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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 23, 1968
Prime Minister V isits Area
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Tru-
deau came to Huron and Perth on Tues-
day.
In a visit that had received little ad-
vance• publicity he attracted unusually
large crowds at every stop in a day long
tour of the two counties. True there
were children and young people in the
crowds but as he was quick to point
out there was an increasing necessity
fir the young people to take part in
polities. • *4110'
It is only ,through the participation
of young people today and in the future
that Canada can reach its potential.
The Prime Minister took advantage
of the presence of the young people to
remind them that no longer can Cana-
da rely on her natural resources to make
her great. The wealth of the country is
in the brainpower, the grey matter of
young people as they learn to put to
use new technologies.
While there were many young peo-
ple, they were well outnumbered
at every stop by grown ups
and it was with this group that the
Prime Minister appeared to make his
greatest impression as he emphasized
again and again„ the necessity of a
strong Canada — a united Canada, a
Canada that speaks with one voice.
Equally Acceptable was his recognition
that promises of greater benefits from
government neither could or would be
made without a corresponding increase
in taxes. And taxes he added were al-
ready high enough.
The day -long tour, in lovely spring
weather, provided an opportunity for
the people of Huron and Perth to see
the Prime Minister in person — to hear
him face to face -- to size him up and
compare the real Pierre Elliott Tru-
deau with the personality they had seen
so often on TV and about whom they
had read so much.
The attention they gave him, the
numbers in which they turned out to
see him and the enthusiasm with which
they greeted him, indicated he had pas-
sed their tests. Whether or 'not this is
in fact the case will not be known of
course until the ballots are counted on
June 25th.
Majority Rights
. (Stouffville (Ont.) Tritune)
, No one today ever mentions "majority
rights". The TV, radio and daily press
is crowded with cries about "minority
rights". We all stand wide-eyed at so-
called civil liberties groups who push
for evelything from drugs to obscene
art.
These groups, which continually hit
the headlines are in favor of all the
"oddball" items, seeming to make the
rest of us look like a group of old clod-.
dlers because we won't go along with
a concept of life which contains little
backbone and no sense of morality.
Others of those 'So-called "underpriv-
ileged groups" think it's fun to picket
'everything from Parliament to foreign
embassies under the guise of anti -Viet
Nam war, or any other excuse to cause
trouble.
, We "squares" are getting a bit fed
up with it all.
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
May 28, 1943
Edward Mole, Seaforth, was
named to the office of pursuvant
at the elections of the provincial
chapter for Ontario West of thd
Royal Black Xnights of Ireland,
meeting for the 67th annual.
session in London. ,
John Beattie, welt known Mc-
_
Sinop farmer, suffered near
fatal injuries in an accident at
his home. In company with his
son he was on top of a load of
straw on the harm floor when
he lost his balance and fell, II
or 8 feet, lighting on his head.
He suffered a fracture disloca-
tion of his neck causing para-
lysis of both arms and legs.
A meeting was held in the
council chambers for thepur-
pose of organizing a branch of
the Navy League of Canada. The
following officers were elected:
chairman, E. C. Boswell; vice-
chairman, C. P. Sills; secretary,
Miss Jean Ross;, treasurer, Ben-
son S. Hamilton; bag convener,
Miss Alice Reid; publicity and
education, Miss Dorothy Smith;
finance and tag, Miss Alice Daly.
Edward Devereaux, who has
been accountant for the Gunnar
Gold Mines and Post Master at
Beresford Lake, Manitoba, for
several years, has joined the
RCAF.
About twenty friends and
neighbors completely surmised
Mr. William lcoat by calling
on hime and wishing him many
happy returns of his 85th birth-
day.
Miss Gretta Thompson, lib-
_rarian of Carnegie Library, Sea -
forth, was a delegate to the reg-
ional convention held in Lon-
don.
Hon. William Aberhart, head
of the first Social Credit gov-
ernment the world has ever
known, died in the hospital in
-Vancouver. Mr. Aberhart spent
the greater part of his young
life on a farm near Egmond-
ville and received his secondary
education at Seaforth Collegiate
Institute.
We have rationing of tea and
coffee and sugar and butter and
meat in Canada and as time
goes on there are a good many
other foods that will come un-
der the same ban.
From The Huron Expesitor
May 31, 1918
Though discovered within , a
few minutes after she had been
missed, the three-year-old
daughter of Thomas Glazier of
Hullett, was drowned in a cis-
tern on her father's farm.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. McGreg?
or of "Wood Hall", Tuckersmith,
gave a reception to Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Butts .on .their re-
turn‘from their wedding trip.
While engaged in turning the
separator during the thunder
storm, Mrs. MclCaig of Cromar-
ty had a very narrow escape.
Lightning entered the barn and
..strirdng the separator, damaged
It considefably.,
A landmark in the shape of
the Presbyterial' Church shed
at Chiselhurst is gone. Frank
Fitzgerald moved it to the Davey,
farm to be used as an imple-
ment shed.
Thomas J. Watt, aged 37, em-
ployed on the farm of John
Beatty of McKillop, was tramp-
led to death by a bull in his
employer's stable. Watt was ty-
ing the animal when it turned
on him. .
Mr. Fortune, the Dublin baker
delivers bread in McKillop,
which is a great convenience to
many persons.
A successful tea in benefit of
the Red Cross Society was given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
D. Sutherland. The old times
costumes of.the attendants were
exceedingly quaint and pretty.
The house was profusely decor-
ated in lilacs and tulips.
J. F .Daly has purchased a lot
in the rear of his garage on
Main St. from Mrs. James Weir.
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From the Huron Expositor
May 26, 1893
John Berry, a well known
resident of McKillop, had a nar-
row escape. He was making
some changes in the seed drill
when a colt got its bridle off,
and attempted to run away. In
endeavoring to stop the team,
he was knocked down and had
• his back injured.
Mr. Thomas Stephens intends
erecting a large addition to his
hotel.
Last week, Mr. John McMann
shipped 27 horses to Detroit
and 18 to Buffalo. '
Mr. Livens has purchased a4,
handsome new Phaeton from
0. C. Wilson of this town.
The Queen's birthday was a
gala day in Zurich.
The enterprising merchants,
the McIntosh Brothers of Bruce-,
field, now have a team on their
delivery wagon in whieli they
dispose of a large amount of
goods to the neighboring fann-
ers.
The entertainment given un-
der the auspices of the bicyle
-club was a very enjoyable one.
William Copp of town was
appointed to oversee the con-
struction of the new town build-
ing under the supervision of
the building committee. His re-
muneration is $1,75 per day.
E. C. Coleman's handsome
young driver, when tied at his
residence, got loose and. started
for town on its own hook. The
buggy had to be gathered up in
fragmentsbut the horse was
not much injured.
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— By Bill Smiley —
LIFE'S LITTLE PROBLEMS
Nothing trivial this week.
I'm going to ask, and ansWer,
some questions about the more
profound aspects of life. If you
don't like the answers, supply
your own.
79 When is a politician, during
an election campaign, going to
promise the populace the Moon,
and then remind us out loud
that it is we, not some other-
worldly essence called The Gov-
ernment, who will have to pay
for it.
Answer: When we find out;
which may be any day now,
that the moon really is made
of green cheese, after all:
Why are teen-agers so often
so unbearable? Because, like
babies, they have -learned quick-
ly that the best means of get-
ting attention is to raise a stink,
literally and figuratively.
What happens to my socics?
Every time my wife washes, I
lose one sock: Never a pair;
always singles. Just checked my
drawer, and I have nine single
socks, no two Matching. They're
about as useful as antlers on a
rabbit.
: Answer: -There is a little man
with a bizarre taste in socks
built in to these new-fangled
automatic washers or dryers. It
never happened with the old
upright and the clothes -line. At
least the dealer could tell you,
before you bought the machine.
Solution'? Buy all my socks
the same color. But this would
spoil my image. I've always
been noted for my dashing
socks; grays light -gray, dark -
gray, dark -blue or black.
Where did this vile canard
'begin that men are babies
when they are sick? They're
supposed to be whining, queru-
lous, demanding sympathy. This
is poppycock, at least in our'
family. Hugh and I want only to
be left alone when 'we're ill.
It's the females who talk end-
lessly about how they feel, dis-
cuss every, twinge, demand
fresh tea every half-hour and
complain about the slowness
and sloppiness of the service.
After three weeks of it, I know.
Why do black people loot
during riots? For the same rea-
son white people do: partly to
get something for nothing; part-
ly for the sheer hell of it.
What has Pierre Elliott Tru -
dean, who is older and has even
less hair, got that I haven't?
Not much, really. Except a mil-
lion dollars, a brilliant mind,
bags of charm, no family
shackles, and a couple of mil-
lion females who would like to
be his mother, wife or in a
pinch, sister.
Why are so many draft -dodg-
ers coming to Canada? First,
because they don't want to de-
fend the -U.S. and rot or be
shot 10,000 miles away in a
jungle. Second, it's too hot in
Mexico and they don't know
the language.
Why is it warnand sunny
all week, cold and rainy' on
weekends? Because the week-
end is the only time you have a
chance to golf or fish, that's
why.
Why all the fuss and admira-
tion about the teen-agers march-
ing for money on May 4th?
They had a ball. Try to sponsor
one into marching around be-
hind a lawnmower, with pro-
ceeds going to the underprivil-
eged of the world, and see what
response you get.
When are the clots in this
country going to stop cutting
down avenges' of beautiful
treeS in toWns and cities in or-
der to widen roads and create
speedways? Never, unless we
non.clots start a holy war about'
It.
When are_governments going
to get rid of that vast, strang-
ling afterbirth of a bureaucracy?
Answer: When there are only
300 people left in the country
who are not working for the
government.
How many people would stop
smoking if weeds • went up to
$2 a pack, or drinking if booze
went to $12 a crock? About as
many as a one-armed man with
a wooden leg could count on his
toes and fingers.
Why is teaching school like
washing dishes? There's always
another stack coming along, un-
less you Want to stop eating.
Any more- questions? No?
Well, I guess that clears up a
lot of things that have been
bothering you.
From My Window
By .Shirley
I don't always avail myself of
the opportunity to read Hansard
kut when I do I get a great bang
out of it. Something like read-
ing a historical playlet, the pro-
ceedings Of the House of COm-
mons in Ottawa makes light
reading if you glean through it
for the short 'terse remarks.
For instance, i got a laugh
out of this -one.
By way of explanation only,
I tell you that George Bain is
a talented columnist who writes
for the dailies with the kind
of biting wit displayed most
often in parliament itself. In
fact, I've often thought that
George Bain must be an avid
Hansard reader to have devel-
oped such a sharp tongue—or
pen, in this case.
The incident goes like this:
L. R. Sherman, MP of Winni-
peg South: "Mr. Speaker, I
would like to ask the Prime
Minister, if the government has
any old centennial medals lying
around would it consider send-
ing . one to Mr. George Bain?"
Some hon. members: "Hear,
hear". Right Hon. L. B. Pearson
(Prime Minister): "If I can find
a very old one I will do that,
Mr. Speaker." Some hon. mem-
bers: `-'Hear, hear".
Whether or not Mr. Sherman
was making reference to the
fact that centennial medals were
given out rather carelessly does
not matter to me. The thought
of George Bain receiving one
for commendable service to his
country brings me" a moment
of Wty — and it should be
noteUthat former Prime Min--
ister Pearson was nobody's fool
when it came to smart answers.
A very old centennial medal
indeed! -
One could get the impression
that the press in general is not
too kindly thought of by par-
liamentry personnel. In Hansard
members of parliament are con-
stantly picking at the press for
all types of reasons. But this
one following was one of the,
most delightful episodes I have
read in some time.
John Roxburgh was discussing
the fact that Canada produces
some of the finest grapes and
the best wines ' in the world.
He added, "I should like the
gentlemen in the press gallery
to take,- special notice of what
I am about to say.. When we
attend their functions and order
wine, what are we served? We
are served imported wines —
oh, yes. 1 have been there and
they serve only imported wines."
This statement so amazed
some of his associates in the
great hall they were heard to
exclaim, "Shame!"
In view of this, it could be
possible that George )3ain is
one newspaper sol who stocks
good domestic wince. Maybe
that's why he deserves an old
centennial medal.
Or it could be that George'
Bain headed the group of re
1.
J. Kellar
resentatives of the press who
are referred .to further on in
Mr. :Roxburgh's remarks. Said
Mr. Roxburgh for posterity to
read, "Among the people who
tested the wines were some of
our friends from the press.
am sure they should know some-
thing about wine if anyone 'does.
They should be good tasters
from what I know about them."
Even at the suggestion that
reporters and newspaper people
are boozers and bounders, I
read on as Mr. Roxburgh en-
couraged Canadians to be more
like these writing winos. He
asked citizens of this nation to
make a determined effort to
drink more Canadian wine to
"promote the future of the wine
industry and keep the grape
growing industry in good shape."
To drinkers'ne shouted, "Fine
Canadian wines are equal to or
even better than the majority
of imported wines." To all he
suggested, "People acquire a
taste for a produet, be it wine,
good whiskey, certain types of
food, cigarettes, cigars or many
other products, only by the use
orthat product. It is like a child
trying his first olive. Boy, what
a face. Yet, in later years he
will -eat olives with many meals
and enjoy them!"
Nov, who says that Hansard
is dull? Or that parliament is
wasting its precious time?
Ibterr fi-e4;1111ra" iiiiey
woihd like to thank all the
people at the nomination meet-
ing in Clinton on Wednesday,
May 15, for again selecting him
to contest the June 25 election
In Huron riding, as your Pro-
gressive Conservative candidate.
If re-elected On June 25 he is
prepared- to continue devoting
his full time to the task of rep-
resenting the people of Huron
at Ottawa.
Bob invites you to see and
hear "Bob" Stanfield at the
Loney, Marvin, Hiiwe and Eldon
Cardiff. –
Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, John
Wednesday, May 30, at 8:30 p.m.,
along with Provinial Treasurer
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