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The Huron Expositor, 1972-10-26, Page 2••••••11 To the Editor: Hallowe'en dangers In past year on the 'day after Hallo- ween we have read or! heard about child- ren who received shell-outs and have found hidden dangers placed in them. This must be the work of a sick person but there are other sick people, who in the name of fun, run, or shall L say sneak around on Halloween night and play so- called pranks, like setting fires to old buildings, setting railway crossing wig- wags in operation, removing traffic signs, and placing various kinds of objects on our highways. AU these so-called tricks ar e unlawful and dangerous. There are many more that I could mention, but the ones we really want to discuss are the practice of removing traffic signs, such as the -44-Stop or Yield" signs, and the placing of objects on our highways. - Yes, these so-called tricks are taking place, and in some instances have caused serious motor vehicle accidents, but for so me reason they have not become front page news. Oh yes, the accident might have made the news but- the principle cause did not. The- cause could have been that the stop sign was removed and the driver failed• to stop. I stated the principle cause could be that the sign was removed. Other causes of the accident could be the inattention of the driver to recognize the danger, failing to remember that where two roads cross or meet is a danger spot, and that extra care should always be taken, Another cause could be the condition of the vehicle such as having only one light, improper- ly aimed lights, the condition of the veh- icle's brakes or the surface on Which the , vehicle is travelling. AU these factors and many mor e play an im- portant role in the prevention °tan ac- cident,- but in this case, the major cause was the removal of the sign. The same reasoning applies to. the placing of ob- jects on the highways and the throwing of objects at vehicles using the highways. Granted, the driver has his respon- sibilities -but we as parents, adults, teen- agers or children have our responsib- ilities too. I again ask, "will you be a Murderer this year or in the years to come, or will you cause the accident that makes the . news by your, sick idea of fun?" Stop and think if you can that the person killed or injured could be a mem- ber of your family, a relative or a close' friend, and if that,'s not enough you could be the victim of your own prank. Ray Prim eau, Seaforth, Constable OPP Oct.25,1972. From My Window By Shirley' J. Keller — • Since 1860, Serving the Community First Pubitsthed, (IA SEAVORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday mooning by McLEAN BROS., Publiksbers • ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $8.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $10.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 29 GENIIS EACH Second .Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, October 26, 1972 Liberal government has earned rei-election fxpositor While, of course, the results will not be known until- Monday night, there is every indication that the government under Prime Minister Pierre'Elliott. Trudeau will be returned. Pblls taken acmoss 'the country as well as the' opinion of experienced re.- porters covering the sev- eral parties support this view. There is, of 'course, good reason for the re- sults which are being pre- dicted. The Liberal govern ment, while facing prob- lems in some areas, on balance, has established an enviable record during itS'four years o'f office. • In' some, parts country it is tr is unemployment many other areas are difficult to overriding fact the Liberal goye has created More ever before in C hiStory - more t new jobs each ye .past four years-. In the last four years' Canadians have discovered a new pride in their coun- try because of the action of the . Trudeau government. The recognitioh of China was typical of Trudeau initiatives, with resulting benefits in trade far Can- ada. Mr: Trudea to speak with from coast to his governmen a major contr United Canada the same time firm, when fi necessary, as in the FLQ Farm legislation has recognized the'contribut- ion whi?h those engaged in the industry make to- wards a better Canada.The dignity ofthe indivtdul has been recognized and advances made in the - amounts which our older ' citizens and veterans ' Just couldn't let the federal election come and go without making some obser- vations about the campaign. Have yOu ever seen such a dull, no interest contest? Have you ever seen Canadians so uncon- cerned? Speaking very personally now, I don't get too charged up about an election cam- paign. I don't make my assessments of a party on the kind of election gimmicks and slogans they come up with. I judge it on the kind of life I've h the past four years. And maybe that's self sh, I'm not concerned at election time. with the finan- cial situation of my neighbors or the folks in the next village or the people in a city in a province I'Ve never visited. No sir, at election time I base my decis- ions on my own personal feelings.I figure .if every eligible voter in this countsy did the same, we'd elect the goVernment which pleased the majority of the people. Let each-voter worry about himself, I say. That's our privilege and our duty. And ,brother, after 26 years in this Old world, I know that if Shirley Keller doesn't Vote with Shirley Keller in mind, no one alSe Will. is no criticism anfield 'as he con- sly advances his p of the Conser---7-", But hiS mslogan o better" is an that the Con- s have no alter- oposals to ad- solutions to the they claim exist. too,there is little to that the party members.repre- of all'pars of ry can do little Canadian unity. But governments are elected riding by riding and the decision as' to whether Mr . Trudeau or Mr. Stanfield will be prime minister depends on the -votes of thoSe of us ' in ridings, such as Huron,', who indicate through our support of one of the candidates, the, leader who in our judgment, is best suited to head the. govern-,. 'ment, In Huron there are .good candidates, two of whom' represent parties —that could form a government. Both are most ,cap-able, Mr. McKinley having represented his ridihg-.in Ottawa and Mr. Thomas with a-wealth of municipal,and county' experience. ' The choice then is be- tween Mr. Thomas, and a. Liberal government headed by Mr.,, Trudeau or Mr.Mc- Kinley and a Conservative government headed by Mr. Stanfield. It . is an important . choice ,made easier .perhaps by4he record of accom- plishment which on balance ho been established dur- ing the past four years by the Trudeau administra- tion. We must remember, . • however, as we mark our ballot that we in fact are voting not so much for a member for Huron as we are ,voting for a party and a leader to 'form a govern-7 ment to run the country. And so, I really don't get excited about the charges and counter-charges in an election campaign. Politicians are poli- ticians. Like ordinary men and women, there's good -and bad in politicians . . and on top of all that, politicking is an " art in itself which demands a kind of talent at election time that not many people understand or would care to possess. Take the main issue in this campaign as far as the average voter in this peel of the country is concerned.- unethploy- ment and/or the Unemployment Insur- ance Commission. Members of the opposition are trying to make a big thing of these matters because it is something which affects most Canadians in one way or another. If you aren't working, unemployment is a big problem. If you are working, you can always gripe about the UIC and how others are getting fat on your. contributions. But when' you analize the job situation in this part of the world, you find there's a shortage of workers. That's right. There's a shortage of men and women who are willing to give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. Canadians, ,cairly phlegmatic in most ways, are mercurial in their voting. They've shown that since confederation, swinging now behind one party, then turning pitowouert.for . a while, then putting it back in John Diefenbaker , swept the country with his fire and vision at just the right moment. Not mans, years later , he couldn't even win a 'convention for leader- ship of his,own party. And I confess with a slight blush that I'm no exception. At one time or another, I have voted for candidates of all three major parties, and would probably have cast a vote for Social Credit if I'd ever had a chance and the right man had been running. How about you? Have you made up your .mind yet, 6r are you still looking over the, field and wishing ere 'Were some 4 other alternative, such kiao-Tse-Tung' Or Guy Lombardo? t ' It's hard ' 'to choose. The present government has 'not exactly. won wild plaudits in the last four years. It has achieved little in cutting expenses and taxes, in fighting inflation, in creating employment, and in buying Canada back from foreign investors. It is doubt4u1 whether any other party would have done better. - How about the Prime Minister? 'Can he swing it, virtually on his own, as he did . last time? From my tiny vantage point, d it looks as though he's running Last trip around, he had• an enor- mously favorable press, He was some thing new and ,exciting, a swinger with a razor-sharp mind and a charmin g shrug. The women loved him. But now he's an' old married man with a family, the 'press has soured, aria you don't hear that word "char- isma" being tossed around. He's deadly serious in his commercials.Hdls resort- ing for the first time to the old back- room politics with what look suspiciously like election bribes to various parts of the 'Cot ntry. What would he do if he loSt? I think he'd pick up his marbles and go home. He's always been a winner, and he has none of the parliamentary skill, the pa- tience and the doggedness that make a good opposition leader. Well, then there's honest. Bob Stan- field. He'S hard-working and Oozes in- tegrity and is intelligent, But lordy, lordy, if only he'd take a course in public speaking. He'd probably make a solid but uninspiring prime minister., ,But is it worth it to change the whole government for a fellow „whose slogan There's lots of folks who Want to improve their working conditions - shorter hours, longer vacations, 'improved sick benefits, „,better pay scales, few responsibilities.' These are the people who are. swelling the ranks of the unem- ployed in this country. The guy or the gal who really. wants to work and is interested mainly in getting a job and- keeping it, has no problem at all. In fact, many of the employers I know are crying for reliable people and just can't* find them. And welfare is another football in the election of 1972. People are generally up in arms about the way the welfare department is being exploited by certain individuals. There have been times when I've expressed similar view s in this column. Nobody likes a sponge, somebody who prefers to live off somebody else simply due to laziness. But welfare is here to stay. It has to be. I'm willing to wager that in the future welfare recipients wilt increase in numbers because it is apparent that there are some people in this country who don't want to work, 'don't have the necessary is about as fatuous and feeble as you'd find: "We Can Do Better."? Better than what? Better than nothing, a good Tory might retort. Even that isn't good enough. There's something I can't stand about David Lewis, head of the N.D.P. •He's smart y. He has only one tune, And he has that old-fashioned belief that there's a Big Business rapist forever hiding under ' the bed of that perennial spinster, the Canadian socialist party. That leaves Real Caouette. There's a real firebrand 'for you. I'd rather listen to one of his speeches, even though I can barely follow it, than any ^given , number of shrugging Pierre, bumbling Bob and I-can-give-it-to-you-wholesale David. - If I were a rural French-Canadian, I'd 'certainlyday, 'that Caouette is de bes' bk.!! 4. Well then, What in the world'does one , do? It's easy for the faithful .of any • party. They'd vote for an ape if he were running on the party ticket. Some of them are so rigid that they'd even vote for a woman. But the rest.of us are faced with the " same old spectacle: the government des- perately shoring up the old levee and the others all howling that they will do this and that and thus, if only. That makes us get down to the local level 'and take a look at the candidates;" trying to disassociate them from their leaders. In my riding, we have three. There's the incumbent, -a Tory, a doctor, an elderly man who' is a master of poll'- ticking and never misses a fiftieth anni- versary or a • ninetieth birthday in the riding. .we have ahandsome, youngish lawyer who has done a lot of work in muni- cipal and service club affairs, and sings at weddings. And we have'a university student, full of ideals and somewhat blinkered when it comes .to reality. Three _generations. And do you know who is' going to win? The elderly doctor, who has been years in parliament and should have retired gracefully, after making a mark on the face of our history that could be wiped off with a kleenex. Because this is a Tory riding, and that's it. The student will get his lumps, the lawyer will -get some experience, and the old gentlema n will get' the gold ring. Well, that's elections, and I can't even tell my wife how to vote, because she thinks Trudeau is still sorta cute and Margaret is beautiful. My guess? • Liberals' back in with a Minority government. A • psychological makeup 'to understand the thereapy of work and won't work. Why thrUst that kind, of a person onto an employer? Better by far to accept these weaklings as a nuisance factor connected With life in' a free country in the same way as the common cold or the flu - and get on with the business of living: Where welfare is concerned, I would advocate a system of priorities - such as' Increased welfare paYments to' legitimate recipients so that these folk .could live decently and in dignity, and reduced cheques to those who choose welfare because they believe its their right. I° would remove the stigmeat- ta:ched to welfare for the thousands and thousands of Canadians to whom fate has dealt a severe blow, and I would accept the ever-present percentage of Oppor. •tunists who have no pride in themselves or their country. Spre, it will cost money. Millions of dollars. But I wouldn't make it an issue unless- there was something I could do about it . . .and I doubt there is unless you destroy the democratic system we all prize. OCTOBER 29,1897 The sale of Hugh Ross of Mc- Killop .was most successful and good prizes realized, the whole netting $3,184. Two year old steers 'ran from $75 to $101. The pair that brought the latter figure were purchased last spring for $40.00, T.R.F.Cdse, one of the prominent young business men In town was married to Miss Grace Elliott, of Toronto. On their return from New York they will take up residence on James Street in the house he recently purchased from James Graves. - 147 head of sheep were shipped from Seaforth station to Mr. Gooding of 'date. They averaged $12.40 each in price. They were bought by James Snell of litillett. Chas. Stewart, who for a number of years was leader of the band, left for Detroit where he proposes to reside. John C. Morrison, who was gathering eggs for Alexander Stoble, says he paid out over $2,000. Miis• Jessie Bolton and Miss Maggie Sloan of town are attending the Presby- terian SUnday School convention in Hamil- ton. Thos. Hills had his old driving mare shot and decently buried. She had been in his possession for 18 years. Wm. Copp of Seaforth has sold fiis farm on the Parr Line, Stanley, to Ralph Stephenson for $5,300. While Fred Shroeder of the Bronson Line was going to a sale,' his team be- came frightened, when one of the front wheels went down and turned the wagon box over. He lay unconscious for a, time. John Kaiier of Brucefield has improved his tailor shop by treating it to a new coat of paint. • What threatened to be a serious fire in Hensall was fortunately discovered in time and quickly extinguished. It originated in , the cellar of J. McArthur's hardware shop in the brick block of E. Rannie, in a bundle of rags. OCTOBER 27, 1922. A number of the girl friends of Misses Eva and Annie Beattie of Brucefield' assembled at the home of Mrs. Hugh Aikenhead and showered them 'with pocket handkerchiefs. ' Seven large bales of • clothing were shipped from Brucefield to Cobalt, con- sisting of bedding, good secondhand cloth- , ing and new clothing for the relief of fire sufferers. John Murray of Manley, has returned from Decatur, Alabama, where he attended the funeral of his brother, Dr. 'Murray, who met his death by making a miss- step off the train. He was a Huron boy who made his mark in the world. He was 62 years old. - F. J.- W ickwire,, who has been publishing • the Hensall -Observer for four years, has discontinue the publication. The Choral society• of Sotith Huron, under the leadership of Professor Anberton rendered "The Messiah", in Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensall. The solo parts were taken by W. 0. Goodwin, Milne R. Rennie, Miss Elizabeth Rennie and Miss Heist and Mrs. M. R. Rennie at the organ. J. B. Henderson, of town, has sold his farm on the Huron Rd. West to his son, R. Henderson. The farm will be run by Thos. Habkirk.' Frank Sills, Father White and John Malone of McKilIop left this week, for New Ontario on a hunting trip. • G. A. Sills of town underwent an operation isn St. Joseph's Hospital, London for the removal of a piece Of bone from his foot. • OCTOBER 31, 1947. , A large number of friends of Miss Mary B. Currie of Croinarty met at her home to present her with a farewell gift prior. to 'her going to Woodstock. Mrs, James Hill spoke a few words of welcome to those present after ,which a programme was given. Mrs. James Scott Sr. gave a short talk . after which Mrs. Duncan McKellar read-in address to Miss Currie and Mrs. Lynn McKellar presented her with a radio. , Members of the Seaforth Swine Club were honoured at• a banquet sponsored by the Seaforth Agricultural Society at Duff's Church, •McKillop, when the following received prizes: Arthur Bolton, Francis Hicknell, Jack Murray, Michael Connolly, Malcolm Bolton, Ross McClure, Lloyd Cuthill, John McGavin, Ken Camp- bell, Donald McClure, Glen McClure, Merton Hackwell, Douglas Keys, Lorne Goudie Eric Anderson, Harold Jackson. A deputation from the' board of Scott Memorial Hospital, which included J.M. Scott, Mayor M. A. Reid, L. De La Franier and A. Y. McLean 'was in Toronto discussing with Hon., Russell Kelly, Minister of Health, certain aspects of the new wing being erected at the hospital. Friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kerr of McKillop, gathered to spend an evening with them prior to their moving to the house on the top of the hill. Euchre was played and later Geo. Wheatley read an address and John Kerr and Harvey Mcllwain, presented them With a tag- light lamp and electric radio. Fishing off the piers at Hayfield has ,teen exceptionally good during the past two Weeks. Swimming was also the order of the day. • If the warmth, sunshine of this October continues for four more days, i t will break the record of a century. Mrs. Stewart Bell of Hensall, while picking apples had the misfortune to suffer a fractured leg when the limb on which she was standing, broke. Messrs. Donald , Smith, Don Bright- rall, Don Stewart, Wm. Munn and Neil Beattie were in London attending the Queen's University of We,stern Ontario football game. • Geo. Ducharme of Zurich, who has been.-occupying his fatheris farm south of the village, has purchased a very fine farm west of Dublin. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Riley of Cromarty have moved to their new home at Zurich. • Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley In the'Years .Agone of the, ue.there but in workers find.The is that rnment jobs than anada's . han 200,000 ar for 'the 6 continues one.Apite , coastand_ t has made ibutfon 'to 'a while at standing rmness was .for instance isis. receive. There of Mr. St scientiou leadershi vatives. "we can d 'admission. servative native pr vance as problems The fact,. to indica can elect sentative the count to assist