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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-09-28, Page 4... .................. 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. Wingliam Advance-Times 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. 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This is your invitation to attend the 1973 SKI-D00 SHOWING See How The Machine That Changed Winter HAS CHANGED For '73 s FASHION SHOW — Featuring the New "1973 Look" of Ski-Doo Clothing • Films • Refreshments EXETER FORD Equipment Sales Ltd Highway 83 — 1/4 Mile East of Highway 4 Tester Package 25c toceferZimes-ibuocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Edit* — Rest Haugh Women's Editor — 6wyn Whilsmith Phone 23S,1331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, March 31, 1972, 6,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $8.08 Per Year; USA $10.00 O.f ..ebEUJffIC. 41,1 7 ,, ,-(5.-4AV E I Get involved, it's interesting 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. + + 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, Woodlintri Advocate Established 1881 Amalgantated 1924