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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-08-13, Page 2Wise to, leave the bums REPORT FROM PARLIAMENT By W. H. A, (Bill) Thomas, M.P. MP fears loss of holidays The interim supply de bat e was continued from the previoup week. The Conservatives were mainly responsible for keeping it going. Their grievance was that the government refused to answer questions or provide in- formation. So long as the government continued to treat the opposition in this high-handed manner, the opposition was not disposed to grant supply. On Tuesday morning the gov- ernment party held a caucus and it was quite evident when the House met on Tuesday afternoon that the government policy was changed, Several ministers took the floor to answer queatiens that had been asked during the previous week, The conserve., tives immediately dropped the debate. Taesrlay afternoon and Wed- nesday afternoon were largely devoted to speeches by the var.!. ious ministers of the govern, ment, supplying the information that had been requested. Although the official opposi- LET I.M.T. ARRANGE YOUR MORTGAGE For almost three-quarters of a century we have offered a friendly, personal service in the first mortgage field, We can arrange a first mortgage for you on your home, farm or business property. All enquiries welcome. ESTABLISIIED 1889 1"'" THE INDUSTRIAL MORTGAGE & TRUST COMPANY Head Office; Sarnia Offices in Forest and Petrolia ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne Besides abounding lakes, rivers and beauty spots of all descriptions, one doesn't have to drive too far in Ontario to find that it also has its Share of hitchhikers. While travelling through the north lands on our annual vacation we passed nu- merous persons with their thumbs high in the air in the universal sign of a free ride, The very appearance of some of these individuals prompted us to speed up rather than slow down and stop as we approached, but even statistics show that picking up any hitchhikers—regardless of how harmless they may appear—is a risky and foolish business. There are startling facts to back up the frequent warnings to drivers not to pick up hitchhikers, A leading motoring magazine reports that in New Jersey, state troopers checked turnpike hitchhikers and discovered 162 run- aways, 98 servicemen absent without leave, seven inmates fleeing mental institutions and five escaped convicts. The fingerprints of 500 others were on criminal records. Sheldon Mix, writing in the current is- sue of Home and Highway pUblication of All- state Insurance Companies of Canada, further documents the dangers of offering rides to strangers, Out of 100 hitchhikers passing through Make own decisions a small town, lawmen discovered that 84 had criminal records and 12 others were either juvenile runaways or AWL servicemen. Only four of 'the 100 were without police records. Can you pick out a reputable and harmless hitchhiker? Many people think so— and guess wrong, the author points out, Five members of one family picked up a young man who murdered them and stole their car. A woman driving alone picked up uniformed serviceman because his car had broken clown. He killed her. Some provinces prohibit hitchhiking, but the laws are not rigidly enforced. Despite police warnings against picking up hitchhik- ers, motorists continue to invite strangers in- to their cars. "There are still some drivers who feel guilty when they turn down a 'thumb bum' on the highway, yet there is no reason to feel any obligation toward these moochers. You wouldn't open your home to them; why admit one to your car?" Col. G. R. Carrel, Chief of the Colorada State Patrol, says in the article, One prominent police officer puts it this way: "Offering a ride to a stranger, like passing on a hill or curve, is a dangerous, blind gamble. In neither case can the motorist foresee what is ahead." Now we are I9,000,000 In June the population of Canada slip- ped past 19,000,000 with a gain of 341,000 people in a year. That's a good record, As recently as 1931 there were only 10,377,000. Still, 19,000,000 isn't that big. Ethiopia with 20,000,000 has a lead over Canada and we are a Commonwealth dwarf compared to Nigeria with 35,000,000 people, India with 433,000,000 and Pakistan with 93,000,000. Mexico, on this side of the water, has about twice as many people, but Canada appears a giant compared to France's St. Pierre and Miquelon, islands in the lee of Newfoundland, which muster 5,000 souls, Canada is also bigger than Afghanistan with 14,000,000 people but is small cheese compared to Brazil with 66,000,000. Argen- tina is a bit bigger than we are at 21,000,000 while mainland China has 700,000,000 or thereabouts which proves that at 19,000,000 a country has the right to feel proud but should not, even if it wanted to, go around with chips on shoulders. — Ottawa Journal re. ............... "agMia-0121ZONDENWIETV BATT'N AROUND North is WITH THE EDITOR Through the efforts of TV, news- papers, movies and slides, most peo- ple in this area have a scanty idea of the terrain and life in far away coun- ties and when others mention such places as Russia, Asia, India, Africa, the South Seas, California, etc., most can conjure some mental image of the lands being described. While there are variations of the general conception in each of these lands, we have come to the conclusion that perhaps this fair province of On- tario is the one spot in the world that defies any set description that will give anyone a true picture of its broad domain. We imagine that when most readers think of Ontario they think of flat lands that produce some of the world's best grains, fruits, vegetables and live- stock, and an area that is spotted with giant industrial centres such as Hamilton, Windsor and Toronto. However, after a 2,000-mile va- cation trip, we have returned with the feeling that this is only a small por- tion of the picture and the vast wilder- ness of the north is more our pre- dominant characteristic. But then, this area too varies great- ly and contains many surprises for those unfamiliar with it. Travelling north through the Mus- koka area and into the region of North Bay, we find the terrain to be what we have always thought the "north" to be — heavily wooded for- ests; steep, rocky cliffs of colorful rock formations and countless, deep, blue lakes and rivers that abound in large game fish. Signs every half-mile or so indicate the location of fishing and hunting camps for the outdoor enthusiasts. However, as suddenly as they ap- pear, they end in the area around New Liskeard and once again the traveller is viewing fertile farm land with beef and dairy cattle in abund- ance, and only the heavy backdrop of forests suggests you are out of Wes- tern Ontario. This continues on through to Coch- rane and further along the Great Northern Route on Highway 11 that eventually leads to the Lakehead. Out of Cochrane, and on the way through Hearst, Long Lac andGerald- ton, the terrain remains extremely flat, but the farm land gives way to tion was prepared 010 interim smu epmPlOYergs° ofhtrhoeuogitlie sr°Prill)PeP'osilttilolen parties showed an inclination to keep talking. No action is required on the part of the opposition to let interim supply go through. All they have to do is stop talking. When no member rises to speak, the resolution is declared car- ried. The resolution is then re- ported to the House and a bill is introduced authorizing the use of the funds by the govern- ment. The N.D.P. leader, Mr. Doug- las, attempted on Monday to act as a conciliator between the government and the opposition to obtain a summer recess for Parliament. lie suggested that an agree- ment should be reached under which interim supply would be allowed to go through without further debate, then the Fed- eral-Provincial Fiscal Ar- rangements Act should be pro- cessed, after which the flag resolution would be again in- troduced. His suggestion concerning the flag resolution was that the Con- servative amendment calling for a plebiscite or referendum on the flag issue should be dis- posed of and then a recess de- clared. When the House resum- ed after the recess the flag debate would be limited to one week. On Wednesday afternoon a meeting of all party leaders was held, but agreement could not be reached on limitation of the flag debate, and Mr. Douglas's effort to obtain a recess for Parlia- ment proved futile. As has been pointed out in previous reports, there is no doubt in anyone's mind but that if the government flag resolu- tion can be brought to a vote in the House, the resolution will carry. To those who feel that the present method of choosing a national flag is wrong, to agree to any such proposal for limit- ing debate, and therefore limit- ing the opportunity to bring in amendments and give full con- sideration to such amendments, the acceptance of Mr. Douglas's proposal would constitute al- most a complete surrender. The chances of a Parliamen- tary recess this year are pretty well washed out so the members will have to adjust their private plans as best they can. Yours truly was hoping for a few weeks off but this will have to be c ut doWn to a few days, Mrs. Thomas is presently visiting our daughter and her family at Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories. I left at the end of the week to join them for a few days to see bow fast our grandchildren a r e growing and to have a look at the country and the economy north of the 60th parallel. human trait. Christians have been given certain moral standards to guide their conduct. All too often these standards conflict sharply with public opinion. Christian standards of honesty and respect for the time and property of others will often co nf 1 i c t with the opinion of workmates who see nothing wrong with "scrounging" from their employer. Christian belief in the sacredness of sex will often conflict with popular public opinion. There are so many times in the affairs of every-day life when we are challenged to nail our colours to the mast and op- pose public opinion. One final thought. Never ne- glect the possibility of influenc- ing and changing public opinion. Powerful as the crowd-mind might be, it is always subject to a dominating personality. After all, there must always be someone who utters the first cry that becomes the slogan of the multitude. It is a cowardly avoidance of responsibility to ignore the possibility of influencing pub- lic opinion, and remain content to follow. In matters of morals and politics and worship (or the lack of it) public opinion invites you to go along. You will have an easy journey along the road of least resistance. 'Christianity warns you against accepting second-rate standards or second-hand opin- ions, and urges you to use the mind God has given you to think out your motives care- fully, and to make sure that if you do go with the crowd, you go as one who leads, and not as one who blindly follows. Comments or criticism will be wel- comed Write PO Box 37 Exeter scenic, changeable the muskeg and the spindly evergreens that crowd to the highway and neces- sitate numerous "moose crossing" signs. Some farms still remain along the highway, but primarily they are small in size and hay appears to be the major crop to feed the few cattle spot- ted grazing. While the north may be rich in natural resources, it is obviously poor in living standards in many areas. Many homes resemble those in any slum area and most farm yards are cluttered with as many as five and six dilapidated buildings that appear to serve no useful purpose. Some houses of course are nicely decorated, and it is a point of interest to view the many colors one sees, as though the natives were using the multi-color pink, green, yellow, blue decors to offset the white snow that covers the area for a large part of the year. It is not strange at all to see at least three brilliant colors used in one house, and it is a welcome change after viewing so many of the drab buildings that dot the road side. Many of the homes appear to be recently constructed, but few havebeen finish- ed off; the builder having left his home covered with all-weather tarred sid- ing that still bears the manufactur- er's stamp. However, the northern residents of Ontario have advanced much far- ther in some lines than their south- ern cousins and this is in the sphere of bi-lingualism. Most communities bear a French name and most of the residents are French speaking. At one resort which was owned by an MPP, Rene Brunelle, we found he and his family spoke French most of the time, as did the hired help who came to work from the surrounding area. While the bureau de poste replaces the post office, most natives are fluent in English as well, and if Quebec pulls away from Canada, there is the queation of what will happen in Northern Ontario which obviously has Its roots in La Belle Province. West of Geraldton, we transferred to Highway 17 and The Lake Superior Route, which is perhaps the most scenic area of Ontario as it winds its way high above the greyish waters of Superior into Sault Ste. Marie. The formidable forests creep in again and on a rainy, hazy, day, they equal the splendor of the Smoky Mountains as the mists crawl up deep canyons to gain their freedom from the evergreens. Blue lakes and rivers inundate the forests and the many lookouts hundreds of feet above Su- perior are breath-taking in the least, and once again the rocks appear and the highway snakes through canyons that must have taken tons of powder to blast through. On the route one visits White River which boasts of having recorded the coldest temperature in Canada a frigid 72 degrees below zero. The giant. goose at Wawa waves a friendly greeting and then comes the Soo and its international flavor with its sis- ter city in Michigan. Travelling east again over to Sud- bury, the examples of our rich nickel, uranium, copper and lumber resour- ces dot the landscape and a guide book reports that Sudbury enjoys the highest wage scale in Ontario, From here of course, we headed south again back into the teeming tourist area of Muskoka, French River and Georgian Bay. While fishing is the main attraction in the north these days, we can't help but wonder what our economy would be without the challenging bass, muskies and pickerel to be found. We pulled in a bass north of North Bay and a pickerel over around Ger- aldton, and during a stop in the French River area on the way home, had hoped to drown some worms in this popular stream. Our host suggested we would need a guide to take us up the tricky river as only they knew where the good holes could be found. A boat and motor was a requisite as were alarge quantity of bait, shore lunches and some other in- cidentals. He cheerfully reported that it would cost between $25 and $30 for the wife and I to do some fishing, and he also casually mentioned there was no guar- antee of bringing in a "trophy" either. Somewhere in our background a bit of Scotch bristled and we had to forego the jaunt which probably would have resulted in a fish costing somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 a pound, Johns, Elimville. The Exeter Horoicultural So- ciety has 142 members this year and their slogan for the flower show Saturday is "Every mem- ber an entry." 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Frank Durdle has sold his residence on Willis Street and leaves October 1 for St. Thomas where he has purchased a garden farm. Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher left Saturday for Peterboro to attend the wedding of their son Wallace. L. G. J. Watson has resigned his position at Cole's Drug Store and intends taking holi- days before attending pharmacy at Toronto this fall. Milton Pfaff of Dashwood has taken his place with Mr. Cole. John Pedlar, who has the foundation in and the skeleton erected for his new honie on Main Street, is having it ve- neered in red brick. 25 YEARS AGO Laurene and Hazel Hern, Zion, spent last weekend with the Pooley girls at Turnbull's Grove. Grant Taylor, Betty Hogarth, Myrtle Gaiser, Helen Walper and Grace Snell who passed an aggregate of 39 papers in the Upper School exams without a failure are deserving of special congratulations. Mr, ROland Williams of Us- borne had his right hand badly lacerated in a threshing ma- chine on the farm of Lewis Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Posf Office Dept, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid,in-Advance Circulation, September 30, 1963, 3,828 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada Pio Per Year t.fgA GUEST ARTICLE By The Rev, J. Philip Gandon "He's not bad. He's just easily led." How often I've heard these words from fond parents of a boy in trouble. And of course the reply that always springs to mind — "If he's so easily led, how strange he's always led in the wrong direction!" Unfortunately it isn't just youngsters who are "e as ily led". It is a universal weakness of human nature. Sometimes we use more adult definitions of the trait, and speak of being "slaves to public opinion". And perhaps more often than not we whitewash it altogether and call it by such names as "party loyalty", "upholding our family (or national) traditions", or being "one of the boys". All these things indicate a general willingness to let others decide our course of action for us. Sometimes the "others" will be our ancestors, now dead and buried; sometimes they will be our neighbors or workmates. But to some degree or another most of us are far too easily led, and far too unwilling to think out the implications of allowing oth- ers to make our decisions. To turn to some specific ex- amples, let's begin with poli- tics. Is it not true that most people vote for a party because their fathers and their grand- fathers have voted this way? How desperately we need peo- ple who will use.their God-given intellect and think for them- selves—who will face the issues on their merits and vote accord- ingly even if it does mean a break with family tradition. The same thing applies to our habits of worship. How many people are Anglican, United, Presbyterian or whatever they may be simply because they were born into a family of that denomination? They have never thought out for themselves the values or truth of another way of worship, There are exceptions, of course, and I have discovered from experience that the strongest Anglicans—those most convinced of their faith — are those whohave been brought up in a different branch of the Church (or indeed outside the Church altogether), and who in adult life by a definite act of will have decided to come into the Anglican Communion. These people are strong in the faith because they have made their own decision, and are not simply following along in the family tradition, I am quite certain that the clergy of other denominations will have found the same in their experience. WO should all make sure we know why we vote as we do or worship as we do—and that rea- son must be our own, not our parents', For some'people, such an examination of motives will involve some change. Perhaps for the majority it will mean rather a deeper committmentin our present party allegiance or our Churn, What I am pleading for is not Change, but personal conviction. Perhaps an even more seri- ous expression of "being easily led" Is the desire to go along with the crowd to be on the winning side— to keep in line with public Opinion. All too often thiS becomes one of the main motives for our actions, and the moral right Of What We do Is lost sight of In the desire to be one Of the CrOwd. Our American neighbors use a phrase which we haVe heard a great deal lately; as delegates to last Month'SrtepublidanCen. VentiOn "climbed on the Geld,. water bandwagon,i,. The Concise Oxford ail defines on the band, wagon" as striving- to be on the winning side. It SeernSIO the that the Seliateet Vidal, at the Convention Was a result Of his team Making full arse this 15 YEARS AGO A new firm, Exeter Farm Equipment, has been establish- ed in the village to take over the J. I. Case agency formerly handled by Snell Bros. Dick Jermyn, a native of Granton, is the proprietor of the firm. Miss Lois Baker RN has been appointed local public health nurse the first contact of the Huron County Health Unit in this district. Jack Doerr, local photo- grapher, has been invited to join a panel of judges to pick prize winning photographs at the Western Fair, Hon. Brooke Claxton, Minis- ter of Defence, presented pi- lots' wings to Canada's largest post war graduation class at RCAF Centralia, Thursday. 10 YEARS AGO Flanked by 14 fluttering flags of NATO countries Group Cap- tain W. W. Bean signed "the best station in the RCAF over to Group Captain A. Zvi. Cameron in a ceremony witnessed by 1,000 Thursday. Rev. Carl Schroeder, minia- ter of the Bethel Reformed Church, will sail August 28 for the Netherlands to spend three weeks in the interest of migration. Beverly Sturgis and Eric Ost- land of Exeter graduated from the army cadet course atIpper- wash this summer. Three of the staff members, E. b. Howey, G. M. Mickle and E. H. JoneS were instructors at the canip. Jirn StUrgia has been award, ed a $200 scholarship by tiWo for obtaining an average of first class honors on eight paperS. "Say; That's very good: Now theh. 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