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Clinton News-Record, 1973-06-21, Page 14TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN THE TORONTO :VjE SYNDICATE. Waiting for a dream to come true can be a long, anxious time. Roy is finding that out while lie waits for a mother and father and a family of his own. Roy, ii, is a handsome, husky lad with beautiful dark eyes, brown hair and medium complexion. His background is French Canadian, his language English. Healthy and active, Roy is keen on sports. He plays hockey, football and baseball and relishes any kind of outdoor fun from riding his bike to camping. He likes reading and music and is interested in building models. Roy is in Grade Four, below the average for his age, but his progress has been steady, if slow. Though he is not expected to be a great scholar, it is felt he can continue satisfactorily through the regular school system. Roy needs patient and constant controls but is basically a delightful boy, outspoken and honest with a good sense of humor. Friendly, likable Roy needs young, energetic, understanding parents. It will be ideal if he can be the only child, or one of a small family with nobody close to him in age. Ile will be a fine son for warm, involved parents. To inquire about adopting Roy, please write to Today's Child Box 888 Station K, Toronto M4P 2112. For general adoption in- formation, please contact your local Children's Aid Society. A HEALTHY SPOIVIVVIAN SUNDAY, JUNE 24 SPECIAL SPEAKER WESTFIELD FELLOWSHIP HOUR - 2 p.m, REV. LEN WARR VICTORIA UNITED CHURCH, GODERICH will speak at HURON MEN'S CHAPEL, ADORN $ p.m.' Special Meek et itoth -Setvices Anniversary Services Next Sunday EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING Some unknown area people have been using the Clinton Cemetery as a beer garden and have strewn empty bottles on the grounds, (News-Record photo) A matter of principle • - SY J CARL •HEMINGWAY•,, I suppose if one were to pick a popular current promotion it might well be-"Get involved." Even the government is urging this through their "Youth Opportunity" grants and their "New Horizons" program. It would seem that a large part of our population is having difficulty in finding an interest in living. I don't seem to have any problem in "Getting Involved". Even if I stay at home other members of our family seem to discover ways and means of "Getting me Involved" without half trying. Just recently I was sitting quietly watching T V when a program pointed out the necessity for good citizens to assist the police by full co-operation in overcoming current disregard for the law. Strange enough, when I attended our local church the following Sunday our minister had quite a good sermon "Casually Yours" in which he deplored the "Couldn't care less" attitude of so many people towards the needs of others around them. For next Sunday he followed with "Our Duty". In this he pointed out that when we help those less fortunate or contribute time and money for a worthwhile community project we shouldn't expect commendation. We should simply feel we are doing "Our Duty" Just how much all this influenced my reaction to the following incident I don't know. One evening my wife took our car and picked up three neigh- bouring ladies and they went to a "shower" for a local "bride- to-be" Returning home about 10:30 they found a car parked in the middle of the road with all lights on and in passing by with some little difficulty they could see no sign of anyone in it. She arrived home safely though somewhat disturbed after dropping off her passengers at their respective homes, I was still up so she related the situation to me and we felt that we had three choices. The most attractive was to go to bed and forget about it, The second was to go to the phone and report to the police. The third was much less attractive - to go back and render whatever assistance was necessary if any. There was considerable traffic, most of it no doubt other ladies coming from the shower and the car was somewhat of a menace. Was it a matter of car trouble, of driver heart attack or stroke or was it too much drinking? Well it turned out to be the last and we still had the same three choices. I happened to know the man and on the spur of the moment I did what I though was right, Now I wonder. I roused him up with some difficulty ailid persuaded him to let me drive him home in his car while my wife followed to bring me home. There was no difficulty even though "under the influence" he seemed to appreciate it. Did I do the right thing? It is possible that by removing his car from the road we prevented a serious accident. We probably Saved this man from being picked up by the police and having to face serious charges (Was this good?) Will he be more likely to do the same thing again with serious results? However my most serious misgivings about our actions cen- tres around another possibility, This man seemed very definitely impaired and after I left he could very well have gotten the idea that he needed another drink and headed out in his car and clobbered one of your family or Mine returning from a show, a party or a 4-H or "Young Peoples" meeting. I did a favour to the guilty and thereby could have con. tributed to injury to the innocent. I Was amazed to realize just how many passed by "on the other side" yet I can't blame them since my Wife and I both realized that it could have been a decoy which could have resulted in both of us getting beaten up or worse and bur car stolen. ' What will we do the next Hine? I don't know I'm just cower+. diy enough to hope I never have to flint out, lb:Bow plumbing a heating R,R. 5, GODERICH, ONT. cr) Gas connections, estimates for houses, ments, warehouses and renovations. apart- to a- a_ • to w z w WA TE R H EA TE R S O 1972 SWIMMING RATES FOR CLINTON POOL GENERAL ADMISSION 2 5 c & 50 TOWN RATES: SEASONS TICKET PLUS ONE SESSION OF LESSONS FAMILY SEASONS TICKET INCLUDING ONE SESSION OF LESSONS FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OUT OF TOWN OR RURAL RESIDENTS: WITH ONE SESSION OF LESSONS $ 5 00 EACH ADDITIONAL SESSION OF LESSONS $2" MAXIMUM FEE TO ONE RURAL FAMILY $ 200 moimmeilmiiiinimulaliammininammora REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN JUNE 23 & 30 AT THE ARENA from a to 4 $8 0 $2 2 0° .4,4•CIANTON KOWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1973 t Pw)i•.4 '11:A 0114tmsgAtA 1 -b0- :coin Wentworth was introduced the 1970 retibi'ili7f the On- • Premier Davis, replying to a series of questions on wage and price controls, told the Ontario Legislature that he would not object to controls being put on mortgage rates, but said any other controls should be of a national nature, He said it would be difficult to separate any controls on energy from a wage and price control package and that such controls should come from the Federal Govern- ment. Mr. Davis added that Ontario would not object to such a step on constitutional grounds. Provincial Secretary for Justice, George Kerr, tabled a brief in the Legislature this week suggesting that persons on bail, whom police suspect of intending to violate their privileges, should be arrested before they have actuaiiy'done so. The problem, as the law now stands, is that an officer is powerless to arrest an accused person who is to appear in court on 'Monday as he boards a flight for Europe on Sunday night. The Ontario Legislature gave a wide-ranging energy policy package of five bills approval in principle this week after a lengthy" debate. The Liberal and New Derriecretic Parties gave approval,on second reading 'to a large portion of the legislation, but the Liberals objected strongly to a bill that will change Ontario Hydro from a commission to a Crown Corporation. The key legislation in the package still needs further debate in the committee stage and a vote on third reading before becoming law. The legislation, when passed, will establish a new ministry of energy, change Hydro's status, and broaden the powers of the Ontario Energy Board, giving it power to review Hydro rate increases. Provincial Secretary for Justice, George Kerr, said in the Legislature this week he will produce a "green paper" in the fall that will discuss various aspects of the question of Sunday openings of stores, Legislation providing for and suggest possible legislation. Regional, Gavernment in Much of the paterial for, the tario Law Reform Commission on Sunday observance legislation. The report recom- mended that Sunday be changed from a religious day to a day of leisure and that only essential and convenience stores and recreational, establishments being allowed to operate. The Ontario Government's proposed Planning and Development Act was severly criticized by Opposition mem- bers in the Legislature this week, Deputy Liberal Leader, Vernon Singer, called the bill abhorrent and a complete denial of the principles of democracy, He questioned whether any minister should be supplied with the powers in this bill, Liberal Leader, Robert Nixon? said the bill proves the Conservative Party is a party of centralization. "This bill is a Conservative assertion of naked central power." The bill would allow Mr. White to designate any area of Ontario a development planning area. When a plan was developed the Government could require a municipality to make its by- laws conform to the plan. N.D.P. Leader, Stephen Lewis, called the consultative aspects of the proposal a fraud and said the Government doesn't understand what consultation in the planning process means. With every member of the Op- position present in the House at the time voting against the bill, the House approved second reading and the bill will now go to a standing committee before third and final reading. The Legislature's select com- mittee inquiring into the new headquarters project for On- tario Hydro learned that developer Gerhard Moog, a close personal friend of Premier Davis, was given shelved plans for the new office building about four months before Hydro began asking the other for to submit proposals for a lease-purchase agreement on only verbal specifications from Hydro architect, Kenneth Candy. Original plans for the Hydro headquarters costing $1,485,000 had been shelved 17 months earlier for economic reasons. The committee is pressing to learn how much advantage Canada Square, the company owned by Mr. Moog- gained over competing developers. Mr. Candy, trying to make clear the reasons for choosing Canada Square Corporation,. Limited over:, thrm developers, told the select com- mittee thai Ontario Hydro wanted a Buick rather than a Datsun of a developer for its new office headquarters. He maintained that the other developers are in the speculative field whereas Canada Square is more in the luxury field, Margaret Birch, Ontario Minister without Portfolio, responsible for the youth secretariat, told the Legislature that more than 7000 young krek .11uron IPP If one could say the same thing about a busy child as we do about a rolling stone, that is, "that a rolling stone gathers no moss", then there have been, for at, least the last two weeks, at the Clinton Christian School, 200 plus moss free kids. You recall the event of the loss of our hickory stick at our Fine Arts Festival. It hasn't been found yet mainly because it hasn't beep needed to beat that proverbial moss off the posterior of any non-rolling kid. Among the many rolls and turns of our school lately we have just wound up the afore- mentioned very popular "Fine Arts Festival" with its con- sequent local "Talent Evening." Feeling that we had turned up our artistic abilities suf- ficiently we began to concen- trate on getting our physical abilities in line. The fun began with preparation for the "Canadian Physical Fitness Program." When the final testing was over, not only were we in a much better physical condition but most of us were wearing those very attractive bronze, silver or gold crests. Helen Te Brinke had the honour of receiving an "Award of Ex- cellence" with a personal (rub- ber-stamped) letter of congratulations, from Prime Minister Trudeau. With the blessing of the Honourable Pierre Elliott in one pocket we started on what was to become a very exciting, enjoyable and blessed (here we don't give Trudeau all the credit) week and one day. It began on Friday, June 8 Rabbit club meets The South Huron Rabbit Club held their organizational meeting recently at the Cen- tralia Community Centre and elected its executive for the up- coming year. Executive memb,pre „are, „ . FK90.10,,P--tea 5.13017 4; atb**-Y;;Af Denfield, vice president, 13i11`4 Westman of Granton, secretary, Wilfred Hoyles of Granton press reporter, Debbie Dickey of Centralia. Suggestions for the years work were taken by Angus Murray of Denfield under the direction of club leaders Bill Dickey of Centralia and David Stanley of Denfield. with our own round-robin-style field day. By eleven o'clock tun, 20 teams, all of equal strength, were straining at their leashes and ready to go. At 20 minute intervals the bell rang to signal the groups to move on to the next event. By 3:00 a.m, with the help of the many volunteers who had taken the day off to help us, the scores were tabulated and 11 members of the winning team, led by Alice Bos, received their trophies. The pupils and the teachers had another chance to compete (and get a tan) the next day, (Saturday June 9) This time 12 boys, two teachers and 2 spec- tators took themselves to Woodstock to compete against the male baseball teams of the other 5 Christian Schools in the District, It was here that the team started a trend that was to continue to their last game - Give the opposing team a large number of runs in the first in- ning - lose most of the game - make a fantastic recovery in the last inning. Clinton won the tournament by defeating London in the opening round, Strathroy in the semi-finals and Woodstock in the finals. On Wednesday, June 13 the competition in baseball got bigger and better. This time we met several of the local Public Schools on the .baseball 'field. The day was a first for the girls team as they hadn't, as yet, played any other team. They began their shortlived career by trouncing Hullet Cen- tral 17-3 after which the girls team was quietly and methodically erased for the day by Seaforth to the tune of 9-0. The boys fared better. True to their own style they had to come back twice to win over Blyth and Holmesville. Only Seaforth in the finals managed to break the trend. They never let us come back from a humiliating and com- manding 19-4 lead - Well a system can't always work. It was, in retrospect, a good tour- cement. We look forward to meeting the shcools again next year. The girls rounded out their career ,by meeting the girls of the Separate school on Friday at noon, They made up for the 9-0 loss against Seaforth by winning the game after which they triumphantly hung up their gloves, And as if Monday through Friday were not enough, about 60 of us• with our teachers were back at school at 7:00 o'clock Saturday morning to be off to Aylmer for the District Christian School Field Meet. We came home placing fourth of six schools with many red, blue and white ribbons, happy contented but very very tired. Margaret Bushell, WIngham, a graduate of the Library Technician program of Fan- shawe College of Applied Arts and Technology In London, has recently Joined the staff of the Huron County Public Library, 60 Lighthouse Street in Goderich. Miss Bushell is the first library technician to be hired in Huron, and County Librarian Miss Ethel Dewar expressed her pleasure that the library could hire someone from Huron County. (photo by Beta Photo Studio) BY Joyce NAM' The 26th Riley reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Riley at R 2, Stele, with 100 in attendanee. The sports were conducted under the direction of Leslie and Susan Riley, and Gwen and Ernie Harburn, Results are as follows: races--girls 4,6, Susan Harburn; boys 4.6, Jeff Clark; girls 7-9, Connie Riley; boys 7-9, Agnes Fraser; girls 10-12, Jill Harburn; boys 10.12; Murray Harburn; girls 13-16, Ruth Harburn; boys 13-16, Hugh Harburn; young and married men's washday relay—. Allan Riley's team; young and married women's sewing 44 yard relay, Betty Farr; coverall and girdle relay race-Ken Clark's team; youngest baby- Jason Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Clark, Hensall; oldest lady, Mrs. Lilly Har- burn, Mitchell; oldest man, Mr. George Mann, Clinton; longest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Farr, Stratford; lucky plate, Bob Van Valkengoed. Cromarty, dart game under nine years, Gordon Riley, Dor- chester; over nine years, David Fraser, Stratford; pin the tail . on the donkey, Gordon Riley. It was decided to hold the reunion for 1974 again at the home of Mr. and Mrs., Ross Riley on the second Sunday of June. Officers for the year are: president, Ken Clark; vice- president, Ivan Boa; secretary, Susan Riley; treasurer, Elizabeth Rayburn; spOrts com- mittee, John and Betty Ann Prouty, and Alonzo and Betty Harburn. UNITED CHURCH NOTES The congregation of Hensall United Church took part in the Holy Communion service held Sunday morning. The choir sang an anthem with Gail Travers taking the solo. Rev. Don Beck preached on "Promises before reality". Wendy Dixon, Beth Munn, Joanne Rowcliffe, Jackie Sim- mons and Mrs. Mary Whitehouse were candidates for confirmation and Mrs. Lyn McNaughton and Mrs. Margaret Kinghorn were welcomed into the membership from other Churches. At the ChiselhurstraUnited Church service, Marilyn Brint- nell, Dianne Sararas, Donald Sararas, and Donald Stoneman were candidates for confir- mation. UNIT II U.C.W. Unit II of the Hensall U.C.W. met Monday evening May 31 at the Church for their May meeting. Hazel Corbett chaired the meeting and opened with a poem. Pat Ven- ner conducted the devotional and opened with a hymn. Pat carried this theme with convic- tion "In a date with destiny". She said our destiny is in God's hands, but the life we live is our own choice, and suggested that the best place to start is in our own home. If we are truly Christian, other people will be led by our witness. Roll call was answered by 40 members with a bible verse with the word "Praise" in it, Cards of thanks were read from Ann Brock, Audrey Christie and Hazel Corbett, Helen McLean used a record for the study, The record was made by Gertrude Behanna of the U.S.A. Mrs. Behanna in a very humorous manner told of her life as a wealthy socialite, her constant quest for satisfac- tion in material things, her disenchantment and eventual escape into alcohol and drugs. Because of her wealth she never landed on skid row. Still she had reached the end when she met two christian people who showed love and concern. At this point in her life, she came to believe in God and received the joy and peace she had been searching for. She now spends her time talking to large groups, especially A.A. Fran Mickle conducted the business, when plans were made for a luncheon for 40 young people on June 16. Kay Mock announced that after all accounts and expenses were paid that the Barbeque Beef Dinner proved to be a real suc- cess. Unit II are responsible to place flowers in the Church in September. The members were invited to Kay Mock's home for lunch, when Kay Mock, Fran Mickle and Elsie Carlile served a delicious lunch of wedding cake and coffee. WORKERS TOUR LABATTS A busload of employees and husbands or wives from W.G. Thompson and Sons Mill went to London on Monday evening to tour Labatts Brewing Com- pany Limited. Guides took everyone on a very interesting tour of the 'plant starting with the raw product and ending with the filling of the bottles and cans ready for shipping. A very interesting film on Wildlife was shown. Everyone was invited to sample the many different kinds of beer available. Independent Shipper to United Co-operative of Ontario Livestock Dept Toronto Ship Your Livestock with Roy Scotchmer Monday Is Shipping Day From Varna Stockyard CALL BAYFIELD 565-2636 By 7:30 a.m. Monday For Prompt Service Ne Charges on Pick-uP tf Jack's Jottings -Christian school news people have been placed in Provincial job-projects for the summer. The Government received more than 30,000 ap- plications for jobs on the 17 Provincial programs. The Ontario Government's proposal for a parkway belt northwest of Toronto was given approval in principle this week with both opposition parties voting against the measure. Stephen Lewis, criticized the proposal, which envisages a series of parks and green spaces from Hamilton to Markham, linked by parkways and utility corridors, on the grounds that it contradicts the Government's own policy for the Toronto Centred Region. The Toronto Centred Region plan was designed to slow down growth to the west of Toronto and en- courage it to the east. A num- ber of the Opposition members said the belt system included very few new parks and was mostly roads and service corridors which would en- courage growth to the west, just as Highway 401 was to act as a barrier between communities to prevent sprawl, but rather than halt development the highway encouraged it. Last week the Government unveiled its plans for the Niagara Escarpment calling for the establishment of a com- mission made up of represen- tatives from the municipalities on its route from Niagara to Tobermory at the top of the Bruce Peninsula, and Govern- ment appointees. Stephen Lewis, N.D.P. Leader, speaking during second reading of the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act, said the bill is the obituary notice for the escarpment.. He said the plans will do nothing to save the escarpment for recreational use, but will hand it over to developers and quarry operators. Mr. Lewis accused the Government of being more concerned with protecting private enterprises on the 200 mile long escarpment than with preserving it for the people of Ontario. the Ontario Legislature this week. The bill provides for 'a limited number of area municipalities and a regional council consisting of the mayors of each area municipality and additional members from each area depending on population size. The chairman of the coun- cil will be appointed for the initial term of three years by the Province and elected by the council for its subsequent two- year terms.