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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-10-28, Page 2Since 1$60,- Serving the Community. First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN_ BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association i Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association i 1 n n Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: • \ MU U /; Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year • Outside Canada (in advance) $5.50 'a Year SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFQRTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 28, 1965 Majority Is Vital . To Huron The emphasis which Hon. Paul Mar- tin, Canada's Minister of External Af- fairs, placed on a majority government during a recent address in Goderich, drew attention to one of Canada's pressing problems and to the prime matter facing electors on November 8. The Pearson Liberal government during two years in office did achieve legislative accomplishments of long standing benefit to Canadians. Yet these results came about in an at- mosphere of instability. In the long - run, such instability can not be com- patible with a properly functioning parliamentary process of responsible government as we understand and fol- low it in the British tradition. Under a minority government the power of decision is vested in the op- position and in various splinter groups. Proposals advanced and for which the government is responsible thus can be, delayed indefinitely, and too frequently the delay is actuated by political ex- pediency. Thus the country suffers in that no long-term program can be ad- vanced, let alone be implemented. There are increasing indications that Canadians in all parts of Canada are coming to realize the necessity of a responsible government — a majority government—being elected. It is always difficult in- an election campaign to look at the -picture objec- tively. Yet, the more carefully one looks at the cold statistics, the more likely it appears the Pearson govern- ment will be returned with a working majority. Supporting this conclusion are reports from across the country, A Macduff Ottawa Report including those of the reliable Gallop Poll, which give the Liberals 48 per cent support, the Diefenbaker- Con- servatives 28 per cent. What is important, in the light of these conclusion, is that the govern- ment be representative of all sections of Canada. No where is this more im- poftant than in Western Ontario—in Huron—where many problems arising in an era of change require the consid- eration that only a majority govern- ment can give. All of which adds emphasis to the need of voters here to give Huron a voice in a majority Liberal govern- ment. On us and on other Western Ontario voters may well depend whe- ther Canada is to have responsible goy, ernment, or government by splinter parties. Police And People (Kingston Whig -Standard) The police are increasingly under pressure in many cities these days. They are faced by more organized pro- test (some of it violent) than they have seen before (at least on this continent and in Britain) . They are not them- selves given to philosophical thinking; the police are no expounders of doc- trines. They are the upholders of the law and the community makes that law. Where the law is not understood, where the community is not liberal -minded or is too .lazy to think about right and wrong, the police will reflect the com- munity attitude. Will The Vote Total Be Lower?_ OTTAWA—An apathetic elec- torate could mean a consider= ably reduced total vote in the general election November 8. Preliminary tabulations show 10,191,825 Canadians eligible to vote in the election. This com- pares with 9,910,757 in the 1963 election when 7,894,076 voters, or 79 per cent actually cast ballots. But in this election because of the apparent apathy of the electorate the experts are fore- casting that the total vote will be down about 10 per cent. Party organizers believe they will be" fortunate if they can persuade 70 per cent of the eligible voters to go to the polls. "It's a campaign for the pito- fessions," said one Conserva- tive party worker. I -1f6' said the professionals were enthusiastic and they reported they were encountering interest among the voters. But when you get away from the professional -poli- ticians and talk to the aver- age man in the street he is "apathetic",. said the Tory. Grits are encountering the same apathy out on the hust- ings. However they hope that in the last two weeks of the campaign with Prime Minister L. B. Pearson stepping up the tempo of his electioneering and with Conservative Leader John Diefenbaker stumping the hust- ings at top speed, there may be a new interest generated in the issues, an interest that will arouse the voters and get them to go to the polls. One official who has had much experience in setting up the machinery for elections, commented, "This Is the most apathetic election I've seen in years." This time there were reports of enumerators re- turning from their door-to-door job with the information that several people had slammed the doors shut in their faces. Such people. did not event want to have their names recorded on the voters' list—"they couldn't care less," one enumerator summed it up. - Meantime the Liberals are not too concerned about the reports of "apathy." They re- fer to the results of the Gallup Poll which showed that they had 48 per cent support and that the Conservatives had slumped to 28 per tent. This, the .Liber'818 "fe'el, ,18.'8 goof ,-801 id lead to hold as they entered tire-- election campaign. The Grits hope that those who describe themselves as "undecided" will either finally decide to vote for the party now in power, that is the Lib- erals, or will just decided to stay at home and not vote. In either case the Liberals think they should have no trouble winning a good majority in the House of Commons. However, there are those among the politicians and at the political headquarters of the parties in Ottawa, who won- der if the "undecided" group might be sufficiently annoyed over an election being called at this time, to adopt the atti- tude of a "plaque on both your houses" towards the two, old line parties. If that reaction takes place it would benefit the New Democratic Party, and might lead to another parlia- ment of minorities. Midway through the cam- paign the party headquarters said they had detected no sig- nificant swing that would bene- fit any one party. The major ,issues in the campaign as it developed appeared to be: Pearson as a leader versus Dief- enbaker; national unity; pros- perity; scandals and the old age pension. John Diefenbaker's promise to raise the universal old age pension from the present $75 up to $100 has proved attrac- tive to many voters. A Progres- sive Conservative advertisement showing a Dominion of Canada government cheque for $75 and another cheque for $100 with the message that the re-elec- tion of a Diefenbaker Govern- ment means the pensioners will get the $100 cheque immediate- ly, has been effective. Counter- ing this, Prime Minister Pear- son has pounded home that the Liberal social welfare scheme providing additional assistance over and above the $75 for those who are in need is more responsible. But pensioners are not too impressed by that argu- ment. The promise of an im- mediate $25 has a strong ap- peal. The Liberals have stuck to their original plan for conduct- ing the campaign. They start, ed off in low gear with the Prime Minister making frequent 8ertfcg to the hustings in the early weeks. He campaigned in low key. With three weeks left in the campaign Mr. Pearson stepped up his tempo. He winged his way back and forth across the country on board a specially chartered Canadian Pacific Air- lines plane. He has lost the old diffidence that used to handicap him so much in min'ng with the crowds. Now he moves easily through "the throngs, meeting people face to face, shaking their hand, patting them on the back, exchanging jokes and se back, exchanging jokes and ser- ious comments. In short, he has improved his technique as a politician on the hustings one hundred per cent. At first in the campaign he made speeches from prepared texts. But as the campaign proceeded more and more he was inclined to toss the text aside and talk to the crowds in his own style, earnestly and sincerely. The real Pearson reg- istered with the audiences they liked it and his aides decided that their man was a better performer on the platform when not handicapped by a text. He was more confident, direct and displayed more vigor. His principal opponent, Mr. Diefenbaker, presents a sharp contrast in his platform style. He thunders against the Liber- als, blasting them for allegedly debasing politics with wrong- doing. As in previous elections he appears to gain greater vigor and strength as each hectic and frantic day passes by. He flays the Liberal administration and makes promises, some of them very costly. He is once again the consummate campaigner and Canadians turn out to listen and watch him in action. Whether they are turning out because they are impressed by what Mr. Diefenbaker is say- ing, .or because they want to see the colorful and master campaigner in action once again, and are not being per- suaded to vote for his party, only the outcome on November 8th will tell. Certainly he is making a tremendous effort and is not sparing himself in this last great bid to win re-elec- tion. He knows, as all his Par- ty knows, that if he fails this time, it is the end of the pa- lit#cal road for Mr, Diefenbaker, • ; &WE ANY, CIL PUFF AND 1'U...,1' In the Years Agone From The Huron Expositor November 1, 1940 J. M. Eckert, for many years treasurer of the McKillop Muni- cipal Telephone System, was honored last week when he was named the president of the In- dependent Telephone Associa- tion. Mr. Eckert is a former reeve of McKillop and warden of Huron County. Miss Mary Isabel Haigh was guest of honor' at a number of showers during the past week. Mrs. James Barry, Mrs. J. A. Gorwill, Miss Ona Nicholls and Miss Norma Habkirk entertain- ed for her and the employees of the W. J. Duncan factory presented Miss Haigh with a trilight lamp and a mirror. In honor of Miss Vietta Cole- man, bride -elect of this week, Miss Mildred Aitcheson, Rox- boro, entertained over 30 of her friends at a miscellaneous shower. Solos by Mrs. W. Agar and Mrs. Thos. Govenlock were contributed. M i s! Coleman thanked the .ladies for their lovely gifts. The music pupils of St. Jo- seph's Convent held an enjoy- able Hallowe'en party at St. James' School. The prizes for character costumes went to Jo- anne McMillan, as a Japanese; Jean McMaster, as a Dutch girl; Louise Case, as a Gypsy. The novelty prizes were won by Mary Margaret Cleary, Mary Lou Sills and Catherine Laud- enbach, as "Lady Hallowe'en." During lunch hoer Miss Betty Moore played the violin, assist- ed by the pupils of the school. Prizes for the Lions draw, which have been on display during the past two weeks, have received much favorable comment. The last chance prize, a beautiful silver fox fur, was donated by Harold Jackson, of Tuckersmith, to the Lions Club. At the annual hot roast fowl dinner put on by the Women's Association of Brucefield Unit- ed Church, 2,000 people sat down in relays of 300. Installation services were conducted by DDP Sister Jen- kins, of Clinton, in connection with Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge. The following officers were in .,stalled: PNG, Jean Scott; NG, Mary Free; VG, Ethel Boyce; recording sec., Alva Pullman; treasurer, Lillian McGavin; fi- nancial sec., Dorothy Beaton; pianist, Mae Smith; warder, Mary Morrow; conductor, Lil- lian McKellar; chaplain, Mae Moffat; RSNG, Mary Rintoul; LSNG, Margaret Scott; RSVG, Georgine Smith; CSVG, Evelyn McLean; IG, Flora Stewart; OG, Mae Dorrance; auditors, - A. Westcott, Belle Campbell and Mae Dorrance. Little damage was caused by a fire from an overheated stove- pipe at the residence of Mr, Wm. Pierson, near the recrea- tion grounds. Mrs. Chas. Pinder discovered the fire and it was extinguished by the Seaforth Fire Brigade. A delightful suprise shower was held in the parish hall of St. Thomas' Church in honor of Miss Mary Pretty, a bride of this week. Many beautiful gifts were given Miss Pretty. Also entertaining in her honor were Misses Margaret and Helen Crich. Miss Helen Crich has been transferred to the Goderich branch of the Bell Telephone Co. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLach- lan have moved from the farm in Stanley to the residence in Egmondville they recently pur- chased from Mrs. C. Finkbeiner. The fine weather has made it possible to finish the late har- vest. The order of the day is finishing the root crop and we hope Indian summer will still come as the past season did not represent much summer weather. The Young People's meeting of Northside United Church took the form of a Hallowe'en masquerade. Miss Vera Mole was in charge. A grand parade was held with Edith Hoag at the piano. The comic costume was won by Miss Isabel Forrest and the character by Miss Ruth Thompson. From The Huron Expositor October 29, 1915 Robert C. Hays, son of R. C. ' Hays, barrister of Goderich, has received a commission as a lieu- tenant with the 33rd Battalion. At a Red Cross social held in Turnbull's School in Grey; the sum of $48 was realized. The highest priced box brought $8. It is estimated that 140 tons of set onions_ were grown in the Zurich district during the past season. They have been shipped to Manitoba. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stewart celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, Among the guests were three who were guests at , the original wedding. These were W. R. Smith, a nephew;. Mrs. John Murray, Seaforth, and Wm. McCulloch, •now a resident of Nevada. Mr. Fred Faulkner has taken a position on the Dominion Bank staff here. A little daughter, six years of age, of Mr. A. P. Joynt, had the misfortune to fall from a wagon and fractured her leg. • Miss Steele, Miss Sleeth and Mr. James Sleeth attended the wedding of Miss Hallie Gutter- idge in Sarnia. Mr. Wm. Sinclair, who sold his farm in Tuckersmith, is comfortably settled in the resi- dence he purchased from Mr. Murdock in Egmondville. Mr. S. T. Holmes received a wire from Ottawa stating that his son, Charles, had been wounded while fighting in the trenches in France. He and his brother, Ray, joined the 33rd Battalion. There have been 78 carsof sugar beets shipped from forth this season and the end is not yet. Wm. R. Plant, agent, has been fortunate in curing plenty of cars. Another of the pioneers leading businessmen of Seaf in the person of Mr. Alex Card - no, died after a long, active and useful life. Master Thomas Purcell, Manley, had the misfortun fall from a scaffold and f ture his arm. Mr. Isaac Jarrott's driving horse at Kipper', finding his lim- itations in the pasture field somewhat curtailed, sought for a grazing place on the railway track and tried to employ his leisure time at bridge -walking. He went through the open spac- es and made matters worse by rolling in the water. T h e _ Collegiate Institute branch of the Red Cross Socie- ty held a successful afternoon tea and sale of homemade cook- ing and realized nearly $40, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart were in Denver, Colorado, last week, where Mr. Stewart at- tended the Ticket Sellers 'con- vention held in that city. G. Carbert and D. Flynn, two well-known HuIlett stockmen, were in town Saturday deliver- ing two fine horses to Mr. Jas. Archibald for export shipment. Mr. E. J. Box and Mr. Geo. Chesney, Goderich St., have each purchased automobiles; Mr. Chesney got a Ford from J. F. Daly, the agent here. From The Huron Expositor - October 31, 1890 Miss Harriet Campbell, who is at present teaching in SS No. 13, McKillop, has been engag- ed as teacher for SS 4, Hullett. Mr. Wm. Carnochan, of this town, met with a serious and painful accident. He was assist- ing to load a car with egg box- es from D. D. Wilson and was standing on a wagon along side of the car. An engine passed near the horses, frightening them, and when they turned upset the wagon. He was thrown off and some boxes fell on him, causing a bad fracture of his leg. A span of spirited young horses, -belonging to Robt. Mc- M#Ilaih, Jr,, near Iloitboro,. rani away on Main Street. They were tied in front of Wilson & Young's store when something frightened them and they start- ed off. They ran as far as Rox- boro bridge and in making the turn went ahead, over a bank and through the fence at the foot of John Dickson's orchard. One fell and remained there un- til a son of T. E. Hays released it. Tenders will be received by Hay council for the supplying of 200 chairs for the new town- ship hall which is now almost completed. Mr. Uttley, Zurich, who broke his leg about two months ago, was out on the street the other day for the first time since his accident, Mr. Thos. Rundle, of the 14th concession of Hibbert, held a sale and things went well, cows going as high as $44, and calves $16.50 per pair. The post office at Leadbury has had a covering of tar pa- per and new siding, which will add to its warmth and com- fort. Mr. Hugh Ross, Leadbury, shipped a 8arload of fat cattle to Toronto and he informs us that the transaction paid him very well. Mr. Peter McQueen, Usborne, has sold his farm in–the town- ship to Henry Horney for $5,- 500. The farm contains 100 ac- res and is a first-class place. . Messrs. James Petty and T. J. Berry, Hensall, each recently shipped a carload of lambs to Buffalo, and we learn they weighed the heaviest of any shipment yet received there. The weather has been very unfavorable for any kind of out- door work, being wet and cold. The roads, especially in town, are very bad. The first snow fell on Monday. Mr. Jas. Dickson had a Iarge orchard of apples and nearly all were frozen. The cattle and pigs will be feeding on them until spring. Mr. Wm. Campbell, of Har- purhey, left for Muskoka on his annual hunting expedition. Mr. William Biernes, Brussels, intends selling his new brick hotel in Walton by auction sale. It is a good building, and a good stand for business. Sugar — By Pity For the City Man This is a time of year whon my heart goes out to city -dwel- lers. It's a time when_rural or smalltown living is immensely superior to that in the concrete canyons, the abominable apart- ments, the sad suburbs of metropolia. In the city, day ends drearily in the fall. There's the long, wearying battle home through traffic, or the draughty, crush- ed, degrading scramble on pub- lic transportation. The city man arrives home fit for nothing but slumping for the evening before the televi- sion set. And what greets, him? The old lady, wound up like a steel spring because -she hasn't seen a soul she knows all day; there's nothing to look at but that stupid house next door, exactly like their own, and the kids have been giving her hell. He's stuck with it. For the whole evening. That's why so many city chaps have work- shops in the basement. It's much simpler to go down cel- lar and whack off a couple of fingers in the power saw than listen to Mabel. Life is quite different for the smalltown male. He is home from work in minutes. He sur- veys the ranch, says, "Must get those storm windows on one of these days;" and goes in, to the good fall smells of cold drinks and hot food. andSpice Bill Smiley — - spurt orange flame. White smoke eddies. Neighbors call out, lean on rakes. Women, ker- chiefed like gypsies, heap the dry leaves high on the fire. Kids avoid the subject of bedtime, dash about the fire like nimble gnomes. Or perhaps the whole family goes to a fowl supper. What, in city living can compare to this finest of rural functions? A crisp fall evening, a drive to the church hall through a Hal- lowe'en landscape, an appetite like an alligator, and that first wild whiff of turkey and dress- ing that makes your knees buc- kle and the juices flow free in your cheeks. But it's on weekends' that my pity for the city -dweller run- neth over, Not for him the' shooting -match on a clear fall Saturday, with its good-humor- ed competition, its easy friend- liness. Not for him the quiet stroll down a sunny wood road, shotgun over arm, partridge and woodcock rising like clouds of mosquitoes. It's not that he doesn't live right, or doesn't deserve these pleasures. It's just that it's physically impossible to get to them easily .If he wants to crouch in a duck -blind, at dawn, he has to drive half the night to get there. Maybe on a Sunday or holi- day, in the fall, the city family decides to head out and see some of that beautiful autumn foliage. They see it, after driv- ing two hours. And with •50,000 other cars, they crawl home in late afternoon, bumpnj to bum- per, the old man cursing, the kids getting hungrier, the moth- er growing owlier. Small-town people can drive for 15 minutes and hit scenery, at least around here, that leaves them breathless. Or they'll wheel out a few miles to see their relatives on the farm, eat a magnificent dinner, and sit around watching TV in a ' state of delicious torpor. Yup! It's tough to live in the city, in the fall. His wife saw him at break - `fast, again at lunch, has had a good natter with the dame next 'door, and has been out for two hours, raking leaves with the kids. She doesn't need him. Instead of drifting off to the basement, the small-town male announces that this is his bowl- ing night, or he has to go to a meeting- of the Conservation and Slaughter Club, and where's a clean, shirt. And that's all there is to it: While her city counterpart squats in front of TV, gnawing her nails and wondering why she didn't marry good old George, who has a big dairy farm - now, the small-town gal collects the kids and goes out to burn leaves. There is nothing more ro- mantic than the back streets of a small-town in the dark of a fall evening. Piles of leaves 'THE HOME TEAM Insurance Man (trying hard to make an impression): "How would your wife carry on if you passed away?" - Farmer: "Couldn't care less, so long as she behaves herself while I'm alive." ' 1 'Tor the last time, the sign;!s are 22 -16 -45 -hike! Not nuct:c, mir.ey mca!" ... find see our selections of Personal Christmas Cards. You will be especially interested in looking over the smart and unusual designs presented in the NATIONAL line. ...Attention Business Men: We are featuring a complete line of cards suitable for business use. "Since 1860, Serving the Community First" Phone 527-0240 011. 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