HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-05-10, Page 4National resources should be shared
A veteran astronaut has said that from
;his vantage point in space, he didn't
look down on the world as an American,
but as a human being.
Perhaps Canada's nationalists need to
adopt this view. Former Liberal cabinet
minister Eric Kierans has said that
unless Canada stops "giving away" its
natural resources at a rapid rate it will
lose its independence as well as its
wealth.
The people of Canada, through their
provincial governments, own the coun-
try's natural resources, he pointed out.
He objects strenuously to the leasing of
those resources to foreign-owned cor-
porations.
His solutions: in Manitoba, for exam-
ple, he proposes the multi-million dollar
metal mining industry be taken over by
the government over a 10-year period,
but not renewing current leases to
private companies.
"Canada", he says, "bent (3,9, jts
Asent course will no longer be able Jo
provide the standard;`, of jiving ;diet
people ,expect".
He is particularly dismayed at
proposals for a Mackenzie Valley
pipeline to export gas to the U.S. He
feels that Canada is still a developing
country and, through the folly of its
financial policymakers, it lives by selling
copper, nickel, oil and gas just as
developing countries live off coffee and
cocoa.
His objections are mostly aimed at the
dealings with the United States. But if
we try to maintain exclusive rights to our
oil, gas and water, or if we deal ex-
clusively with the U.S., are we not en-
dangering the rest of the world? United
States spokesmen, on their part, see
Canada's ambition to put its own natural
gas and oil needs first as parochial
patriotism.
But for how much longer can we who
hold half the fresh water in the world,
claim exclusive rights to it. We are har-
dly responsible for the fact that we live
Where the earth's riches of fossil fuels
were stored away in the dawn of time.
Can we continue to get rich off them or
to hord them for ourselves while on the
other side of the world, people get
poorer by the minute?
Nationalists have reproached others
for being- continentalists but even con-
tihentelisrn ;adequate for the future is
that ,Which 'Inclridee° the* continents of
Africa and Asia and counts even them
not as separate entities but as parts of a
single world.
We can no longer afford to look only
to the welfare of our own nation or our
own continent with no regard to the
welfare of all mankind.
A talk with the Queen
On planning it
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THE HOME
OF RADAR
IN CANADA
In the U.S. last fall, vice-presidential
hopeful Sargent Shriver denounced
family life as "resembling a service
station rather than a home".
One of the many family problems Mr.
Shriver sees is that of drugs. Television
advertises a drug for every minor ache
— physical or mental. Grocery stores
sell pain killers displayed like candies.
Children grow up believing that pills are
as common and as useful as toothpaste,
Sexual promiscuity rises, families live
in apartments unknown to their neigh-
bours, poverty remains unchecked,
health care is poorly administered. In
total, these problems- can wreck the
family unit.
Perhaps if we replaced expensive toys
and gadgets with love, tranquillizers
with attention and shared leisure, the
young would grow up to create a better
family unit and a better world.
Nothing can replace the love of a, per-
son for another person, of people for
other people. As Jean Vanier says,
"Each of us has a deep yearning to love
and be loved, a deep yearning to meet
someday someone who in tenderness
will say, 'I love you.' "
That kind of self-giving love is the
solution to the problems described by
Sargent Shriver. The young child prop-
ped in front of the television for an
average of four hours a day needs it.
The unspoken-to neighbour needs it.
The disadvantaged family needs it.
There is nothing which can substitute
for sincere love, particularly in the family
unit, and nothing which is as destructive
as to feel unloved by anyone. (United
Church)
"Forget it, nurse!"
we get
letter
Thank you
Dear Mr, Fitzgerald:
The members of the
Madeleine Lane Auxiliary of
St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church, Clinton, say "thank
you" to you and your staff for
your part in promoting the ap-
pearance of The Schneider
Male Chorus in Clinton
through The Clinton News
Record.
You certainly covered all
aspects, including a picture of
the group and we of the
Auxiliary appreciate your kind-
ness.
That old slogan, "it pays to
advertise" certainly paid off for
us and we feel all who attended
their evening of music enjoyed
it to the full.
Yours truly
Mrs. R. Homuth
(president)
Appreciation
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Editorial comment
love can save the familg.
We're planning to go to
England this summer. Last
summer we planned to go to
the Maritimes. Last winter we
planned to go to Barbados.
Two summers ago it was a trip
across Canada. The plans are
great but the performance is
nil.
I'm not sure whose fault it is
that the Smileys never get off
the ground. I blame my wife.
She hates getting ready for a
trip. I sometimes think she
deliberately broke her ankle
last summer so she wouldn't
have to get ready.
She, naturally, blames me,
because I don't get everything
laid on in time.She may have a
point. I don't like super
organization. I like to just take
off and wind up wherever the
fates take me, with as little
baggage as possible. She likes
to know where she's going to
lay her head at night, and likes
to have "something decent" to
wear on every occasion that
might present itself. That
means three suitcases.
It also poses a big problem
for this summer. I just know
that when the Queen and Phil
hear we're going to be in' the
U.K. there'll be an invitation of
some sort waiting for us at the
Dorchester or the Savoy or the
Dirty Duck.
Trouble is, what sort of affair
will she invite us to? If it's a
lawn party, that means for my
old lady a long summer dress,
big hat, white gloves. And for
me, a tough decision ---
whether to wear my white sport
shirt or my blue one.
But what if it's for dinner at
the Palace, as it probably will
be? That's another kettle of
fish and chips. It would mean a
dinner dress and different
shoes for the boss. I could ,
manage a black tie over my
white sport shirt and if it was
extra formal, I'd pin my
Canadian Spam medal to my
shirt.
I can just hear the dinner
conversation, a bit fluty and
high-bred but sort of chummy.
Rather like the Pope trying to
draw out the parish priest.
The Queen. "How delightful
of you and your charming wife
to do, us the honour of coming
to dinner. Have you been to
England before, Mr. uh
Wiley?"
Me. "Yes, your Honour, uh,
your Worship, uh, Queen. I
fought for your old man in the
last war. Guess you were just a
kid."
Queen. "A kid? Really? Ow.
Ow, yes , I see. Your American
sleng is sow refreshing. And
you were one of those gallant
lads from the dominions who
fought for my father, King
George the Sixth?"
Ms. "Just a minute, Queen.
That's no American accent. It's
Canadian. And they told me his
name was Mackenzie King, not
whatever you said."
Queen. "How quaint. And
you were decorated, I see. That
must be a medal for outstan-
ding valour pinned to your, uh
— I say, that is a striking, uh
— shirt?"
The Duke. "It's a ruddy sport
shirt, Elizabeth. They all wear
them,"
Me. "Oh , no, Queen. They
gave these out with the rations,
All you had to do was be con-
ned into joining up,"
The Queen. "Conned?
Rations? Yes, of course. Now,
we'd like you to have a wonder-
fur time while you're here. It's
lovely this time of year in
Scotland. Right up at the top.
As far as you can go."
Me. "Matter of fact, Queen,
we thought we'd stick around
London a while and get better
acquainted. Maybe me and Phil
here could do a couple of pub-
crawls, while you girls got
together and talked about your
rotten kids and stuff."
The Queen. "Ow, Now. I
mean ow, yes. That would
have been lovely. But ectually,
we must gow to Canadar this
summer. Frightful bore, but
there it is."
Me. "Yep, you must get sick
of having to be polite to or-
dinary people. And it's a brute
for heat over there in the sum-
mer. Especially on the
prairies."
The Queen. "Quite. And
now, if there's any little thing
my husband and I could do,
please don't hesitate."
Me. "Well, let's see. You're
the Queen of Canada. Right?
Right. Well, look. There's this
school board, see? I'm a
teacher, y'know. If you'd just
write'them a nasty letter. Why,
I've got one Grade 9 class with
38 in it. Just tell them to lay off
persecuting me. Oh, yeah. And
would you call our neighbours,
the Dalrymples, and make sure
they're watering our lawn.?"
My wife. (Silently and under
the table. Kick. Kick. Kick.)
Anyway, Buckingham Palace
won't be any problem. But
what are we going to wear
when we duck over to Northern
Ireland to see Uncle Frank,
'who has asked us out in his
fishing boat?
I think I'll have my wife
dress in green, and wear
sofnethifig in orange. At leant
one of us might survive.
While browsing through the
financial pages the other day--
studying the closing prices of
flax, the Norwegian krone and
soybean oil, Decatur--I chanced
upon a report that may change
your whole life. So please pay
attention.
It seems that an outfit called
the National Industrial Con-
ference Board made a survey of
a whole bunch of companies
(151, to be exact) to find out
how they operate successfully.
Almost immediately--right
away, in fact--I rettlized that
here was a veritable treasure
trove of know-how. After all,
the methods that bring success
to a company shouldn't be
much, different ,than. ,the
methods used by an individual,
right? And here they were, 151
of them, like school girls at a
pyjama party, babbling their
secrets.
Know what the big secret is?
It's so darn simple that I'm
surprised you didn't think of it
years ago. Without exception
these companies are planning
away ahead into the future!
That's all there is to it.
The day-to-day operations of
the plant are 'left pretty much
to the executives in the lower
echelons. The real top brass of
management is brooding over
10 YEARS AGO
MAY 9, 1963
Spring grain is showing
through very nicely. Some corn
has been sown. Growth of
grass is fairly slow. Only a
small number of cattle are on
grass.
Antoine "Red" Garon, who
has organized a meeting in an
effort to form a Chamber of
Commerce in Clinton, reported
two top speakers would be on
hand to address the prospective
members. Garon's main reason
for forming the group is to
promote industrial expansion
in Clinton. He reported he was
disgusted with the approach
town council was making in
this regard.
Although a strong wind and
makeshift facilities hampered
CHSS athletes from setting any
spectacular records, com-
petition did run high at the
event held at the fairgrounds,
Thursday. The champions of
the various divisions are Cleo
Langdon, senior girls; Bev
Beck, intermediate girls; Bon-
nie Boyes, junior girls, Harry
Bakker, senior boys; Mike Scot-
chmer, intermediate boys;
Elwin Kingswell, junior boys
and Doug Currie, juvenile.
15 YEARS AGO
MAY 8, 1958
Huron's Liberal Candidate
Dr. J.A. Addison has been put-
ting on a strong battle against
the Progressive Conservative
man fighting for a chance to
help build the minority op-
position in the lop-sided
legislature at Toronto.
Corrie's Market Lunch on
Main Street in Hayfield has
been sold to Mr. and Mrs,
plans and problems of months
and years ahead--"long range
planning," as the report puts it.
When you come right down
to it, that's probably the
trouble with most of who fall
something short of being
howling successes.
Offhand I can think of only
one acquaintance who has any
more than a vague idea of what
he'll be doing in the mists of
five years from now or who has
set any kind of individual
production goals for himself.
Most of us live from day to
day or, at the most, week to
week, hoping that in 'the long
haul the promotions and the
loot will come. along.- I ,freely
confess that—my own planning'
goes ahead until this coming
Saturday (and then only up to
noon) and if the National In-
dustrial Conference Board
were to ask me my plans for
September, say, I could only
smile a sick smile and mutter,
"Who knows?".
The exception I noted was a
very good friend of mine in the
newspaper business who,
nudging 40, found this open
secret of setting a positive goal
for himself and went back to
university to become a lawyer.
I have an almost childish awe
•.at.dr
Russell Kerr, Petrolia. This
store was started in a small,
way by James and William
Robinson over 20 years ago,
being first operated as a sum-
mer business and later, as it ex-
panded, kept open all year.
Maynard Corrie purchased it
from the Robinsons in 1946
and continued on the yearly
basis until recent years when it
again became a summer
business.
MAY 6, 1948
The expected happened at
the Progressive Conservative
Convention in the Town Hall,
Hensall, last evening, when
Thomas Pryde, MLA for a few
weeks following the by-election
of February 16 again was
nominated as candidate for
Huron in the general election of
June 7.
Clinton Collegiate Institute
and 55 other cadet corps in the
Western Ontario Military Area
are competing for four new
Strathcona Shields, em-
blematic of peak proficiency of
the winning corps in its class.
The local inspection takes place
on Monday, with Lieut. D.C. Ir-
win, the inspecting officer.
40 YEARS AGO
MAY 11, 1933
Lake Huron is said to be 51 /2
inches lower than at the first of
May last year.
The Collegiate board met in
the board' room of the town
hall on Monday evening, Chair-
man Col. Rance, Dr,Sliaw, Dr.
Evans, Dr. Thompson, Col.
Combe and Messrs. Cooper and
Fingland and Principal Fines
prose n t
"Clinton's Leading Meat
Market" Connell and Tyndall
advertise meat specials: P.M.
Bacon, 18e per lb; shoulder
roast of beef, 12c per lb; cottage
rolls, smoked, 15c per lb;
homemade sausage, 10c per lb;
hamburg steak, 10c per lb;
roast pork, 25c per lb.
55 YEARS AGO
MAY 9, 1918
Last Friday afternoon the
editor walked down to Squire
Ransford's farm and saw the
tractor at work on a 15-acre
piece of land. With Melvin
Ransford at the throttle, the
tractor was soon actively
engaged in cultivating the land.
3y all appearances, the tractor
is the coming farm implement.
It would be interesting to
know how long it is since elk
were known to roam this
vicinity. Spring floods scooped
out a section of river bank on
the north side of the first
railway bridge east of Clinton,
exposing a large elk horn
measuring 51 inches in length,
13 inches at the base. The an-
tler had four tines, the largest
21 inches in length.
folks, Smithers is the new name
in bookkeeping. Smithers'
ledgers are pin-neat, yet cost no
more! That's George Smithers!
Watch for him, Mr. Executive!
He may be around to your of-
fice today!"
Sounds a little silly, doesn't
it? Yet I'll bet with a week of
that our George would get quite
a hearing in any office that's
interested in initiative. And
who's to say that a man can't
sell his ability just as a com-
pany sells its products?
Why, only the other day I
read of a young man who sent
out homing pigeons, neatly
boxed, to the top- execntiyesof,
a number of firms:k.kitaepd 4'4
each pigeon was a litt&EC9iiii
that here was a young man of
imagination and obviously with
a fresh approach to salesman-
ship--or just the kind every
company is looking for.
"Merely write down the date
and time of an appointment,
place it in the container on the
pigeon's neck and release the
bird. "the young man wrote,
"and I will appear to accept the
job."
As it turned out, all the
pigeons got lost on the way
back home, but even with plan-
ning you can't win them all,
75 YEARS AGO
MAY 6, 1898
At a meeting of the Park
Committee on Friday evening
Mr. James Fair was appointed
Chairman, and R. Holmes
Secretary. It was decided to
replace the dead trees with live
ones, and it was also decided
that anyone wilfully injuring or
destroying Park property
should be prosecuted.
John McCluskey, of Goderich
Township, was a caller at this
office on Tuesday; Mr.
McCluskey's daughter left that
day for Hawaii, and he accom-
panied her on the train as far
as Clinton; Mr. McCluskey is
one of the oldest settlers of
Huron, having lived where he
is for 40 years and being a
resident of Morris before that
time, and is one of the com-
paratively few residents of
Goderich township who always
votes on the Liberal side.
John Middleton shipped two
cars of prime stock to Liverpool
on Monday; they were of his
own feeding.
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for the fellow as I have, too, for
General Motors who know
already what the 1976 Buick
will look like.
Planning alone, of course, as
the survey points out, isn't
enough. With the planning goes
research, promotion and adver-
tising.
And I have been wondering if
this couldn't apply to the in-
dividual, too. So let's create,
right this minute, the
hypothetical case of an
assistant clerk who has plotted
his course in the manner of in-
dustrial management.
First would come the long
range plan and we will assume
that Gebige Smithers (as We'll •
call , hitn)..has. deci'ded that, he'41`
be a head bookkeeper'in
Second would come the
research, in this case the
preparation for the required
professional standing and,
perhaps, a study of which com-
panies offer the best oppor-
tunities.
This sort of planning isn't
too rare, I suppose, but there's
a whole new field that might be
opened up for the individual in
the realm of advertising,
management's third con-
sideration.
I can hear the spot announ-
cements now: "Smithers! Yes,