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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, July 4, 1974
Leadership is the issue
i, With only a few days wide inflationary pres-
rem.a.ining until Canadians sures. The campaign has.
cast -they-r- b-0-40ts•- in indicated what most
Cana.da49 general election Cahadians'already•knew,
the -issue continues to be that Canada's record in
las At was when the cam- the inflation fight was
paignbegan six weeks equal to, or better than
ago. that of any other indus,
What voters have to trial nation. To intro-
dec•ide is whi.ii of the duce control of wages
three parties can offer and prices in the face
the decisive leadership,.. of this record, as Mr..
Necessary to deal with Stanfield has urged, ~"
the problems. that face' would seem to do -little
• 1d more than add another
t.anada and
today'.
the wor
level onto
•- C•
an already
Despite
efforts to
heavy civil
service.;
introduce
new elements
Even Mr. Stanfield
seems
and other
issues, what
dwu.btful as
to what
Unfortunately, , when
Y
de-
recentl y'
ladies decided to close the arae door,
g
much?", cautious] •.
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0
C]
the campaign -has accom-
p l i s h e d , i s t o emphasize
contro s can accom i s
P
a S he qualifies the pro -
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t
Occasionally, something interesting or
garage. In the winter, snow blew in.
"Well, every time Mike and I drive by
that the question o f ,
gram d s h e moves across
unusual comes along;#o brighten the daily
'us 'seems
Neither bothered me, but you know what
and see that'door, it bothers us. We're
leadershi continues.,. to
p
.. J��•�
the C 0 U;q t r'
routine when i ' to be getting-
t t
J m g tt g
dreary. A .couple' of'tliese happened to me
women are like. ,....
Well on the night in question, the two
g q
in o fix' it for you."
o t
going Y _ ,
"Greatl", enthusiastically. "How
be paramount and to con-
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Unfortunately, , when
Y
de-
recentl y'
ladies decided to close the arae door,
g
much?", cautious] •.
firm the preference f 0 r
the C�ons•ervati ves
First, the good Samaritans: The, sto
g story
because the snow .was blowin in. The
blowing y
going o y�
"It's not oin to cost ou' a nickel." I
M r . Trude $ u which Polls
f e a't e d the -government 0 v e r n m e n t
really began one night last winter.
gave a great heave, the wire came off the
insisted I would pay the going rate:
had indicated earlier.
and forced the election
Ihave an ancient aid venerable wooden
pulleys and, the door came off the rails.
refused. They were doing it for Canadian
Duri n the ' months i n
g .
which pop-ody wanted,
the
garage, which bears on both sides of the
entrance the honorable'scars left by, xny
Fortunate] y, the car was not in the
or I'd have been looking for a new
garage, g
literature. Jamie said the were re
Y pretty
busy, and asked when I wanted it done. l
which they formed a minor
also prevented
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wife and daughter as they tried a# variou's
car. The door weighs about six hundred
said whenever they could get at it. I
' minority government* and
budget rovi.si ons coming
9 P g
-' Mmes to get the car into the garage or out,.
pounds:
--thought he meant in a couple or three.
-
r e v i o u's 1 the Liberals
p y
into effect. These 1 n - •' -
of.it. M .. _
• ' . •
It did not coeVie crashing right down, but
wee s -
- Trudeau had
under Mr.
e l u d e d additional taxes
MY wife is the 'only Person of my
bung' suspended by the wire, at a
I went in' to dinner, delighted at •this
display of or whatever. After
Y
I i n a positive
o n c o r oration r 0 f i t S
p P
acquaintance who can try to back a car out
, of a garage and get it wedged kitty-corner 1
forty-five degree angle in the - garage. You
couldn't have driven a kiddy car 'in there.
P , gratitude
g ,,
dinner; I heard a bit of a din out bac,
way, a n a b i 1 i ty t 0 make
de i F i o n s which applied i e d
p
steps t 0 r e v e n t
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profiteering and added
across the building: On several occasions.I
have almost had' t , have the garage
g
Lwos going to organize a work party and
it back but it
Land
there the were, four young men, g g
Y y g
that 'ridiculous door back on the tracks.
c p
- equally t o Canadians
assistance'to o the e 1 d e r -
demolished, to get the Car out.
get on the rails, was stormy,
and then I got the `flu and time went on
I was almost overcome with somethin g
.
from coast -to c o.a s t .
1 y and those in need.
Anyway, on this night last.' winter my
wife�and a friend, were, trying to close the
and thin
things cropped up; as they seem to.
or other. All four were former students of
miner Mike Laurin, Mike'Dra Dragoman, John
Salnetk�ls,�.thte dl�isions
w:-.K.�;-„-., <.7he.•.,4es�t,,n;.;pis
garage door. pt,
A couple'of times Y°went.out and looked
at the stupid t ,;meg, acid once tried to get it
Sachs and Jamie Hunter” At'' least 't0b'df ' ,"78rr
wesre:n t p,•pp p l a r,, l u t f �,
e doh
Y' w e t h e r Canada
,, d a i s t 0 b e
�r .s,
~a'" "
This door is as old as the stage, which
„,, a:. «� - .. NS4��
"ii `see poi �I
back, on era �ul�i: si'n , "„ gave me• ".
been wp'king''siiice'
1 ?l �.. ;- '• ;.
��°f"trig, andere they were, twelv�.,�. 3dto
C`ii anti"a n S r e' o g n i' z e Ih
g o v e r n e d, p wo v e"iti
•'
will bbat3ly"ner fy again. fie
double' hernia.
hours later, slugging away at a brutal; .'
' as being fair.
team led d b y M r . ' T r u d e a u
door is nal exadtly electronically controlled.
Well time went on and my wife nattered
awkward job for their old English teacher. T
' Typical . was'- the
o r b y a government W h 1 C h
M r S t a n f i e 1 d might form
,1,. -.
`� It is a massive thing, about six inches
thick, of hardwood.,It would cost about a
away about getting that door fixed' and the
neighbours ed a few hints brit I
PP .
; was touched. They absolutely refused any
across -the -country oil
agreement eine n t 1 n h i C h each C h
g
.'
from. a m o n those""' of-' h i S
g
thousand, dollars to build today. The chap '
who installed it was quite ingenious.
of
became sort of fond of that crazy thing
Nan in there, as' one mi ht et fond, of a
g g g g
payment.
I was just as astonished as I -moved.
was mo d.
.W
6f the . r o v i n c i a'l
pp
0.
followers Oho o Support- his
He installed a couple of rails, some
cross-eyed cat:
v
Here were four young guys who, instead of
moans around about no employment, or
premiers 'p a r t i• e i p a to d
views.
pulleys, and two huge weights. at the end of
ul g g
One fine evening recently, I was sittiti
g Y g
livin on welfare, had formed a 'loose
and endorsed. This c 0 m -
Based on the a c k n o w -
some heavy wire. While the door' could not
in the back yard, enjoying my preprandial
partnership, and were doing construction,
pares with the d i f f i c u 1-
ledged assessment 0 f
Canadians t the
be raised and slid back with a couple of
fingers, like those in f�immodern. garage, a
aperitif, when an old truck pulled up and A
sweaty,'dirty young man cam&through the
painting, anything they could get.
They were immediately offered the job of
ties Mr.. Stanfield h a S
•
i n a -r r i v i n g . a t a common
d S 0
'leader the refer and
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strop man, with a goo could et it
g g g
up and'sliding back along the ,rails.
gat r,.
Under the grime I identified Jamie
taking off m storm window -a nd painting
my house. And that's how you get ahead in
p o 1 i cy f or - 0 n t a r i o and
o n the record o f the -
'in
-
I am nota particularly strong than. In
Hunter, whom I taught
g t last year. Grinning,
the"" Worl'd, which does NOT owe you a
A l- be r t a. *
Liberal government
•
fact, I am a weak one, in more ways than
,• y going he announced "Ivlr. Smile I'm oin to
do somethin for Canadian literature". 1
.living, young man.
C-anada; like every
dealing firmly, effec-
tI-v a 1. and fairly with
one,' as m wife could tell
A Y 1 tong
As a result, I usually left - , e garage door
baffled. g <<wh
as He -.went on, en are you
In -addition to this luck strike,,I
y I e
have
• Dan St. -Amann, .another student, and the
other free country i n
the world faces problems o b 1 e m s
y
problems as the •• a'ri s�e ,
p they
open., I couldn't, see the point in all .that
heaving and hauling. This annoyed my
going to a your arae door fixed?".
g g . get . garage
"Oh, that. An da n
y y now Jamie, as soon•�,
best cornet, player in the whole area,
cutting my lawn, so ail in all, it looks like a
n-ot the least of Which
the choice i' s clear.
wife. In the fall, leaves blew into the
as I can find someone to do it. Why?"
good summer. _-
Y
is the effect of world
The T.rudeeau government
should be returned.
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Remembering...
When'
t heCNSfation,was the.bu ie t
s s laca in town
W.G. Strong train or greet local celebrities and friends. the days when symbols were chisseled on sides of the carpeted carriage. 'Passengers When one returns to the scenes of his
With. other senior citizens I read with The backs. of those benches were either square rocks and left around for the deification of the were irregular but mail -bags required youth, he realizes quite forcefully the changes
regret the sale and demolition of the or curved. A fellow would have no quarrel public and I posterity. Anyone, who could attention. These were leisurely,/transported to wrought with the advent of diesel power. - The
weather-beaten station and express shed. To with the square Backs. That was like leaning figure out the ,timetable would be able to. -the post -office near Phillip's fruit store where occasional train still thunders along its steel
1 visit Seaforth again and to miss this landmark against a flat wall. Anyway, square or curved, .handle a computer in today's world. Mssrs.Dickson', Sutherland and Van lrgmond right-of-way but the sight and sound of it Have A.
sends one's mind travelling down the silent one knew perfectly` weli- he would • be There are men and women in cities across sorted their' contents, post -marked them changed to a degree beyond our imaginings.
uncomfortable before he even sat down. This, this continent and ,beyond who remember the . manual] an laced them. in the allotted "Down in the meadow, meadow so low, kk
corridors of time. ):n its dying days which drawn-out " f Y and,
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came with dieselization in the 1950's, it was undoubtedly, was one of the reasons you saw long, amt;' high-pitched whistle boxes or in the special: receptacle for` general Late in the evenit g, }fear the train blow."
like an inte esting old ghost with its quaint so many people walking' -up and down the far down the tracks and wh6, as. boys, put delivery: travelling salesmen either walked to
platform in fine weather waiting for the train, their ear to the rail to pick up the vibrations the Gnp House or Dick's Hotel br rode We miss that locomotive's whistle.
'architecture. Although partially abandoned,. , Engineers have developed air horns for the
they were unpretenious buildings which as for the curved seats, they were the long before the engine's smoke could be seen majestically to the Commercial, the Royal or g P
diesels somewhat similar to the old, steam
!! served their many useful purposes to an forerunner of streamlining in its most hideous by daylight or its piercing head-] ght: at the Queen's. In due time Mr. M.' 'McKellar whistle and •insist the sound is the same as it
earlier generation. Long-time residents and and useless form. The back was curved and evenings close. They, --too; remember the followed on his bieyclt to his headquarters in,
was when steam was master. Those who ha4e
ex�residents well remember the old depot and -the seat was curved but the curve on the back - water tank where the steam engine stopped to the north end of the Commercial where Mr. listened to the signals; heard their echoes or
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the water-tadown the track near the and the curve on the seat did not meet at the get a drink amid mucn changing of chains ana, W: Somerville held jurisdiction.' g
found and the flour mill. same place as the curve of your back..... banging of spout The needs,oi the tank were - welcomed their company' through dreary,
foundry Following the train's departure, the express night -watches, know differently. Nor is the
There was a time when the railwaystation made known by a ball opt i, top. As the water "
Before the advent of electricity lighted coal level dropped so did the balk Raise the water wagon or dray was loaded with- express or bell as it used to be. the highly polished brass
Has a focal paint in the local community. The oil limps were placed in brackets on the walls level and up went the Ball, as the water level iglu for delivery to the local merchants Bell atop the boiler, swinging' and ringing out
east -bound morning train carried passengers with a ince of tin behind the lar._ brave]
and farm produce to Toronto and intermediate P y -dropped , so did the ball. a g Main Street as well as certain its warning has been replaced by a device ! ,
P playing the role of a reflector. Often the wick . which clan s , as monotonousl
As the train a roached the level craftsmen. Perishable items such as meat, g Y a
- points. The west-bound,noon fruits and was law and the lamp gave off little more light $p metronome.
'Vegetables in season. the -afternoon -trains than a match. When you kept the wick low,
crossing at Main Sheet; the. ,ominous fresh fruits and vegetables in season held high
carried out similar and appropriate services. wig -wag was set • iii' motion. Sometimes at night half as1PPn' half
the lamp wouldn t smoke nor would it give off . priority but, in due time, the various attic es �
Around the ot-bellied stoves in the / With the locomotive's clanging bell; the •soft of merchandise were carefully unloaded and awake, one can still see the passing train like
P ` much light. The walls displayed large posters Y
chuckle of sit -brakes; the 'txavellets de- stacked on the sidewalk in front of the stores a ''jewelled snake, slithering across, the
waiti'nt!-rn thetP was ample space for the advertising the Moonlight Excursions out of scended, the express station -wagon was or shops. I recall' the names bf a few which countryside. whistling eerily and puffing
townsfolk to • loiter and chatter. The Goderich southward -bound for Detroit, The ull d into lace beside file ex ress car's tins conjure u faces and incidents of wearily ate'r a ion day's haul:
coal-s6`iittle and the ubiquitous spittoon weke Twelth of July Celebrations, the Western P g P P - � I p g y
yawning door to dis r e" snail bags, 'egg yesteryears: C. Abelthart, A.G. Ault, A A Canadian poet familiar with trains and
added Comlements. There were some things Fair, the .Canadian National Exhibition, the crates, cream cans and . sundry articles of Barton, J. Beattie, •J.W. Beattie, C. 1!611, It.
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about the 'station a fellow would remember Hardesters' Excursions to Western Canada stations in large metropolitan areas struck this
fdrevir: one of the was the small, and sued' advertisements. prariied pictures divers shapes, sizes and`eon'tenfs. Meanwhile Bell, Ti Blue, W.D. Bright, Broadfoot and restionsiiie chord,
sundry the rainman in overalls, peaked ca and Box, M.S.BfdAdrick, Cardno Bros., F, Car0h, - "The darkness brie F
e -screened' window .,given the agent, of steamships might have caused more young _ - P .. brings no quiet here, the
wit
thkotigh wh Cil. 'to peer to see what the to leave home than did the circus, leathex §!oyes checked the„lubricating system N. `CIUff, W.R. -Counter, 'W.A, Crich, J.Pi
e e were hoto ahs of P p light
cutstoiuer waii'ted• Through this orifice one people y and tested spots here' .and there'• with ills - Daly, Capt. Dawson; CtiCereos Bros:' J. Dick, - No' waking: ever on my *Blinded brain
Occasional] there p gr p W.J. D,unc
an, LV. Velar, A. Forbes, J. Graves,
could see thi station agent with his green desperate bandits qr robbers with amble ion-handlEd ,hammer. F In a time, the The flare of lights, the rush and cry and
conductor, with ockei-vVatch 3n one hand g d, B.D. Gunn, A. Hays; strain,
P P Grei ailci McDonal
sun,Visor lowered seated at the targe reward for any useful information leading to raised '.: S.T. Holmes,, Jackson Dros., Keni}edy Tjros'., - ,.
ba-Wuidoiu wliiie'tfiis lnevitai le tele'" a" h k Prehension, raised the other aloft aril] shoutedthe fatniliat /file'• engin s scream, the hiss and thunder
Y.,.. $r. P. key their ap¢reh n arrest and ultimate VV. 7Cersfake, Rkluig, 19 , Mc aul, I•l.
^; command, "All aboardr;� As the ttatn.pulled iVJ�cGini s J. M' k- it, M, Y: Met "Aft A. smite:
• relayed messages iii code •.which the bye convictiotl.
out, many. a youth resolyed that' some dny he I "see the hurrying ' crowds h
staticlerswaiitd, have ]oven xa' deciQher as the
...._ kailwa tini'etables were available at the 'would' :; ` ,, Md�"ellalt, �, 14l ]ler; rv0, Neil, R. 1�eck, x. �g t e clasp, the
ftiystet�ous clackiii 'persisted: y _ be bn that train iidung .0i to life s D fli ' ht;
counter. The chap who developed the railway high adventure. p.: d, 1'. Prnkitey, held g
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Philli s, ,.1 Pickar
11 Many preferred' to, stand• rather than to t,mefable had a son wlio in later ears and Wilson, Mthifdsoit and: W03', ass, Sills that touch, eyes' that are dim wi-,%
Y Who remembers the horse-.drawd ldcal bus. ..: ,,,, ,. .. `si{i.
stibiiiu"t tit rite<ordeal'of sittui >b6Ae` Wooden "" .. z{ttdtMutdie,::Snowdcin )i3ros��'i C� 'Stewart, 'H,
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g,oveloped the crossword puzzle. �'hete were which met the trams a nv'er had
? Auer tit d h I sed e.
..:„ . hoarse.t+vkeels , .
bencliea along #lie walls wva g fol the trait]:' ,�" tewart, J+ Stetyart'.#ephensr _A. gtobie! _.,, . into a �d the great
the Vvfits thought, Perhaps with justification, backed the conveyance ., 'td the train
, �..; .•:• . ,' : , , ;.. ;� :.,.... �r Strairsse'r' �. Watson �� �lCl'r` ,•�.�:
fortunate. ou we tf you could stratg(iteii' tite `tliat the' a timefables we're roduced b 6 r r ��� r,, ,,, .
$. p �'' a station iplat%rm, he o
e"' Ed' ails le heat :.
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P g ' . Mote " labottrlti „"fitit ..
kuiks an our. back and et; out to 'bbard ilrr � Wilson, �b, � into the 'bouritelesa
Y $ sillier W,hd got his training out dt Canada ur . dodr to reiieal the �ushrofied snag qn opposite is, VVt . brill 'Col. d,
., .. Adson, A �` inter;^ A. doting.. iiighfW�,
' I�r!•d $-X r, 1 8.t'� �,,i ..:. ..t�a''xac r r,r t� 5 >„� e,: yr �"l&% X} ,L1 •�_.1 L,J 'L � t°i �� 9''J7• a .. .. '•r; ;
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