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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER, 4, 1965
Younger Voters Indicate Support
An interesting development of the
present election campaign is the in-
creasing participation of younger peo-
ple.
True, two of the candidates in Huron
are in their thirties, and this undoubt-
edly has had an attraction for new and
younger generations.
This interest on the part of youth in
the affairs of Canada at the riding lev-
el was never better illustrated than at
Clinton Tuesday evening. At a meet-
ing which daily papers described as
"the town's biggest political rally in
memory", supporters of Liberal candi-
date Mait Edgar indicated their un-
qualified support of his campaign.
While the attendance included many
from every age group, it was the young-
er element that provided the drive and
enthusiasm that made the evening such
a standout event. The meeting gave
solid evidence of the wide support
which the Liberal campaign in Huron
is receiving, and emphasizes the in-
creasing concern on the part of voters
across the riding that Huron be re-
presented on the government side in
the next parliament.
In this age of change, Huron, like
other Western Ontario Counties, will
be faced with problems of adjustment.
It is particularly important from the
standpoint of the future of this area
that there be elected a government with
a majority that can ensure consistent
long-term policy and the ability to
carry it -out. This certainly is one fac-
1
tor that has encouraged participation
by a younger element—decisions taken
today create the conditions under
which they will live tomorrow.
While it is true there is a third can-
didate in Huron, the only choice for
those who want stability and an end—
at least for a few years—to elections,
must rest between the two major par-
ties. Any other vote is a vote for an-
other spell of minority government and
rule by splinter groups.
Thus the choice in Huron is between
Liberal Mait Edgar, who supports„those
Liberal policies that have contributed
so greatly to Canada's economic well-
being, and Mr. McKinley, whose sup-
port of Mr. Diefenbaker recalls ,the
confusion and lack of direction which
characterized the years of 1958 to 1963.
The enthusiastic meeting in Clinton
Tuesday suggests that already many
hundreds of voters in Huron have
made the decision. There is only one
way to give H,uron a voice in a major-
ity government, and that is•to support
Mait Edgar, the Liberal candidate.
Wrong Taper,
(Calgary Herald)
The man next door recently receiv-
ed a gift of one of the new tapered
shirts. He says he is going to have to
exchange it, though. •Unfortunately,
he and the shirt are not tapered the
same way.
A Macduff Ottawa Report
Canada Ilas Role as Middle Power
OTTAWA—What do politi-
cians or historians mean when
they speak of Canada as a "Mid-
dle Power"?
It could mean that we lie be-
tween the two greatest powers
on earth, the United States on
our southern border and the
Soviet Union on our northern,
It could also mean (often cor-
rectly) that Canada tends to
adopt a middle course in for-
eign policy. and to pride her-
self on a gift for compromise
and conciliation. As a matter
of historical fact, however, the
phrase was first used to describe
Canada's status among the na-
tions of the world, not a great
power like the United States,
Great Britain or the USSR, but
nevertheless greater in military
and economic strength than
such other sovereign nations as,
for example, Costa Rica or Jor-
dan or Iceland.
Prime Minister Mackenzie
King developed this thesis in
the last year of World War H.
when plans were being laid for
the postwar organization which
was to be the successor of the
League of Nations. During his
visit to Britain just before D.
Day in 1944. Mr, King was dis-
mayed to learn that Prime Min-
ister Churchill, President Roose-
velt and Premier Josef Stalin
were all contemplating an or-
ganization in which the three
great powers (later expanded to
five by the inclusion of France
and China) would make all the
important decisions, while the
other nations of the world would
be lumped together in a kind
of indiscriminate rabble, to be
informed of the great powers'
decisions but not really to be
consulted about them. Mr.
King's reaction to this proposal
was immediate. He did not like
it. He thought the smaller
countries should have a real
share in the decision-making
process. He also thought, and
soon took occasion to say, that
countries like Canada which
had made a substantial contri-
bution to victory over Hitler,
and, which were expected to
make substantial contributions
to reconstruction after the war,
should somehow be recognized
as having more weight than the
countries which had made no
contribution at all.
power, and the humble General
Assembly. the gathering -place
of all nations great and small,
became the mote effective in,
strument, of the two.
Meanwhile the urgent needs
of the cold war and of postwar
reconstruction gave Canada the
kind of recognition, in practice,
that Mr. King had vainly hoped
to see written into the Charter
itself. Canada's Minister of Ex-
ternal Affairs,- Louis St. Laurent
(soon to become Prime Minis-
ter), was the first to propose
a regional association for the
defence of the Atlantic com-
munity — a suggestion which
took shape as the North Atlan-
tic Treaty organization (NATO):
Canada ranked third among the
nations contributing to United
Nations forces in the Korean
War. Canada was one of the
most active of founding nations
in the Colombo Plan, the Com-
monwealth -US. scheme for capi-
tal assistance to underdevelop-
ed countries. Canada's aptitude
for mediation was employed in
many international disputes
from Kashmir, between India
and Pakistan, to the borders
between Israel and the Arab
As things turned but, no such
recognition was contained in
the United Nations Charter, but
it didn't matter. Even before
the Charter was signed in San
Francisco in June 1945, the argu-
ment had become academic.
The Security Council of great
powers had no power of deci-
sion unless the great powers
themselves- were unanimous --
which they almost.never were.
The erild. war *as syrabalitea
by the StiViet abilse of the Vete
be restored in the Middle East
and protected not by any one
great power but by the United
Nations„ itself. The result was
the United Nations Emergency
Force. to which Canada was and
still is a major cdtitributor,
and which has been patrolling
the Israeli -Egyptian border ev-
er since, with complete success
as a peace -keeping body. It was
for this service. more than for
any other. that Mr.' Pearson re-
ceived the Nobel Peace Prize
in 195,7.
There have been other occa-
sions since then when Canada
has been called upon for peace-
keeping services. When the
United Nations persuaded Pres-
ident Makarios to allow a peace-
keeping force into Cyprus in
1964. Canada was one of the
few acceptable countries able
to send a detachment there im-
mediately. by air.
Why was Canada acceptable?
Just because Canada is a "Mid-
dle Power" in two of the three
senses of the phrase. Too small
to have imperial ambitions, or
to inspire any fear in other na-
tions however frail. Canada is
large enough to have armed
states: forces available and to spare
The most dramatic of these for this sort of duty. And Can -
episodes was the Suez crisis of ada. even though a member of
October -November 1956. Presi- the North Atlantic Treaty Or -
dent Nasser of the United Arab ganization and a firmly com-
Republic had seized the Suez mated. ally of the United
Canal. owned by British and States, is also a country with a
French interests but passing foreign policy of her own, suf-
through Egyptian territory, in ficiently independent to prove
July. He had also recently ac- that she is no satellite of either
quired bombers and other mili- side in the cold war. For ex-
tary equipment from the Soviet ample, Canada has shown her
Union, thus becoming a threat determination to fight against
to Israel. At the end of Clete- Communist aggression, by con-
ber Israel attacked the United tributing a brigade and a naval
Arab Republic in the Sinai force in Korea, a brigade and
Peninsula, with air support an air division to NATO forces
from Britain and France, and in Europe. But Canada con -
British ground forces were land- tinues to trade with Cuba, and
ed by the Royal Navy and took even with Communist China de -
the city of Port Said at the spite the fact there is no for -
northern end of the canaL mal diplomatic relationship be -
'hese military actions were de- tween the two countries; both
nounced not only by the Afro- these trading relations are in
Asian nations and the Soviet defiance of the policies of the
Union, but also by the United US. and of the Organization
States. Israel, Britain, a n d of American States.
France stood virtually alone in Within the past two years,
the United Nations, supported Canada's armed services have
only by Australia and New been reorganized and integrat-
Zealand. ed—that is, the three services
Canada was .under strong have been combined — to a
pressure to take one side or greater degree than those of
the other. Some Canadians felt any other country in the world.
that their government should The new weapons and weapon
back Britain, right or wrong. systems which have been or -
Others (probably a majority) dered for these integrated fore•
felt that Canada ought to sup- es give a clear indication that
port the United State' stand in future, Canadian defence pol-
against the use of force. L. B. icy will be directed more to
Pearson, then Minister of Ex- peacekeeping duty in so-called
ternal Affairs, did neither. In- "brush -fire" wars, and less to
stead he bent all his energy to- maintaining a small -sized 'Scale
ward finding a formula on which model of a great power's- arm -
the United States, Britain, ed forces. By all indications,
Prance and most of the other Canada of the future will be
rations of the World, a device even more a "Middle Power"
whereby /Made. and order could than in the past,
"EENY, MEENY, MINY, MO..."
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
November 8, 1940
An enjoyable bridge party,
under the auspices of the Ladies'
Bowling Club, was held at the
home of Mrs. L. T. DeLacey for
the purpose of raising funds to
send Christmas cheer to the
boys from Seaforth and Eg-
mondville who are overseas.
The prize winners were Mrs. T.
Swan Smith, Mrs. R. J. Sproat
and Mrs. Sydney Pullman. The
proceeds amounted to $26.
Charles Haggarty, well-known
Hullett farmer. near Constance,
had two vertebrae in his back
fractured when he fell 16 feet
from a ladder to the floor of
his barn. Retnoved to Scott
Memorial Hospital, he was plac-
ed in a cast, where he will be
confined for three months.
Tuckersmith council approv-
ed the appointment of R. Mc-
George. Chatham, as acting
township engineer, pending re-
turn from overseas of Major S.
W. Archibald.
Many friends in Seaforth and
district will join The Expositor
in extending congratulations and
best wishes to Mrs. J. C..Laid-
law, who celebrated her 91st
birthday quietly at her home on
Goderich St. West.
- The store which for many
years has been occupied by
Walker's Furniture Store has
been leased by C. W. Ironside,
of London, who will shortly
open a variety store. Mr. and
Mrs. Ironside will occupy the
DeLacey residence on, John St.
for the winter.
Airmen- from Sky Harbour
and Port Albert schools were
entertained by the Westminster
Guild of Knox Church. Gode-
rich, when president Clifford
Lowery, formerly of Seaforth.
welcomed the guests. Contribun
ing to the program was Miss
Doris Ferguson. who presented
a ,number of solos. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. J. H. Best.
Mr. J. Neilson. who has en-
listed in the Royal Canadian
Navy, was presented with a
wrist watch by his friends at a
reception at the home of Fred
Johnston. Mr. Niels -on came
from. Denmark 11 years ago
and has been night foreman in
Crich's Bakery.
William Truemner. -aged 75
years. prominent Hay Township
farmer. is dead. while his wife.
the former Mary Cook, is at
date of writing in a critical
condition, after being overcome
with gas at their home. The gas
escaped from a coal heater
which had been checked for
the night,
A large 200 -foot steel bridge.
on No. 4 Highway at the north
of Exeter. collapsed as a large
transport was crossing it. It
fell 15 feet. but no one was
hurt. It was built in 1888.
A pleasant time was spent
recently at the home of Miss
Minnie Reid, Hensel], when she
entertained a number of her
school chums and friends to a
dinner and social evening in
honor of Mrs. F. Jones, Moose
Jaw, Sask., formerly Miss Grace
Gemmell, Stanley Twp.
J. Beattie, J. G. Mullen, C.
Holmes, W. A. Wright, M. A.
Reid, J. M. Scott and Dr. E. A.
McMaster left on a hunting
trip north of Burk's Falls.
Mr. W. T. Teall, who has tak-
en over the General Motors ag-
ency here in partnership with
Scott Habkirk, will rnove his
family from Tillsonburg and
will reside in the Victoria
Apartments.
Chief Helmar Snell and Tony
Phillips are on a hunting trip
to north of Peterboro.
Mrs. J. M. Gillies, Winthrop,
entertained at a shower in hon-
or of Miss Annie Pethick, prior
to her wedding.
The wedding took place in
Brigden of Mary label Haigh
and Mr. Bruce Davidson, Ham-
ilton.
has improved immensely. New-
combe and McKay brought in
a ton in one lift, with many of
the fish weighing upwards of
20 pounds.
The smoker in aid of the Sol-
diers' Tobacco Fund, held in
the Town Hall, was one of the
most successful affairs of the
season. A good program by the
Seaforth quartette, John Beat-
tie. D. F. McGregor, George Is-
rael and James Sleeth, and solos
by W. T. Hays and D. Reid.
Rev. T. H. Brown acted as chair-
man and the proceeds were $41.
Mr. Thomas Elder and Mr. R.
Frost have erected two of the
most commodious and hand-
some residences in town.
Mr. C. L. Williams, the new
druggist in town, has been
away to Toronto looking up
new goods for his store.
Mr. James Sleeth sang a solo
in First Presbyterian Church at
the evening service which was
much appreciated and enjoyed.
We are once more called up-
on to record the demise of an-
other of the pioneer business-
men of Seaforth, in the person
of Alexander G. Ault, which
took place at Owen Sound.
The Bell Engine & Thresher
Co.. of Seaforth, have been
awarded another contract for
the manufacture of shells. It
is for 30,000 shells.
Mr. John Flannigan, St. Col-
umban, has accepted a position
in M. J. Klinkhamer's store in
Dublin.
Master Joe Murray, of Man-
ley,. who was suddenly stricken
with a severe attack of appen-
dicitis, was removed to St. Jo-
seph's Hospital, London, where
he was operated on.
Mitchell Bros.. of Manley,
have been running two thresh-
ing machines this season. Mr.
S. J. Bell has been assisting
with one machine and Mr. Kist-
ner the other.
Snell Bros.. of Constance,
have installed a 6 -horsepower
gasoline engine for their neces-
sary farm work. •
A very melancholy and fatal
accident occurred in Clinton as
the 11 o'clock train was back-
ing up telhe station, it struck
Mr. Arthur Forbes as he was
.crossing the track and killed
him instantly. Mr. Forbe's was
very deaf and shortsighted and
it is supposed he failed to see
the train.
Two auto loads of sugar beet
growers from this vicinity vis-
ited the sugar factory at Berlin
and spent the day viewing the
operations there. They were ac-
companied by Mr. Cowan.
From The Huron Expositor
October 29, 1915
A letter from Bert Dennison,
formerly of McKillop, was re-
ceived by Mr. and Mrs. James
Campbell, London, telling of
the occasion when Joe Klein,
also of McKillop, lost an arm
in the war, caused by blood
poisoning.
Trout fishing in Lake Huron
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
November 7, 1890
The other day while plowing,
Mr. James Landsborough, Tuck-
ersmith, came across an Indian
relic in the shape of a small
stone about six inches long, flat-
tened on one side and sharpen-
ed to a hard edge. It is very
hard and looks as -if it had
been used for a chisel.
Mr. John McLaughlin's sale
at Leadbury was quite success -
WICKS' WEEK
—By BEN WICKS
ful. The stock was in good con-
dition and sold at a high figure.
It is estimated that between
200- and 300 barrels of apples
have been shipped from Lead -
bury line this season.
Dr. Ewing, son of Mr. George
Ewing, of town, has been ap-
pointed physician at Pelee Is-
land.
•
Mr. Alex Gardiner, on the
14th concession of McKillop, al-
ways goes in for the very best.
He has a wether lamb which
brings down the scales a1 160
pounds, and he, recently sold a
ram lamb which weighed 170
pounds.
Notwithstanding the unfavor-
able weather and the very bad
roads, there was a large crowd
at the auction sale of Mrs. Rich -
Fd McKee in McKillop. Cows
ranged from $50 to $72; 3 -year-
old heifers from $40 to $60,
and 2 -year-old steers from $43
to po.
A large number of young peo-
ple assembled at the residence
of Mr. Hugh Gordon to enjoy
the night in a social dance.
They had intended having a day
at plowing, but the weather was
bad, so they danced. Mr. Brian
O'Hara, on the violin, supplied
the music. They danced until it
was time to go home, change
clothes and go to work.
The annual meeting of tbe
Seaforth Branch of the Upper
Canada Bible Society was held
in First Presbyterian Church.
Rev. A. D. McDonald chaired
the meeting. The following offi-
cers were appointed: Rev. A. D.
McDonald, president; Robert
Lumsden, sec.-treas.; commit-
tee. A. Strong, D. D. Wilson,
M. Y. McLean, W. M. Gray, Jno.
Beattie, T. 0. Kemp and James
Scott.
Mr. H. Happel, formerly of
the Township of Hay, but now
of Berlin, had 500 barrels of
apples delivered at the Hensall
station on Tuesday of this week.
Mr. John McIntosh, of Bruce -
field, has placed a fine pLat-
form at the. entrance of his
store.
• Mr. John Manson, Brucefield,
has sold his property to Mr.
Sam Pollock.
Mr. John Wanless' residence
at Varna has been lit up with
electric lights since Hallowe'en,
cause one of the street lamps
was moved by some of the boys
opposite his front door.
Sugar and Spice
— By Bill Smiley —
jection of the need for a father
image."
Both pint out that the capi-
talistic system is driving us in-
to a neurotic pursuit of the ma-
terialistic, that the dollar is es-
sentially an evil thing. And
both pocket, without comment,
the extra 10 bucks you slip them
on departure.
Our kid has discovered a new
system, in which you can get
along un four hours sleep at
night. This is done by sleeping
all day, which he did on the
weekend. He assured us that he
had worked out a rigid work
schedule, which begins at 7:00
a.m. daily. But a few minutes
later, he let it slip out that he
scarcely ever ate breakfast at
the dining -hall, because he slept
in.
The girl next door nearly fin-
ished off her father. He gave
her a blank cheque, the dope,
to pay her first term's fees and
residence dues, hoping he could
scrape up the second term when
it arrived. With admirable sang-
froid, she filled in the cheque
for the whole year's fees. Next
day he received a call from his
banker: He had to sell .his last
bonds to meet the overdraft."
Young Hugh is - letting his
hair grow long, has taken a
lead role in the college revue,
plays flamenco records at ear-
splitting volume and is just
busting to get in on a sit-in or
a lie -down or some other form
of civic disturbance, so he can
be arrested.
the girl next door is disgust-
ed that her mother can't read
Chaucer in the original and be-
lieves the story about Adam
and Eve. Her mom was weep-
ing when she left. With rage.
Oh, well, I guess it's all worth
it. Our grocery bill has drop-
ped by $12 a week since Hugh
left. And we'll have the last
laugh next spring, when exams
start.
That College Education
It's not until you get a son
or daughter off to college that
you learn what a simple, unso-
phisticated, reactionary, narrow-
minded, old-fashioned peasant
you really are.
He, or she, will make it all
quite clear to you on that first
weekend home from the hal-
lowed halls of learning.
Every fall, the blood pres-
sure of countless fathers sky-
rockets, the tender hearts of
hordes of loving mothers shat-
ter, when the freshman student,
beloved and cherished these 18
years, waltzes in with a bag of
dirty laundry and a swollen ego.
We've had quite a fall of it,
in our neighborhood. With a
sigh of relief, we shipped our
gawk of a boy off to one uni-
versity, and amid floods of
tears, the people next door
sent their darling daughter to
another.
Both were home last week-
end. And both sets of parents
spent the entire visit alternat-
ing with fury at the kids and
shame at their own ignorance.
There's no question about it.
A college education is a won-
derful thing. In a matter of
three or four weeks, smalltown
kids who barley staggered
through high school, and barely
knew enough, to change their
socks or blow their noses, are
transformed into pipe -smoking
playboys or dashing, desirable
women of the world. Imagine
what a whole year will do!
The boys nonchalanty toss off
a remark or two about beer
parties; the girls light up a fag
right there, while father's
frown deepens and mother's
jaw falls wider -and -wider.
The boys, with a solid basis
of three weeks' lectures in po-
litical science, curtly enlighten
their dads on the asinine politi-
cal ideas the latter have cher-
ished for 20 years.
The girls, secure in their
three weeks of psychology, put
their mothers into shock with
casual comments on the neces-
sity of a full sex life before
marriage.
Both explain kindly to the old
folks not only that all's wrong
in the world, but also that God
is no longer in His heaven. In
fact, He isn't anywhere. He's
just a "anthropomorphic pro -
Smiles ...
Kindly old 'gentleman to small
boy coming a load of newspa-
pers under his arm: "Don't all
those papers make you tired,
my lad?"
"Naw," replied the boy. "I
don't read 'em."
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