The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-03-22, Page 4Save fights for election
Huron has a new MPP, and while many
are not entirely surprised that it is Liberal
Jack Riddell, they were certainly surprised
that the Stephen Township farmer-
businessman gained the seat in such convin-
cing fashion.
Jack has to be congratulated on the vic-
tory, although he no doubt would be among
the first to point out that winning election
campaigns is a team effort and he certainly
had that going for him.
While the outcome of the vote was ob-
viously not entirely agreeable to this
newspaper, we take some consolation in the
fact that the voting showed a healthy
resurgence of the Liberal party. Future
elections can be expected to draw con-
siderably more interest and enthusiasm
from all concerned and our democractic
way of life is best served when that attitude
prevails.
Our new MPP will not have an easy
task following in the footsteps of Charles
MacNaughton as he attempts to serve the
riding from the opposition benches.
It may not be an envious position in
which to be. but the majority of Huron
voters have made that decision and will
have to live with it.
Now that the election is over, the par-
tisan rift must be closed and everyone
should be encouraged to lend the coopera-
tion an MPP must have if he is to serve the
riding in a capable manner.
The present and future of Huron are
much too precious to all to allow political
back-biting to continue once the voters have
made their choice,
The time for fighting must be curtailed
to election campaigns.
This newspaper may again choose not
to support Jack Riddell in the ne4t election,
but he can be assured we will provide
whatever cooperation is possible in his task
of representing the riding for the benefit of
all, regardless of party affiliation.
We encourage all our readers,
whatever their political persuasion, to do
the same because to do otherwise can only
be detrimental to us all.
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in the March 15 by-election..
My sincere thanks
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Among other things, an ac-
curate election prognosticator
the writer is not!
However, before you start
chuckling too loudly to yourself
about the editor's listed outcome
of last week's election, let us
point out that not a darn one of
you expected the Liberals to
come up with such a decisive
victory either.
The people of Huron have
spoken, and in no uncertain
terms, although it will take a
great deal of investigation by all
those concerned as to what the
actual message was.
Some will say it was a voice of
disapproval against the Davis
government, although obviously
that government has not done
anything since it was so over-
whelmingly re-elected in 1971
that would produce such a
pronounced verdict.
Regional government was the
main plank of the Liberals in
Huron, and as we stated last-
week, we don't think that many
average citizens are concerned
about what happens to their local
government.
Some will say that Don South-
cott campaigned badly in com-
parison to Jack Riddell. Some of
our newspaper confreres in the
northern part of the county at-
tribute that to the outcome as
much as anything.
Certainly, Jack and his cam-
paign manager, Murray Gaunt,
worked strenuously and un-
tiringly and picked up many
votes through that effort.
They had the advantage of
being on the offence, and as
sports experts will tell you, a
good offence can beat a good
defence.
Some of the little 'nit-pickin'
aspects of the campaign are
difficult to assess. The Free
Press advises that one man was
voting against Don because the
latter was handing out candies
and the voter thought this was
akin to treating people as
children.
Some people in Clinton ap-
parently were advised that Don
was an atheist and one minister
in that community suggested to
his congregation they should vote
for a good Christian gentleman.
So the story goes, and while
analyists from all three parties
will be looking at the outcome,
probably none will find a clear-
cut facet that either led to their
defeat or victory.
This writer's support in the
election was no doubt well known
to all readers. There were ob-
vious reasons for that choice,
although as we stated editorially,
there appeared to be sufficient
reason why Huron should stay on
the side of the government,
From that standpoint alone, it
is difficult to comprehend why
the vote went so overwhelmingly
against the government, par-
ticularly in the southern part of
the riding.
To some it appeared to be a
stab in the back for Charlie
MacNaughton.
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Perhaps the words of Mark
Twain are appropriate for the
occasion as he suggested "if you
pick up a starving dog and make
him prosperous, he will not bite
you. That is the principal dif-
ference between a dog and a
man".
Two months ago, when Charlie
resigned, there were words of
praise heaped on his shoulders
from people in this area who
apparently understood how
much they had benefited from
his efforts — and those of the
government — during his 15
years.
How that attitude changed so
quickly is totally baffling.
There may be one consolation
and that is that the opposition
members in the Ontario
Legislature may not have to
complain any more that the
50 Years Ago
A St. Patrick's cafeteria supper
was served in the basement of
Main Street Church on Friday
evening of last week. The room
was very prettily decorated with
green and white. Following the
supper, a short program was
given.
On Saturday evening last at
about eleven o'clock, two or three
young fellows were racing their
horses on Main Street when one
of them ran into another horse
and rig that was driving in the
opposite direction. Both buggies
were somewhat damaged, the
wheel of one buggy being badly
smashed. Fortunately, neither of
the drivers nor the horses were
hurt.
Mr. .Roy Finkbeiner has
bought the garage business from
Mr. Albert Morlock at Crediton.
Mr, Morlock will still remain in
the old building and continue on
in the electric welding and repair
work of this department,
25 Years Ago
The Huronia Male Choir an-
nounced its opening concert in
Exeter on Tuesday, The choir,
consisting of 28 young men from
Exeter and district has been in
rehearsal since November under
the direction of Mrs, H.L. Sturgis,
Mr, Gordon Cudmore was one
of a group of 250 from Canada to
visit the 738 acre research farm
of the Ralston Purina Company
at Grey Summit, Montana.
Mr. and Mrs, Peter Kraft
celebrated their 69th wedding
anniversary on March 11.
The staff and teachers of the
Exeter Public School are spon-
soring the Canadian appeal for
the Canadian Save the Children
Fund.
On Sunday evening, Rev. H.J,
Mahoney and choir of Main St,
United Church conducted the
service in James St. Church.
riding of Huron appears to be
getting preferential treatment
from the government,
That's a consolation that riding
residents may not enjoy.
+ + +
Our Liberal friends will be
overjoyed at the outcome, and
well they should be. They've had
little to cheer about in many
years and they worked hard in
this campaign and should be
enjoying the fruits of the labor.
The next two years will be
interesting in Ontario politics,
because the Liberals quite
naturally have to consider their
position as being much stronger
and resurging.
They'll have a new leader prior
to the next provincial election
and their two by-election wins
should kindle a new spark which
will bring out the top candidates
for the leadership contest.
The losses, conversely, will
'make the Davis administration
sit up and take notice and that
situation can be healthy as well.
The Conservatives will live to
fight again in Huron, as the
Liberals have done in the past,
and obviously if elections were
fought with the outcome assured
they wouldn't be of any interest
at all.
Not only that, the editor would
be perfect in his prognostications
and that would just be too much
for our readers to cope with.
15 Years Ago
Over 800 people, the largest
crowd in Exeter arena this
season, applauded the Exeter
Figure Skating Club's presen-
tation, "Ice Frolic of 1958"
Saturday night. Fifty skaters
took part in the program.
Rev. Joseph DeNeef was killed
Tuesday when an eight-foot
concrete wall collapsed on top of
him as he was building an ex-
tension to his home in the
Klondyke gardens, six miles
south of Grand Bend.
Rev. Dr. E.E. Long, secretary
of the General Council of the
United Church of Canada, of-
ficiated at the re-opening ser-
vices of Hensall United Church
Sunday. Rev. C.D. Daniels, the
church minister, conducted the
service.
Members of the Lucan pee wee
hockey team flew to New York
over the weekend and appeared
with Ed Sullivan on TV Sunday,
10 Years Ago
Don Pullen, Granton, 1963
president of College Royal at the
Ontario Agricultural and
Veterinary Colleges, Guelph, had
the privilege of entertaining his
mother, Mrs. M. Pullen and the
Hon, W.A, Stewart, Ontario
Minister of Agriculture who
officiated at the opening
ceremonies.
Jim Hayter, Dashwood,
received the most valuable
player award at the completion of
the Shamrock tournament in
Lucan Saturday. He scored
seven goals for Zurich in their
two games in "0" competition.
Ross Wein, Crediton, a second
year student at the Ontario
Agricultural College was
declared the reserve Grand
Champion Showman at the recent
College Royal.
Mr, and Mrs. Louis
Restemayer, Dashwood, ob-
served their golden wedding
anniversary last week.
This week, some random and
rambling thoughts on a variety of
topics.
A friend and colleague died
yesterday, and I'll miss him. He
was a free soul, beholden to none,
with a mind and a tongue that
paid obeisance to no man and no
theory. He was ill for a long time,
but fought like a demon, and
never gave an inch to en-
croaching death.
Since I joined this teaching
staff twelve years ago, six men
teachers, all in their forties and
early fifties, have died, Five of
them were World War II
veterans, That's a pretty high
attrition rate.
There are only six W.W. II
veterans left on the staff, in-
cluding one lady and one vet of
the German army, and we're sort
of eyeing each other for signs of
sudden deterioration. Guess we
should make a pool, winner (last
alive) take all.
Don't worry, I haven't a
morbid bone in my body. I've
already had about thirty years
more than a lot of my old mates,
so life doesn't owe me a thing.
Spring is more a time of birth
than of death. And did we have
evidence this week.
Saturday morning, I often grab
the chance to sleep in for an extra
hour. Last Friday night the
temperature went soaring up to
about fifty. About four a.m., the
word got around among the black
squirrels in my attic that spring
had arrived, and they went
stark, staring, raving mad.
All winter, they'd been pretty
quiet, with only the occasional
Saturday night party complete
with drunken fights, screaming
females, bawling kids and acorns
rattling around like bowling balls
on concrete.
But this week, they pulled all
the stops. I started out of a deep
sleep, shouting something about
the Yanks invading Canada. My
wifewas cowering, head under the
covers.
The males were bellowing like
bull moose. The females were
chattering like — well, females.
The babies were shouting, in
unison, "Hey, Ma. Can we go out?
We don't need a coat. We've
never seen spring before, What's
it like?"
And all of them running and
jumping .and skittering and
slithering and scuttling right
overhead until it sounded like
midnight at the Lumberjacks
Ball.
This went on until day-light and
so did my wife's demands that I
do something about it. What
would you do? I wasn't going to
go up into the attic and take them
on single-handed. I was afraid to.
They sounded like Genghis Khan
and his boys warming up for the
raping and razing of a city.
There was nothing to do but
batten down the hatches and hope
that some over-zealous little
black rodent did not chew
through the ceiling and drop on
my wife's head. That would have,
as they say, torn it.
At dawn the wild ululations
subsided a little and I peeked out
the window. There they were,
goofing about in the back yard,
stupidly digging in the snow for
acorns, looking particularly ratty
with their coats half shed.
The oldtimers soon realized
with disgust that it was not spring
at all, and returned, up the big
cedar, flying leap to the vines,
scrabble up to the hole and back
to the attic for a long snooze.
But the little ones were baffled,
bewildered and belligerent. They
ran around in circles. They sank
to their ears in wet snow. They
chittered indignantly. They
couldn't find anything to eat.
Had I not heard them talking so
often, I'd not have been able to
understand, But I had. And I did.
I distinctly heard one baby buck
squirrel snarling, "What the hell
goes on here? We've been sold a
bill of goods. THIS is SPRING?
Where are the luscious bulbs, the
green stuff, the tender shoots?
We've been had, brothers, Let's
demonstrate."
And demonstrate they did,
loudly and shrilly, for the next
twelve hours, back in the attic,
berating their elders.
Can't blame them. It must have
been a traumatic experience, out
of the warm womb of the attic
into the bleak reality of a March
day. Some of them (I hope) will
be scarred for life,
psychologically.
But I can't kick. They've been
fairly quiet since, aside from a lot
of mumbling and muttering
among the young ones, con-
vinced, like all kids, that their
parents betrayed them about life.
Dang it, I've run out of space. I
wanted to mention the two
baseball pitchers who have
swapped not only wives but
families, present some startling
spring poetry, and discuss the
abysmal stupidity of the
Department of Education, but
there's no room,
Why do I let squirrels loom so
large in my life?
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