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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-08-22, Page 2SOW Z860, &rang the Community First Pablittb. ed, at SEARVIITH, ONTARIO, every Thursday Morning by' IttelMAN BROS., Publishers Litd.. ANDREW Y., MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newitri A14°e-ia4°@ Audit Bureau of Circulation Class 'A' Community Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Tear Outside Canada (in advance) $7.00 a Year snIGLE COPIES — 12 CENTS EACH Atithorized aa Second Class Mai, Post Office Department, Ottawa SRAFORTII, ONTARIO, AUGUST 22; 1968 There's More to Poverty Than - Money There is poverty in Canada, poverty in our own community but it is less than in most other countries in the world. When we think of poverty we think of clothing or the lack of it, of shortage of ,food, of inadequate Jiousing, but is this a proper assessment of poverty? That there are other factors than those of a purely material nature is drawn to our attention by a recent edi- torial. in the Cobourg Sentinel -Star. It merits reproduction here: "Poor people are those who have money in the bank but poverty in the head. Poor people are those who will never experience the happiness of fashioning something with their hands. Poor people are th9se who do not de- light in the everlasting beauty of a fawn and doe drinking from a quiet pool at the edge of a forest. Poor people are those who have never learned the song of 'a bird, who. do not know by sound what species it is when the bird is lost from sight behind large leaves on the limb of a basswood tree. Pebple who are bound by, selfishness can never be rich in sharing human wealth with the neighbour next door. So very poor are those people who walk by on the other side of the street; they have no helping hand involved in the world. Poor are those who resort to force whether on the picket line or on pro- test marches. Human brutality and hu- man destruction of property are per- ' haps the worst forms of poverty that exist in the world. To be ruled by the mob is to sell the soul, to peraonally destroy one's God-given individuality. _ Poor people are those who have not the carefree spirit, the untrammelled purpose, who do not travel the highway to the stars. The writer concludes: Poverty exists in the mind. No one Is truly poor who ' has eyes to see and es to hear." Indeed there are Many kinds of pov- erty which may remind sonie of us that we are poorer than we thought. Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiley — OUR MASS MEDIA You know, that postal strike wasn't all bad. I know it was a great inconvenience for some people, and meant a real finan- cial loss for others. But there was a certain quiet satisfaction in knowing that you didn't have to answer those urgent letters. There was relief ip the thought that you would- n't be getting three or four bills every day. And there was pOm.- tive pleasure in not being bom- barded by advertising flyers and other third-class In short, there was . a slight hiatus in our daily scramble. Of •course, the day of reckon- ing came, when all the bills came in one bundle, and there was no way of putting off writ- - ing those letters. But there was, a little peace there for a while in at least one aspect of our be- devilled lives. It started me thinking about what would happen if the en- tire communications system was tied up by strikes. Everything: telephone, television, radio, newspapers; the lot. Do you think we'd survive? I itt, In fact if the whole noisy/ e.bothersome business ground to, a halt or a couple of months, We'd probably all live a couple years longer. Those who would suffer most would be the young and the • old. Taking away the squawk and tblimp of their transistors from the ears of teenagers would be like tearing a baby froth its mother's breast. Rob- bing the elderly of their morn- ing news and their evenings with . the Beverly Hillbillies re -runs would be arrant cruel- ty. But I don't 'think the rest of us would suffer. I think we'd thrive and grow fat and calm and interested in real life, •on a couple of months of peace and quiet, ' Those who have been out of touch with "civilization," on a hunting or fishing trip will , know what I mean. One simply does not miss the ominous head- lines, the grave newsreports, and the assorted garbage con- tained in our mass media. In such conditions, a news- paper is for lighting a fire with, or cleaning a fish on. Radio is of telephones means that no- body can get at you with bad' pews. And sitting around a fire with friends is a lot more en- riching than sitting around watching third-rate old movies. Indulging inthe mass media, or surrendering to them, or al- lowing them to rule your day, is merely laziness and habit. And the deeper you sink into the slough of words, the harder it is to break out. Some people are addicted to the morning paper. It's like the first Cup' of coffee or -the first cigarette. They are surly and uneasy until they unfold it. And what do they get? Wars and rumors of wars; strikes and rumors of strikes, a lengthy re- hash and expansion' of last night's TV news, pompous edi- torials,: stating the obvious, and assorted junk. Some never read a paper at all, but depend on their news Irdin the radio. The thing goes all day long with a steady stream of commerCials, semi: hysterical disc -jockeys pouring forth piffle, and the same news and weather reports, almost ver- batim, every hour.Don't think this doesn't erode the soul. Some make the telephone their news media. They're not interested in world or national news, but only in the local gos- sip, and they literally spend hours a day exchanging inani- ties with other addicts. I would not care if we never had a tele- phone in the house. One of my mottoes is that no telephone call is ever worth answering. • Then, of course, there are some people who • are hooked on all forms of communication. As a result, they never read a book, never think an original thought, and can be led around • politically by the nose. These mass media add a lot to life, but they take a lot away as well. Under their con- stant barrage, we fail to culti- vate our own garden. I'm all for some . quiet. Would you like to try it? For your protection: Price Clairrts—No advertisement shall be prepared, or be knowingly accepted, which makes misleading or inaccurate presehtations of actual and comparative prices. This Is just ono of the 12 Rules of the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards whieh this publication and other Media acroas Canada folloyv. if you ere interested in a personal dopy of the complete Code, please write: The Advertising Standards Counall, Canadian Advertising Advisory Board, 1E0 Say Sheet Toronto 1, Ontario, 00'tV" 00,0000wo,„,~ 011$ 1)140. oftearom MOO ge011is In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor August•.27, 1943 G. Albert :Whitney, funeral director, has recently become associated with S. T. Holmes and Son of Seaforth. He is a native of Milverton and is al- ready favorably known in this community. Mrs. Clatance Trott was hos- tess at a delightful event held in honor of Miss Barbara Carlin of Beeehwood, bride -elect. Miss Margaret McIver was in charge of bingo. Many useful and pret- ty gifts were received. Mrs, Gor- don Reynolds aseisted Miss Car- lin in opening the gifts and Miss Rose O'Connor read the , address. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Butt who for over 22 years have success- fully conducted the post office and general store at Kippen, disposed of the business to H. 11. Damm of Walkerton. While filing a sawing mach- ine at the Bell Engine and Thresher Co. Robert Smith met with a -serious accident when his left hand came in contact with the revolving saw: It was necessary to amputate the third finger at the first joint and the top of the second finger. The mile •of pennies drive sponsored by the Seaforth Ov- erseas committee on Main St., Seaforth, proved a great suc- cese. People from town and district dropped $61.45 _in pen- nies and silver on the side walk. Miss Wilma Hay, .daughter of Mrs. W. E. Hay of Seaforth and a student at Seaforth Collegiate Institute .has been awarded a tuition 'scholarship of $125.00 for two years, at the University, of Western Ontario for the high- est standing in her school. Seaforth as re-established as one of the leading salt produc- ing centres ifi.Ontario when the new plant of the Seaforth Salt Company went into operation. John R. Leeming of McKillop who has resided on the farm, lot 12, cdn. 14, he purchased from the late Mr. Rea several , years ago, has sold the 100 acres to Ross McNichol. He is intending to move to his resi- dence near Winthrop. * * * From The Huron Expositor August 23, 1918 Dr. Lorne Moffatt of London, who recently purchased a farm • at Varna, met with an accident while motoring' from the For- est City. He had put in a busy day and when about a mile the other side of 13rucefield1 instead • of going onto the bride, he ran his car against the- railing. The- windshield and front gear • was bacffy smashed, but he hint - self was uninjured. - Robert Archibald has sold his fine farm in McKillop to Mr. Tomlinson of St. Marys who gets possession March 1st. The T. Eaton Company ship- ped into Seaforth by Express, ' over six toris of their fall cata- logues. The express charges on the shipment were $01.00 and the postage $300.00. The death occurred at the home Maple. Hall of Mary Pat- terson, Widow of the late Fran- cis Case; in her 81st year. She • is survived by a family of five sons and five daughters. Mrs. R. L. Clark, received word that her on, 'Charles Ri- chard Clark had been admitted to hospital suffering from gun- shot wounds in the right thigh. On Sunday evening last the handsome 'red brick residence of Mr. Reid on the Hart farm, west of Winthrop, was burned to the ground. The borne of Wm. Nigh, 3M toneession of Tuekerimith was burned to the ground, the fam- ily escaping with their lives. The bank barn on the Cal- bert farm, south of Egmond- ville, was burned to the ground. It is leased by J. J. Merner, M. P. who had threshed in the barn that ,morning. He had about 3,000 bushels of oats and some implements. * * * From The Huron Expositor August 25, 1893 R. Adams of Hullett • was thrown from a load of oats fiat week and had his head, arm and hip considerably bruised. James Snell of Hullett left for the World's Fair with their five horses. James Latta of Hay, left one of his handsome drivers on the Sauble Line recently and when he went for it, he found it dead in a well: Major J. A. Wilson and Lieut. A. Wilson are away at- tending the rifle matches at Toronto. From there they go to Ottawa to attend the Dominion Rifle Association matches.. Miss Grace McFaul, s'oprano, leaves for New York. She will sing in opera this Season with Francis Wilson in New York, Boston, Washington and Phila- delphia. • Adam Hays has purchased the livery stock and business of Mr. T. Welsh; he has also purchased Mr. Welsh's resi- dence and stables. The brick work on the new town building is new nearing completion and' aS the -walls ad- vance they attract genuine com- mendations of praise from the citizens generally. Mr. David Sproat has the charge of the erection of the new bridge at Bayfield, He com- plains,however, of the difficul- ty of getting good timber of a suitable kind within reasonable reach. Dr. Elliott of Brucefield, left for Chicago where he will be- gin his medical practice in that city. We regret the continued in- disposition of Rev. Wm. Gra- ham of Egmondirille. He has been very feeble for some time. This Week and Next --- by Ray Argyle — THIRD PARTY BID In the lull between the Re - 'publican party nominating rit- ual at MiamiBeach and the Democratic party's gathering in Chicago, the most _serious third party bid in more than a generation is gathering force in the United States. • . It is led by a man who must qualify for the ideal native American fascist — former Al- abama . governor George Wal- lace. Wallace and his American Independent, party pose a threat to 'stable government in the U.S. far more serious than any minority government crisis ever experienced by Canada, -Wallace could prevent the • American people from choos- ing a President next November. , With the U.S. presidential campaign About to begin in ea,rnest, public opinion polls credit Wallace with the sup- port of about 17, percent of American viten. In the South, this rises to 35 percent. The2=mposition which Wallace has achieved far outreaches the last Southern rebellion againtt the Democratic party, which came in 1948 with the organi- zation of a States Rights' party (Dixieerats) to oppose what was for that time a radical civil rights plank pushedihrough by Hubert Humphrey. Wallace began his drive for a straight flush in presidential . politics at tile door of the "Uni- versity of Alabama in 1962. Then governor of that state, he went through the political cha-' rade ef pretending to block Negro studenta • and federal marshals from integrating the school. Using • tile governor's office in Alabama as a national sound- ing board, Wallace began to at- tract attention as the most vio- lent remaining anti -segregation- ist governor-. in America. He contemned the civil rights movement as a Communist plot cultivated the white 4backlash against Negro unrest itdo an attick on "crime in the streets", And calledfor total vietery in Vietnam. Wallace played .the role of a • speller in .the 1064 Demeeratie presidential primaries, 1re oan Up significant percentages in several netthern states and would probably have launched a serious Presidential campaign but for the nomination of Barry Goldwater. As a result, the Re- publicans carried several south- ern states as Goldwater aPpeal- ed to the same segment of vot- ers as from which Wallace had drawn his strength. The organization of the Am- erican Independent party in it- self represents tremendous pol- • itical skill, dedication and cc*. siderable unexplained financial - support. It is not easy to get a new party on the ballot of most American states, .but Wallace has managed to do this, start- ing with Californiaa_nd contin- uing through a wide crescent to Florida. Wallace will not be on enough state ballots to win the Presidency in November even if he did have the backing of a majority of Americans. But because of the American voting systein, Wallace could prevent either the DenfOcrttiC or Republican candidates from winning a majority of electoral votes. (The candidate who gains a bare majority of a state's pop- ular vote wins' ALL of that state's electoral vote. In turn the candidatewith a majority of electoral votes becomes pres- ident). If Wallace should be able to • win enotigh Southern states to prevent either major party can- Ididate from gaining a clear ma- - jority of the electoral vote, the election will be 'deckled by the House of Representatives. And ,it is Wallace's ,hope that if this happens, he will then be able to horse trade his "support to the _candidate willing to meet the demands. In thii event, George Wallace, not the American people, would decide who is to oceupy the White House and what policies the new president is to pprsue at home and abroad. • The threat of this becoming reality has se shaken American peliticians that proposals have been made to abolish the elec- toral college and to -elect the president by straight popular vote. -Commenting on the Negro riots in WaShingtoh, he told one eleetion raily, "Pll see that iVs safe to walk the streets Of Washington if 1 have to put soldiers on every corner." 1 From M Window • By Shirley J. Kellar A: doily newspaper is a won- derful Source for on Me me ivho is alwaya searching for bizarre happenings. This latest one is a pip, I suppose every-. one read the story about the lady with the severe abdominal pains who refused to believe the dqctor's diagnosis. When •the gal was admitted to hospital and examined by a doctor he told her she was about to give,. Wrtli to a baby. Upset by the news, the reluc- tant mommy pulled out a gun' and shot the dumb doe who didn't find: a simple ailment like gall stones to be her prob- lem. Now I know the first reaction here- is to laugh. It is almost hysterical to picture a matern- ity patient rising up from her labor room ordeal to shoot the doctor just because he found she was intensely pregnant. After all, what did' the poor medic have to chi with her pre- dicament? Next reaction is one of horror like' what kind ot. a nut would exchange a lifetime in a prison cell for a stint in the baby belt of the hospital? Or how about a modern day woman who doesn't know, she's about to be- come a mother until the!blessed event is underway — and then won't believe the pressing facts? Well, if no one else in the whole world eau understand that girl's outburst, I can. And what's more,. I suggest that there are more women who would like to shoot the doctor when he diagnoses a pregnancy. Only difference is that very few women have the guts to follow throughon their feelings. And it really isn't that wo- men don't want babies. Babies are minute marvels that rettore faith in miracles. Babies smell nice (most of the time); feel cuddly and soft (most of the time): sleep quietly (most of the 'time); and eat very little. The' whole trouble is that babies grow within siN months or a year to tooth -getting, cry- ing, crabby individuals who eventually become expensive bothersome, boorish brats that try parents to the last inch of .their .patience. 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