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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-09-27, Page 12Thi Qoi rieh, Si . al -S 'Thursday, September 27; 1962 . SUGAR and ICE .: IYIUIIIl6i71{It%. By D` I l i i PN AGREEMENT POLITICAL ELECTION HURON COUNW WARDENS Don't ever let them .talk you address, so I stopped worrying._ "nth making a ' speech, old -friend. Especially if you have Unfortunately, ' time passed, nothing to say. It happened as .it so often does, and 1 didilt fir me, and pretty well destroyed do a thing about it. Two nights the entire month of September. before the banquet, desperation 4:drove me to choose a topic. I've been . avoiding speech -decided to talk to the Canadian making for years. My distaste Club about' Canada. This was for listening to speeches is only exceeded by my panic at the thought of having_ to .deliver one. The -whole business .of speeches has grown into a monster, an. insatiable fiend. The Guest Speaker has be- come one of the more flagrant symbols of the sickness of our Canadian society. You can't get four people to sit down in the same room -any more, without one of them suggesting that' you have a guest speaker at your next meeting. All across this once -carefree country, the blight has spread. A new' species, called the Pro- gram Committee. Chairman, has surged to the front inevery or- ganization. He is more import- ant than the president. He is the bird who scrapes guest speakers from the bottoms of barrels and other native habitat. He is one of those persons, engaged in the greatest man- hunt of the 20th century—try- ing to find ' a guest speaker, any .,old guest speaker. There • i 4s an' :excellent chance that he will wind tip with an. ulcer. 'The competition is more frantic than it, is among the super- markets. There is a fair probability That our Program Chairman will suffer a complete nervous breakdown'within a few months after he, has taken the position. 'This is usually a direct result rof: (a) the guestnspeaker corn- ing down with the 'flu the night of the banquet; or (b) the guest speaker getting a little . oiled at the pre -dinner . reception, and including a couple of off-color jokes in his speech;_ or (c) the guest speaker turning out to be a. real .clod,- who. has moth•. ing whatever to say, and' says jt at great length. 21_ *° However, I have no sympathy for Program Committee Chair-, men, who are completely un- scrupulous in their methods. One of the more slippery mem- bers of the fraternity hooked and landed' me, with the skill of a eonartist, and that's how I came to bestanding in front of a couple of hundred people the other night, with my' hands • hanging down, my mouth hang ing open, and the entire audi- ence hanging on. my opening remarks, 'which I couldn't re- member. throwing swine before pearls, but it was a nice, big vague subject, so 1 stuck to it. But I can tell you I felt pretty foolish when I stood up in front of all those people. At their banquet last *year, they had really obtained- their money'§ worth — a beautiful, blonde speaker, colored movies, danc- ing girls, special Hawaiian music. didn't have even one lousy lantern slide. I haCtried to talk my wife into doing a few native Canadian dances, to add some co:or. But the only native dances we have are Indian, and she refused to stomp around -•a fake fireplace in her bare skin, and the kids got into a scrap over who was going to play the bingo drums for 'the per- formance, so we had to wash out the whole business. Huron County Council will no I "We have a committee that longer elect Conservative and 1 looked into this problem," said Liberal -wardens in alternate Reeve Ivan Haskins, Ilowiek, years; that was settled at the "and spent many hours at it. June session, and discussion last Would it not be fair to . give 'Friday_ left the decision un- it a trial, and any part can changed, but Reeve Clarence. i e c ange f at any time, as Hanna of East Wawanosh offer- understand it. I think we are ed a variation.' taking up . a lot of •, time for "I would like to see a gentle- nothing." man's agreement," he said, One change is to combine' 18 "that the 16 townships be divid- committees into about a dozen, ed equally, and leave the towns clerk -treasurer Berry said. and villages about the same, One clause provides that the and we would have north and warden shall be 'elected "in the south. Townships in the north manner provided by resolution would prepare for a warden. of council, passed- prior to' the and the next year. ,.t e'" south. election." ' Chairman Adair 'was asked:' "Are we going to have an open field for the warden, or are you going to have a gentle- man's agreement and let the Liberals have it for 1963?" Reeve Harvey ,Coleman, , of Stanley, a member of the com- mittee,* said: "When the mem- bers come in 1963 they won't declare their politics, and in a few years you won't know which side they are on." -"There are sure going to be a good many votes the first day," a councillor suggested. "I don' -t think that was the feeling of the committee," said Warden McCutcheon. "The procedure for the first day would better keep council to - It was awful. tut do you know what I found out? People are extremely polite. They will sit there fighting to keep their eyes open, no matter how rot- ten a Guest Speaker you are. They will applaud, with a nice blend of relief and gratitude, but politely, when you finish. And they will have one of their members stand up and thank you, without a trace of irony, for your inspiring address "which Vain", sure we will all remember." - gether for the afternoon ses- sion, instead of adjourning and going into caucus and leaving the audience on a limb.. This way, they would be . able to follow through the whole after- noon procedure. With politics out of the„election of warden; ita "night take some color out of council, but we felt that this would make it more inter- esting to council and audience.” and the villages and twns the next year, and ,that would not leave places like Wingham 40 years without a warden. We would have a candidate every third year." The .discussion arose when council, after a second crack at it, considered clause by clause and finally adopted a new set of standing orders and, regula- tions recommended by the war- den's committee. .Reeve Jewell of Colborne presided for com- mittee session. Reeve Thomas Leiper, of Hut- lett, wondered "if . we are not throwing out a better system than it is proposed to adopt. It has worked satisfactorily ever since the county was organized." Rows Dost Rebekahs Goderich Rebekah Lodge No. 89, met September 18' in Mac- Kay Hall, with Mrs. Elva Carr, Noble Grand, presiding. Mrs. Osbaldeston ' announced, that Mrs. Everett Mcllwain had won the quilt, donated by- Mrs. - Legion Poppy Dayians ,.a 1r• - a Branch 109, Royal Canadian Legion, has organized its conm- gnittee for the Poppy Day Cam- paign thio November. The .committee is headed this year by Herb Thomas, first vice- president of the branch, and has the following members: Jim Adam, Neil Shaw, Reg Uucldns, Tom-Rompfr--Charles—MacDo ald and Sandy Welland. Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3, are the "Poppy Drive" days and arrangements have been made to hold the November llth church service at Knox Presbyterian Church under the direction of Rev. G. L. Royal. The Armistice Day parade will follow the service with the lay ing of the wreaths at the Ceno- taph. Gauley. A nice' sum , of money was realized for the C.P. & T. Fund Committee. - The Oddfellows were hosts to the Rebekah members for a social get-together on Septem- ber 17. Cards were played and the winners were as follows: euchre, Mrs. Elva Carr and Mr. Reg Johnston, high; Mrs. Geo- rge Morley and Mr. Fred Fritz - ley, low. For "500", Mrs. J. Moss and Mr. H. Van Arman were high, with Mrs. Amos Osbaldeston and Mr. Stanley Mcllwain, low. Lunch brought the evening to a close, which had been pre- pared and servedby the Odd - 'fellows. STUDIES IN SCOTLAND CLINTON.—Ronald Barnett, CDCI graduate, has left to con- tinue his studies at , St. An- drew's University' in Scotland. He is a son of WO1 and 'Mrs. A. H. Barnett, of the RCAF Station, Clinton, who ,plan to retire in the Goderich area in six years time. In 1960, Ron- ald graduated from the Uni- versity of Toronto in Sociology. He re-entered University Col- lege, Toronto, after taking a year in studies by correspond- ence, and took first-class honors in Classics. He now plans to get his M.A. degree. COUNTY GRANTS $96,000 FOR SEAFORTH HOSPITAL Huron County Council;' on recommendation of its execu- tive committee, approved al building grant of. $2,000 per bed be paid Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, a total of $96;000 in 1963 -ks funds be- come available, "not taking any account of bassinets." ' "This • is according to our by- law," explained Reeve Ralph Jewell of Colborne, chairman of the committee. Andrew Y. McLean, chairman of the hospital board, had ap- plied for a capital construction grant based on 48 beds and seven bassinets, for which ap- proval had been received from the . Ontario, Hospital Services Commission,` This crafty character called me 'last June and asked me casually if I would address the Canadian Club in September. He had picked his day. It was the last day of school; hd had a couple of belts to celebrate, and September .. seemed.. Six onths away. __" ho le.....__S.horea. glad to." I went back out to thegar- den. picked up my empty glass and enquired,. "Hey. Susie, what do you know about this _Can- adian Can-adian Club?" She said, "You know perfect- ly well we can't afford any of that. Itis .about five dollars a bottle." This was getting us nowhere. I then learned that • the Can: adian Club was anoutfit in town that imports distinguished • speakers. This made me feel like a• hot -shot for about three minutes, then threly me into a blind panic. However, I .did have the whole summer to pre- pare a sophisticated,: scholarly Just write or edit - T. A. JARDIN 1 n v e S t o r. s - Representative �'f LtDd u, © CEJ i s Wingham, Ont. Phone 147 Of This m The Wavva-nesa. Mut'ual Insurance Company INSURES MORE PROPERTY OF CANADIANS THAN- ANY OTHER COMPANY FOR FIRE — AUTO — CASUALTY INSURANCE CALL AROLD , SHORE e DIAL JA 4-7272 • 38 HAMILTON ST., GODERICH REPRESENTING THE WAWANESA IN GODERICH AND DISTRICT - WITNESSES TO MEET Mr. Gerald. 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