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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, \ DECEMBER 19, 1968
Privation,
Poverty, Root Problems
'I11 a speech at Kingston a short time
ago Prime Minister Trudeau drew at-
tention to the fact that while. we have
been faced in the past with internation-
al differences that have led to the blood-
iest wars the world has ever seen we
have netdpcted to face up to and ap-
preciate trie changes in social and mor-
al attitudes that were occurring.
It is not enough, he warned, to sug-
gest that all uneasiness results from
foreign stresses. There are other forms
of revolt stemming froni various areas
and causes that are present and which
cannot be solved by standard approachs.
Can, we not agree that internal dis-
orders in the United States pose a
greater threat to North America than
any alien belief? The problem lies with
the under privileged, the disenchanted,
whether they be in the United States
or in Canada and who with similarily
burdened people in other areas across
the world constitute a majority.
- Mr. Trudeau has no easy answer but
he does state his concern in plain words :
"I am very concerned that the
Canadian government, through its
own policies and through influence
on its friends and allies, should get
people to understand that we are
not so much threatened by fascist
or Communist ideologies or even
nuclear bombs as by the fact that
two-thirds of the world goes to
bed hungry every night."
We must look at our responsibilities
as Canadians in proper prospective and
certainly high in the list must be a de-
termined stand to relieve conditions of
privation and need. The Prime Minis-
ter's words make that plain.
Perhaps it is this ability to reduce
involved problems into simple words
that is one of the reasons Mr. Trudeau
and his government contintle to be
held in high esteem by the Canadian
people.
The latest Gallop poll reveals that if
an election were called immediately, of
the 75 percent of Canadians who know
how they would vote, 52 percent favor
the Liberals. Thii is the ,first time- in
years such a survey has given any
Canadian political party a clear major-
ity -- a percentage higher actually than
the party obtained in the June elections.
Need For Industrial Balance
(Wingham Advance -Times)
Although no one in this area begrud-
ged Exeter district its good fortune in
securing industries at the Centralia in-
dustrial park, there is no denying that
all the towns in this part of the prov- •
ince will be somewhat relieved when
the program is completed. According
to a news report at the weekend most
of the usable space in the former air
base buildings has been occupied and
some 400 employees have been assured.
of employment.
Since the industrial switch -over at
Centralia was sponsored by the Ontar-
io government, it naturally follows that
there was plenty of government assis-
tance to secure the industries which
have located -there. In the meantime,
however, the industrial committees in
the other towns in this region have been .
finding that 'Centralia is pretty rough
competition when it comes to attract-
ing new industries.
Having lived through the years in
which the Georgian Ray area was
"designated" by the federal govern-
ment and industries locating there were
directed there by trernendous financial
inducements, it has been more than a
bit disconcerting to run into a second
element of competition to the south.
Since Centralia is now providing em-
ployment for 400 and .most of the in-
dustries located, there expect to increase •
their payrolls, it. might be a good idea ,
to let the rest of Western Ontario get
back into the running.
4 Sugar and Spice
— By Bill Smiley —
A CLUB YOU CAN JOIN
Well, is that old Christmas
spirit just bubbling inside you?
Do you chuckle away with sheer
' brimming love of your fellow
min as you do your shopping?
Are your eyes gleaming with
glee as you look at your Christ-
mas card list.
What? It isn't? You don't?
They're not What's the matter
with you, anyway?
Have you organized your
door-to-door'caroI singing group
for Christmas Eve? Have you
made plans for a family of
eight, on, welfare, to share your
Christmas dinner?
You haven't? You say you
grunt and bunt and sweat and
curse as you stagger through
the stores? your eyes are shin-
ning with pure hatred as you
hxdc over your Cluisbnas card
list? L.
Welcome toThe group. We're
growing with increasing rapidi-
ty. One of these years, we'll
have a majority, and will rise
up with one mighty shout:
"Christmas? Bah! Humbug!"
And if the current Tiny Tim,
that creature one sees these
days on teleiision, shakes back
his long, curly locks, opens his
made-up mouth and starts war-
bling, "Cod bless us, everyone,"
he'll probably get it right be-
tWeen the eyes with one, of
those east -iron Christmas tree
stands that neer work.
but thUntlin cut. The
get 4aY Win erriie when
41,01000 le torn Otit of the
grasp of the hucksters and re -
toned to the people,
After all, Christmas is a time
of good cheer. Even though
much of it comes out of a crock.
And after all, 'Us a season to be
jolly. And most of us are jolly
well sick of the whole business
by the time the sacred day it-
self arrives.
One of the founding members
of ACSA, the Anti -Christmas -
Spirit -Association, Was King
Wenceslaus. The "good" was
tacked on by the court minstrel
on the explicit orders of Win-
ceslaus hlinself, who was try-
ing to improve his image for
the history'books.
He looked out one night and
shuddered within his ermine
robes. The snow lay round
about, deep and crisp and even.
A great night for skiers and
snow -mobile friends. But Wen-
ceslaus was neither; and he had
the gout. He saw a poor man
gathering fuel, though the frost
was cruel. And what he actual-
ly said was, "Get that lousy
bum off my property. He's steal-
ing Christmas trees." And so a
legend was born,
Another prominent member
of ACSA was Charles Dickens.
Dickens really hated Christmas,
because he always had a wretch-
ed struggle getting the tree Up.
And When he did, his, wife in-
variably said Sweetly, "It's
crooked dear. It's leaning over."
Se he wrok, stardosge was.
dy of the whole starry-eyed
Cluistinas 11111811. He cast himself
agterooge,fl Mb' old gent, but
one who didn't believe in Santa
Claus. Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's
semi -literate clerk, -was stealing
from the petty cash so that he
could get bombed on Christmas
Eve- and go watch his son, Tiny
Tim, the one with the phoney
limp, play his ukelele and sing
for pennies at the Slap and
Tickle, a sordid London pub.
In the original version, kind-
- ly old Mr. Scrooge said, "For-
get it, Bob," gave him a Christ-
mas goose, and added, realist
that he was, "but the fuzz will
be around for you on Boxing
Day."
Dickens' editor, however, a
grasping, flint -hearted old skin -
Carol," Which has nauseated ell
ers would never accept such
realism. He made the author re-
write the story into the sloppi-
ly sentimental "A Christmas
Carol," which has auseated all
ACSA members from, that day
to this.
Dicke/ns got his revenge. He
re -wrote the character of
Scrooge as a caricature of his
editor. Then he hit the punch-
bowl, the editor and the road.
He was bitter., He disappeared
until after New Year's. They
found him dragging a Yule log,
soaked in kerosene, into the
bagement of his publishers'
plant.
Just a couple of examples out
of thousands to show you that
you are not alone, Join ACSA.
No membership fee, no anntial
meeting. Nothing required ex-
eept a resounding "Ill1101101"
when the signal goeS out.
-reme•mm Iteme
"...Just take it easy with those toys, they're not paid for yeti"
In the Years. Agone
From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 24, 1943.
Geo, A. Sills, oldest Seaforth
businessman, passed away After
a short illness. For 70 years he
had been connected with the
hahlwarA business.
TWo of the three Carter Schol-
arships for Huron County have
been awarded to Miss E. Winni-
fred Russell and to Miss Wilma
Hay.
Corporal Norman McQuaid,
sor&cill‘Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Mc-
Quaid of McKillop, died of
wounds received in the Italian
campaign. He had been over-
seas since 1939.
Harold ,Cummings of St'ir-N.
ford and ferinerty of Seaforth,
was guest of honor at a duck
dinner to celebrate his birthday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.
E. Buckner, proprietor of the
Melroy Dairy of which Harold
Is a 'member of the staff.
The neighbors)gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin
McKillop and presented
them with an address, read by
Leslie Benermann and a floor
, lamp and hall tree. Music was
supplied by Norman Better -
mann.
Corporal Donald McKaig, well
known Hensall boy, who has
seen four years of active service
overseas, arrived home.
Mr. and Mrs.' Nelson Keys, of
Egmondville, marked the 50th
anniversary of their wedding. ,
A severe storm passed over
,Cromarty„ Four inches of snow
fell and the thermometer reg-
istered four below zeris.—
A Seaforth -airman, Flying
Officer Aldie Eckert, son ' of
• John M. Eckert of McKillop,
was observer in an aircraft that
was responsible for a .Messer-
schmitt 110 plunging into'the
grountnas a flaming victim of
the accuracy of the RCAF squad-
rons overseas.
The Annual Christmas Carol
service which was presented by
the pupils of the Seaforth Pub-
lic School, under the direction
of Miss Mabel Turnbull, was
held in Northside United Church
with a large attendance.
The 67th annual meeting of
was 69 years of age and for
many years had been one of the
outstanding men in the town-
ship and being one of the lead-
ing orangeraen and ,an active
Conservative.
W. G. Nott of Tuckersmith
won his prizes with his horses
at the fat stock show at Guelph.
Aliniversary services were
held in Kippen Church. It is
51 years since St. Andrew's was
opened for Divine service. Miss
A. Bell was the organist and a
quartette by Messrs. Andrew
Bell, James B. McLean and sis-
ters, Mrs. E. Sproat and Miss
Annie B. McLean was much ap-
preciated, as/was a solo by Mrs.
E. Sproat.
It is our duty this week to
chronicle the death of ,Mrs.
Ivison of Kippen. She was 01
years of age and was born in
Peterboro.
Robert Murdock, W. Haugh,
James Dallas, C. Wasman and
Dougald Fotherbigham, Brum-
field, attended the Guelph Fat
stock show.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
-Dec. 22, 1893
The Reform Convention held
at Hensall for „the purpose of
selecting a candidate to contest
the forth coming Provincial el-
ection, was one of the largest
ever held in the riding. The
second ballot gave M. Y. McLean
80 votes out of the 116 cast and
nomination was then made
urra,nimous and .was accepted.
H.. Ctidmore of Tuckersmith,
is busily engaged drawing stone
for the erection of a bank barn
which he intends to build next
summer, •
Rev. Wm. Graham ofsEgmond-
vine, passed away. He was born
in Comrie, Scotland and the
day after his marriage to Mary
Fletcher of Leith, set sail for
Canada.
Norman McLeod, who ciccu-
pies the responsible position as
first mate on the Beatty line
steamer United Empire, has re-
turned home to spend the win-
ter in Seaforth.
The heavy rain, during the
latter part of last week flooded
some of the cellars about town
very badly.
John Copp of tovvii shipped'
six car, loads of hay . He has
shipped 45 cars in the past two
weeks, all for the old country
market.
As Davidson, son of Anthony
Boyd, of the 10th concession of
McKillop, was,pigaged in skid-
ding logs, a iog rolled on him,
breaking his leg below the knee
and dislocating his ankle at the
joint.
John Brown of Londesboro,
had a stone bee, drawing in
stone for the purpose of plac-
ing a foundation beneath the
house.
The Firemen's Ball was a
grand success in spite of the el-
ements. 150 coupIeco•Skiembled
b. Cardno!s. hall -to -tripthrough''
the measures of the mazy dance
to. entrancing music. The Affair,
did not break up until it was
time to start work next day.
From My Window
Bi Shirley J. Kellar
It was with disgust that ruy
eldest son put down the
newspaper the other day and ex-
claimed, "There is just one mov-
ie advertised here that's for
the Seaforth Curling Club was kids, and it's a horror picture."
held at the Municipal Cham- He was referring to the little
bers and the following officers
"restricted" and "adult enter -
for the current season were el-
ected: President, R. Winter; tainment" stickers which are
pasted on almost every theatre
vice-president, B. F. Christie;
advertisement these days. It
sec.-treas., E. C. Boswell; as-
seems that Hollywood can't
sistant sec., D. H. Wilson; execu-
make a movie today unless it is
tive, W. A. Wright, W. E. so suggestive it isn't fit for
Southgate, W. J.. Duncan, R. J. youngsters under 18 to view.
Sproat, C. A. Barber, and C. M. The movies that do get by the
Smith. censors as satisfactory for all
ages are so scarey and hideous
nobody wants to look at them
much less a group of lively kids
who are full of zip with a pas-
sion -for wholesome happiness.
I checked the paper after he
had gone to school. He had been
absolutely right.
This movie was "so sensat
tonally revealing it leaves noth-
ing to the imagination". That
picture was voted the most like-
ly to cause a riot". Aside from
the "very bare facts", there
seemed to be little to remark
on, so drawings 'of lege women
and sweaty, --men flared before
the eyes to increase the appetite
of movie-goers.
To be truthful, Pie heist' Mil
any of these flaming flickers.
' If I want to see "life in the
raw" all I h0 -e) to do is look ar-
ound me wherever I happen to
be at the time.
No giant sized cinema screen
could produce any more shocks
than the' average person comes
upon in the course of everyday
living.
And really Pm not so prudish
that I'm embarrassed by a few
bedroom scenes.
It is sitnply that I hate to sp.
end good money to spe some.
thing ,that 5 old Itet. Sex has
• * •
From The Huron Exposit6r
Dec. 27, 1918
Mr. McLaren of Cromarty met
with a heavy loss. Ofi going to
the barn, he found one of his '
cows dead in the stali. The ani-
mal was a high Durham- grade,
one of the best milkers in the
county.
The people of Cromarty are
without telephones, owing to
the severe wind storm that pas-
sed over there. •
Messrs. Broafoot Bros. and D.
Fotheringham were successful
exhibitors at the great stock
show in Guelph.
Lieuts. Chas. P. Sills and Wal-
lace Archibald and Gunners Ross
Sproat, Harry Grieve and Jack
Edmunds, arrived home from
overseas. There straS 'a large
party at the station to welcome
them.
Nursing Sister Mimml Best
arrived home from overseas and
Is a guest of her aunt, Mrs. J.
D. Hinchley. She has been serv-
ing overseas at Salonika, Prance,
and England. "
Many throughout the county
will sincerely tegret to learn of
the death of Sohn Seariett; he
This We
k and Next
b Walt E. MeDayter
MERRY CHRIS'TM QUEBEC
In this columnist's view, the
"Poor Judgement of the Year"
award must go to the Cambre
de Commerce des Jeunes of
Hull, Quebec, in recognition of
its campaign to promote a
French -only Christmas in that
city.
The Jaycee campaign, which
could too easily be interpreted
as an exploitation of Christmas
to champion separatist senti-
ment and French -language iso-
lationism, was launched with a
huge banner thrown up near
Hull's City Hall, reading, in
French: "It's not a gift but a
French Christmas that we
need."
The suggestion implicit in
this slogan is that the bogey-
men les Anglais have undermin-
ed the old French ways of cele-
brating Christmas. How? Has
the traditional mess de minuit,
the midnight mass, been
threatened? It the reveillon de
Noel disappearing -• from the
Quebec scene? Has some child,
with a slip of .the tongue, re -
feared to that jolly old sant
as Santa Claus, rather than Pere
Noel? ,
No o,ne would deny French-
speaking Canadians the right
to observe the yuletide any way
they wish. Every racial group
in Canada — Germans, Ukrain-
ians, Italians, Polish — have
Christmas customs that are uni-
que, and they add vitality to
our cultural • mosaic. But it's
tragic indeed when a minority
attempts to use the uniqueness
of Christmas custom as a prop-
aganda tool to further their
own ends.
-Was the Jaycee ' "French
Christmas" campaign in Hull
nothing more than a bid to
entrench French as the work-
ing language of the retail
trade? Merchants throughout
the city were urged to tack up
more French advertising in
their shops and stores, along
with the special slogan.
The merchants, in this city
of 90 percent French-spealdng
population, replied that most
advertising is already in French.
The tearing down a the few
English-language advertisements
Would achieve little else than
to stir up trouble. Consequently,
they refused to co-operate.
The language problem is al-
ready critical enough in the
province of Quebec. Premier
Jean -Jacques Bertrand had hop-
ed that he could tone things
down by adding an "English
voice' to the Union Nationale
Party. He appealed to the Eng-
lish in the NDG riding to sup-
port his party in the December
4 by-election. Bitter over
French-Cianadian attacks on
English-language schools, the
English-speaking voters turned
him down.
In the other riding of Bagot,
Education Minister Jean -Guy
Cardinal won overwhelraing`sup-
port from French-Canadian vot-
ers. This was interpreted as a
victory for the nationalist wing
of Bertrand's party.. . and evi-
dence of a .racial split growing
ever wider Quebec.
Additional evidence of the
racial rift is not hard to uncov-
er. Thousands of students made
this clear enough when they
shattered windows in the Que-
bec Legislative Building, pro-
testing a bill to safegitaid Eng-
lish-language schools. Most ap-
palling was the fact that Chil-
dren had been sent by teachers,
who told them "Parliament was
going to abolish the French lan-
guage."
Meanwhile, the Quebec econ-
omy is suffering because of the
language crisis. • Major compan-
ies are refusing to invest in the
province, real estate agents are
reporting that homes in English-
speaking districts are becoming
hard to •sell, and e large exodus
of English-speaking Canadians
has been noted.
It was poor judgement at best
to introduce the "French Christ-
mas" campaign in the explo-
sive climate. It should be point-.
ed out that even ln shooting
wars, Christmas is traditionally
a time for a truce.
TO THE EDITOR
Continue to Work
For Good of Hensall
Sir:
There are 153 persons in this
village to whom I owe a debt
of gratitude and- your paper is
the best medium I can use to
clarify a few things for them.
In the first place, I have nev-
er let you down since you first
elected me to the municipal
council in 1958 and ,have no in-
tention of doing so in the fu-
ture. It seems there were at
least two reptiles in the guise of
men, who systematically drag-
ged m nam th
been With us since Adam and
Eve were created for one an-
other. What's so surprising ab-
out a man and woman who de-
sire each happens every
day.
What's even more peculiar,
most kids have no craving for
sexy pictures. My son can toler-
ate — perhaps even condone —
the occasional kiss or pat. What
he wants 'to see is action —
speedy cars, reved inotorcycles,
rocking musicians, exhuberant
youth.
I've told him about the old
Judy movies we used to see,
reminiscent of the Toby series
on television today. There were
the Lassie shows. I stippose to-
day's counterpart is the tale
about the big black bear named
Ben on TV now. •
Wait a moment! I begin to
see. Used to be that kids went
to the movies to be entertained
while parents stayed at home to
rest. Now television, entertains
at home. So mom and pop are
the one Ei who go to the movies
to get away from the noisy
household—and some misguided
moviernaker_ thinks vulgarity
and nudity are the ways to a
heavy box office ,these days.
Maybe it is. I don't knicw that
much about how modern folks
like to be entertained. I just
know how I like to be entert-
ained—and it is not'w1 a cast
of bed junipers.
I also know my kids love the
movies—but aside from a few
Disney dandies it is better to
take them to the heath where
the "scandalous secrets of sex"
May be- seen Edivelind acfhal
color.
At least when the MS get
tired of watching the hanky.
Panty they can build a sand
castle Air pastime.
y ethroughe mud
and apparently made a thorough
job of it. Many were so gullible
,r that they believed the filthy
lies.I truly pity these people
who are so 'easily swayed.
The accusation that were
made are without foundation
and they skulked around
wherever and whenever they
could find an audieuee, spread-
ing their stories as the gospel
truth.
, I am not bitter or cynical be-
cause I lost the election for
Reeve but I am bitter about the
way it was carried out by peo-
ple who were not even in the
council and I suggest have not
the brains to be_in the cOuncil.
Let me assure you, these peo-
ple will answer for their sins •
some day. They may have won
the battle but they have not
won the war. I hatipen to ease
enough about Henselj and the
people in it to go on fighting
for both and I will not give up
so easily. If they think they
have broken my spirit, they are
mistakeh. I have never, and will
never be in municipal politics
for any personal or financial
gains:
Thank you again 153 and
thank you Mr. Editor for your
kindness. I remain,
•
Your sincerely,
Minnie Noakes.
, "It was a groat same. The coach didn't lose his cool once!"
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