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The Oshawa Times, 15 Oct 1960, p. 28

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AGE TEN- GET YOUR COMPLETE 'Willard Winta.Charge ALDING VARSITY FOOTBALL (Regular retail value $7.00) wel .'K. . BOTH FOR 1 " > ONLY N= \ \ im f NN r V i DY 4 ' 390 You change the oil in your crankcase for winter, You fill the radiator with antifreeze, You switch to snow tires. This year, winterize your battery, too, Make sure it will stand up under the power- draining winter months ahead, Get the Willard Winta-Charge and an official Spalding Varsity Football from your Willard Battery Dealer--both for only $3.90! This service includes a com- plete inspection and re- charge, brings your battery to tip-top condition. So, get the WillardWinta-Charge and your gift football today! See your nearest Willard Battery Dealer NOW! ONTARIO TODAY Mr, Goodfellow has strength with restraint, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1960 At 15 Dy AG cic - Quiet Man At Queen's Park BY DON O'HEARN S in other walks of life politics has its many types, There are the extroverts and the introverts, those who want to do and those who want to be, the wise men and the fools, the zealots, the crusaders, the vain and the meek, At Queen's Park there is a "quiet man." He is Hon, W, A, Goodfellow, Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Goodfellow has now been an Ontario cabinet minister for more than 15 years. i Long before he reached the vet- eran stage he was regarded as one of the most able men in government, He has headed three of the biggest and most important portfolios in the government, For years he has been a councillor on whom Premier Frost has leaned for advice, And he is at one and the same time one of the best known men in the province and one of the least known, is befitting a This perhaps is farmer-politician, A noisy farm-yard is usually a dirty one, And perhaps for this reason farmers typically are quiet men, And the men they like are quiet, This is generally credited as one reason why Premier Frost has had such a strong hold on the farm vote, And it certainly is one of the strong reasons why Mr, Goodfellow is probably the best man in back- concession politics in Ontario today. A few years ago there were those 'who felt this farmer from the ham- let of Codrington in the old county of Northumberland and Durham might one cay be the leader of his province, : A graduate of the Ontario Agri- cultural College who had entered. his local municipal council at the age of 21, he had per ips the best, political background of any man in the government, ; He had gone up all 'the rungs. on the local ladder to reeve and clerk-treasurer, He had then been successively Minister of Welfare, Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, And he had the respect of all groups in his party and of a wealth of people outside it, There was always the question, however, whether he really had any interest in the leadership, And today, even though he has just turn. ed 59, a rare good age for a premier- ship, those close to him feel that he probably has no taste for the burdens of the job -- rather that: he more likely will continue as a major power behind the scenes. Mr, Goodfellow is no longer an active farmer, A few years ago 'the operation of his holdirgy* °° taken CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

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