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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;
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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