HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-05-28, Page 14The ..people Qf the Metropolitan
Toronto .area recently got two .peeks at
their future courtesy of the ()Mark)
government,
In the first, the province unveiled its
scheme for the future of the. whole.
"golden horseshoe area" around the
western end of Lake .Ontario, It
envisioned an area with eight million
people, extending as far north as Midland
.and stretching east and west along the
lake,
It gave a view of how the province
plans to control urban .growth in some
areas while promoting it in others, of
designating this area for industry and that
for parkland,
There 'will be opposition to the plan;
there can't help but be. Fingers and toes.
of land speculators, builders and business
men are bound to be burned somewhere
along the line if the plan is implemented
and these are men who have been known
in the past to scream the loudest.
But anyone who knows anything about
the Metro area which has been growing in
all directions like some over-stimulated
oPtopus, knows that this plan, or one like
it, must be implemented for the good of
the area and the whole province.
The second gift of the province was in
the form of a $500,000 lakefront
development that would, if the city
agrees, drop a population' of 60,000 on a
chain of man-made islands in Toronto
harbour.
Harbour City would join two other
proposed developments, Metro Centre and
, Harbour Centre,- in boosting the
population of the waterfront area in
Toronto, now at practically zero, to
150,000 or more.
One Toronto alderman described the
model of the proposal as gorgeous, but
Let's have
wondered "Why don't
0errie?"
The same question must run through
the minds of the rest of us in the province
outside the area directly concerned,
Wouldn't the project have been 1145t. 05,
helpful in Barrie, or Sault Sainte Marie. Or
Red Rock. or Huron .County.
In recent years the province has
become fascinated with the golden
horseshoe and turned, its back on nearly
everyone else, In a proVinoe with 344,000
square mites, the provincial government
spends most of its time and resources in
the few hun .red 'square miles around. the
legislature.
Granted, there are problems in the
huge urban areas which only the province
is big enough to handle. The giant
land-use plan is an example of the kind. of
action which requires provincial. help.
But on the other hand, the province
perpetuates the problem, by providing
more and more attractions to draw people
to the city and create more problems.
Who is going to live in those 60,000 new
living spaces? Most likely they will be
filled by people from Clinton and Blyth,
Kapuskasing and Sudbury,
At a time when we should be looking
to develop the north and all its potential
before someone else decides to, we are
concentrating more and more on our
wealth in a 50-mile strip along our
southern border. The province can't seem
to see as far as Western Ontario, let alone
the north.
If the province really wants to break
the present pattern, it should look beyond
Toronto and Hamilton and spread some
of the goodies in the east, west and
northern sections of the province. And we
mean farther north than Aurora.
less noise
they build, it in
4A Clinton News-:Record, Thursday, May 28, 1970
Editorial (oPment
But what about Us?
AFTER THE STORM
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our bodies, minds 'and souls have taken
from the twentieth century phenomenon
of noise.
But psychiatrists, doctOrs and
sociologists know the insidious part noise
plays in the breakdown of human beings.
We used to be able to renew ourselves by
retreating to a cottage on a lake. Not any
more. Between the constant roar of power
or speed„ ,boats , and the. transistor. ,radio
(ours—or our neighbour's) our nerves get
pretty ragged now at the cottage. Even
the woods in winter have lost their
blanket of silence to the snowmobile.
If governments can legislate against
noise, well and good, but it may take
some time before engineering devices can
really tone down the volume. We can help
ourselves, however. If you're a cottage
owner why not collect your cottage
neighbours and form a canoe club or a
row-boat club?
Unless you have a huge lawn, forget the
status symbol of the power mower and
cut your lawn with a manually operated
mower. It's good exercise, too. Turn your
transistor, radiod ow n.-7,or,, off . ..l et
your TV blare unless it's giving you
something worth watching. Don't drive
your car for short distances—walk. Begin
now to enjoy the tranquilizing effect of
less noise.
Moratorium sounds deadly
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Have you been to a morato-
rium lately? Have you taken
part in a demonstration, or a
confrontation? Do you have
charisma?
Sorry to be so personal, but
I read and hear these words
bandied about so much these
days that I just wondered how
things were at your place.
They are part of the jargon
of our times. Isn't it amazing
how the English language can
take such a beating and
emerge greater and finer than
ever?
Prime Minister Trudeau has
charisma, according to the pap-
ers. At first I thought it was
something like acne, or maybe
a bowel problem. It turned out
to mean something like style,
flair, elan, magnetism. But the
new breed of newspaperman
will never use an old tested
word if he can come up with
something as charismatic as
charisma.
"There's no such thing as a
meeting any more, with two
parties holding opposing ideas
getting together and trying to
resolve them. Now it's a con-
frontation. Like two bulls meet-
ing in a pasture and knocking
their skulls together, while the
cows look on, chewing their
aids.
A. demonstration tiled to be
an exposition, explaining some-
thing, probably with sensory
aids. You might show, or dem-
onstrate, for example, how to
make rotten egg gas, or how
two and two usually make
four.
But today, a demonstration
is against something, not for it.
All you need is a placard, a
crowd, and you are demon-
strating. It doesn't make lin-
guistic (there's another one)
sense, If you are protesting
something, be a protester, not
a demonstrator.
A moratorium sounds like a
cross between a crematorium
and a mausoleum. At any rate,
it sounds pretty deadly, and
usually is. How would you like
to spend the rest of your life
in a moratorium? Some people
act as though they would enjoy
it thoroughly.
I have before me a letter
from an editor referring to the
"upcoming issue" of a maga.
zinc. What does that mean?
What she means is forthcom-
ing, or next, I wonder what the
"downcoming" issue would be
like,
Each decade seems to have
its new slang, idioms, catch
words. A few of them stay in
the language, like rough dia-
monds in a sea of silver,
through their sheer power.
We don't shed too many
tears over such sayings as: "I
love my wife, but oh you kid,"
from the '908, Nor do we
grow lugubrious over the dis-
appearance of such inanities
from the '50s and '60s as:
"That'll be the frosty Friday,"
Or: "You better believe it,"
Or: "Would you believe . , ?"
How about "cool" and "man"
and "way out" and "groovy?"
Do you think some bird or
chick will be saying in 1984:
"Hey, man, that's cool. Let's
groove. You're way out.?"
Somehow I doubt it.
"Hippie" is already a term
of opprobrium to the real hip-
py. "Swinger" is now used only
by middle-aged people who
would like to be. "Cat," as in
"cool cat," is hanging on by
the skin of its teeth.
And then we have "jet set"
and "beautiful people," I was
at a press club party recently
and it was rather sad. All
these chaps with their new
sideburns and matching shirts
and ties, and striped pants,
hoping they were beautiful
people when they should have
been home watering the lawn.
But most of all, perhaps, I
despair of the people who sim-
ply surround themselves with
a cloud of verbal garbage ev-
ery time they open their
mouths,
Young people are worst, but
you can see and hear universi-
ty professors, politicians and
lawyers hedging themselves
about with such inane things
as: "Well, like, you know, uh,
it's pretty obvious, you know,
Like, there's no denying, lib,
you know, etc."
Why don't they just say,
think A'S a lot of crap," or
something equally plain? Or
would that not be a viable
approach?
An attractive, youngish
matron with whom I've been
familiar for several years, if you
know what I mean, has been
undergoing a confusing, though
not uncommon and certainly
not unpleasant experience. It
could, as the saying goes, happen
to you.
She has become a
grandmother, a title achieved
these days with mingled joy and
apprehension by large numbers
of ladies in their late thirties or
early forties who, overnight, gain
a' grand-i gild arid' Asse a .status, ,
The change, she notes, has
brought her an unexpected
acclaim. Quite apart from her
close friends, relative strangers
have taken to greeting her on the
street with glad cries of "Hello,
Granny!"
The dear girl, in fact, is often
hard-pressed to know whether
she's being haled with affection
or malevolence. She's torn
between a response of gratitude
and the occasional overwhelming
desire to acknowledge the
greetings with a judo chop to the
jugular vein.
It hasn't escaped her notice
that those who are loudest in
their salutation and who manage
to invest the word "Granny"
with overtones of ribaldry and
irony are, themselves, junior
75 YEARS AGO
The Huron News-Record
Wed. May 29, 1895
The 24th was observed as a
general holiday in Clinton. At an
early hour heavy cannonade
ushered in Her Most Gracious
Majesty's birthday. For some
years Clinton has allowed the
24th of May to go by default,
but we are pleased to know that
it has been definitely decided to
celebrate the day here annually.
Mr. W. Doherty is a
progressive citizen and never
does things by halves. Mr. S. S.
Cooper has the work in hand for
the erection of a commodious
addition to Mr. Dohertys house.
Modetn bathrooms will also be
introduced.
The entertainment given in
the Ontario Street Church on
Monday evening by the Ball
family of jubilee singers was a
big success.
55 YEARS AGO
The Clinton New-Era
May 27, 1915
Mr. W, II. Counter spent a
few days at his old hotne in
Simcoe.
The new officers of Clinton
lodge 100E are:
Mullholiand; V,0,—Bro, Watson;
Rec. Sec.-13rei. Alekander; Fin.
See.-13ro. WiSeman; Treim-13ro.
Chant; Itep. to District
Come—Bros- Wiseman and
Monaghan; Rep, to Grand
Lodge--13ro,
Win, Swan, 8rutefieid,
graduated in 'Toronto University
last week, obtaining his of
Arts degrees,
Mr, Carl east, of the 'Royal
Bank 'Toronto, was a weekend
grand-parents who have not
quite adjusted to the role.
"Welcome to The Club," they
often add with a sly dig in the
ribs.
The lady, who frequently
favors me with her views on
literary matters, is convinced
that the word "grandmother",
above all other words, has shown
perhaps the most stubborn
resistence to change of any in
the English language.
It still evokes the
Whistler-like still-life of rocking
chairs, knitting needles, Pets*
cats on laps, silvery "buns" at
the back of the neck,
high-button shoes, black-velvet
neck-bands, chicken broth and
the rest.
Indeed, considering those
friends who have gone through
the transition, she notes that
women who have been noted for
a wide variety of
accomplishments, including a
four-handicap golfer, a
skin-diver, a lady pilot now
working on her commercial
license and yet another who
owns and operates a ball-bearing
factory, all seem to dissolve into
the same placid, lumpy image
when they answer to "Granny",
Pride and pleasure more than
over-compensate for this instant
aging process, but there, is,
understandably, a certain
visitor at his home here.
Major Ranee of the 33rd
Battalion was here over Sunday.
He intends going to Ottawa for a
couple of weeks to take a special
course in musketry.
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News Record
May 29, 1930
Beginning next week 25 be
the business places in Clinton
will be closed each Wednesday
afternoon during June, July and
August.
Mr. John W. Nediger has
taken a position in the
postoffice at Stratford.
Mr, Garnet Van Home was
Successful in passing, his final
exam in connection with the
College of Pharmacy. He has
taken a position with the
Tamblyn people in Toronto.
Joe Gandier carried off the
honours at the WOSSO sports
held in London recently,
winning a medal for high jump
and a gold medal ler raising the
record some inches.
25 YEARS A00
The Clinton NewS-Becord
May 31, 1945
Mr. Basil Thrower recently
purchased the Sloan Block on
Main St. from Mr. Alex Cooper
of Godcrieh.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Falconer,
Lawrence, and Prank, Mr. and
Mrs, Coo, Falconer, Mr, and Mrs.
Erlin Whitmore, attended the
convocation of the Western
University in London, At which
Miss Jean Valebner was a
graduate of the Public Health
Nurs us; 'I' Stinson farm on the Blue
Water Highway, three mites
defensive mechanism at work.
The brand new grandmother
will crimson slightly and get just
a little tense when her husband
remarks, as they always do, that
they "don't mind being a
grandfather," but that they
• "never thought I'd be going
around with a grandmother." It
is a remark that could very well
prove fatal.
Interestingly enough, while
the lady in question seems to
feel there's an injustice in the
tendency now to type-cast her,
she also concedes Alta t.She. can't
generate any real fury over it.
The difficulty, it seems, is to
object to the more obnoxious
implications of the title while,•at
the same time, spending an
inordinate amount of time
fussing over and holding the
small, exquisite and lynx-eyed
bundle that brought it all about.
She finds, herself, a conflict
in wincing at the word
"Granny" while simultaneously
indulging in a great deal of
supervisory and advisory
functions in a manner that can
only be called traditional.
Any inclination to fight it has
rapidly evaporated by a quite
natural inclination to love it.
You mustn't facetiously call her
"Granny", but you mustn't take
the baby away from her, either.
south of Bayfield, has been
purchased by, the Synod of the
Diocese of Huron, of the church
of England in Canada, for a
summer camp site.
15 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News-Record
May 26, 1955
Contract for new sidewalks
throughout the main business
section has been awarded to a
Toronto company for
$3,967.80. Repairs to curbing
will be carried out by the town's
public works committee. •
The new General Coach
building in Hensall in the old
community shed, was officially
opened last Saturday May 14,
Miss Joanne Castle, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Castle, has
been awarded a scholarship in
second year honours physical
and health education. Miss
Castle is a studeet at University
of Western Ontario.
10 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News-Record
May 26, 1060
Pat Scruton, Toronto, was
home last weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Scruton, Employed with
TransCanada Airways, Miss
Sent ton recently spent a
vacation in Paris, France, and
London,England,
Donald R, Kay, past
president of the Kinsmen Club
of Clieton was 8eleeted
"Kinsman of the Year" for
District 1 of the Kinsmen Clubs
held at `the convention in
Windsor fast weekend.
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