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CHAPTER XI
:- SYNOPSIS .
Timotthy Huilmae, principal of a
good but impoverished Vermont
academy, limes a studious, bacale
11or's existence with only his Allot
Lavinia for company.' Timothy
makes friends with anew teach-
er, Susan Barney, and her young-
er sister, Delia. Timothy meets
his nephew, Canby Hunter, who
goes on a skiing . party in' bad
weather. They 'run across an,
auto accident in the mountains in
'which Susan is badly injured.
Susan gropes her way back to
health while Timothy jealously'
watches Canby. Timothy gets
the news that Mr. Wheaton, a
trustee of •the academy, has died
of apoplexy, and will leave the
academy a rich endowment _ on
condition that its name be chang-
ed and that it excludes all Jew-
ish students. ° .� meeting is hell
in .;the town assembly room where
Timothy makes known the condi- ,
titans of the will. •
He went. on, "On 'that day fast De-
cember'` Mr. Wheaton' urged the ex-
clusion of any. student, no matter
how fine his personality and initellI-
gence, if he had any connection. with
a race for which Mr. Wheaton had a
personal "'dislike. , lie had his will
carefiilly drawn, as you see, to t.y
to make sure that his ideas fo* the
Academy's future should be realiz-
ed."
His pause was long. The silence
was crackling with tensity. People
gazed up at his grim face, unwink-
ingly attentive. He went on, "Mr.
Dewey has sometbing he''wants to
say. to yon. - and. so has Doctor Foote.
My part in this meeting was to make
the .terms of Mr. Wheaton's will clear
I you all, not only the wording but
the real meaning'. I snail vote fon a
trustee who will stand with Mr. Dew-
ey in refusing to accept this bribe
And it it` is accepted! I shall resign.
He turned and walked back to his
seat.
At the faculty meeting Mr. Dewey
had. spoken first, a brief statement
I .his feeling about the bequest. Tim-
othy had then said that he wanted„
to make it clear that lieu -pressure was
to be put on any member of the teach-
ing staff: The faculty were quite
free, he told them, not only to take
stand they thought right, but to take
no stand at ail. if they preferred.
'The old •'t1 --hatt`•no chance to
say• anything at 311;1 for at this point
3'oung Bowen took the floor, "I don't
need any two months. The question
is• perfectly, Plain- to me at a glance."
He paused, looked hard':at 'timothy
and . with the derisive small laugh,
with which he often prefaced his re-
marks .went on, "It's all very well to
say we are left 'free, to take ar,y
F. we like,' , Mr. "Hulme, • with -you
nd .Mr. Dewey breatihing out fire anti
brimstone, But I'll take •advantage of
your kind permission to have an opin-
on of my.own. The terms -'of the
will seem .unusually intelligent and
realistic • to' me, and-- I consider'the
objections° to them nothing but moral
hajr splittin'g,' said young Bowen
firmly, "It- is cdure to., indulge in
hreadbare discredited liberalism at
he expense of a pitifully prior school
E • poor town. To quibble over the
te14ms of this astounding piece of
E • fortune, looks to nee, Mr. Hume,
eke keeping a desperately sick man
from getting the medicine he needs
because you don't like the color of
he druggist's eyes."
Something about the quality of his
voice as he spoke, of his darting •Took
of resentment, • made Timothy - sur-
mise, "There'§ something personal he
can''t Stand about me "
Bowen and Peter Dryden went on
o the student meeting. ``If you don't
object to my being present'' said
Bowen•, implying by his accent that
Timothy would.
"Oh, come along! Come along!
The more the merrier," said Timothy
genially. •-
The four men entered the Assem-
bly room together wihere the waiting
students burst into,
"Academy! Academy! ,
One! Two! Three!
Clifford Academy!
Here are we!"
A Timothy appeared on . the [Ant-
orin they changed this t�
"Some say HAW!
Some say GEE! '
We'say the best ever
Is old T. C.!" ,
Timothy went on:
"SUppose each of us up here makes
au little statement of how' it 'hooks to
s. Mr. Bowen; • for instance, has,
qte a different' idea about what's
he right thing to do, from Mr. Dew-
y's and mine. And I think it wou
be a good idea for hijn to tell us
a bent it."
Bowen looked astonished, gasped a
Id nodded 1i:s tfikd gamely.
"Mr, Dewey, you first, you're ahead
of the rest of us in years," said Tim -
thy.
Mr, Dewey rose 'rather unsteadily.
Here," said Tinatothy, pushing a chair
d
the front of .the platform. - "This
s
all in the family. Why don't you
it down[ to talk?"
So it was Hite a grandfather from
his armchair, ' turning his shaggy
gray head' front, side to side as he
ouloed into the attentive ming eyes,
,4'a thdt 'M•r, Oewey said his' say+, 1EIe
-k a
;a
t,
bade 1thent be ,proud' of ' the .traditign
back of them; ie'reminded.their that'
noble traditions are• always in den,
ger from..the' 'beast in man; that :t
is Fasscism's expressed' purpose to
Unleash the ;beast in man by its in
citement. to'race "hatred. He ended,
""Rays, and girls of Clifford, children,
grandchildren,, great grandchildren of
free men and free women -your •town
counts on you to Stand for -right, to
holed ;the light of honor burning bright
and free." He stood up, he pushed
his chair away. "Of honor," he re-
peated solemnly.
A'e he sat'down at the back'of the
platform the students began to ap-
plaud.
When they were ready for the
next speaker, "Well, Mr: Bowen, your
turn now," Timothy said, matter-of-
factly. He admired the firmness with
which .the young man walked to the
front of the platform, his face rather
pale, but his step steady.
Bowen said, "This is not time to
be mealy-mouthed, so Mr. Dewey'll
have to let me say that he's at the
end of his life, almost; you young
sters.` are at the begintning of yours.
It's easy far. him to suggest sacri-
fices. for you° to•make' that won't cost
him anything. Why skould you lose
your chance for a decent education
and a decent living because some-
body, tells you that somebody: on the
other side of the globe isn't being
treated right? You yourselves aren't
being treated right here.. is Cl&ori.,
here int' the AcadelnY-• • Wih.•y not start.
with your own Treede�?'r 'He deseriib7
ed the poor eguipmeant, ztf the Acad-
eray, ,tl>!g penn;Xpineiting, econ,jp4es'
necessary to wake • bots, pends meet,
"You young people, don't know at
w1 at a terribly unfair dleadvantage
your poor school p'irts you; when you
'go out and.try to make ,your living
in' competition • with. other •boys and
girls who have had good schooling.
What it means is that you don't have
a fair chance. Now this piece of good
'luck will give you a fair chance, Dont
•let yourselves be stalnpeded into
throwing it away."
Ile sat down. Timothy Set the ex-
ample of applause. -.
Timothy got • to ..his feet- and turned'
to give Peter Dryden his. chance to
speak, but from the slack of the hall
solhebod�y said, "Hold on there a mdn�
uta, Professor Hultne, how about let-
ting an Academy grad,, have his say
about this:?" 4'
Canby Hunter stood -up and walk-
ed down the aisle to the front. "I
got something to tell' you," he said.
"I. got' lots to tell you!"
He said that he, like Mr. Bowen,
had had the idea that it would be a
grand idea to slick up the, old school
into something streamlined' 'a n d
smooth and he had figured out how
to do it without- any bequest. Little
by little -.by jacking up the •tuition,
and writing some good publicity and
tllrt.9.0 Zell
W1131, z.'1l tail yotj, 's h r bees, . r
h,.ari ia4la Y.e ori`. wµ ;e,t tually Y444, izex
-on eel reality, Mr, Boez1; would;"
4.11 it, he'S J•a•'et teem• that` every time:',
t'ha,•t''s• i pp@neo, to gne. of. the tial New+r,
tingisird.;setpina res or a4eademies, it's,,
011Oingeil: it into: a s�ehuo1 ��ha( took'
Zuore' anouey tai neat to,'.4 zan moat of
las here in Cl:i ori have god, or Refi,
will ha'e li yen . hard a' bunch ..of:
'students at ,ate thou a4 d .per -, and
waaastee tR j ztie 74 . you ca.'n opt
their parents:' would be the pipers to
ca:11 .lie Ar,adeatiy tune; Now let me
tell you 'something else. I bet you• nay,
er tho'ught of. Professor &>zlaiae
could. have gone ---forty times over,
and you'd better believe it tp better,
Jobs with bigger salaries. $ut he.
didn't. He stayed on here„ working
like- a one-armed paperhanger - what
for? So.the old school could be kept
open, to us."
During the next two months' when
it was apparent to Timothy that they
were 'leading as forlorn a hope as' ,ev-
en Canby had predicted and that he
would fail in this as . he failed'' 'with
Susan,- he tried' occasionally to give'
a practical thought to what would lie
beyond that failure for him and his
old dependent. Without Aunt Lavin-.
is he could 'possibly, probabljr--cer-
tainly 'in fact --find another teaching
position. But it would not be with-
out A1zdt Lavinia. And it `would be
with an Aunt Lavinia constantly more
difficult to explain to normal people:
Susan helped:type and address en-
velopes for a while- and went around
to talk' to members of her class now
living in Clifford. But as soon. as her
school. closed, she was sent for by
some • Cadoret cousins on the other
on
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and fae'toriell a�ud 4ola elY,
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'e:d' by a enbscription taken.:among the business men of ttlw+ll
Those 'bulletins were .Lot talo well. writ-
en as the ones arranged by Timothy
and 'Mr. Dewey. to help• him ' std! ei
he - accurate middle of the Clifford
nate. They did not needto he; the
wine they offered needed nci •bweh,
Prestige for Clifford! Rich city faw;:
lies moving, into town! Money in then
auk's! A market for' anything.. the
farms could produce! Better movies!!
Jobs, jobs! jobs!' And as for the
cademy, the picture of its . future
raw•n by Bowen was like the Prem-
ed Land-no`av he wrote of fine
uildjngs, 'now of the wealthy ellen
ele, now of the future alumni who
ould •be gold minesfor gifts and be-
uests, now of what those' gifts
Rrouid bring -a • fine . auditorium, a
heater, great playing fields, dorini-
ories-and then a 'bulletin appeared
evoted entirely to explaining that
I1 these marvellous ,opportunities
ere to be free absolutely free to our.
wn people, even more so than now,
ecause of the provision for scholar-
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Th
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Constructive Platform of
PROGI ESSIVPROGRESSIVE COHSE
ARTY
IN THE PROVINCE OF. ONTARIO:
Approved in General .liVieeting at Toronto, July x,.19
ON July 3rd, an all day organization meeting of
Progressive Conservative Party candidates and
officials from all over the Province, heldatthe Royal
York Hotel, listened with rising enthusiasm to a highly
constructive and inspiring address from the Provincial -
Leader, George Drew.
Mr. Drew presented a series of pledges to the
people of the Province -each one of which was'
unanimously'applauded. The pledges, twenty-two in
number, constitute the platform upon which the
Progrtasive Conservative Party enters the general
election.
It was that programme wh ich the Leader announced
to the public in his radio address last Thursday !tight.
Mr. Drew said:
1. We wi11 maintain British institutions and
strengthen the British partnership byrevery
means within the constitutional power of.
the Government of Ontario. -
2. We will at all times work in effective
co-operation with • the Dominion Govern-
ment and with all othet governing bodies in
Canada in all activities which will assist in
the prosecution of the, war to a successful
conclusion, and in establishing a sound
basis of social security, health insurance
and protection in their old age for all our
people. At the same time we will insist that
the constitutional rights of the people of
Ontario be preserved, and that the Govern-
ment of Ontario exercise full control of its
own Provincial affairs.
3. The farms, the factories, the mines, the
forests, and personal services which con-
stitute the five major groups of employment
will be supported byappropfiate Legislation
in their efforts to increase employment at
good wages. In every field of -employment
individual initiative will be encouraged•and
hard work rewarded by reducing taxes and
removing bureaucratic restrictions,- ••
. 4. Farming will be organized in every
county under committees of outstanding
farmers who will be given authority to plan
pro7ucFon and regulate the processing and
distribution of their output. Cheese boards,
creameries, milk distributors, central pro-
duce markets, and other marketing organi-
zations will be under, the supervision of out-
standing farmers in each line of production.
WILL TAKE OVER STOCK YARDS
Stock yards will be taken ever by the
Government and operated as a .publicly
owned enterprise so that speculation and
Manipulation may be , stopped and fair
prices assured.
A conference will be called immediately ,
of leading farmers from the whole Province
to•assist in drafting effective plana for the
organization of food production.
S. Legislation will be introduced assuring
the workers and employers of this Province
the'fah:est and most advanced laws govern-
ing labor relations, following an inquiry to
be undertaken immediately by a committee
of at least 15 members to be known as the
Ontario Labor Relations Committee, upon
which there will be equal representation of
labor, employers, and the general publle.
Recognizing at theoutset the right to proper
and enforceable legislation regarding collec-
tive bargaining, this committee will be
asked to examine the laws defiling with
labor relations in other countries and draft
for Onterlo an act which 'mill establish that
'The programme which the Progressive Conserva-
-tive Party ii Ontario undertakes to put into effect is
based upon the conviction that under a strong governs;
ment the vast resources and producing capacity of
this Province can assure employmentand good wages
for all who will work and securityfor those who find ,
themselves unable to work because d sickness,
unemployment, physical disability or old age. It is
based upon the belief that the spiritual and material
welfare of our people, now and in the future, can be
best assured under British, democratic institutions
and within the British partnership.
The Progressive Conservative Party undertakes to
Rut the following programme into effect in the
Province of.Ontario.
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basis of jestice, co-operation and respon-
sibility whichr%s so necessary for the welfare
and security cif all our people.
6- The mining industry will be assisted in
every way lhossible and placed under tete
direction of a Minister with practical
. •knowledge of mining. The tax burden will
be lightened- and there will be a• more
equitable distribution of the tax between
the different taxing bodies. A larger share
of the taxes will go to the -Provincial and
Municipal treasuries, All restrictive mea-
, sures which deny prospectors and others
the inducement to find and develop new
mining properties will be repealed and
every encouragement will be given to
geologists and prospectors to discover new
mineral areas. Every practical measure pos-
sible will be adopted to expand this great
basic industry so that it •may offer the
widest opportunities for employment when,
our armed forces are demobilized.
LONG-TERM FOREST POLICY
7. Our vast forest resources, which under
proper administration are capable of creat-
ing employment for hundreds of thousands
ofnew workers, will be placed under the
control of an Ontario Forest Resources
Commission which will operate under long-
tertn policies of conservation, reforestation
and soil,..Ibdrrol.'- Immediately after • its
formation it will review all existing con-
tracts and will cancel those which have
disposed of great areas of fotest resources
without proper consideration.
8. An Ontario Housing Commission will be
created to plan a great housing program
throughout the whole Broviiece for the
purpose of creating employment in the
period of readjustment and at the sante time
bring to an end the unsatisfactory housing
coiiditions in many parts of Ontario.
SCHOOL TAXES T9 $1E GUT
9. There will be a swceptt1g revision of our
whole slstem of real estate taxation so that
the awning ana improvement of homes and
farm land, which are the very foundation of
our society, will not be discouraged by
excessive taxation. As an initial step in that
direction the Provincial Government will
assume at least 50 per cent of the school
taxes now charged against real estate. It is,
•.however, to be clearly understood that this
Change will cot affect the authority of the
local school boards.
10. 'Our educational system will be com-
pletelY revised so that every child in t
Province will have an Apportunity to
educated to the full extent of their men al
capacity, no matter where they live or what
the financial circumstances of their parents
may be. Vocational training will be made a
much more important part of the school
work, so that children may be prepared to
earn a living by practical vocational
instruction. The important place of our
teachers in each community will lfeJully •
recognized,
11. Steps will be taken to assure that every
child is given the greatest passible oppor-
tunity to face life with a healthy body and
mind. Health measures will be established
so that medical, dental and other health
protection will be available to all.
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12. Steps will be taken immediately .to
prepare plans for great public undertakings
which will create employment in the period
of readjustment immediately after the war.
TO REVAMP HYDRO
13. The Hydro -Electric Power Commission
will be removed from political Control.
Recognizing that the publicly owned
Hydro -Electric resources of this Province
belong to all our people.' there will be an
immediate adjustment of the rates for
electric energy upon a just and equitable
basis. The service charge in rural areas will
be removed: Power will be extended to
farms with full recognition of the fact that
food .• production .in war is hardly less
essential to our success than the minter*
,effort.
14. Plans will be made for land reclamation
throughout the Province, so that all areas
which Can be brought into production will
dee fully developed. . These plans will be
dratted immediately,, but the actual
development of most of the areas will be
deferred so that they can be placed' under
veterans' organizations• in the period of
readjustment. This will open wide oppor-
tunities for immediate employment when
the war is over and will also offer to veterans
and their families.the chance to settle in
organized groups in areas where their eco-
nomic security can be assured.
15. Taxation will be reduced and efficiency
of Government increased by the elimination
of all Provincial departments and services
which duplicate 'those of the Dominion
Government and are not necessary for the
purpose of preserving fundamental con-
stitutiopal rights..
16. An efficient and permanent civil service
system will immediately he put into effect
which will protect civil servants from
political dismissal or interference, thus
increasing administrative efficiency by giv-
ing to all civil servants a greater sense of
security and pride in their work.
17. Alt legislation will be repealed which
•denies any individual the right to defend
his person and •property before the courts.
OLD AGE PENSIONS
18. There will be an immediate increase in
mothers' allowances and old -age pensions
in keeping with the increased cost of living.
There ai11 be an immediate repeal of the
shameful provision that old people who have
a home of their own, which they have
established by their savings throughout
long years, must dispose of that home before
they will be granted the very limited allow-
ances which they are entitled to receive. In
future the ola people who have played their
part so well in making this great Province
what it' is today must not be forced to
mortgage their homes before they can
receive their small pensions.
19. Adequate supplies at reasonable prices
of fuel, milk and other basic necessities
will he assured by effective organization and
adtninistrative.control. Representatives of
labor, veteran organizations, and the con-
suming public will be appointed to all
boards dealing with these matters:
20. Men and women who have served in
the armed forces will be assured priority
in the public service and protection in their
employment.
21. Miring thew ilirt'e'wlio"are in fniti.
tary service will be given legal protection
against. the economic consequences of their
service. In all cases where the ability of
',Inose in military, service and their depen-
dents to meet their ,financial obligations
have been materially calmed by such
service, effective legal 'ptotection will be
given against seizure of property for
arrears of -teams, forfeiture of instalment
contracts, cancellation of life inhurance
policies up to $10,000, judgments or other
legal proceedings for debts incur! ed before
entering military service, and other embar-
rassing financial obligations. These pro-
visions, however,'' will be subject to the
express condition that 'those able to .pay
will not be permitted to evade their obliga-
tions by this device, and that just protection.
will be assured to creditors under simple
and effective procedure before the court.
This does not provide for cancellation of
obligations, but merely deferment with
justice to all concerned.
SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN
22. A rehabilitation and social security
committee will be appointed immediately
with instructions to draft plans which will
assure social security for all our, people, and
also .provide for the rehabilitation and
employment of the members of our armed
forces and munition workers after the War.
VOTEAt!GUST4 FORTHE
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George Drew
cis .I know him
$y George W. James
Editor Canadian Statesman
'Bowmanville, Ontario
An Ontario provincial election is 40
• be •field on August the fourth. A
duty now falls upon the weekly
•press. That is to make known to
r andn v the
s reside t ,tars t o
issues involved. More than that.
and equally' important -as local
editors are aware -the hardy, hard
working, clear thinking, war con-
scious farm people of Ontario want
to know something about'those who
lead the parties soon to seek their
support. •
Issues and controversy, as the
campaign heightens, will be dealt
with in the press in due course. The
time is now opportune to say some-
; thing, without political bias, about
qualities of leadership. Personal
history is a fair test of prospective
performance.
Let us then introduce George A.
Drew, ,leader of the Progressive
Conservative Party of the Province
of Ontario.
His political opponents have
sought to picture George Drew es a
person aloof and visionary. Those
of us who have come to know
George' as roan to man; can. denyy-
that. He has vision, 'yes indeed!
Vision of profound and pradical
character. He has demonstrated
that ever since he entered public
life, and before. His exhaustive
searchings and stern indictments
have won the inarticulate respect of
those presentlyin power. For he
bas forced corrective results. Often
they have sought to disparage and
intimidate him. His complete fear-
lessness And devotion to truth have
completely disarmed all opponents
who dare meet him upon legitimate
and proper grounds.
George Drew is first and foremost
a Canadian, yetdeep and strong
and true for the British connection.
He 'is 49 years of age. His grand-
father was a member of Canada's
first parliament after Confederation.
George was an officer in the Guelph
Battery at 20 years' of age, enlisted
at war's outbreak in 1914, was
severely wounded in 1916, spent
many months in military hospitals.
George Drew entered public' life
in his native city, Guelph, as an
alderman and at 29 became mayor
of that city. ' His administrative
experience began early and has con-
tinued through to his present posi-
tion as member of the Provincial
Parliament and leader of the
Opposition. But he has gone far
beyond that. Holding the 'Clew
that ppublierlife demands the widest
possible knowledge, George Drew
has travelled throughout Canada,
bas established world Contacts and
personally toured the British Isles
during the present war, Geeing,
seeking and obtaining vital•iiffetma-
tfon affecting Canada and tiihintdre:
Outstanding is the fact that Wniie
overseas he matte flatticulatly
exhaustive enquiry Otto agricultl to
and intepalise production. N'O'othet
• public Man in Callum ikay' euqt�hqrad
so deeply into thin' iter lie t1dd
Public Officials and attadlan .•
• atmets slftntla be d'eepiy m ebted
for the'•irritirijts and spet�e$ of °"' ;
btge 1Srowojhce,liis ottt>n'irtnrrt , .
Britain, urtica it g the Iiteeelit and
future of Ch3ladihd agtieliltula Tib
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Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in
diseases of the ear, eye, nose an
throat, will ' be at the Clinic the f firs t
'Preachy in. every month from 3 to 5
iB-m
!free Well -Baby Clinic will be held
en the second and last Thursday in
revery month from 1 to = p.m.
JOHN A. GORWILL, 'M.A., B.D.
Physician and Surgeon
IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE .,
Phone 90 - Beaforth
MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Burgeon
Saaeccessor to Dr, W. C. Sproat
Phone 90?W - Seaforth
DR. F J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Noss and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.,__.
Late aseiatant, New York Opthal-
aiaei and Aural Institute, Difeorefield''s
Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
!pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL
HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED-
NE.,SDAY . in each month,' from 2 p.m.
.
Ito 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic
last Tuesday of each month. 53
Waterloo Street South, Stratford.•
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Specialist in -Firm :and, Household
Stas,
Licensed in Huron;. and Perth Coun-
ties. Prices reasonable; .Satisfaction ,
guaranteed. ..', ..
For information, ete., write Or phone.
iliarold Jackson, 14 on 661, •Seaforth;
H.R. 4, Seaforth.
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Licensed Auctioneer For Huron
Oorrespondence promptly answered.
Immediate arrangements can be made i
for 'Sales Date at The Huron Exposi-
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Clinton.. Charges moderate and satin- '
ifa,ction guaranteed.. ,
LONDON and CLINTON t
t
NORTH
A.M. •
Exeter . 10.34
Rennase 10.46 1
Kippen 10.152
Brucefleld 11.00
Clinton 11.47 t
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P.M.
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Brucefield 3.28
reopen 3.38
Ronsal1 3.45
Exeter
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Holmesville ...., 6.31 2.48
031inton 6.43 3.00
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St. Columban 7.05 3.23
Dihblin •. 7.1,2 3.29
Mitchell 7.24 3.41
WEST
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Dublin 11.14 10.09
Seafprth 11.30 10:21
Clinton 11.45 10.35
God�arich
12.05 11.00
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Godetrich 4.35
McCaw 4,49
Auburn . 4.58
Blyth 5.09 I
Walton 5.21
ilowaught . ,., . , r 5.32
I°oronto 9.45 �,
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P.M. i
MelVaugh�t .....•.... 12.04.s
Walton 12.15
BI t1,4 -r 1.......e; 1,28 .
Askeltrn , ... 12,29
itedta r ' .2,47
MEM" . , 12.54 1
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CHAPTER XI
:- SYNOPSIS .
Timotthy Huilmae, principal of a
good but impoverished Vermont
academy, limes a studious, bacale
11or's existence with only his Allot
Lavinia for company.' Timothy
makes friends with anew teach-
er, Susan Barney, and her young-
er sister, Delia. Timothy meets
his nephew, Canby Hunter, who
goes on a skiing . party in' bad
weather. They 'run across an,
auto accident in the mountains in
'which Susan is badly injured.
Susan gropes her way back to
health while Timothy jealously'
watches Canby. Timothy gets
the news that Mr. Wheaton, a
trustee of •the academy, has died
of apoplexy, and will leave the
academy a rich endowment _ on
condition that its name be chang-
ed and that it excludes all Jew-
ish students. ° .� meeting is hell
in .;the town assembly room where
Timothy makes known the condi- ,
titans of the will. •
He went. on, "On 'that day fast De-
cember'` Mr. Wheaton' urged the ex-
clusion of any. student, no matter
how fine his personality and initellI-
gence, if he had any connection. with
a race for which Mr. Wheaton had a
personal "'dislike. , lie had his will
carefiilly drawn, as you see, to t.y
to make sure that his ideas fo* the
Academy's future should be realiz-
ed."
His pause was long. The silence
was crackling with tensity. People
gazed up at his grim face, unwink-
ingly attentive. He went on, "Mr.
Dewey has sometbing he''wants to
say. to yon. - and. so has Doctor Foote.
My part in this meeting was to make
the .terms of Mr. Wheaton's will clear
I you all, not only the wording but
the real meaning'. I snail vote fon a
trustee who will stand with Mr. Dew-
ey in refusing to accept this bribe
And it it` is accepted! I shall resign.
He turned and walked back to his
seat.
At the faculty meeting Mr. Dewey
had. spoken first, a brief statement
I .his feeling about the bequest. Tim-
othy had then said that he wanted„
to make it clear that lieu -pressure was
to be put on any member of the teach-
ing staff: The faculty were quite
free, he told them, not only to take
stand they thought right, but to take
no stand at ail. if they preferred.
'The old •'t1 --hatt`•no chance to
say• anything at 311;1 for at this point
3'oung Bowen took the floor, "I don't
need any two months. The question
is• perfectly, Plain- to me at a glance."
He paused, looked hard':at 'timothy
and . with the derisive small laugh,
with which he often prefaced his re-
marks .went on, "It's all very well to
say we are left 'free, to take ar,y
F. we like,' , Mr. "Hulme, • with -you
nd .Mr. Dewey breatihing out fire anti
brimstone, But I'll take •advantage of
your kind permission to have an opin-
on of my.own. The terms -'of the
will seem .unusually intelligent and
realistic • to' me, and-- I consider'the
objections° to them nothing but moral
hajr splittin'g,' said young Bowen
firmly, "It- is cdure to., indulge in
hreadbare discredited liberalism at
he expense of a pitifully prior school
E • poor town. To quibble over the
te14ms of this astounding piece of
E • fortune, looks to nee, Mr. Hume,
eke keeping a desperately sick man
from getting the medicine he needs
because you don't like the color of
he druggist's eyes."
Something about the quality of his
voice as he spoke, of his darting •Took
of resentment, • made Timothy - sur-
mise, "There'§ something personal he
can''t Stand about me "
Bowen and Peter Dryden went on
o the student meeting. ``If you don't
object to my being present'' said
Bowen•, implying by his accent that
Timothy would.
"Oh, come along! Come along!
The more the merrier," said Timothy
genially. •-
The four men entered the Assem-
bly room together wihere the waiting
students burst into,
"Academy! Academy! ,
One! Two! Three!
Clifford Academy!
Here are we!"
A Timothy appeared on . the [Ant-
orin they changed this t�
"Some say HAW!
Some say GEE! '
We'say the best ever
Is old T. C.!" ,
Timothy went on:
"SUppose each of us up here makes
au little statement of how' it 'hooks to
s. Mr. Bowen; • for instance, has,
qte a different' idea about what's
he right thing to do, from Mr. Dew-
y's and mine. And I think it wou
be a good idea for hijn to tell us
a bent it."
Bowen looked astonished, gasped a
Id nodded 1i:s tfikd gamely.
"Mr, Dewey, you first, you're ahead
of the rest of us in years," said Tim -
thy.
Mr, Dewey rose 'rather unsteadily.
Here," said Tinatothy, pushing a chair
d
the front of .the platform. - "This
s
all in the family. Why don't you
it down[ to talk?"
So it was Hite a grandfather from
his armchair, ' turning his shaggy
gray head' front, side to side as he
ouloed into the attentive ming eyes,
,4'a thdt 'M•r, Oewey said his' say+, 1EIe
-k a
;a
t,
bade 1thent be ,proud' of ' the .traditign
back of them; ie'reminded.their that'
noble traditions are• always in den,
ger from..the' 'beast in man; that :t
is Fasscism's expressed' purpose to
Unleash the ;beast in man by its in
citement. to'race "hatred. He ended,
""Rays, and girls of Clifford, children,
grandchildren,, great grandchildren of
free men and free women -your •town
counts on you to Stand for -right, to
holed ;the light of honor burning bright
and free." He stood up, he pushed
his chair away. "Of honor," he re-
peated solemnly.
A'e he sat'down at the back'of the
platform the students began to ap-
plaud.
When they were ready for the
next speaker, "Well, Mr: Bowen, your
turn now," Timothy said, matter-of-
factly. He admired the firmness with
which .the young man walked to the
front of the platform, his face rather
pale, but his step steady.
Bowen said, "This is not time to
be mealy-mouthed, so Mr. Dewey'll
have to let me say that he's at the
end of his life, almost; you young
sters.` are at the begintning of yours.
It's easy far. him to suggest sacri-
fices. for you° to•make' that won't cost
him anything. Why skould you lose
your chance for a decent education
and a decent living because some-
body, tells you that somebody: on the
other side of the globe isn't being
treated right? You yourselves aren't
being treated right here.. is Cl&ori.,
here int' the AcadelnY-• • Wih.•y not start.
with your own Treede�?'r 'He deseriib7
ed the poor eguipmeant, ztf the Acad-
eray, ,tl>!g penn;Xpineiting, econ,jp4es'
necessary to wake • bots, pends meet,
"You young people, don't know at
w1 at a terribly unfair dleadvantage
your poor school p'irts you; when you
'go out and.try to make ,your living
in' competition • with. other •boys and
girls who have had good schooling.
What it means is that you don't have
a fair chance. Now this piece of good
'luck will give you a fair chance, Dont
•let yourselves be stalnpeded into
throwing it away."
Ile sat down. Timothy Set the ex-
ample of applause. -.
Timothy got • to ..his feet- and turned'
to give Peter Dryden his. chance to
speak, but from the slack of the hall
solhebod�y said, "Hold on there a mdn�
uta, Professor Hultne, how about let-
ting an Academy grad,, have his say
about this:?" 4'
Canby Hunter stood -up and walk-
ed down the aisle to the front. "I
got something to tell' you," he said.
"I. got' lots to tell you!"
He said that he, like Mr. Bowen,
had had the idea that it would be a
grand idea to slick up the, old school
into something streamlined' 'a n d
smooth and he had figured out how
to do it without- any bequest. Little
by little -.by jacking up the •tuition,
and writing some good publicity and
tllrt.9.0 Zell
W1131, z.'1l tail yotj, 's h r bees, . r
h,.ari ia4la Y.e ori`. wµ ;e,t tually Y444, izex
-on eel reality, Mr, Boez1; would;"
4.11 it, he'S J•a•'et teem• that` every time:',
t'ha,•t''s• i pp@neo, to gne. of. the tial New+r,
tingisird.;setpina res or a4eademies, it's,,
011Oingeil: it into: a s�ehuo1 ��ha( took'
Zuore' anouey tai neat to,'.4 zan moat of
las here in Cl:i ori have god, or Refi,
will ha'e li yen . hard a' bunch ..of:
'students at ,ate thou a4 d .per -, and
waaastee tR j ztie 74 . you ca.'n opt
their parents:' would be the pipers to
ca:11 .lie Ar,adeatiy tune; Now let me
tell you 'something else. I bet you• nay,
er tho'ught of. Professor &>zlaiae
could. have gone ---forty times over,
and you'd better believe it tp better,
Jobs with bigger salaries. $ut he.
didn't. He stayed on here„ working
like- a one-armed paperhanger - what
for? So.the old school could be kept
open, to us."
During the next two months' when
it was apparent to Timothy that they
were 'leading as forlorn a hope as' ,ev-
en Canby had predicted and that he
would fail in this as . he failed'' 'with
Susan,- he tried' occasionally to give'
a practical thought to what would lie
beyond that failure for him and his
old dependent. Without Aunt Lavin-.
is he could 'possibly, probabljr--cer-
tainly 'in fact --find another teaching
position. But it would not be with-
out A1zdt Lavinia. And it `would be
with an Aunt Lavinia constantly more
difficult to explain to normal people:
Susan helped:type and address en-
velopes for a while- and went around
to talk' to members of her class now
living in Clifford. But as soon. as her
school. closed, she was sent for by
some • Cadoret cousins on the other
on
T`•i uo brio .d 4a
n•d flown. the +streot.
and h; gllvi^ayp' ln,'tgd o
and fae'toriell a�ud 4ola elY,
pajgn- PO4,0 ,'fin v'! k?rff,;
s
rh
t
At
b
d
is
t
w
9
t
d
a
w
0
b
ei
sued iimeegraphed ,• 'bplletins ahfi i(S ,•
circulated deem ip Onff:aid:•
o'd.,ajnong reader ?ii
e out-ot-town allia litto'killii3,' f',QS't nt?vr mento
z
'e:d' by a enbscription taken.:among the business men of ttlw+ll
Those 'bulletins were .Lot talo well. writ-
en as the ones arranged by Timothy
and 'Mr. Dewey. to help• him ' std! ei
he - accurate middle of the Clifford
nate. They did not needto he; the
wine they offered needed nci •bweh,
Prestige for Clifford! Rich city faw;:
lies moving, into town! Money in then
auk's! A market for' anything.. the
farms could produce! Better movies!!
Jobs, jobs! jobs!' And as for the
cademy, the picture of its . future
raw•n by Bowen was like the Prem-
ed Land-no`av he wrote of fine
uildjngs, 'now of the wealthy ellen
ele, now of the future alumni who
ould •be gold minesfor gifts and be-
uests, now of what those' gifts
Rrouid bring -a • fine . auditorium, a
heater, great playing fields, dorini-
ories-and then a 'bulletin appeared
evoted entirely to explaining that
I1 these marvellous ,opportunities
ere to be free absolutely free to our.
wn people, even more so than now,
ecause of the provision for scholar-
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ET ' MAJORES VEST'ROS ET
POSTE/HOS: COGITATE. . •
THINK OF YOUR
FOREFATHER!'
THINK OF YOUR, AOST l:TY;i,
(.:.John Quincy Adams, S0eih, at
Plymouth Deceml er -22,.189t.)
Th
•
Constructive Platform of
PROGI ESSIVPROGRESSIVE COHSE
ARTY
IN THE PROVINCE OF. ONTARIO:
Approved in General .liVieeting at Toronto, July x,.19
ON July 3rd, an all day organization meeting of
Progressive Conservative Party candidates and
officials from all over the Province, heldatthe Royal
York Hotel, listened with rising enthusiasm to a highly
constructive and inspiring address from the Provincial -
Leader, George Drew.
Mr. Drew presented a series of pledges to the
people of the Province -each one of which was'
unanimously'applauded. The pledges, twenty-two in
number, constitute the platform upon which the
Progrtasive Conservative Party enters the general
election.
It was that programme wh ich the Leader announced
to the public in his radio address last Thursday !tight.
Mr. Drew said:
1. We wi11 maintain British institutions and
strengthen the British partnership byrevery
means within the constitutional power of.
the Government of Ontario. -
2. We will at all times work in effective
co-operation with • the Dominion Govern-
ment and with all othet governing bodies in
Canada in all activities which will assist in
the prosecution of the, war to a successful
conclusion, and in establishing a sound
basis of social security, health insurance
and protection in their old age for all our
people. At the same time we will insist that
the constitutional rights of the people of
Ontario be preserved, and that the Govern-
ment of Ontario exercise full control of its
own Provincial affairs.
3. The farms, the factories, the mines, the
forests, and personal services which con-
stitute the five major groups of employment
will be supported byappropfiate Legislation
in their efforts to increase employment at
good wages. In every field of -employment
individual initiative will be encouraged•and
hard work rewarded by reducing taxes and
removing bureaucratic restrictions,- ••
. 4. Farming will be organized in every
county under committees of outstanding
farmers who will be given authority to plan
pro7ucFon and regulate the processing and
distribution of their output. Cheese boards,
creameries, milk distributors, central pro-
duce markets, and other marketing organi-
zations will be under, the supervision of out-
standing farmers in each line of production.
WILL TAKE OVER STOCK YARDS
Stock yards will be taken ever by the
Government and operated as a .publicly
owned enterprise so that speculation and
Manipulation may be , stopped and fair
prices assured.
A conference will be called immediately ,
of leading farmers from the whole Province
to•assist in drafting effective plana for the
organization of food production.
S. Legislation will be introduced assuring
the workers and employers of this Province
the'fah:est and most advanced laws govern-
ing labor relations, following an inquiry to
be undertaken immediately by a committee
of at least 15 members to be known as the
Ontario Labor Relations Committee, upon
which there will be equal representation of
labor, employers, and the general publle.
Recognizing at theoutset the right to proper
and enforceable legislation regarding collec-
tive bargaining, this committee will be
asked to examine the laws defiling with
labor relations in other countries and draft
for Onterlo an act which 'mill establish that
'The programme which the Progressive Conserva-
-tive Party ii Ontario undertakes to put into effect is
based upon the conviction that under a strong governs;
ment the vast resources and producing capacity of
this Province can assure employmentand good wages
for all who will work and securityfor those who find ,
themselves unable to work because d sickness,
unemployment, physical disability or old age. It is
based upon the belief that the spiritual and material
welfare of our people, now and in the future, can be
best assured under British, democratic institutions
and within the British partnership.
The Progressive Conservative Party undertakes to
Rut the following programme into effect in the
Province of.Ontario.
®
poote
basis of jestice, co-operation and respon-
sibility whichr%s so necessary for the welfare
and security cif all our people.
6- The mining industry will be assisted in
every way lhossible and placed under tete
direction of a Minister with practical
. •knowledge of mining. The tax burden will
be lightened- and there will be a• more
equitable distribution of the tax between
the different taxing bodies. A larger share
of the taxes will go to the -Provincial and
Municipal treasuries, All restrictive mea-
, sures which deny prospectors and others
the inducement to find and develop new
mining properties will be repealed and
every encouragement will be given to
geologists and prospectors to discover new
mineral areas. Every practical measure pos-
sible will be adopted to expand this great
basic industry so that it •may offer the
widest opportunities for employment when,
our armed forces are demobilized.
LONG-TERM FOREST POLICY
7. Our vast forest resources, which under
proper administration are capable of creat-
ing employment for hundreds of thousands
ofnew workers, will be placed under the
control of an Ontario Forest Resources
Commission which will operate under long-
tertn policies of conservation, reforestation
and soil,..Ibdrrol.'- Immediately after • its
formation it will review all existing con-
tracts and will cancel those which have
disposed of great areas of fotest resources
without proper consideration.
8. An Ontario Housing Commission will be
created to plan a great housing program
throughout the whole Broviiece for the
purpose of creating employment in the
period of readjustment and at the sante time
bring to an end the unsatisfactory housing
coiiditions in many parts of Ontario.
SCHOOL TAXES T9 $1E GUT
9. There will be a swceptt1g revision of our
whole slstem of real estate taxation so that
the awning ana improvement of homes and
farm land, which are the very foundation of
our society, will not be discouraged by
excessive taxation. As an initial step in that
direction the Provincial Government will
assume at least 50 per cent of the school
taxes now charged against real estate. It is,
•.however, to be clearly understood that this
Change will cot affect the authority of the
local school boards.
10. 'Our educational system will be com-
pletelY revised so that every child in t
Province will have an Apportunity to
educated to the full extent of their men al
capacity, no matter where they live or what
the financial circumstances of their parents
may be. Vocational training will be made a
much more important part of the school
work, so that children may be prepared to
earn a living by practical vocational
instruction. The important place of our
teachers in each community will lfeJully •
recognized,
11. Steps will be taken to assure that every
child is given the greatest passible oppor-
tunity to face life with a healthy body and
mind. Health measures will be established
so that medical, dental and other health
protection will be available to all.
•
12. Steps will be taken immediately .to
prepare plans for great public undertakings
which will create employment in the period
of readjustment immediately after the war.
TO REVAMP HYDRO
13. The Hydro -Electric Power Commission
will be removed from political Control.
Recognizing that the publicly owned
Hydro -Electric resources of this Province
belong to all our people.' there will be an
immediate adjustment of the rates for
electric energy upon a just and equitable
basis. The service charge in rural areas will
be removed: Power will be extended to
farms with full recognition of the fact that
food .• production .in war is hardly less
essential to our success than the minter*
,effort.
14. Plans will be made for land reclamation
throughout the Province, so that all areas
which Can be brought into production will
dee fully developed. . These plans will be
dratted immediately,, but the actual
development of most of the areas will be
deferred so that they can be placed' under
veterans' organizations• in the period of
readjustment. This will open wide oppor-
tunities for immediate employment when
the war is over and will also offer to veterans
and their families.the chance to settle in
organized groups in areas where their eco-
nomic security can be assured.
15. Taxation will be reduced and efficiency
of Government increased by the elimination
of all Provincial departments and services
which duplicate 'those of the Dominion
Government and are not necessary for the
purpose of preserving fundamental con-
stitutiopal rights..
16. An efficient and permanent civil service
system will immediately he put into effect
which will protect civil servants from
political dismissal or interference, thus
increasing administrative efficiency by giv-
ing to all civil servants a greater sense of
security and pride in their work.
17. Alt legislation will be repealed which
•denies any individual the right to defend
his person and •property before the courts.
OLD AGE PENSIONS
18. There will be an immediate increase in
mothers' allowances and old -age pensions
in keeping with the increased cost of living.
There ai11 be an immediate repeal of the
shameful provision that old people who have
a home of their own, which they have
established by their savings throughout
long years, must dispose of that home before
they will be granted the very limited allow-
ances which they are entitled to receive. In
future the ola people who have played their
part so well in making this great Province
what it' is today must not be forced to
mortgage their homes before they can
receive their small pensions.
19. Adequate supplies at reasonable prices
of fuel, milk and other basic necessities
will he assured by effective organization and
adtninistrative.control. Representatives of
labor, veteran organizations, and the con-
suming public will be appointed to all
boards dealing with these matters:
20. Men and women who have served in
the armed forces will be assured priority
in the public service and protection in their
employment.
21. Miring thew ilirt'e'wlio"are in fniti.
tary service will be given legal protection
against. the economic consequences of their
service. In all cases where the ability of
',Inose in military, service and their depen-
dents to meet their ,financial obligations
have been materially calmed by such
service, effective legal 'ptotection will be
given against seizure of property for
arrears of -teams, forfeiture of instalment
contracts, cancellation of life inhurance
policies up to $10,000, judgments or other
legal proceedings for debts incur! ed before
entering military service, and other embar-
rassing financial obligations. These pro-
visions, however,'' will be subject to the
express condition that 'those able to .pay
will not be permitted to evade their obliga-
tions by this device, and that just protection.
will be assured to creditors under simple
and effective procedure before the court.
This does not provide for cancellation of
obligations, but merely deferment with
justice to all concerned.
SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN
22. A rehabilitation and social security
committee will be appointed immediately
with instructions to draft plans which will
assure social security for all our, people, and
also .provide for the rehabilitation and
employment of the members of our armed
forces and munition workers after the War.
VOTEAt!GUST4 FORTHE
•
George Drew
cis .I know him
$y George W. James
Editor Canadian Statesman
'Bowmanville, Ontario
An Ontario provincial election is 40
• be •field on August the fourth. A
duty now falls upon the weekly
•press. That is to make known to
r andn v the
s reside t ,tars t o
issues involved. More than that.
and equally' important -as local
editors are aware -the hardy, hard
working, clear thinking, war con-
scious farm people of Ontario want
to know something about'those who
lead the parties soon to seek their
support. •
Issues and controversy, as the
campaign heightens, will be dealt
with in the press in due course. The
time is now opportune to say some-
; thing, without political bias, about
qualities of leadership. Personal
history is a fair test of prospective
performance.
Let us then introduce George A.
Drew, ,leader of the Progressive
Conservative Party of the Province
of Ontario.
His political opponents have
sought to picture George Drew es a
person aloof and visionary. Those
of us who have come to know
George' as roan to man; can. denyy-
that. He has vision, 'yes indeed!
Vision of profound and pradical
character. He has demonstrated
that ever since he entered public
life, and before. His exhaustive
searchings and stern indictments
have won the inarticulate respect of
those presentlyin power. For he
bas forced corrective results. Often
they have sought to disparage and
intimidate him. His complete fear-
lessness And devotion to truth have
completely disarmed all opponents
who dare meet him upon legitimate
and proper grounds.
George Drew is first and foremost
a Canadian, yetdeep and strong
and true for the British connection.
He 'is 49 years of age. His grand-
father was a member of Canada's
first parliament after Confederation.
George was an officer in the Guelph
Battery at 20 years' of age, enlisted
at war's outbreak in 1914, was
severely wounded in 1916, spent
many months in military hospitals.
George Drew entered public' life
in his native city, Guelph, as an
alderman and at 29 became mayor
of that city. ' His administrative
experience began early and has con-
tinued through to his present posi-
tion as member of the Provincial
Parliament and leader of the
Opposition. But he has gone far
beyond that. Holding the 'Clew
that ppublierlife demands the widest
possible knowledge, George Drew
has travelled throughout Canada,
bas established world Contacts and
personally toured the British Isles
during the present war, Geeing,
seeking and obtaining vital•iiffetma-
tfon affecting Canada and tiihintdre:
Outstanding is the fact that Wniie
overseas he matte flatticulatly
exhaustive enquiry Otto agricultl to
and intepalise production. N'O'othet
• public Man in Callum ikay' euqt�hqrad
so deeply into thin' iter lie t1dd
Public Officials and attadlan .•
• atmets slftntla be d'eepiy m ebted
for the'•irritirijts and spet�e$ of °"' ;
btge 1Srowojhce,liis ottt>n'irtnrrt , .
Britain, urtica it g the Iiteeelit and
future of Ch3ladihd agtieliltula Tib
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