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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-11-27, Page 9FUEL / CHIEF Ahh, no. It was the club which made that announcement. The word "pride" was not listed in the player's vocabalary. Nothing- but the dollar sign was important. Since formation of the Play- er's Association, the NHL serfs have been gaining strength in bargaining.. Ne longer can clubs dictate, like in years gone by. No longer ran general man- agers and owners force players to, obey wishes of the hierarchy. • Any •power -plays today (off the ice, that is) and the players tells management to "shove it," and the player retires. Remember the names of those who retired before the regular season began? , • Of course, the most celebrat- ed was Bobby. Hull of the Cnic- ago Black Hawks. Bet let's, quickly add Tim ,Horton and Goerre Armstrong of • the Tor- „ onto Maple Leafs; Glen Hall, St. Louis Blues and Dick Duff of Montreal Canadiens. Five top player& ” - Hull announced his return to the big-time by a meek apology to the • Chicago team, with his tail tucked quiveringly between his legs, as the simile goes . The .Chicago hockey club forced the game's greatest ' gate attraction to eat humble pie. Oh yes, the Smiles . • • Why did he return? A contract (railing for $70,000 per year made hlm, change his mind. And why not. Last year Burton's contract was „ close to 40 big ones Ex-Toronto Maple Leaf cap- tain, George Armstrong, came back recently after his third re- tirement. Money brourehthim back. He, will‘now earn aro$45,00r for this year. St. Louis Wales enticed goalies Hall to return with a two- year 'Contract which will pay him about $100,000 in salary and bonuses during the next)two seasons. e/ Nat much talk about Montreal's Dick Duff, but you can bet that he also received a hike in pay. Also, Daff's bonus arrangement is probably the best he's ever been offered. If the clubs, can afford to pay these large salaries now, why did they hedge at the outset when the player announced his retire- ment? If the player, is that im- portant now, he -must have been just as important at training came. Before the clubs had the up- per hind, always able to force a player to -bend. Not so today. The players realize the clubs have money and they can be forCed to part with it. NHL players have been gain- ing 'strength the last three years by adopting this attitude. " However, the Bobby, Hull case has certainly hurt'this cause and .the repercussions will be felt next year and just possibly, fot 'many more years. *, Wife, reading husband's for- tune card to him: "You are a leader of men. You are brave, handsome, strong'.• and - popular with the ladies." She patised.',It has your weight wrong, too." Time To Analyse HEATING I COAL & OIL Records i• Shove, here mapping out their route far, a.year long tour of Europe and Asiae are B:11 MacLean' and Bill Durst. The,: accompaning article is pert of a continuing series of stories ' written by the travellers. elf , • BURNS • CLEANER No Smokev No' Odour RrAiretnents concerning Na- Opal Hockey 'lleagutplayerstion't really aniount-to' anything believ- able when .they are announced, unlest of course, the reason is an injury. —.When you announce your re- tire/mint from the- NHL said one player who wished to remain an- onymous: "All you are looking for is more money." Dues this mean that veteran players are making fools out of the hockey clubs? This year more household names in the NIIL announced their retirement than yin .any other seaspn. The financial an, assess sounds feasible when you assess the reasons the players one of the returned, At no time did any players publicly announce tte was coming back to help the'eteam. HEATING OIL Walden la 'Broadfoot Phone 527-1224 — Seaforth wai1110*..0110***denommiglipromoil Willis 'Dundas PHONE. Office 527-0150 — Res. 527.1053 • MillmollellOP*11111111ruollIIPP"•11111 Now quality of mercy is often strained. slit don't be fooled, money was the naotivating force behind r'r.` Hull's return, although it • wasn't 3- the dollars involved in his basic k contract. Tax deferrments entered the picture and this financial aspect was front, and centre in ; all negotibtions between and 4 the Hawks. Tile true monetary, story we'll I never know, unless Hull ineludee it in his book when he's finished with the NHL. And there's defenseman Tim Horton of the Torontolil.kple Leafs. Last year Horton was an allstar of the first estate and it has always been trumaeted that the 1 muscular rearguard had been the NI-IL's foremost defensemen. But he retired, saying he wanted to devote all of his time to "his donut 1 business. It will soon be Farm Record Book analysis time again. Any- one who may wish to have their 1969 Farm Record Book sum- marized should forward it to the Agricultural Office, Clinton, during January. As before,„the completed Farm Record Book -will hot be leaving our office. The checking of the book will be done by local Agricultural office staff, Clinton, and a sum- mary card forwarded to the com - puter at the UniverSity of Guelph for analysis. The book may be brought to the Agricultural office or mailed in..Anyone who would like assist- ance on completing their record book may call our office for an appointment. Every farmer in Huron County who has completed an Ontario Farm Record Book tri 1969 is welcome to make use of this "no fee" analysis service. A clinic for those who wish to learn how to keep the Record Book will be held at the Agricult- ,ural Office Board Worn early in.-January, 1970eFor further information, please call the Agricultural Office, Clinton - 482-3428, •••••r-e. ;4"-r•rr - scale" The entrance l'e and all proceeds go to cltA,r15t y. It. .ralned that night &rd every night •for the next two weeks. It sure was misTetria;.)fl. oeojlow:ng clay we drove to Mears- CA Te FRIENDS OF FRIENIT o : bergen are tried to locate Countess Cur- 'nelia de •15eaufort who is a friend of Mr. and Mae. Fri.z of Exeter. We were - invited' to tea the next day and the after- • noon turned out to be very eventful, We WItnesed a shootin; ,natch held on the grounds of the estate. something which had previously only been held inGerinany. Earlier on, we had seen the participants parade in front of the eastle and pay their respects to the nobility After •speeline the night on the castle grounds sly:• were given a tone of the I castle and is contents which date back to 1640. The Countess presented us with a token of rerrirnbranee and we were on our way to Anisterdam. We spent the night at a came talk ng to a couple from Toronto about-experiences in Europe T le next day we visited a diamond cutting firm, ,a wooden slio,.1„-maker and ad; antiad.e dealer who srkt•;.ilfzedl inn Delft tiles. Continuing hit we stopped at Hoorn andatvere lucky enough to see an " exhibit of local hadicli;Tafts. Among the more. notable examples were lace making by hand, sew, lig of wooden shoes and weavl ing of baskets. The town hand, folk dancing , and the local costumes' all added an atmosphere of their own: 'Later that afternoon we crossed ;.lie Zee• dyke ischh•l, is about lei. miles long a nd separates the Atlantic' Ocean from the Zieder Zee. It is the most important piece of construction in the coun"ry be- cause if is the Only thing which keeps the country above water. noXt• day we •.i.rossed the harder into. Germany stopping '-at iii ent,en wc.ere we located the coin:daily whir], would be shipping 'our car hack in December, N, Ai I4, ItURSDAY, g7, 960 Second $ectjou.,Pages O Relate lEgmondvilie • ,,. Bill McLean and Jaciernitst , Eg thund- vine are In the final weeks of a year-long tour of Europe. In this report they tell of their visits to several cou 'dries including EastGermany. We are camped In Athens waiting for- word from Volkswa.,en as to when we take a freighter to the Scfuthern States. W'. left England on Aagust 15'witli an extra, passenger and took a ferry' over to France. ,After spending the night at the Belgium border, we continued on and were told to put a nationaktly plate on until then_ had been unnecessary, It was a short drive from her to Z ottegem where we explored the history of the Van Egmonds whose descendents founded Eg- moudville. We examined the statue com- memorating the Count and then ice were amazed to see the skeletons of the Count and Countess. We also went to the Van EgMond museum, but it was closed for rep-airs. • We continued on and visited the battle- site ,of Waterloo where Napoleon *as de- feated. We walked up to the monument which is situated on a high, hill, Toe Same day we arrived at ,,KiTiSsels., and headed straight to the site of the 19.57 World's Fair where we visited the Atonium and other neglected buildings , The next day we arrived in Holland and went to Rotterdam which is the largest port in Europe. We went to a larg:e towar called the Etirolmasi and had a terrific view of the city. Tli:d following m drning we paid a visit to Delft where the famous par:•elain is made. We went to, the factory and saw an extensive display but were dis- appointed as We didn't see much of the actual making. The town itself as very picturesque and typical' of Holland, 'being •d•)signed aroarTd the central system of canals. We took a -train from Delft to The Hague where we saw 'he Modemailain (miniature city) widen combines the host of both old and new architectaire of 1, 2l5 dd, . - Use 'Expositor Want - Ads Phone 527-0240o , *R. MCWE TO DENMARK We arrived in Hamburg ,August 29 and did not spend much time in tile city as we knew we would be coming hack there. The next uay was eventful. ,It was the first 'time we had sunny weather for • the whole- day in two weeks and made the most o: it by taking Lie ferry to Deamark and 'driving to the city limits of Copenhagen. That night we payed a visit to Tivoli gardens, one of the best amusemen" parks we have seen. •Tlie most interesting feature in Hie .most is whiCh carries its traditions back to, the beginning of the 19th century. Tills fair is c.ontinuous all year and very busy. - Tit,, following day found us in Sweden which rem tide..1 us of Northern tinario with its rugged and aeaatiful . landscape. Two days later we arrived DiStoc:khalm. a beautiful eity. which looks more like a tourist resort than a city because of its me.n), arks and waterways All interesting featur was the pioneer village which c'dintain old, buildings from all over Seandinav 01.r ne:ct ,stop was Oslo, a small modern city built on the side of a giving a view of the sea at all times.The next clay we eaw iIie Vh:land sculptures. the most important hieing a 'hige monolith over 50 feet high. cOntainin 120 carved human figures, toured the ski jump and • nuseum an•I ceimpleled ,the day by visitine one of the. famous sauna baths, Oh our last day hi Oslo we visited the Viking• Museum and pad a guided tour of their ships. We also saw the p -lar ship Frans which was uniqie , because it took Nanseo to, the N,,rtii poi e in 18a6 and Am rnuteisen to the South Pole in 1913.. Perhaps the most interesting' exhibit was the Koic Tike raft an .1 its exhibits. -You probably know ' the story behind it but wouldn't appreciate its 'significance until yod see the raft t Hest hand. faeleath the raft, set in g false sea are stuffed fish illustrating the 'various types of sea life wh ich were encountered during the voyage, ON. TO DENMAFLK. • • We travelled an to Kristiansand where we toured Faiconbridge Nickel Refinery accompanie by a comeany We took the .ferry. from here over to Denmark. We spent a rather unpleasant night on lewd ship as there were no beds on 4eck space. We spent the night by tarkittg to some Norwegian travellers who ,were very interested 'in Canada. After spending two clays drivine.through • Dtjarnarli We arrived at Itirriburg;‘Germ any again,...T.Lkwaritlier had ,:inprovedslnee we .nad been there last 'so decided to spevd a few days. We visited a circus, courtesy of an animal trainer whom we bail me'. in 'January at Nice. France. The next day found us in Wolfsburg near GeNnan border. Here we toured . the Volkswagen factory which is the, largest in the World It employs 56,030, is one mile long at the front and taroduCes one car every fifteen second. IN EAST GERMANY Or. crossing from W.Germany to East Germany we had piles of papers to sign and spent two 'boars here but otherwise we had in trouble Tlar road from W Germany to Berlin was not to he left and we were not supposed to take any pictures. T'.e guard towers 'along the road were enough to convince us not to do either. Upon arrival our car and passports were checked Toe hurler area here is a no mans lawlaslt is surroanded completely by barbed wire and patrolled! by Russian and East German soldiers.We couldn't help hut feel itmonarrical EXPO in West Berlin, Wa spent tWO here touring `the • city Which. la ' modern, visiting a i)oiniapd, ;Oh and a few places along 'the wall • aue'h Cheek ,point Charlie which Where4,0 crossed over' to ,ast Bailin. The area immediately on either side of the wall ' is deserted'. East Berlin is very 91d and dull compared to its counterpart on the other side of the wail. Flags and decorations were flying all ' over East Berlin as 1969 is the 25th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic. we wanted - to spend 'a night In EaSt Germany but our visa would not allow us to . do this so We had to . drive straight through io"CseelieSiovalita.. We were surprised to find• pat the con- ditions Were muc h better here 'than in Elist Germany. The next clay we ,!rove into P'l'ague over the worst roads we (lave seen even though this was the main one. Prague is a very old--pity -litirit lacks colour. It.ts unfortunate tlik the government does not take more inteNst in the preset-- yation of these buildings. The tourist office recommended several things for us to see. the most interesting of which was a hockey game between two of their, teams. The 10,000 •faiNis Went wild but we didn't consider 'it as good as N.1-1.L. We visited many stores here .but found quality very poor but they have govern- • ment stores where only' tourists can buy goods. We :tit find many bargains but that - t Wg's diter,to the fact that we were able 'to get a good rate for • the dollar' an the . t , Street instead of going ; ) the bank. In 4 fact, the bank gave 1G crowns to the dollar whereas we got 45 'crowns from 1 people on the 'si reel. 4 On thin' way cnit,of the city, toe' visited a castle whit* was bustling with activity headed to Salzbury. This is a very pretty town and situated between mountains where we were told the Soule! of Music was Mule I. Most , of von wilt realize lust hew beitureful this town and surrounding area is. ' Later that afterneon we took cable car up to a salt mine in a Mountain but had to walk (Jowl' as the mine was closet! for the day. Our nexi stop .was 11,-rchteseaden whicl, is famous for its eagle's nest, , the liana., gi ven .1.0 Hitler's hideout hi the Bavarian mountains.. We arrived In Welch, Got-many when they had a big festival a-tvl we stayed in the camp where were surprised to find m ,ny Canadians. 'Munich ,t5. going to be tide site of the 1972 Welter cel.yrripies and they are reidlly preparing for stritction is everywhere. As tiler.> still in.,c1d.to.w6tte,abodit, we will coniiiiudd on in- another hitter. Sincerely, lull aod .lack. . 1 V Yq the 0^0.1044,0...44,64,4R4M1,0•,411.0,4,, periences In Europe the government purges. which you'll have • sinee'thls was only a few clays liefOre 4 read about. • . EXPi.OREJNIENNA The next day saw us touring the city of Vienna. Austria On a beautiful fall1 . day. We visited the Spanish RldingSchDel and. saw them peartielng for their weekly - performance. We were lucky enough to have arriOd ' • in Vienna on the one ;lay a year when 1 ail government and official building's were • open .to the pub!te, W" visited several " t these anti then watched a display •Put on by the Viennese firemen.. Tnat •even•- ine we went to an operetta -and then tittrernKetVICIOCCOVVVVVOCKAZIOVVVVVVVO KtC1000000MCMCK4410000VOCKV001441 Christmas starts this week in the 0 THE HOME TEAM 0 • Put your money Into our guaranteed investment . certificates now paying the never-before interest • of eight and threi quarter percent. e. 14C7ORIA.;,4 VG rnuai COMPANY 'Welt 1060 "Do 1 tbmplain about your scoeteards?" * . 4 4 t * 4 * 4 6 t . • . Look to the Expositor for exciting gift ideas ! SHOP AT HOME EARLY FOR BETTER VALUES tAtotoctemititmovoctocctoctoctmetoctottociltimovistoctremctoettetvetotectoctoottottert!