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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964
It's Fair Time in Seaforth Again
The Seaforth Agricultural Society
will hold its 119th Fall -Fair next week.
Advance entries indicate that the
Fair this year will continue the trend
of recent years and attract increasing
interest in the 'area it serves. The fact
that Seaforth Fair is one of. the few
in the district to enjoy a Class 'B' rat-
ing, coupled with the consistent pro-.
gram of improvement which directors
insist on, has resulted in an agricul-
tural exhibition second to none in this
part of the province.
This • year emphasis is placed on in-
creased accommodation for stock ex-
hibits, as well as the first three sections
of a new modern grandstand.
It is true that fairs don't change
greatly from year to year. The basic
interest lies in the exhibition of agri-
cultural products and, in the competi-
tion between high quality stock. But
while these ingredients are present at
Lessons
every fair, the difference between a good
fair and a poor one frequently lies in
the degree to which the program is
planned and carried out.
Seaforth excells in this respect and
the result isthat exhibitors from ever
increasing distances like to show here.
This is particularly so of breed shows,
of which there again will be three this
year.
Not only is the fair a show window
for agriculture, but it also reflects the
activities of the town, as well as of the
rural districts. Commercial and indus-
trial exhibits will crowd the arena to
capacity. This balance between the
product of the farm and the product of
the store and factory makes possible a
rounded exhibition that attracts people
of every' occupation.
Fairs, such as the Seaforth Fair, well
run, with a„balanced program reflect-
ing the changing interests of the com-
munity, deserve continued 'support.
From Grand Bend,
Disturbances • at Grend Bend over
the Labor Day weekend have resulted
in a wide Variety of editorial comment
across' Canada.
Not the least interesting of such
comment is that contained in ,a recent
issue of the Letter -Review of Fort
Erie, where the suggestion is advanc-
ed that a more general knowledge of
the Riot Act and all it represents 'might
well contribute a lessening in rowdy, -
ism.
Failure of home and school discipline
is responsible for the outbreaks of
teenage terrorism in widely scattered
places, the Letter -Review says. The
Montreal outbreak has overtones of
separatism but the one in Grand Bend,
Ont., is just an example of hoodlum -
ism on the part of young people. It
is a sad reflection on citizenship and
the ideas of citizens that the municipal
authorities who found it necessary to
read the Riot Act'•at Grand Bend have
been criticized because this action in-
terfered or might interfere with sales
of certain . retailers .in the community.
As the outbreaks• seem to have been
after' midnight on a Saturday, one
wonders if the Lord's Day • Alliance
should not investigate and demand that
the Lord's Day Act .be imposed on re,
tailers who stay open all hours of the
night.
Weekend binges or flings are not
likely to diminish until all young .peo-
ple at beach resorts are aware of the
fact punishment is likely and could be
severe.
The schools might, without threat-,
ening the pupils, point out that the Riot
Act when it is read by a responsible,
municipal official means that "the Queen
commands 'all persons being assembled
immediately to disperse and peaceably
to depart to their habitations or to
their lawful business upon the pain of
being guilty of an .offense for which,
upon conviction, they may be sentenced
to imprisonment for life.” And the
reading concludes with the phrase,
"God save the Queen." Perhaps a
readable copy of this act should be
framed and put in every police station
and in other places where young peo-
ple might be charged, or better still,
framed and directed to their attention
by their teachers in high school.
Reading of the Riot Act is a rare
occurrence. Canadians generally are
regarded as a peaceful and law. abid-
ing nation. It is only in, recent years
that there has been a tendency for the
younger people at resorts to ,get out of
hand.
Municipal officials who are driven
to fesort to Peading the Riot Act are
to be commended for their 'courage,.
Some municipal politicians would run
for personal .political shelter rather
than be a party to the reading of the
Riot Act," the Letter -Review concludes.
Sugar and Spice
This column will be made up,
for the most part, of excerpts
from letters from my son. The
first one was found, in the
breadbox, one morning a cou-
ple of weeks ago.
I'd sat up until midnight with
Hugh, convincing him that for
financial and political- reasons,
his ambition to spend a couple
of weeks in Quebec, on his own,
was foolish.
The letter read: "Dear Fam-
ily: This is not a suicide note.
By the time ' you read this, I
will be sailing along the high-
way towards the midnight sun
(or noonday moon). I'm off to
where 'the grass grows greener
still.'
"Don't think that I've run
away from home. I'm a little
too old for that and anyway
the idea's revolting. I may be
disillusioned and be back on
my doorstep by dinner hour,
but if everything goes as I plan,
I will spend the next two weeks
in Quebec, learning French and
discussing crucial topics with
fiery French radicals. I know
you think I'm a romanticist and
will probably wind up in jail or
hospital, but believe it or ,not,
I'm quitecapable of handling
myself away from home.
"Now, don't dare send the
Mounties after me. I'd be so
embarrassed I'd run away from
home for goed. Besides, I have
my supply 41 heroin with me.
Have yourselves a swingaroo at
the convention."
There was more to the let-
ter, but that was the gist of it.
You can im9gine the -ensiling
teette;
By Bill Smiley
His father wag ready to horse- French family. I met the boy
whip him, or call in the police at the station in Ottawa. He
and charge flim with something- is' 19; his name is Michel, and
or -other. k,a he's going to U. of Montreal
His mother was ready to'have in the fall."_
a good cry, cut him off without Excerpt: "I am staying with
a cent, or run down the high- the Ricards. He is a painter (in
way in her bare feet, calling house9). Mrs. Ricard is 40 and
after him. rather pretty, a bit taller than
her husband and doesn't speak
a word of English. They are
all extremely friendly and hos-
pitable. At first, I could not un-
derstand a thing. They have an
accent which pronounces mere,
mire, and soeur, sire; moi is
moee and Toi, Tooee."
Pages 4 and 5 of this letter
are missing. Page 6 begins,
"Just like you, Mom," which is
driving my wife crazy.
There's a lot of other stuff,
then: "Last night, Michel and
I double -dated with one of his
girl -friends and her sister (they
are both really cute). We went
to Shawinigan for a band con-
cert. There were about three
convention. But not before we'd times as many boys as girls and
done some checking, and found they all stood 'bumper to bum -
he'd cleaned out his bank ac- per' on. each side of the path
count, taken his guitar, and, to while the couples walked be -
his mother's extreme mortifica- tween them. Soon it started
tion, absconded with only two pouring,' so we went to a
clean shirts. dance."
Back from the convention, -we Well, the kid's getting some
received two letters. Excerpt: sense. He knows enough to get
"Two really friendly ladies in out of the rain. There was
drove me from Kingston to Ot- a little message on the outside
tawa and bought me a sandwich of the envelope of his last let -
and milk -shake. I insisted on ter. It was the least literary
paying, of course, but they told thing he'd written. It sajd,
me just to do the same . for "Please send $10."
somebody else some time." When the whole thing start -
Excerpt: "I am going to ed, I was ready to send him
Grand'Mere, Quebec, to spend to jail for 20 years. Instead, I
a couple of weeks with a gent him the 10 dollars.
His kid sister was interested
but not impressed. Her com-
ment was, "What a dope!" `
Then society intruded, as al-
ways. What will the neighbors
think if he comes home in a
police car? What will the neigh-
bors think, and ask, if he
doesn't come home at all? Why
did .hedo this to us? Has he
no gratitude for all we've done
for him? And so on. Kim
merely repeated, "What a
dope!"
People are tough. We cooled
off, we realized there wasn't a
sensible thing we could do
about -it, and we went to the
CUTTING THE APRON STRING
A Macduff Ottawa Report
The Flag
OTTAWA -There is a grow-
ing sentiment among Liberal
supporters in favor of a gen-
eral election to resolve the im-
passe in Parliament, over ' the
flag, if no progress can be
made towards arriving at` a
compromise solution. Referring
the ,flag problem to a commit-
tee 'of the House may be the
compromise,.. but. Al that does
not succeed in reoolving the
flag issue it could end in an
election.
The outcome of the by-elec-
tions. in the two Federal con-
stituencies. 'of Waterloo South
in Ontarioand Westmorland
in New Brunswick will play a
major role in determining how
soon the countrygoes to the
polls. Date of the by-election
has been announced as Novem-
ber '9.
Westmorland is regarded by
the Liberals as a "marginally
Liberal" seat, while Waterloo
is regarded as a "marginally
Conservative" seat. If the Lib-
erals win both by-elections,
then those within the party
who are advocating an .early
general election will have their
arguments strengthened.
It is "no secret that Keith
Davey, Liberal party national
organizer, is in favor of an
early general election. It is al-
so no secret that he will find an.
increasing number of Liberals
coming around to his point of
view if the two by-elections go
Liberal.
John Turner, member for
Montreal -St. George and Parlia-
mentary Secretary to the Mini-
ster of Northern Affairs, has
said: "The. Waterloo South rid-
ing is .a most important riding
in the Federal picture today.
If we win we have cracked
Western Ontario." Mr. Davey
has described the riding "a
barometer for the rest of Can-
ada."
Prime Minister Pearson has
consistently taken the position
that at all costs an election on
the flag must be avoided. He
argues quite properly, that to
have an election, with the flag
as an issue could split the
country into English versus,
French and do substantial if
not irreparable damage to Con-
federation. Consequently, in
Mr. Pearson's view, an election
on the flag issue should not
-take place.
But as the Conservatives con-
tinued the flag filibuster in
Parliament many. Liberals were
beginning to take' the view that
gradually, and imperceptibly
the issue was altering. It was
becoming no Longer an "issue of
the Red Ensign versus the
Maple Leaf flag, but rather an
issue of Parliament 'and whe-
ther the institution of Parlia-
ment could be brought to a halt
by a blockade .by a minority
opposition group -this way the
minority can keep the question
from ever being voted on by'
Parliament.
It could be that no matter
how much Prime Minister
Pearson wanted to avoid an
election with the flag as an is-
sue he might be forced into a
general election through devel-
opments in the Commons, As
the debate dragged on the New
Democratic Party and the Cre-
ditistes introduced motions to
adjourn the debate. The first
such motion by the NDP saw
the Creditistes voting with the
Liberal Government to beat it
down. But the next day the
Creditistes moved a motion to
adjourn the debate and all op-
position -groups in the Com-
mons united to vote against the
Government.
The Liberals are in a minor-
ity. If all apposition members
turn up to vote together they
can defeat the Liberal Govern-
ment. While a motion to ad-
journ the flag debate for the
day would not be a want of
confidence motion,' the Liberal
Government could not afford to
lost more than one such vote.
No Government can afford to
find itself in the position d
being unable to determine what
business will be dealt. with in
Parliament. The Liberal min'.
Filibuster
ority Government has declared
that in keeping with the Lib-
eral promise during the last
two election campaigns it wants
to tiave a national distinctive
flag approved by Parliament.
If the opposition group combin-
ed to thwart the Government's
determination to .have Parlia-
ment .adopt a new flag, and
forced adjournment) -of the flag
debate daily, then the Liberals
would have no choice but to
go to the country.
It was noti@eable that when
the four opposition groups join-
ed to support a Creditiste mo-
tion to adjourn the flag debate
they were unable to defeat the
Liberal minority government.
All four opposition parties were
only able to muster '64 votes
including that of Ralph Cowan,
the Liberal from Toronto's
York Humber' riding who wants
to retain the Red Ensign. The
Liberals backed by one Social
Crediter had 85' votes. There
were only 44 Conservatives vot-
ing in . the Hoz.
Thus it . wo appear that
even when they all combine to
vote against the Liberal min-
ority government the opposi-
tion parties are not able to
muster enough of theirmem-
bers to defeat the Government.
Of course, there are a number
of worried members on the op-
position side of the House who
are,.just as concerned ..as Mr.
Pearson and ' many of his Lib-
erals that an election with the
flagas an issue must be avoid-
ed at all costs, if Confederation
is to survive.
But as the flag filibuster con-
tinued in the House there were
more and more Liberals who
were beginning to wonder if' in
the long run the issue was go-
ing to have .to' be settled in a
general election. As the. flag
fight seemed unending, New
Democratic Party Leader Doug-
las appealed to the 'Conserva-
tives and to the Liberals to
stop butting their heads like
two old bulls in a pasture. His
speech which was applauded by
Prime Minister Pearson, pro-
posed yet another compromise.
However, Mr. Pearson is be-
coming wary of these compro-
mise proposals because each
time he makes, a concession it
is not matched by a concession
from Mr. Diefenbaker. Whether
this time the proposal to refer
the flag to a committee of the
House for consideratioqt and a
report within 60 days nbuld be
acceptable to the Liberals, re-
mained to be seen. Mr. Pear-
son has declared hiitiself in
agreement with sending the
flagissue to a committee pro-
viding the majority report of
'the committee is not to be de-
bated interminably in t h e
House by the Conservatives.
This would just postpone the
present flag debate until the
year end. Mr. Pearson wantsa
time limit on the debate that
'would eventually take place 'on
any report made by a flag com-
mittee. But Opposition Leader
Diefenbaker has been opposed
to any such time limit being
imposed. He also insists that
at least 80 per •cent of the
15 committee members should
agree. This would . effectively
give the Conservatives the veto.
Meantime, the attitude of the
Canadian public appears tobe
one of mounting annoyance
that Parliament has become
embroiled in such a filibuster.
Canadians generally are fed up
with the flag debate—and if
present , compromise negotia-
tions fail they may soon have
a chance to express their views
in an election.
In the Years Ag one
From The Huron Expositor
September 22, 1939
Two citizens of Seaforth,
John Sproat and Mary Hays,
will 'shortly receive approxi-
mately $3,Qf10 each from the
estate of the late Wm. Sproat,
their uncle, who died at Birm-
ingham, England, in 1894.
The temperature of 95 on
Friday established a record for
1939; however, on Monday and
Tuesday there were early morn-
ing frosts.
Seaforth's telephone system
was changed Wednesday from
magneto to 'common battery.
Now Seaforth telephone users
do not have to turn a crank to
place a call.
A carload of timber arrived
last week for the construction
work on the Bayfield pier.
Mr. Douglas Stewart, who
spent the summer at a mission
station in Kellam, Sask., re-
turned home this week.
All wheat seeding has •been
completed and with the rapid
growth it will be in good shape
for •the winter.
Potato digging is the order
of the day, with some good re-
turns and some not too good.
From The Huron Expositor
September 18, 1914
Mr.' John Van Egmond, son
of Mr. C. R. Van Egmond,• of
Egmondville, has gone to Ber-
muda with the Canadian con-
tingent of volunteers.
The Seaforth millinery open-
ings, which are always such an
important event for the ladies,
will take place next Friday and
Saturday.
Mr. and' Mrs, Arthur Mason
spent last ' week in Valcartier,
enjoying the reviewing of the
troops.
Dr. F. J. Burrows leaves here
on Tuesday to spend a couple.
of weeks visiting the hospitals
.in New York, with the view of
picking up new methods and
still further perfecting himself
in his profession.
Mr, W. A. Crich has been
elected a member of the execu-
tive committee of the Canadian
13read & Cake Bakers' AMoeia.
•
tion.
Mr. A. G.'
Smillie, Hensall,
has purchased a fine automo-
bile from Messrs. Cook, Sons &
,Co., Hensall.
'The Walton Women's Insti-
tute are having a patriotic' tea
in the Workman's Hall.
From The Huron Expositor
September 20, 1889
The students of Seaforth Col-
legiate Institute are getting
back to their places. There are
now over .120 on the roll. The
school will have a representa-
tion of nine students at the To-
ronto University this ,year.
Brucefield football club play-
ed a friendly game with Sea -
forth club on the recreation.
grounds last Saturday. Bruce -
field team lineup: goal, M. Dix-
on; backs, Andrew Scott, G.
McCartney; half backs, J. Kais-
er, R., McCartney, D. McTavish;
forward centre, R. Beatty;
right wing, R. Young and J.
Snider; left wing, D. Dallas
and G. Simpson.
Mr., Peter McGregor, Bruce -
field, was successful in,. secur-
ing a prize for each of, his stal-
lions he took to the' Buffalo
show.
Last week a tramp entered
the residence of Mr. John Mc-
Lean, on the second `concession
of Tuckersmith, near Kippen,
and stole $15 and other articles.
The Messrs. Drager, of Lead-
bury,,with the aid of. their pow-
erful traction engine, are mak-
ing the threshing hum this sea-
son.
Mr. Joseph Stengel threshed
120 bags of oats from four bags
sown last spring.'The threshing
was done by the Dennis Bros.,
of Leadbury.
SPARKS • by Willis Forbes
It's easy to win
when you ploy
poker with the
boss — you can
be sure he won't
raise you,
' b
When at the
SEAFORTH FAIR
SEPT. 24 - 25th
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DISPLAY OF
Poultry and Livestock
Equipment
in our Booth in the Arena
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