The Brussels Post, 1975-06-11, Page 14ZIP
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AHEAD BY A SOCK LENGTH — There were
;,'barefoot runners and sock wearing runners in the
races at the BPS track and field meet.Wednesday.
I Sock feet seemed faster than bare, in this race at
least. Ivan Merran won the-senior 4-40, followed by
• Doug Cousins. (Photo by Langlois)
Tommy is 11, doing well in Grade Four. Though he is a
'registered Indian, it is considered he has some black ancestry.
,He has light brown i curly hair, hazel eyes and very fair skin.
Always pleasant, polite and co-6perative, Tommy is a quiet, shy
lad who need help in developing self-confidence.
Tommy is a healthy active youngster who likes the outdoors.
e enjoys camping arid farni acitivities,Hie is interested in farm
machinery, not only when it works but when it doesn't, because
pie has a knack for fixing things. He also likes carving. and
aking things like bows and arrows. Tommy enjoys music, likes
reading and has started towrite pcietry.
Parents are needed for Tommy who Will give him much love
Ind will have the warnith and patience to help him believe he
eally belongs to their family
To inquire about adopting Torimiy, please write to Today's
Ministry of COrnrinniity and Social Setvices,Box 888,
tation K, Toronto M4P 2112, For general adoption information,
onsult your local Children 'S Aid Society,
LTHE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE11, 1975
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
AN OUTDOOR BOY
Canada Geese mate for life.
Canada. has 506,00 square
miles Of muskeg,
Yottng forests produce more
oxygen` than old fOrests:
MoSt tree :planting is carried
out in the kiting.
SOUCO fibrea;;avetago
tilted iiiillithetetS length.
Forest fiteS burn faster uphill
than
. Walnuts contain more protein
than milk.
A igcunit" contains 100 cubic
feet of Solid wood,
Indians wove strong rope from
basswood bark.
Scots Pine is not native to
Canada.
White Pine is 'the tallest
conifer in Eastern Canada.
I knew it! I knew it! They started
screwing around with that Celsius
thermometer, and the weather has gone
crazy. Who ever heard of a heat-wave in
May?
We had one this year, at least in these
parts, and the entire population was
reeling around, sunburned and situ-
stroked, when they should have been
wearing sweaters and turning the heat up
in the evenings.
As I lay on the bed the other night,
nothing over me, both windows open,
gasping for breath, I up and told my wife, I
told her: "It's that clanged Celsius, that's
what it is. They've thrown the whole
country out of kilter. I must have lost a litre
of sweat and a gram of weight."
She told me to stifle myself, as far as sne
was concerned. She has been a little owly
laterly, owing to the fact that she can't zip
up her new slacks owing to the fact that she
has been hitting her own desserts too hard,
and chiefly owing to the fact that I told her
she had gained about 25 millimeters
around the bum, which sounds a lot worse
than a couple of 'inches.
And so it goes. You never get much
appreciation around home, whether you
are battling the town council , or taking on
the whole government of Canada.
But I can tell you that there are a great
many people in this country who think the
current move to Celsius and metric is as
stupid and arrogant as I do. I've had a
steady stream of letters supporting any
anti stand, since a recent column
lambasting the change as needless and
heedless of the people's desires. Many of
the correspondents are also writing their
MPs, and getting back the usual oily,
evasive and feeble letters we expect from
our MPs.
These letters are not from cranks.They
are from intelligent Canadians who are
getting sick of being pushed around by the
mandarins in Ottawa.
Ann Judd, who writes a column for the
Port ElginTimes, says: "No matter what
the federal 'government tells you, believe
me, it's a rip-off." She goeS on, as many
other readers do, to point out the
tremendous cost of the unasked-for
changes.And this in a time of racking
inflation, when every citizen is, and the
government should be,, trying to make
every dollar go as far as it will stretch.
A chap ' with the charming name of
Volodimir Barabagh makes the same
charge in a poem called It's Madness
printed in the Dauphin Herald.
Wes Rodgers of Mar, Ont., and Fred
Salisbury of Peterboro agree with me
completely and see nothing beneficial in
the change. Angela Aldworth of Waterloo
says: "If it's not too late to stop the big.
Tree Facts
Let's pound the metrics
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
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wheels from rolling regarding change to
metric and celsius, my vote Es No.". It's
never too late, Angela and all you others,.
We have only begun to fight.
You see, what we are dealing wtih here
is chickens. Politicians are chickens and
civil servants are chickens. Who ever ran
away from a fight with chickens?
Doug MacLennan of Fergus wrote a
stringent letter to the editor of the
Fergus-Elora Express,, opposing the
change, and sent a copy to his M.P. The.
Express editor pointed out some of the
follies of the change and said: "Lately, a
few people have suddenly said "Is it worth
it?" •
Believe me , chaps, it is not worth it, and
if you don't oppose the changes for any
other reason, fight them on the basis of
cost. Ontario alone has just allotted $1.5
million to schools for converting measuring
articles. Multiply this by 10 and you have
just scratched the surface.
Connie Hodgins of High River, Alta., is
hopping mad about the arrogance with
which the measures have been introduced.
She claims somebody must have brain-
washed the MPs to "prepare them to act
like a flock of sheep and vote without
waiting to hear what their constituents'
wishes were."
A pungent comment from a reader in
Renfrew: "'Yes, we have Celsius and the
politicians tell us it is for export. Where
can we export our weather except to the
U.S.A. and they don't want it.The
government is preaching economy. Each
road sign to be replaced by a kilometre sign
will cost , $30. How do you like those
bananas? Sick-sick-sick."
A lady from Waterloo suggests that the
introduction of Celsius is "just about the
last straw" in minorities forcing things on
the majority, such as that pitiful Canadian
flag and bilingualism. She adds: "I'd like
to know just who they (the gov't) did ask.
Nobody ever asked me or anyone I have
come in contact with.The sil .ent majority
just got taken again."
Evens my old high school math teacher,
Earl Felming, said he Was waiting to see
me blast it, in my column. .Now if a math
teacher doesn't like metric, or sees no
need for it in Canada, surely there isn't
any.
I've run out of space, but not out of mad,
Come on, you silent majority. Let's make
some noise. I'm sick to death of being
buried in that stuff that is emitted by all
those'chickens in Ottawa. And I know I'm
not alone. Keep the letters flying and the
shouts of outrage echoing.
You there, lady you with the beautiful
38-22- 38 figure. Maybe your apathetic
and you say y ou can't fight City Hall. But
you'll change your tune when they call you
out in centimeters. You'll fight when
someone says you are a 95-55-95. You're
gross!
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Recent investigations carried
out by OPP at Wingham
Detachment include:
Nine investigations with nine
persons charged under the
Liquor Control Act.
Twenty-five charges laid with
thirty-six warnings issued under
the Highway Traffic Act.
Twenty-one other
investigations.
On Monday, June 2, Sam
Sweeney of Brussels and Gary
Keffer of R.R.1, Ethel. were
involved in a collision on county
Road 16 i east of Sideroad 10 - 11,
Grey Township, There were 'no
injuries, and damages were
estimated at $600.00.
On Friday, June 6, tarry D.
Taylor of Rat 1,, Belgrave was
westbound on County Road 16 0
east of Highway 4, Morris
Township when he saw
cattlebeast on the roadway,
swerved, and entered the south
ditch, striking a fence: No' one
was injured, and damages were
estimated at OVAL
On Saturday, hind Vincent
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OPP investigates Accidents
J. Lee of R.R.5, Brussels; Philip
F, Dearing of R.R.3, Konioka and
William Newman of Kitchener
were involved in a collision on
Highway #4, east, of Huron Road
20, Morris Township. Injured as a
result of.the collision were Philip
Dearing and Dorothy M. Dearing,
as well as Pamela F. Newnan,
who was a passenger in the
Newman vehicle. Damages Were .
estimated at $1900.00. •