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A StOstiCs Canada TOport releaSed
in OttaWa Monday reveals that the ---
tinerriPloyme,nt.- situation across the
country continues to worsen. p In
December, the total number. - of
Canadians out of work stood at a
record ,682,000, some 42,000 more
than in k November. There are 130,000
more :people out of work this .
December than there were , last
December, the report says. • In
Ontario, the "province -With the
strongest and most . diversified
economy; the jobless rate stood at 7.1
percent, up .3 percent ' from
November.
. These figures show clearly that the
time has come for the goVernment to
take same positive action to deal with
unemployMent. The Opposition
parties continue to call for some
strong economic, leadership from the
government„, and the' government
Continues tdksi-destep the issue'.
Cuts in personal income tax for loW
and middle income wage earners,
long advocated by-Ake ' bpposition
parties, are not the answer, the
government says, because lower
taxes decrease government revenue.
Yet most economists outside
government advocate . immediate
stimulation of the economy. Personal
income tax -cute can accomplish- this
by increasing consumer spending,'
creating,astronger demand for goods.
and .serviCes. Personal income tax
cuts, if they are coUpled with restraint
in government Spending, would be a
positive' step. There have 'been lew
such steps -in the past.
In :'recent .years, as the rate of
.flat.-on has clinibed and-the number'
of" jobless haS increased, the
gbvernment.hai consistently refused
to implement any long term plans for
ecgnomic recovery. instead, they
have relied so called 'job creation —
programs" such, as Canada , Work0
and Young Canada Works: While it is
true that some People are given a
chance to work' under these
programs, they do not create jobs that
Will' last, jobs which help get the'
economy of , this country back on the
at . Jobs that last twit) or three
months may quiet a few people in the
short term, and keep unemployrinent
statistics lower. ,than they would
otherwise be, but they' cost the
taxpayer a great deal of money, and
the benefits do hot justify that cost.
True job creation 'can only' be
'achieved ihroUgh _economic . policies.
that support industries most likely to
survive on, a long term , basis. Instead
of making transfer payments to a few
thousand workers for a few months, •
and calling that job , creation; the
government should forrtulate a long
range economic plan, supporting
industries and small businesses that
are the basis- of a sound economy:
The 'government has 'a responsi-
bility to assume economic leadership.
It should not be allowed_ to shirk that
responsibility' 'much longer. ,
Last week the Seaforth council endorsed a
resolution from the keep of Collingwood'
asking that federal and provincial justice
authorities abolish the grantinedrpasSes to
convicted criminals.
Expositor Aiit'S decided to find out how
many people in the' local area thought -a
criminal convicted of serious crimes' should be'
given weekend passeS.
Mrs. Gordon Megavin of R.R.2, Seaforth
said, "My firatithought is that they shotildn't
'be, becauSe they're very often free to commit
other crimes while they're on ' weekend
passes."
She also thought it would be a strain on the
-family of the,prisoner and the prisoner himself
to have him come, home for e„.,weekend an
then have to go back prix
William Dapple of EgmOnliille thought at
. • • if they had been bad enouh that they ad to •
stay in through the week they were: al io too.
a- • bad to be allowed out °tithe weekend.
Mr. Papple theught prisoners had it too
good inside the prisons now and said that if
the prisoners were strapped a little, it would
be better. •" -
Robert E. Forrest of R.R.2, Hensall said,
"No, I think that a person who has committed
a serious crime,and has been eaughtand put
ill prison would be a threat to society."
"I don't think letting him out serves any
purpoSe; We hear too much about people not
going back "'I can't see that being lenient has
that much going for it," he added.
Robert Drummond of R.R.2, Kippen said,
."No, they were put in there to make society
safe and giving them. weekend passes is sort
of jeopardizing that` idea.
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The expected business blow-up in Quebec
finally happened last week when the huge Sdirb-
Life Insurance Company announced it would
Ask its shareholders to approve a move, of the
company's .-head -office from Montreal to •
T onto.
"Ti e company claims it 'just can't .do
business under the new langeage legislation
which says all business must be conducted in
French.'The Quebec government,•on the other
hand, charges that Sun Life has been one of
. the 'worst exploiters of Quebec over the years
and hastaken more' than $400,000,000 out of
the by investing. money earned there
through insurance premiums in other
provinces instead of reinvesting it in Quebec.
' It's ,a' complicated argument and .one that
may seeni far away for Huron County
residents but it touches much closer to home
than_rnost-would-seepect-The rainifieations-of -
-the whole,battle shaping up may touch us only
indirectly in that it can have an effect on the
. whole Quebec separation issue' but there are
similarities'between the.pliigtat Quebec and
problem's in . our own area: •
The. Quebec --govetrinnent's argument 'that
the insurance company is. not treating Quebec
well can apply.equally well to justeabout any
sitiall town -in Canada. Insurance' companies,
trust companies and even banks have for.'
.years been accommodating the ' drain ••• of
small-town Canada resources to the big
'cities.
How many dollars do such companies take out
of your town in a year? A 'quick look may net
make it look like niuch but multiply the
number of dollars your family pays. in
insurance premiums of various kinds by the
number of families in your community and
. suddenly the amount becomes significant.
,(Canadians; afater all, are the' most, insured
nation in the world). Add to that the amount eot.
money that is invested with trust companies
and other financial institutions 'and. the
amount of money invested by 'small town
people can be very impressive.
But hoW much of that money is coming back
into your 'community? ,My guess is that it
would be a small• fraction of the Money that
these ceinpattiet have to invest. iri many small
towns,. ' elarly . these without sewage
facilitiea it is nearly impossible to get--a
• • mortgage from one of the regular mortgage
lending companies. They simply, can't, be
bothered:with small' towns. It's so much easier
to lend mortgages to larger centres and better
still to lend- to "safe" projects. like City
apartment and office complexes put up by
huge companies led by men who travel 'in the
same circles as the men who led the mortgage
companies. •
So the accumulated savings of small .towns
frOm all across Canada. has helped build the
CN Tower in Toronto, helped fuel the battle of
'the banks to see who could build the highest
Office bdildirtg in downtown Toronto and even
helped build large Montreal complexes like
Place Ville Marie. If the province of Quebec as
a whole has been cheated- by Sun Life, 'how
much more have the small town people there
been cheated since even the .moneethat has
'-been-reinvested hi the province has gone to
large centres like Montreal and Quebec City.
The maddening(thir a of all this for small
town people is to see this kind of thing
happen, then hear city people speak as if they
are supporting us through government grants,
etc.
If small towns in Canada are ever to regain •
their once strong position in the country., they
'are going to have to find a way to reverse the'
current capital 'drain. A way must be found to
reinvest the savings of, the wconneueity back
into the community, Think of hoW much good
a million' dollars invested in your community
could . do this year. Most likely that million
dollars is Were for the investment but is
instead being used by financial institutiritis to -
help build a new suburb in a large city, or a
new factory somewhere else. We have got to
find ways to put our own money to work in our
own ,community if we ever, hope to step the
decline of our rural way of life. Until we do,
we will ferevee be dependefirof the whims 'of
governments for thek future of small towns.
Some small towns have worked at solving
these 'problems through such things as,tredit
unions and developinent corporations but
most of our towns have One along doing littler
and complaining hard and long about how
hard used we are. We have the-ability to salve
our 'own problettis; Until We do, we should
Stop complaining about being victims of big
business and big government.
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Should prisoners be given passes? T
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Chinese, among other peoples, honor
their ancestors. It's a nice idea, but about
this time every year, I start calling down
maledictions on mine,
When they were kicked out of their
Scottish crofts by landlords who decided
sheep were more important than people, or
had to suck their feet out of the Irish bogs
because even the praties were getting
scarce, why._oh _why. did they have to
emigrate to some stony farms in Pontiac
County, P.Q.?
Why didn't at least one of them head for
Australia, or South Africa, ,oe Mexico, or
South Carolina, anywhere, south of the
snow belt?
Nope. With unerring instinct, they
headed out of two of the worst winter
climates 'in the world - Scottish highlands
and Northern Ireland - and straight for the
worst in the, world - middle Canada.
. There are those idiots who claim that the
Canadian Winter is a healthy climate.
Perhaps' that's why I had 12 students
absent today out of i 2. Perhaps that's why
I hack froth. Novena er until June so loudly
that my wife knows when 1'V• entered our
block, let alone the ous
This year, we didn get cur usual few
skifts of snow, two or three inches at a
time, so we could get our snow tires on, our
winter grumbling tuned, up, and our winter
blasphemy geared for what was coming.
Not a chance. By the 10th of December,
we'd had OR) feet'. of snow around our
place, and the temperature had hit 10
below. Fahr'enheit! 1 had to dig the
lawnmower out from under a snowbank to
put -it in the toolshed. What kind of a way is
that to- live?
Had 'to dig my rubber boots Out in
November. I hate those boots with a
loathing have never felt for any other
creature, animate, or otherwise, in thy
entire , .
Every year, they seem to get farther
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
canada's winter
to "The only way you're going to prevent crime -
is if Yin)," make it more dangerous to be a •
• criminal than a victim and at the present tine,'
the shoe is on the other foot", he: added.
Mrs. ,Larry Gardiner ofR.R,Z Staffa was
uncertain. "Yoe ...bear •on one side that
prisoners have, it so ea in there or on the
other .side , you hear w prisons •are so.
terrible.'`
But she added that she thought' prisoners
who have eemmittedthe more serious crimes : ,
such as murder, Should not be 'allowed passes.
Mrs. John B. Sinclair of 57•Goderich St. E. --
in Seaforth said it 'depended' on thecrime the
prisoner committeed but if it were a
mores , rious er e such as murder, then they...
s Idn't let them out.
„One person with a different attitude toward
weekend passes was•Mrs,Achie Somerville 'of
R•41.4., 'Walton who thought they Should be
granted pasaes: . .- •
,"11 think it might give them a' little bit of a
break and it might change their attitude •
toward life and what they've been doiong,"
said. . •
As for the possibility that they might4eemmit
the same crime once they were out she said,
• "I think yen just have to take 'that chance." . •
Ronald Murray of R'.14•1, Dublin agreed
with Mrs. Somerville, saying "Well, I
Wouldn't want to be in jail for a long time and -
: not get out. .Everybody makes a mistake." • ,
In answer to the possibility that they might
commit the same crime again he said maybe
you could just . let them out ..if they were
supervised by a' warden or someone.
You,have to give them a chance anyway.
Everybody likes a chanee,"he said.
away from t p o me, and harder to pull
on. I either toppl over on top of them, or
get one foot half ay in and can't get the
rest in or out, or the blasted zipper sticks
after one inch, and I get snow over the top
and into my shoes.
Getting them off is even worse. I use the
heel and toe method. Too proud to sit down
and pull them off with my hands,. That's' for
old Teeple and smart_peopLe.,_
No. I stand teetering, put the toe of one
foot against the heel of the other, and pry. ,
The zippers never zip down more than
halfway. I grunt and pry. Either nothing
happens, or there's a sudden whup, and -•
the boot comes off. With my shoe inside it.
And I am dancing around in one sock foot
in the snow that has fallen Off My boot.
Or the zipper breaks and 1 can't get the
boot off.at all. The other one comes off like
an 'eel, and I walk around all day with one
rubber bootshod foot, add one in a shoe .
And that's only the beginning. There's
winter driving. Oh, You. may be one of
those guys with a warm garage, a
snowblower to clear your driveway, a block
heater toilreep your engine warm and an
inside car heater to prevent instant piles
when yeu sit on that icy plastic seat cover.
I ain't.'My 10-year-old Dodge sits out' in
the elements. On a typical morning, I go '
out and speti,d 10 minutes'cleaning off.the
ice. Then I get in, say a 'short but fervent
prayer, and turn the key.
She gives a startled grunt, wheeze 'and
bellow, resembling a , cow giving birth,
groans, and falls silent. I start to get mad,
pump the gas, and flood her, shouting
imprecations. She responds with a scornful
and' -gradually diminishing, "Arrggh,
arrggh, e,rgh ee. "
On the rarecasions when she does' kick
over, I warm het up carefully, look fearfully
over my shoulder at the three-foot batik the
town snowpiewhas thrown up behind us,"
(Cote Hued on Page 3)
4 t years agorte
c.44„,„1y„,1878 C. W. Peters, a former employee of the EiPositor
Office, has purchased a Garde Vidette. Mr, Pet,ers Is a '
young -man of steadytabit and being a good printerhe
• "Will give the peeple of Gorple it journal worthy of 'the
• place. ,
The new Pontieion Skating Rink, the property of Mr.
. L. Murphy, was opened on Monday evening. There was
quite a number of skaters amdl spectators present, The
lee was in splendid condition. Besides the skating rink, •
• there ira large rink for curling on which a number of
liVely,rgames have already 'been played.
The S• forth Amateur Dramatic Club made their ••
first aPpearanee On Tuesday evening last in Cardno's„
Music Hall. The audience was large, the hall „being
More than comfortably filled. The thrilling narrative t
'Uttle tom'S Cabin" was admirably rendered. Every
character was well taken. The music between the 'parts
by Mr. Collins on the violin and Mrs. Grieve. on the
piano.,. h. ano.,
An accident occurred tort son of Mr, Edward Turner
TuCkersmith. The young man was hauling oats
another, farm to 'his own place *hen the guide pouf
the rack broke. He was thrown off the load between the
horses causing 'a break of the arm •above the elbow.
The blacksmith—b-usiness formerly carried on by
William Edgar of Kippen has RN 'Passed into the
hands of T. Mellis 'who has been formerly in the same"
shop for• the last two years.
- Rev. Mr. Cameron, the esteemed pdster 'kof the
Kippen Presbyterian Church was made' a recipient of a
very handsome and unexpected New Year's gift. A few
days ago he received a letter from an old friend in the
province of Quebec. This letter ' contained a hundred
dollar note and was given by the donor as a New Year's
present. - • •
n• • JANUARY 9,1903
The' account of Mr. Williamson, the provincial
auditor for straightening out-the finances of the town of
Goderich and making out his, report amounted to_the
snug sum of $765. This would build quite a few
sidewalks.. ' '
Mr.. John Knirs, carriage builder of Winthrop, has
moved• in the large and corhodious house opposite the
- PoSt Office, ?OW/led by Robert Hanna.
Mr. Eddy Broom of Winthrop has moved his stock to
the farm of George Henderson and intends to take • up
his abode there in the near 'future.
Joseph Kenny had the misfortune to have, one of his
fingers taken off in the feed roller's of his , straw , cutter,
While engaged cutting straw on' the caim of Mr:
• MeElr4. ' • - .•
Miss Jessie McLean of Tuckersmith has gone to
London to take a course in the Forest City-Business
• College.
T. N. Forsyth of Kippen has entered his 12th year as •
teacher in the school #2 Tuckersmith.
Atthe •Twin City winter fair held in Berlin.last week. • , . Peter Dill of this town made a clean-sweep with his,
white rock chickens. • •
Mr. George Murray who -has been in the draying
business for over 1,7 years, has disposed of his residence
and stables to John Habkirk.
Mrs. Williatn Hunter, proprietor of the Grip Hotel at
6 the station in Seaforth, got up to 'get a dikink of water,
By some fatal mistake she got hold of a glass in which
there was some .insect poison and not noticing its
. contents, she drank fromthe vessel. She very soon
noticed her mistake and roused the inmates. of the
'''t.- L house. Medical aid was procured. The deadly drug-had
doneits work and despite all efforts she died on Friday.
She was, 52 years of age.
'Mr. Alec Smith of Hullett near Harlock' who 'we:
visiting friexuls in Dakota returned home last week. He
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was very pleased with his •trip but he thinks old Huron
is good •enough for him. . ,
Messrs. Reid and Wilson •got in a 'carload of
anthracite this week but it has melted 'away like snow -
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before a Chinook wind.
' JANUARY 3,1928
• • Mr. W. H. Little' was appointed principal of the
:7-school at Union and left this week to take up his new
duties. •
Mr, Fred Crich, gold 'medalist at last term at Trent
Institute, Guelph, has' been appointed to a poSition with
the Doniinion Bakers at Kingston and left for that city
on Friday. •
• . Mr. John Gallop 'of Russeldale who is succeeding J.
R.' Archibald as local Massey-Harrison. Agent has
leased the residence to Mr. Walter Murray on George
Street. .
We-are-having-anold.fashionedwinter-eince-before—
thenew year, weather has been cold ,and stormy and ,
• while the sleighing has been good, the, roads are'
getting heavy and no cars are -running. o .
The, first local bonspeil was held on 'the' rink. The
winning rink; was composed of Dr. Munn, R. Mc Kenzie,,
Dr. Beehely and R. E. Bright. The prizes were bacon.
The recent storm at Winthrop has stopped a lot of
traffic in the car line b'ut'the sleighing is the very best.
Miss Annie McNay, who is attending the ;Hamilton
ilesiness.College, spenethe-liolidays'at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McNay:- . •
Mr. D. Shanahan left.A.3.st week for Southern Pines,
North Carolina, where he expects to spend the winter,
. JANUARY 9, 1953
Nearly 8C local youngsters--the material used for the
Huron County's First Junior Fire Brigade, gathered for
instruction and entertainment in the town hall here last
week tei hear about fire prevention and. precaution. Rev.
D. Glen Campbell, minister of 'the First Presbyterian
Church, lliovved pictures to ffie young and. enthusiastic
audience, dealing with spotting fires, types of blazes
and how to extinguish them. -
Ruth Keyes,' a Stratford/Normal School student
representing Huron-County, placed second in the finals
of the Ontario Junior, Farmer Public Speaking
Coinpetition held in Toronto, She is the daughter of Mn
and Mts. Wilbur Keyes, R. R. #3, Seaforth. She is' also
a graduate of SeafortbDistriet High School.. Miss Keyes'
subject was "Building a better world.,'
last .SaturdayMrs. R. Robertson of Cromarty
celebrated her 921c1 birthday. Mr's. Robertson received
many beautiful cards and flowers.
Meibers of the family and friends honouring Mr, and
Mrs. Calvin A. 'Hiller' of McKillop on New Year's day
when the -popular township couple celebrated their
Golden Wedding Anniversary. They are both active and
alcrt'and still take an active part in the Winthrop United
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dolmage were , pleasantly
surprised New Years night when they were invited to
Winthrop Hall where their family and relatives were
gathered to celebrate their' 45th wedding anniversary.
Two fires in Seaforth, one Sunday shortly after, noon
and the other Tuesday in the early afternoon. caused
damage :estimating $75. Firemen" Were aroused ,from
their rest to answer a call from Entondville at the house
owned by Mts. Earl Bell--an over heated furnace was
said to start the... fire. Tuesday a chimney lire in the
apartment of George Hogg on Market Street caused
estimated datnages up to $50,
On New Years bas,, Mrs, Margaret W right was 93
years of age, On her birthday she received many.
telephone calls, as well, she received some 'social calls
from' friends and received numerous cards
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FORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY. 12, 1978
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By Keith Roulston
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