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SEAFORT-HI, ONTARIO, JULY 19, 1962'
Are Election Campaigns Too Long?
The long and costly election cam-
paign which Canadians have recently
been involved in, and the probability
that before too long there may be any
other campaign, prompts enquiry as to
whether action should be taken to
shorten the period of active campaign-
ing.
First step, probably, in providing for
a shorter campaign,, is a change in the
Election Act that requires enumera-
tion to be completed 49 days before
election day. Add to this the time nec-
essary to gather the names and you
now have a minimum period of nearly
two months.
The- answer perhaps might be the
maintenance of a permanent list of
qualified electors which would be re-
vised each year in the same manner as
municipal lists are revised. Provision
for the inclusion of newcomers to a
riding on the .lists could be written into
the Act so that every qualified elector
would be assured of a vote. -
The argument that such an arrange-
ment could result in the denial of a
ballot to persons entitled t vote, or the
opening of the lists to an xtent to en-
courage improper voting is hardly val-
id. Under the present stringent regu-
lations, many voters find that their °
names • are omitted from 'the lists ; de-
spite the costly enumeration process;
Dominion Day
(Exeter Times -Advocate)
The lack of recognition of Dominion
Day continues to concern us. Nothing
was done 'in this area to indicate it was
our national birthday. Our apathy to -
award this day is appalling.
We have a suggestion which might
work. It's obvious that it;would be im-
practical for every town to put on. a
celebration each year. Let's move " it
around on a county basis. A county
council committee could establish the
framework for a celebration to be held
in a different town each year.
There could be a sports pr9gram with
competitions for. county'thKm:pionships
in track and field, tugs -of -war, ball
tournaments, band competition, ama-
teur talent contest, fireworks, and so on.
We'd like to,see the proposal discuss-
ed at the next county council meeting.
too, in larger centres particularly, there
is no assurance that only those entitled
to a vote actually do vote.
Certainly the only way in which the
electorate can become informed is to
hear from the candidates and their
leaders a discussion of the issues, either
in person, or by the press, or by TV .
and radio. T ' do this requires time,
but n t e time the law now allows.
There was a time before mass com- •
munication and present-day transpor-
tation was upon us when leaders
could do little more than cross 'the
country in the campaign period, and
when candidates had difficulty in visit-
ing each of the polls in their" ridings.
But today conditions have changed.
TV, particularly, has resulted in a
saturation of discussion which by its
mere repetition has the effect of dis-
couraging a voter, rather than inform-
ing him. It opens the -way, too,, to dema-
gogic appeals which, while they ap-
pear to gain results in the short run,
contribute nothing 'to the democratic •
process, nor to an orderly considera-
tion of the problems -we face and deci-0
sions which we, as electors, must make.
While some means undoubtedly can
be found to shorten the period in which\
wide open campaigning takes place,
once an election has been announced
we suspect little can be done to curtail
the vote -getting activities of those lead-
ers and members who look upon their
election as being little more than an
invitation to begin their next cam-
paign.
Sensible Conservat' n
The .other day Dr. Charle rankel,
professor of philosophy at Columbia
University, made a nice case for sen-
sible conservatism as .a defen a against
the liberal who wants change for the
sake of change.
He noted that •the "man who likes
everything that is new has probably
never liked anything deeply or firmly."
Plainly, he sees a big place for those
who do care. - -
By the same tok`n, there is ample
room for sane liberals who apply the
spur to society and stanf out against
those who think conservatism means no
motion.—St. Thomas Tinies-Journal.
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KNOW YOUR CANADA
Who first discovered the
Bay of Fundy according to
legend?
The Earl of Orkney, a Bri-
tish sea -rover, in 1;398, if
popular legend is based on
fact.
* * *
Where does Robin Red-
breast live in Canada? '
In every province without ex-
ception and as far north as
trees grow. The North Ameri-
can robin is actually a large
thrush. The real .robin, a bird
of the Old World, is smaller.
* * *
What is the special ad-
vantage of Rimouski, Que-
bec? ,.
This lumbering town 180
miles downstream from Quebec
City •has the only deep -Water
porton the south shore of the
St. Lawrence River. Once en-
tirely dependent on the forest
industries, it is now an impor-
• tent manufacturing centre.
* * *
Where are the Riding
' Mountains?
About 45 miles west of Lake
Manitoba. The general level of
these upland areas is about
2,000 feet. The surface is rough
and hilly, with many small
lakes occupying depressions
made by the glaciers of long
ago. Riding Mountain National
Park surrounds the highest
point in the chain.
When did Canadian Ice-
landers run their o w n
State?
In 1878 and fo short time
thereafter. Sefaal Icelandic
settlements, known as New Ise -
land, were established west of,
Lake Winnipeg In 1875. New
Iceland was then in th 'North -
'est Terriittries and goveined
itself according to .its own eon-
stitiitt*n *Ohl tij). iti .at$i8
They had their .own Icelandic -
language newspaper as well. To-
day the village where the news-
paper was published has be-
come Riverton, Manitoba. °
* * *
What cooks in the ovens
of Riverport, N.S.? ...
Just cold white water. The
Ovens are a group of large
caves, worn into the cliffs of
Riverport by the sea. 'The big-
gest cave is 18 feet high and 40
feet deep. In stormy weather
the boom of the surf in the
caves is like that of guns. Riv-
erport is in Lunenburg Coun-
4
ty, about 10 miles from Bridges,
water.
* * *
When did Eliza Ritchie's
dreams come true?
This leading feminist and ed-
ucator of the Maritimes became
a founder of the Nova Scotia
Equal Franchise League in the
springy of 1917. Within a year
it gained its objective of votes
for women. In • the fpllowing
year she became the 'first wo-
man governor of Dalhouse Uni-
versity: Her life had many high
points in the field of education
and letters, but none to equal
the tf•iumphs of 1917, 18 and 19.
ZOOKIE ALWAYS
INSISTS THAT
WE GO OUT
WITH AT
LEAST THREE
OTHER
COUPLES.
BUT, CREEPS, DOESN'T
THAT COST HIM A
FORTUNE?
;
HE NEVER GETS
THE CHECK,
SILLY-- t---''
wie eg,h
.445.,
•
"Coochy — Coochy — Coo!"
A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"'
• OTTAWA — Three dates,
three complex continuing ev-
ents, have disturbed the easy
confidence in Canadian life in
the past month.
June -8—In the general elec-
tion, Canadians stripped Prime
Minister Diefenbaker of his re-
cord majority, leaving him
leader of a shaky minority Gov-
ernment.
June 24 — The nation was
brought to earth with °a jolt by
announcemenof an austerity
program, a belt -tightening na-
tional effort contrasting sharp-
ly with the prosperity • refrain
of the election campaign.
July 1—Saskatchewan doctors
cut off all but free, emergency
service in protest against the
Provincial Government's com-
prehensive medical care pro-
gram.
These three turbulent events
put Canada on the front pages
of many of the world's news-
papers. Theyyreflect, in a larger
sense, a vague uneasiness both
arhame and abroad with Can-
ada's response . to problems of
1962 and ,beyond.
Of these three events, perhaps
the Saskatchewan trouble, which
is• far from being merely a pro-
vincial matter, will shatter the
Canadian composure most thor-
oughly.
The others are important, of
course, but they do not con-
tain the seeds of serious and
perhaps violent conflict, as the
Saskatchewan experiment did.
The Saskatchewan situation
rapidly became a national con-
cern, with dangerous elements
of demagogy, "threats of vio-
lence, professional pride, and
prejudice, law -breaking, crude
pressures, and division of the
public into apparently uncom-
promising camps.
This conflict is of baic im-
portance to all Canadians, be-
cause a Federal Government
role in medical service on al
national basis 'is practically in-
evitable.
There are still people who
mouth meaningless 'phrases
about "socialized medicine" and
"creeping socialism." They are
meaningless phrases because
the concept of a Government
role in helping provide good
medical standards for all citi-
zens is accepted throughout the
western world,- with the excep-
tion of the United . States and
Canada.
And in these two countries,
in -Canada at least, some form
of Government role is on its
way. A 'Royal Commission is
studying the possibilities now
and so are health department
officials.
Those who are traditionally
opposed to this type of Govern-
ment intervention,, and those in
favor of it, both recognized Sas-
katchewan as a test case, a
pilot project.
The Canadian and American
Medical Associations, labor un-
ions, business organizations, as
well as Governments, saw it as
an opportunity to test their wea-
pons, sharpen tbkir arguments,
plan their" 1ainpaigris . for later
fights in Canada and the United
States.
So Saskatchewan became a
grim battleground. The outcome
of the battle may considerably
influence the kind of medical
service Canadians in other Pro-
vinces will be offered in the
next few years.
- The basic idea is simple ..en-
ough. The Government (any
Government) can sponsor medi-
cal services for its people.; Th -
doctors ean provide those serv-
ices without loss of freedom or
lowering of standards. This can
be done, and has been done,
elsewhere.
But the Saskatchewan scheme
is breaking fairly new ground
in Canada—ground that was
broken •in many other countries
15 to 50 ..years ago. There is
something ahnost archaic in the
Saskatchewan struggle, a feel-
ing that the doctors and their
Suliportera tntrst eventually be
swamped by a world tide.
It comes as a shock to many
citizens of other countries to
learn that Canada, with its
vaunted standard of living, has
not accepted the use of co-op-
erative, Government -run health
scheme to provide for the needs
of all without discrimination.
This is a widely -held • idea
now, and there is nothing in
Canada's past to suggest it will
not be accepted here. After all,
each Province now has a Gov-
ernment -supported hospitaliza-
tion plan.
But in Saskatchewan, a bat-
tle of principle is being fought
for the benefit, or to the detri-
ment, of alt Canadians, and per-
haps Americans.
The violently opposed fac-
tions, election slogans, distrust,
and sheer clumsiness created an
impasse. The doctors, highly -re-
spected, professionals, in refus-
ing to work under the medical
care program, openly defied the
civil authority. They became
outlaws.
Their reiterated demand for
a suspension of 'the act before
negotiations could be continued
was -an attempt .by a minority
group to. thwart the procedures
of constitutional Government.
On the other hand, the Gdv-
ernment passed its legislation
with far from adequate consul-
tation with the doctors. Ele-
ments of compulsion in the act
were softened by regulations
later, but too late to melt away
the pride and prejudice which
months of mounting suspicion
deposited in that prairie prov-
ince. _.. _..
There was an element of un-
seemly haste in the way for-
mer Premier Tommy Douglas
(with only 41% of the popular
vote behind' - his Government)
rushed through an Act he knew
the doctors were deeply oppos-
ed
pposed to, only to rush off, leaving
the job undone, to become pa-
tional Leader of the New Demo=
eratic Party, hoping to present
himself to the national elector-
ate . as the White Knight of
medical care for all. There is
something in the view that a
socialist leader is the last one
to bring the Government into
medicine. The problem is that
motives can be deeply suspect,
and there 'is no question but
that ,many people, not only doc-
tors, feel Douglas' hasty per-
formance was politically motiv-
ated to give hima boost in his
new role as National Leader of
the New Democratic Party. '
Both the doctors and the Gov-
ernment are fighting for impor-
tant principles. The doctors
want the right .to work on their
own, to treat patients aeCerd-
ing to their own best talen
to set a value on their own
services.
The Government wants to pro-
vide high standards of medical
care for all citizens, and wants
to uphold the civil, authority:
These principles are not mu-
tually exclusive, - but they have
become so in the tense, emo-
tional jungle of Medicare. The
unfortunate thing is that in all
the high-minded talk of prin-
ciple no one seems to have giv-
en much thought to the m9st
important person in the whole
drama — the ordinary citizen,
his health and even his" fife.
IRE DAISY FAMILY
THIS SALAD HOWL
HAS SEEN BETTER.
DAYS- I'M &OMmem
THROW IrourAND
GET A NEW ONE
DON'T THROW
IT OUT- I CAN
USE THAT OLD
WOODEN BOWL
TO MAKE AN
NUSUALPIECE OF
FURNITURE FOR YOU
IN THE YEARS AGONE-.
Interesting items gleaned from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
July 16, T937
The intersection of Main St.
and No. 8 Highway was turned
into an apiary Wednesday eve-
ning as a large swhrnnl of bees
took up residence in a tree -bor-
dering the corner in front of
the , Queen's Hotel. • David
Leitch, Egnnondville apiarist,
housed the warm.
Mr. F. S, Savauge brought in-
to The Huron Expositor office
on Thursday a number of Chin-
ese cherries grown in his own
garden.
An increase of more than 300
per cent from $710 to $2,449, is
shown in Huron County police
court fines for the first six
months of this year as com-
pared with the same period in
1936, according to figures re-
leased from the county police
office this levee k.
A number rom this vicinity
were at Clinton on Monday
celebrating the Orange Walk.
W. E. and Mac Southgate,
and Friel, Douglas and Roily
Stewart are spending two weeks
holidays at Bayfield.
Mr. H. E. Smith is erecting
a new verandah at his home on
John Street.
Miss A. M. Knechtel is en-
joying a two -weeks' holiday at
Boston and New York 'in com-
pany with a motor party from
Kitchener. ..
From The Huron Expositor
July 19, 1912
The change in temperature
Monday about noon was a very
agr eable one, with the atmos -
ph re being so dense it was
difficult to breathe.
Mr. H. Edge has disposed of
his residence in the north ward,
now occupied by George Pat-
terson, to Mrs. Burke, for the
sum of $1,050. •
Mr. George -Chesney is having
lightning rods placed on his
residence on Goderich" Street,
which was struck by lightning
a couple of weeks ago.
The hay crop in this vicinity
is light this year and by pres-
ent appearances there will not
be a super abundance of feed,'
although the fall wheat promis-
es well.
Three sinall boys were found
on the' banks of the Munoskong
at Sterlingville, Michigan, hav-
ing been drowned. T1i'e boys
were the 'sons of Mr. and Mrs.
William Hill, and one the son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Hill,
formerly of, Kinburn.
Fall wheat -is selling from $1
to $1.05 per bushel at the Sea -
forth market this week,. while
oats are selling at 50c and bar-
ley at 75c to 90c.
11y REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
CURSES LIKE FOWLS
derating throughout the his-
tory of mankind, there is seen
in effect the law of reciprocity,
by which a man's deeds whe-
ther good or bad are returned
upon his own head. And there
are many examples 1f this op-
eration that we have known
from childhood. The great Es-
sayist has given many expres-
sions of this Iaw such as "Harm
watch, harm catch" and "Curses
always return upon the head of
him -who imprecates them."
In the past of our Country,
vast. flocks of passenger pigeons
almost- darkened the skies of
woodlands where they flourish-
ed, and returning at dusk to
their accustomed roosts, were
slaughtered in such numbers
that . they- became extinct. This
saga of wing creatures may il-
lust ate, in a way, the opera-
tio of imprecated curses that
ret rn to their roost in dire de-
s ction.
We can easily surmise that
curses like fowls fly home to
roost because a man who curs-
es others naturally becomes an
object of dislike and loathing.
But the law of reciprocity has
another side Jay which it returns
a man's good deeds upon his
head. "Cast thy bread upon
the waters; thou shalt find it
after' many days."
Just a Thought:,
The easiest way to buy trou•
ble is to believe that we can
take care of problems and re;
sponsibilities by 'merely. 'pre-
tending 'that they do not exist.
IN LLOYD BIRMINGHAM
• ' CAD MAGE AN ALL-PURPOSE .
""BOWL TABLE..USE AS PLANTER
FOR MAC42n4E5, MAT/ETC.
SAND DAD
VSARNI DED
BOWL --1
FOR. LEGA
USE 4b
DOWELING111
OR DIS- .
CARDED
L>g
'411,11EGS AttD
DRILLED
Fi0L6S
From The Huron Expositor
July 22, 1867
All the boys in Blyth are find-
ing employment at A. W.
Sloan's pulling' flax. There are
between 30 and, 40 pulling ev-
ery day.
The young ladies who visited
Goderich to celebrate the Bat-
tle of the Boyne are a little
ruffled over a fine looking wo-
man, with a little girl by her
side, perambulating the streets
shouting, "I'm looking for a
man." The young ladies think
she should not have' let the
gren 'uns know that the fan.
sex were so soft.
An interesting event is spok-
en of to take place on Fairview
Driving Park, Seaforth, next
Saturday afternoon. It is a
trial of speed between Mr.
Whiteley's "Lord Dufferin" and
Messrs. Donovan and Forbes
"St. Thomas Boy," for $50.00 a
side. This race, if it comes- off,
will cause considerable excite-
ment in local sporting circles,
as both horses are general fav-
orites-.
Just a few random thoughts
this week. After all, you can't
expect a fellow to turn out the
deep, thoughtful stuff that us-
ually appears in this space,
when he's on his holidays..
Holidays, he says. What is
there about a relaxed -looking
man that brings out the con-
struction foreman in every wo-
man? I haven't been so busy
since I worked the midnight to
noon shift on the lake boats,
twenty years ago. •4 put the
lawn chair out in the morning,
and never get near it again un-
til it's time to put it away at
night.
* * *
Everytime I• turn around, the
old lady shoves a dishcloth, a
grocery . list or ,a rake into my
hand. Every time I stick my
nose out the door the kids
descend on me, waving swim-
mi6g,,,,ti;.ts,;, adminton racquets
'bit cans of firms. Have you
tried a zippy game of badmin-
ton with a 14 -year-old in the
noonday sun lately, Mac? Try
it, and join me in the coronary
ward.
And then there's the" per-
petual weeding. My wjf ut in
some vegetables- this fear, and
you'd swear that dismal` little
plot was the Garden o en,
the way she watches ' . Some
puny weed dares sic is head
up among her - s ve potato
Plants and you'd thi, it was
a rattlesnake at.a Sunday school
picnic, the way she goes, after
it.
* * *
I knew the whole thing was
a mistake in the first place, and
I told her so, when she was
spading it up, but she paid no
heed...So I let her do the weed-
ing in the garden, and I handle
the weading in the bathwoom.
..Another great time -consumer
is the guest . list. We gperid-
hours trying to fit people in.
When you live in vacation coun-
try, as we do, this is just part
of the annual summer deal. But
it's rather alarming when you
begin counting the number of
people who are coming to visit
you, and discover yod're going
to have a bigger turnover than -
the nearest resort hotel.
Right now, we're booked sol-
id through•July, and have only
a few vacancies in August. The
kids haven't .slept in their own
beds for so long they feel, look
and act like vagrants. I'm never
quite sure what woman is go-
ing to be getting breakfast
when .I come 'down in the morn-
ing.
There have been two novel
and pleasant pastimes for the
family this summer, however.
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley
In both of them we're about
ten years behind the rest of
the country, but that's the way
we seem to operate in our fam-
ily. We're so busy trying- to
keep up with the Smileys that
we haven't time even to look
around for the Joneses, let.
alone keep up with them,
* * *0-0
The first of our new activi-
ties is outdoor cooking. A few
years ago we received a free
barbecue set for buying ten gal-
lons of gas, or `something. 'We
hadn't seen it 'ince, but un-
earthed it while T was looking
for my waders a few weeks
back. It's about -I8 inches high
and ten in diameter, so we don't
go in for roasting oxen, but
have tried »tit everything
else,
You should see the little fam-
ily gathered for the evening
ceremony. We don't fool around
with those barbecue starters
that you squirt on the charcoal.
Father just- throws some gaso-
line on it. Then he heaves a
match toward it, and everybody
hits the deck. Not one of the
family has bee blown up yet,
our charcoal burns with a
clear, pure flame, and ,it gives
the food a.certain exotic flavor.
*.* *
What we like about it is that
it saves us from having a big
pile of dishes to do. One of
these days, if I put too much
gas on it, it's going to save us
the trouble of eating, too. How-
ever, the saving on dishes is
dissipated during our other
nocturnal dalliance, which is
watching television.
We finally bought a set last
fall, probably the third Iast
family in Canada to own one.
But normally we're all too busy
to watch the thing. Now we
watch everything. Most people
are sore -because there's noth-
ing on in the summer except
re -runs, but it doesn't bother
us.. We didn't see any of them
the' first time they appeared.
The • are only two draw -
to this. Watching • the
ox makes us all hungry. By.
the time the late movie is over,
every dish in the house is in
the TV room, and dirty. The
second disadvantage is that my
wife falls asleep in the middle j -
of a dandy western, and knocks-'
off about two hours, in her
chair, before we turn off the
set. Then she lurches off to
bed—and can't sleep a wink.
Combine a roomful of dirty
dishes and fin exhausted, owly
W mat}, and you'll understand
why my morning beauty sleep
is rudely shattered, day after
day. ,
IIALF PAST TEEN
NOW THE DEER L/ES WOUNDED
- ON THE'FO/C'EST FLOOR.., SO
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