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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-11-22, Page 16908 gms. ONIONS White Swan Bathroom TISSUE 2 Twin Pacs or 4 Pac. • 99 Kam 1.09 ,3/$1 LUNCHEON MEAT CREAM CORN " PEAS 398 TOMATO JUICE ,36i, 50 BOOK MATCHES ICE 'CREAM 2 L. .59 .29 .99 .19 Thompson Cooking Bakery Grocery OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL 9 P.M. Free Delivery ,Phone 887-9226 . SEAFORTH - CAMBRIDGE - AYR -WOODSTOCK INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CANADA oRICANADA DRY. COCA-COLA, pEOsi, C PLUSA 24 Zip Top Cans , No Mixing ill Plus Lots of in the store specials Schneiders Kent Regular or Maple Flavour BACON, - 1 lb. pkg. 1 •39 Schneider's Breaded fried CH ICKEN 11/2 lb. bag Legs or Whole cut up fried Chicken Schneider's Soft MARGARINE 1 lb. tub CARROTS 2 lb. bag 2 bags Wittichs Bran MUFFINS 6's Reg. .83c Swans Down 2.49 .69 49 .67 TOILET TISSUE pkgs. 1.09 cCUTCHEON GROCERY OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 9 BRUSSELS We Deliver Phone 887-9445 Mature students Individuals without the high school credits normally required for university ad- mission, who are over 21 years of age, and who have spent at least two years in the work force may still be • able to enrol for university studies as mature students. The University of Guelph enrols a number of such students each January, May, and September in its fresh- man classes, and many of them do extremely well in their university studies. An 'admission test is nor- mally required prim' to enrol- ment in the B.A. program in order to gauge the prospect- ive student's likelyhood of success. This is an aptitude test and is not a "knowledge test" based on prior school- ing, and a student cannot prepare for the test by means of advance studying: The test is not designed to intimidate candidates. Admission tests are held throughout the year at the Univertity of Guelph for Mature students. 16 THE BRUSSELS POST, NOVEMBER 22,,,1978 OPP report accident damages over $7,000 On. Thursday, November 16, 1978, Mrs. Hann), C, Sleeker of R.R.#2, Lucknow was eastbound on Highway 861 when her vehicle crossed the roadway and struck a bridge. Both Mrs. Sleeker and a passenger in her, vehicle, Robert H. Sleeker received minor injuries as a result of the accident. Nineteen charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act and seventeen warnings were issued. One charge was laid under the Criminal Code, During the week, there were two motor vehicle col- lisions which caused an estimated $7250,00 in property damage and injuries to two people. Sugar and Spice • by Smiley We're in a bad mood I don't think I've ever seen, or heard, the Canadian people in more querulous mood than they are today. And with less reason. Even during the Depression, people weren't so angry and whining. They were . scared and worried and frustrated, because there was no work and they sometimes didn't know where the next meal was coming, from. But they were also jean and tough and ingenious and independent. They didn't spend all their time bitching about the government. Maybe we've got too fat and too lazy and too government-dependent during the last' forty-odd years. During and after World War 11, we sailed happily into the select few nations that had the highest living standard in the world, and we've never recovered. We thought all we had to do was lie back like a high priced prossie and let the money roll in. Germany and Japan were licked, and the British were bankrupt and North America was living high off the hog. Everybody was buying new cars and houses and boats and summer properties, because the cornucopia of goodies had no bottom. All we had to do was keep the Red Menace at bay, and the Yanks would look after that. For a decade or so after the war, the, :•ipe-dream lasted, even got more colors and more shine. Industry and business were booming. The Americans were pouring in development money. But a combination of things put the handwriting on the wall. My salary quad- rupled in a decade. And so did yours. But it still wasn't enough. We developed a reputation as a nation that was completely untrustworthy when it came to labor relations and strikes. We took on massive' social aid plans such as medicare, that we really couldn't. afford. We tried to outdo every other country in the world when it came to unemployment insurance and welfare and pensions. The bills, with interest, kept piling up in the leading capitals of the world. At the same time, Germany, Japan and other nations with populations only too eager tc work their butts off to get rid of starvations and cold and housing shortages, aided by a massive injection of funds from the U.S., panicky about the Cold War, began to rebuild with a speed and singleness of purpose that was frightening. Our trade languished because our pro- ducts were too expensive to meet the competition. Our international clout dimin- _ ished rapidly as we welshed on our NATO cominittments, kept our foreign aid frugal, and waffled when we should have snarled, in the U.N. • And now it's, all coming home to roost. And we're crying like a bunch of babies. We've wresteld inflation to theground, but , who's on top in the fall? Our dollar is propped up by interest rates that would' make me turn green with sweat profusely were I a young husband hoping to buy a house with a big mortgage. Say $40,000 at 11.5 per cent. Figure it out, boy. And it (the dollar)) is still worth only 85c U.S., which isn't much good either, beside the yen and the mark and the franc. A friend of mine, who fought with the, German Army in North Africa gets a bigger war pension than I do, PLUS a civilian pension from Germany worth $150 a month, because the mark .is sd -healthy. Who the, heck won the war, anyway? We did, but we lost the peace. With inimitable resources, we have a horrendous unemployment rate. The country, is going into debt to the tune of billions a year. Taxes are high and everclimbing. And why? Greed. We all want more and more of everything: new highways, new airports, bigger pensions, bigger salaries, two cars in every garage, and meat at least six times a week. But look around you, and see if our un-Canadian whining, is justified. It's still one of the best countries in the world to live - in, physically. Take in a 'supermarket. There's a power of complaining about prices, but people, even' the relatively poor, are snapping up luxury items: frozen foods, oranges, California grapes, hot-house tomatoes, chicken, lamb chops, deodorants, bought cakes. In the old days, the only time I saw an orange or a grape in the house was at Christmas. I didn't know what a lamb chop tasted like until I game of age. A chicken was something you bought from a farmer for a dollar, plucked and eviscerated yourself, and had for a special Sunday dinner, with relatives. My mother would have considered frozen food an abomination of the devil, and a temptation for lazy women. Deodorants consisted of soap. And yet we never went hungry and never stank. Well, maybe a little, by the end of the week. Don't misunderstand me,. I don't want to go back to the old days, when my Dad developed ulcers worrying about the coal bill, and my Mom Worked until midnight patching and sewing to keep us decent. But I'm getting heartily sick of Canadians who are worried about missing the trip to the Caribbean this winter, or having to put off the purchase of a new car until next summer. Quitcherbitchin!