. Smith and Miss Muriel Hudson, ' Dr. W. C. Sproat, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Earle Sproat of Kippen,graduated from University of Western Ontario on June 2nd. Mrs. Robert T. .Elgie , formerly of .Tuckersmith, marked her 82nd birthday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.Homer 'Hunt, when a dinner party was held. Mrs. Elgie is 'in splendied health and enjoys., life to the full. Nearly 15 tons of waste paper was collected when members of the Lions Club arranged a drive which covered Seaforth and Egmondville. Richard Ross Bird of Walton, received his Bachelor of Arts degree at University of Western Ontario convocation. Miss Mary Smillie was one of the guests present at the graduation. For 22 years a widely known whole- sale and retail` fruit dealer throughout Western Ontario, Thomas Phillips died at his home, High. Street. Born in Trobi n, Itlay, he came to Seaforth in 1418. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. 3. Sills have moved into the west g.partments 'of the block owned by Mrs. P. Devereaux and Mr. Silts is assisting his- father in the Geo. A. Sills & Sons store. Miss Helen McKercher, Who has been attending Cornell Univesity at Ithaca, N,Y., has returned to her home in Mc- Killion after receiving the degree of M.S. Miss Jean McMaster of Hamilton General Hospital was successful in pu- king the registration exam in anatomy and principals of nursing. Geo. Radford, Blyth, received the contract for cleaning and repairing - the Dodd's Drain in McKillop. • 4' - • vss4,4itall.M; vrterel,0 n'relgS'r "- '""'r • No big . .0.044i oh . the farm stating- that the increase of more than 40 per cent "does not indicate a ' profit at all;'it simply indicates a 40-per-cent. , increase over what the previous net income had been, which was virtually nil." ' Mr. Nixon was concerned that the public. may think , that rural people are gain- ing an undue profit. . The faCt is that the increase perhaps leaves them with an average net income of 150.00 to WOO he said. `-`How come you never say that to me anyinore?" ' 44-4- In the Years Agone 444,4 '