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Ptla newspaper believe* the rieht to exerts* an opinion
In _public contributes t the progress of the nation and
that It must be exercised freely to preserve and improve
democratic government,
ction Outlook
Strengthening .0! Opposition
May :Create. Normal House
According to newspaper reports
en the current election., the Progress.
ive Conservatives under John Diefen-
et appear to be making some head -
Way.
TvIn Diefenbaker himself is the
reason for what some pundits call a
"groundswell" toward the opposition
"Arty. lle's had, surprising success at-
, acting and captivating crowds with
peculiar type of oratory }1s aud-
ienees itt the west, according to re-
ports, have been particularly large.
OVes.,
Mr. Diefenbaker's • campaign is
.heiPed, of course, by discontent in
some sections of the country which
are not%sharing in the national pros-
perity.
He's attracting support, too, be-
cause of the clean, yet energetic, fight
he's waging against the government
and its veteran heavyweight campaign-
ers. The world loves an underdog and
here's a modern-day David single-
handedly ch.allenging the Goliaths of
the' Liberal party,.
• Prime Minister St. Laurens cam-
paign has not been as successful as it
has in other years, according to no
less a Liberal authority than the To-
ronto Star. Perhaps it is to be expect-
ed,, however, that Mr. St. Laurent
cannot continue to draw the tremend-
ous crowds he used to when he was
„first meeting the Canadian public as
prime minister.
Indications of the Conservative
upswing have been evident in some
of the heckling which Mr. Howe has
--received, both in Ontario and in the
, west. This reflects the suspicion of
farmers that Mr. Howe's economic
policies have favored industry at the
expense of agriculture.
Despite the apparent trend toward
the Conservatives, there is little doubt
-that the -Liberals will be back in power.
The Grits are not worried—and We
don't think they need to be.
The more conservative (pardon the,:
expression!) Liberals' 3vill welcome
added strength on the op p o s i t ion
benches. After all, the opposition has
been at its lowest ebb in history and
there's not much harm ihletting it
regain at least a normal position.
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Key to the election in Huron, we
believe, was revealed at the candidates'
debate sponsored by, the Fariner's
• Union'in Clinton last week.
It was obvious—surprisingly so—
that fanners are not happy about their
present economic plight. Rightly or
wrongly, they are blaming the govern-
ment.
You can hardly blame the farmer
for complaining, particularly when
government leaders are using the'
prosperity of the nation as one of the
chief planks in their campaign. The
nation, as a whole, may be prosperous
but the,farmer certainly isn't today.
Becanse Elston Cardiff has cham-
pioned the farmers' cause in the Com-
mons, because he has helped to draft
the PC's farm platform, and because
he's a down-to-earth farmer himself,'
It will. be very, Very difficult or the
Liberal candidate, -Andy McLean, to
unseat him under present conditions.
Mr:McLean,' on the other hand, is
an able speaker and a capable person
,• to epresent the riding, He has • de-
monttrated better than average parlia-
. mentary ability on the platform and
Good Turn'
The Hurith, District Scout and Cub
rally which will be held here Saturday.
.will give district citizens an indication
01 the extent of the revival of this
excellent youth Movement in the dist-
These who can attend the rally
should do so. You'll be rewarde4 by
the show presented by the Scents and
CUbg.
It's important to encourage such
activitiet these days. Let's show the
leaders We appreciate their efforts.
acquitted himself exceptionally well
whale under fire at the Clinton meet-
ing,
The odds, however, appear to be
against him,
* * -
Despite the farm reaction, there's
no doubt about the outcome of the
race in Middlesex West, Bob McCubbin,
parliamebtary assistant to Agriculture
Minister Gardiner, is much too popular
a 'figure to be upset by a comparative
newcomer in the field.
Mr, McCubbin, like Mr. Cardiff,
understands the farmer and his prob-
lems; he's the kind of man the fernier
wants. in parliament.
* *
In West Lambton, veteran PC
member J.' W. Murphy is facing a
tougher fight than usual in an ener-
getic young Sarnia lawyer, John Mc-
Eachren. Voters in the Grand Bend
area, at least, will appreciate the way
the' Liberal candidate has assisted
them in their harbour problem,
Mr.' Murphy, however, has con-
siderable strength( in the riding and
he will not be defeated easily.
*
That's the way the ,campaign pic-
ture in this area appears to us at the
moment. There's still the final stretch
of the race, however, and anything
can happen yet.
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Love!
We think automobile manufactur-
ers have missed a sales gimmick in
failing to provide a sports coupe with
passenger accommodation limited to a
love seat beside the driver.
Judging from the way young
lovers huddle together when they're
driving around the' country these warm
summer nights, at least half the length
of the present car seat is pure waste.
• It seems a Warne that father has
to„pay for all the extra room in the
modern gasmobile.
, The vehicle we 'propose _would •
delight the shy couple. You've seen
them—the boy has a disappeinted,
frightened look about hilt:and the girl
sits straight up, eyes front and 'just
a little more than half way to the op-
posite side. Our car wouldn't give her
a chance to be so proper.
We're amazed at the skill dis-
played by. some of the drivers whose
girls are of the bolder type. How they
manipulate the corners from their
cramped positions is beyond us—even
though we used to try it ourselves
years ago.
There's one thing about it—this
two -in -the -driver's -seat operation is
much simpler than it used to be. Most
of today's ears have automatic trans-
mission.
Having to shift gears always an-
noyed us.
Alcoholic
(The following cure for' CTA
-drinkers was 'contributed to us by a
local farm equipment dealer. He de-
clined to say whether or not he had
tested the practice.)
If you cannot absolutely refrain
from drinking, start a saloon in. your
own home, Be the only customer and
you will not have to buy a licence.
Give your wife $12.00 to buy a
gallon of whiskey. There are 128 snorts
in a gallon (U.S. gallon—do nal knew.
number of snorts in Canadian gallon),
Buy all your drinks from your wife at
400 a shot and in four days, when the
gallon is gone, your wife' will have
$39,20 to put in the bank and $12.00
to buy another gallon.
If yOu live ten years and buy all
your botAe from your Wife, and then
die with snakesitt your boots, she will
have $35,750.40 on deposit—enough
to bury you respeetably, bring up your
children, bity a house and a lot, marry
a decent man, and forget she ever
knew you,
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Reports Of toreadoeS And flenda
have been coming in
• rious partsof the United States
.and last week Western ,Ontario
was .alerted: that a tornado was
on the way. Fortunately it was
a false report,
Last week 1 reported the tot.
nadothat swept these parts
back in. 1933. Two years .later
another tornado visited the dis-
trict doing Considerable damage.
It was because of the heavy los.
ses that -occured during tilos*
two storms that .caused the HU -
Tee Weather Insurance Company,
to folC1- PO.
Filent the Times -Advocate of
May 30, 194 we take the follow
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lag: "While the heavy down
pour of rain was falling acorn -
_
panted by lightning and thunder
between five and. six o'cleck
Tuesday eveningthe residents
of this ,community were una-
ware that just a few miles east
Qf here a cyclone was wrecking
buildings and trees and leaving
heavy destruction in its wake.
Struck Pym •Farm -
"The :storm ginning from
the southeast, first struck the
barn of Alvin Pyin, two and a
:half miles south of Elimville„
tearing away a large portion of
the roof. Crossing the read it
centered with terrific force on
the farm of George Wright and
the wreckage caused in less than.
two minutes beggars description,
Large trees, evergreens and
maples from ten to twenty inches
through, fronting the property,
were :twisted front their bases
like rnatchwood. The front man.-
dah of the house was blown down
and the, house shifted several
inches on its foundation. A ce-
ment block implement house
was completely demolished. A
binder, corn harvester, - wagon -
and other farm implements were
piled up with the wreckage. A
few rads away a large barn was
destroyed. Four cows were killed
and some pigs. A horse had its
back broken and had to be
killed. •
Cecil Wright had taken a tEaMi
of horses into the barn and he
and the horses had a niiracu-
lout escape. Cecil was broised
by falling bricks and lumber
but was not seriously hitrt. His
brother Harvey wat less fortu-•
nate and was pinned beneath a
failing tree as he attempted to
make the driveshed. He suffered
a fractured hip but oWes his life
to the feet that the stump of the
tree kept the rest from crushing
him to death. Another brother
Melvin, suffered a Concussion
MERRY MENAGERIE
DisitibutO by, Kili4 Fetturts Syndag.•
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when ,struck by falling d.ebris.
A. bull ehained to * manger itt
the :barn was unharmed. A :sow
gave birth to, e litter of pigs the
same night and neitherthe buil
nor the sow seemed unperturbed,.
- Cutting the block almost cor.
ner to .corner, trees were uproot-
ed .anh a ("ensiled. of James,
Born was wrecked with .datnage
to some implements.
J. Johns Barn Levelled
"Across the rod Jront Mr.
Johns .and a mile and a quarter
:south .of Winchelsea, the bank
barn ..of Mr—jack Johns was
levelled to the ground. Kenneth.
johns was tieing up sante COWS
when he heard a roar like Own -
der .4131:1 he started tor the house
And before reaching the house
the barn was lifted from its
ts Firm
foundation into the ...air• and laid
flat on the.. ground. Three hor-
ses in the tern and several cows
were unimured. A •thintney, was
llowx from the house and .aotne
trees blown -down.
Warren Brock, .near Sungbine,
had a straw hare 'levelled to the
ground.
Qn the 17th ,concession of MC,
Gillivray Two; south of Mt. Car.
mei, a -barn belonging to Giles
Thomson WAS -levelled to the
ground,Boards and debris were
scattered over several fields and
one of the rafters from the barn
was found :almost •upright in a
field in the next concession.
Fortunately the path of the
storm was not wide and one
could 'easily follow it by :the
debris that was scattered along
the way.
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DISPENSED BY BILL SMILEY
One of • the most frightening
predictions of the 20th century
issued from the lips of the Prime
Minister during his recent ap-
pearance in Bruce county, The
appalling prophecy was delivered
itt the midst of a flow of milk
and honey, and its full impact
was not felt at the moment.
• *
But later when serious men
were trying to remember what
the PM had said, and having
difficulty, the fearsome threat
stood out in his remarks, stark
and 'sinister, with all the unex-
pected horror of a shark's fin
suddenly appearing between one-
's toes in the bathtub.
* *
By evening, strong men had
grown pale and drawn, weak
men had taken to the bottle,
and inbetweeners wore thL look
of an accident victim in a state
of deep shock. Know what the
Prime Minister said? He predict.
ed that the day was not far off
when a woman would be Prime
Minister of Canada,
• *
All Dean do it echo the remark
made so fervently and reverent-
ly, by so many men, after the
awful possibility and sunk in:
"Lord forbid,"
By Walt Disney
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"Nell, I 34re—oired the off him!" •
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As the
„TIMES"
Go By
I hope nobody thinks I'm just
taking a slam at wemen in gene-
ral. I'ni not. I like women, and
believe they can do most things
as well as, or better than, most
men, Except cook, paint pic-
tures, write books, compose mu-
sic, perform operations, build
buildings,invent 'Inveations and
a lot of silly, unimportant things
like that,
* * * 4,
When it comes to bearing and
raising children, you Can't beat
the women. If there's a quilt to
be quilted, they're away ahead
of men. They've got the men
licked hollow in giving potluck
suppers, hanging out the wash-
ing and serving a delicious lunch
after meetings.
* * • *
And when it's a question of
handling money, the ,in e
haven't a look -in. A man will
shove his change,in his podket.
A woman Will count hers. A man
will buy an article for $2.00 with.
out blinking an eye, while no
woman in .her right mind would
pay more than $1,98. A man will
show off by tossing a half -dol-
lar to a bell -hop, while a woman
rewards him properly by fish-
ing out a dime and matching
his frosty glare with an equally
.,stony stare.
* * • *
That's probably why, every so
often, some misguided soul will
say: "We should have a woman
Mayor (or Chairman of the
Board, or Prime Minister), What
we need is good housekeeping
In government. A woman would
, soon balance the taaudget." That
kind, of irresponsible talk always
gives me the hot and cold run-
ning: shudders. " •
* * e
Not that we haven't some very
capable and intelligent women.
We have indeed, and I've no ob-
jeCtion to thent sitting on the
school board, running for pre-
sident of the InStitute, or going
in for, temperanceantivisectio-
nery of the Horticultural Soeie-
ty. We need thent there to draw
attention to the low' (ha!) sala-
ries of teathers, the need for
hot lunches for school kids, al-
coholism, cruelty to animals
and the beauty of flowers.
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50 YEARS AGO
The old Feather Man Of Gode-
rich is coming to Exeter again
next week and solicits work in
feather "cleaning.
The first game of baseball of
the season will take place bet:
Ween Exeter and Centralia on the
recreation grounds this Thurs-
day evening,
Squire Leathorn representing
John 13u11 on a handsome white
charger heeded the Victoria
•Day parade. At the requett of
his friends he hid his photograph
taken in front of the Molsons
Bank. Ile is over 80 years of
age.
On Monday May 27, it snowed
a small size blizzard, Mr. Hur.
don says ateording to his dairy
it was the same kind of day 18
years ago.
Mr. Leathorn is this week in-
stalling /ire escapes at the °Man-
sion. House.
25 YEARS AGO
The district annual meeting of
South Hurtin Women's Institute
Will meat in Zurich June 7.
At a convention of Liberals in
Heron on Wednesday, Mr. Da.
'id Golding. Meath, was nomi-
hated standard bearere in the
next election.
Miss Ella Morlock, Crediten,
received her BA degree and Carl
MOrlock his MD at graduating
exercises at University of West-
ern Ontario. '
Mr, Lorne lighten of Dash-
wood who graduated in medicine
from University of Western On.
Wit' tarried off the Alpha X0p4
Pa Kappa get! Medal end the J.
R. Campbell Memorial Scholar -
Ship iri Medicine.
Villiarn Wesley,son of ?Jr.
mid Mrs, Wesley Redmond (nee
Frances Pearce) wei.,"belstized
at the home of his gralideerellts,
Mr, and Mrs. W. C. Pearce. Ile
Is their first grettithild.
15 YEARS AGO
Miss Grace Beckler hat been
engaged to teeth at Eden School.
In 4a batch of White ducks
hatched on the farm of Mr. Lu-
ther Reynolds in Usborne, two
Of the ducks have a perfect
black V on the forehead.
Mr. Sidney West of the staff
of North Bay Daily Nugget spent
the weekend at his home, Exeter.
Mr, Wm. Davis of Sky Harbor
Airport spent May 24 in towii.
A social evening was held at
rarquhar on Thursday evening
in honor of some of the boys
home on leave. Bert Borland,
RCAF; Seaman Jack Duncan and
Will Ballantyne, RCAF.
School Section No. 2 Hay Of
which Mrs, Rod Ellis it the
teacher has collected $30 lbsof
tubber for salvage.
Sgt. -Pilot Clarence Ford re-
ceived his wings on Friday at
Lethbridge, Alta.
10 YEARS AGO
A•crowd of close to "1,060, fen*
turned Mit to the DashWood Base-
ball Park Saturday afternoon to
witness the °petting game of the
Huron -Perth League,
Messrs Irvine AtinstItaang and
Roas Tuckey are in Toronto at.
leading a sehool of enibithriidIN:
Miss Margaret Allison left
Tuesday of this week forltegine,
itteve P. W. Tuckey, countil.
for1or W. ,C. Allison, John Cald-
well, W. G. Cochrane, A. j,
Sweitser and Clerk C. V. Pickard
were In Toronto thinterview the
Modelle Board In reference to
the purchase of rand on which
are to be erected fifty Wartime
Balms.
Annual commencement alter -
61 the toter District fligh
School was held in, the Arena
treaday aVerlittg, .
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News Of Your
LIBRARY 1
By MRS, J. M. S.
Several weeks ago we men-
tioned that a series of Canadian
Portraits was being, written tQ
tell Canadian readers of the lives
and achievements or some of
their fellow-eountrymen w h o
.have made a contribution to the
welfare and progras of Canada
and the World.
Each volume deals with the
work of not more than four men
or wornen, members of the same
profession or occupation, '''who
have brought distinction tothem-
selves and renown to Canada.
We mentioned Famous 'Doc-
tors, first of the Series to arrive
at your library and nowt there
is another one:
Fa11101.1$ Musicians
This book tells of four musi-
ciant) Sir Ernest MacMillan, Dr,
Edward Johnson and. Dr, Wit-
frid Pelletier were born lit Cast -
ern Canada, Dr. Johnson ' in
Guelph, Sir Ernest in Mimic°,
and Dr. Pelletier in Montreal.
Esteh showed s marked talent
for musie very early and wet
dedicated to its study from thild-
hood. Theyall studied abroad.
Sir Ernest in the United Ilingdorn
and France, Dr. Pelletier in
France, and Dr. Johnson in the
United States and Italy. Sir Er.
nest MacMillan became conduc.
tor of the Toronto. Symphony
Orchestra, Dr. Pelletier helped
found the Montreal Symphony
Orchestra, and Dr. Johnsen be-
came general realtager of the
Metropolitan Opera in New York
City,
Canada's greatest living tont- .
peter, Dr, Healey Willans was
born and educated in England
where he became *Fellow of
the Royal College of 9rgattists
at the age of eighteen.
ln 3913 he accepted an appOirit.'
Merit to the staff of the "iloronto
Conservaory of Music, In 10361
he became a professor on the *
Maid staff of the University of
Tettult6. Since 1921 he became
organist at the Church Of St.
'Mary Magdalene and here he
found the Mina% the inirpitit,
tion and the quiet t� do tette .
of his fittest. wHting. Re cont.
posed one of the Montage An
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dieing sung at the coialtiatiott of
Outten Elizabeth,
Anether book in the setket has
JUSt been released, "Pioneers lit
Agriculture!' which we 11606 ta
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