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It would seem reasonable to expect that
those who have experienced misery should
be the last to inflict suffering on others.
human behavior, however, seldom follows
rational patterns.
Only a few years back the people of
Uganda were complaining bitterly about
their oppression under the laws of a
colonial power. They cried for freedom —
the God-given right to live as free and
Unfettered equals in their own land. But in
this short time they have learned to wield
cruel power of a sort their "masters" had
not exercised in 200 years,
The ruling party in Uganda has decreed
that all people of Asiatic background who
live in their country must leave — and leave
penniless at that. No matter how long the
Asians have lived in Ughnda, nor how much
they have contributed to the development of
the young nation — out they must go! As in
every mass exile of this sort, the heart-
break and personal loss is immense.
Success in their own campaign for
personal freedom seems to have left the
rulers of Uganda with no sense of mercy
toward another people equally oppressed.
They have forgotten, too, that the Asians
have, in many instances, provided the brain
power and leadership so necessary in a
newly-independent country. It may be
many years before that nation is able to
hope for competitive survival.
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Returns are meagre
They show the way
An'example of what could happen to the
main streets in many Ontario centres is the
program recently carried out in Petrolia,
says the Seaforth Huron Expositor.
The main street of the town received a
badly-needed facelift this summer from
eight young men with a $7,000 federal youth
Opportunities grant.
With scaffolding, brushes and paint,
they rejuvenated the tired old face of that
town, the oil capital of Canada and a
thriving community of 10,000 at the turn of
the century.
The oil has long since disappeared, as
has much of the population. but spacious old
mansions, shops and a 600-seat opera house
— all constructed during the boom years
long ago — remain from the past. Old brick
shops along main street have been done
over in hues of blue. lime, yellow and brown
— all color-co-ordinated to accentuate the
unique architectural features of the
building.
"At first everybody in town was really
suspicious of us," says 19-year old, Ian
Smith, project leader, "but after we did our
first storefront the response was tremen-
dous. Now practically everybody wants to
get his store done."
Similar to Seaforth, a rejuvenation of
the main street of the town was not a new
issue. For years a facelift had been talked
over among merchants. Now that it has
been accomplished the merchants, and
particularly the shopping public can ap-
preciate what the main street has to offer.
Area shoppers had had a shopping centre at
their doorstep comparable to any in the
large cities, and they hadn't realized it. The
rejuvenation program not only drew atten-
tion to the street and the stores, it also
emphasized what was in the stores,
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Sentimental me, forgot again
When I tottered downstairs last
Sunday morning, and my wife
greeted me cheerily, and told me
to sit down, and brought me in a
big glass of orange juice with a
stiff belt of something in it, I was
as wary as a groundhog
I sniffed the air, wiggled my
ears and peered about to see from
what direction the danger was
coming. It's not that I'm
suspicious by nature. Basically, I
am a naive and trusting person.
But this was too much.
Something was up.
While she sat down across from
me, smiling in an uncanny
fashion, I took a quick slug and
let my mind flicker over the
possibilities. She was going to
divorce me. No, I just got a raise,
She was going to buy a third
piano. No. No place to put it,
except in the wood-bin down
cellar. She was going to have a
baby. No. she's had a
hysterectomy. Kim is going to
have a baby and I'm going to be a
grandfather and old. That
seemed the most logical.
"Do you know what day this
is?", gently but firmly. My mind
raced over birthdays,
graduations and such, slipped a
few cogs and finally ground to a
halt. I knew. It was our an-
niversary.
How could I have forgotten it,
even though I'd forgotten it every
year for twenty-five?
Easy. The bride isn't any
better. Every year, about two
weeks after the date, one or other
of us says, "Hey, we forgot our
anniversary again." And look at
each other and laugh.
Some people make a
tremendous fuss over wedding
anniversaries. It's as though they
were trying to recapture
something lost forever.
Husbands who either snarl at
or ignore their wives for 364 days
of the year arrive home with an
expensive present, or at least a
bundle of flowers, on that sacred
day. Reminded by their
secretaries.
Wives who spend the whole day
in suspense, thinking "The rotten
louse. He hasn't even called. He's
forgotten", smile, false-toothed,
through their tears, and crack
open a bottle of vintage 1971
Canadian champagne,
454.-
Times EstabliShed 1873
Many of these couples, who
haven't exchanged a civil word
for weeks, actually go out to
dinner, and even thrash around.
the dance floor in their inimitable
1930's, 40's or 50's style, a threat
of life and limb to all near them.
A few of them actually have the
stamina to press on from the
ridiculous to the absurd, and
make love,
Next day, the glow gone,
slightly hung, they become
acutely aware again of such
mundane things as heart-burn,
constipation, pot bellies, wattles,
bald heads and crows' feet, And
real life begins again.
I'm not knocking anniversary
celebrations as such. They're
quite beautiful if the love and
tenderness are still there. But if
those elements are missing, the
anniversary waltz is an ugly
charade.
Thank goodness we forget ours
until it's too late to do anything
but recall our wedding day and
laugh hilariously as we
reminisce,
Nowadays it's not unusual to
have two or three hundred people
at a wedding reception, with a
bar, dinner and orchestra for
dancing. The bride has had eight
showers before the wedding and
the couple has amassed about
two thousand dollars worth of
gadgets and cash.
We had about twenty at our
wedding. A scattering of my
wife's aunts and things. Nobody
from my side, except a few old
buddies to whom I'd issued the
invitation, "Hey, I'm getting
married Saturday at Hart House
chapel. Why don't you drop
around?"
No reception. No bar. No or-
chestra. Music supplied by an old
friend who played organ in a
downtown bar. Dinner we had
after the wedding at a crumby
hotel in a small town. Alone,
We drove about two hundred
miles in a borrowed car. We had
eighty dollars, No presents. It
was raining all the way. We talked
about highway conditions.
But I wouldn't trade it, even
though my wife wore flannelette
pyjamas on our wedding night. At
least we didn't have to smile and
smile and smile at a host of
people we scarcely knew.
And here we were, some years
later, Sunday morning. My wife
had remembered our an-
niversary. She had bought each
of us a present, and she handed
me a piece of paper on which she
has summed up the war, Her
words: '
To Us
"May we continue until death
the battle which has raged for
twenty-six years.
"Always attacking, never
retreating, shall we glorify in our
victories, deny our losses.
"Let us be constant in making
our skirmishes as violent in in-
tent as our One Big War, for we
might lose courage, weaken in
moments of apathy, flounder in
surrender.
"May we never be tortured by
thoughts of love and peace, for
these might lead the way to a
glimpse of hope and glory.
"Let us remain steadfast in the
face of our single purpose.
"We have fought a good
fight..."
Hey, she's taking about our life
together. She's being ironic, and
that's my field, What's going on
here?
Then she handed me another
piece of paper. Her words:
"Along came Bill
. An ordinary guy
You'd meet him on the street
And never notice him
"No that's not the part I mean.
"I love him '
Because he's wonderful
Because he's just my Bill.
Suze."
Dear Sir:
It is rather revealing to read
some of the statements and ob-
servations made by members of
the Huron County Board of
Education during their
discussion of the request for
transportation for a number of
students of the Clinton and
District Oa. isuan
Indications are there will' be
few "local" issues at stake in the
federal election of 1972, and that
situation of course is both good
and bad.
It's good from the standpoint
that, basically, we in this part of
Canada have few complaints and
problems. Unemployment is
certainly not a local issue, and in
fact local businessmen and in-
dustrial officials tell us they have
jobs that they have difficulty in
filling,
Regional disparity is not an
issue either and many of the
other topics the federal political
leaders will set forth in an at-
tempt to sway voters will have
little impact on this district.
To a degree, that's unfortunate,
because it will make the election
campaign in the area rather
mundane. It would be much more
exciting if the area candidates
had some local issues to get their
teeth into to stir more interest
among voters.
The election for the Huron
riding takes on an even more
blase atmosphere because the
sitting member has been an Op-
position party member.
As such, Robert McKinley does
not face the difficult task of.
having to defend his party's
actions over the past four years
because they have not been in a
position to create any legislation
that has affected riding voters.
From that standpoint, Charles
Thomas, the Liberal candidate,
faces a most difficult task in
attempting to unseat McKinley
because Thomas has the
disadvantage of being on the
defensive.
Despite the fact he has had
nothing to do with the Liberal
party policies, he is representing
that party and any disfavor they
have created among Huron
I fail to understand how sup-
posedly intelligent men, which
we have elected to look after the
educational affairs of our
country, can show such an
alarming lack of appreciation
regarding the underlying prin-
ciples of the Christian School
movement in Canada.
A beautiful example of this
ignorance is illustrated in a
remark made by the chairman of
the Board, Mr. Elliott, when he
states "That the question of
Christian Schools and any other
parachial schools is difficult and
can cause war and it should not
he alleWed to go that far."
I submit that in contemporary
English the sentiment of such a
statement is called "bunkerism,"
I also take issue with an ob-
servation made by the Vice.
Chairman of the Board, Mr,
Broadfoot states that the Clinton
and District Christian School "is
actually costing the Huron tax
payer money".
I am of the opinion that this is
next to unbelievable and I
challenge Mr. Broadfoot to
publish accurate facts and
figures to substantiate his claim,
With kind regards,
Peter Damsina
voters will be costly to him.
In short, he appears to face an
insurmountable task in this Tory
stronghold, which increased the
PC majority during the
Trudeau sweep.
His only consolationmay be the
fact that he's still going to be
better off than his NDP coun-
terpart in Huron, whoever that
may be.
Huron voters have never given
much support to the NDP and
there is no reason to.assume that
will change come October 30.
Of course, strange things
happen to upset elections and no
one can be counted out at this
early stage.
However, the Liberals and
NDP face a monumental task in
attempting to make a
breakthrough in Huron and they
will need more enthusiasm and
hard work from their party if
they are to even come close.
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The foregoing is not to suggest
that area voters should abdicate
their responsibility to be fully
informed of the issues in the
election and to make their choice
only after carefully considering
the policies the respective parties
put forth.
The stalwarts of the various
parties known now how they are
going to vote and nothing is
going to change that,
However, there are a great
many uncommitted voters who
hold the balance of power so to
speak and who, if they all moved
in one direction, could make
anything happen.
The realization of that fact is
the only motive the Liberals and
NDP should need to spur
themselves on to a strong
campaign and it should also
provide the initiative the PCs
need, realizing that the election is
far from won.
The party workers have an
opportunity to make the local
50 Years Ago
At Mitchell on Saturday, Lucan
outplayed Palmerston in the
game which decided the cham-
pionship of the North Wellington
Baseball Association in the
senior series by 12 to 4. Both
teams had won their home
games.
The three-storey brick flour
mill of the Crown Milling Com-
pany at Lucan conducted by H.
G. Fairies, was destroyed by fire
,early Wednesday morning'of last
week. All equipment had been
recently renewed. The mill had
been running for five years and
was Lucan's chief industry.
About 500 bags of flour were also
destroyed. A hot box is con.-
sidered to be the cause of the
fire,
A white frost visited this sec-
tion Sunday night.
The choir of the James St,
Methodist Church held a very
jolly wiener roast at the farm of
Mr. Cecil Rowe on Wednesday
evening of last week.
The Zurich Fall Fair was held
on Thursday last with fine
weather and a large crowd pre-
sent. Brodhagen Brass Band fur-
nished the music.
25 Years Ago
Miss Shirley Taylor won the
Simpson's special prize for the
most points in the boys' and girls'
department at the Exeter, fair,
Ilard. frost that did con.
siderable damage, especially to
the late beans, visited this dis,
triet Friday and Saturday mon,
nings.
The Exeter Band is providing
the music at the Teeswater Fair
this week.
Friends and neighbors.
gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Whitney Om tes to celebrate
with them their twentieth wed-
ding anniversary.
Murray May won the senior
boy's championship with 20
points, at, the Exeter nigh School
field day.
campaign interesting and ex-
citing and with a large number of
new, young voters, this may be
the secret of success in 1972.
Today's young people are
looking for action, and few have
any ties. If one party can succeed
in heading the majority of them
in one direction they could be well
pleased with the outcome,
One of the aspects of the
election that many people will
find of interest is the similarity
between it and last year's
provincial election,
The campaign staged by the
Liberals in Ontario is not unlike
that which the federal Provincial
Conservatives will be staging, if
last week's PC nomination in
Huron is any indicator.
Comments regarding the
arrogant, dictatorial and
socialistic nature of Prime
Minister Trudeau were raised by
many of the PC speakers. Many
of the same charges were
levelled by the provincial
Liberals against Premier
William Davis and his' govern-
ment,
The federal PCs complained
last week that Mr. Trudeau was
showing an unwillingness to
discuss policies during the
election.
The provincial PCs didn't do
much of that either last year as
they geared their expensive
campaign to creating a leader-
ship image for Mr. Davis.
In many ways, political
campaigns are situations where
the kettles call the pots black,
and vice versa..
At times it's a dirty game, at
other times, it's humorous. On
the overall picture, it seldom
lacks excitement and we. hope
some of that reaches the local
level before October 30.
15 Years Ago
The new members of the
SHDHS student council were
elected last week. They are:
president, Gwen Spencer; vice
president, Bill Marshall;
secretary, Robin Smith;
treasurer, Rosemary Dobson;
and publicity, Diane Thiel.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Forrest,
Kirkton, and their seven children
were injured in a head-on crash
on concession four, Usborne
township Friday night. Cars met
at the brow of a hill on the
narrow township road. Robert
McKenzie, Kippen, was the
driver of the second car.
Kirkton Fall Fair, staged on a
new day this year, attracted a
crowd of 1,200
South Huron District High
School students placed third in
the Perth Conference track and
field meet held at National
Stadium in Stratford last Friday,
They were under the supervision
of coaches Miss L. Seigner and
Mr, G. Mickle,
10 Yeats Ago
Several leading Protestant
Clergymen from the RCAF will
be on hand at Station Centralia
Sunday when a stained glass win-
dow will be unveiled and
dedicated to the memory of tile
late Rev. Earl Moore.
The youngest champions at Ex-
eter fair were the winners of the
under four months class in the
baby show. Sherry Louise,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Bill
Malan, Exeter won the class
and Wayne Donald McCann, son
of Mr. and Mrs, Donald McCann
was the runner-tip,
Other champions declared at
the fair were dairy cattle, Ross
Kirkton; sheep,
Preston Dearing, RR 1, Exeter
rain and seeds, Russell Oeseh,
arna; flowers, Mrs. Luther
Reynolds. Exeter; fruits, Victor
Jeffery, RH 3, Exeter;
vegetables, Lloyd iteyholds, RH
Ilensall; and champion cook,
Mrs. Ward Vern. BR I,
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