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Train or Bus — That Is the Question
.1\lany civic leaders, who have given time and thought
to the future of the communities, in which they live, are
seriously concerned over the proposal by the Canadian
National Railway that passenger, mail and express service
by rail be dropped. The objection boils down quite simply
to the feeling that it is more than a bit of a slap in the face
to learn that the district in which one lives is "not consider-
ed important enough to merit the continuation of services
which have been in existence for many years,
There will be many who will not object seriously to
the proposal, their reasoning more than likely taking the
line that the loss of passenger service wouldn't make any
great difference, since the present passenger facilities are
slow ,and unpopular, Those who urge the railway to con-
tinue the trains have a more progressive thought in mind.
They believe that this section of Ontario is growing, that
there will be inure and inure business to be done here. They
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WINGHAIVI ADVAN6-TIMg$ 'AGL‘ TWO Wednesday, February 14,, MI
her out to a dance (that only happens once a year). So he
gets all dolled up in his finery which includes a suit of
course. The jacket of that suit is so padded and puffed that
the unfortunate victim inside the coal has lost the last
shred of vitality after the first two dances. For the remain ,
der of the evening he pants near an open window as his
wife whiles away the happy hours with a younger fellow
who is better able to stand the strain. (incidentally, he's
a better dancer than the sweltering head of the house.)
'While father is gasping for air his. carefree spouse is
quite coin .fortabk„ because all the clothing she has to wear
wouldn't Weigh more than eight ounces. She naturally.
comes .to the conclusion that late dealt her a poor hand and
that the breadwinner may be all right at times but that
the romantic side of marriage has just about disappeared.
All of which proves that we humans don't really have
too much common sense. Apparently the seasorrs don't
really make any difference. The only thing • that really
counts is style. We are much more afraid of "what people
will say" than we are of the elements. Apparently the only
thing to do is go on suffering until we really do smarten up.
fur collar. If his cars are tender he pulls on a ski cap with.
ear lugs, or more frequently a Highland bonnet with a big
red tassel on the top.
Now we say the man is smart. Only a few years ago
lie felt it necessary to. wear ,a trim overcoat and a felt hat,
the latter being. about the coldest invention on the 1.11[11-kel.
1-his wife probably has a lovely warm fur coat but she is
still duty bound to travel the country side with nothing
more on her shapely legs than a pair of tissue-thin nylons.
The male, we say,' i„S a smart fellow—in the winteri people of the West wanted, particular-
time. Come the scorching days of mid-summer and he does- ly in the northern part of Saskat'
11't look so bright, The little ‘voman insists that he take chman,m'an ivas
a fanner candidate, and
particu larly-a tanner who had never
taken any part in polities. The dele-
gation that asked me to run said they
did not ears what party—all they
What's In the Editor's Mail?
The editor 91 a weekly newspaper receives many sug-
estions for editorial comment. .Llardly a week goes by
without someone suggesting atopic—uktally it's a conten-
tious qUestion that would mean trouble for the editor, but
that seems to be aside from the point.
Rather than expecting the editor to get into every
'battle, the thing- to do is to write a letter to the paper. 'Un-
less your language is very bad, or you intend. to slander
someone, we will be pleased to print your letter, if you
don't Want your name to appear in print, just say so. But
don't send in a letter without signing. your name. We must
know 'who you are before the letter is prtinted. If you are
not sure about your composition, just say so and we will
make certain that bugs are ironed out without changing
the in caning.
letters from the public in the local paper are a sure
sign of active interest 111 your community. 1,Ve would like
to have two or three of them in every issue. There are many
points on which every worthwhile citizen would like to
express himself. This is your chance.
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The Canadian Male Smartens Up
Just cast your eye along the main street any frosty
morning and you will see that the male section of the popu-
lace has begun to use its head. Style has been forgotten
and father dons a parka as he leaves the house for work, Or
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Ottawa;
,.ereace.
for once, politics made no
g he may favor a warm •oat a quilted lining. and a bi. din
"A year ago today," Mr, Weir said
feel that. rather than curtailing its activity in this area, the
railway should be thinking in terms of an improvement in Honorable Raoert Weir Was equipment, of faster schedules and nitre attractive travel-
It may seem out of place for those who are not in- Native of Turnberry Township hng conditicms for the public.
timately acquainted with railroad problems to attempt to
suggest what can be done. The railway claims that
$100,000 a year could be saved by eliminating the service
they suggest on the Southampton and Kincardine lines.
To the outsider the move seems anything but progressive.
Cars, buses and trucks have most certainly sliced into
railway business, but by the same token the railways have
not been any too active when it came to meeting compe-
tition. The services offered are almost what they were
r ears ago.
In the United States several of the feeder lines were
facing the same problem and they came up ith the idea
of converting to a specialized type of light, inexpensively-
operated. equipment which has put their bookkeeping hack
into the black ink figures. Let us hope that some such sol •
7:tion may be found here.
on the occasion of a visit to Western
Ontario in 1981, "I had never attempt-
ed a speech of any kind in my life.
I attended only one political meeting
between the time of the war and my
own convention, so I did not receive
this portfolio because 1 was a politic-
ian. in fact, I insisted at the conven-
tion that if 1 allowed my name to g,'
forward it would be as an independent
Conservative, because I felt what the
The life insurance business lust a
great actuary when Robert Weir's
health failed and he look a physician's
advice to go West and stay outdoors.
But he became, nut only a great live-'
stock man, but Canada's Boss Farmer,
for R. II, Bennett took him into his
Cabinet as minister of agriculture—a
tough job in the' 30's.
Robert Weir,, originally of the
\Vingham district, was graduated
front the University, of Toronto with
first-class honors in mathematics, pyh-
sics and actuarial science; went to
work with the Confederation Life and
put all his spare time concentrating minister, Mr. Weir came down from
upon actuarial science until forced ,to Ottawa with Hon. D. M. Sutherland,
relinquish his chosen work. Four minister of tuitional defence, and gave
years after he took up farming he a little talk at a meeting out at Ent-
was elected to the House of Commons bra in Zorra, It was all about horses
as first (and so far the only) Con- and cattle M1(1 farming in general—a
servative member fur ,Melfort, Sask. farmer talking to farmers. The Zorra
He was sunumnied to the ministry Scots, mostly Liberal in politics,
without ever having been in'Parlia- warmed up to this Conser\ ativc
ascot as a private member. ister and afterward came,up to shake
Hon, Robert Weir had no liking
for the mechanics of partisan poli-
tics; never tried while in office to
learn them. He had no constituency
organization when elected by the far-
mers of Melfort, wlio had pressed hint
to become a candidate because they
recognized in hint a good citizen and
capable agriculturalist, Up to that
time the riding had sent Liberals to
7 he following article reprinted
from a recent issue of the London
Free Press, was written by W. E.
Elliott, well-known Canadian News-
paperman, It will be of interest to
trimly here for the late Mr, Weir
was born in Turnberry Township.
Miss Jean Weir, of the J. W. Bush-
field law office, :Wingham, is a sister,
Saskatchewan livestock breeders
have many exhibits at the Royal Win-
ter Fair each year, Wm, among the
shiny black Percherons and well-
groomed Hereford cattle none of late
have borne the entry cards of Here-
ford Park Farm, Nobody of whom
this writer enquired seemed to know
who, if anyone, is operating the stuck
farm once "Bob" Weir's.
wanted was a farmer for candidate."
Weir was of good Northern Ire-
land stock, with somewhat prominent
features and hair as dark as that of
his Percherons. His parents, Robert
Weir and Jane Johnson Weir, cause
from Fermanagh. lie was born on a
farm near Wingham, attended 5, S.
No, 9 in Turnberry Township, had
nine months at Clinton High School
and after a course at London Normal
taught, in Huron and at 'Mamoru.
During vacations he worked on farms
and at sawmills • to finance a college
education. A. H. Musgrove of A,Ving-
bans, a teacher who later represented
North Huron in two legislatures,
coached Weir ,. for the matriculation
test and may have given hint some
notion of politics.
After graduation and a short time
with the Confederatit,n Life, Robert
Weir went to Regina as mathematics
master in the collegiate. When World
War 1 began he was commissioned
in the 78th battalion and served with
the rank of major in France, where
be won the Military Cross. Wounded
at Passchendale, he found scope for
activity as a director. of Khaki Col-
lege. Back hOme,again, he was em-
ployed as Selt'eorinspectbr when he
turned back to the land and establish-
ed Hereford Park Farm of 1,000 acres
near Weldon.
One week-end in 1981 when he. was
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his hand. At this gathering he said:
"There is tie life I would rather
live than the life ott the farm,. The
only reason I hold this portfolio is
that I hope I may be of use as all
instrument to improve in some way
the condition of agriculture in Canda,
The Politield side of it does not mean
one whit to me except this; From 9
o'clock inn the morning until O'clock
at night no one appreciates more than
I the gigantic responsibility Of My
Position at the present time—but that
in itself is a challenge,
"I f I had my' choice and were a
millionaire tomorrow I would not
hesitate, i would again ,he a farmer.
There is a challenge to farming that
is different front .anything else,-. We
match (Mr wits against the elements
and sometimes against something
more untrustworthy Onus the ele-
ments,,'
When the people of Wingham and
district held a sort of homecoming
fur their distinguished native sun in
1930, it became known that for 84
years lie had not failed to visit the
old home on an average of (MCC it
yea?. Sentiment fur the old county
and adiniration for the pioneers who
settled it formed the theme of au ad-
dress at Ilensall on July, 19, 1938,
The minister pictured conditions of
nearly a century earlier and the sac-
rifice of pioneer families—parents and
elder brothers and sisters—in
the children an education.
"So", he concluded, "WC are not
just ourselves in this work we are
called on to perform. 1 am nut just
myself, bin in me is the lifeblood of
others for which 1 have to give an
account. Therefore my appeal is this
—and 'that is why the old County of
Huron means so much—there is no
higher task to which I can set myself
as a citizen of the county than to try
in every way to be worthy of my
forbearers and those who came in
here and overcame obstacles we would
even now hesitate to graPple with,
and to be in every way worthy of the
foundation they laid,"
In view of Robert Weir's admitted-
ly fine service as minister, for' five
years, it seemed strange that he
should have been denied a second
terns in Parliament, even as private
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member,. Not Ion ago I sought tut
explanation front a well-Posted friend
ill. "71 1. 61 ;44" Ito wrote. "the Liberals
went back to power in Saskatchewan
without a single supporter of the
Conservative party being elected to
the local House, Then came the 19t3fi
Dominion election and the Liberal
just
was
a little too strong for Bob Weir
9101Iti:aotoi9Ltedi„u cspilal-yl:c107vatittt
e .bent-
nett policy of "blasting' into the'mar-
kets of the world, It was just one of
those things wIterea really good man
for western agriculture was thrown
wills the party heelers, along with
a prayer that none like them - would
return,ever ;;1,1; chat
.tblaeltiegobths.
Weir
toi bheelo tilgte
stains
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ed to the wrong party at the wrong
time, though he was the right man
for western agriculture, 1-le knew his
West and its needs, but was not
strong enough to make the Eastern
Gamaliels understand that the Western
cow was beoming quite dry and the
East could not milk it much longer
unless parity treatment with the two
great eastern Provi n ces 'were given
Saskat e wan."
Be that 1,s tt. may, Bob 'Weir after
his one st'r'ut of good SL:r c'.12 was
Seated in 1935 in 4 1041.--111411
whertItY Fate played 411001er queer
and tr:els. Four years later,
when as member for Melfort be
would have been in Ottawa, he was in
tact NV orkinb on Ins Saskatchewan
farm. A load of grain toppled over
on him mud cut short the career of the
master of Hereford Park. He was 56,
"'Wise more 1 see of the inside mak-
ing of history," Sir Robert Bruce
Lockhart has written, "the more
realize how haphazard it is. There is,
in fact, no law of destiny except
chance."
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