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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-10-21, Page 201* .Since Serving the Corrimunibrfirnt rtltAi41.01 at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. every Thtlreday morning by MeLFAN 'BROS. PUBLISHERS LTD. ANDREW Y. MeLEXII, Publisher SUSAN WHITE. Editor ' DAVE ROBB., Advertising Manager • Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Nespaper Association and Audit Bureau. of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $10.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $20.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 25,CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephono 527-0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 21, 1976 Council leads province A Morning, Mist Sugar and-Spice Political visions by Bill Smiley men by Karl Schuessler Brother Bob is comi • In the Years Agone Fred Eckart, Manley, treated himself to a 'new Star car. The following is this week's standing in the. Pony contest, Edwin Hawkins;' Chas. Bateman; Frank• Grieve; Toin Sills; Andy Calder; Sterling Habkirk; Mickey Archibald; Dorothy Wilts'e; Geo, Crich; Loretta Purcell; Jean Gemmell; Dottglas Stewart; Wilson Broadfoot; Frank Phillips;' Ruth Gordon; Leo Joynt; Bobbie Venner; Jean Dtingiy; Mary Cronin; C. G. Sherwood; Clara Krauskopf; Gordon McKellar; McKellar Margaret; Merrier Etorden. The McDonnell Ch.Wrolet Co. of Hensall and the Lorne Tractor Co. of Ingersoll havp placed one of their combined chemical and fire fighting engines in liensall on a Chevrolet truck. • The many friends of.Dr. R. P. 1. Dougalt are pleased tu learn that he is improving nicely from an opeiation and will be in his, office• this Week. J. D. Henderson of Seaforth; brought into the « Town councils, Seaforth's included, get a lot of knocks. , The local newspaper, the Expositor included, does a lot of the knocking. . Ws. part of ,a newspaper's job to look critically at what a council is doing, to. )uggest improvements and to epresent the public's interest. That's one of the reasons why it's refreshing to be congratulating . Seaforth'S town council for a job welt done. • Generally the town council over the past two years has been a good one. They've seen a sewer program successfully completed. . They've shepherded renovations at the arena, which if all—go9_s well,, will leave SeafOrth with a very modern facility, without a drain on public funds. And, as another Huron County newspaper pointed out th' summer, Seafo-rth has the lowest to rate of all ' the county towns. But few people realize that the local council , has ' also showed leadership - that stands out province wide. Yes, Seaforth was one of the first municipalities in Ontario to take advantage of th Ontario' Home Renewal Progr m.Thousands . of dollars of provinc al money, has been spent by homeowners to upgrade housing stock in 'Seaforth, bedause town counal applied early and got the OHRP' funds here more than a year tf' you haven't heard of Brother Bob Harrington, you will. Bob's coming to town .-- Toronto's sin strip on Yonge Street. With his bushy black, hair a-flying and his red socks and red tie a-blazing and with his red Bible a-Waving, Bob's got a mind to convert 'every sinner on Yonge. Watch out. Bob's a steam roller. You can get squashed. Run. Get out of the way. Better yet. Run for your suit of armour that's_hanging in the closet. Bob's a hard man to resist. He's really got a hard twist. He's a big man--with a big head. Says he always had a big head as a kid. And finally his body caught up to him--all 6 feet four of him. "Boy, was I dumb", he says , '.'..Three days of ter I was converted, I started to preach. I didn't know anything about the Bible. I called the book of Job job. That's how we say j-o-b in Alabama. You never went out looking for a Job, did you? "1 thought the Book of Psalms was Palms. I couldn't ,pronounce Deuteronomy. I thought John 3:16 was a man's washroom on the third 'floor of a department store. Why, my first sermon I preached out of the book of Concordance. Biit 1 learned fast." And he's been learning fast--and talking even faster ever since. Bob's come a long way since that night at 8:45 in Sweetwater Alabama on April 15, 1958 when he surrendered to God: • I'm warning you; Yonge St. Wake up. You're never going to be the same once Bob 'Harrington sets foot 014, your sidewalks. "I get So excited," he says, "I can hardly-stand it. I just love the Lord. f like to walk On my tip toes--just waiting for his coming.So When,the rapture comes and I heard his shout, I'll be part way pp the way' Up. "Sometimes I get to flying so high, I meet the flying nun on my way down." Se chuckles and roars and gets everyone• laughing with him. That way he slips a few hard 'ones past them. "I bete a few of you downtown Presbyterians think I'm strange," he says to a SUnday,night audience, "But I'm glad you're here. Maybe if your pastor was a little strange, you'd open up ybur church' on Sunday night, too." Or he may say,. "Do you realize there are some grown human beings who don't like Ette/ Can you ittiagitte? But you can't eXPeet everyone tti have good taste, can ytita That's thoir prObletn, not mine." hoftis Out his huge "Ands and deelareS, 1.Theitharicis aren't supposed to .itte 'Areittid being free loaders. These hands are titeant to work. W.0-R.K. Did 'you heat ihan'tieW, you all, say it with Me. W.4.1t,K; , Werkla getting, to be a dirty, four letter and g half ago. In contrast, the town of Goderich has just started on OHRP townships in the area receiv OHR funds for the first time only several months ago. Housing is one of the, important needs facing all Canadians and Seaforth's council has done its best to make sure there'll be no housing ' crisis here. • . The town council has also shown leadership that is remarkable province wide in the field of heritage conservation. Canadians are just beginning to wake up and find their best old buildings gone and their downtown areas looking shelIshocked by renewal that is really just removal. SeafOrth's council is attempting t% avoid a drastic change in the atmosphere of our town and its old buildings. The town has a Local Architectural Advisory Committee, set up under the Provincial Heritage Act, to, attempt to preserve some of the town's most valuable old buildings. For these two 'programs, and for generally good administration, our council deserves our thanks,. • It's just too . bad that many councillors have indicated they'll be retiring and won't. be around to receive that support, December 2 at the polls. word. Next time yoU'r in a "men's bathroom, write that on the wall." He takes a punch at the drunks. "When, someone falls off a padded bar stool. in a swanky lounge; people ,say that man has a e disease. But if he'd drop into a gutter on skidrow, they•,d call him --a drunk.•• • •I'm 'tell you, 'Yonge St. Clean up your streets. Because if you don't, Bob's going - to give you a big sweep. Bob's number of conversion stories reads like the book of Acts. He preach all over the South in tents and ch • es and from his old furniture van.A huge sign hung on the side: "Gospel Wagon. Remember the wages of sin is death." He cOunted-fOr the record--more than 5,000 souls after his .first -two years. Bob's come a long way from those days. NoW he's into T.V. and pitching to the stars. He has drawn up his Ten Most Wanted Men List--men he's trying to reach for Christ . Men like Elvis Presley. Dean Martin, Hugh Hefner and Johnnie Carson. Right now he's working--and succeeding with Sammy Davis, Jr. And that's an open sesame to the big stars, 'he says. I tell you, Yonge St.. prepare. . Get Ready. Bob has a whole new life waiting for you. You're, not going to escape. "Your body is your temple. Take care of 'it. Take good care of it." Bob does. He's a perfect specimen: Four to ,five hundred dollar suits. A $30,000 diamond ring on his finger. Mark 1V's and ' Lincoln Centinentals in the garage. Jetting all over the world. "There's nothing wrong with money. It's the lovh of it that's wrong. When you have more money, you can pray better. You can shout better. You can sing better. Build better and bigger churches with it. "Tin a successful man," he declares, "100% successful. God doesn't want you to be a flop, a "It's fun being successful. Say'rhat with me. It's fun 'being. successful." "God created man to be a masterpiece. And the reason most - men aren't materpieces is because .they don't let a piece of the Master control the man in their life." Remember, Yonge Street,,,,I told you, Toronto. I told you first that, Bob Harrington's goal is to have every ear and eye on him this next year in Canada. You're never going to be the sante. 'Dixieland is mov ing North. This thaPtain Of Bourbon St, in the Frencheqttarter of • New CitleanS. ''People always tenet to me three ways: Mad, sad" or glad.," ite sayS. . You've got three ways to go, Canada, Which way will it be? There are quite a few big, black birds floating around these days. Or had you noticed? No,. they are not black 'geese on their way south.' They are vultures. They may not -look like it. They may more closely . resemble political pundits, 'media manipulators, or triumphant Tories. But they arc vultures. • They are scrawny and bungry• as they circle impatiently, waiting for the moribund body to tall down and become a carcass on which they can fatten. .• That staggering corpus on 'Which their beady little eyes arc fixed is • the Liberal • Party, which composes the goVernment of this fair 1and at the moment, A. Gallup Mir' other revealid .. • recently that . the Liberals would receive 'only 29 per cent of the' vote,. should 'an election be held when the poll was taken. Add to that the increasingly virulent tone of the, media toward the prime minister, and. a gaggle of^ fairly minor scandals -involving prominent Liberals, and it would appear that the 'ultures will soon' be gorging themselves. There certain" y is a faint stench arising fr om the Liberal party these days. But it is not the stench of death,..leis more like the odour of a bticly that needs both .a strong pUrgative a'nd a good, hot bath. I don't pretend to be apolitical seer, Nor do I owe any political prognostications to any political affiliation. In short. I don't give a diddle for any of them. • But, it doesn't' require more than a modicum. of common sense to realize that the Liberal party is far from being on its last legs. Anyone who thinkS otherwise is indulging -in wishful fantaSies or a form of self-hypnosis.That includes the • political vultures. 1 think they are going to go,right OCTOBER 20, 1816 Our townsmen Messrs. A. G. McDougall and J. C. Laidlaw., 'returned horn from their summer trip. The former visited England and France. and the latter ,,his native ,countrY, Scotland. The numerous readers of this paper and the many personal friends of M. Y. McLean of the Expositor, will be pleased to learn that he is recoVering from an attack of typhoid fever, which has confined him to bed for the -past four week's. , ' The contractors of the works at the Egrnondville bridge have now finished and the business men are rejoicing at the increased business ,derived from the resumption of the southern trade. Aleic Wright of McKillop hat rented his farm of 112 acres on the 13th concession to Edw, MacNamara for one ,year. He pays a rental of $300. Mr. Alex McEwan of Hay Twp. sold at the Seaforth show last week, his one. year old ^ colt to James Irvine of Tuckersmith for $200. OCTOBER 18th,4901 A young son of John G, Grieve of McKillop had a very close call a few days ago. Fie was putting Ke horse in the stable, and while passing one of them, it kicked, sticking him in the eye. No bones were broken and the eye was not permanently injured. • As a threshing machine was. at work on the farm of 'Thomas Adams, in McKillop, a 'sheaf 'of wheat was going through the machine, there 'was a loud report, \W ,a like the explosion of a ..:artridge. The sheaf was in a blaze but 'the men were able to stamp out the fire. /-tenderson of McKillop, has a freak of n ature. This is a young pig with 6 f, J. IL Poster's new brick houie at Zurich is being rapidly pushed toe ailis eempletiOri. u. The Ca.tholic Church in. Zurich is nearing cothpletion and will be"'reed-dirt° the' congregation. The Leadbury hotel buildings were 'destroyed and, Mr. Jones just escaped in his bight deifies. on being scrawny and hungry. Remember, you read it here irst. The ti Liberals may have absorbed few stiff punches in the solar plexus, b they •are a long way from going to the mat and being counted out. ' Why? Use your head, man , or lady. Forget about the polls and the press. • Nobody ever won an election with either, or both. People, not polls, elect governments. • And people are the most nnpredictable creatures in the universe.:.Theyclonit base • their votes on logic or reason. They base them on all kinds ' of crazy. things. They base them on emotions like greed and fear. They base them onglibness and charisma. They base them on such things as Margareemakiing an ass of herself on TV or Maureen fraying" a hard time with -her first baby: • In these days, when the tube is so vital in a politician's getting to the people, the latter base their votes, in many, many eases, on dazzle rather than dependability, . on rhetoric rather than reliability. A pity 'tis. 'Tis pity but 'tis true. When the crunch comes, who are you going to vote for? Earnest, y outhfill Joe,-withhis jowls jumping like a junior John dief.? Or ' suave , elegant Pierre of the Gallic shrug, the seemingly utterly reasonable approach, and the chirm of a professional . actor.? Be honest, now. Add to that a few other facts. Trudeau has the solid support 'of his party, if only because he has led it to two successful grabs at the gold ring. Clark was elected leader of the Tories by barely more than one half of the convention delegates. Add again. Trudeau is a . skilled and experienced politician. He has shown that he can be at the same time loyal to his henchmen. and ruthless when need be., Clark is comparatively untried' in the • po litical arena, is rapidly 'gaining skill, but hasn't had a chance to be either loyal or ruthless. He hasn't dared. Add • Some more. The, government, controls 'the . purse strings. This means patronage and post offices and pension cheques., And don't tell me that's nineteenth century politics. It ain't. Look for some sudden benevolence by the government on the eve of election. nd again. Don't count too much on the p e minister's current unpopularity. Mackenzie-Xing was • one of the most cordially hated prime ministers we have ever had.. He suddenly became very pop ular and won an election,• when he introduced the baby bonus. See last paragraph. Another fact. There are millions of die-hard Liberals in this country. They'd vote Liberal if King Kong of Ibi Amin (not much to choose there) were running for prime minister. What do you 'think they will do in an election?, Roll over and play dead? -Add to this that Quebec, despite its disillusidn with its ° Own Liberal government, will go at.least ninety per cent Liberal. They may not love Trudeau, but when 'it comes to a choice, between a guy named Pierre and a guy named.Joe' , there is no choice, among French Canadians. Trudeap will get a licking in the West, but that is not where elections are won or lost. • - While it may be on the ropes, cut and bleeding, the Liberal party is a long, long way from being carried out of the ring, feet first. Here's my prediction. Pierre Trudeau will eat 'Joe Clark for breakfast. If he doesn't, I'll eat" three copies of the High River Times' for my breakfast. Last Saturday word was received in Zurich that th., barn on the farm of Paul Masse, Bronson Line, was on fire and many of the villagerrs hurried to the scene. The buildings and the contents were doomed as it had gained too much headway. OCOTBER 12th, 1951 Edward C. Milliken of Millbank and formerly of Seaforth graduated in Honor 'Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. James Nash of McKillop were hosts to a gathering of friends of'Florence Murray, bride elect. A basket of miscellaneous gifts was presented to Miss Murray by Veronica Lane. Don Eastman had the misfortune to fall out of a tree breaking-his-arm at the elbow. Thos. Pryde of Exeter was chosen as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the coming election at a convention held in Hensall. " Douglas "Stairtift, . son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.A. Stewart, won the essay contest sponsored by the Seaforth Lions Club. The title of the contest Was "What our hospital means to the community." Students of the. Seaforth District High School were winners in the Senior High School thatch at the North Huron plowing Match at Cranbrook. They were Douglas Keyes, GlenNixoti and, Elgin Schade. Robert Dayman'of Tuckerstnith has sold his farm to Joffe h Lostelle of near Kippen. A ple4ant afternoon was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John navicliiv of Constance when Mrs. Davidson entertained in honour of her mother, ivIrs. R. Lawson, who pi-larked her 84th birthday, Miss titlen. Elizabeth Maloney of Seaforth, and ; MO Regis Aubin , also of Seaforth, were united in Marriage by' Rev, H, tt.. Weber. TheSitivatiati Army Officer's quarters are at present undergoing minor improvements; p Messrs. James Scott and D. C. Wilson of this town, Expositor Office a potato grown in his garden . It leased a tract of land in Tuckersmith for the purpose of consists of one large potato and three others growing forming a game reserve. from it and fromthese 8. others'are growing. Over 32,000 square feet of granolithic sidewalk has been put down in town at a cost of $3,423. Messrs. F. Holmsted, W.O.Reid, A. Young and .1ohn Weir, were doing the Pan-America this week, Messrs. Scott Bros: of town sent a very nice organ to the County Home of Refuge. " Miss Bessie Young left last week for Boston to pursue her studies at the College of Elocution there. The first snow storm fell .on ThittSdak. The ground was white with the beautiful snow. F. C. Hamilton, popular citizen of Cromarty, will Move to Galt, where _he ha,s an ..interest in a shc?. business. J. J..Irvine of Leadbury has completed teaming 2000 bushels of gratin to Seaforth l It is reported that Albert bundas has purchased the 50 acre faim of Samuel Dickson in McKillop. OCTOBER 15,1956