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MY TWO BITS
by Neil Corbett
Don't judge a party
by its grin
Somewhere along the line I've heard
Canada's political system described as the
party system. Not the party leader system,
or the charisma system, so what is all the
commotion about party leaders?
Let me say right up front that I have no
love for John Turner, and I am among the
many who believe he is dragging the Liberal
party down. But what I don't understand is
how one man in a national party could cause
millions of people to cast their votes the
other way?
Aren't people supposed to vote for a party
rather than a person? Isn't that how
Mulroney got in?
There is no doubt that a leader's charisma
makes all the difference when it comes to
winning elections, and that should probably
be the -case when there are strong leaders to
be had, but with the jokers running politics
today I can't see where the public should be
overly concerned with them. Even
Mulroney, with his massive majority
government, won't be posing for any statues
in the near future. And Turner and Broad-
bent aren't real movers and shakers either.
So why should the public use them as any
basis for lodging a vote.
It sometimes Iooica hie the whole election
process has boiled down to a popularity con-
test between party leaders. The media is
probably largely to blame for focussing on
party leaders while other politicians stand
in the shadows. But the parties themselves
tend to rally behind their leader and shove
him into the spotlight. Items like party
policy are lost behind the charismatic grins
and witty remarks of the Petersons and the
Mulroneys.
Senator Pietro Rizzuto, chairman of the
Liberal party's national campaign commit-
tee, lost his post recently for being unable to
accept Turner as an able party leader. And
a recent poll indicates over 50 percent of
Canac ,ans feel Turner should resign as par-
ty leader. With publicity like that Turner
can only do his party harm. If you ask me he
is just looking for a way to get out without
causing too much more loss of esteem to
himself and the party.
What seems wrong to me is what Turner's
negative Image does to the Liberal party.
There are all kinds of people who'll vote the
other way because of a party leader, and
you'll often hear people saying things like "I
won't vote for Turner," or the same about
other leaders. So don't. Cast a vote for a par-
ty, and a set of ideas,
Mother bridged generation ga
It would be inappropriate at this time
with Mother's Day just days away - not to
take the opportunity to talk about my mom.
In fact it would seem almost a sacrilege if
this space, this week, was dedicated to
anything other than a column about
mothers.
MOTHERS - well, to coin a well used
phrase, "we all have'em." And certainly
some are more desirable than others.
But as much as I've poked fun at my
mother in the past - through these columns,
or through verbal chiding - I must admit, in
retrospect,there's no mother more perfect
at her job han mine.
Mind you, that doesn't mean I didn't ques-
tion her methods during my 'formative'
growing up years. There were certainly
times when I questionned her sanity - and
my ability to cope with a semi -eccentric
mother. And, I'm sure I wasn't the only one
in our household who considered, at least
once, trading mom in for a more 'Leave it to
Beaver' -type.
There were times when I was certain my
mother's only pleasure in life, was to em-
barrass me. Take, for example, the time she
picked me up after school, than instead of
driving off home, rolled up her pant leg, and
waved her leg provocatively out the win-
dow, . while offering male athletes from a
visiting school, a ride. Or the time she gave
an old boyfriend of mine some advice before
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by Heather McIlwraith
we went on our first date, or the time she
called me from work to make an introduc-
tion to hockey player Red Laurence - he was
getting his leg set at the time.
But that was Mom. She was continually
doing things like that. Whenever she could
get away with it, mom did the unexpected.
In fact my sister still cringes when, she
remembers the day mom was asked to car
pool for some school function. All went fine
during the trip there, but the return trip was
a real lesson in embarrassment. Tired of
her long -auburn -colored hair, mom had
opted in between trips to visit the hair-
dresser, and have her hair cut, bleached and
frizzed. The result was Allison's friends met
two different women.
Now I could go on forever about my
mother - and the crazy things she has done,
but you'd really have had to have been there
to appreciate them. Besides, that really
isn't the point of this article.
The point is, all kidding and jokes and
crazy antics aside, my 'mother WAS there.
She attended all our sporting events - even if
she couldn't understand the sport (she
always cheered for whoever scored,
whether it was the right team or not). She
was always available to help with
homework (although we stopped asking for
help when she started getting us 'C's) and
she was always, always approachable (and
still is) - on any topic. I can always count on
my mother for honest (sometimes too
honest) conversation. As well as being my
mother, she really is my best friend.
In fact, as much as mom sometimes em-
barrassed us all with her antics, in a great
part they probably bridged the generation
gap that could have come between us.
Although at the time I might have been mor-
tified, I still remember those episodes - and
they make me laugh. They make mom
laugh too.
Now, I would have preferred to write a
much more eloquent column on mothers,
and I might have if I hadn't had to condense
my feelings to nine or 10 inches of space.
Truth is, words don't do my mother
justice. She's just beyond comparison.
Happy Mother's Day, Mom!
3uST GAVE IT
A LliiLE Po4P AND
4T TUNED ON ME7/
Former resident against free trade
Dear Editor
I am enclosing one of my recent poems in
hopes that you might find it interesting
enough to publish in your weekly
newspaper.
Until four years ago, I lived in the Har
-
purhey area of Seaforth, and have friends
who might be interested in seeing this in
print.
While living in Seaforth, several narrative
poems I had written were published in your
paper.
Your respectfully,
Evelyn A. Brown.
Free Trade As A
Canadian Sees It
"Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early
light"
That FREE TRADE, for Canadians, just
isn't right?
There are no guarantees, that Canadians
can
Have access to markets, and there is a ban
On any appeal, until after the fact.
When action is taken; there's no turning
back,
Unless Yankees fail to adhere to the pact.
I believe there is danger in passing this act.
FREE TRADE terminates Canada's - right
to control
Many things that Americans want to extol.
Our cultural policy may be decried,
And foreign investment controlled, or
Me!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
denied.
Initiative for trade independence, of not,
Might not be allowed by American vote.
Control of our energy might cease to be,
And what of Canadian auto strategy?
Would Americans demand that we scrap
MEDICARE
On grounds that it gives us a break that's
unfair?
Would insurance for unemployed
fishermen, be
Cancelled, because of unfair subsidy?
Will
ll payment transfers for the provinces
Because it just wouldn't apply to them all?
What promises have our Canadians made
Compromising resources, our culture and
trade?
Social programs, development and
economy
Might suffer, resulting from trade that is
FREE.
The Canadian psyche is different, 'tis true
With special tradition and identity, too.
When Canadians travel to a foreign land,
They are greeted with smiles and a welcom-
ing hand.
Our country's foundations are peace and
good -will;
Good order, good government...paramount
still.
'Twas created in peace and the law of
accord,
Not in violence, rebellion, the bayonet and
sword.
Any problems are settled by legal debate,
And we fear any action of a prejudiced
STATE.
Our ancestors chose the Canadian Way
When, as Loyalists, they came, and decided
to stay.
Their aim was for freedom, with help for
distressed,
But not at expense of someone's happiness.
If FREE TRADE is engendered, as sure as
fate
We're bound to end up as the FIFTY-FIRST
STATE.
And then, in the future, our children will say
That we sold out our country to the U.S.A.
Written by Evelyn A Brown, London, 1988.
Salt company prospers in Seaforth
MAY 4, 1688
The shipments of salt from the works of
the Gray, Young and Sperling Company,
whose head office is in this town, reached
the large total of 102 cars for the month of
April, 61 going by Grand Trunk from Blyth
and Seaforth and 41 by Canadian Pacific
Railway from Wingham. These shipments
went to five provinces of the Dominion.
Quantity and price an improvement on
same month in 1887. We are much pleased to
note the rapidly increasing business of this
enterprising company, and hope prosperity
may still attend their efforts. With free
trade between Canada and the United States
they could easily double their output.
Brussels council have\ fixed the hotel
license fee at $170 and shops at $210. A good
stiff figure, but none too high.
The first of May wa's ushered in by a snow
storm, but it was only the forerunner of
warmer weather. qJ� j the
Mr. A. W. King, "Knight of shears"
who has recently fitted up a nicebarber
shop in Mr. W. A. Waugh's block, south side
of King Street in Hensall, has also put In a
IN THE YEARS AGONE
from the Archives
good stock off confectionery fruit in the same
block and next door west of his barber shop.
MAY 2,1913
Quite a number of "home" boys are being
asked for and secured by farmers in this
vicinity. Hired help is hard to get and as a
last resource many are trying to get
assistance in this way.
The body found in the creek near Exeter
on Friday has been positively identified as
that of Charles Riley, a young tailor from St.
Mary's. Considerable mystery surrounds
the affair from the fact that no water was
found in Mr, Riley's lungs. His hat and coat
were neatly folded on the bank. Riley was
last seen on Thursday morning, when he left
the hotel at St. Mary's about five o'clock,
saying he would take a walk. It is more than
twenty miles from the hotel to where he was
found.
Mr. William Turney of North Main Street
has been awarded the contract for the car-
rying of His Majesty's mails over the new
Seaforth-Constance route. Mr. Turney
receives $550 per year and a dollar extra for
each mail box he serves. The contract is for
four years and he has to commence when in-
structed by the department.
After some outbreak of typhoid fever
among some of those who had been using
water from the wells of the Dick House, the
Medical Health Officer and the Board of
Health visited the premises and obtained
samples of water from both wells. The
result, according to the Health Officer, is
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