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-- 12 , goderich Signal Star,Thursday. June' 1,f1th, 1964
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by G.,
oNlaLEOD. -ROS$
"THE BEAVER"
A preacher, noted for his
• verbosity, had occupied the pul-
pit for a full hour and still had
t6 to the point. The con:,
gregation was restless and sev-
eral pillars of the church took
out their watches. The padre
• stopped and 'bent to glare down
at them. Then he said in a
quiet voice: You may put away
our watches. I am speaking
oreternity." you may
, a ,:our green -thumb
grolis
speaking -of a 'zestful
gnotne. who became. Lord Bea -
a Areaf .atfadiant_A ruirtgcl4061.t_iii4x1ttFr.
man,oTiam'ThT -,
saar but above all an imperial- ,end 'never answered a single
11::-a: .eonsmatiff:71.9•Kg,Ffesr:.. Iljkieta- singlecan sentence. . the end' of the
•be called imperialism. And. meornines hearing the Beaver
thdifiliwi*MtV'a"efftell Chur cht-
ill who said: "I have not be-
ebme the Kings First Minister
in order to preside over the
liquidation of the British Etn,
, • words might well
triveimen t•tie tea t'er
they epitomized his abiding out-
lok. , •
My excuse for deviating is
that I have a personal anecdote
of the only occasion on which.
I enjoyed Lord Beaverbrook's against the proposal. Fortified
hospitality and '.•\,hose "friendly" by a glass of post -luncheon
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t.
e
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port). I, at last, spoke up in
" this august assembly of friend
and foe, and 'said: "I'll answer
that question" and did so much
te the chagrin of Rilly Rotes,
then deputy 'minister of Supply,
whO told me later that I "should
*not -speak to the Minister like
that."
There is e well-worn adage
which adjures: Speak nothing
but good of the dead.' In these
days of. criticism of public men,
the endless pestmortems give
the impression'that a man fail-
ed in his life 'because he was
ot-perfe4t-Itteeverrfeffeet7--4;
rns--to-4ne--far--mere-pereep-
tive of .hunian- nature to select
great:- P_u_hliC
servant. Ponder some of these:
George aid nothing
e gave us the ,piunitions to
win World War 1.'FaVe men
invited,: -20 of the 13rotagortmtz c-1them-A10-
lied forces as did Eisenhower
arid if the much maligned Gel:14'
eral Marshall did nothing else
he picked Eisenhower for the
witness I was for five consecu-
tive hours. The Beaver, as
Minister of Supply, was. defend-
ing Churchill's decision to go
from drawing board to produc-
tion with the so-called Church-
ill tank, beiore the censuring
words of the Salisbury Parlia-
mentary Committee; for the
tank proved so unreliable and
so much reskorking was neces-
sary that it never became an
effective weapon. Called as a
c7filltIlk-wittipSST 7eNrer-17:
tirrre
was -aked a quest-by_the.
Comnilttee the Beaver inter -
was the common denornin,-
ator .for 9od. in the ordinary
•man and woman. It stood for
hope and happiness rathef thaw
despair; for 1Therty rather than
the strait-acket of censtraint;
fofr religion cuutpatriotism
rather than cynicisinrcfor dec-
eey rather than salacity; for
the .spirit c•P broth.erhood rath-
er than for the policiesltf hat:,
red and destruction and it may
not have been Over charitable
towards generaLs, TjlsrO., the
dictator of Ghana and a num-
ber of other institutions and
persons . But • it censistently
ehampine,d the farmer mid_
farm -worker, trees and the
planters Of trees, small shot, -
keepers and housewives, dogs
and those who ,,,befriend them
and the kind of men who risk
their lives in mines, lifebpats,
fox -holes on forlorn hattlofields
and show .couage and .selfiess-
ness indisaster, great anefsmall,
Above all, it stood?, in good sea -
gm and ill, for that great con-
ception '.of human 'brotherhood
andjust daling,, which used to
ar9ire-Rrittstli"*E1110
eh -is -now known-as-the-
Commonalth and on .-Which I
IfeiiiiiNtoiti;Ch7it-thbeetlittpe
for the worlds future depends."
history they tea
sehools,..but it seems te'
lessono:'$rom the 1i -of
dynamic Canadian would be of
much greatr. inspirational val-
ue to the youth of today than:
"William the Conqueror; 4006."
Fearles, shrewd,.:LEA11,44,*
im-aginative, passionate; a man
who saved his Country; who
was -aterror---to- --iiis- -enemies;
who became a legend; who be-
ing dead, live S on in the mem-
ory of his race and fires the
hearts of living men in the hour
of adversity. And once upon
a time, when all was despair,
by his 'force .of character did
to lunch at Number 11. Down-
ing Street; which he then oc-
cupied. Towards the end of
the meal one of the Labor mem-
bers, who was gunning for job.,,,,,,Moetgemery is criticized
Churchill, asked why we ltrent Main - and 'down .dale:: If you
put the, 18 pounder field gun were in Cairo ,in mid -'4 2 you
into -,,the Churchill tank, red-rihbed. de,
eral of the non-technical guests sixth- means. 'If Montgomery
and the host himgelf, profered never did another thing, he did
misleading reasons for and breathe the spirit of Viettory
itito the British forces with
their backs to the wall. In this
same sense we may well ex-
amine Lord Beaerbrook's life-.
at the
JOWETT'S GROVE DANCE. HALL
OFF HIGHWAY 21, BAYFIELD
'8:09 p.m.
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MONDAY 'JUNE 22nd
Auctoneer' Bert Pepper will offer' for sale an assortment
of Finance Company Repossessions, Personal Consignments,
. Nein, and Used Furniture, TV's, Appliances, Dinnerware,:' Wall
Plaques, etc.
work. • he--enable-a-11-tiae There is is a tendency today to Britain to do braveacts. '
take the Battle of Britain, for As he ,alwys does, Churchill -
granted. If you were not priv- 'wrote 'his epitaph long ago.
ileged to be in Britain in 1940 "He was a foul -weather friend."
and '41 you did not e2sperience * * *
the drive and iri'rmediacy with
which the Beaver irradiated the
factories, repair -shops, even the As the Horticultural Society
local garages, all of Which con- has made amply public, it is
spired to turn out Spitfires and sponsoring a ,Petition to Council
Hurricanes in number to de- to prevent, the use of Harbor
feat the Luftwaffe in one of -the ?ark as a Trailer Camp for
411111,Er,..Q91111a...4114g,.
all time. IreaverbrOok provided vote on this matter at 7.30 p.m.
the tools at4the decisive, place on the above .date in the Town
and time. But You will still Hall when it is ho_kesk..,21aL
Year TrieTcliiersSIY thesuPply urge • that AL those. who
of • bombers" was crippled by have sigrfed :the petition will
this action. I do not under- be present t6 reinforce their
estimate the contribution of views. 'Many more signatures
Bomber omm2,rid, but in the to the petition will be present -
time chart of histry, oe Spit- ed. Sign now ,and 'help save
FRIDAY, JUNE 19th, 1964
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DEAR • OLD. DAD'
Probably the ,bigest piece
of pure poppicock on oup Cal-
endar is the Sunday in June
designated as Father's Day.
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It is almost as ?illy as cele-
brating the birthday of Queen
Victoria (on the nearest Mon-
day.)' or adopting that pretty,
but uninspiring thing, the maple
leaf,, as our .flag symbol.
That's because, like queens'
'rt-litbresnend-flags; :fathers are
iregterlitiniszrrsy-thin--that
long to. the dear, dead past of
etnp—irb‘aiid--gallaat-py-a$-fam
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:The empire. 441: djappeard.
quibble . about, ad fathers
have-tuened.,./ritoartooAter,.
acters.
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We haVe become increastngly
a mother -dominated . society.
But in trying to prove that Mork
tfilsn't have clay feet, .weliWt
casually accepted the theory
that...father. has he.ad.
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The word "father" is never
used any more, as a term of
address. The only place it crops
up in sociological and psycholo-
gical terms, such as "father
image" or "father figure."
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SUGAR
and
.61sq SPICE
By Bill Smiley
It's been a wild swing of the
pendulum, and it is a sad and
bitter thing, this degeneration
from Father to Daddy, but I
can't help pointing out that we
have brought it upon ourselves,
chaps.
•.The Trojans opened the Oates
and dragged in that big, wooden
horse. The Arab let the camel
stick his nose into the tent, to
keep warm. Father achieved
the same end by relinquishing
the purse -strings to that brave,
little woman with a heart of
gold and a, will of .iron -Mom.
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Next, he began to listen fo
a lot of thirdrate tripe, mostly
in the form of articles in wo-
men't magazines. Thll
s, Ile fell
re t such elap-.trap_a.s a-
ily toglerness," and "lihig-a-
pa TOThi:i children, aria 3alk-
ing 'things out" with hisvife.
Then, under the buliVing of'
his wife and the relentless heck-
ISMTr.
Oles fo47.osvslons,"'zi
ppijy.hOPpefl `:....4119.1c1. the.
treadmill of proving that he
could bring home as much
bacon as the poor; harassed,
coronary -bound character next
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Slaving like a pit pony, and
attacked for it by his fainpy,_
he was still expected tt help
with the dishes, mow the lawn,
entertain at partiesarranged
by his wif, and drive 300. miles
on the weekeild to Visit rela-
tives.
Indigent
Funerals
Huron- County Council at its
June es..sion adolited a report
trem the Huronview board re-
ommending ai new bylaw -re-
gapig, indigent funerals.Based on rates set out
in the Public s ta 1 s
Avit,. the atrangemenrwould be
$125 for the burial, the actual
cast of opening and closing the
grave, and $10 for a- religious
Thus Father's majestic caring
of the familyf Toast became
Dad's inept spooning out of
the meatballs smothered in can-
ned mushroom soup.
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Not a pretty picture? Right.
What are you Vag to do about
ity-ackl-FilorA"you-join.
tying ---to convert- dithering -
Daddy into fearless Father?
. 444;;;1707-4-fri*-: b eekbi---;§-eT
rid of the bubber, pound the
kids_ once- week, and tell the
iiits**;114111r1M-lishirii
-feel like
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What's that? You agree, and
you'll join the movement on
Monday, but right now you have
to help Mom do the shopping?
All right. Don't say- you weren't
service in Connection With the
burial, Just before old ?f the
ting, deputy reeve iohn Sutter
of Clinton 'O'bjcted that "this
does ' no, help committee
very much." He saidMthe change
is that was $150 over all, and
now $125 plus opening the gray*
plus a religious servicepan aver-
age of around $200."
"The only thing we can do on
the casket," said clerk treasurer
Berry, "is instruct 016 funeral
directors tb use the reoommen-
ded type or we exclude them.,
It will have to be left te the fun,
eral direCtors and gr. Johnstn."
To Reeve Tom Leiper:
Berry said the price for opening
a,grate varies from place to
place.
The first census taken in Can -
ad, in 1666, was the first rnocl,-
ern census taken, anywhe're. in,
the world and the population
thee was- 3,15 exelusiVe of
Indians and Eskimo.
Swimming Classes
Registration,
FOR JULY URM
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10 A.M. to 1,P.M.
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Bring Registration Forms and Fees
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Thus, the comfortable paunch
which was a measure a Fath-
er's success became Dad's pot-
belly, a sign that he wasn't
doing his 5BX. Thus, Father's
ominous look and cuff on the
ear became Daddy's whine that
would cut off the allowance.
DAY
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FURNITURE •L,- A 2-pice French Provincial Chesterfield cov- ron of Lancasters ih 1944. . . .
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• . - ' ered in top -grade imported rpaterial- with foam cushions But to really savour the man, i 'When yOlfre eating a marsh -
it is instructive to consider -the mallow, would yot expect that,
A 2 -piece Contemporary Chesterfield Suite (hand -rubbed 1
policy with which he' endowed it could be made into a potato
• walnut arms). ''. his newspapers, a policy based .sack? Hardly. However, you
7. ckti;tv4„,ssorted Chesterfield Suites, all with foamcushions. on somethin--3.
far more import- , miht et Zi' . if ym,.t_ .. got
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2 modern 2 -piece Daveno Suites' (converts to sleepers). ' circtilatiOn, figures, huge as they marsh mallow which is a plant
became o Arthur Bryant , sUrn- Which supplies a coarse fibre
2 9 -piece Chrome and BrOnzetone Dinette Suites (8 chairs),
marizes jt thus: The appealwith the characteristics of jute.
72" tables.
-7-1- 2 7,1:siec e coppertan.e_ctimiatt,saximr:
2 5 -piece Dinette Suites.
3 Bookcase Bedroom Suites; complete with bed, chest of
drawers and matching box spring and matress.\
2 39"Continental Beds, complete with headboards and leg• s.
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2 Full size 54" Spring -filled Mattresses.
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Our power tools mean.
precision -work .for all
Dad's heine handyman
_ comprAct*uttmo,„.projec#ts...-.They..!re:::,,per...,
feet fee.
selfe'r or the profession-
al carpenter.
CEFICATES
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2 sets of Lamps, consisting of tri -light and 2 table lamps.
2 sets of step and coffee tables.
An assortment of Knechtel Kreations, manufacturers of
top grade Step, Coffee, End and 'Corner Tables.
1-lostes Chairs, Chrome Hi -Chairs, Chrome Step Stool. Tele-
phone Tables, etc.
APPLIANCES and TV - A large Refrigerator with full cross -
top frezer.
2 Electric Ranges.
A long -skirt Washer with pump.
A•20 cuft. chest type Freezer (full warranty) with over
600 lbs. capacity.
An Admiral Stereo AM and FM Radio, like new.
Automatic Washer and Pryer, used only 1 year.
A variety of Guaranteed Trade Name Televisions.
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Hammers - all shapes and sizes.
Screwdrivers, wrnhes, files
and cutting toqls *Whatever
• Dad needs, youlr find it on dis-
, play in our convenient hand
tool department,,
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AT ANY TIME,DURING SALE.
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