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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-03-28, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the Community First 'Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor o•'t E D q Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association i ABC O `Audit Bureau of Circulation - Subscription Rates: .. Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year U L SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 28, 1963 This is the Overriding Issue (An editorial in the Globe and Mail) The most important issue in this election is Canada's need of a stable. government with a sufficient majority to come to grips with the serious eco- nomic problems that face the country. Compared with this need, all other is- sues pale into insignificance: Indeed, unless, we can elect a government that can restore stability and create the climate for economic expansion, few of the other issues raised in the campaign will be capable of solution. The only party that holds a reason able hope of achieving a 'majority is the Liberal Party. Across the country the consensus of polls and political observers is that the Conservative Party cannot .expect to better its position. The same observ- ers believe that the position of the Lib- erals will be improved, the extent of the improvement depending entirely on how many votes are wasted on the splinter parties. It is always possible, ' of course, that coalitions might be formed, but coalitions are unhealthy expedients at best. This election would not have been necessary if the Diefenbaker Govern- ment had been doing what needed to be done. Nothing in the Conservative campaign has indicated any reawaken- ing of the Government's responsibility in this regard. Mr. Diefenbaker has played the martyr, indulged in histrion- ics, and tampered with- the truth. He has seemed to view the election mere- ly as an opportunity for the country to vindicate Mr. Diefenbaker against his critics.+ No question of Mr. Difenbak- er's serving the country appears to have entered his head. The, campaign conducted by Liberal Leader Lester Pearson has been far different, not only from that conducted by the Conservatives, but from that which he himself conducted in 1962. He seems to have put his former ad- visers behind him and made up his own mind on a program that he could live with if he became Prime.; Minister. The advocates of the political giveaway are still with him In the party, and he him- self has accepted some parts of the Lib- eral manifesto of 1962. But he has pledged himself to put first things first. In this day, when human values are beginning to assume their rightful place, no sensible individual and no. wise political leader is going to reject necessary social reforms. We are all agreed that these are desirable; the. matter is not an issue. What is an is- sue is the time and the manner in which we shall provide these programs. In the strained economic conditions that exist in Canada today they cannot be bought . on credit. They must be earn- ed. We shall get them if, as and when we can afford them. This is what' Mr. Pearson has pledg- ed himself to do: First, to initiate a programa to stimulate and expand the economy; Second, when there are pro- fits from this stimulated and expanded economy, to use those profits to buy a better life for the people of Canada. But if Canada is to be set upon this hopeful highway, it is first necessary that we elect a stable government with a working majority. That we will do so seems, at this stage, to be in doubt. It should not be, We hope that „Cana- dian voters will examine the facts calm- ly, sensibly, and vote accordingly. Those who voted Conservative in past elections should find it no philo- sophical problem to vote Liberal in this election. It has been a long time since there has been any philosophical differ- ence between the two parties. This has been one of the voter's problems, there has been little to choose between them except in the character of the leader- ship. And in this election Mr. Diefen- baker has simplified the choice by ig- noring the realities to which Mr. Pear- son has returned. We have been without government. We must have government. This is the overriding issue which faces us on April 8. We can resolve it only by elect- ing the Liberal Party with a working majority. 'IN THE YEARS AGONE - Interesting items gleaned from The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor March 30, 1888 Saturday morning last was the coldest of the season, the thermometer being 25 degrees below at seven o'clock in the morning. The Beaver Lacrosse Club held their annual meeting on Wednesday. The club elected W. 0. Reid as honorary presi- dent. The North American Banking Co. opened for business Thurs- day. Mr. John Yeo, Turnberry, has captured 17 foxes this winter, out of 17 runs. Mr. Gregor McGowan, East Wawanosh, sold a yoke of oxen to Mr. Watson, which tipped the scales at 4,000 pounds. * * From The Huron Expositor March 28, 1913 Considerable damage was done by the wind storm on Fri- day. George Turner and Whit Crich, Tuckersmith, and many others had part of their barn roofs taken off. The roof at the Turners' Church was partly UALFIA.X itEti NO -60803 SHOE LACES ARENA' T/ED TOGETHER. HES PRACT/C/NG THE 505ANOVA/ / blown off. Mr. W. R. Neale, publisher of the Seaforth News, who has purchased the Oxford Tribune, Ingersoll, intends moving there shortly. Mr. Alex Lowery has re- moved from Main St., and now occupies his own residence south of the railway, The Fire Brigade Benefit will present "Alice in Wonderland" 'in Cardno's Hall in the near future when 150 of Seaforth's acting and singing talent will take part. During the storm Friday, a chimney on the Beattie Block was blown over onto the roof and when Mr. Beattie examin- ed the break, did not notice a hole in the roof and when the rains came down the following Sunday, it proved rather serious to the living rooms, as the rain ran into the office of Mr. John Rankin below. From The Huron Expositor March 25, 1938 'Mr. James Robb gathered some parsnips from his garden this week that measured tivo feet, nine inches in length. They had been in the ground all win- ter. A warm, summer-like sun on Tuesday 'raised the thermo- meter to 73° and all over town signs of the unusual weather were in evidence. Some thirty candidates wrote examinations at the Collegiate Tuesday night to qualify for their certificates as motor mech- anics. Under new Ontario labor laws, all motor mechanics must be licensed and have certifi- cates to show they are cap- able of working on cars. As an indication of the ser- vice .radio amateurs render the public, Mr. John Scott showed this office a radiogram which 'he had received from his daugh- ter in Saskatchewan. Deposits of Seaforth school children at the end of Febru- ary of $158.50 over the same period in 1937. 24 0/ WA Weekei "I'm sure you'll be considered just as good a citizen if you stick to golf and forget about touch football." A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT OTTAWA—If all the people who have attended political meetings during this campaign were added together the total would not amount to a very significant percentage of the total voters. In the age of television, the old-style whistlestop and politi- cal stump is far from the most efficient way of getting your message to the most people. Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Liberal Leader Pearson, neither of them exactly a beard- less youth, must be sometimes tempted to forego the punish- ment of the long political cam- paign tour and sit at home, reaching vast numbers o f people in short television broadcasts. Not that public meetings and appearances are without value, of course, and not that the pub- lic meetings of this campaign haven't been successful. Mr. Diefenbaker is drawing overflow crowds nearly every- where. So is Mr. Pearson. Social Credit Leader Thompson hasn't been doing so well, but -his de- puty leader, Real Caouette, has been packing them in all over Quebec. And New Democratic Party leader Douglas has been getting good .crowds. The meetings have been good. No question of that. So good, in fact that reporters covering the campaigns often get the distinct impression that the party they happen to be travelling with at the moment is the one that's going to win the election. They come in droves, they listen, they app 1 a u d, they heckle, they ask questions. What is missing — and only Prime Minister Defenbaker misses this because he is the only one that had it before—is the surge of unreserved en- thusiasm; the totally committed voice of joy and loyalty. The only one who's getting the kind of reaction with any regularity at all is Real Caouette in Quebec. At other. meetings, the party claque, ready to start the applause at all appropriate places, is much in evidence. The crowd sentiment through out the campaign has been dif- ficult to assess. Why are they there? Why are they so often silent and thoughtful? Are they party faithfuls? Or are they just curious and seeking answers? These are the questions that Mr. Diefenbaker' might be put- ting to himself, though there ' is no evidence that he is. Publicly at least he chooses to hail his crowd as evidence of a new sweep, a mounting tide of sup. port which will bring him back to victory. Almost everyone who attends his meetings regularly and ob- jectively believes this. The question of just how closely these audiences re- semble the much larger per- centage of voters who stay away, is one that affects the Prime Minister most crucially, since he has the most to lose. 1 Mr. Pearson, on the other hand, has been getting good crowds, but his basic message is so simple, and so potent, that there is a feeling the message got through long ago, and that most people don't have to go THE HANDY FAMILY VAGUE) YOU DIDN'T THROW OUT THESECID 81 AMD ES TO MAKi ETRE YOUR. TRELLIS out to meetings to hear it. The .message, of course, is the need for stable Government. There is every evidence it is an impelling message. If this can- not overcome the electorate's reluctance to give their hearts and their votes to Pearson, then nothing can. But for Mr. Diefenbaker, it is a different story. He really has no message left. He has sharpened and tailored a biting attack on the Liberals for par- liamentary obstruction which is simply not true. But he makes it sound true, and how should the ordinary' voter know other- wise. • He is painting himself as a latter day Messiah, surrounded by enemies, broke and em- battled . . . but still fighting. Therein lies much of his appeal. There he is on the platform, proud and fighting, a man who really had no right to expect to be able to stand there, a man who was plotted -against by his own ministers, who was defeat- ed' by majority votes in Parlia- ment, the man who was forced into austerity, who bungled job after job as Prime Minister. Yet there he is, with his half- truth tales of Liberal obstruc- tion, with his sly anti -American- ism, raging aginst the elements which beseige him from all sides. It's a picture that palls quick- ly on those who follow him from meeting to meeting. But it's a stirring sight to many who see him only once or twice. . He does get cheers, he does. get shouders to cry on. But will he get the votes? That of course is the purpose of the whole exercise. And ob- servers who have watched him, and watched his crowds, are far from convinced that he will get. the votes. There was the lady in Guelph, for -example, who listenbd to his whole speech, then shouted from the balcony: "Mr. Diefen- baker, you're doing precisely what you say the others . are doing." There was the man in Kitchener who turned away in the middle of a Diefenbaker speech and said in a loud voice, "augh, he disgusts me." And there are the hundreds in every crowd who. sit silently, .uncom'mitted and unconvinced. They came out to see this man, of course. He is still a sight to behold. But many of them don't like him, and many do not be- lieve him. In that vast crowd in the Winnipeg audtorium near the beginning of the campaign, for example, at least 'half were not with him. He still speaks of that meeting, "where they bat- tered down the doors to get in," in glowing terms. But he misread that crowd. That was plain from the groan of disgust which went up when he told them, "they say I am too much concerned with the common man." In the midst of this campaign, there is really only one definite thing that can be said about the crowds. They are big, they are listening, they are thinking. But if John Diefenbaker or anyone else thinks he can tak a 1963 Canadian for granted, the shocks on April 8 may be even bigger than expected. BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM DAD MADE A TREWS FROM /HE BROOM HANDLES... CUT HANDLES TO DESIRED LENGTH mac_ u PIECES rf 1 TO DESIRED HEIGHTHEIGHT WIoxxW44 `fw f ,:t.. "* ' w• . DRi a 11dHfhY SECTION To the Edit'o A Program For More Jobs Dear Sir: The great challenge in the next few years is the -need to provide jobs for those who haven't got them now and for the hundreds of thousands of students who will be graduating from our schools and universi- ties. There is no easy solution to this problem. Higher tariffs are not the answer. Free trade is not the answer. What js requir- ed is a hard-headed pragmatic approach, industry by industry. This in brief outline is the Lib- eral Party's program: 1.—First of all we must strengthen and encourage sec- ondary manufactureing indus- try in Canada. A Department of Industry will be established at Ottawa to work out, industry by industry, ways of producing more goods in Canada either for export or the domestic mar- ket. It will do this with the help of, management and the trade unions concerned. 2.—Our problems must be ex- amined and dealt with region- ally as well as nationally. If a T tberal Government is elected this will be done through a federal agency for area devel- opment. This agency will be re- sponsible for seeing that spe- cial consideration is given in all plans for economic expan- sion to those parts, of the coun- try that are in trouble. 3.—A new Liberal Govern- ment will establish a Munici- pal Development and Loan Fund. With the approval of the provinces concerned, its purpose will be to provide the munici- palities with funds at moderate rates of interest so that they may get ahead with needed public works and services. This is greatly preferable to keeping people on relief. And in the long run, it probably will not cost as much. 4.—Fourthly, ' there is t h e problem of providing capital for new 'developments and for the expansion of existing plants. Where this can be done by pri- vate sources in the usual way, it will be so much the better. But when this proves to be im- possible for one reason or an- other, then an alternative must be found. For this purpose, a National Development Corpora- tion will be created by a new Liberal Government which will assist in the expansion of all kinds of productive industry. 5.—New discoveries and new technology can greatly benefit the human race but such devel- opment means that some indus- tries become obsolescent. As a result, some people lose their jobs. Many others become fear- ful because their jobs may be less secure than they once were. After the war, tremendous ef- forts were made to train and re-train people for jobs in civi- lian life. The same thing is needed now. 6.—Finally, a new- Liberal 'Government will work with oth- er countries of the free world— including our. friends in Britain and in the United States—in seeking ways to expand trade. This is essential for . a great trading nation like ours in which one out of every five Can- adians is dependent on' exports for his job. These are six points in a com- prehensive program for the ex- pansion of Canadian industry and the provision 'of more jobs. One more ingredient should be added to make this program effective. And that is a govern- ment that know where it is go- ing; is prepared to make deci- sions and has enough drive and energy to press its policies through to a conclusion. A Lib- eral Government with Mr. Pear- son at its head will be that kind of government. Yours sincerely, WALTER L. GORDON OPP. Releases Area Statistics The following highway traffic statistics for February were re- leased this week by OPP Con- stable Al Bowering, of the Sea - forth detachment. The first col- lumn represents District 6, com- prised of Perth, Waterloo, Wel- lington, Grey, Bruce and Huron Counties, while outside column in brackets represents the Pro- vince: Motor vehicle accidents, 298 (2,207); fatal accidents, 2 (40); persons killed, 3 (43); persons injured, 90 (812); vehicles checked, 1,613 (30,277); warn- ings issued,' 633 (14,801 ; charges preferred, 448 (6,008); registration and permits, Part 2, HTA, 19 (359)-; licences, op- erators', chauffeurs' and instruc- tors', Part 3, HTA, 25 (275); gar- age' and storage licenses, Part 4, HTA, 3 (9); defective equip- ment, Part 5, HTA, 71 (879); weight, load and size, Part 6, HTA, 11 (196); rate of speed, Part 7, HTA, 156 (2,172); rules of the road, Part 8, HTA, 108 (1,483); careless driving, Sec. 60, HTA, 25 (313); fail to report accident, Sec. 143, HTA, 2 (34); fail to remain at scene, Sec. 143 (a), HTA, 1 (12); other charges, 0 (32); criminal negli- gence, Sec. 221 C. Code, 0 (3); dangerous driving, Sec. 221 (4), C. Code, 1 (14); fail to remain at scene, Se. 221 (2) C. Code, 6, (32); drive while intoxicated, Sec. 222, C. Code, 3 (41); abil• ity impaired, Sec. 223, C. Code, 12 (113); drive while prohibited, See. 2250 C. Code, 5 (41); ani - fern/ strength, 146 (1;960). There's nothing quite as de- stroying as being torn between two women. Some fellows are ripped asunder by a wife pull- ing in one direction, a mother hauling in the other. Other chaps are split down the middle by the big decision; should I marry Mabel, who is good, kind, sweet, homely, dull and crazy about me; or should I run after Torso, who is bad, cruel, mean, eye-popping, ex- citing, and couldn't care less if' I dropped dead? I remember one time when "'ng, about 18. It may be har% to blieve, for those who know me now, but that was the year I had two girls keen on me. At 41,,. game time, I was prett• fond of both.` One was sweet and innocent. The other was a red -head with a wicked shape. * * * I don't know how it happened, but by some miracle of mis- management, I made a date with both girls for the same night, same time. When I re- alized the pickle I was in, I knew that each would be fur- ious if I 'stepped out with the other one. So I took the sen- sible, cowardly way out, stood them both up, and went to a country dance with the boys. Both girls recovered from the blow with amazing speed and eventually had the good sense to marry somebody with some guts. It is only we cowards who get into these jams. And I'm in one right now. This time, my wife and daughter are tearing me in two. Theyre worse than poli- ticians. Each bends my ear with intensity when the other isn't around, trying to persuade, bribe or inveigle me into join- ing her side. It's all over those crazy, kit- tens. Four more arrived two days ago. It's the fourth batch in two years. Our cat, needless to say, is a real sex -pot. The first batch was an event. The kids witnessed the wonders of birth. There was tremendous excitement. The kittens were nourished and cherished. The maw was fed dainties. I bought cigars. When the kittens were wean- ed, I had a talk with my daugh- ter. She wept, but agreed that we might have a problem if we kept them all. I put an ad in the paper. It was on a pretty lofty tone. demanding a good home, -suggesting that nothing but the best would do. We got rid of them all, easily. * * * Next time around, a little of the gloss had worn' off. It' took two ads in the paper, to get rid of onlyy two kittens. Finally, a little boy turned up. He wanted only one, but I told him they were inseparable twins, bullied him, threatened him, cajoled him, and finally, he took them, when I gave him half a dollar apiece. The third batch brought ulti- matums from the Old Battle- axe. And I don't blame her much. Have .you ever tried to get dinner with four mewling little beasts tottering about un- derfoot, widdling on the floor at every step? Even... their own mother, became fed up with the grocery -gutted little punks, who gave her never a moment's rest. Three ads in the paper pro' duced one reluctant customer. My sister came to visit, and, her normal good sense destroy- ed by a pre -dinner martini, in which I craftily tripled every- thing except the olive, she was a fairly easy victim. That left two kittens. We couldn't move them. The market for kittens was appar- ently saturated. There were two alternatives — kittens or wife. Kittens can't cook. SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley All right. 1 admit it. I did it. I still shudder when I think of it. Iv'e never been the same since. But I don't want to go into details. Just call me Eich- mann, for short. Never again, I swore silently. X.neeially after my daughte came down in the morning, immediately spotted the empty '-"Y. pointed her finger at he. parents, and screamed, "Mur- derers!" The battle is on now. The old Trouble 'n Strife says they've got to go. Young Kim is watch- ing me like a hawk, and remind- ing me of my past perfidy. I haven't the nerve to mur- der them. I haven't the nerve not to get rid of them, somehow. The only way out 'as far as I can see, is to take them in a basket, suitably decorated, with an appropriate, note inside, and 'leave them on the doorstep of Qur next-door neighbor, whose big, black tomcat is at the root of the whole dilemma. There is one thing you can always say about baldness: it's neat. A mother who had been teaching her children to be mannerly on the telephone, ac- cording to Pageant, overheard her eight-year-old daughter an- swering a call. recently: "I'm sorry, sir," the young miss said. "You must have the wrong number . . . but would you like to leave a message?" Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER MARCH Whenever we think of March, We think of flying kites and the more tragic thing that took place on the Ides of March, a certain year in Rome, when Julias Caesar was stabbed to death. One of McGuffy's readers has a story about a boy who on a dark and windy night fastened a light to his 'kite and managed to get it up in the sky where it excited the curiosity and the fears of the villagers. Of course that was before the day ,of sputniks and satellites. As to the Ides of March, you will remember how Julias Cae- sar was stabbed to death by Brutus and the rest and fell at the base of Pompey's statue. • Now to return to kites, I like the story of a lad who was fly- ing his kite in the late after- noon. The twilight came on but the wind kept up and the boy still flew his kite. A man came along and discerning the sha- dowy lad with hands extended, said, "What are you doing, my boys?" "Flying my kite." The man scanned- the darkened skies, and said, "I don't see any kite." "I don't either," said the boy, "but I feel it pull." So the man of faith may not see God at any time, but he feels the blessed presence of God in his heart and, knows that He is. Just A Thought We should ponder upon the fact that the magician is able to prove that the hand is quicker than the 'eye whenever we re- fuse to believe in only things that we can see. FINE! HE'S A 7E7' PILOT NOW. HOW'S FOES OVER YOUR SON, SOO MILE AN MTtS.SMIne HOU • GRACIOUS! ' HE F11ES PROM COAST TO'. . ' COAST IN JUST NO TIME. IT IDD SN SEEM POSSIBLE HES THE SAME= BOY USED TO SEND TO THE CORNER DRUG "STORE. •v Scatty Yaw. El t IT TOOK HIM ALL AFTERNOON GETTING BACK.