HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-11-02, Page 22 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, November 2, 1967
A psychologist once asked a
youngster with muscular dystrophy
what he dreamed about in his sleep,
"I dream I'm running," the child
replied.
These simple words did more to
illuminate the pathos of MD than could
whole pages of a social worker's case-^
work report on "family acceptance" of
the disease. For the young wheelchair
bound patient, often confined to the
four walls of his home, will not accept
the grim diagnosis that the malady is
progressive, nearly always fatal, and
that its effect cannot, at present, be
reversed or even halted. Neither will
his parents, his brothers and sisters.
And perhaps they are right. It may
be that the mysterious origins of the
child's wasting affliction will soon be
found, and that a cure for it will fol
low. Conceivably, his dream of running
could, some day, come true.
The Muscular Dystrophy Associa
tion of Canada, has programmed re
search to explore every facet of this
basically scientific problem, and now
supports about 50 study projects in
Canadian universities and medical
centres. They all seek answers to the
tragedy that affects 10- 12,000 of our
Sir; Your firm’s policy of not
having a permanent reporter
or editor living In Clinton op
a full time basis Is very evi
dent in the October 26 edition.
For 15 years the kinsmen Club
of Clinton has sponsored, ata
cost of approximately $1,000
per year, a minor hockey pro
gram for boys from the ages
of six to twelve.
Last week I asked the editor
to come to Clinton and take
picture? of the boys registering
for the 1967-6 8 season. The re
sults of the pictures appeared in
this week’s edition -“A large
group of bantam and pee-wee
aged youngsters” and “Spon
sored by Clinton’s Minor
Koreans to
Hockey Association”, These
two statements are completely
wrong - should read pee-
wee, squirt arid pee-wee ages —
sponsored by Clinton kinsmen
Club. I am sure many parents
whose boys are in either of
our program or are graduates,
were deeply offended as we in
the Kinsmen Club certainly are.
We are a very proud sports
town the lack of sport? news
In the new News-Record has
been the main topic of dis.
cusslon by many town people.
Years truly,
Bert Clifford,
Chairman,
Clinton Kinsmen Clyb.
to Centralia
The Minister of Agriculture
and Food for Ontario, Hon. Wm.
A. Stewart, today announced a
project under which Ontario is
to provide agricultural assist
ance to the Republic of Korea,
Under a plan initiated by On-
tario, and developed in co-oper.
ation' with the Federal Govern
ment, thirty Koreans will be
brought to Canada for practi-
cal training in modern farming
techniques under a fifteen month
come
program.
One month will be spent on
an orientation program, twelve
months will be spent by each
of the candidates on selected
Ontario farms with two months
devoted to technical training at
the new Agricultural School at
Centralia. On completion of the
training, the candidates will re
turn to Korea to assist in the
agricultural development ' of
their country.
From our early files
55 years ago
55 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEWS ERA
Thursday, November 7, 1912
Miss Gertrude Chant has
taken a position m the office of
McKenzie’s planing mill.
Mrs. James Webster and
daughter Bertha and Miss Web
ster of Londesboro spent the
weekend with Mrs. E, Saville,
Apple King Dave Cantelonre*
ports that he is handling about
2,000 barrels of apples a week
and shipping from this section
by both CPR and GTR.
25 years ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
November 5, 1942
Miss Jean Hearn of Kit
chener was a weekend visitor
at her. home in town.
LAC Ted Middleton of the
RCAF at Brantford spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Fred Middleton of
Goderich township.
Mrs. David Dewar, Bayfield
left last week to visit her daugh
ter, Mrs. E. Rehn, in Detroit.
15 years ago
CLINTON NEWS RECORD
November 6, 1952
About 25 neighboring women
and friends surprised Mrs.
George McLay, Huron Road,
last Friday at a farewell party,
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Maltby
Harriston, spent last weekend
with Mr. and Mrs, A. J. Me*
Murray,
Mr. and Mrs, E. Patterson,
Wiarton, yrere guests of Mr.
and Mrs. George Beattie dur
ing the past week. While in
Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Patter-
son renewed many old acquain
tances,
On Tuesday, November 11,
which was declared a full hoik
day by Mayor G. W. Nott, the
members of the local Legion
“Foster Hewitt, His Own
Story,” a biography by the'
famous hockey broadcaster,
which has been recently pub
lished by The Ryerson Press,
may be of interest to local
hockey fans.
fellow Canadians, most of them chil
dren.
But MDAC can support this broad
advance in knowledge about muscular
dystrophy only because the public,
deeply caring about a child's dream of
sometime really running, gives its gen
erous and understanding support of
MDAC.
MDAC containers are in Clinton
stores now. Please be generous.
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Now it’s open and blatant
battle. It’s vicious and ugly. It
is fanned by newsmen and tele
vision, They always seem to be
there when the cops are man
handling some screaming
punk, but are never present
when some constable is being
kicked into jelly.
plan to lay the cornerstone
the Legion Hall, now rapid
nearing completion.
10 years ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
November 7, 1957
Visitors with Mr, and Mr
Cale Doucette and Marian Lo:
ralne for the past two weel
were the former’s grandmoth<
Mrs. Alice Watson, Seattl
Washington and hi? mother Mr:
Harry Doucette, Windthors
Saskatchewan and William Taj
lor, Peterboro.
Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Cu
inghame have recently returi
ed from a three months’ vis
with their daughters in Winn
peg and Vancouver,
Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Od<
liefson, London^ were at the!
home in the village of Bayfiel
over the weekend.
In his new book, Foster
candidly appraises his early
years and highlights of his
forty-four years in broadcast
ing and some unforgettable
hockey nights in Canada.
invasion
During 1965, there were 4,879
persons slaughtered on Canada's high
ways, according to "The Cup That Kills",
an article in The Canadian Motorist.
Canadian authorities estimate that
close to half of our traffic fatalities are
a direct result of drinking and driving.
In two other highly mobilized countries,
Britain and United States, figures show
that from 56 to an astounding 68 per
cent of traffic accidents can be blamed
on the drinking driver.
Why are we so complacent about
drinking and driving? Of twenty-five
countries reporting to the World Health
Organization, Canada leads the way
with traffic deaths 25.3 per 100,000
people.
Something is necessary to stir us
from such dangerous [ethargy. Qne
way would be to make the breathalyzer
test compulsory everywhere in Canada.
So far, only Canadians living in British
of rights
Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan
are compelled by law to submit to the
breathalyzer test. Prince Edward Island,
Nova Scotia and Quebec are consider
ing similar legislation. Ontario with her
great concentration of traffic is lagging
behind in putting an approved theory
into action.
It has been suggested that such a.
test is an invasion of personal rights,
but is it really? Is it a violation of rights .
when a policeman searches a suspect for
theft or interrogates a murder suspect?
We would regard such action as protect
ing the rights of all others. What about
the rights of other drivers on the high
way?
Safety campaigns have no effect
on the drunk driver... he is invariably '
'hostile and self-destructive.
We won't make any progress until
we view the intoxicated driver for what
he is ... a potential murderer.
time for an answer
It seems very .strange that the fuss
and furor about' severe air pollution
problems—particularly in the Dunnville
area—were kept securely under a lid
until just days after the recent provin
cial election. Though the people of On
tario heard smatterings here and there
throughout the campaign about air pol
lution control, they were certainly
never presented with anything like the
information which was contained in a
recent CBC film "Air of Death".
Perhaps the reason that the ques
tion of air pollution was dealt with so
generally by all three major parties at
election time can best be explained by
a statement attributed to the late Prime
Minister Mackenzie King: "Pollution
control if necessary, but not necessarily
pollution control".
All levels of government are ex
tremely reluctant to delve too deeply
into the troubles caused by air pollu
tion. Despite the fact of overwhelming
evidence that persons in the Dunnville
vicinity may eventually die of fluoride
.poisoning from chemical plants there,
Health Minister Matthew Dymond ap-
pears to be only slightly disturbed and
definitely hesitant to act too hastily.
A charge levelled by Charles
Munro of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture reads thus: "Dr. Dymond's
comment that the problem had just
been brought to his attention is exactly
the same thing he told the OFA back
in March, 1964. The minister, and the
other government officials have just
been tossing the buck back and forth
ever since."
Mr. Munro and other members of
the Federation's executive met near
Dunnville in July to review the prob
lem. He said then that "years of trying
to settle this pollution problem through
negotiation have not provided proper
compensation for income loss. It's time
we got this thing settled."
We agree . . . and strongly urge
that municipal, provincial and federal
legislators everywhere obtain the true
facts about air pollution and find the
lasting solutions they must before
Canadians are suffocated by the. Indus
tries which sustain them.
Clinton News-Record
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Give cops a break
As Gilbert and Sullivan
tunefully pointed out a good
many
man’s
one.”
And
grown any happier in the . inter
im, as even a casual glance
through the newspapers will
tell you. Everywhere, police
men are unhappy. In the cities,
they talk of strike action. In
small towns, they resign right
and left, usually in a cloud of
recrimination.
Why are they fed up? For a
whole lot of reasons. It’s only
surprising so many of them
stay at it.
First of ail, they are poorly
paid. This fine, old tradition,k
probably dates back to the.
. days when a cop was a “dumb
flatfoot”, lucky to get a job
with some security involved.
During The Depression, the
town cop was envied because
he got a pay check, be it ever
so humble, every week.
Secondly, they must cope
with continued interference,
from elected officials, or local
big shots. It might be the
Chairman of the Police Com
mission, more concerned with
paring his police budget than
with ’the quality of the police
man. Or it might be the fellow
who belongs to the same serv
ice club/ as the mayor, and
expects special treatment,
whether it’s a parking ticket or
drunk driving charge. This is
hard to take.
Another thing that bugs
them, even those who like the
work, is the hours: working
holidays; special details; calls
in the middle of the night.
. And, of course, there’s the
job itself. Much of it is rou
tine, even boring. Everything
in triplicate. But a Saturday
night can be a nightmare. How
would you like to cope with a
drunken fight at a dance? Or a
stolen car, driven by a kid at
100 miles an hour? Or a cou
ple of plastered prostitutes
belting you about the head ahd
ears with their handbags,
cheered on by the mob? Or a
call from delighted neighbors,
at 2 a.m., telling you that Joe
Scheiss is beating the brains
out of his wife?
And that’s on top of the
ordinary stuff:'1 petty thefts;
gang rumbles; car crashes;
street beatings; jeering hood
lums.
But I think all these things
are secondary. There’s some
thing else that has turned the
placid policeman of even 20
years ago into a mean cop. And
that’s the attitude of the peo
ple. It’s fairly new and very
nasty.
I notice it, with dismay,
among teen-agers. Even the de
cent ones sheer at “The Fuzz’*,
as they term out stalwart
guardians of the law. I doh‘t
know where they got it — per
haps from movies and televi
sion —- but they seem to think
the policeman is some sort of
brutalized Gestapo type look
ing for trouble.
A few policemen, of course,
foster this attitude. There are
always a few bullies in uni
form who release their owh
psychological perversions. But
they are a tiny minority, usual
ly curbed by their peers.
Even more disturbing, per
haps, is the number of adults
who will stand around ahd
watch a policeman being beat
en up, and enjoy it.
There’s always, of course,
years ago, “A
lot is seldom a
it certainly
police-
happy
been war between the police
and the populace. But it used
to be a good-natured, fun-war.
You tried to circumvent the
law, whether it was swiping
apples or beating the speed
limit. If you were caught, you
grumbled a bit, lied like a
' trooper, and probably got off
with a warning. And everybody
was happy.
I’ve met a lot of cops in my
day, some in the line of my
duty, and, I hasten .to add,,
some in the line of theirs. A
few of them were real hoods,
but the vast majority were de
cent, ordinary chaps who
would go out of their way to
be helpful.
It’s a rotten job, but remem-,
ber, men, somebody loves you.
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