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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-06-29, Page 44—Clinton News-Record, Thursday, June 29,1972 Editorial mitt:Ito t *r- A little compassion If many people had their way, July first would be the beginning of a new year, Not only is Canada starting another year (her 106th) but it marks the end of the school year for thousands of pupils and teachers. Many of the students will be waving goodbye to public school for the last time as they continue on the road of higher education,. . With the summer vacation getting into full swing, keep a sharp eye out for children playing near the road. They tend to forget the safety rules impressed upon them during the school year. July fi rst also represents the green light for thOusands of city dwellers to start their annual trek to the blue waters of Lake Huron to escape their crowded, noisy, urban surroundings and recharge their spirits and minds. Many of them will journey through Clinton and shop here as well. Welcome them and show a little compassion. After all, they only get a couple of weeks of the clean, fresh life that we enjoy all year round. • Not reallg Canada Dag The argument whether the July 1 holiday be called Dominion Day or Canada Day, or just the July 1 holiday has been getting its annual airing, .although Canada Day seems slated the winner. In any event the name is secondary to the meaning of July 1. For the majority of Canadians the day means a chance' to lie on the beach, hear a concert, or see some fireworks. Fine, but how many of us will be fully aware, as we soak up the sun, how quickly Canada is being dismembered and sold? U.S. takeovers in Canada total more than S3-mi Ilion a day. No nation under the sun can survive if this goes on. Former Liberal cabinet minister Eric K ierans says Canada has become "the laughing-stock of the world." Even Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau admits the anti-takeover legislation he unveiled in May is not much. Most people think it's even less than that. The easy wag out Canada's five-year moratorium on the death penalty ends in December. Parliament must soon debate and draft new legislation. And MP's mail is reported running discouragingly high in favor of re-instatement of capital punishment. The death penalty is the easy way out for an apathetic public. They can 'feel secure in the knowledge that one death has been avenged by another, that society has been purged of another threatening element. Murder and violence is a condition of society itself. It is the pathetic story of poor mental and physical health, retardation, poverty, alcololism, lack of educational or job opportunities mounting up in the pressure cooker of daily existence-- As long ago as October .1970 almost half of Canadians approved of a 'buy back' policy and it's safe to say more would today. Seven of 10 Canadians feel there is enough U.S. capital here now, according to the 1970 Gallup Poll of Canada survey. But it's not enough to quietly favor something, to bemoan, or even to show anger about the situation (anyway, showing any emotion for Canada seems to be considered unCanadian). The job of reversing the tide requires study more than sunning; persistence more than parades; work rather than fireworks. Each Canadian can contribute something. If you're not sure where to start, write the Committee for an Independent Canada, a non-profit, non- partisan action body, at 67 Yonge Street, Suite 1105, Toronto, Ontario, for information about the CIC local branch nearest you.—Contributed until the final blowoff. Will the death penalty stop the psychotic killer? Will it protect society from the premeditated killer who 'rubs out' for a price? Invoking the death penalty for murder has just about as much logic as handing out the death sentence to the guilty party in a fatal auto accident. The punishment does nothing to get at the cause, it does nothing to deter murders or accidents in the future, There must be alternatives. More research financed out of government grants--more humane efforts and financing in the neglected areas of human misery--poverty, education, housing and job opportunities.— Contributed It's called opting out Aegibeeir eee Pee elPir LI11Dn'To11111.1011t1riL finally got to ill an so he decided to strike back!" "All those CRC strikes Tradition or truth •Inorm0. THE CLINTON ,NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Established 1865 1924 Established 1881 , •. Clinton News Record A member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron County• Clinton, ()Marie Population 3,475 HOME OF RADAR IN CANADA JAMES C. IT ZGER AO—Edit:3Y J, HOWARO AITKEN -- 60rieral Manager second class mail registration number 0817 :SUBSCRIPTiON RATES (in advance) -Canada. $8.00 per year: U.S.A., $9,50 Occasionally, in the desert of wars and deaths and fires and strikes in the newspapers, one comes across something that is like a cool drink of water. I had that experience this very morning. The story concerned Gene MacLellan. The name won't be familiar to most of my square old readers, but will be to my younger ones, if I have any, MacLellan is a Canadian song- writer who has made it big in the music world, One of his songs, Snowbird, became a million- record seller for singer Anne Murray, That led to a wave of song successes, which in turn led to an avalanche of royalty Cheques.' Well, dear reader, and you'd better take a deep breath at this point, McLellan is quitting. No, he hasn't broken his guitar arm. He hasn't had a heart attack, He hasn'thad a shattering emotional experience. He is dropping out because he is making too much money and does not want the pressure of responsibilities it caused, He is giving up his interest in a company set up to hahclle his affairs, and has asked that the royalties be used in part to help young performers, He has abandoned the farm he bought in and given away most of his possessions. He and hiS wife left with no definite plans, "probably" to hitchhike through Europe. Canadian Press quotes MaeLellan; "I don't knew what I'll do. I don't knoW When or If VII Come back." !till that a refreshing little Stoll? I envy him, and many others caught in the material ,tread-mill Will too. PM sure. Of course, I'M not naive enough tOcoMpare him to Dlogerles, who lived in a barrel and owned nothingbut adrinking bowl. Some of those royalties will still find their way into, MacLellan' s pocket, and he won't be begging in the streets. But I admire a man, or woman, who can turn his or her back on the whole thing and walk away. More and more of our young people are doing it, some for the worst of reasons, some for the best. Some opt out because they've decided to let George do it. They deliberately become bums, have no scruples whatever about begging, stealing, accepting welfare. They are dirty, promiscuous, malodorous and blasphemous. But often highly intelligent. On the other side of the coin are the young people who get off the boat for different reasons. At some point they take a clear-eyed look at their parents, at their lives they themselves are living, and decide, "This is not for me." This second group tends to be idealistic. They want to create, They want to make a life-style that doesn't depend on status and the buck, They will work extremely hard for something they think is worth doing, They're almost invariably gentle, tolerant and reasonably clean. They are not bums, but seekers after something they don't see in our society, They use the same four- letter words the other group uses, but unselfconsciouSly, They are not blasphemous, but in a strange Way, religious. Friends of ours have a son, Mike. His parents despaired of him, Ile had a fantastic I.0„ but kept flunking in high school because he was bored silly, Never did finish school. Hummed around, worked a bit, quit, quit, Then liebecame a Bahai. 'He is at present pioneering the faith, as they call it, at Baker Lake in the Northwest Territories, among the Eskimoes, He's happy, working hard, and wants to get some more schooling so that he can go back and teach Eskimo children. His parents are proud of him. Here was a lad, charming, witty, handsome, He had every opportunity to go to university, and would have made a mark in society. He chose otherwise, but may be making a. bigger mark, in the long run, Our own son has done pretty much the same sort of thing. He too, if you'll pardon it, is charming, witty and handsome, He has a great musical talent. He is highly intelligent. After a couple of goes at university, he quit. He had his wild times and had times, Now he too is a Halal.. He doesn't have a degree, but he can talk rings around most university professors, in French or English. He works at a tough job, second 'chef in a restaurant, to support himself. He had a chance to be a bar-tender for more money, but serving liquor is against his, principles. He planned to go to Frobisher to pioneer the faith, Then h thought there were enough "missionaries" there and made a deliberate decision to attempt to spread the faith in the east end of Montreal, I Can't see much future in trying to convert to Babel any substantial number of French- Canadian Catholics. Butliugh has O. peace and serenity and a. Simplicity of life that one can only envy, He doesn't want any "things", jug enough to keep alive and keep covered. l wish Were twenty years younger. Right guy "Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McKinley request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Carol Anne...." Oh no! Gosh, I think the last time I saw Carol Anne she was playing with dolls. I was "Uncle Jack", an honorary title. And now here she is, as of July 16, bound for the altar, And of course, I react as all fathers of eligible, or near- eligible, daughters do. They tell me Carol Anne is getting one of the better ones. What are my little girls going to get? I wonder. I wonder. Not that I expect to have any say in who they'll be. That's a thing of the past and a good thing it is in the past, too, Only yesterday I was reading a report by one Professor Roy E. Haber who made a survey to answer the question, "What do parents want their daughters to look for in a mate?" Among other things, the doc found that 86 per cent of the fathers questioned and 85 per cent of the mothers would oppose their daughters wedding a man of different religious faith. • So, obviously, their advice isn't worth a hoot in hell. Kids these days almost always 10 YEARS AGO THURS. JUNE 28, 1962 Domion Day was on Sunday, July 1, and the holiday was marked on Monday. Nothing special was planned locally, except the banks were closed all day. The post office gave wicket service from 10 to 12 noon and the office was open for boxholders only from 9 to 6 p.m , It was a good day, however, to hangout the flag and do something about our 97 year-old young country. About 40 Members of the Mary Hastings club throughout this district gathered in Clinton Community Park yesterday afternoon for the annual picnic. They enjoyed the social time and the accommodations available in the Park. 15 YEARS AGO THURS. JUNE 27, 1957 First of July holiday was coming up. For those Who plan to travel we would issue this two- line resume for safety: He looked; she didn't He is, she isn't. • Anyone travelling highway 4 north of Clinton was not wasting time if they drove past the residence of Jim Livermore. The' place was a riot of colour, as the gardens and perennial hedges seemed just at their best, This Was the home which last year won province-Wide attention when a coloured picture of the gardens was entered in the Ontario Horticultural Society contest, winning first prize, 26 YEARS AGO THURS, JUNE 26, 1947 Clinton Community Hospital Board IS opening a public campaign next Week to raise $15,000 toward the cost of a new wing to the hespiial now tinder construction. Friends in Clinton will be mod interested in the besiness change Marry for love, or what leaks like love, and I am all for it. Still, I've been wondering what advice I'd give if one of my own brood were ever to ask me what to look for in a prospective groom. And I've decided I can sum it up In a very short sentence: "Get one of the nice guys." You know, there is a certain kind of geezer who never gets his clue in this cockeyed world, There seems to he something about people that limits their appreciation of other humans to a particularly developed talent, The wise boy with his constant, clever remark, or the money- maker, or the happy-go-lucky bum dr the extrovert—for these are eereserved the admiring glances, 'e 'the whispered word of awe and delight. Well, I like to see these fellows get wahtever is coming to them, the laughs or the lucre or the leisure. But it always seems to me that there's something much greater about the man who doesn't stand out in the crowd, the 'gink who is negative in the sense that he is rarely loved, yet rarely hated. Just being a "nice guy" is. I should say, as noble a calling as any I can think of offhand and a which has taken place in the village of Blyth. James F. Lockwood, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lockwood. 'Clinton, has purchased the long- established Furniture and. Funeral service business of J.S. Chelew, Blyth, and take possession Friday, June 20. Mrs. M.T. Corless recently received a letter of thanks from a woman in Greece who had received a parcel sent by Mrs. Corless sometime ago through the Red Cross. 40 YEARS AGO THURS, JUNE 30, 1932 Huron Regiment is going into camp today at Carling Heights for, ten days, Major Morgan, Captain McIntyre, Lieutenants Lawson and Manning; medical officer Thompson, sergeant T, Butler; corporal Dale; privates Glazier, E. Cantelon, G. Holmes, and H. Venner went from here, The fire alarm sounded shortly after one o'clock Tuesday norm ing. Night constable Grealis discovered fire in the basement kitchen in time to be easily extinguished. Herbert E, Cox was installed as worshipful master of Clinton Lodge No. 84, AF & AM on Friday evening. H.E. Rorke, PD, DGM acted as installing officers, 55 YEARS AGO THURS. JUNE 2$, 1917 The members Of South Huron's Ministerial Association, 'instead of having their usual monthly Meeting on Monday, spent the day together at Hayfield, The gentlemen were accompanied by their.wiyes„and as the day was pleasant an enjoyable time was spent, The Smith Memorial Fountain at Library Park has finally received a fresh Coat of White paint, Rev, Dr. Rutledge closed his type I wouldn't mind having call me "Pops." The "nice guys" never drive their car with a flourish and a heavy foot on the throttle. They don't yell at the world or talk without listening or roar at their own jokes. The "nice guy" is the friend who speaks as highly about you behind your back as he does out front, who does those undramatic little things that mean generosity, who is a better mediator than the participant in my clash of personalities. Sitting here I've been putting these words to the test, as perhaps you will. I figure I'm lucky in my friends. They're an interesting gang. Some even come under the heading "brilliant." But in the short parade of people marching across my thoughts the leaders are not always the most interesting or the most brilliant. They are, invariably, the steady, unspectacular, "nice guys", the choice you'd make if somebOdy confronted you, as they used to in college polls, with the problem of picking one man to spend the rest of your life with on a desert island. If I ever have to dillineate these specifications to my curly-headed babies I know it'll be no cinch to pa'storate in Wesley Church on Sunday, with impressive sermons. Rev, A.R. Jones is the new pastor. George Dies of the Piano Company spent the weekend in Toronto. 75 YEARS AGO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1897 A musical meeting will be held in the S.A. Barracks on Wednesday evening, conducted by Ensign Wiggins of Stratford, assisted by Captain Taylor of Clinton, also Lieut, Keeler, ex- bandmaster of the Seraphatic Band, and one of Canada's best cornet players and a professional guitar player. Clinton's S.A. band will do their part on street parade and open air meeting. The Public School Leaving exam started on Monday, six are going from this school. They are: J. Badoute W, Tebbutt, 'H. Evans, F. Mulholland, Minnie Evans and Frances Sturdy. We wish them success. put into words, Such men aren't easy to describe. Words like pleasant, honest, earnest, friendly—they give a slightly out- of-focus picture. They're not perfect—no "nice guy" could be—but they are (and perhaps this is the best of all words) regular. So long as they're around there's still a great deal of hope left for the things that are right and decent for, however deadly it may sound, these are the civilized people. You learn this only with age. For myself, I find that the semi- hysteria of the funniest fellow I know is no longer quite so hilarious, the magnificent animal energy of my most zestful companion is often now just plain fatiguing. More and more I appreciate the fellows who laugh from the heart and not from the teeth, who look you square in the. eye, who are reasonable and honest and (much as I hate to say it) those who come nearest to living by the copy book rules. None of these "nice guys" will ever set the world on fire, but they are always around, somehow, to put out the blaze. And I don't see how a gal could go wrong with one of that breed. BY C.E. BARNEY An edition of the New Testament which reports Paul 'as 'having said, at Second Corinthians 4:2: "We never try to get anyone to believe that the Bible teaches what it doesn't." was released,to the public in 1969, for the express purpose of supporting the tradition adopted in the year 325 under the chairmanship of a pagan Roman emperor, that Jesus IS God. (as indicated by the texts on the outside back cover) Further indicating its purpose is the statement in the inserted material at the front: "This book is the story of that Man, the extension of God's love and at the same time God Himself...." "Read through the Gospels,.,. Here is the base on which all other Scripture rests, Here are the documents by which all knowledge can be seen from a clear perspective," Reading Matthew's Gospel Jesus is found using these expressions: "my Father. IN HEAVEN" (7:21; 10:32, 33;12:50; 16:17; 18:19); "Your Father IN HEAVEN" (5:45,48; 6:1;. 7:11); Letter to the Editor Dear air: in your issue of June 15, Wilfred A. Munnings follows the usual procedure of using John 20:28 to prove that Jesus IS 'Almighty God, at the same time ignoring the context, The Hebrew Scriptures are consistently clear in showing that there is but one Almighty God, the Creator of all things and the Most High, whose name is Jehovah. (Genesis 17:1; Isaiah 45:18; Psalm 83:18) ' On the occasion of Jesus' appearance to Thomas and the other aspostles, removing Thomas' doubts of Jesus' resurrection, the now-convinced Thomas exclaimed to Jesus: "My Lord and my God!" Some scholars have viewed this expression as an exclamation of astonishment spoken to Jesus but actually directed to God, Jesus' Father. However, others claim the original creek requires that the words be viewed as directed to Jesus. Even if this is so, the expression "My Lord and my GOd" would still have to harmonize with the rest of the inspired Scriptures. Since the record shows that Jesus had previously sent his disciples the message, "I am now ascending to my Father and your Father, my God and your God" (John 20:17) there is no reason for believing that Thomas thought that Jesus was the Almighty God. John himself, after recounting Thomas' encounter with the resurrected Jesus, says of this and similar accounts: "These here written have been recorded in order that you may hold the faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this faith you may possess life by his name."(John 20:31) So, Thomas may have addressed Jesus as "my God" in the sense of Jesus' being "a god" though not the Almighty God, not the "only true God" to whom Thomas had often heard Jesus pray,(John 17:1-16; 'Isaiah 9:6) Whatever the case, it is certain that Thomas' words do not contradict the clear statement he himself had heard Jesus make, namely: "the Father is greater than I am." (John 14:25)"' Comparing Psalm 83:18 and John 17:3 should help to appreciate the true relationship of Jesus and Jehovah: "That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth," and "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, WHOM THOU MAST SENT." (King James version) C.F. Barney Clinton, Ont. "Our Father IN HEAVEN" (6:9) Then, at chapter 27, verse 46, Jesus is reported as saying: "My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?" Going on to Mark's writings we find Jesus three times thanking God for food. (6:41; 8:6; 14:22,23). Verse two of chapter one says: "In the book written by the prophet Isaiah, God announced that He would send His Son to earth..,," Could it be that in contending for the "Trinity" idea 20th century religious people' could come under what Jesus, seid to.. religionists of His day: "You are simply rejecting God's laws and trampling them under your feet for the sake of your tradition?" 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