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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, January 3, 1974
r The luckiest in the world
•Stigat and Spice
Icy trees
ti;
a w of 197e,aon CBC over the
everal correspondents were
discussing the prospects for 1974 in
various parts of the world. Around the
fable they went, concluding -that
England faced a very bleak new year
"a lot of people will have only three
days pay", that Furope was in for
more insecurity, that the middle east
and the far east would 'continue to
have serious problems and that the*
US could forward td 'more
Watergate scandal in '74.
With only gloom and doom in
on • the international- scene, a
newsman who is stationed in England
said he couldn't help but .conclude
that Canadians, as they headed into
1974, wer*',about the luckiest people
on earth.,
There is a certaitf-uht-asiness that
comes when yotiddmit that you are
favoured - - - a feeling that your luck
will change and the rug may be pulled
out from under you. And on the other
hand are not saying, that
Canadi ns 'should become smug and
view the more hard-hit parts of the
world with comfortable distain.
But it is true that Canadians have
been lucky, so far and face a
Gomparatively 'bright 1974. We have
enough energy to keep---ourselves
To the Editor
Sir: •
Last week ,c,T,:V's "Weekend .'',' 5
presented pictures filmed in -Ethiopia.'
Tragic and heart breaking', it showed st
arvation and death in all its stark reality:
C.T.V. management verified that the „filrn
had. actually, .been made 'in Ethiopia and
that. it was a true- Picture of :What is
happening 'there at' this very moment. Yet.
calls to the •Ethiopian Embassy have, met
with emphatic denials that there is' any'
crisis in" Ethiopia. For what reason their
government is refusing to acknowledge the
„crisisin Ethiopia is, beyond my compre-
*hen sion but surely there must be some way
we can help.,"Oxfam" is attempting to get
lid to the Ethiopian people and any offers
of help may be directed to them. in Ottawa.
' How easy it is for us. Who have the good
life, to forget that others elsewhere are not
so lueky. Those pictures .shown on
Remembrance Day brought home tp me.
just how lucky I am and I give,thanks for
my own beautiful' and bealthy children.
I remember ho ,A), with smug
complacency I woke that day and went
about the business of the day. I did my
duty, then as quick forgot . . .the Soldiers
of,the War . . .(Lest ye forgot. . .) I said a
prayer'and wore my poppy red and at th
' Cenotaph I bowed my head . . .(and
thought that I was, oh,'so pure and good, to
lay a'wreath of sorrow as I should. And say
a prayer of 'sadness, soft and low,' for all
'those soldiers dead so•long agp. And then
my business done, I went away, (for that
was long ago and far away . . and this is
here and.now'. . another day.
Besides,' that dying could not happen'
anymore . .(Oh hypocrite . . .to think
Death comes from War . .) Then.safe and
sound at home I took my ease and turned
the TN. On .and" watched to see, what
great:, good programmes they had filmed
for Me.
When suddenly on Week-End 5 1 saw
a Sight that stabbed and hurt and grasped
and clawed! And all the smugness I had
'had, soon went, as scene on dreadful scene
flashed across my set. Then coward .that I
am; I reached to turn- those terrifying
scenes that made me yearn . . "o shut
away from heart and mind and eye . . .that
film . that made me watch as children die:
Yet somehow., somethinkmade me stay my
hand, and shocked, I watched Death in a
foreign land . . . as starving stumbling
bodies crossed my set, (those living,
brEathing,' walking men of death.) Then
reaching out to me vith silent cry, my
brothers in God's Love lay down to die.
And all around me babies struck by. strife,
lay breathing forth- the, last great gift„ of
Life..
0 God! My heart is broken to the core.
To see these babies dead . . .(tind not from
war. ..) But dead and dying . . .iying there
se still . . .(because I didn't care . . . and-
never willl . . .1
Again I see the death camps Tong ago.
'S'et •'tiS net 'Hitler here *ho 'spreads such
Woe. Ettehnitiation though' is yet assured
- ..(bedaUge nokeire and never Would,.
.04 •S
bloated, breathinglittle beings!
Nit* file-fora World that breeds such
'st' ifet #orgive tile that I Carry on while you
warm .and reasonably well lit. We
don't face' gasoline rationing in the
near future and most of us are still
working and getting paid for a fiVe
week,'
We haven't be shaken, by
evidence of disho sty on the part of
our political le ers and we can still
retain our faith •about. democracy
being representative.
Although we haven't seen the
massive , laybffs that the American
auto industry faces, the employment
picture in Canada in some areas is far
from good. In,, Huron County 450
people are out of work in the past few
weeks with the shut' dOwns of Hall
Lamp in Huron Park and Glendale
Homes in Vanastra. But at least we
have unemployment insurance and,
the economy as a 'whole is not in
danger of in'iminerit collapse - -- there
are other joAs arYotind.
What we -are saying.is - - - things
might not be perfect here, 'but they
are a quite a lot better than in,. most -
other countries we can think of. Let's
not get complacent about' our
apparent favour; with the gods', but
let's keep -it in mind.
May we give thanks for what was
good, 'personally, and nationally in
1973; and go into 1974 with optimism.
. . . breathe forth the last, faint flickering of
Life. : .
• Julia Eckert MacLean
Sudbury, Ontario.
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On behalf of CARE Canada, we would
"like to thank all those who sent in donations
to-CARE during, the year just concluded.
Their Support during 1973 has enabled us
s' to continue assisting ,the needy and to help
those , in some- 34 countries of the
• developing world help themselves,
CARE's on-going food, self-help
develOpment 'and medical-aid-and-training
progranis assist over 30 million people in
Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle
East, both •savitig lives and building better,
more* self-sufficient futures,
. While expressing our. appreciation to all
CARE, contributors, we would also
encourage them to continue their
generosity toward , CARE's on-going
programs in the future.
Thomas Kines.
National Director,
CARE, Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
Sir:
Permit me to use your columns to thank.
the 'people of Huron County for their
'understanding shown over the teacher y
protest on Tuesday, December 18th,
regarding Bill 274. The legislation ,
Proposed in this Measure would:
1. Force indiyiduals who had exercised
what was a legal right to resign, to
continue working beyond the effective date
of their resignation.
2. Modify, retroactively,' the terms of a
contract without consultation or ectosent of
the two parties concerned.' -
3: Impose compulsory arbitratior -
the limits of, settlement set beforehand.
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'`IyIatjy besides teachers• were ravely
concerned that human, rights woo be
infringed upbn, -that legal contracts wo Jcl
be tatttpered with, and• that free an a..„
collectiye bargaining would be stifled by \
the measures proposed by Bill 274. As a
result, numerous civil rights, labour, and '
professional organizations, in addition to
many members of the provincial
legislature, voiced opposition to the bill.
It appears that the demobstration of
concern and protest haS had positive
resulti.-Thet government haS agreed not to
proceed, at the present, with the bill,'
allowing more time for the parties involved
to work towards mutually acceptable
solutions.
It was not easy for us to leave - our
classrooms on Tuesday. However, in view
of the circumstances, we remain convinced
thp„,this was a necessity. Hopefully our
action will be seen as an exercise of civic
resphnsibility in protesting such measures.
Yours sincerely,
Jack Kopas, Communications Officer,
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Reading ne spapers-is an addiction with
some people. If the palter-boy is late, they
start to frd and grow owty. If, for some
reason, h doesn't show up at all, they are
like a 1)er with a sore tooth.
Th' 'ipplies to readers of weekliet; as
well is dailies. Weekly newspaper readers
art 'a mild and gentle lot,,on the surface.
But when their paper doesn't arrive on
time, they turn into roaring -lions or
lionesses, as the case may be. Any weekly
editor- will back me up on this.
... When I, was a weekly editor, "I regidarly
received 'ferocious letters from dear -old
ladies stating -flatly that the paper wasn't
worth three cents a week but since. they
had paid for a year, I'd darn well' better see
that it was delivered on time.
I know how. .they 'feel. I'm one of those
addicts mentioned in my opening
paragraph. I take two daily papers and half
a:dozen weeklies. If even one of them
doesn,:f arrive on time, i m not it to live
with... •
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The only time I can.get along without my
papers is when I'm camping in the wilds.
.Even &n, the first morning or two, I'm
greatly tempted to leap into the car and
drive' thirty miles to buy a paper. It takes
me a 'couple of days to "dry .out".
It's not- that there is. anything
particularly important in the paper. The
front page of the dailies is junk and can be
scanned in three minutes. Then l*mp to
the editorial page, which is only about 90
per cent junk.
Then I read a couple of columns, leap to
the entertainment critics, scan the sports
page and it's all over, I !gnpre the financial
section and the 'women's pages, which
think arc an insult to women.
In half an hour, I've skimmed 'several
thousend,words, and am no, better off or
-happier t! an when I began. Stupid, isn't
it?
But you might as well try to tell an
alcoholic that drinking is stupid. He'll
agree, and as soon as your back is turned,
lid-vc a coitple of stiff ones to - steady his
nerves.
readoholiC too, will agree that he
doesn't need t 't morning pick-me-up.
And the moment out baelrisqurned, he's
peering out the wi for the paperboy,
twitching in \ every' neriie., Or he's got his
head in they garb ge pail, absorbed .in a
story in die newspaper the garbage is
wtapped in. •
I've tried to get the monkey .4f my back.
First step was to shut my •ey`e while
brushing my teeth. This meantI would not
be reading he directions on the tooth ste
tube', in French and English,: during
operattoir, I tasted two days .beldrejWai\
sneaking peeks.
Last. summer, in. England, I thought I
might kick the habit. After all, I wasn't
interested in Britain's disasters and
divorces and football pools, which took up
most of the space. I wouldn't read a single
paper.
First morning, having breakfast in bed, I
felt as helpless and frustrated • as a man
who ha's, just lost both arms. Second
morning, and thereafter, I sneaked down to'
the lobby before breakfast arrived, bought
ttn armful of papers, went back to the room
and lay there reading piggily, happy as a
boozer in a barrel of bingo.
Reading weeklies is a different matter.
'You not only, read the front page more
'slowly, but with greater interest. There are
naMes of old friends. their children's
marriage ,deaths that' shock. There's also a
pretty good . running account ' of what's
-happening in the old home town. No
sensationalism. Happy little stories.People
helping people.
InSide the paper, the classifieds make
good reading. That's because you know
half the people who are seeing a lot or
buying a baby cakriage or advertising that
thiey.ksyidlletb no longerbe'responsible for their
wife's * •
And then there's the writing 'of the
country correspondent's. Some of it is..
priceless and personal.
Here's an item my brother sent me, and-
I'd like to share it. It appeared ,in the
Madoc Review, in the 50 Years Ago
column:
"Rev. Bundock, of the Apostolic Church,
was tendered a warm, ,fhough not
unexic,cted, reception on Tuesday
'evening, when several citizens of t e town
and district waited on lijui at close of
evening service with cats and treated'him
to 'a drive in the country, landing .finally at
Anderson's Island;, where they ated him
to still further generosity b making a
slight addition to h toilet in f e way of tar
and feathers. T ' demonstration of
affection was acetyl panied by a very
earnest request that he continue his
journey, making tracks with the heels
toward Stirling or a still greater display of
feeling would he Manifest.J;d by all 'present,
"My Bundock could hardly elaim -to be
taken by prprise as he had been warned of
what might happen to him and in fact,on
'friday evening oflast week some Ode
attempt was made to carry out this same
program, but the generous use of firearms
prevented the' affair being pulled off.
"My Bundock has been in Stirling for a •
couple of years and claimed to be a faith
healer." -
Now, there is the kind of style, elegant
but incisive, that you'll never fled in a daily
paper.
\ JANUARY 6, 1899' .
On Christmas Day, Mrs.David
Campbell, of Walton; was waited on'by her
$unday School elass.in Duff's Church and
made the recipient of several valuable and
useful presents.
The Walker farm, in Tuckersmith,
belonging to ,the estate of the late John
Walker, was sold to• Mr. Caldwell of
Granton, for $6,100. It is a good farm, with
good buildings and is well worth the price.
Mr. and Mrs. Elam Butt of Kippen, left
for Toronto for their new home. •
Alex McBeath of Kippep purposes
starting a portable sawmill on the farm
which he recently purchased.
The school meeting in Egmondville
passed off quietly. G.E.:iackson having
been re-elected trustee for the coming
three The years.
social twelve gave a dance in.
Carno's Hall when a pleasant time was
spent. Good music was furnished' by
J.F.Daly and L.T.DtLacey.
Miss Grace McFaul left this week to visit
friends in Toronto and Detroit.
Owing to the recent thaw, the sleighing
is very nearly gone, leaving the roads in a
miserable condition at Blake.
The members of • Court Constance,
Constantine, Canadian Order of
Forresters, surprised Dr. Cooper with a
handsome gold headed cane.
Geo. Turner of Brucefield has completed
the repacking of the apples he had•in cold ,
storage at Toronto and has returned home.
A very large ,number of the young
people assembled at a' vacant house of
David - McCloy's in Tuckersmith and
tripped the light fantagtic' until the dawn'
showed forth.
The hotiled Mr. and Mrs. Alex Harvey,
London, was the scene 'of one of those
happy events which are of 'interest to old
and ybung. The occasion was the marriage
of Francis James Burrows, M.D. of this
town to their eldest daughter, Elizabeth.
Major Anderson , of town, has 'been
working hard to get the outdoor skating
rink on the bowling green in shape. He has
excellent ice on the rink.-He purposes at an,
early date giving a carnivat that will eclipse •
anything ever seen here. •
JANUARY 6, 1924 4„"
The Municipal nominations for Seaforth
are: - M'ayor 'W.H.Golding (acclamation)
Reeve • J. - Grieve v.s.
J.W.Beattie; Councillors, Geo. P. Cardno;
•..W.E.Chapman; Wm. A. Crich;
G.D Haigh,' F.D.Hutchison, G.T.Turnbull.
Tim Lynch of BeechwOod, met with a
serious accident while cutting wood, the
axe slipped and cut a gash in his foot that
required nine stitches .to close.
leMavr inagndonMar. ns eAxtnednrdeewd Oliver areolf0S,0t0a0ffa ami trees
by steamship and railroad travel. They will
travel to New York City. to Havana, Cuba,
through the' Panama Canal, to Los'
Angeles,California, to Vancouver, to
Winnipeg to Chicago, then home to
London. - •
While Mrs. Cohn Hudson of Hensall was
lifting a boiler off the stove, it splashed on
her leg. She is in bed receiving treatment
for the built's.
A serious fire occurred in the frame
block op South Main Street owned by
R. ?
° The ro f. and upper rooms were gutted and
C used as a grocery store 61 ark and .
the stock in the store was badly daMaged
by water. Mr. Clark, an invalid for some
years was taken to the home ofMrs.
J.F.Reid.
Mrs. W. Devereaux, Sr. is at Windsbr
owing to the serious illness of her brother,
very Rev. Dean Downey.
An unique function in the annals of
history of the town had its inception- in the
splendid reception extend by the nursing
staff of the Seaforth Hospital. The nurses
were assisted by Mrs: A.A.McLennan and
Miss M. Cleary, the superintendent. The
lunch was presided over by Miss M.
Wilson, R.N.
, JANUARY 7, 1949.
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One of the oldest agents of the C.N.R.,
London, Huron and Bruce line, George
Swan of Brucefield was honoured on the
occasion of his retirement after 31 years'
service, at a gathering of employees at the
C.N.R,Station, Hensall. Mr. Swan,
received a tri-light lamp and his wife a,box
of red roses accompanied by an address.
F/L.T.Dale Jones, has appOinted Rector
of St. Thomas Anglican Church, Seaforth,
and St. Mary's Church, Dublin. He has
been padre of R.C.A.F.Station, Clinton,
'but is resigning from the Air Force to
'accept the appointments.
Three persons were injured in a head-on
collision on Main St. A sedan ariven .by
Sylvester Johnson of Seaforth, was in a
head-on•colAsion with an on-coming coupe
mdraivreiann byc 0 Nu tot rsn: saun
ffe
Hick,r ede fya c iSael alfaocr te rha. t iMo ni Miss s.
Mr. Hickey and his passenger Murray
Styles, also received facial lacerations.
An egg, on ,which was written the &aide
of Cecelia Connlily, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Connolly, McKillop has
resulted in Miss Connolly receiving a letter,
from England. The egg was contained in a
case shipped overseas by Isaac Hudson.
Reeve Arthur Nicholson was re-elected
Reeve of Tuckersmith for his sixth term.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kellarr Leadbury,
were guests of boner at a social evening
when friends and neighbors marker
departure to their new home in Seaforth. A
tri-light lamp was presented them, the
address being read by Joan Ryan" and the
presentation being made by Frances
McGavin. .-
,I. Harold Finlay ofBlake,has been nursing
'''sore hand. He happened with a burn
while lighting a gasoline lantern.
Robert Smith is having a hot water
heating system inst allied ift his residenCe
on Goderich St.:East.
in a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Doig, Ken Doig, playing hockey with
a 'Scottish team, tells of his team tying .a
"Swedish team 4 - 4.
DIstriet 45 ('Huron County)
Ontario Secondary School.
Teachers' Federation.
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