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The Huron Expositor, 1968-11-14, Page 2• ule11444 Sinc0'1,860., !Serving the .0914144744 F $'114IORTg. ONTARIO every Thursday Morning by Mc cies* G9mmimniity nolv;pipets r • ANDREW Y. 1VIcLZAN, Editor 140Mber Canadian Weeldy Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Audit Bureau of Circulation and Class `A' Community Newspapers Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $7.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 12 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa , B/1Q8., 1!oblishers Ltd, SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NO'VEM13ER 14, 1968 A Good Board Begins at Nominations • Taxpayer s of.Huron and pretty well , every other county in Ontario will have their first opportunity to take part in • the establishment of the new procedure under which education will be admisis- tered beginning next year when they ' will attend nomination meetings to sel- ect caildidates for the position of trus- tee on the new county boards, Up- until now all the decisions, — the ' scrapping of existing local -and area boards, the size and nature othe coun- • ty hoards, the basis on which trustees • are selected and their duties — have been taken unilaterly by the Ontario Departatien of Education. Now its up to the public to play its part and on the way this responsibility is assumed will depend the success of the new system. While there wig be varied opinions as to the wisdom of the new:proposals, the fact is that the system is with us oand it is up to us to make it work. Cer- tainly it can provide an opportunity to equalize the educational opportunities of all the pupils in a given county and this ls the important thing. The way in Whicri we can best play our part.in making the county system work to our advantage and the advan- tage of area students is to ensure that the people we elect to the boards are the best available. The starting point for this are the nomianiton meetings being held next Monday. The new trustees will be required to be forward looking and to think in terms of the whole area for which they are responsible. No longer; we hope, will there be time for- that petty detail which so often has occupied the atten- tion of existing boards at the expense of future planning and facilities. If we are to have the kind of bard we .want, we must ensure the nomina- tion of the men and women best quali- fied. Then we must elect them. The first step which comes 1VIenday is to attend the particular nomination that concerns us: (A list of nominations; locations and. times appears elsewhere in this issue). • ReCognition of Long Service One-time Seaforth lawyer Elmer Bell of Exeter, who recently retired,as presi- dent of the Ontario Progressive Con- servative Association has • received many tributes in recognition of the way in which he carried on the affairs of the association for so many years - Typical is this excerpt from the Oak- ville Journal -Record: • "Elmer Bell is a man of unquestion- able int4rrfty, whose interest in poli- • tics is that of a patriotic,A4alic-spirit- • ed citizen, truly anxious to gerve his fellow -citizens sincgrely .and without' hope of personal gain. His is one of many across this nation whose record • proves wrong. those „ cynics who think all who enter politics do so' for personal profit. If Elmer Bell had any enemies, . not even they would ever accuse him of having personally profited from his political service. "Mr. Bell was one of those from Western Ontario Conservative circles who strongly promoted John Robarts for the party leadership: "The Boss" as Mr. 13ell called him, has always taken Elmer along on the campaigns as a trusted and respected adviser. As one who knows him well, and worked close- ly with him on the last federal caln- paign,, said "He will be very hard to replace." "Indeed, in these days of the so-cal- led new politics, we may not see his like again. If . so, politics will be the poorer for it. This newspaper hopes that Mr.. Bell's wisdom and sagacity Will continue to be available for the good of his party, and of the people of this province." Provincial Costs Continue. to Climb (The Listowel Banner) . • The threatened milk hike hit Listo- wel last week when residents here awoke„to find the cost of a quart had increaied three cents overnight. We knew it was, coming •and three cents • "mizht not sound like much. But corn- •" ing as it did on the eve of a budget an- • nouncement by the federal government which will -almost certainly see an in- creaSe in personal income taxes, and on, top of all the other price increases we've had in this province this year, those three cents can alm9st qualify as the straw whidh broke the camel's back. It is difficult to know where to place the blame. We don't think it is with the dairies and farmers, since they too have been asking for some kind of fin- ayicral aid in order to stay in business. • The guilt would seem to lie on our own • shoulders -- your's, mine. and our goy- • ernMent's, which incidentialiy has been in Power for the past 25 years. •We are living and spending beyond our • means. But certainly; regarding govern - Mont spending, the people of Ontario Italie more to complain about than do • most residents .of other Provinces. - • To refresh memories, during the eilr-. tent year, the 011:tatio treasurer's tax increases included t • --"A four cent inereaSe in tax On. cig- arettes raising the provincial tax to six cents for 20 cigarettes along • with changes for other tobaccos. , —A two cent increase per gallon in the tax on gasoline •and motor vehicle fuel and a one cent increase on aviation fuel. ' —Increases 4445 to.$10 in registra- ' tion fees for cars.. —Hospital insurance increases to $5.50 monthly for single persons and •$11 for families. OMSIP'S premium schedule is $5,90, $11.80 and $14.75 per month. ' Also added by the province this year were increased fees for peovincial parks and fees for those •ridiculous [licence -plate numbers whieh hunters are now required to wear. And if ' these increases are not en- ough to make Ontario residents think about making a Move elsewhere, wait- ing in the wings are such choice num- bers as taxes on children's clothes and the, very food we eat. We wouldn't be at all surprised to see them put into effect, because like the increase in hos- pital insurance,. car and gas fees and cigarettes, these are increases which hit the common working faintly man — and he seems to be a prime target here in Ontario. ,Ile's the one the milk, hike alio hurts. •••••••••••••.. II IMO L.' onma.•11.1.nomo.Pnan.nm AO • 1."‘"' ^ 1 u ar and Sp GOOD 441?•IIKINNY lAfT9N01 Ws ker-Ina#40 naln, and though rve never been known as The.- Deerslayer, have been wider' attack. The worst deer hunter M the whole entire world las come out ill print charging that I am the worst deer hunter in the world. go ter- second worst, but not be slandered with that, 41 I can say is that "Skinny Wyoneh Must have the gout again," As I've pointed out be- fore, this was the greatest one - line filler ever used in the newspaper busixtesS. A filler is a little item used in newspapers to Plug a bole. They can run up to ten lines, but they can't be any shorter than one. When We were' des- perate for a one:liner to fill . a hole on the front page ona time, we stuck it in. "Skinny Wyonch has the gout." And he' in the Years Agone (lid, He couldn't even sue US. Next time we were frantic far a one-hner, we inserted, `ISIdn Wyonch has the gout. Again." And he did. • Now, probably suffering from gout, he has written a sehrri- Ions article in which he beats around every conceivable bush, including the mulberry, (and I wouldn'tbe surprised if he'd been into the mulberry, which would give him the gout) try- ing to- suggest that I am a worse deer hunter than he This is not only like the pat calling. the kettle black. It is like one politician claiming that is opponent is a bigger liar than he is. Skinny now sits in my old editorial chair, once occupied by the second worst deer hunt- er in the world now by .the worst4n a recent article, gout - inspired obviously, he recalled the time we'd gone hunting to- gether. As far as if was in his na- ture, he told the truth about me. He said I had no sense of direction in the bush. Well, any damn fool can get lost in the bush, and thousands do every year. That proves nothin He said I didn't know low to hop- wood So what? I didn't From The Huron Exposit* Nov. 19, 1943 Ernie Clark of Seaforth was ected by acclamation as a me ber of the Ontario. Older Ibia Parliament for the riding South Huron. „- At the graduation exerci in connection with No. 6 S vice Flying Training Scho Dunnville, Tho st D. Sills s of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Sills ; was graduated as a PilQt, in RCAF, his wings being pinned on by his recent bride, Sgt. Nora Sills of the Woman's Division r sea. • • Miss Evelyn Geig is supply- el- ing at the public school for m- Miss Gretta Ross Who is ill with ys' influenza. of Seaforth town has subscribed •• , $185,000 to the victory loan and ses it is the intention of the canvas- er- sers, Messrs. Rankin, Beattie ol, and Jackson to reach the $200,- On 000 of the Air Force, Camp Borde • The Seaforth WOmen's 'Ins tute helda successful euchr and dance in the ArmOuri Prize ' winners at euchre wer ladies' first Mrs. Chas. Eyr men's. first, Lorne. Wilso ladies' lone hands, Mrs. Bo McGeoch; men's lone. hand Hiram Shannon; consolatio ladies, Mrs. Harold Jaekso men, E. IL Close, • Friends in the Kinburn di • trict gathered to honor Mr. an Mrs. Jack Medd, recent' newl weal. beath removed one of Se forth's most prominent busbies men as well as one of the town most active, enterested and e teemed citizens when Cha Holmes passed away. in Scot Memorial Hospital. • Messrs. Geo. D. Ferguson Amos Corby, John Sproat, Sta and Harold Jackson, John C Crich, T. W. Modeland and C. -W Ironsides were in Bruce doun ty deer hunting. • Dr. E. A. McMaster has pur chased "Hillside", the larg residential property of the late Charles Holmes on . Goderich St. East, Harry S. Carnochan of Tuck ersmith, widely known in the township and district for many years, passed away at the home of James Broadfoot, • Huron County Breeders were 'prominent buyers at the disper- sal sale of Lloyd S. Shanti at Breslau. Wm. Sparks of Bay- field, paid $140.00 for a heifer • calf and W. J. Storey, Seaforth, paid $95 and $80 for a pair of heifer calves. The coal situation in Ontario is one that does not raise an enthusiasm in the mind of the average honseholder. And there is reason, There is an acute shortage of coal at the present time and little- prospect of it improving in the immediate future. Joseph L. Ryan of McKillop, left his automobile standing outside his house and discover- ed that some one had bored a hole, in the bottom of the gas tank and disappeared vvith six gallons of gas. Red Cross parties were held in the town by the following ladies, Mrs. Chas. Stewart, Mr. P. B. Moffatt, Mrs. P. Kling, Mrs. F'. S. Sills, Mrs. K. M. McLean, Mrs. R. Scott; Mrs. J. Beattie, Mrs. E. A. McMaster, Mrs. J. M. Me - Millan and Mrs. E. 11. Close, * * * • From The Huron Expositor Nov. 15, 1918 • The World War • ended on IVIondaS7 morning at 6 o'clock, Washington , time, • 11; o'clock Paris time. The armistice *as signed by the German repre- sentative at midnight and hos- tilities ceased at 11 o'clock Mon- day morning, Paris time. The viMge of Brueefield cele- brated the great Allied victory on Monday evening in grand style. They held a torch light procession and the Kaiser was burned in effigy. Addresses , were given by Rev. W. D. Mc- Intosh and Mr. Haugh. • A memorial service was held in the OddfellOw's Hall in 'nem-. ot7 of Clarence Westcott who was killed in action and Gun- ner Frank Weiland -who died at James Dorrance of McKillop received word that his son, Lieut. Harvey Dorrance had won the Military ross, the first sol- dier from this district to be decorated with the Military Or- der. Wm. Cameron had the mis- fortune to fall from a tree and fracture his collar bone. Messrs. James Kerr antiW: Somerville have had phones placed in their homes. Seaforth was not behind any. other town in the province in the_celebratioh of the` sighing of the armistice. A large, pro-` cession headed by the band and including the Collegiate Cadets, Bell munition, workers in wag- ons drawn by ,tractors, marched to Victorja Park where speeches were delivered by resident cler- gymen In theevening a thanks.giving service was held inrthe Methodist Church. There was no organized program but from early morning until aft r e mid- night the town . was alive with impromptu processions, t,6onfires and noise, -all the whistles and bells.adding to the general glo- rification. G. Regele of Manley is busy fencing some of the Canada Company lands for pasturing. , Russell Mandson of Chisel- o hurst had the misfortune while p cranking his car, to have his e arm broken. • a Joseph Youngblut of Constance w met with a bad" accident while pulling a barrel in the cellar, M resulting in the breaking of a a bone in his leg. • From The Huron Expositor Nov. 17, 1893 Mrs. James Smillie, near Wal- ton, (who had her leg broken •some weeks ago, will be a pri- soner in her room for some time yet. . Frank Ashton, who has been in the employ' of Thos. Town- send of Tuckersmith, treated his friends to an oyster supper at the residence of White brothers. The usual games were engaged, in. The 'trustees of school section r: No. 2 Teckersmith, have engag- ed MFprsyth for a year at an increased salary. • David Landsborough of Eg- Egmondville has been engaged to teach Sproat's School during the coming year. He succeeds Mr. Muldrew. . Charles Wilson of town has rented 'a store in the Bank of Commerce building and will • open up in the grocery business. The slaters have commenced to- late the roof of the town building. D. D. Wilson has a large force of men remoVing his stock of eggs from the pickle and pack- ing and shipping them to the old country. Frank Medulla of Leadbury has been drawing bricks through town from Sproat's yard for a new residence which he intends hire on as a wood-hopp r. He aid I fell in the lake every ime we 'climbed into the skiff o cross the bight to the island. erecting this summer. Messrs. Wm. and Edward Dig- nan, sons of Warren Dignan,' who have been in Dakota since last spring returned home last week, looking hale and hearty. The Young Men's , Christian. Associationhelda- eeting when Mr. clieswright Utile Collegiate' Institute staff, erformed a number of inter - sting scientific experiments nd these were interspersed ith readings' by Mr. Crawford. M. Jordan's, new building on ain St. is now being plastered nd will soon be ready for oc- upancy. From My Window — By Shirley J. Kellar — The modern world holds many surprise's but the recent state- ment credited to the pregnant girl friend of Beatle John Len- • non was this lulu: "Basically, we are both very shy people". Who does that Oriental over - aged juvenile delinquent think .she's fooling? Her outward behavior is hard- ly befitting her shy retiring in- ner self, to put it Here's a young lady who has lready.been a wife to two Men, a mistress to a third while still married to her second husband, has produced some Of the most distasteful movies ever made (one is reported to have starred 365.bare'behinds!), had her own bare backside (and unclothed frontside).nhotegraphed for the cover of a Beane recordalbum and - is currently involved in some dope • charge's. And she wants us to believe she is as pure as the driven snow? , And Gentle John? He's so shy he doesn't think it is nec- essary to wed the mother of his unborn child just to give the poor little waif a name. Free love is his motto, trademark of this "basically very shy" man. When I examine a pair like this in the light of publicity they receive, I'm award. that newsp-apers always tend to re- port the sensational secrets of their featured stars. I'm also ,,,,sure that ,such of the idiotic drivle we read in movie maga- zines about the -singers arid ac- tors who make the big tithe, is discreetry doctorekt to Sound diatinWe an4 'eXeitirig• It's really toobad, though,' when writers dont have to dream up the scandal anymore. Usually it seems the stars have slipped over that imaginable line between make-believe and reality. They haVe"begun to lose their ,air of mystery their man- agers have worked so hard to achieve and have started on the slimy slide to obscuritY through . their own stupidity. When they finally understand they have frittered away that ,neeessary thing af, life — Hite self-respect, • clean reputation, love, home, children — therels just no way lack. It's sad. At one point in his career, Lennon was in the enyiable position to lead 'millions of yOungrinusic lovers. He and his three companions had every- thing going for them plus some of the extras that even the su- per -Stars never experience. And I will always wonder what would, have happened if those' same Beatles had turned out to be on upstanding group of ordinary young men who put priority an the importantthings. What a force they could have been toward the ultimate hap: piness of many teenagers who instead, may have followed their idols into a life -time of regrets. Maybe Lennon is learning what it means to have money and a burned -out soul. Could be that he atid his little woman would like to convince a cold world that they're not mall such badopeople after all. I'm afraid all those brash Beetle beatshave deafened all sympathetic ears: ce $01ne o tlioae pansies ova were •afraid tu- get their feat wet, just because it was Nov- .enlber; • And he suggested .that 1 put 3.55 rifle shell. in John Des- • jardins 32 -rifle, That's a lie. It was Weenw yVright'S 38.30. But it's incredible how feeble bis menkory has become (pos- sibly gout -induced) about the important things. Ife didn't mention that he never,once fir- ed his gun at moving target. He shot at a tree once and very nearly hit it. But I actually fir.. ed twice at a deer, about 40 -seconds after he had disa ear- • ed into the cedars. I tjthik it was a deer. It has not seeped back into his consciousness how I, solved • .the food problem. We were stormbound for four extra days on a desert island. The others, eating like bogs, wanted to cook that lapt mot of beef. But I was in charge of food, ration- ing.When I finally decided to unwrap it; it turned out to be five pounds Of cheete rather than beef, but nobody starved. Some of us have foresight; some hindsight. And 'he's completely forgot- ten that trip home from the island, after ten days of 40- 1mile-an-hour wind and •snow. "My wife' I kill me." was the 'plaintive/'whimper. I knew it was ate for that. I knew mine would boil me in oil. But at their urging, these manly hunters, we took off into the -pitch-dark, in a snowstorm, 12-faot waves, a leaking boat, five deer on the top deck, and the electric pump on the bum- mer. They lay in their ,bunks, green and groaning, while the old fighter -pilot, the well -drill- er and the middle-aged guide saved their skins. No sense ofdirection indeed. You should have seen rdeliNer- ing -through that black snow- storm, while John got up on the pee -deck (aePoop-deck on this boat) to take a look into the nothing, and Teenly manned the pumps. I don't mind hint, gant-op- pressed, trying to bolster his ego. But I resent it 'when he shows no gratitalle for tlie,Peo- ple who saved his life. This W ek and Next — by Itay Argyle — NIXON, AN "IFFY" PRE DENT SI- generation gap. Richard Nixon fell far sho of winning a majority of the popular vote and he will have to -work with a. Democratic Con- gress. But this does not mean he cannot be an effective presi- dent. The electiqn has Made. one rt thing clear. Many normally Dem- ocratic voters obviously, didn't believe very strongly in their party's stand on ciyil rights and integration. Or else so niany millions would not so reasily have defected to Wallace. However, he could bean u popular one, by U.S. standard Because there are normal only two serious candidates fo the White House, it is urrusu when a president is elected wit , less than 50 percent of the po ular vote John F. Kennedy barelyelnad this mark 1960 and Mr. Nix on has fallen considerably short By Canadian standards, how ever, Mr. Nixon has enoug support to govern the country because he capture'" the popu lar vote by almost preeisel the margin with which Prim Minister Trudeau's Liberals wo 'last June's Canadian genera election. As Canadians are used t three parties vying for their votes, any party which is abl to pick up ,45 percent of the 'vote is considered as having a pretty good mandate in thi 'country. n_ For the time being, there- & fore, the great' 'wave of Social. change which swept America lY in the past decade has become • a spent force al , h It is highly unlikely that p_ President Nixon will follow the kind bf repressive policies which would 'result in violence and e riot. At the same time, dissi- - dents in the U.S., snch as the • Yin -Plea -and the New Left and - Black Power advocates, will be h under no illusions- 'as to the toughness of the new govern- - ment in the enforcement of the • law and oilier. And if -it is en- • forced with justice, there • could be a period of relative 1 tranquility in American ' On Vietnam,' President Nix- on can be expected,to cautious- ly proceed with the-. Paris e peace talks. The question now is whether there will be a com- . • plete bold -hp in 'the talks until • Januariti or whethCr some pro- gress may continue to be made in the last -few months of Pres- ident Johnson's administration. It is now evident, a week af- ter the U.S. voting, that Rich- ard Nixon won not because of any strong Republican follow ing, but because Gov Wallace split the Democratic party vote. Although Wallace deprived Nixon of -some southern states which the Republican Might have otherwise won, the form- er Alabama governor hurt, Humphrey decisively in many northern states. The Wallace vote appears to have come mostly at the expense of Hum:. phrey. The outstanding feature of • American life during the past ye r or so has been the terri- divisions which have split the country. It it --,,wasn't Viet. narn it was clyll :fights, an4 if It wastil eivil rights it was the Finally, the return of a Re- publican president to the White House is the signal. for a gen- eral reorganization of' the bem- ociatic party. - Four years ago, the Republi- cans were soundly beaten and it looked as if the U. S. Was in for a long era of one-party government. But President Johnson was so misdirected by his military advisors that he engaged the countr,y in a for- eign .adventure whic'h...xesulted fn his own downfall: It is to be hoped that Mr. Nixon, having seen the military give rotten -advice to both John ItenneilY and Yyhdon Johnon will be wise enough to rdist their ov- solutiOns, fereigir problems.