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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-05-09, Page 15MAY, MAO, 1973 or To The Editor Palmerston, Ontario, May 7. 1973. Editor, w Sentinel, w, Ontario. ,1 1 Editor, ould appreciate space in "betters to the Editor" col - for the following. as an individual, a group, 11, a board of trade, or er, like to be part of the ent, or, more properly., apart of forming govern • - legislation? You can. w? By writing your M.P. Wa, in care of the House ons • postage Free. And bly say, for why? of last the very `.Standing Committee ation in the. House of unanimously recom - nd.urged the Federal lotto, re -instate all rail' `service in this area, mice was totally elimin- November 01 1970. This, es has not been enforced.. ck of action means there - t, in effect, real govern- is not in the hands of the sof the Commons, • but Mary M:P.'s are at the and mercy. of Cabinet ss. 1 y:.en 11 • can, therefore, with one request to your-M.P. the following ways. Re - on of rail passenger sm.:- our area would improve bat the ecology fight n, reduce highway traf- increase safety in public would decrease unemploy y putting men back to All this would be accomp - by giving people in our m Goderich, Kincardine, pton, Owen Sound -South ersion and Stratford, and to Guelph and Toronto, 'on drill passenger ser -. This service,by the way, -earned and paid for by athers. not asking for something t our right, or that we t have. Therefore; why have it???? Your sup- w requested to keep/this before the Government ion is gained. Sincerely yours for equal rights and responsible. gov't. Robert, S. Cherry, 215 Queen St. Box 384; PALMERSTON, Ontario. THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Dr. Finlay G. Stewart Is Guest Speaker At W.L Officer Conference The 25th Officer Conference of Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario met at the. University of Waterloo, May' 1, 2 and 3. Des- pite grey sky, and rain, 637 del- egates came by plane; train, bus and car. to .the lovely campus. The vast majority were attend- ing the. Conference for the first time. The purpose of this con= ference . of Women's Institute members is a training school for officers.' This time the groups were Secretary - Treas- urer, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Wm. G. Miller, Highland Creek; Citizenship & World Af- fairs f fairs convenership, under chair- man Mrs. John. Hermansen, Weston; members - at - large group, with Mrs. Edward Ur- stadt, Owen Sound. On the first day 550 members were taken by bus to visit the Erland Lee Home which the Women's Institute purchased last year. Mr. Lee was co-found- er with . Mrs.:. Hoodless of the Women's Institute. There was also a tour of the computer centre at the Waterloo Univer- sity. There were several 'show- ings showings of the seventy-fifth Anniver- sary tape, which took place at Toronto. in February 1972. It also afforded the women the opport- unity to visit the Public Relat- ions display set up in Village 11 and purchase the Ontario W.I. story "Humanities in Home- spun", by Dr. Ethel Chapman, Contributing membership to the Associated Countrywomen of the World, and other W.I. supplies. This : IS arranged by the Prov- incial public relations Officer Mrs. Harvey Houston, Lucknow. Details of. the Conference 'were in charge of. Conference Secre- tary .- Treasurer, Mrs. Robt. B. Weber, Bloo_ »ingdale and the bus tours to` the Erland Lee Home by the chairman of the Home committee, Mrs. Austin Zoeller,, New Hamburg. May ,2nd, the Conference met in the Humanities Theatre. Mrs. Harvey Noblitt Ottawa, Provin- cial president spoke on the theme: "When the freedom they wished for . most was freedom. from responsibility, then Athens: ceased to be free and was never free again" - Edith Hamilton (Historian). To the Greeks their most pre- cious possession was their free- dom. They were willing to fight for it, if it meant death to the last man. Freedom was born in Greece • because men limited their own freedom. Self discip- linewas a way of life, the limits were good. There was a willing obedience to the written and the unwritten. law. They revered their government and gladly served it. Responsibility is the .price every man had to pay for freedom: When we relinquish to administrative bodies our rights and responsibilities, even our homes are threatened, children have been set against parents, CRAWFORD MOTORS CHRYSLER - DOKE - PLYMOUTH WINGHAM ONTARIO PHONE 357-3862• DODGE Polaro 500 4 door, 8 automatic,, power steering and brakes. and radio FILD'I Custom 2 door, 8 automatic, power steering and brakes eltY ton V8, with radio, .van type box FORD 1 tonr steerOlt 4 door sedan MONARCH 4 door sedan and radio , power brakes and steering parent against parent, families against families. A delightful Wednesday even- ing session entitled "You Can do it", presented a monologue by Mrs. John ,Richardson, St. • Marys; a skit by Board Direc- tors, Mrs. Edward Urstadt, Mrs. Emerson Emke, Mrs. Herb Mal- , uske, of the Grey - Bruce Area, advice on how to attain new members, During the convention Mrs: Noblitt reported 142 bran- ches of the 1,292 in Ontario had attained a 20% increase in mem- bership. A skit by Mrs. John T. Taylor and Mrs. Ford Sudden, Galt - Cambridge area, and sev- eral "Let's Sing" sessions led by Mrs. Laurel Maltby, round- ed out an evening of relaxation. .A welcome to the Campus was extended by the president of the University,, Dr. Bert Mathews. has had a long association with the FWIO and Ontario is a bet- ter place in which' to live be- cause of the efforts of the Wom- en's Institutes for Home and Country. Mrs. J. R. Futcher was presi- dent when the first Officer Con- ference . was proposed in 1948. Because she was unable to at- tend, her address was read by Mrs. Noblitt. The first secretary . - treasurer, Mrs. . John McCul- loch; ,Brampton was introduced. An account ' of the first Confer- ence is in the summer issue of Home and Country Magazine, 1949. Mrs. Futcher, in her ad- dress said "a friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of ones heart, chaff and grain alike; knowing that the gentlests of hands will take it, and sift it keep what is worth keeping - and with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away. . The Very Reverend Dr. Finlay G. Stewart, Kitchener ,addressed the final session on Thursday afternoon. His topic 'was "New Freedoms". We had stated four great freedoms twenty-five years ago. They were freedom of Expression, of Worship, from Fear, and Freedom from Want. We have opted out on most of these great areas for lack of real, responsibility. We have be- come echos and no longer have the right of self expression when personal opinion disappears. We. have lost the right of Freedom of Worship. 50% do not wish to worship anything more notably greater than themselves. Free- dom from Fear - no. We are the most frightened of all gener- ations. Children . are 'afraid of authority. Parents 'are afraid of children. All of us are afraid of tomorrow, and a dozen other areas make us tremble. Free- dom from want _ We are a world rich in resources and knowledge, available to every- one to become real people. What are the Freedoms? Freedom to Excel - this, is .a new exciting freedom available to everyone to become real people. Freedom to believe — Man can't live in a vacuum. He has to believe something about himself, others and the resources- about him. What he believes will determine what history writes about him. Freedom kr moral judgement - we have all the freedoms to ask is it right? There is not always a clear right and ' wrong to every issue. Freedom to live ahead of our times. These are not times when we can wait for a long drawn plan to unfold. These are times when the goals of future dec- ades are set. Perhaps the col- lapse of old freedoms' may .give us 'a new exciting freedom for to -morrow. THE RED CROSS IS PEOPLE LIKE YOU HELPING PEOPLE LIKE YOU PAGE . PIPTEEN. • THE WELDING and MACHINE SHOP Formerly owned and operated by MORFORD W. MACKAY 1s now operated by WILLIAM MACKAY We appreciate your past patronageand hope you wlll continue with William MacKay. Merferd Mackay County. To End Promotion Of Bruce Tartan Bruce County's five-year agree- ment for promotion of the Bruce Tartan expires in November this year. At its recent session county council moved to terminate the agreement on the expiry date. .The clerk, however, will ascertain if there are any unpaid royalties on the agreement and if so it will be terminated im- mediately . The suggestion for a Bruce, County tartan first arose in Port • Elgin in 1962, suggested by the Women's Institute. Subsequently Norman McLeod of Toronto , a member of the Clan McLeod Society, used his influence with Lord Bruce son of Lord Elgin, clan chieftain: to ask his father for permission to use the tartan. Lord Lyon, King -at -Arms at. Her Majesty's, registry in Scot- land was contacted but the women) were informed the official request mustcomefrom Bruce County.. This was done., Ultimately the tartan was regist• ered and permission given to have it woven in Galt. In 1965 the tartan was dedicated. The tartan had a ready bale, in Bruce :County stores. Later county council subsidized the promotion of .the tartan and made, an agreement with Anna Meyer , then women's editor with CKNX-TV, as promotion director. Out of the royalties, a scholar- ship fund was designated for a ward of the Children's. Aid Soc- iety. . The Bruce County Junior Pipe Band of Kincardine fiist-wore the tartan kilts. Later every county. councillor wore the tartan tie to formal sessions: support the mentally retarded Please Mother •with a corsage, bouquet, table arrangement or potted plant from ... ,„ Solomon's Greenhouse LUCKNOW -- PHONE 528.3017