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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-10-26, Page 4Put up or shut up When was the last time you wondered about the direction in which today's youth are headed? It's a popular question and fills many hours .of discussion. More important, of course, is to decide for yourself in which direction they should be headed and then search your own con- science to see if you are doing anything to help them. Most people have plenty of time to complain, but can't put that time into more constructive use by providing the leadership most young people need, and contrary to some opinons, want. There are many such opportunities within the community, one of the most pressing being the need for leaders and counsellors to assist with the Scout and Cub movement. Now, before you think up a hundred and one excuses why youcan'thelp out, it should be noted the job carries only two main requirements: enthusiasm and two or three hours of spare time. Conversely, the rewards are great! Taking the theme of the United Appeal, it should be pointed out that "if you don't do it, it won't get done". And, if it doesn't get done, then people in this community may well have ample reason to complain about the direction in which today's youth are headed. However, it won't be their fault. It will be yours! Come on, let's help out! Some shouldn't vote In the past, it has been customary for newspapers to urge voters to get out to the polls to exercise their responsibility. Voting in elections has been considered a duty. There's obviously some merit in that stand, but it is difficult to become alarmed over the fact a large number of eligible voters fail to turn out at the polls. There are many who should not vote! That may appear to be a rather ridiculous statement to some, but it's based on the opinion that if you don't know what you're doing, or more important why, it may be better than you don't do it all. A number of people in this area probably don't even know the names of all four candidates. Certainly, there are an even larger number who don't know the party platforms on which the candidates are standing. Someone who doesn't vote is probably creating less problems than someone who votes without having any considered reason on which to base his decision. The point is, voting is much too impor- tant to be wasted on those who have not taken the responsibility to follow the cam- paigns of the leaders and candidates so they can vote in an informed manner. That responsibility is much more acute than the responsibility to merely vote. The importance of an election and the manner in which the outcome can shape the future of an entire nation is much too important to place in the hands of people who haven't carefully considered how their vote will be cast, Our point in the preceding is not to disuade anyone from voting, but rather to impress the need for being an informed voter. There are still four or five days in which to become informed and carefully consider your vote. Having done that, then get out to the polls knowing that the impor- tant responsibility has been handled to the best of your ability. "First they destroy our environment so that we starve— then they shoot us to save us from the anguish of starvation!" What Life Will Be Like In Canada With A Planned Socialist Economy The Farmer will have complete say over what he produces, with no middlemen making huge profits at the expense of the Farmer and the Consumer. There will be complete equality for men and women in jobs, wages, education, etc. International Unions will be a thing of the past. All workers will be organized and belong to one central body like the C.L.C. There will be no unemployment, no welfare but adequate state aid for all who require it, All education and medicare will be free. All recreation and sports such as boating, flying etc. will be brought within the reach of everyone. There will be no foreign ownership. No large sums of money will be taken out of the country to be invested abroad for private profit, There will be earlier pensions, shorter work week and working day. The vast disparity in salaries, wages and pensions will be brought into a more realistic alignment and all vacations will be of the same duration. Culture, Art, Science, Social Security and Sports will flourish beyond the imagination of most people. The N.D.P. will have gone into oblivion because of their mistaken idea that they could make Capitalism work. Most people had realized that this is an impossible task for all they had to do was to take a look at the failure of the Labour Party in Britain or the Social Democracy that existed in Sweden which then had the highest alcoholic and suicide rate in the world, 80% of the economy was still privately owned and beset with economic woes, The pressures and frustrations that had pushed many people to seek relief in drugs and excessive use of alcohol will have disappeared. The large companies that had enjoyed a monopoly on these unfortunate people are no longer in existence. In our society there were many jobs and work being done that was non-productive and of no benefit to society. This labour was gradually phased out and the people channelled and retrained to do things that were useful and beneficial to society. There is a far greater opportunity to place round pegs in round holes and square pegs in square holes, most people were not working at things they would like to dd. There was an end to Canada's complicity in selling war materials for wars of aggression such as the United States was Waging in Vietnam. Organized crime will have ceased, because the conditions that encourage that type of crime will also have gone info the garbage can of history, Socialism is actually a continuation of true Christianity, did not Christ Say, "I come that they might have life and have it more abundantly," St. John, Chapter 10, Verse 10. There will be no Independence without Socialism, no Socialism without lndependente, Socialism is the answer to alt our problems. On October 30th Vote Ed Bain for Socialism Canada. -Preliminary List of. Electors for Township of Tuckersinith This preliminary list of all electors prepared as required by the Municipal Elections Act, 1972 was publicly posted in the office of the Municipal Clerk on the 2i5th day of October, 1972. Electors should examine the list to ensure that their names and relevant information are correctly shown. Complaints in the nature of requests for additions or corrections to or deletions from the list may be made by an elector completing and filing a form obtainable at the Office of the Clerk. The last day for filing forms, requesting additions, corrections or defections: shall be NOVEMBER 4, 1972. JAMES I. McINTOSH,. Clerk R R 4, Seaforth Ratepayers' Meeting Wed., Nov. 1 8:00 p.m. EXETER TOWN HALL Come Out And Discuss The Operation of the Town With the 1971-72 Council. NOTE — THIS IS. NOT A NOMINATION MEETING txtferVines-,mate SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Nurriber 038,5 Paid in Advance Circulation, March 31, 1072, 6,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $8.00 Per Year; USA -$10.00 Editor —,Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor Ross Haugh Worrien's Editor --, Gwyn Whilsmith Phone 235.1331 eee Little action in staid Huron Pierre's different this time Canadians, fairly phlegmatic in most ways, are mercurial in their voting. They've shown that since confederation, swinging now behind one party, then turning it out for a while, then putting it back in power. John Diefenbaker swept the country with his fire and vision at just the right moment. Not many years later, he couldn't even win a convention for leadership of his own party. And I confess with a slight blush that I'm no exception, At one time or another, I have voted for candidates of all three major parties, and would probably have cast a vote for Social'Credit if I'd ever had a chance and the right man had been running. How about you? Have you made up your mind yet, or are you still looking over the field and wishing there were some other alternative, such as Mao-Tse- Tung or Guy Lombardo? It's hard to choose. The present government has not exactly won wild plaudits in the last four years. It has achieved little in cutting expenses and taxes, in fighting inflation, in creating employment, and in buying Canada back from foreign in- vestors. It is doubtful whether any other party would have done better. How about the Prime Minister? Can he swing it virtually on his own, as he did last time? From my tiny vantage point, it looks as though he's running scared. Last trip around, he had an enormously favorable press. He was something new and exciting, a swinger with a razor-sharp mind and a charming shrug. The women loved him, But now he's an old married man with a family, the press has soured, and you don't hear that word "charisma" being tossed around, He's deadly serious in his commercials. He. is resorting for the first time to the old backroom politics with what look suspiciously like election bribes to various parts of the country. What would he do if he lost? I think he'd pick up his marbles and go home. He's always been a winner, and he has none of the parliamentary skill, the patience and the doggedness that make a good opposition leader. Well, then there's honest Bob Stanfield. He's hard-working and oozes integrity and is intelligent. But lordy, lordy, if only he'd take a course in public speaking. He'd probably make a solid but uninspiring prime minister. But is it worth it to change the whole government for a fellow whose slogan is about as fatuous and feeble as you'd find: "We Can Do Better."? Better than what? Better than nothing, a good Tory might retort. Even that isn't good enough. There's something I can't stand about David Lewis, head of the N.D.P. He's smarmy. He has only one tune. And he has that old-fashined belief that there's a Big Business rapist forever hiding under the bed of the perennial spinster the Canadian socialist party. That leaves Real Caouette. There's a real firebrand for you. I'd rather listen to one of his speeches, even though I can barely follow it, than any given number by shrugging Pierre, bumbling Bob and I-can-give-it- to-you-wholesale David. If I were a rural French- Canadian, I'd certainly say "Dat Caouette is de bes' bet." Well then, what in the world does one do? It's easy for the faithful of any party. They'd vote for an ape if he were running on the party ticket. Some of them are so rigid that they'd even vote for a woman, But the rest of us are faced with the same old spectacle: the government desperately shoring up the old levee, and the others all howling that they will do this and that and thus, if only. That makes us get down to the local level and take a look at the candidates, trying to disassociate them from their leaders. In my riding, we have three. There's the incumbent, a Tory, a doctor, an• elderly man who is a master at politicking and never misses a fiftieth anniversary or a ninetieth birthday in the riding. We have a handsome, youngish lawyer who has done a lot of work in municipal and service club affairs; and sings at weddings. And we have a university student, full of ideals and somewhat blinkered when it comes to reality. Three generations. And do you know who is going to win? The elderly doctor, who has been years in parliament and should have retired gracefully, after making a mark on the face of our history that could be wiped off with a kleenex. Because this is a Tory riding, and that's it. The student will get his lumps, the lawyer will get some ex- perience, and the old gentleman will get the gold ring. Well, that's elections, and I can't even tell my wife how to vote, because she thinks Trudeau is still Soria cute and Margaret is beautiful. My guess? Liberals back in with a minority government. With the 1972 federal election upon us, one question enters my mind, Are all the posters representing Huron county candidates worth being tacked onto our precious trees? My answer is a definite NO! At this time of year, Huron county's trees add considerable Amalgamated 1924 Many people in Canada won't have to be reminded that Monday is voting day. In some sections the election battle has been hot and heavy and voters will be anxious to get to the polls to get their candidate elected. There may be a different situation in this area. Unless the campaigns change drastically in the remaining few days, this will have to go down as another luck- lustre affair. Interest has not been generated by any of the candidates or their supporters. There are few major issues. The rap of "staid old Huron" may be closer to the truth than some would care to admit. The main reason is the fact that the three major parties probably consider the outcome in Huron a foregone conclusiong. Bob McKinley easily withstood the tide of Trudeaumania in the last election and now that the Prime Minister is facing criticism for the government's policies during his four-year reign, there is no reason to assume the Liberals are going to he any more poular in this riding than they were at the last elec- tion. Certainly, it would be one of the most stunning upsets in the nation if a change was made by the Huron voters. Bob McKinley is well-known throughout the riding and has the advantage of being on the opposition side and doesn't have to answer questions and criticisms regarding federal policies. Conversely, Liberal candidate Charles Thomas not only has to overcome the problem of getting better known in the riding, but he is also the victim of any backlash against the government. Independent Ed Bain has to be considered out of the running entirely, and certainly the campaign being staged by the NDP indicates they are putting up a token candidate only. National parties are not going to toss funds into ridings where they have little chance of making any headway, and the ex- penditures being made in Huron by the Liberals and NDP indicate quite clearly what they think of their chances. Few of the "big names" have appeared on the scene to meet the voters, with the exception of a whirlwind trip into Wingham by 7:0108 beauty and elegance to the landscape, A person driving along a highway may remark how colourful that hard maple in the distance is, only to discover, in the next one quarter mile, that it has been dishonoured by a candidate's poster. These posters destroy thebeauty of both autumn and Huron County. To express my point, on one side of one town block in Seaforth, 16 trees support 30 Liberal posters. Political posters not only ruin the scenery but may indirectly diminish it. Whether posters are erected onto trees by staples or by nails, they pucture the protecting layer of bark. With this barrier injured, the tree is vulnerable to insect filtration and to infectious diseases. Posters do not help the survival of our trees! Of our three parties, the New Democratic Party seems to be the only one concerned about this problem. All of the N.D.P. posters, that I have seen have been placed on stakes and driven into the ground. This solution does not harm our trees arid because of the extra cost involved, the number of pOsirprS is reduced, leaving more Prime Minister Trudeau and a trip to Goderich by John Munroe, The former's trip, of course, was on behalf of all Liberal can- didates in the Wingham TV audience, and not merely for the Huron candidate, So, that's how we see the Monday vote in Huron. Another easy win for Bob McKinley. +.. + + The national picture is much more clouded and will be of ex- treme interest. Polls, which at best are often difficult to believe, indicate that Prime Minister Trudeau and his Liberals will be returned, but with a reduced majority. In fact, many are talking about the nation being plagued again by a minority government. Of all the leaders, Mr. Trudeau appears to be the most popular and some ballots will be marked on his behalf as being the lesser of four evils. He maintains his popularity with the young voters and there is a whole new batch of them this time out. Mr. Stanfield has been unable to generate much enthusiasm for himself and he probably realizes that a poor showing in this election would open up even more the rift in his party over his leadership. David Lewis has been waging an all-out campaign and no doubt has gained some support from his attack on Canada's "corporate bums". This will appeal to many who think they are paying too • much in income taxes and relish the thought of Mr. Lewis 50 Years Ago A tap at the school, used for filling the boiler was left running on Thursday evening last and before morning there was a cou- ple of feet of water in the base- ment. Some of the water came up through the radiators and overflowed into the rooms. Dr. S. T. Simpson field secretary of the Orange Grand Lodge, occupied the pulpit of Trivitt Memorial Church on Sun- day evening. Mr. C. W. Robinson, auc- tioneer, left on Tuesday for Fergus, where he has taken a position as implement agent. Harry Strang, while helping to load apples, had the misfortune to fall off the wagon and break two bones in his left arm. 25 Years Ago Exeter chapter No. 22 OES met in the chapter rooms to celebrate their ninth birthday. W. H. Pollen was elected presi- dent of the Exeter Bowling Club Thursday evening, Exeter District War Time committee has ceased activities. Pounds of salvage collected were 209,210 which sold for $1,200; parcels Sent overseas were 1,018, including 366 sweaters and 366 pairs of socks. Janet Kestle was elected presi- dent of the Exeter District High School Council for 1947-48. The interior of the Exeter Town Hall has been redecorated, 15 Years Ago Campaign for the blind in the Exeter area neared the three- quarter mark of its $850 objective with a total to date of over $625. Pauline Becker, as a scarecrow and Kristine Gillet's, as a little girl were prize winners of Iluroh County beautiful, I only hope that our Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties soon see the light as I see it" Larry Ferguson reducing the bite by taking it out of the large corporations instead. However, he has failed to in- dicate how he can generate more investment by Canadians when in fact he's going to reduce the investment returns by Canadians who hold shares in the "corporate bums". So, what he may be gaining on onehand,he is undoubtedly losing on the other and may do no better than hold his position as a token opposition in Ottawa, Naturally, it is impossible to judge the mood of Canadians across the country without ac- tually being in touch with them to understand the local issues which will favor one party over another. Elections are impossible to judge at the best of times, and they become more so when there is no one over-riding issue being touted across the nation. The very reason a person may vote for a Liberal Candidate in Ontario may also be the very reason why someone in Alberta will vote for the PC or why someone in Nova Scotia will cast a ballot for the NDP, However, a little prediction always makes the outcome of any election more interesting, so here we go. Present seats: Liberal 148, PC 72, NOP 25, Creditiste 13, Independent 2, vacancies 4. After October 30 we see the standing as: Liberal 131, PC 85, NDP 34, Creditiste 13, independent 1. at the Hallowe'en party staged by the Walther League of Zion Lutheran Church, Dashwood, Tuesday evening. Attendance at similar parties throughout the district has been cut by flu casualties. Debris from the fire which destroyed their farm house near Staffa Saturday has been removed and construction has begun already on a new home for Mr. and Mrs. John Templeman and their seven children. Question of how long Cen- tralia's control tower will con- tinue to direct air traffic was raised this week when reports indicated the station's flying program might be curtailed when the NATO training scheme ends. Officials at the station said there was "no factual basis what- soever for the reports," 10 Years Ago Close to 74 men in the Dashwood area have been donating their spare time for the past few weeks in aiding with the erection of the $20,000 communi- ty hail. They plan a door-to-door canvass to raise the $5,000 which is needed to complete the struc- ture. . Due to the quick actions of Mrs. Peter Spooner and her daughter, Marieve, young Stellrnan Harris, Jr. 4, is able to See the spot where he fell into the Ausable River Wednesday. After trying unsuccessfully to pull her young playmate out of the water, Marieve ran to get her mother, Stellman was floating face down when Mrs. Spooner rescued him, but she revived him with mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. Carolynne Simmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Simmons and Dave Buchanan, Hensall were elected heads of the girls and, boys athletic societies at SHIMS this week. Luther Jackson, London, succeeds Mrs, Alex (Donna) Sangster as intisic teacher of the Lucan Public School. Times Established 1813 Advocate Established 1881 Letters to the Editor