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Prime Minister Trudeau, under a lot of
fire and criticism recently for some
remarks and actions, came to the Canadian
people last week and explained, in his way,
hiinself, his party and his administration.
The unfortunate part of Mr. Trudeau's
speech to the Canadian Club in Ottawa
,January 19 is that he did not explain what
needed to be explained, and concentrated
on areas that have been blown out of
proportion by opposition members.
In his year-end remarks in a CTV inter-
view, the Prime Minister said that
Canadians have to shape up in their ways,
particularly economic, or there would be
more government control and that the free
enterprise system didn't work and that we
are moving towards a new economic era.
What the Prime Minister said is essen-
tially true, and people and members of the
government who leapt upon him for what
they thought were veiled threats towards
our governmental and economic system ex-
hibited a lack of comprehension of both the
economics of Canada and North America in
the twentieth century and a paranoia over
the power they think, or believe, Trudeau is
trying to garner for himself.
Their arguments and opposition to
something that has been happening for the
past three generations is a sad comment on
our leaders' overall view of Canadian
history and government.
Trudeau is making no inroads at
becoming a banana republic dictator in this
most untropical of lands, in fact, Trudeau
is making few inroads at all.
There was no need for the Prime
Minister to acquiesce to their fears, rather,
his speech at the Canadian Club should
have provided some guidance, and direc-
tion for the managers of our economy and
for those who live with the ups arid downs
of it. His speech fell far short of its
promise as "the great explainer,"
We have been under the wage and
price control guidelines for nearly three
months now, and although it is too short a
time to make a real judgement, particular-
ly with publicity campaigns staged in
store's holding the line on prices for 60
days, there has been little tangible effect
and there has been little done to clear up
the criticisms from both labour and
management.
Mr. Trudeau has yet to explain how he
intends to expand his anti-inflation
programme, and what he intends to add to
it, as wage and price controls are only a
temporary bandaid on a gaping wound.
What the country was looking for was
Trudeau's economic stance, some direction
on how to lift ourselves from the in-
flationary spiral. Instead we got
philosphical pandering and looks
backwards to the venerable, worn cliche,
about our forefathers cutting their way
through the woods, etc. etc.
The Prime Minister's speech alluded to
co-operation, understanding and agree-
ment between labour and management,
and in some sense it succeeded, as both
sides agreed that there was not a hair of
direction or applicable economic thought.
Mr. Trudeau's speech did not clear up or
aid our economy, its only accomplishment
being to make the present government's
ability to manage and govern more
suspect. We needed more substance and
quite a bit less philosophical-nostalgiac
rhetoric. What we got was a man relying on
1968's charisma to save 1976's woes.
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Attend hockey activities
Who cares about minor hockey?
It's an easy question to ask and the
answer is, not nearly as many people as
there should be.
That's why it is more important than
ever to get out to the arena on Saturday and
see what our young hockey players are do-
ing.
Why Saturday?
It's the one day of the year that has
been set aside where we can show our in-
terest in the young athletes in our com-
munity. We can see how hard the volunteer
coaches and managers have been working
with the players to improve their skills.
We can .see how many people are in-
volved in organized recreational facilities
in Exeter. We can see the future adults of
the area who are learning sportsmanship,
how to play by the rules and how to make
every effort to try their best to do it well.
A great deal of money is invested in
minor hockey and. hours and hours of effort
are put into it to make sure the season runs
.as smoothly as possible.
This is why we should lend our support
to the officials and youngsters during
minor hockey day in Exeter. A full
schedule appears elsewhere in the paper
and promises a truly enjoyable day for any
hockey fan.
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By ELMORE BOOMER
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Information South Huron
For appointment
phone: 235-135613
Solzhenitsyn warns •
"Democracies are like most
islands in the immense river of
history. The water is ever rising.
The simplests historical laws are
working against democratic
societies,"
This is the warning of
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the
Soviet writer expelled from
Russia last year. He now lives in
Switzerland,
Mr. Solzhenitsyn feels that the
West turns a blind eye to the
pressing danger.
"Time has worn away your
notion of freedom". You have kept
the word and coined a new notion,
a small freedom that is only a
caricature of the big one, a
freedom with neither obligation
nor responsibility."
"You have centered the era of
calculation. For the old spectre of
freedom you are no longer
capable of making sacrifices;
just compromises,"
Mr, Solzhenitsyn sees no
political nor military com-
binations that would save the
Western world from Communist
aims.
"If only the leaders of the
Eastern world could perceive in
you the smallest flame, the
slightesrvital impulse to preserve
and extend liberties in the West,
if only they understood that you
were ready to sacrifice your
lives, at this very second, they
would be discouraged."
This interview was originally
given to the French magazine Le
Point which periodical named the
Russian author "man of the
year".
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The pain of making decisions,
forced by the closing of Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital, is upon this
writer and his family, Whether to
move or to stay? — that is the
. question.
Interviews are part of the
game, Choices are necessary
although all the ramifications
cannot be known,
It seems so easy to be
philosophical when people are
uprooted from daily routine,
from the known way; as long as it
does not happen to us,
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It might be well to mention that
the future of Information South
Huron is unknown at this time.
This due to the closing of
Goderich Psychiatric Hospital.
Is there any response? Does
this community need a coun-
selling service? What is your
opinion?
If you have views on this
subject please write to this paper
or to myself, in care of this paper.
Your expression of concern
would be most welcome,
"A friend of mine put it this -
way. 'We are like children in a
classroom when the teacher is
not there. We fight each other for
the cream buns and we kick and
scream when we do not get what
we want. We see the big and
strong children getting whatithey
want and the weak ones helpless
to look after themselves. . .
Nothing gets done in the
classroom, and what is more no
one feels happy about it',"
Dr. Coggan does not have
ready answers or a detailed
program for the problems which
face his people. The matters of
life and death have reached some
compexity. But he feels strongly
about certain things.
The family is of prime im-
portance. He points to the many
delinquent people — products of
broken homes.
"Give us strong, happy,
disciplined families, and we shall
be well on the way to a strong
nation."
Again Dr. Coggan asserts,
"The family matters, and it's
worth working hard to build it,
protect it, and provide for it."
Materialism is singled out as a
modern sickness. "Stark
• materialism does not work. It
does not deliver the' goods. We
must adopt a different attitude to
money, and to materials, and to
machines . . . useful servants but
. .. degrading masters."
The point that the Archbishop
seeks to make is the need for a
moral foundation in our living
and our society.
"Unless there is a concerted
effort to lift our whole national
debate up into the moral sphere,
not being afraid to ask in-
dividuals as well as the com-
munity what is right and what is
wrong, we shall never find an-
swers."
Dr. Coggan seeks to give
leadership to many "gbod
people" in Britain. He feels that
many wish for the better, but
seem 11owerless. They do not
know how to make themselves
heard. A spokesman is needed,
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It is ironical that the Ontario
Association for the Mentally
Retarded has labelled the
proposal to convert Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital into the
Goderich Community Resource
Centre for the Mentally Retarded
- "musical beds".
The Association, although,
previously promised a part in the
decisions toward the setting up of
group homes for the retarded,
feel theMselves neglected and
betrayed, according to a Tuesday
news. item.
'he Godeilch facilities, while
too small for psychiatric treat-
ment according to current
economic thinking, is much too
large and isolated for the
benefiting of the mentally
retarded, according to the
0.A.M.R.
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Policy explanation Reflections
Some random observations this
week on a variety of topics, none
of them world-shaking. If you are
short of either time or patience,
turn to the classified ads for some
real entertainment.
For about 10 days over the
holidays I had my grandson. Or
rather, he had me. At his beck
and call. For about 12 hours a
day..He's at that very interesting
stage where he's learning to talk,
fast. You know, putting phrases
together, repeating everything he
hears, understanding most of
what you say, but not yet quite
ready to carry on a conversation.
Two phrases, however, he has
down pat. The first is: "Come
on!" delivered in a peremptory
tone and accompanied by a firm
grasp of a chubby fist on my
index finger. This comes im-
mediately after I have settled
down with my paper and a beer
and lighted a cigarette. It means
he wants assistance in building a
pyramid or getting his glass of
"dooce" (anything from milk to
orange juice) or letting the "ky-
cat" in for another session of
torture,
What it really means, of
course, is that he has a distinct
aversion to Grandad retiring
from the action.
The second phrase, delivered in
a piteous tone, is "Help me"
accompanied by a forlorn look
and a tug at any portion of my
anatomy available. This means
he wants me to plug in the tree
lights, or hold him up so he can
watch the record twirling on the
turntable or reach something he
can't and wants to break.
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Why don't the Conservatives
make their leadership race just
that? Put the entire 18 or 36 or
whatever of them on a track at
the summer Olympics, send them
off, and the last man to fall flat on
his face becomes their leader. It
would make just as much sense
as choosing them by ballot, which
is also a process of finding the
guy or gal with the best wind.
Personally, I'd like to see Flora
MacDonald have a shot at it. The
result might be worse than the
massacre of Glencoe, but if 50 '
percent of the voters are women,
it would give them a chance to
stand up and be counted. And I
think it would terrify Pierre T.
One guy I would hate to see win
the leadership would be Paul
Hellyer. If he won it, the Tories
could kiss their hopes goodbye for
another decade. Here's his
record. Liberal cabinet minister;
ran for Liberal leadership, lost,
sulked, resigned as minister;
formed his own rightist Action
Canada party, a total flop; joined
Conservative party; un-
distinguished Tory MP; lost his
seat in 1974. If the Tories chose
him as leader, it would illustrate
nothing more than their
unquenchable belief in the in-
fallible powers of snake oil as a
remedy.
Still on politics, I was sorry to
see Dave Barrett lose in B.C. He
has one of those qualities so
carefully hidden by most
politicians — a sense of humor.
Maybe he went too far too fast,
but he added a lot of zest to the
national political scene.
Exeter is just one of hundreds
of communities across the
province to receive word from
the government to cut spending
as much as possible.
This is going to be a difficult
task when you consider the long
list of priorities council had lined
up for this year, ranging from
repaving streets in town to
renovating the old town hall.
Mayor Shaw and his colleagues
will really have the opportunity
to show their ability as capable
administrators.
If they can guide Exeter
through this year without
drastically cutting essential
services or increasing taxes they
will have done an admirable job.
One thing though, if the going
gets too tough and our leaders
find they can't accomplish all
they should with the money they
have to use, they always have the
option of increasing taxes.
If communities had to be
operated like private businesses,
without having to resort to
digging into the public's pocket
every now and again they would
be faced with a much more dif-
ficult problem.
Let's suppose the council really
takes a firm stand on saving
money and decides that the extra
funds they need will be raised
from other sources instead of
increasing property taxes.
They could take their case
before the community and say
"We need a little more money,
but we don't want to add these
extra expenses on your taxes."
An education committee could
be set up to tell all of us how bad
the financial situation really is.
We would all be asked to jump on
the money bandwagon and find
new ways of raising funds or new
methods of cutting municipal
costs.
Here are just a few possibilities
that would save thousands of
dollars every year. You might not
like them . . . and they'll
probably never happen.
— Garbage collection could be
cut to once every two weeks. This
would literally cause a real stink
with most of us, and it wouldn't
be too healthy either. Con-
siderable savings would result
because if only half the work is
being done, it shouldn't cost
much more than half as much as
it does now.
— Recreational facilities could be
brought to an end, This would put
back thousands more dollars in
the town's coffers but if wouldn't
be a very smart move either.
People would have to start
making their own fun again and
this would probably be too much
for most of us to handle.
—• Everybody in town could be
instructed to pray for warm
weather because the snow
removal budget had just been
axed. The machinery would just
be brought out on an emergency
"I," the young man told his
girl, "am keeping a record of all
the good times we have had
together."
"Oh," she gushed, "You're
keeping a diary!"
"Nope," he said, "checkbook
stubs."
There are two times you should
keep your mouth shut — when
you're swimming and when
you're angry.
basis only instead of immediately
after each storm like it is at the
present. '
— The police department could
be disbanded. After all, their tab
to the town every year adds up to
a much greater sum than the
revenue they bring in through,
writing tickets. We would all be
instructed to go through life by
living the "Honor system". It's a
nice thought, but it will never
happen.
— All new construction by the
town would be ordered to stop.
Again the savings would be
considerable but the results
wouldn't be what most of us
would want.
Raise money
On the other hand, the town
could follow the example of the
free enterprise system and try to
raise money by methods other
than increasing property taxes.
— Cat owners could be asked to
pay taxes on all their feline
friends, After all, dogs bring in a
few bucks every year. With the
cats being taxed as well this
source of revenue would double
overnight,
— We could resort back to a trick
learned in the days of the old west
and still used by our friends south
of the border,
A toll gate could be placed
across the main street in the
centre of town. Any vehicle
passing through that who wasn't
from this area could be nailed 25
cents before we would let them
continue on their way. How would
- 50 Years Ago
Church circuits in Stephen
township underwent major
rearrangement this past week.
Shipka, formerly Methodist, will
now associate with Crediton and
BAnsley -Corbett, which was
Presbyterian, will be closed and
alligned with Greenway as well
as the two churches in Grand
Bend amalgamating to form a
pastoral charge with Greenway,
Exeter council took more
measures to close the billiard and
pool room,
Boys from Kirkton and
Woodham bagged 83 rabbits last
Thursday in a jack drive.
25 Years Ago
Exeter Council rescinded a
motion to deed Riverview Park to
the Hospital Association at their
Monday night meeting, in-
timating that they will take no
further action until the results of
the petition to save the park is
known.
Robert McCubbin told mem-
bers of the Hay Federation of
Agriculture that the outcome of
the Korean War will have
profound affects on the farm
market.
Herman Gill, chairman of the
board of trustees of Grand Bend
wants to see a vote to decide
which county the resort com-
munity will be included in.
Exeter council raised salariesof
the municipal officials and ap-
proved a $12,500 grant for the
building fund of Exeter Hospital.
the Departirienc of Highways
react to this one? ,
Exeter could go into the bingo
business and compete with other
organizations who seem to be
doing alright at this game. The
grand prize would be a certificate
to the winner stating that his
property taxeswould notl increase
for the next two years. A prize
like this should get people out to
the bingos by the hundreds.
— If things got really tough, the
town could start a lottery. The
winner would have a choice of
two grand prizes. You could
spend a weekend in Ottawa with
prime minister Trudeau. He
would offer you a quick course in
the,operation of a free enterprise
system. You may not understand
what he says, but you'll agree he
• says it well.
Or if this isn't to your liking you
could spend a few days with
Darcy McKeough and learn the
fundamentals of economics. If he
tells you to spend spend spend
and borrow borrow borrow until
you find a lifestyle you really
enjoy, you should become im-
mediately suspicious. Why?
Because part two of this lesson is
that some day you'll have to stop
and face the music.
All of the above suggestions on
saving and raising money are
just wild thoughts from a writers
imagination. It's not difficult to
poke fun at the situation we're in
at the present time with regards
to rising costs but I'm sure none
of us' envy Bruce Shaw and his
councillors with the situation
they are facing this year.
20 Years Ago
Fire brigades from three
neighboring towns had to com-
bine forces to save the combined
house and store of Lorne
Marshall, Kirkton from total
destruction. Most of the $8,000 in
hardware stock in the store at the
main intersection of Kirkton was
destroyed.
The Exeter Branch of the
Canadian Legion voted to go
ahead with the proposed $25,000
expansion to their hall on
William Street.
Exeter and District Players
Guild has reached the final
stages of preparation of their
play, No Rhyme or Reason, and
plan to open February 8 at
SHDHS auditorium.
10 Years Ago
Earl R. Guenther, postmaster
for Dashwood for the past 43
years, retired Monday, turning
over his duties to Mrs. Donna
Restemayer,
Harry Page of Exeter has been
named to manage Hensall PUC,
replacing James Clark who
resigned recently.
Two men from the RCAF base
in Centralia escaped without
injury when their plane flipped
over during a forced landing just
after \ take off.
There is a possibility that an
8.75 mill rate increase may be
necessary to continue expansion
of Huron County roads.
Gala Week is set for July 4 to 9
in Grand Bend after a recent
Chamber of Commerce meeting
there.
Most of us have had that quiet,
lovely experience of sitting
beside a pool or small lake in
summer watching the trees, the
clouds, the sky being reflected in
the water.
A photographer friend of mine
has many beautiful slides taken
in the Muskoka--Georgian Bay
area, of rocks along a shoreline
reflected in still waters. So
perfect are they that you can turn
the photographs upside down and
not be able to discern which is
reflection and which is reality.
Many of us, I'm sure, have had
times in our lives when we
wondered which were the real
things and which were merely the
reflections of the real things.
The world has become topsy-'
turvy and upside down and we
have almost lost the faculty for
knowing when it is right side up.
Wg get lost in this world of
pressure and speed . . . nothing
seems to be clear cut anymore.
Our minds and bodies grow
weary and our sense of per-
ception less keen.
Under such stress we are
rendered incapable of judging the
true values of life. We cannot see
things objectively. Life looks like
a grey mass . . . like an un-
developed negative. It has
neither colour nor clear-cut
outlines, and we have the feeling
it lacks something,
It needs the touch of the Master
Photographer's hand to bring up
the beauty and the outlines so
that we may distinguish the
condrete from the abstract, the
real from the images.
Jane Scott, in her book,
Adventure With God, says,
"Frequently when men and
women become confused, God
takes us into the dark room,
where there is just enough light to
develop the negative. Although
the darkreom is not particularly
lovely it is a necessary stop in the
production of the finished
photograph."
In the process of God, some of
us have emerged from the
darkroom with a'clearer picture
of life. There, we have learned
the difference between the
realities and the reflections.
And getting back to reflections,
still waters are not primarily
created just to reflect the beauty
of the world about them and the
sky above them, God created
them to cleanse, to nourish and to
sustain the creation and the
creatures, and to symbolize in
the natural sphere what Christ,
the Living Water, can mean to
our souls.
As the still waters bring
beauty, growth and fruitfulness
to the world of nature, so Christ
brings life and beauty to us. It is
He who 'leads me beside the still
waters and restoreth my soul,' It
is only He who has the power to
lead anyone to the fountain of
living water.
There is no other source of life
than the rich, clear, cool,
sparkling, nourishing, sustaining
water thatIcleanses, nurtures and
beautifies as the water that flows
from the heart of God.
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Walk with me a little mile
Down shimmering sunlit trails
Listen with me a little while
To nature's whispered tales.
If man could only understand
The words that nature speaks.
He'd have the world at his
command
And find the truth he seeks.
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