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The Huron Expositor, 1969-06-05, Page 2Probably. it's to late to do .anything The training encouraged a confidence about it but in any event we were sorry not as easily acquired under other cir- to see that the Seaforth District High cumstances. Many a teenager gained his School Cadet Corp is being discontinued. first•early assurances that perhaps after Without in any way becoming involv- all he would amount to something as ed with the pros and cons of peace he directed a platoon of not too enthusi- marches nor the argument of those for astic colleagues under the watchful eye or against armed forces we still think of the cadet instructor. the Seaforth Cadet Corps has_ played a In recent years particularly an associ- major role in the development of Sea- ation with cadets has made possible an forth area youths for more than half a introduction to other parts of Canada as century. representatives of the corp have travel- Inherent in the annual training — led to other provinces to take part in ad- short as it was each year — was a dis-- ded training and manouveurs. cipline not present elsewhere; an accept- It was hard work, frequently hot and ante of authority and recognition of always ,.dusty but we suspect that as leadership which in turn developed lead- these memories fade succeeding gener-' ership in others. It contributed, in an ations of Seaforth Collegiate Cadets and even more positive way than did sports, their successors, Seaforth District High to an appreciation of what can be ac- School Cadets, will regard their mem- complished by concerted action and pro- bership in the corps as .among their more per direction. helpful experiences of school days. Long Term Program for, Seaforth the system basically must reflect the greatly increased demansn of today,, as well as the fact that much of the system requires replacement if even present standards are to be maintained. Both reports mean the expenditure of substantial sums of money during the next 20 years. But ,in considering this, what is important to realize is that the ultimate cost will be substantialy greater unless the planned program — in stages as recommended and that can be absorbed — is followed carefully year by year. In the case of sanitary sewers and to - an even greater degree storm sewers on, which a start was made last year with construction under way this year the cost is across the town. On ,the other hand much of the cost of the water sys- tem program can be carried by rate ad- justments. Even with substantial in- creases Seaforth rates would still be. be- low 'the average across the province... It is important that early decision be be made by, council and the PUC with respect to the adoption of' the reports if ratepayers are to be protected from high cost. Work of this nature involves much time. As an example engineering for work contemplated' in 1971' must be started this year if the schedule is to be. maintained. While it is true that in limited areas, the programs are flexible, the basic sequence must be followed if the over all benefits from the carefully dovetailed programs are to be obtained at minimum Cost. Lack of decision for even a year at this,stage can only result in unnecessary waste and increased costs. Sugar and Spice — By Bill Smiley --During recent weeks Seaforth has re- ceived two reports which •suggest pro- grams concerning ,development of wat- •er and sewer systems designed to serve the requirements of the town for the next fifteen or twenty years. On the • action that's' taken concerning them will depend the way Seaforth developes and prospers. during the next decade. Carefully prepared and based on stud- ties carried out over many months the reports suggest*. in a logical way the year by year action to be taken if the town is be assured the services its citiz- ens require. What is most important, the reports recognize that there must be a relation between what is needed and 'the ability of the ratepayers to meet the costs and as a result the proposed ions or replacements are staged at inter- vals that reflect 'the financial capacity of the town. • • Recognizing that in the case of/Unit- ary sewers the ultimate desire is to pro- vide town wide servwice the report sets up certain priorities. Priorities in turn must follow well conceived patterns. .Thus it isn't possible to provide service, in certain areas no matter how great the need, unless collecting lines are first available. Over all is the need of addit- ional disposal capacity to which attent:, ion was drawn by the OWRC in 1965. In so far as a long term town water supply program is concerned what is most involved is the progressive re- placement and updating of the present system. A few of the system lines have been in use since the first days of a municip- al water system; most have been in use since the early twenties. Upgrading of mer, and will commence his ,duties shortly. The past week has been one of the hottest on record for this season of the year, One ther- mometer registered 98° on Mon- day on Main Street. June 9, 1944 , Howard Wright; well known .Hereford breeder of Cromarty has added an important bull to his already extensive herd. A fire of unknown origin com- pletely destroyed the large brick house on the farm of Wm. Con: lett. Some of the contents were removed, A host of friends in town and county join the Expositor in best wishes and congratulations for many returns of the day to M. Govenlock who celebrated his 82nd birthday. The years sit lightly upon him as he. is as spry as he was 25 years ago. Rev. and Mrs. Hugh Jack clos- ed' their ministry of six years in First 'Presbyterian Church, Sea- forth. Hail stones as large as 50 cent pieces fell the farm of Bruce Koehler,'west of Refloat!, during the storm that visited this sect- ion. 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Like the lepers of so many' ages ago, there may come a day when parents like my husband and me with three children to our credt, will have to live on the fringes of society ringing a little bell and calling "Unclean, unclean!" My son claims the adult-world is hopelessly confused. While some are working night and day to spread the gospel of birth control, others are laboring fev- erishly to perfect a 'mechanical womb. Into this gruesome gadget the scientist plants the male semen and the female ovum. He watch- es carefully as the embryo forms into a fetus and .the fetus be- comes a human infant. At any stage he can correct any mis- takes making it impossible to produce a deformed or abnormal baby. Ether sciencies crazy or I am. One day they want to penalize me for- my peculiar' powers to have babies; the next day they hope to show up my inadequacy' as a baby-maker by replacing me with a, bunch of nuts and bolts.. Woman still has the final say in these matters and that is as it should be. There may come a time when science will advance so 'far as to make it attractive to all females to be simply baby- factories at the whim of govern- ment. But to the 'woman who loges her husband and cherish- es their ability to produce a large family, it will be darned' difficult to keep 'her from giving birth if that is her wish, I 0 0 0 It's Got Me Baffled It takes a mickle to make a muckle„whatever, that means. And it takes a lot of mickles and muckles to make up that peculiar agglomeration of mammals known as mode& so- ciety, including a quantity of crackpots and a welter of weir- dos. Present company accepted. Four different glimpses of modern society, the human race in the last few days have baffled me completely. How did we get as far as we've come? And how come we haven't got farther? First of these was a big pro- ject at the big shoe factory I work in. Teachers and students have been slaving for months, making canoes and planning trips. They wound up with a- bout 30 canoes, maps, compas- ses and no brains. With just a little less fanfare than the Spanish Armada, they set off on a sunny Friday after- non, holiday weekend, to con- quer the wilderness and make Etienne Brule look like a Sun- day tripper. It rained all day Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the great national park they chose for their' insanity. The temper- ature was a 1ittle•• above freez- ing. :They came back exhaust- • ed, tasked to the skin, and frozen to the marrow. About •50 people were about as miserable as they ever have been, or ever will be, in their lives. And already they're plan- ing the next trip. Already, it's' a great adventure, in retrospect. I. know th eelng. I was a prisoner of war; d there was little joy in the aunt. But looking back, q I wouldn't have missed it for anything. Pretty stupid, eh? The same weekend, since the rain ruled out anything intelli- gent, I took two little nieces out to the beach to see, the "motorcycle gang". We saw them. In all their glory. Black jackets, beards, long hair and frightening. The kids weren't. I was. Frightened, that is, When we, arrived, these young adults, and I eniphasize that they're not teen-agers, were grooving on fireworks Fortunately, they were so beered-up, and it was so damp, that the whole thing was a fiz- zle, They were trying to light Roman candles and such on the floor of a restaurant. Adults playing with firecrackers. What makes these people wander about the 'country in wolf packs? They get 'their kicks from "noise, speed and violence. But they're people, and 'Certainly some, of them have brains; feelings, decency. Yet they're capable of actions that recall Hitler's Brownshirts, and I don't think there's any need to go into detail. I was glad the two police cars were there. The next night there was a big fire, about four blocks from our "'house, when a lumber yard went up in a dazzling display And who was there' hot-rodding it from all over town to, get a ring-side seat. Good, honest, re- sponsible taxpayers. Including yours truly, I was so pleased (I've always loved a good fire, especially at night) that I left my wife stan- ding in her dressin-gown and pyjamas, about a block from the blaze, while I presied closer for a cheek-by-jowl view with 'the other sensible citizens. "Ain't she a dandy?" And "That's a real ripper". we grin- ned into each others' orange faces, a little disappointeded because there was no wind, and the firemen Were preventing it from Spreading, My wife walked three blocks home in her night attire. I'd forgotten her complet- ely, What kind of monsters are we? And then I went back to school after' the weekend,' and here are these grade It stu- dents, in panel discussions, June 8th, 1894 A large wild cat has recently been seen in the neighbor hood of the 9th Concession • of Hul- lett. Mr. Hazelwood Aost a dog some time ago Wnd it is sup- posed that it has been • shot, or killed by the wild cat. The trustees of the Kippen school board have purchased a bell for the school house which, when put up, will cost nearly $50.00; Quite a large crowd assembl- ed at the recreation grounds to see the bicycle races. Dr. and Mrs. Campbell were in Toronto, where the Doctor attended the Ontario Medical Association and read an inter- esting paper. Hugh ' McCartney of Bruce. field has begun operations in his butter factory. A. T. Scott of Brue.efield has placed a new verandah in front of his store Frank Crich of Tuckersmith is, preparing to move his barn and build an addition to it. A serious , accident occurred near Staffa at the barn raising of Calqhoun, at which Will Campbell nearly lost his life. One of the plates broke striking him on the head and knocked him off the building, and he fell 25 feet. James McIntosh of the Mill. Road' met wth an. unfortunate accident when the pole of the wagon dropped-and caused him to be thrown to 'the ground, dislocating his shoulder. There was another severe frost on June 5th, sufficient to make ice. June 6th 1919 ' Noble Scott of Stephen Town- ship was kicked by a horse and had his jaw-bone broken and his face badly bruised and cut. Archibald McGregor of Kip- pen met with rather an unpleas- ant mishap. His buggy came n contact with a car going in the opposite direction, causing him to he thrown out upon the road. James Jarrot, who has been overseas since the early days of the war has returned home. James T. Scott is visiting his father at Roxboro having ar- rived home from overseas. " Howard Hays has been' ap- pointed- customs, officer at Ayl- sane, serious and sensible, grap- pling intelligently with the prob- lems they're going to have to fade shortly.. They're not doing it to im- press me. Some of their opin- ions would curl their mothers' hair. But they don't like society much the way it is, and they want to do something about it. They got angry with each other, disagree, grow red in The face, and shout at each other like — well like a group of adults , Crazy world, but it's the one I want to stay in for a while at least, Today's world, in addi- tion to the cold binoculars of the historians, needs Some mi- nor chroniclers, like your hum- ble servant, to tell it. as it was. Let's have a lottery The Task Force Report on Sport has" produced a lot of comment for restating an old position of amateur athletes. The amateurs in this country for years have taken 'pot shots at the National Hockey League and its hold on players frOm the cradle to. the grave, Presi- dent Ed Hall of the University of Western Ontario made the front pages• in the 1950s by declaring war on the NHL for making mere serfs of teenagers. After much noise,' the issue disappeared for a ,few years only to be brought back into the open with the emergence of the National Hockey League Players Association. Of Course, the NHL didn't help their own cause by their ridiculous atti- tude to the association. But even this attitude wasn't enough to get the lawmakers to force, the , pros to change their rules. ' Now we have amateur skier Nancy Greene (amateur to all but Olympic President Avery Brundage), Harold Rea, the chairman who knows how to run big business, and Dr. Paul DesRuisseux, the former Que- bec swimmer, telling the govern- ment as part of their overall report that the NHL should elim- inate the lifetime clause and also be forced to stop signing youngsters before their educat- ion is complete. While it is true the Govern- ment, and Minister John Mun- ro and Ron Basford in particul- ar, asked for a study of the NHL operation, it is unfortun- ate that the Task Pone was given this assignment, They had the background to do a thorough job on the amat-' cur sport setup fn this country and. in fact, did make some meaningful observations. But it appears to much of their efforts were spent looking at the pros and what s worse, the press de- voted to much "space to the Task Force's view on the pros. Amateur Sport and internat- ional competition deserve the support of all Canadians through the Govet,,ment, If money on be spent sending admitted Mar- , xists to foreign countries. in eluding Russia, in the name of "education," then surely our athletes deserve equal treat- ment. The Harry Jeromes and Nan.. cy Greenes give Canada' much more value for money spent than 'a boatload of Canada Coun- cil Grant holders. As a farmed out sportswrit- er, it was a pleasure for me to hear Mr. Munro defend the re- port's recommendations,- parti- cularly the part on Federal fi- nancing. For several years, the Feder- al treasury has set aside $5 'million for sports development and ,never spent close to the total. The recommended figure • is, 6.2 million, and before any- one points out that the Gov.., ernment is pledged to reduce expenditures, it must be pointed out that Ottawa spills more than that in a month. Take a look at the wastage on the refit of the Bonvature — eliminate such mistakes and sport benefits for several years. Only one generai area of the repOrt left me cold — making donations to sport tax deduct- able, Surely, no one will take the Task Force seriously in this re- gard. Otherwise, next some ' sharp promoter will suggest that cost of tickets to sports ,events should be listed on your income tax returns. Charity is one thing but sport, ballet, art galleries, museums and the like must be supported without ,the crutch of tax bene- fits. Sport needs the money to finance first-rate development programs and ensure that ath- 'letes who work hard to reach International status be given a chance to represent their coun- try,In international competitions, Let's have a national lottery or even a tax ott professional short admissions, but leave the tax deductions to worthy causes such as providing food for the needy. We not! sport, but not at all costs. 'UOveiting at Victoria, Park In the .Years Agone You will remember, I hope„ the collunn from last week. We were discussing how the United Nations has been encouraged to appoint a population ambassad- or - someone to keep the popul- ation down to a point where the world can feed them and maint- ain them without too many pot-. ution problems etc. Since that time, everybody has been getting into the act. In just one week, the whole western world seems to be in an uproar about keeping the population ex- plosion,down to a popl Just the other day, a ,high school principal and father, of four suggested that parents who have more than two children should be penalized. He didn't say how, but it is interesting to guess. Maybe he thinks the govern- ment should put a tax on fer- tility. If you are a healthy pro- , ductive young 'Woman with a handsome virile husband, maybe you 'should pay for all the mis- takes you make patt two child- ren, Or perhaps, would-be parents of a tt4rd child would be re- quired to ,buy a licence permit- ting them-the Itixury of a larger family. If you could not produce proof that you could. feed' and clothe and educate that third child as easily as the first two, you would be denied a `mating permit'. (Just too bad, 1 guess, if you have accidentally gone ahead .. with your plans only to find you have been forbidden to do it.) &maybe it would be worked' on a quota basis. For instance, one town with so many married couples would be allowed so many children among them. You are safe for the first two babies. No sweat. Suddenly mother gets .those queer nauseating upsets and she knows she is pregnant,. heaven forbid. To save additional taxation she must find a couple with no child- ren or only one child who will Science 'has wrought' many wonderful miracles, One day it will go too far in its quest to play God. I hope I'm not around to see the destruction.'