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The Timee-A vacate, February 26, 198
Editorials
This newspaper believes the
richt to express an -opinion in.
Public contributes lo the pro.
gross of tho nation end that it
must be exercised freely to pre.
serve end improve democratic
government.
• Ex.cellent
Huron Liberals have picked an excellent ran•
didate'in Harry Strang. Usborne township clerk and
past president of the Ontario Soil and Crop- improve -
Merit Association.
A successful. honored farn'er, Air. Strang will
lend lustre to the Liberal leadership m Huron and
it is hoped that the party will bolster its organiza-
tions to take advantage of the calibre of candidate
jt has.
As a clerk of %'sborne, 11r. Strang has served.
• his community capably for a number of years and
has derived through this association a thorough know-
ledge of rural municipal government.
That he has been selected as an elite grower
of seed grain and been elected to the top post in
the provincial soil and crop organization speaks ef-
fectively for his farming ability.
South Huron is honored, .of course, to provide
both candidates for the forthcoming provincial elec-
tion..It will be regretted, however, that one of these
hien,. both wo thy of the honor and responsibility,
must lose.
Mr. MacNaughton, although elected only last
year, has already shown exceptional adeptness in
dealing with the government, an ability attested to
by members of numerous delegations and individuals
who have sought his help. His selection as chairman
of the standing committee on conservation and the
calibre of his maiden speech to the legislature are
significant acconapiishlnents,
South Huron voters will have a dffictnit time
selecting the name beside which to place their ''Y's"
in the polling booths this spring or summer. Pos-
sibly the platforms of the respective parties will play
a larger roll in the final decision,
PoIiticciI Church
Although it may be one of the. smaller
churches in Huron, Caven Presbyterian 'in Exeter 's
playing a large role in the political life of the riding.
Harry Strang, the new Liberal candidate for
the' provincial election, is the latest of the church's
members to enter the field.
W. G. Cochrane, who -was the Grit standard-
bearer in the last federal election, is another leader
in this church.
The late Tom Pryde, who served as member
of the provincial legislature for 10 years, also served
this church in numerous capacities.
These political Presbyterians:
Get: A Lawyer
As .this newspaper has stated before, the
WOAA puts itself into an intolerable, indefensible
and irratidnal position 'in the manner by which it
deals with protests.
It has demonstra#efl• )slap, , r• ieees, at4 :again in
t17:e most recent issue vest l�Exact:`that • fir -i haws very
little more than nothing concerning the conduct of
an impartial and fair hearin'r.
it bases its imnortant decisions on unsubstantiated
gossip, irrelevant and immature reasoning, and. oh-
viously. nersonai prejudice.
This conduct. far from being sportsmanlike,
only alienates many of us who have seen the tome
of undesirable inter -community relations the WOAA
teeters. even amone the youngest of the athletes over
which it has inrisrlietion,
When the WOAA excel:tthe awakens to ,the
fact that this eeeintry nrluc'es trained, nrofeseional
mien to anal with leeisletinn and reemietion in an
honest and imnertial manner. then it will have found
the sol"t.inn to its problem. c
The WOAA could select from among many of
the canaille Iawvees in its area, one who co'tld handle
this problem with dirnity, authority and fairness.
Snell a person .would develop en)m)g officials the at-
titude cif respect and resnonsibilite toward regnle-
tions Ivbich should be inherent but whleh has de-
terinrated drastically because of the WOAA's flag-
rant' ntaninulation of its constit)ttion and waves,
Such legal assistance world be of greatt valve
else in drafting reeuiatinns which could be enforced.
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None of the foregoin: , of Bourse, absolves s
Ex-
eter officials of their resnonsibility is allowing an
unauthnrited player to participate in a playoff game.
This has hafipened too often. Town teams and
players have been nenalieed much too frecfuently
through nrotests. The resultant publicity is not de-
sirable either.
We urge the town's recreation committee to,
hold a Uterine; on this situation and to ,take what-
ever stens nossible to nrevent its recurrence. •
Certainly the service clubs who snonsor this
minor program should he concerned about this situa-
tion.
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"If there ARE burglars rlownetairs, hadn't you bet-
ter wear a robe?"
A woman recently wrote the
editor of the Bowmanville States
man. asking him why in the
vvot•1d his paper carried this Su
gar and Spice column by this
Smites fellow. She claimed she
bad never yet found anything ie
terestiug or amusing in it, ob
jecled to the callous way he
spoke of his family, and sur
gested that he was merely an
unpleasant sort of person who re-
fused to accept the responsibi-
lities of family life. She added
that she had several children of
her own. so knew something
about such responsibilities,
The lady is absolutely right. I
refuse to accept my responsibi-
lities..I also refuse to accept
the fact that I ani not young and
handsome. It makes me feel bet-
tor to battle (hese 'things. .When
1 begin accepting my family re-
sponsibilities, .I will have ceased
to be a free man, or the rem-
nants of one, and will have be-
come the mere plodding, sense-
ks statistic this crazy North
American society of ours would
like to make each ane of use.
So as long as there's breath in
my body, or '.don't break one of
my typewriting fingers, I'll fir
the good fight against the sl
strangulation of the free man in
the anaconda coils of family .re-
sponsibility,
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• When I say that I refusedee ac-
cept these responsibilities;. ' • it
doesn't mean that I don't. fullfill
them, Oh, I do. I do. Bias -being
a packmule doesn't necLnsarily
mean you enjoy lugging i.lerge
loads about on your back: And
being a family matA tegse't'ne-
cessarily mean vote ,eita'fese. Wet -
nursing a Jot of people just be-
cause you happened to marry
then or father them,,
Sugar
AND
Spice
Dispensed By BILL SMILEY
grow more surly and their par-
- ents more servile. They wax
smarter•.as their parents become
- sillier. Don't blame the kids. It's
only amazing that so many of
them turn out as well as they oto.
if many modern mothers had
their way, their sons would never
marry, just stay home with Liam,
- Many modern fathers cannot
conceive of a young man pure
enough to marry their flower-
like daughters.
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It seems to ane that the joys
of family life are greatly over-
rated, and all I try to do is main -
lain some sort of balance Ani-
mals know how to deal with fam-
ilies. They have them often,
teach them to eat and get••along
in the world. then furl them out
to fend for themselves'.,e;
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'That, of course, is anuclt '
'e for brilliant, 'thotta• -
t , humans. We make an
mighty fetish out of marriage
and a virtual hysteriama out of
producing a child. Then, in the
name of fancily responsibilities,
we spent the next, and the best,
twenty years of our lives trying
to hatch the egg ,without break-
ing the shell. As a result, all too
often, when the shell does break,
the yolk is either hard or rotten.
W a
"tut he was always such a
GOOD boy!" wails the mother
whose dangerous young animal
nurtured on the idea that the
world is his oyster and all he
needs to open it is a switch -
knife, has just carved up some
other human:
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Under the guise of being good
parents, 'and' because 'we haven't
the intestinal 'fortitude to give
baffle, we accept all the respon-
sibilities of our children. And
thereby we steal their self-re-
liance, undermine thele indepen-
dence of thought and imbue them
with the charming idea that
there's always somebody around
to do the dirty work and pull
the chestnuts out of the fire.
With each generation, children
:, x= * w
The hilarious part is that, af-
ter we have sacrificed, for their
sake, our dignity, our health,
our freedom anct our integrity,-
we
ntegrity;we are horrified to find then
l000king upon us with the sub-
dued disgust with which one
Wright eye a leper. We` are prac-
tically stoned with •dismay when
they cast us off iiko an old rub-
er boot. ,
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0AhI feel at times a great pity far
the youth of today. They arc at
heart as eager, as adventurous,
as keen to savour life, as ever
any generation was. But, in the
name of family responsibilities,
al, some such twaddle, we're ,giv-
ing then a poor basis for
living.
Jottings `y, f- M
Huron's, New P4�niJer
Outliries Di.strjct's Sc a
11 believer a .new member
makes his maiden speech in the
legislature, it is customary for
him to give a brief .historical
background of (be riding which
he represents.
Last week, ,Charles AiaeNatetin
tan made his debut in .the On -
tarn) house. We- feel his coin -
»tents on the History of the rid,-
nig
icl-Jug -will be interesting to our
readers, W e quote from his
speec'e, which opened «•ills a
fitting reference to the Yale font
Pude:
"While I recognize in the fult-
est sense, the honor that the
people of Huron: have conferred
upon ane, in electing me as the
representative of this historic
riding. nevertheless the circum-
stances which resulted in my
election were, and will continue
to be, a matter of profound re-
gret. The late Torn P'ryde was
my neighbor and true friend.
Truly. he Was a dedicated serv-
ant of the adopted country he
loved so well. '1'o have :known
hint and called hint friend was
an horror and privilege 1 will not
in my lifetime forget .and the
many kindly references 1 have
hoard from all members of this
house are e matter of personal'
satisfaction to me as 1 am sure
they are to his fancily and all
those whom he served so faith-
fully and. well.
-me,. Speaker, I propose, hi
the most concise terms possible,
to cleat with the interests of the
rioting of 1Juron, its history, Its
people aitd their aims. and as-
pirations as well as the general
economy of this wonderful part
of our great province, relating,,
all in a general Way, to similar
situations, which undouhledly pre-
vail in many other rural sections
of Ontario.
"1t is not possible to discuss
in abbreviated form the complete
history of this famous section
of Ontario, Bather, 1 propose to
touch on certain' of the high-
lights.
"The first while Jnah to visit
the area is acknowledged to be
a young associate of Chainplain
known as Etienne Brtcle: ile be-
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However, there's no use get-
ting worked up about this. I re-
fuse to accept my family respon-
sibilities and I do it proudly.
Stop fighting hack for one min-
ute, and your' wife and Children
start treating you with the dis-
gusting patronage accorded a
Dagwood Bumstead. There's no
thing noble about -a {doormat,
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And now, if you'll excuse ane.
I have to type out the invitations
to Kim's birthday party. then
help llugh with a couple, of those
rugged arithmetic questions, then
do the dishes while my wife's at
a meeting. But never fear. I'll
be right back in there tomorrow
at lunchtime, battling for the va-
nishing prestige of parenthood.
And getting. a lot of lip from all
quarters, no doubt.
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East to '.Jest
(Arnold J. Toynbee)
Onretirement t ement aCCer more
than 30 years at•the Royal in-
stiiute of international Affairs
in London - Arnold 'Toynbee and
his wife set out on a 17 -month
journey around the world.
They travelled from east to
west, As Mr. 'Toynbee says
"This way round. lengthens one's
nights instead of shortening
thein .and that is an important
consideration when One is tra-
velling hard. We tinned our ;jour-
ney so as to be in Australia dur-
ing the southern henii.sphere win-
ter and in India during the north-
ern hemisphere one:" •
This book .is . fascinating col-
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chapter is a self-contained unit
of experience. Mr, Toynbee vi-
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of scenery, people, lands and
cities, The• book is a delight to
react as the language is dcscrip•
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tcresting.
—Please Turn to Page 3
. 50 YEARS AGO
The Epworth League of. James
Street church held an interest
big debate on Women Su.fferage
Tuesday evening. Dr. Malloy arid
Miss May Rivers supported the
negetiv e while Orvie Southeott
and' Miss \'. )liners upheld the
negative.
The people. of St. Patrick's
church, Saintsbury, are going to
build a new hall ori the church
ground in the spring.
M17. Amos Schroeder of Dako-
ta who has been visiting Dash-
wood friends since New Years
was married to Miss Katie Gei-
ger at the Evangelical parson-
age,
Sant- Elliott accompanied a car
of horses to Winnipeg for T. E.
Handford Monday.
Mr. Richard Murphy, Exeter's
well known Massey Harris agent,
field a large delivery of farm
machinery on Friday. About tis
teams took away machinery of
t-aflous -kinds.. • • . •
Miss May Armstrong, milliner,
has purchased • a business in.
Lucknow. , • •
25 YEARS AGO,
Miss Edna Beaver of the Tech-
nical
ech
nical School and Miss hazel
Woodall of the Normal • School•,
London, spent the weekend at
their respective homes in Cretli-
toni.
Jubilation Was expressed all
the way from Grand Bend to
Port Lambloti Thursday at the
announcement that the Ontario.
Government will take into the
Provincial Highway system, the
Blue Water IJ.ighway from. Go,
derich and Grand Bend to 'l'hed-
ford with a view to eventually
paving IL •
The water supply pipes for the
heating system of the' Exeter
School were frozen ' over the
weekend and several of the high
school: rooms 'were closed Mon-
day morning. •
11r, Clinton Sweet last week
marketed 15 hogs for which he
received over 8300.
Caven • Congregational. Circle
held a "Maggio and tlggs" stip-
per on Saturday evening in the
Central Hotel.
came einnularly adept at master,
ing various Indian dialects and,
in due course, he became the
foremost linguist anct interpreter
of his time. in 1610, by agree-
ment with ,Champlain, he was
permitted to take up residence
with , the Huron tribe and be
shared .their cult ins and exist-
ence until 1833 w'hett he becanne
a victim of the sante customs
and was killed, quartered, boiled
end eaten dry those who had
been his blood. brothers.
"For most praetieal purposes,
the bistary of the Huron District
of Huron Titter eom.ntcnees
about 1824 or 182.5 with the for-
illation of the Co nada Company,
On November 26, 1824, some
1,384,413 •1ICres was sold from
Crown reserves in tipper Can,
Ada, to the Canada Company, at
a price of three shillings and
sixpence per acre. A grant of
laud •of ,about 800,00 arses of
clergy reserves was eventually
conv'crtect to a money grant. I
might say., Mr. Speaker, that
there are still properties in :Huron
held on deeds originally granted
by the Canada Company.
• "This was a lusty period in
the history of Canada. It was
no less lusty in Huron and its
•vigor stemmed. front the men
and woinen 'who made the his-
tory of the times. But it was
the first warden who• emerged
as• the most colorful, aggressive
and now almost legendary per-
sonality of his stay. I refer to
the famous or infamous I)r. Wil-
liam Dunlop, or better know and
remembered as Tiger Dunlop
"His contribution to the de-
veloptent of the entire district
was that of vigorous growth and
he represented (he district which
then comprised lturon, Perth
and parts of Lambton and Mid-
dlesex, in the first parliament
of Upper Canada at Kingston
in 1.841.'
"In this role, • he•succeeded
his brother, who was the first -
MPP, and who died after• a
short (erns in office. Captain
Robert Dunlop, R.N., contested
the first election against another
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As the
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Go By
During the past week many of
the' roads have been blocked
with snow.
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15 YEARS AGO
1lr. J. J: `-La eso , ' ttiho' far
many years has conducted a je-
wellery business in Exeter, has
disposed of his business' to Erect
Cole taking possession on March
1
Janes Shearer, agricultural
representative for dluroi County
is giving up his work .and is
going into farming on his own.
Two stud.eot pilots from No. 9
SETS Jost their .lives when .their
planes collided Thursday of last
week. One 'of then ivas Bruce
Gordon, son of Rev and Mrs.
Moore Gordon, llagcrsvil.le, for-
merly of Exeter.
Tpr, Roy Kirk, 20 -year-old son
of • Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kirk,
Exeter, was officially reported
wounded in Italy on February
20.:
Canadians on leave in Exeter,
England, have been treated. so
-well that citizens of Exeter,
Ont„ have sent a gift of 100
guineas for the Mr 'Raid 'Vic-
tims Relief Fund.
.
• 10 YEARS AGO
.hiss Alice Meknes, and. Airs,
Fred Cole have returned hoose
after a pleasant month's holi-
day in 'Miami, Florida, guests
of Miss Ella Sanders.
The Kippen Gun Club have de-
-cided to put up a club house on
their target field on William
Kyle's farm.
A new lodge, the Amber Re-
bekah Lodge 349, has been in-.
stituted at Hensel!.
-Messrs. Fred Ellerington, Don
Case add Clarence Knight re -
:turned home Suticlay from An
extended nto:or trip to Vancou-
ver, Los Angeles and Holly-
wood,
Pr. J. G. Dunlop has purchased
the fine brick residence of Mr.
Samuel Ross on Alain St. for a
new office,
Mr, A, Dayman oC Usborne,
having grassed out his farm, has
'rented [he house to Mr. and Mrs.
Themes Campbell. Mr. and Mrs,
Daymen have moved to Grand
Bond,
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