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Clinton News-Record, 1971-07-01, Page 44. Clinton News-Record, Thursday, July 1, 1971 Where do we go from here? Quebec's rejection of the Victoria charter for a new constitution last week leaves 1=nglish Canadians who are trying to understand the problems of that Province not knowing where to go from here. There seems no doubt that Premier Bourassa wants his province to remain inside Canada but there now seems to be doubt about just who calls the shots in the province. The "nationalists" in Quebec, led by the St. Jean Bapiste Societe and other such groups campaigned hard against what they called the ultimatum that the federal government had given. They have worked hard to make Mr. Trudeau the villain of the piece. Meanwhile, everydne' at the conference said there was no ultimatum. Those who were there saw that Mr, Trudeau, far from being uncompromising as one nationalist writer tried to paint him in a Toronto paper over the weekend, compromised as far as he could possibly go without incurring the wrath of the other nine provinces and The other 15 million people in the country. The prime minister even wanted to go farther than many premiers such as Mr. Davis of Ontario were willing to go because he wanted language rights of both French and English imbedded at the provincial level in the new constitution. In fact Quebec didn't want that clause because it wasn't too sure it wanted to guarantee the rights of English in the province. The fact is that many of us well meaning English Canadians have been left behind in the fast movement of events in Quebec. Most of us still think this whole problem is giving equality to French Canadiens so that they can be at home anywhere in Canada. But that no longer is the demand of Quebec. The "nationalists" have long ago given up being French Canadians and are now fighting as Quebecers. They don't give a hoot about the people of French extraction living in New Brunswick, Ontario or Manitoba. They have already declared them English. They care only about themselves and their tight little island. The sad truth is that the ones with the loud voices in Quebec want either separation or a Canada in which Quebec is boss, getting all the advantages of confederation without the handicaps. In voicing these opinions, the Quebec government is not really all that different from the other large provincial government such as Ontario and British Columbia which would like a looser federal structure in order to have more power to themselves. The difference is, that in most other provinces the voters are not so sure that's the way THEY want it. Most Canadians still feel the need for a strong federal government in order to keep uniform standards in the nations, The problem is that it isn't known just how wide the belief in Quebec is that there must be wide provincial powers, Perhaps the time has come to see just where the real people of Quebec stand, Perhaps it is time for a referendum to let Quebecers stand, whether the majority wants independence, a weak federal union or a strong federal union. Most English Canadians feel now that if Quebec wants independence they can have. it. Many more will feel that if the choice comes down to a choice between a loose federal government and complete separation, they would opt for the separation of Quebec because it would be almost inevitable under the other system anyway. One way or the other, the time has come for some answers not just more questions. The only colour that counts is green Fresh from winning one victory last week, the margarine manufacturers are now loading all their guns to win the war. The federal budget, brought down two weeks ago by Edgar Benson, removed the 12 per cent federal sales tax on margarine which the margarine makers had been demanding should go for many years. Now, in a press release mailed to hundreds of newspapers in Canada last week, George Caldwell, president of the institute of edible oil foods (i.e. margarine) says: "as a consequence of the tax repeal this leaves eight provincial governments in the position of holding out against millions of consumers and what they want when they buy margarine". And what is this dastardly deed being perpetrated on the great populace by the governments? Well it's a government rutting which says that margarine can't be tinted the same colour as butter. At present, regulations here in Ontario say margarine can be orange or white but can not be the same yellow tint as butter. Few people would argue against the government's dropping of the sales tax on margarine. Anything that lowers the cost of food is a welcome sign when the trend it to higher food prices. But the question of colouration is an entirely different matter. Mr. Caldwell claims that margarine "should be made as attractive in appearance as the housewife and her family wish." Naturally "attractive" means pale yellow. No other colour will do. We produce cars in every colour under the sun to suit consumers tastes. Most women have a closet full of clothes in alt the colours of the rainbows because they like variety. And yet now we are being asked to believe the only attractive colour possible for margarine is pale yellow, which just happens to be the same„colour as butter. Come off it Mr. Caldwell! The plain truth is that if butter were passion purple with fuschia polka dots spread throughout, the only possible attractive colour for margarine would be passion purple with fuschia polka dots. Mr. Caldwell says "Margarine is a separate and different product from butter," and it's true. But if it is separate and different, let it stand on its own feet. Butter is sold in more or less its natural colour; if margarine manufacturers don't want to sell their own product at its natural colour let them find their own colour scheme — pale pink might be nice. The colour of butter is its trade mark and like all trade marks should be inviolate. Besides, there is one husband in this community who doesn't want to risk the wrath of a wife by mistakenly bringing home margarine instead of butter when shopping. Time to call back the old',junkman Photo by C. T. Rudd What a revolting development this is A new writer Tsit CLINTON NEW Ef1A Amalgamated THE HURON 'NEWS-RECORD Established 1885 124 Established 1881 Clinton News-Record member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association .and the Audit Bureau of 'Circulation (ABC) KEITH W. flOOLSTON — Editor J. HOWARD AITKEN -- General Manager Second Class Mail registration number — 0617 S'U'B'SC 'RIPTION RATES: (in advaricel Canada, $8.00 per year; U.S.A., $7.60 Published every Thursday at the heart of leurort Comity Clinton, Ontario Population 3,476 TEE ROME OF RADAR IN CANADA What's new at Huronview? There's a lot of talk about recycling these days. That does not mean that great numbers of Middle-aged people are going back to the bicycle ih despair ever traffic and their own Wretched physleal condition, tilthotigh this is also happening, and a'good thing too, Recycling it basically the smashing up of such things as paper and tin and turning them back into More paper and tin,- instead of the polluting of our countryside with suds garbage. It is coalmen practive in Many of the countries of the world which am outstripping Canada and the U.S. leternationally. It also makes a great deal Of common sense. It boggles one's mind to think of the minions of tons of paper, cans, bottles and other reclaimable materials which head each week for the garbage dump. There are several reasons for this Vast Wastage. One of theta is that we have tremendous natural resources and we throw them away 'with a lavish hand. Like living On One's capital. A second reason, obviously, is that industry is not geared for reclaiming 'waste, In many cases it's probably cheaper to produce new tins than to tecytle tin. Neither of these reasons is a valid one. In the first place, those "ineehiustible resources" of taw material could be exhausted in a few decades. In ,the seeded, industry should, and must, fined cheap means of recycling manufactured Materials into raw materials. But, of course, it's moth simpler to look at the immediate buck. It's Much simpler just to raise the price of the product than to find methods of using disposable items over and over again. Like everything else, the recycling business seems complicated. A local organization is raising money for a worthy cause. It is collecting newspapers. But they must be bundled and tied just so. And they don't want any other kinds of paper. In the meantime, throw out five hundred pounds of books, which have a higher rag content than the newsprint which is being picked up. Seems silly. What ever became of the old junkman? There was the ideal catalyst between the consumer and the retycler. The perfect middleman. Most small towns had a junk-Man. He usually had a big Yard with a fence amend it, and inside the fence was an exotic jungle of junk. When I Was a kid the junk-than was my thief Source of letoree, A vast, genial Jew with a benign twinkle, he treated es as one businessman to another, There was little haggling on our part, because it was the only game in town, but on the other hand, he didn't try to beat, us down, Prices Were established, Pint beer bottles were worth a cent, quarts two cents. He'd double his money on them. Old ear tires were a nickel apiece. Paper and scrap iron were carefully weighed, and after a judicious pause, beard cocked to one side, he'd say, gif you twelf cents." An enterprising kid could pick himself up 40 or 50 cents a week, big money in those days. And if we caught a nice pike in the canal {this was before people worried about sewage and such) it was a bonanza, worth ten or fifteen tents. But a meal for his family. He prospered. And many of the big fortunes in Canada today started out in the juhk-yard. The junkman was an unrecognized benefactor to society. During the war, there were tremendous drives for scrap metal and newsprint. It must have been used for something. Pig farmers picked up the food garbage from big military kitchens, Why couldn't we do the same today? It would provide employment, stop 'wasting resources, and do a lot to clean up our envirOfirrient. I'd be perfectly willing to sort my garbage into waste food, bottles and cans, and 'newspapers. How about you? We could all be Our own junk-Men, -mid do a lot for our -contry. There's really nothing more difficult or aggravating then writing. I guess most people who write for a living feel like Storm Jameson, the prolific English novelist, who was asked by an interviewer about her philosophy of writing. "I don't much like it," she said. I was brooding about this the other day when our neighbor's daughter, Peggy-Ann, dropped by for an after-school visit. She is in Grade Four, "We wrote compositions today and I got an '0'," she said. " '0' means outstanding. Want to read it?" I said, "yes, indeed," and she handed me the composition and when I read it I envied her, She can write. "Wilbur chased the sun up into the sky," the composition began. "One day something happened. The sun did not get up. Wilbur got wet and his friends did not cpme to play with him. He went to bed and fell asleep. When the rain stopped, the sun came up. Wilbur saw that the sun was up. He went to phone his friends 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON- NEWS—RECORD JUNE 29,191 Saturday, July 1, is Dominion Day, and Canada is celebrating her 94th birthday. Stores will be closed in Clinton all day. There will be no holiday on Monday to compensate for the coincidence of Dominion Day falling on Saturday. However, provincial civil' service employees will receive a holiday on Monday, Four Boy Scouts froth Clinton and One from Adastral Park are attending the third Canadian Scout Jamboree in Ottawa on July 4 —16. Attending are: Queen's Scouts, Steven Cooke, Paul Bateman and Peter Thompson; Scouts, Harty Cummings, Clinton, and Bob Chinery, Adastral Park, Moriday, June 26, 150 students from Hay Township schools, some patents, and representatives of the school boards enjoyed a trip le three buses to Detroit, where they visited Gehfield Village, Ford Museum and a zoo. 15 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS--RECORD JUNE 28,1956 In three years since the South .Huron Hospitai, Exeter, has been opened for the care of the sick, there have been 1,000 babies born. The last two were twins born to Mt, and Mts. Cornelius Varket, R. 11.. 1, Exe ter, and were numbers 10 and 11 in the family. Miss Wendy Spurgeon, 18 year old young farmer from The White Home, Ailey, Norwich, Norfold, England, ie spending a Week with Miss Labelle- Coward, IL IL 1, Woodham, as part 'of her visit to Ontario farms. Murphy Lodge, LOL No, '710 Fife and Drum Band assisted last week at the anneal. South Huron and you know what? Wilbur never chased the sun ever again. The end." This is "0" writing if ever I saw it. It is beautifully simple, yet mystic, too. Steinbeck began "The Grapes of Wrath" with this sentence: "To the red country and part of the grey country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth." The first sentence in Thomas Wolfe's "You Can't Go Home Again" is: "It was the hour of twilight on a soft spring day toward the end of April in the year of Our Lord 1929, and George Webber leaned his elbows on the sill of his back window and looked out at what he could see of New York." Hemingway began his greatest story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", with these words: "It was now lunch time and they were all sitting under the double green fly of the dining tent pretending that nothing had happened." Peggy-Ann began her story, County Orange Lodge march to church service, which was this year to be held in Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church, Exeter. County Chaplain Borden Brown Assisted the Rev, N. D. Kilo*, Rector, in the service. 26 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS—RECORD JULY 4, 1946 A happy event took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Henry Bradley oh Friday when 36 guests assembled to honour the parents of Mrs, Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Stothers, Dungannon, on their 30th wedding anniversary. The annual Seaforth Collegiate Institute Alumni Memorial Scholarship, valued at $25, has been awarded to Lenore liabkirk, daughter of Mrs. ilableirk, Seaforth. The Alumni Scholarship is given each year in memory of graduates who fell in the First World War, With sections Of Highway 88 from Areberley to Elmira, probably in the worst condition ever since becoming a Provincial Highway, a concerted move is now under way, with the object of finally having the road repaired, grated, and paved. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS—RECORD JULY 2,1931 The annual Judging Competition, in connection with the Huron County branch of the bepartment of Agriculture, is being held in Clinton today, ender the direction of representative Ian lileteod and assistant Atkinson. The prizes Offered, very handsome ones, have been on exhibition in the Window of Holmes' drug store all week. The Young People's Society of Ontario Street 'Church had a Strawberry Pettival at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Wesley Marquis of the Base line on Friday "Wilbur chased the sun up into the sky." And a reader could no more stop there than he could stop at the beginning of Steinbeck, Wolfe or Hemingway. The sentence I like best in her composition is, "When the rain stopped, the sun came up." Writers will spend hours trying to fashion just such a sentence which a 10-year-old will put down so naturally and simply. When the rain stopped, the sun came up. There's the picture, uncluttered by superfluous frills. Rain is rain, the sun is the sun and anything else simply gets in the way between the writer and the reader. Once, interviewing Oscar Hammerstein II, I asked if the writing of lyrics came easier to him as the years went by. Quite the contrary, he said, they become more difficult. This, he thought, was because the writer is increasingly critical of his work. It takes more to satisfy him. In putting more in, he runs the risk of putting too much in. Comes from laziness, too. If you read something that is full evening last when a very pleasant time was spent by all. The evening was not as pleasant as it might have been, being a bit cool, but quite a large number gathered and a good program was given. Of course, the strawberries were enjoyed too. 55 YEARS ,A00 THE CLINTON NEW ERA JUNE 29,1916 A large congregation assembled to bid farewell to DCWit Cousins in the Methodist Chinch on Sunday* afternoon, When he preached his last sermon. It was listened to with grave attention, Mr. Cousins has taken charge of the church for nine /meths, during which he has made many warm friends. He expects to enter theological college in the fall. Patriotic services were held in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday during the morning service. Rev. II, F. Woods preached a patriotic sermon. During the service a roll of honour was unveiled for those who have gone to do battle for their Ring and Country. 75 YEARS AGO THE HURON NEWS—RECORD JULY 1,1a96 It is reported that as soon as the wheat now in the big mill is ground up, the establishment will be closed. The reason assigned for this unexpected stop is that wheat can be taken to Kingston froni Port Arthur as cheaply as to GOderich. On Sunday, between 50 and 60 Masons attetnied St. George's Church in commemoration of the Festival of St. John the Baptist. The Rector, Rev. Mark Turnbull, preached an appropriate sermon, and the choir tendered an excellent musical program. On Thursday, the second raft for the Goderich Lumber Company arrived off the river and on Friday, the clerk of the weather, blew it into the river where it is now boomed until wanted for sawing. GIVE... so more will live HEART FUND The opers house at Huronview held June 20-26 in connection with Senior Citizens' week has well over 250 visitors registered. Much credit for its eucces.s goes to the wonderful help of several groups and individuals, the Huronview Women's Auxiliary for providing volunteer helpers each day, the Sorority, individual volunteers, the Goderich museum bus, the press and radio, and the many extra duties performed by the Huronview Staff. The Zurich Citizens Band led by Charles Kalbfeisch of Varna opened activities on Sunday afternoon with a band concert on the lawn. Several visitors joined the residents for the old time music and dance on Monday, The Huronview Orchestra provided the music assisted by Mrs. George Henderson of Brueefield and Bert Finlay of Goderich, Padre Yournatoff of Bayfield' led a very successful sing song on Tuesday afternoon accompanied by Mrs. Walter Scott of Seaforth. Forty residents of Huronview attended a Senior Citizens program in Blyth on Tuesday evening sponsored by the Blyth Council and service clubs. The Lions Club provided the transportation for the residents following a lively variety program lunch was served by the service clubs. The big day of the week was the residents' picnic held on the lawn on Wednesday afternoon with most of the residents taking part along with about 100 visitors which included 35 members of the Wingham Senior Citizens Club. The afternoon activities began at 2 p.m. with several relay races and games of chance. The Lions Club of Clinton provided a clown and anchor booth which was quite popular operated by Lions Bill Mutch and Laurie Colquhoun. The picnic supper served to over 300 people in the auditorium was another highlight of the day. The supper prepared and arranged by the kitchen staff assisted by other staff members with the serving included a bountiful supply of food for everyone. Twelve tables of progressive euchre and crokinole were played in the auditorium on Thursday afternoon with other games outdoors. The Goderich Museum bus, which was provided for Thursday and Friday, proved quite interesting for the residents and visitors. It was standing room only for the Family Night program on Thursday evening provided by the Bayfield and Exeter senior citizens clubs, Twenty-five club members attended from Bayfield and 35 from Exeter. Those taking part in the program from Bayfield were a men's quartette, Clare Merrier, Brown Higgins, Bill Parker, Harry Baker; recitation by Mrs. Maude Sturgeon with President Mrs. 0, Hopson as chairman. Mr. Cecil Skinner introduced the Exeter numbers which were a vocal duet by Gerald and Retold Skinner accompanied by Mrs. Thelma Ring; several selections by a young peoples group from the Dutch Reform Church of Exeter, The Impressions. Twenty games of bingo were played on Friday afternoon in the auditorium with 40 prize winners. of richly descriptive words, you can be sure that the writer is taking the easy way through the forest. Let's take the example of Peggy-Ann's story. The lazy writer would say, "The dark clouds, unleashing their heavy loads, had blown across the land and the lashing rain began to subside, Soon there was only the drip-drip-drip from the branches of the trees and the eaves of the old house, Then, suddenly, the shredding cover of cloud was broken and the golden sun came through, bathing the landscape in its life-giving warmth." If you really worked on this, trimmed it and polished it and cut away the fat, you arrive at this: "When the rain stopped, the sun came tip." That's the challenge of writing and the curse of it, It requires either purity of innocence and natural expression or an awful lot of hard labor. But you know what? I wouldn't trade it for any other job. The end. 44.4, ;PREVENT FOREST FiRES