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ZURICH CITI
ENS NEWS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1967
Cdde44aI Cornmeal
A New
When the delegates to the Pro-
gressive Conservative convention 111
Toronto on Saturday elected Robert
Stanfield as their new leader, they
Heade no mistake. He is the type of
man — sincere and devoted — that
all Canadians will respect and honor,
regardless of political affiliations.
The election of a man with the
sincerity of Mr. Stanfield is a great
thing for Canadian politics, which
have slipped to a low ebb during the
past few years. Most Canadians will
be�•in to take a new interest in the
affairs of their country, which they
have neglected to do in the past few
years.
A couple of years ago this news-
paper advocated that both Mr. Dief-
enbaker and Mr. Pearson should re-
tire from the political scene, for the
good of Canada. Now one of the two
men has been placed on the shelf,
not willingly but forcefully, and Mr.
Pearson should take the cue and
voluntarily withdraw himself from
the scene.
Just as the PC's have come up with
an outstanding man in Mr. Stanfield,
so the Liberal party can come up with
a new leader of like character. We
are thoroughly convinced that all the
people in Canada are fed up with the
boisterous, mud -slinging type of poli-
ties conducted by both Diefenbaker
and Pearson in the past years.
The Liberal party have several
promising men in their camp, among
them are Paul Hellyer, Allan Mc -
11111 pia ow
Leader
Eachen and John Turner. While the
latter is possibly not as well known
as some of the older men in that
party, we predict he will be the name
to be reckoned with in the near fu-
ture, A young and sincere man, he
could bring to the Liberal party the
same type of high-calibre leadership
as the Conservative party is going to
receive from Mr. Stanfield.
Never before in the political his-
tory of Canada has there been as
much attention directed -to a leader-
ship convention as there was to the
one which just concluded. We doubt
if there was a home in. Canada which
was not following the proceedings
with a great deal of interest and
concern. One staunch Liberal told
us he could hardly stand the tension
during the last two ballots, and he
added that he was worried sick that
Duff Roblin might beat Mr. Stanfield
in the last ballot. This shows that
there were a great deal of people,
from all walks of life and all political
leanings, pulling for the easterner to
come through with a victory.
And we were more than happy
when Mr. Stanfield, on a television
program Sunday night, told the audi-
ence that one of his main objectives
would be to help create a better im-
age in the parliament. We are quite
confident that he can, and will, do
just this. There is little doubt in
our minds that sometime in the fu-
ture Mr. Stanfield will be prime
minister of Canada.
100 Years Ago
It was a gala day 100 years ago.
The people celebrated proclamations
that read in part: "Whereas in pur-
suance of an Act of Parliament
passed on the 29th of March, 1867,
instituted an 'Act for the Union of
Canada, Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
wich and the governments thereof,
and for the purposes connected there-
with', Her Majesty the Queen hath
by Royal Proclamation bearing date
the 29th day of March, 1867, or-
dained, declared and commanded,
that on and after the First Day of
July, 1967, the said provinces of Can-
ada, Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
wick, should form and be one Domin-
ion! Under the name of Canada."
Then the proclamation would go
on to call upon citizens to observe
the day as a day of general rejoicing
and keep it as a public holiday by
closing all places of business, hoist-
ing flags and other decorations and
doing all in their power to aid and
assist in inaugurating "The New
Dominion".
We have heard our grandparents,
who were youngsters at the time,
tell of that day. How their parents
decorated their teams of horses and
wagons with flags and bunting and
joined with others along the wind-
ing. dusty concession roads to picnic
on the wooded heights overlooking
the harbor at Port Burwell along the
shores of Lake Erie.
Grandmother had a new white
muslin dress with a blue sash for the
occasion and her mother had baked
a cake with red, white and blue icing.
And as the youngsters ran and
shouted and played among the tow-
ering maple and beech trees, the
womenfolk spread tablecloths over
rough wooden boards and prepared
the food.
The men gathered in groups and
talked of weather and crops, as men
do, but the conversations would
switch to what could eventually de-
velop from this thing called "Con-
federation" and what it would mean
to the future of the country that
they were helping to build.
Later in the day, after everyone
had eaten their fill, there were
speeches by representatives of par-
liament and leaders in the commun-
ity echoing the sentiments of Sir
John A. and others who would later
be called "the Fathers of Confeder-
ation". And there was the launch-
ing of a sailing vessel, for Port Bur-
well was a shipbuilding centre of
note in those days, and as usual
some intrepid and athletic youth
shinnied up the mainmast and bal-
anced on his head at the very top.
For some, as the day closed and
shadows darkened the countryside,
there was the demand of chores and
cows to be milked to draw them
homeward. For others, whose labors
were less pressing, the celebrations
continued around the light of bon-
fires that blazed until late in the
night.
And thus in that community, as
with others across the land, "One
Dominion under the name Canada"
was launched 100 years ago.—(The
Tilbury (Ont.) Times)
Population Distribution
One of the most unfortunate errors
being committed against Canada's
economy in her centennial year is
the obvious move on the part of
senior governments and large manu-
facturers is the enticement of popu-
lation from the smaller centres and
the farms into the city.
During the years of the war, one
of the regrets of all countries, in-
cluding Canada, was the centraliza-
tion of large populations in cities.
It was felt that a few largely popu-
lated areas, instead of uniform dis-
tribution of population, made the
country more vulnerable to enemy
attack.
Today, apparently, the picture has
changed and the move to the large
cities seems to be encouraged by
senior governments and manufac-
turers.
It goes without saying that the
senior governments and the manu-
facturer, if they wished, could re-
verse the population move from large
cities to smaller centres. The action
would add life and more prosperity
to our country. Most important
would be the fact that millions of
Canadians living in slum -like exis-
tence in the large cities would be
housed in greater comfort and en-
joy better health in the smaller
centres. — (The Innisfail (Alta.)
Province)
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From
My Window
I am doing something abso-
lutely new (to me, at least) this
week. I am writing this col-
umn "live"— that is to say, as
I watch the Thursday evening
performance of the Progressive
Conservative leadership conven-
tion,
Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker
and his wife, Olive, are just
arriving to the whine of the
bagpipes and the standing ova-
tion of the crowd. Like most
women in a man's world poor
Mrs. Diefenbaker is several
steps behind and almost lost in
the shuffle, though to be truth-
ful, her husband does turn oc-
casionally to perhaps induce
his spouse to hurry along.
Norman DePoe, the televis-
ion commentator with the sand-
paper vocal chords, smokes and
chats and chats and smokes in
much the same manner he does
for any of the on -the -spot pro-
grams he does for any network
that has the price to hire him.
He seems to make his living
being rude, interrupting any-
one anytime—like right now.
DePoe is asking Donald Flem-
ing which candidate he would
support if he would lose the
nomination.
A confident Fleming answers,
"I'm not going to lose". I won-
der—is that simply self-assur-
ance or does Dapper Don know
something we don't?
Now we meet some of the
personalities present, among
them Premier John Robarts,
who is mopping his brow and
looking for some indication
here that everything will turn
out all right for him in Ontario;
the Hon. George Drew who once
defeated John Diefenbaker in
a leadership race in 1948; and
Dalton Camp, the beloved
scoundrel who suggested that
that the old war horse "Mr.
Canada John" should retire on
his Old Age Pension cheque.
I note this is an outstanding
collection of unique Canadians,
according to the speakers who
rise to orate in either French
or English. The flattering ad-
jectives flow easily from trained
tongues, but even such distin-
guished refined men and women
can become somewhat vulgar
at times, like Joel Aldred, the
sophisticated cigarette pusher,
who was reported to have poked
one youthful anti-Dief man in
the mouth.
Peter Lougheed, the leader
of the PC opposition in Alberta
tells the convention in Maple
Leaf Gardens "the Canadian
people want to vote for some-
thing, not against someone".
Hooray. He talks about "re-
spect for the understanding of
the voter". Whoopee!
The dynamic young man
shouts, "Let us not merely ask
the public to support us. Let's
earn that support! Let us wel-
come the young. Let us not
question their motives."
Too bad he's not running for
the leadership, I muse. He
talks like I think the average
man feels.
Now Mr. Diefenbaker steps
to the mike. He's smiling that
smile that seems to say, "Gee,
By Shirley Keller
12,000 people here and every-
one a Conservative. What an
opportunity."
Will he indicate whether or
not he'll stand for nomination
at a convention which has at-
tracted more attention than a
mosquito in a nudest camp.
Though he talks a whole lot in
both languages, I can sense that
most delegates and visitors to
the convention wish he would
get to the heart of .the matter
, but there's more of the
actor in John George than this.
He knows he's the man of the
hour and he wants to enjoy it
a while longer.
The press gallery is waiting,
Hot convention -goers are wait-
ing. The nation is waiting.
Could it be that an entire world
is waiting?
Is he getting to the meat of
his talk now? He's speaking
about old age and retirement.
He's saying thinks like, "I be-
lieved" and "I gave".
What a showman. In firey,
fighting words, he faults the
Two Nation policy as a threat
to Confederation and begs,
pleads, implores his fellow -
Conservatives not to accept it.
No, he didn't actually give
his decision, but he has set the
country on its ear. Dief has
given an ultimatum — either
dump the Two Nation policy or
count him out of the leadership
race and maybe even the party.
When you read this, the con-
vention will be over and a
leader will be •chosen. " Makes
no real difference whether Dief
is in or out. He has done the
impossible by taking the heat
off himself and placing it
square on the shoulders of the
party. Even in his most his-
toric hour, he surrounds him-
self with a politician's delight
—controversy.
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Amber Re'bekahs
Install Officers
Regular meeting of Amber
Rebekah Lodge was held on
Wednesday evening, September
7, presided over by noble grand
Mrs. Lindsay Eyre.
The new slate of officers for
1967-68 will be: noble grand,
Mrs. John Corbett; vice -grand,
Mrs. Earl Campbell; financial
secretary, Mrs. Bertha McGreg-
or; recording secretary, Mrs.
Leona Parke; treasurer, Mrs.
Ed Corbett.
A letter was read stating
that the district deputy presi-
dent, Mrs, Marjorie Broadfoot,
of Brucefield, with her install-
ing staff of Clinton Huronic
Lodge, will install the incom-
ing officers on October 4.
Members were pleased to
learn that their centennial float
which was entered in both the
spring horse show and frontier
day show won first and second
prizes. Meeting closed with a
pot -luck lunch and social hour.
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