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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 21, 1965
No Alternative to Liberal Government
As election day draws nearer there
is increasing indication that voters are
realizing that as far as conscientious
Canadians are concerned there is no
alternative to the return of the present
government.
Most recent expression of this view
is contained in the generally Conserva-
tive London Free Press. -
In ,arriving at this view, the Free
Press refers to the veneer of unity
with which the Diefenbaker party has
been painted for the election period,
and the efforts of the New Democratic
party to play down its basic socialism
for purposes of the campaign.
Then in comment that has partic-
ular significance for voters in this rid-
ing of Huron, the. London paper em-
phasizes the need of representation on
the government side—the Liberal side
—from all areas, including Western
Ontario.
In recent years Huron and other
Western Ontario ridings have not had
representation on the government side.
Thus it is that much depends on Huron
voters, whether we are to have a stable
and balanced government, or another
minority, with all the drift and con-
fusion it implies.
The answer is clear. There is• only
one way to give Huron a voice in a
majority government, and that is to
support Mait Edgar, the Liberal candi-
date.
The Free Press editorial follows:
"Although two-thirds of the time be-
tween announcement of the forthcom-
ing federal election and the actual vot-
ing date has now elapsed, The Free
Press is still waiting for indications
of any satisfactory alternative to the
present government at Ottawa. So far.
it has been unable to discover any,
The.._present leader of the Opposition
is striving to recreate the magic of the
1958 campaign. Like the Bourbons of
old Mr. Diefenbaker appears to have
learned nothing and forgotten nothing.
Today he is encouraged by the re-
turn of many who Left him under the
stresses and strains of developments
two years ago. Whether this unity can
be maintained after an election remains
to be seen, particularly if the leader
remains unchanged.
Social Credit has destroyed itself by
internal feuds and recriminations. The
New Democratic Party is soft-pedal-
ling socialism and banking heavily on
disillusion on the -part of the voters
with the traditional parties: But disil-
lusion is not a cohesive force on which
to build a government.
Many of the difficulties and much
of the indecision of the last few years
has stemmed from the existence of the
- splinter groups and the close balance
between the traditional parties. Unless
the voters of Canada demonstrate deci-
sion themselves they can hardly com-
plain about indecisive governments.
The last few years have shown that
minority governments can function for
a time and after a fashion, but both
Progressive Conservatix,es and Liberals
have been forced to throw in their
hands and call for a new deal after
comparatively short terms when they
failed to secure majorities. Majority
governments are not necessarily good
in themselves, but they provide an ele-
ment of stability which does not exist
without them:-
The
hem. 'The Liberal government has been
far from perfect, and The Free Press
does not condone its sins of omission
or commission. But credit must be
given for much constructive action
under the difficult circumstances of
minority governing.
One particularly important feature
in a federal system such as ours is that
there should be representation on the
government side from all sections of
the country and no one region or group
should be dominant.
As we view it, these two important
points — no visible satisfactory .alter-
native to the present Liberal rule, and
the need for representation on the
government side from all sections of
the country, with no one region domi-
nant --]end special weight to the deci-
sion to be made by the voters of West-
ern Ontario. It appears that on us
will largely depend whether Canada
has a stable, balanced government, or
another deadlock."
A Macduff Ottawa Report
Canadian Economy
OTTAWA—Last January the
Economic Council of Canada
published its first annual re-
port or survey entitled, "Eco-
nomic Goals For Canada To
1970". Today, in preparation
for its second report, expected
before the end of -the year, the
ECC staff is busily engaged
checking on what has happen-
ed up to the end of 1965. Fig-
ures will be preliminary but
indicative and in almost every
field the news is good. Cana-
dians have been hitting right
on target.
One exception that is giving
the Economic Council some
concern is productivity. • With
employment increasing and un-
employment dropping quite sat-
isfactorily Canada's output per
man and output per man-hour
is lagging behind the necessary
yearly targets if the 1970 ob-
jectives are to be reached. Be-
tween 1956 and 1963 the Coun-
cil study shows a yearly aver-
age rate of increase of one per
cent in output per man and two
per cent in output per man-
hour. The council said this had
to be accelerated to 2.4 per cent
and three per cent respective-
ly.
A superficial glance at the
'performance for 1964 based on
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
figures has led to reports that_
at this apex of all economic
activity Canadians had achiev-
ed the target. In fact they were
slightly under and on the re-
sults available for six months
of this year it seems likely that
they will be lagging still fur-
ther in '1965. If this is so the
fact that Canada is reaching or
in some cases outpacing the
pattern set by the Economic
Council could be disastrously
misleading, We could, in other
words, be heading into an in-
Sation which before 1970 would
wipe out all the gains that
'deem to have been made.
"lis gives new u*getiey to
'the reotlottiie Cori ei1's • recoiri.
•
on
mendation for changes in the
Federal Labor Department to
provide new labor market pol-
icy which would determine real
demand and supply of labor,
co-ordinate training programs
and relate them more realistic-
ally to needs. Divorce of the
National Employment Service
from the Unemployment Insur-
ance Commission was a wise
move; its absorption in a de-
partment which, in the opinion
of the Council, has failed to
provide effective leadership
may he unwise.
And Canada's economy at the
moment is operating at a high
level of demand and is likely
to continue to do so for an-
other 12 months at least. In
,most major fields it is running
ahead of the pace set by the
ECC projections to 1970. The
Economic Council called for an
average annual increase in
gross national product of 5.5
per cent in real terms. The in-
crease between 1963 and 1964
after allowing for price in-
creases was nearly 6.5 per cent.
In the second quarter of this
year it was- running at an an-
nual rate of $50.9 billion or 9.1
per cent above 1964. Allowing
for a somewhat greater price
rise would mean an increase
above 1964 of 6.4 per cent in
volume and the third quarter,
when figures are released is
likely to make an even better
showing.
Consumer spending, the 'Eco-
nomic Council said, should in-
crease at an . average annual
rate of 5.1 per cent. For the
first half of 1965 the rate was
6.9 per eent. An increase in
employment of 3.1 per cent per
year is called for if Canada is
to achieve the goal of an un-
employment rate 3 per cent of
the labor force by 1970. The
Council .admitted here that it
was setting its sights high but
its August the seasonally adjust-
ed rate was down to 4 per cent
and there was a yeah-to•year
Target
increase in employment of 4.4
per cent. In each of the last
eight months employment has
increased by 3.5 per cent or
better,
Exports for the first half of
the year were admittedly well
below the 5.3 per cent target
increase set, but the reason was
obvious. The first Russian
wheat bonanza ran out in July
1964, with the result that a
comparison between tlie- first
half of 1964 and the first half
of 1965 showed only a frac-
tional increase in over-all ex-
ports. If- wheat exports are de-
leted from both years the in-
crease is seven per cent. With
the new Russian wheat deliver-
ies this Fall pushing up the
export figure for the balance
of the year the target might
still be achieved without elim-
inating the wheat movement.
But the Economic Council
was more ambitious in setting
a target for the increase in
exports of fully manufactured
goods. It called for a 10 per
cent yearly increase. Between
1963 and 1964, exports of manu-
factured goods, excluding good,
increased in dollar value by 34
per cent and the increase be-
tween the first half of 1964 and
1965 is 38 per cent.
* * *
Capital Hill Capsule
Canadians have been keeping
discreetly quiet in past weeks
while the bill to implement the
Canada -U.S. automobile agree-
ment made its tortuous way
through Congress. Anything
which suggested that the agree-
ment was proving beneficial" to
Canada was ammunition for
American opponents. Now that
it is ready for the Presidential
signature it can be disclosed
that more than 40 Canadian
manufacturers of auto parts
are planning expansion pro-
grams, most of them Subsidiar-
ies of American companies.
There will be 20 new branch
plants its Ontario alone.
'KITCHY-K00..."
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
October 25, 1940
George H. Elliott, forme
warden of Huron County an
for many years prominen
throughout the district, died at
his home in Clinton after a
long illness.
Falling 16 feet from an apple
tree in his orchard at his farm
in McKillop, -Charles Eggert,
well-known farmer, suffered
severe injuries.
Knocked down by a car while
on duty with a rescue squad
during a blackout in England.
Cpl. John J. Holland is the first
Seaforth district man to fie in-
jured overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Dale,
--of Constance, were host' and
hostess to a number of friends
of Miss Marjorie McMichael,
bride -elect of this month, when
they presented her with a
shower of kitchen gifts. Misses
Lorraine Livingstone and Mona
McCowan made the ,presenta-
tion, and the address Was read
by Mrs. J. L. Bell.
Mr. Edmund Daly successful-
ly passed tests in a new signal-
ling branch of the RCAF, and
expects to be called within a
few days as an officer in the
RCAF.
An enjoyable evening was
spent in "D" Company armour-
ies, when the Junior Women's
Institute entertained at euchre
and dancing. Forty tables were
in play. The prize winners were
as follows: men, Robert Dodds,
Thomas' Govenlock; consolation,
Peter Simpson; ladies, Mrs. Syd.
Pullman, Mrs. Peter Simpson;
consolation, Mrs, R. G. Parke;
lucky spot dance, Miss Rita
Holman. The Mysterious Miss
Institute, Mrs. Hugh Chesney,
with James Landsborough as
the prize winner. Agar's orch-
estra supplied the music for
dancing.
Gaining entrance by a cellar
window, thieves broke into the
summer home of Dr. Lloyd Mof-
fatt, Varna, and removed a
quantity of clothing valued at
$50. A number _of Indians had
been employed pulling flaxin
the Varna district.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Love,
of Toronto, are spending a few
days at the ,,home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Scott. Mr. Love has
sold his residence in Toronto
and has purchased the general
store at Bluevale, which he will
take over in a few days.
Mr. John McKenzie has leas-
ed the residence of the late
Robert Hogg on North Maih St.
Miss Marian Ibbotson has tak-
en a position in the office of the
W. J. Duncan Shoe Factory.
Mrs. R. W. Dickie, Montreal,
was calling on old friends.
Mrs. Dickie is a daughter of
the late Rev. A. D. McDonald,
for many years minister of
First Presbyterian Church.
What might have been a ser-
ious accident occurred •at the
farm of Joseph Carpenter, when
Thomas Murphy, who was at-
tending a threshing there, fell
from a beam to the floor, close
to the threshing machine, which
was in operation. He escaped,
however, with minor injuries.
A sad accident occurred at
the home of John B. Hyde, Stan-
ley Township, when Garfield
Shoebottom, an employee of
Mr. Hyde, had the misfortune
to be struck on the head by
a pulley while hauling in beans.
His skull was fretured and his
condition was considered very
critical.
Mrs. Margaret McLean, Hen -
sail, has just completed an-
other beautiful quilt which she
has donated to the Red Cross,
and which will be on display
in Bonthron & Drysdale's win-
dow.
A good crowd attended the
Red Cross concert at Walton.
Rev. Mr. Gilbert was chairman;
Miss Helen Britton led in com-
munity singing; piano duet,
Misses Elva Sholdice and Do-
reen Coutts; duet, Jessie and
Elsie Dennis; choruses by Wal-
ton School; dialogue, a group
of McKillop ladies; piano solo,
Bessie Davidson; song and tap
dance, Helen and Leona John-
son; solo, Dorothy Turnbull;
male quartette, Cleo. Ramsay, J.
Leeming, Geo. McArthur and J.
McDonald; dialogue, by Bethel
Church, and a solo by Miss McCann, on the 2nd concession
Margaret Habkirk. The pro- of Hibbert, was successful.
r ceeds were $50.00. There was a large crowd pres-
d ent and good prices were re-
t i 'a4 alized. The sale was conducted
From The Huron Expositor
October 22, 1915
Mr. Davy (Ralph) Reid, so
of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Reid
has enlisted with the enginee
ing corps at -London.
Among the recent men wh
have enlisted is Mr. Jas. Scot
son of Mr. John Scott, . Rox
boro, who has been homestead
ing in the Grande Prairie dis
trict; also Thomas Govenlock, o
McKillop, who has been teach
ing school at St. Catharines
and Mr. Fred Larkin, son o
Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Larkin.
Misses Bessie Hays and Ev
elyn Greig. and Messrs. S. Hays
McLellan and Allen motored t
London to see Mr. Chas. Hays.
McKillop council at a meet
ing in response to the appeal of
Lord Landsdowne, passed a
grant of $500 in aid of the Red
Cross Society.
Mrs. Joe Hamilton, Talbot
Clark and Clarence Bennett, of
Walton, were all operated on
for appendicitis this week and
all are doing nicely. Mr. George
Ramsay, who was kicked by a
horse recently, is also improv-
ing.
Mr. Seeley, Brucefield, has
been advanced to the rank of
a corporal since going into
training at London. He was a
soldier in the Boer War before
coming to—Canada.
Mr. J. J. Merner, M.P., of
Zurich, left last week for a trip
on the -transcontinental line of
the Canadian Northern Railway
from Quebec to Vancouver. He
is one of the party as guests
of Sir. William McKenzie.
Mr. Peter Bedard, of , the
Sauble Line, sold two hogs
weighing 850 pounds, which
netted him $79.90:
Aikenhead and Deitz, of Kip -
pen, are now busy threshing
beans. They report the aver-
age run per acre is from six to
seven bushels, which is consid-
ered a small return..
Mr. Isaac Jarrott and son,
James, of Kippen, are busy
moulding cement blocks for the
foundation of barns which Mr.
Jarrott purposes remodelling in
the future,
by Mr—Thos. Brown, Seaforth.
Mr. Wm, Morrison, Hullett,
has purchased from: Mr. Bram-
field the property on which he
r-' now lives on the third conces-
sion. It was purchased for,
o $3,000, and has 64 acres.
Scott
The new Burns' Church, on -
the llth concession, Hullett, t
, was formally opened, The wea-
- ther was not very favorable,
f but this did not keep the peo-
ple from coming out in large
numbers. The church is capable o
f of seating 200 persons and was t
erected at a cost of $1700, and T
- is all paid for. m
, Miss Jessie Thompson and
o Miss M. Wilson left to attend t
the provincial convention of s
- Christian Endeavor Association r
being held in Hamilton. Mr.
John Robb was the third dele- a
gate.
Mr. J. H. Broadfoot shipped B
a carload of storm windows this a
week to Brandon, Man.
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- By Bill Smiley —
In Dutch with Daughte
My daughter is furious wit
me. Again. She's at that ag
14, when daughters have ver
little difficulty in becoming e
-raged with their fathers. Th
occurs, of course, only on day
when they're not sore as a bo
at their mothers.
r dune, by Jean Hay, whose
daughter Princess and Kim
h were bosom pals then, about
e age nine.
y 1 took the painting to school,
n- held it up for three minutes
is for the class, then told the stu-
s dents to describe the impres-
sion it made on them. Results
were interesting.
She has good reasons, o
course. She claims I'm crabb
in the morning and grouchy a
night. This is because I'm a
ways hollering up the stairs t
tell her to get a move on, i
the morning, and hollering u
the stairs telling her to get he
light off, at night.
She calls me an old croc
when I refuse to play badman
ton with her, because of m
bursitis. And when I do play
and beat the can off her, she is
like all women. She accuse
me of cheating, or playing lik
a big bully.
She goes livid with rage when
I try to help her through some
situation I know will be tough
'What do you think I am, Dad
a child?" But she grows purple
with passion when I remind her
that she's not an infant and can
just keep on looking for her
lost gym suit and I don't care
if her P.T. teacher does kill
her and she can play basket-
ball in her underwear, for- all
I care.
Sheboils with bellicosity
when she wants help with her
homework and I remind her
that she thinks I'm stupid and
she'd better do it herself.
When I play the heavy father,
moralistic and conventional, she
calls me, in disgust, an "old
poke". When I get gay and
kick up my heels and become
he life of the party, she is
miffed and makes cracks about
my lack of dignity.
In fact, about the only time
we seem to be on our old basis
f true • buddies is when she's
rying to wheedle some money.
hen her true sweetness and
y innate generosity shine
hrough and we get along beau-
ifully. Until I remind her that
he's to be in at 11 p.m., even
f it is Friday night.
Oh, well, that's about stand -
rd, these days, for a healthy
ather - daughter relationship.
ut this week she went off like
skyrocket.
I decided to use a portrait of
m in my English teaching. It
was painted, and extremely well
f Quote: "He wasn't very old,
y perhaps about ten, but the eyes
t were those of an old, tired man.
1- An overworked man."
o Quote: "I think that this
n child is a bedraggled orphan,
p wishing for parents to love 'and
✓ care for him."
Quote: "Tears of pity and
k forlornness could almost be
seen dripping down the boy's
y rusty cheeks."
Quote: "It is a picture that
leaves the viewer with a feel-
s ing of deep concern."
e Quote: "His large, sad eyes,
which dominated his thin, dirty •
little face, told his story better
than a thousand words."
Quote: "His ears drooped like
, a dog's, when it knows it has
done something wrong and will
be punished."
Quote: "I got the impression
that he was very sad and lone-
ly, perhaps an orphan, who had
gone without food for some
time."
Just a sample. Titles were
such as: The Boy; The Lost
Orphan. One imaginative lad
called it The Last Jew and sug-
gested the child was waiting to
go off to the gas ovens.
What young lady of 14, who
is dabbling with lipstick, wears
a brassiere, and has been out
on a date, wants her name ban-
died about the school as: an
old, tired man; an orphan; a
sad dog; a dirty -face; a rusty -
cheeks. And worst of all, a
boy. Ninety per cent of them
thought she was a boy.
Maybe she had some excuse,
after all, for coming home from
school, those brown eyes like
boiling chocolate, with, "DAD!
I could murder you!" -
From The Huron Expositor
October 24, 1890
Messrs: Stewart, Sparks and
Cudmore pressed on the farm
of Robert Thompson, Goderich
Township, six tons of hay in
the short space of four hours.
This is good work.
Mr. T. A. Forsyth, a former
student of Seaforth Collegiate
Institute and now at the Clin-
ton Model School, has been en-
gaged to teach in S.S. No. 2,
Tuckersmith, at a salary of
$340.
James and Alex Fraser, Wm.
Mitchell and Paul Doig, of Far-
quhar, left for California to
push their fortunes in that land
of gold. The former three are
young Scotchnien who came out
here last year.
Mr. Hugh Ross, of McKillop,
has made a fortunate strike in
Denver, Colorado. While resid-
ing there two years ago he pur-
chased some lots on the out-
skirts of the city. He sold them
recently, realizing $1,000 on the
transaction.
There were 115 conveyances
in the procession at the fun-
eral of the late Matthew Dor-
sey.
Mr. Tweddle, dentist has
leased the rooms over Hamil-
ton & McInnis' shoe store and
will occupy them as a dentistry
office.
Over $5,000 in taxes were
paid into the town treasurer
during September.
Teams were engaged draw-
ing in the material which com-
posed the old Hullett church,
which was purchased by Mr.
Copp and will be used by him
in the erection of a stable.
Mr. R. Paterson, Jr., of the
Hensall Planing Mills, with
commendable enterprise, is pre-
paring to erect himself a neat
dwelling on the corner of Rich-
mond and Albert Streets.
The auction sale or*, Peter
miles....
Prospective Employer: "I
want a very careful chauffeur,
one who doesn't take the slight-
est risk."
Job Applicant: "I'm your
man, sir. Can I have my sal-
ary in advance?"
A young engineer was proud-
ly showing officials his first big
project, a $10 million dam. One
official checked the blueprints,
stared in amazement, and then
exclaimed, "Heavens . . the
water . . it's supposed to be
on the other side!"
For a whole week the new.
hired man worked hard, and
the farmer kept him extremely
busy. When the farmer handed
the new hand his pay at the
end of the week, the new hand
said: "I'm quitting. I want to
get a steady job."
"Isn't this steady enough?"
asked the surprised farmer.
"No," responded the man,
"there's at least two hours ev-
ery night that I have nothing
to do but sleep!"
Johnny started school and
within two weeks the teacher
sent home a note contriipimg
the following: "Young Manny
is more than I can handle.
am forced to ask your help."
The next day the mother sent
her answer: "Listen, all those
years I had hiin alone, did 1
ask you for help?".
"Holy cow! 1 wonder what. cereal he eats for breakfast!"
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