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How About That?
• president Waiter
ons.
t�eeeken : speech, critical of
T:. policy on Viet Nam andcon-
sidered to be widely divergent from
the views of Lester B. Pearson and
others.. of the cabinet, indicates he
Should resign.
Opposition leader John Diefen--
. baker has tried without success to
get the matter debated in special
session of the House, but to •our
mind, for the wrong reasons.
We take the .view that Walter
Gordon has done the country a real
service by bringing the issue out into
the open. We think there should be
a full-dress debate so that eventually
the so-called man in the street will
get sone idea of what Canada's at-
titude really is.
Augurs
. We rook forward with quicken= :
ed interestto the activities of Huron
County historical ,society now that
J. W. McLaren of Benmiller has
taken the helm as president.
Fresh from his triumph as, pro-
ducer of probably the brightest and
funniest musical comedy produced
in Huron, "Stereoscope '67", Mr:
'McLaren took over the' gavel as head
'man of the, historical society at the
:annual meeting in Wingham Tues-
day evening, succeeding . Mrs. Wil-
. fred Mack of, Crediton, whom he
credited with irnuch of the responsi
bility for formation and growth
of the group over the past three
years.
A forthright man, Mr. Mc-
Laren made it clear, that he intends
to give dynamic leadership, espec-
ially in this Centennial year, and
bluntly advised his executive that
there will- be no use taking a "let
• a
W,eyw
It has been estimated that with-
in• 30 years the population of Ontario
alone could exceed 17,000,000 per-
sons, almost equal to the present
po illation of all "of Canada.
upposing this estimate is well
based, there are many possibilities
that" should be considered.
In some places in the United
States, organized- labor is working
toward the four-day week . with
wages ,about double the average in-
dustrial wage in . this neck : of • • the
woods.
We have often heard, and prob-
ably ' accept without too much ex-
citement or much thought, that the
future will bring,, much more leisure
time and more : affluence for the
average family. We do not seem to
be doing much about it.
n the Commons Monday, Mr.
Diefenbaker said it was of the ut-
most importance to hear the views
of Prime Minister Pearson or Ex-
ternal Affairs Mhnister Maiftin
"whichever one is directing the
foreign affairs of this country".
s Mr. Diefenbaker declared:
`re expurged , brushoffs' _we
haSe been receiving" will no, longer
suffice.
Spokes.Jien for all opposition
.parties joined in the demand for the
debate, and so. do Ne.
If Walter. Gotdoes not re-
sign, we must take it his" views are
endorsed ` by Lester Pearson. The
answer., we believe, comes within
our entitlement to' know.
Well
George do it" attitude. "My name is.
Jack," he declared, "so you had
better get on with your jobs". Brig.
Fred Clift of Bayfield as vice-presi-
dent should make an able, shall we
say, lieutenant?
Opening of the new archives
room at Huron pioneer museum
June 15, when the noted author
Harry J. Boyle will attend, will- be
thefirst 'major undertaking of the
society. Tentative plans tossed out
by Mr. McLaren give one the idea
that it will be "a really big show"
as Ed Sullivan would say,,It is "hoped
to have representatives from the
Bruce, Lambton and Perth historical
societies and enough . enthusiastic
visitors to fill a large . auditorium
and purchase great wads of mem-
bership tickets to provide the fi-
nances the 'society could so well use.
Mcl4ren is well in the saddle
and the, society is off and running.
Imagination Needed
In at least one heartening in-
stance, the tourist council of MODA,
our regional development organiza-
tion, hascome up with a piece of
tourism promotion literature that
has won an award in competition
with hundreds of like attempts here
and in the United States.
In an interesting fashion, it de-
tails daily drives that may be taken
through this,,region to see and enjoy
points of interest which it has very-
carefully
erycarefully delineated. This is an im-
- portant step forward for the tourist
industry in the 'area, and It is now
becoming -snore apparent ;that pro-
motion dollars can be spent to best
advantage on a regional basis.
In the competition for atten-
tion and interest of potential visi-
tors, costly printed matter in full
color is . one of the most powerful
sales tools. and in the long run will
do more for the tourist business on a
regional basis than any number of
poorly designed and cheaply printed
pamphlets issued by individual
lodges or motels or summer camps.
' If one must "think big" in the
field of promotion of tourism, the
same thinking could be applied to
' advantage when it comes to con-
ceiving of new or improved attrac-
tions,.
'We have seen how what appear-
ed to be commodious touirst camps
set up by the province have become
filled to capacity in the first year
of operation.
In `future, the word will have to
be "think bigger"... when "it comes
to .planning to cope with the well-
heeled citizens with ..plenty of leisure
time in the years to come.
What Others Say,
In discussing steps taken to aid
area tornado victims an editorial in
a recent issue referred to the fact
that Huron no longer had an emer-
gency measures organization. We
'were not aware at the time that the
county had provided alternative
assistance.
We learn now that the Huron
Highways department acting on
instructions of council and of the
road committee, immediately made
-available heavy' equipment includ-
ing.,a mobile crane and bulldozer to
assist in clearing damaged areas.
There was, of course, no charge for'
the facilities and the fact that the
department's construction foreman
Billy Joe Hallahan eo-ordinated the
program assured' a sympathetic and
knowledgeable approach. Mr. Hal-
la inn was himself the victim , of
similar damage a number of years
sego when a tornado destroyed his
barn as well as many other barns in
the north part of the county. (The
Huron Expositor).
established
1848
alle (uU?rtxt
120th year of
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From the Imperial Oil Collection
Samuel, de Champlain on Georgian. Bay, 1615. •
Ater his bitterly ' disappointing1613 exped.
• ition up the Ottawa River, in search 01 a,
northern sea that turned out to be nothing more
than a figment of fellow Frenchman's
imagination, Champlain again braved the .
rapids of the Ottawa in 1615 as far as the Huron
territory around Georgian Bay.
There he visited.among the Indian villages
and then went on the warpath with the Indians.
Accompanying a war party of Algonquins and
Hurons, Champlain's expedition headed south
across the astern end of Lake Ontario to
attack an Iroquois fort. The iacK.Of discipline
'among the Hurons and the Algonquins
infuriated Champlain, who was attempting to
'direct the attack, andfoiledthe mission. They
" withdrew several of the Indians wounded.
Champlain retreated -with the Indians and'
spent the winter goingrfrom village to village
recording the tribal customs of the various
groups. In the spring he returned to the settle-
ment of Quebec and in August 1616 sailed
back to France. (This 'historical feature is
one of a series, readers may wish to clip
acid save.)
Messages Frani
The Word
Rev. Garwood G. Russell
Ephesians 2:14'; "For Christ
himself has brought ‘us peace,
by making the Jews and Gentiles
one people."
This .was St,. ,Paul's great aff.
irmation about- the meaning of
Christ's cross and resurrection.
He felt that in Jesus the law was
both fulfilled and superceded, The
Law of Moses took on fresh mean,
ing and vitality as St, Paul in.
terpreted, it - against,.- the__back.
ground of Jesus' work of recon..
ciliation , Yet the seeds of dis.
cord .between Jews and Gentiles
were actually sown in those days,•
and -we are reaping the harvest
still.
The persecution .of Jews by
Gentiles is'one of the most pain.
ful episodes in Christian history.
We cannot ,deny that the harsh
attitude of Gentile C nristians con,
tributed to -the gas chambers and
ovens of Hitler's final sblutibn.
In many subtle (and not so subtle!)
ways Gentiles have alien ted
Jews, and are still doing- it.
So far Christ has not brought
peace; he has brought a. sword.
Jews and Gentiles are not one
people; they are seriously ;:lien-
ated.6•om one another.
Though we share a c4ommonre.t
ligious heritage, wa do not. re.
. late to each. other even on the
-
level of appree.iatioii--of the -441d. -
Testament. The Jews are sen.
sitive to our depreciation of the
Old Testa ri t ::nd are critical of
us for the w•k we interpret the
nature of God as revealed through
the law and the prophets. •
. Much has been done lately by
Christian scholarship to try to
correct these misrepresents..
tions. Much has been done also
to reinterpret the role of the
Pharisees' so th"at.Jesus is not
held up as anti-Semitic. `-
A continuing—effort is being
made to enter into a meaningful
dialogue with Jews about relig.
ious concepts. Yet we cannot ex.
pect them to lightly overlook cen.-
turies of abuse.
In Ontario the Jews look upon
the progress of religious educ.
ation in -our. public schools with
an abhorrence that may seem io
many Christians to be' nothing
,slior•t of fanatical, The Jewish
Congress has, submitted to the
Mackay Committee a brief which
is thoroughly opposed to religious
instruction..
. It -is a masterly brief, well`
documc'nted and excellently writ.
ten. ,Its tone is polite but it
makes very clear that they re-
sent the teaching of the Christ.
religion in public schools..•.
It' quotes some of the passages
in the text books which they find
particularly offensive. One can.
not read the brief without feel.
ing• a strong syrr}pathy for them.
Perhaps it will be possible to
meet Inc Jews on the level of•.
,..:o.t;r..co.rnm'?n' concerns in, educ.
ation, hut a 'high. will' of dis.
trust will first }rave to be torn
down brick by brick. Those who
advocate a ;few approach to re.
ligious instruction in our schools
are conscious of several things:
First, that the day is past when
the' Christian Church can or
should exercise its dominantwill
on a weak minority,
Second, , that we live in`a plur.
alistic society in which there are
many religions and some of no
religion.
Third, and the most significant,
that If Christianity is to really
mediate the Spirit of Christ then
we must strive to bring His real
Spirit into the area of Jewis'h.
Gentile relationships, and most
particularly at the deep level of
,the religious meaning of life.`
This• third point is the most
significant because it is fund.
amental to the'meaning of the Gos-
pel. Jesus was a Jew and his
disciples were Jews, and he died
for us all- Jews and Gentiles.
Whether or not the Jews accept
Jesus as their Messiah is not what
counts right now. The question is:
do we accept him as our Messiah
with all his Jewishness, .and
therefore commit . ourselves to
be the agents of his reconcil-
iation between his people and ours ,
ontthe level of understanding and
acceptance?
Jesus did' not care what happ.
ened to him so long as man.
'kind was reconciled in brother.
hood. Though ,we hardly, dare to
breathe the naine , of Jesus when
we meet our Jewish brethren,
yet nothing less than the Spirit
of Jesus will inspire us to un.
dertake the reconciliation so that
Jews, and Gentiles may in time.
becorrie one people.
G
,
Down Memory "Lane
55,. BIERS AGO, 1912
At the meeting Of the public
school .boar on M6nday evening,
J. H. Tiger resigned his posit.
ion as principal of ,, letoria
school. M. Tigert has been. on
the teaching staff of Goderich
public schools for the last, ten
years. He held the position of
Central school principal until, the
opening of Victoria school over a
year ago, at which time he took
charge of the new school. Mr.
Tigert resigned to accept a pos.
ition as principal of a public
school ifs Hamilton,
. The board of Alexandra hos.
pital; having had the matter under
consideration for some time, has
purchased «Tile Maples", .tlie
well-known residential property
of the late M,C, Cameron, loc..
ated near the river. The purchase
price was $4,000.
Warden Stothers., and County
Engineer Patterson are in town
today on county business. They
will open tenders for repairs to
several bridges, the principal one -
being ' repairs to the bridge at
Auburn.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, 1952
The Hon. Dr. W.J. Dunlop, On.
tarso minister of education, vis.
ited the Huron county pioneer
museum on Tuesday . morning,
accompanied by members, of the
historic committee of county
council, Dr. ° Dunlop expressed
great' enthusiasm for the. pion.
eer exhibits.
Huron county Junior Farroers
will be hosts to the Perth Jun.
for Farmers at the annual Jun.
for Farmers' field clay whichwill
be held this year at Lions Park,
S eaforth.
The Friday night concert of the
Huron county music festival will
be broadcast over radio stat.
ion -CKNX, sponsored by Goderich
Lions Club.
In spite of cold and rain, the
Goderich .Collegiate cadet corps
Marched to Agricultural park
Monday, for its annual inspect•
ioa.
TEN YEARS AGO, 195?
In recognition of 25 years' ser.
vice to the Boy Scout movement
Glen Lodge, Goderich, was pre.
sented with a long set vice medal
:with two bars. The presentation
was made by district. commiss-
foner: Doug Carswell of Bayfield.
Looking back on 36 years in
the railway mail service, Fred
W. Currie of Goderich figures he
has travelled' over 1,575;000
miles in the line of duty: Mr.
Currie retired recently and was
honored a few days ago by form.
er associates of the London Dis.
tract Mail Clerks Association at
a banquet in Port Stanley.
• The cover ,of the neW telep}lone
directory now" being distributed
in Goderich and the surrounding
area, 'features a sketch of Huron
county court house here. This
• sketch, the 'work .of we11.k ngwn
Canadian artist,, Lorne Bouchard,
replaces the illustrations of the
Perth county court house on last
year's covert
For the fifth consecutive year,
the Goderich depot of Imperial
Oil L lmtted has been awarded the •
trophy • of excelienCe, awarded an.
nually to the ° depot presenting
the neatest and most efficient •
plant; also Judged is the accid ,
ent rate of its drivers'and the
• Goderich depot turned in one of
the lowest accident rates of all
depots in Ontario, •
ONE YEAR AGO, 1966
The strike of Local 3054 of
The Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners is now in 'its llth
week. -It gotiations ,for a new
coptract started ' in August, '65
ansa ended March 8. Members of
the 'local walked off their jobs
at that time. Yesterday was the
first .time since April 5 that then
two sides have' met. On that, date
they held a meeting with 'con.
cilation officer Sam Billington
in London.
The third raid in Huron county
since February was conducted by
th Ontario Humane Society last
week. The 'society seized 42 head
of cattle in two raids, one on
a Blyth area farm and another
near Holyrood in Bruce county?
Goderich businessman since
1949, Kenneth D. Croft, has sold
his real estate and general in..
surance business and is moving to
Toronto. Mr. Croft will join the
department of public works there,
dealing in realty matters. His
business was purchased by Alex.
ander and Chapman.
' Three English, four Scottish
and two Irish young farmers arr.
ived in Montreal aboard the S.S.
Carinthia on April 26. They are
visiting- Junior Farmers in On.
tarso and will remain here until
July 22.
Beta Theta. Chapter totlred the
Goderich Signal -Star last. week.
P resident and publisher, Robert
'Shrier,. gave a detailed account
on the facets- of news gathering
and the productive output of our
weekly newspaper elaborating on
the functions of the linotypes and
the printing press. •.,
Huron county Federation of Ag.
giculture voted to join the Mid.
Western Ontario 'Development
Association here last week. The
Huron) • federation's :` president
Charles.. Thornas of Brussels and
vice-president Elmer Hunter of
R.R, 3, Goderich, are the group's
delegates to MODA.
LETTERS
Sir:
It is my pleasure -to have beer(
given the opportunity on behalf
of the Catholic Women's League,
Kingsbridge, to thank you and
your staff for your good work
"in printing our monthly news and
any other item . throughout the
past year.
Mrs. Delores VanOsch,
Recording Secretary,
Lucknow
a. f
Sir:- i n
The Goderich District College.
iate Institute student council
would like to thank you for your
contribution to our centennial
Dro ject., The "Coinerama" wasa
tremendous success. thanks to
your support,- Due to your' con.
tribution we were able to raise
$658.50.
Thank you again for your help.
Mary Cochrane
Secretary of Stud.
ent Council
Letters To The Editor
ir: untested theories that have slldd.
Last week Mr. MacNaughton,
the -rnem'rer from Horont, took
issue with your editorial -on ed.
,ucation. He missed the point you
made either by design or ob:
tustness. However it is reassur-
ing to the.electorate that he con.
firms that the "Ontario govern.
m ent was quite pleased" with Mr.
James Kinkead's call for "Can.
ada.wide co-operationin the
provement of education", espec.
ialiy since Mr. Kinkead is a gov-
ernment employee.
Mr. MacNaughton considers
the size of the budget he pre.
sented to the Legislature a crit-
erion •of the standard ofOntario's
eduction. Of course itis a large
budget, because we have more
children than any other province.
We know also that over half our
county land taxes also add to this
impressive total 'How much of
this is wasted 15y a lack • of dir.
ection from the government, a
policy not of improving education,
gut of frantically trying to find
classrooms for -the pr'ovince's'
expanding population? ..
Perhaps Mr. .MacNaughton can
tell us why grade 1L students in
° the Western provinces are admit.
ted On an equal basis with our
grade 13 graduates. I"was asked
this recently by a Western educ-
ator, wlio left his daix'ghter }n
Winnipeg this year, rather than
send her to Clinton where she
would need an additional year for
graduation. Surely Mr. Mac.
Naughton bannot believe it is
because Ontario students are
duller than other Canadians. .
I can readily understand how
Ontario's "new ideas" in educ.
ation are being exported to the
• Caribbean, but would suggest that
the government might show more
modesty than to. imply that the,,
Western provinces could improve
their edification by adoptingthAe
f
enly been advanced to correct the
lethargy of a quarter of a cen.
tury. Does this -exportation in.
elude the texts with American
flags in the illustrations,' which
Ontaiio schools .use 'because
they do not appear to be equival-
ent Canadian texts to support this
"new" education?
G.L. Morgan•Smith-
Eblana, Bayfield.
Obitiiary
LOR.N>a G. YOUNG
Lorne Garfield Young, a well.
known resident here for m?.ny
years and employee of Western
Canada Flour Mills and their
successors for 43 -years, died
suddenly at his home here May ?
at the age of 73. .
A native of Dungannon, he was
a son of the late Samuel Young
and Amelia West. He was a mem.
ber of Huron Lodge "No. 62,
IOOF, He is survived byhis wife,
Norma A. Johnston.
The. funeral *as held May 10
from the Lodge funeral home,
with Rev. Donald MacDonald off.
iciating. Bearers --.,were Bert
Medd, . Earl Cooper, Arthur
Curry, . EX.. Webb, Robert Need.
ham and Robert Schoenhals.
CREWE—Raymond .and Chester
Finnigan were in Weston on
Thursday attending the funeral of
M rs.,, Percy''Finnigan whose death
occurred in Humber hospital on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. GrantCurranand
Annette,. Mr. `anti Mrs. Stewart
Curran; Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Curran andJohnny were Mother's
day guests,of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Curran. Mr, and Mrs. Chester
Finnigan and sons attended Pine
River church on Sunday for the
baptism of Sandra Pauline Henry
and • spent the day visiting rel.
atives.
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