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Seven ladies from; here attended
the. Stratford Deanery, meeting held
'at' St. Peter's Church Hall, Goder
ich , last Wednesday.
• 'Mr., and Mrs. Maurice Dalton
and'family spent the•weekend with
Mrs. Dennis. Dalton and Maria.
Mr. and. Mrs, jack Van Osch..
spent theweek enc, visiting friends
in
Ridgetown. •
Mr. and •Mrs:, Jinn Martin and
family are spending a few days.'
visiting. friends., in Royal Oak,
Mr. and Mrs.'•Bruce Hansford and
Ray, of Galt visited at the Ray
Dalton home. on Sunday. •
RETURNS: FRAM; HOSPITAL .;
Mrs' Ray Dalton returned•horne
from the Winghani and District'
Hospital on Sunday:
Ray Heffernan of Wallaceburg,
spent the weekend with his: parents.
Mr; and Mrs. Ormond, Heffernan. '.
Husband; "I've been, thinking it
over and 1've•decided; to. agree with
you'.
Wife: "That won't do you any
good.. I've .changed my mind." . .
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Give cops ' a break
As .'Gilbert and Sullivan gang rumbles; car , crashes;'
tunefully pointedouta good..
many years ago, "A : police-
man's , lot 'is, seldom a, happy
one."
Andit certainly -hasn't:
grownany happier,in the,inter-
iin as' even a.. casual' g:ance'
through. the •newspapers will
tell "• you.: 'Everywhere, police
'nen are unhappy:In the:cities,
they. talk of. strike • action. In
small towns, they resignright.
and left,'usurally in •a• cloud. of
recrimination.
• Why are they fed ''up? For a
whole: lot of reasons. It's only
surprising • so • many: '.of thein.
stay at it.
• First of ,a11, they are poorly:
paid. This fine, .61d tradition,
probably:: dates back to the.
-days when a , cop was a 'dumb
flatfoot", ;lucky to get a: job
with.' some security. involved.:
During The Depression, the
town cop, was envied because
.he got a pay check, be it ever
so humble,,every week.
Secondly, they must cope
ccith'•. ' continued' interference
from 'elected officials,' or local
..big, , shots, It might be the
Chairman of. the 'Police Com-
mission, more concerned with.•
paring. his,more
budget • than
with the quality of the, police-
' man, Or it • rnight be the 'fellow
who belongs 'to the same: Sep, -
ice . club as the • mayor, and
. expects . • special' treatment,
'whether .it's a parking ticket or
drunk driving, charge. This is
,.hard to take,
Another thing that bugs
them, :even ,;those who like .the
work, is' the •hours working
holidays; special details; calls
in the middle of the night. ..
And,of course, there's the.
job itself. Much of :it is rou-
tine, even boring Everything
in triplicate. But a Saturday
night. can he a nightmare..How
would you like to cope .With a
drunken fight at a dance? Or 'a
stolen car, driven by a kid at
100. miles "an hour? Or •a cou-
• ple of plastered, .prostitutes
belting you` about the head and;
:ears with their handbags,
4cheered.on by the mob?' Or a
call from delighted n"eighbors,,
at 2 .a.m., telling you that Joe
Scheiss• is, beating the "brains
out of his wife?
•Andthat's on 'top df the
ordinary' stuff:: petty thefts,
• street ' beatings; jeering; , bood-
• lums,
But I 'think, all:; these things..
are secondary. There's .some-
thing
some -thing else that hasturned the
';placid, policeman'of even 20
yearsago into a mean,, cop. And-
:. that's the attitude of the 'peo-
ple. It's fairly new and • very
• :nasty;.:'
:1 • rio, tice it,, with: 'dismay,
among teen-agers: Even the de=
gent onpc '¢iepr. at "The Fu77",.
as . they term: our.. `stalwart;
" „guardians of „the law. I don't..
know where they got it per-
haps . from' movies and -televi-
sion,— but th'ey•,seem.to. think '.•
•
the policeman, is tomesort of
brutalized . .Gestapo type- look-
ing for trouble.
:' few policemen, of •:course,
foster this attitude: There are
always a few ''bullies in 'uni
form. who release ;:their own'.
psychological Perversions,''But
,they are a tiny :.• minority, usual, ..
ly curbed ;by their peers.
'Even more disturbing; per-
haps, is the 'number of adults „
Who . will stand around and
watch a policeman •'being beat
en.up,: and enjoy it.'
There's. always, ' , of " course,
been war between : the .police
and the populace. But it .Used.,
.to ,be a good-natured, fun,war.
You. tried to circumvent the.'
law, whether it was swiping
apples. or . beating the speed
limit..If .you *were caught, you
• grumble d a 'bit, lied like a
' trooper, .and ; probably got . off
with• a 'warning, And, everybody
was happy.
Now it's open and blatant
battle. It's vicious and ugly. It
.is faniled'b3 newsmen and,tele-
vision. They always seem to be
'here • when the cops ar'e man-
• .andling. some screaming,
punk, but are never, present',
when. 'some•constable is .being
kicked into jelly.
• I've, met .a Iot of tops in my
days some' in the .Title .of my,
,dirty,, and, I: hasten to add,
some in the ' line of theirs.' A•
few of ;them .Were' realhoods,
but the vast ariajority were de-
cent: ordinary . chaps who
would go out of their way to'
• be• helpful,
it's a retten'job, but r mem
ber, men, somebody loves you,
•
nnual
In Walkerton
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KINLOSS NEWS;
Several' Group Committee mem=
bers and' leaders from •1st Kinloss
Scouts: attended the annual dinner.
meeting` for Sa ugeen'District held.
in Knox Presbyterian Church , Walk
erton, Oetober 25th.
Mr. and. Mrs. Harvey MacDougall
of Guelph, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Farrish of Kitchener'i, Mr. and Mrs:
Wilfred Farrish of'Lucknow and •
Clair-MacDo.ngall of Petrolia •
visited Sunday at the home of Mr."
and••Mrs, -Lloyd MacDougall
Iari,MacKenzie, who is attending'
Radio . College in Toronto., was
home, for.the week -end,` . :.
'Directors of the Kairshea W.I.
are _planning .for the annual "At
Home" to be held in Kairshea ;Hall..
Saturday, November 4th.
• Mrs Gilbert' Hamilton, Mrs: Ira
Dickie,' Mrs. Douglas Graham : and
Mrs. ,W. F. MacDoriald •from South
Kinloss W.1vl. S, attended' the
Sectional meeting in,Dungannon
Presbyterian Church on Friday..
Mrs. ClarkeNeedham, Mrs.
Allan Macintyre, Paul and Helen
visited..last week with friends and.
relatives in:Srantford; Harn.ilton
and St. Catharines,
• Second•: Concession neighbours of
Miss Jessie MacKay: assisted Mrs:
Wm . Macintyre at the 100th birth
..day .party. on. Saturday,. It was a•
• wonderful . and memorable day , ,
Our heartiest congratulations. to ' ,
this grand lady.
DouglasDickie o f University of'•,
Guelphwas' home for the. week -end.
Mr, and Mrs'. Fraser MacKinnon
attended the Road,Superiht•endent's
Banquet held'in Formosa.: on Thurs-
day evening
• Mrs .Harvey Houston,. Mrs. •
Lloyd MacDougall and ..Mrs:'.Harry :.
Laois from Kairshea W.I.:.attend
ed, the •Area.•Convention in.;Mark:= •.
dale' on Thursday and Friday
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