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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-11-22, Page 2Serving Brussels and the surrounding community. Published each Wednesday afternoon at Brussels, Ontario by McLean Bros, Publishers Limited. Evelyn Kennedy , Editor Pat Langlois - Advertising Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association etiA Subscriptions (in advance) Canada $9.00 a Year. • • Others $17.00 a Year. Single Copies 20 cents each. Thanks for the sports! THE BANTAMS SELL BAKING— Lisa Thompson, Sheila Anderson and an unidentified person in the background were selling baking at Knox United Church when the Belgrave Bantam girls held a bake sale on Saturday. (Brussels Post Photo) (Continued from Page 1) his pluck." The other news item from Cranbrook says "On the eve of the departure of Harvey Noble to join the colors and prepare to fight for the Empire he was presented with an appropriately worded address read by Wm. Ballan• Tyne after which Wm. Perrie presented a wrist watch and $10.00. The recipient made a brief yet appropriate reply. Presentation was made at the Endeavour in the Presby- terian Church." By Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. The Residential Tenancies Act has been given approval: in principle and has now been sent to committee for study This legislation, which permit the eviction of tenants for breaking a land- lord's "house rules", has come under strong criticism since its introduction on • October 30th. At present, landlords must obtain a court order to evict a tenant, but under the new bill a landlord can establish "house rules", and if they are broken, can apply to the new Rsidential. Tenancies Commission, which can tell the tenant to move out. This bill also extends rent controls on the majority of rental Units at least until' the end of 1979 and changes the rent review system. Helath Minister Timbrell has announced that capital budgets for hospitals have been pared from last' spring's approved $115 million to $98 million for 1978/79, and next year's total is unlikely to be more than this year's, according to the Minister: On In Walton the Women's' Insititute decided to meet one day each week to sew for the soldiers. The Huron County Council wasn't lacking in its concern for the soldiers either. A news item from the Post states that, "At a special meeting of the Huron County 'Council Monday it was decided to issue debentures to raise $50,000 for the patriotic fund, and 'besides from now until the end of March to grant $6,000 pet month to the same cause." the average, operating bud- gets for the coming year cannot be increased by more than 4.5% and "a much harder look at the whole system" will be needed to achieve even this, he said, warning the hospitals not to budget for deficits which "is a short-sighted practice that could lead to serious con- sequences". Any hospital running a deficit will find it will have to foot the bill. In connection with the deaths of 22 Hamilton foundry workers, who died from lung cancer, the Minister of Labour has des- cribed the actions of medical officials in his ministry and the Workmen's Compensation Board as "careless". The minister stated that he had met officials from his Ministry's occupational health and safety division and the WCB and learned that the in- vestigation was not carried out because of a breakdown in communications. He icon= timed, "In reviewing the correSpondence I must say .. :the breakdown in corn- munidationS is difficult to • Old Brussels Posts fun to read The Women's Institute in Brussels was also helping out. In an item from the same paper it says, "Good for the Institute—Last week Brus- sels Women's Institute shipped 83 gems to the soldier boys overseas consis ting of jam, jelly, honey and maple syrup contributed by the people of this locality. The response was so gener- ous and .proffers freely offered that the Institute is making another collection which will, be forwarded in the course of the month." understand. Nevertheless, this misunderstanding did arise and was not brought to my attention until I com- menced my investigation." This so-called breakdown in communications has led to a further delay in the WCB's decision on the 22 claims for compensation made by the widows and families of the foundry workers who have already been waiting for more than a year for a decision. In July 1977, the board received a copy of a ten-year study by Dominion Foundreis and Steel Ltd. which discovered that foundry workers over 45 years of age are four and a half times as likely to con- tract lung cancer than work- ers in other parts of the plant. Dofasco officials have pointed out that these lung cancers may be the result of operations and processes in the foundry twenty years ago that no longer apply. Dr. William McCracken, executive director of medical services for the WCB, said in an interview that he sent the (Continued on Page 5) , Report from Queen's Park •••••iN..T.m.•• INS Brussels Post •QN$IE Li WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1978 It's the season of winter sports with indoor activities like hockey. curling, darts and bowling on everybody's mind. The Brussels Post has, recently been receiving a large number of sports reports. We want to thank those who take time to write these events up so that we alicart read them. We'd be happy to get even more sports news and ask participants to write up other recreational activities too. We'll give credit to the people who write up the events, if they'd like a by line. Sports is an important part of the Post as it is important to you, our readers. It involves local people in local competition and that's what's important in the local newspaper. The reporter for the paper however can not always be in attendance at sports activities and in most cases it is best if a person with a good knowledge of the sport writes a report and submits it to the paper. So if you like the trend towards more sports news in the paper join the volunteers by writing up your team's games and the local events. Behind the Scenes by. Keith Roulston Say something nice for .a change In the Walt Disney movie Bambi there's a famous line given by one of the furry little characters that goes: "If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all." That line is hopelessly outdated today of course. The modern trend is more like: "If you can't say something nasty then shut up." It's particularly true in the media coverage of nearly everything these days. A great wave of negativism has taken over nearly all our sources of information and entertainment. One of the worst offenders in the media these days is the new Maclean's weekly magazine. All news, even the people and the entertainment sections of the magazine seem to have been written by someone with a bad toothache. It isn't enough to just tell the news. You have to throw in a few snide, derogatory remarks along the way. The contrast to this came to me recently when I was reading a book called Clearing in the West" the autobiography of a famous Canadian named Nellie McClung. Mrs. McClung was born up in Grey county back in the 1870's at a time when life in Ontairo was just beginning to have some small elements of comfort after the hardship of the early pioneering years. But her family lived on a poor farm and the lure of the Northwest was too strong. Soon they were on their way to Manitoba where they went through the whole process of again starting with nothing. Life certainly wasn't easy for the young Nellie while she was growing up. She couldn't go to school for long periods of time because she had to stay home to tend the cattle to keep them out of the wheat fields, because there were no fences. When she could go to school she walked miles there and miles home and carried a heavey burden of chores when she did get home but she was happy to do it because of her thirst for knowledge. She lived with a strict, Scottish mother who regarded her as too forWard in the days when women and girls were to be seen and not heard. For a woman who later became one of the early heros in the fight to win voting rights' and other equalities for women, this must have been a hard cross to bear, Certainly she did not lead an easy life, but Mrs. McClutig's book is nearly totally positive: Oh it's rio polyanna story with everything good and nothing bad, She tells all her fears and all her troubles from those early days, yet there is a postive attitude of her Mother and other submissiVe women of the time that Women shottidn't speak up or try to have any say in community or national affairs, that there shouldn't be any criticism of the government and such things, Mrs. McClung still understands why these people were as they were and doesn't ridicule them. She seems to have compassion for those less strong than herself, less able to overcome adversities. Set against the terrible cynicism and critical writing of today when we really have little to complain about by comparison, Mrs. McClung makes our modern writiers and commentators look pretty juvenile. ****** And how could one let the retirement of another great Canadian Bobby Orr pass without some comment. I know there are many in this country who think hockey is a game for goons and semi-intelligent jocks but for anyone who likes excellence, for anyone who likes grace and style, for anyone who likes greatness mixed with humility, the enforced early retirement of Bobby Orr has got to be a tragedy. It's ironic that at a time when hockey seemed to degenerate into worthless violence perhaps the most graceful hockey player of all time should be plying his trade. I never cheered for a team that Bobby Orr played for, except for the Canada Cup team in 1976 yet I could never cheer against him. Even if he swept down ice from his own end, darted and faked his way through your own team and scored a deceptively simple looking goal, you couldn't help admiring the man. That a man of such talent should be struck down so early in his career is a tragedy much like watching a great leader or a great artist die young. He had given us so much in such a short time it's a shame we can't enjoy such greatness longer. Sure, he will still be around. He may even become a great coach or manager, but we've lost something just the same in not being able to watch a great artist at work. The wonderful thing about Bobby Orr ' though was that he never seemed to let successgo to his head like many others. He always gave everything he had. He seldom complained. He was friendly without being obnoxious like some stars. He Was a class guy. Our one blessing iS that we live in a time When there is plenty of visual record of the exploits of the than so that years from now we can still enjoy the speed, grace and Skills of perhaps the greatest player ever to putput.on skates.