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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1971
THANKSGIVING DINNER - A special Thanksgiving Family Dinner was held last Sunday at the
Blue Water Rest Home, and many friends and relatives of the residents visited the home to take
part in the festivities. A delicious smorgasbord dinner was served, and in this photo some of the
visitors are seen as they fill their plates with the turkey, ham and all the trimmings,
roin my window
I'm writing this column the
morning after the night before
election night before. Wasn't
that a kick in the head, eh?
Wasn't that really something
incredible? Talk about upsets.
Of course, our office has the
usual cross-section of voters,
but this time there was a strong
anti- Progressive Conservative
trend within our ranks.
On the street, I got those
same anti- PC vibrations when
I talked to people in general
about the election. They told
me they weren't happy with
things as they are in the prov-
ince but they expressed fear
that the New Democrats would
come to power and give us
something much, much worse.
The Liberal Party seemed to
be ignored in this election. It
was a PC- NDP battle all the
way... and we saw who got the
sweeping mandate.
Well, I must admit I'm conc-
erned. I'm really not sure that
such a large majority govern-
ment will be good for the prov-
ince of Ontario.•..but the people
have spoken and it will be
people who will pay.
One thing will be interesting
in the next few weeks. We
have been promised a mini-
budget by Christmas and I'm
willing to bet most of us won't
consider it a gift. I may be
wrong, of course, and I cert -
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
ainly hope that I am, but I
have visions of all sorts of
terrible things happening now
that Bill Davis and his associates
have such an overwhelming
majority.
That can't be healthy. It's
like living in a village where
there is only one store and you
have no transportation out of,
town. The merchant charges you
whatever he thinks he needs, ant
you have no alternative but to
pay... unless, of course, you
prefer to starve or to take up
your roots and move on.
I will never understand just
how people figure things out.
I've heard nothing but compl-
aints from folks about the educ-
ational system, the judicial
system, the rising cost of living
unemployment, health insur-
ance and a few other dozen pro-
blems. Everyone's screaming
about something and on election
day, they go out and give the
government an even bigger
majority than they had before.
Who can understand it?
I guess I'm some kind of a
nut. It seems to me that if you
are not happy with a situation
you should change it and not
put yourself in a position where
the trouble could get worse.
That sounded like pretty fair
logic until last night when I
watched the television reports
of the election and knew that
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I had the wrong slant on things.
Somebody told me that they
believed that because people
are frightened of the New Dem-
ocratic Party and because they
believed the Liberals didn't
have a chance anyway, they
went out and voted for the PCs.
Could be. It sounds like some-
thing a few people would do...
but to react that way in such
masses is hardly understandable.
Stephen Lewis, of course,
believes that it was the mass
media campaign .. the millions
of dollars, spent, in other
words, by the PC Party, that
R. S.C.C. BOARD
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mittee to the Huron- Perth
County Roman Catholic Separ-
ate School Board on Family
Life Education. Attending the
meeting on the committee
were: J. O'Drowsky, St.
Marys; Mrs. C. Dalton, R.R.3
Goderich; Vincent Young,
Goderich; Mrs. T. M Govern,
Stratford, Rev. Father Kaminski;
Wingham; Rev. H.J. Laragh,
Seaforth; Mrs. A. Walsh,
Stratford; Miss S. Malabar,
Goderich, Huron County Health
Unit; J. Steffler, Wingham;
Mrs. H. Glavin, R, R. 2, Credit-
on; A. Groenestege, R.R.2,
Gadshill; Mrs. B. Ryan R.R.5,
Seaforth; Dr. Charles Moyo,
R. R, 3, Seaforth, Mrs. B.
Perron, R.R.2, Zurich, and
Francis Hicknell.
Dr. Charles Moyo was named
chairman of the committee,
Miss S. Malabar, vice -chair -
man, and Mrs. Betty Ryan,
secretary.
Mr. Hicknell reported that
Larry Regan, chairman of the
Middlesex County Committee on
Family Life Education, was the
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sewed it up provincially.
As Lewis said, he wouldn't
have thought that such things
would fool the Ontario people.
And the old stalwart for the
Liberals, Judy LaMarsh, said
she found it impossible to imag-
ine that people would elect a
man (it was Bill Davis all the
way, she said) without wanting
to hear or to know his policy.
And when it was almost all
over, Bill Davis and his wife
carne onto our television screen
, , and darned if it wasn't still
Bill Davis, his wife and his
family. There was hardly a nod
to the rest of the PC "team, "
hardly a mention of the people
who worked in the campaign
and certainly no word about
what to expect in the coming
four years.
All we got was the story about
Mrs. Davis campaigning at her
husband's side except for a
couple of days through October -
fest and about the Davis' eldest
son who stole the show at a
PC rally somewhere or other.
You have to hand it to Davis.
He has the people hogswaggled
and loving it. As he says, he
made no promises so he doesn't
have to keep any. It was a
smart campaign, 1 guess, and
no one can blame Bill Davis. 1
just wish I didn't have to help
pay the bills along with the
folks who supported him.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL...
THANKS!!
PAUL CARROLL
— HURON NDP
KEN DUNCAN
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Thank you for the
support you have
given me!
KEF DU C
Liberal —
Huron
eartfit
thanks
. . to the electors of Huron riding for the very gratifying
expression of support and confidence which you extended
on October 21.
A special word
... to the growing number of volunteers who worked so
hard and so well in our recent campaign. I very much
appreciate your enthusiasm for the Progressive Conservative
belief in responsible free enterprise and for my personal
representation of this riding,
and a commitment
... in line with Prime Minister Davis's efforts to make
government more accessible to the people, I am making
arrangements to establish easier communication from the
riding to my office and to develop closer co-ordination with
the Municipalities in Huron. In the meantime, I will be
pleased to respond promptly to any enquiries which may be
directed by:
TELEPHONE: 416-365-2101
MAIL: Third Floor, Ferguson Block
Queen's Park, Toronto
MPP HURON
(040-toto-