HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-08-22, Page 4Page 4 Times-Advocate, August 22, 1979
timer Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924.
knit, ies....,1*Ionit .rri.
SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND
C.W.N.A., 9.W.N.A. CLASS 'A' and ABC
Published by J. W. tedy Publications Limited
LARNE EEDY, PUBLISHER
Imes -Advocate
Editor — Bill Batten
Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh
Advertising Manager — Jim Beckett
Composition Manager — Harry DeVries
Business Manager — Dick Jongkind Published Each Wednesday Morning
Phone 235-1331 at Exeter, Ontario
Second Class Mail
Registration Number 0386
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Canada $11.00 Per Thar; USA $30.00
*CNA
Getting away with murder
"My lawn's doing so poorly this year, even crab grass would be welcome."
¤ Health
vadv Views
Youth is a feeling...
not an age
A trip down north
What is happening to justice in this
country?
When a couple of people can plead
guilty to charges of kidnapping, con-
spiracy, forcible detention and extortion
and end up with two years less a day
(eligible for parole in eight months) in a
provincial institution something is
wrong.
And when a man can plead guilty to
a reduced charge of manslaughter for
shooting his wife in the head and end up
with six years in federal prison (eligible
for parole after two years), something is
drastically wrong.
Both of these sentences were hand-
ed down in Canada within the last week
and a half. The first one, as you've
probably guessed, was handed down by
Chief Sessions Court Judge Yves
Mayrand in Montreal to kidnappers
Jacques and Louise Cossette-Trudel.
The second one, the manslaughter
sentence, was handed down by Ontario
Supreme Court Judge A.H.
Hollingworth to 44-year-old Leslie Bur-
ningham of London, Ont.
Even at the best of times such
sentences could not be described as be-
ing anything but extremely lenient. In
times like these however, when society is
anxious about the increase in violent
acts of all kinds, such decisions by learn-
ed judges are incomprehensible. In an-
nouncing the sentences we have referred
to, both judges went to great lengths to
justify their decisions. In both cases we
not only found their arguments uncon-
Vincing, but found they served to un-
derline the ludicrousness of the
sentences rendered,
Judge Mayrand dealt at length with
the Cossette-Trudels exile in Cuba and
then Paris, France, suggesting that the
eight years abroad is comparable to four
years in prison. Recalling the kidnap-
ping of British diplomat James Cross
who was held for 60 days, the judge said
he had been chosen because he would be
the most useful for the kidnapper's ends,
but that in choosing a diplomat, the
crime took on an international nature.
The international community, the judge
said, must know that diplomats in
residence in Canada are adequately
protected and that the kidnappers of
diplomats are adequately punished.
Hence the harsh penalty of two
years less a day.
One must really wonder where in
the world Judge Mayrand was during
the terrorism of the October crisis back
in 1970 when the Trudeau government
imposed the War Measures Act, thus
Itn!,.mrimameme6,
By
SYD FLETCHER
All that heat last month,
steaming humid days in
July, reminded me of the
hottest job that I ever had,
I was only seventeen at
the time and I applied for a
job in the town's one big
industry, a place that made
bushel baskets for apples.
My job was in the kiln,
where the uncured baskets
were dried. All I had to do
was pick off the upside-down
baskets as the hooks of a
conveyor line carried them
by, stack them and pile them
on a waiting truck:
It all seemed so simple.
Then my muscles started to
ache. There seemed to be no
end to the baskets. Surely
there were two men loading
them at the other end.
And the heat, Great gusts
of hot air came out of the
dark tunnel bathing me in
perspiration. The times that
the whistle blew for a break
seemed few and far between,
hut when the break came I
could step out info the 90'
degree fresh air and feel a
depriving every man, woman and child
in this nation of basic rights.
Equally unbelievable was the six-
year sentence handed down to a 44-year-
old London man as the penalty for
shooting his 25-year-old wife through
the head. Evidence at the trial also
"inferred", to use the judge's words, the
accused had suffered abuse from her
husband prior to her death. Evidence in
fact revealed that the victim had gone to
some length to conceal bruises on her
body in the weeks prior to her death.
There 'was also evidence that she had
been forced to make obscene phone calls
by her husband.
Originally charged with first-degree
murder, Burningham was allowed to
plead guilty to a reduced charge of
manslaughter because he was under the
influence of prescribed drugs at the time
of the shooting. A London fire captain,
Burningham had been on sick leave
from the fire department. When they in-
vestigated the slaying, police found 14
guns in Burningham's residence and the
death weapon was found in the luggage
of Burningham's mother as she left the
house. It had been wiped clean of finger-
prints.
The unfortunate victim, so the
court learned, was Chik Amy Wee Wai
Choc), a native of Malaysia, whom Bur-
ningham had married shortly after
meeting her on a trip West. A
presentence report indicated Bur-
ningham had been married before and
had trouble relating to women.
In sentencing Burningham, Judge
Hollingworth said the man had a
propensity for violence that he may have
inherited from his father who was
described as being a "holy terror around
the house browbeating the children".
In handing down the six-year
sentence, the judge noted, "We must
show the community that this type of
behaviour is not only frowned upon but
will be stanped out... I must deter the ac-
cused from this type of behaviour. I
must also deter others from this type of
behaviour."
0 h yeah? Drug offenders in this
country have gotten more than six
years — and not that many years ago
either.
The news report on the Bur-
ningham case, carried by The London
Free Press, noted that as the case con-
cluded, Burningham's family was mak-
ing arrangements to get the seized guns
back from the police.
So much for Canadian jtistice.
Listowel Banner
I found the pile-up of
baskets and straightened
out. That was when I made
my second mistake. Instead
of turning back I decided to
go on to the other end of the
line. Pushing on, I suddenly
realized that what had
seemed impossible was
happening. It was getting
even hotter.
I was approaching the heat
source itself, a hugh pipe
belching raw invisible fire
right from the main boilers
themselves.
Just edging past it, almost
smelling my hair burning, to
my horror the fellow at the
other end started the line of
baskets moving right at me.
Hot metal brushed my arm,
startling me. Suddenly I was
afraid, with the horrible
certainty that I was not able
to get my breath without
scorching my lungs.
I began running, was
bruised and scratched from
hitting the rough baskets. I
stumbled out into daylight
and ran into my foreman,
literally.
Never has a breath of fresh
air felt so good, though it was
a trifle blue as he very
clearly told the of a fellow
Who had fainted in the kiln not
so long ago and would have
roasted if he had not had
somebody to pull him out.
I could Well believe it.
By ROSS HAUGH
This column while pinch hitting for
editor Bill Batten now on holidays gives
us a chance to relay a few impressions of
a recent holiday.
The highlight of the vacation was a
trip on the Polar Bear Express from
Cochrane to Moosonee and then on by
boat to Moose Factory.
We had heard by way of the grapevine
that the 186 mile train jaunt was
monotonous and dull.
In our opinion, it's the exact opposite.
Sure, one sees a lot of scrub trees, a cou-
ple of rivers and a few shacks but many
beautiful scenes fly by. The top speed of
the train is about 45 miles per hour
which allows for good viewing of the
countryside.
For the first 30 miles out of Cochrane,
the train passes through the northern
rim of the Great Clay Belt, a fertile
agricultural region.
About 11 miles out, one gets the first
glimpse of the Abitibi River which
parallels the train's route. At Gardner at
the 18.6 point mark was the first of two
Ontario Paper Company logging
operations.
The second is 27 miles down the line,
Approximately 35,000 cords of wood,
mostly black spruce are cut annually
and shipped to Thorold, Ontario, A sur-
plus of 25,000 cords surplus is stored in
piles in the mill yard for contingencies.
At mile 43 and Island Falls we saw the
third of a chain of eight microwave
towers built by Ontario Northland to
serve people in the north. Only six of
these towers can be seen from the train.
The towers bring colour television,
radio, long distance telephone, teletype,
fringe radios and most communications
from Cochrane north. The Abitibi River
Island Falls power development
As a small-town boy who was always
pretty closely associated with the coun-
try, and nature, it is a constant source of
bewilderment to me to observe the reac-
tions of my two grandboys to natural
phenomena, They practically ignore
them.
When they come to our place, with a
large backyard practically polluted by
birds and squirrels, their great interest in
life is the lawn sprinkler, at any hour of
the day or night.
Oh, they might look vaguely toward a
tree when I say, "Listen to that big
bird," They might chase a robin or
throw a rock at a squirrel. But those
things are basically boring to them.
Much more fun to turn on the sprinkler,
preferably when Grandad isn't looking,
give him a good cold shot in the back
while he's trying to read the paper, and
spend the next hour alternately running
through the sprinkler and running
around with their wet feet on Gran's
favorite rug.
Take them up to the local plaza,
where a store has tropical fish, a huge
old parrot, gerbils, rabbits, white mice,
and you'd think they'd be fascinated.
One cursory glance and they're off and
running, smashing shopping carts into
each other, knocking over carefully-
arranged displays and playing Super-
man by leaping over little old ladies sit-
ting on benches.
Took them over to see their great-
Grandad last weekend. He has a lovely
place in the country. About two acres,
with a hundred places to hide and climb
and explore. Know where they spent
their time? Fighting to see who got to
drive the dormant snow-mobile in the
backyard. Second choice was "racing"
an old ear with its front wheels propped
produces 48,000 BHP to serve the
Abitibi mills at Iroquois Falls. To the
east is the power dam,
Around the 50 mile mark we saw a
30,000 acre area whichwas destroyed by
fire in June of 1976. It took fire crews
almost two weeks to get this tree-top
type fire under control despite extra fire
fighting equipment from Western On-
tario and the U.S.
At 69.2 miles is Fraserdale where road
service in this northern region ter-
minates. Three miles east of Fraserdale
is the Abitibi Canyon Generating Sta-
tion, This station was the first one of a
chain of huge power developments
operated by Ontario, Hydro in the
Moose River Basin.
Other power stations making up this
chain are Otter Rapids on the Abitibi
River, Little Long, Harmon and Kipling
on 'the Mattagami River, Power from
these automated plants is collected at
Pinard Transformer Station, one mile
east, transformed into 500,000 volts and
sent south on Ontario's first extra-high
voltage circuit.
The Otter Rapids Generating Station
is located at 93,5 miles. This station is
one of four fully-automated power
plants operated by means of very high
frequency and microwave signals
emitted from a 300 foot high tower
radio antenna at Pinard Transformer
Station.
The Hudson Bay Lowlands are at
mile 94. This area has been described as
the world's largest bog and the great
muskeg. Roughly 800 miles in length
and 100 to 250 miles in width, this area
was once covered by the waters of James
Bay.
Vegetation in this area consists of
spruce, poplar and tamarack trees.
While the trees may be up to 200 vears
up on two big blocks of wood. Between
the two vehicles, they must have covered
most of North America.
Took them down to the dock for a
fish, They had no more interest in fish or
fishing that I have in refinishing fur-
niture. But they were intrigued about
how long it would take to drown if I
drove the car off the end of the dock.
Out driving with them, I point to
cows, horses, sailboats and all sorts of
things they should be interested in.
Scarcely a look. They want to know how
fast we're going, why we aren't going
faster, and why I don't turn the aircon-
ditioning to "super-cool" so it will blow
their hair around. Street-smart City
Boys.
Oh, yes, then there are the Boat Peo-
ple, Somehow, I was inveigled into go-
ing out fishing with a couple of young
colleagues. One of them has a dandy
cruiser with a cabin, stove, the works.
Seemed like a good idea, Have a beer or
two, catch a mess of bass, do a little yar-
ning.
For three weeks the weather had been
hot and humid. What a treat to get away
out on the Bay, far from the heat and
stench of town. Cool breeze, great
fishing, good companionship. That's
the way it is in the beer ads, anyway.
We drove to the marina in a cloud-
burst. Sky cleared. Spirits were high. So
were the waves. Found the guaranteed
bass fishing spot. Water calmed, Baited
up, They put me on the side of the boat
where the bass weren't, while they haul-
ed in half-pound monsters of the deep,
Sky-clouded. Another cloud-burst.
More wind, More rain. No fishing,
Visibility decreased, along with the food
and the beer,
old, only along the rivers where
drainage is good are there forests of well
developed spruce and poplar.
Coral Rapids at 96.3 miles is the site
of a potential power development and
diamonds have also been discovered
here. About 30 miles down the line at
Onakawana are extensive lignite
deposits which may be of future com-
mercial use in the production of low cost
energy,
Excellent fishing is reported in the
Onakawana, Otakwaheg,a.n and
Kwataboahegan rivers, Atongiffii ela$7,
are four upside-down bridges. These
bridges are unique in that'the supportive
steel girders, usually found below the
bridge are on top of the structure to
leave the underside free and open to let
ice flow downstream.
The Moose River at mile 142 is a half
mile wide and used by canoeists travell-
ing to Moosonee and Moose Factory.
Moose River boasts a population of 50
to 60 families. They work as trappers,
hunters or employed by Ontario
Northland Railway as sectionmen,
The Moose River bridge represents an
engineering triumph to the men who
built Ontario Northland. This 1,800
foot long steel trestle is the longest struc-
ture on the entire Ontario Northland
rail line. The train moves very slowly
over this bridge.
Large gypsum deposits are found near
the Cheepash River at 162 miles.
Another 14 miles and the Polar Express
arrives in Moosonee.
When we arrived in Moosonee we
were greeted with a drizzle of rain,
Please turn to page 5
•t1
No land in sight. Blown off the shoal
where the fish. Anchor wouldn't hold.
Soaked to the heels. Circled the buoy
marking the shoal eighteen times while
novice steered erratically and skipper
pretended he could chart a course.
Nothing in sight except rain, Clung to
rear seat with white knuckles and kept
up spirits of crew with stories of flying
formation through the clouds, and the
time we came back from Horse Island
deer hunting in November through a
snow storm, pumps not working, and
ten foot waves.
Did quick fugures in head, estimating
how far to swim if we hit rock, lake
freighter or other cruiser stupid enough
to be out in such,
Skipper finally figured course, broke
out emergency medical supplies, blind-
folded all of us, opened her up and
headed for what was either the north or
the south shore of the Bay.
Obviously, we made it. I had caught
one four-inch rock bass and one helluva
cold.
But we had bass fillets for breakfast,
the sun shone again, my old lady had to
forget about collecting my insurance,
and I promptly called our minister and
told him to put me down for '25 a
month for the real Boat People, those
poor sods who have escaped from Viet
Nam and drowned and starved and
thirsted while we go tearing about in our
air-conditioned cars, our cruisers with
all the amenities, and whine about infla-
tion.
City Boys and Boat People. Enjoyed
both of them thoroughly,
How old areyou? Not in years, but in spirit?
The late comedian, Ed Wynn, in his later years had a
formula for staying young, He said that instead of
worrying about his actual age and feeling old, he picked
some important event in his life and figured his age from
that point. In his particular case, the event was his
marriage. Therefore, he quoted his age 20 to 30
years younger .., and felt the same.
Youth is a feeling, not an age! There are youthful
oldsters and old youngsters. So chronological age in itself
means nothing.
Whether you are 8 or 80, if you want to stay youthful,
your doctor of chiropractic makes the following
suggestions:
1. Keep busy. Too much leisure causes the •mind to
stagnate and the body to deteriorate.
2. Have hobbies. Select activities that give you a
complete diversion from your regular work.
3. Maintain friendships. Everyone has a need for the
companionship and respect of friends.
4. Set goals and have ambitions. You are never, too old
nor too young to plan.
5. Eat regular, well-balanced meals. Do not overeat.
Likewise, avoid crash or fad diets.
6. Allow yourself "think" time. Don't put yourself on so
tight a schedule that you do not have time for yourself.
7. Keep physically fit. Establish a regular program of
moderate exercise.
8. Maintain good posture. Keep your chest out, stomach
in, back straight and chin up.
9. Get regular health examinations. Practice preventive
care.
Life is precious and well worth preserving. Retain that
spirit of youth, by maintaining good health.
• • •
These health views are published by members of the
Ontario Chiropractic Association in the interest of
better public health.
friends and neighbors
Tuesday evening on the
occasion of their golden
wedding anniversary.
South Huron Hospital is
having difficulty meeting
demands for ac-
commodation. This week 45
of the 50 beds are occupied,
the five empty being in the
children's ward.
Zurich may start off the
next decade as an in-
corporated village. Barring
serious difficulties, the
change may become ef-
fective January 1, 1960.
15 Years Ago
Workmen are putting the
finishing touches on the
Usborne Township Central
School this week and the new
eight-room school will be
ready for operation,
Tuesday. Students will be
transported by Exeter Coach
Lines.
The post office on the Main
Street at Grand Bend closed
its doors to the public
Monday night and services
commenced from the
modern new facilities on
Hidden Lane, Tuesday
morning.
Kids in the Exeter area
have been waiting all
summer for the new swim
pool to be finished, but
memories of the delay were
soon forgotten when the
facilities were opened,
Sunday.
Jean Henderson was
presented with a gift and
assured the prayers of the
congregation of St. Pad's
Anglican Church prior to her
departure Monday, for
Kitkatla Mission on Dolphin
Island off the B.C. coast.
Dear Sir, later in life gave me a dif-
story are a true and accurate
confused but Mrs. Alderson
very accurate article.
article on our skydiving club
subject but none that have
been so well written.
picture of our club. Usually
has done a fine job.
Alderson for writing the
at Grand Bend. I have seen
many articles written on the
the stories get the facts
Again thank you for the
The facts presented in the
I would like to thank Mary
reception we've received.
joyed the people and the
ferent perspective.
many awards in high school
and in college - then I put it
aside for a few years. My
we've hit it now - your review
was accurate at that point in
training is extensive.
the dog scene - well, I think
Bend, and I've really en-
our performance.
I studied acting and won
As for missing the pathos in
I've loved being in Grand
Wes Marshall
* * *
Dear Mary Alderson:
Thank you very much for
the thoughtful interview and
the excellent review of The
Owl and The Pussy Cat. I did
want to mention one point on
the interview - for your
young readers - I don't feel
that my career is luck - I feel
that "The harder you work
the luckier you get" and that
going into acting for a living
Perspectives
tremendous relief at its.
coolness,
Several days went by and I
became more accustomed to
the work even lost a little
weight and got into shape so
the work didn't really bother
me.
One day, the line stopped
gave a few shudders and
jerks, then stopped again. I
hit the emergency switch. It
was obvious that some of the
baskets down in the tunnel
had fallen off and were
jamming the line up. I
decided to go in and fix the
problem.
The foreman, when
assigning me the job, had
said, "Don't go in there by
yourself," but had not given
any reason. Now I was one of
those seventeen-year olds
who thought he knew just
about as much as most of his
elders if not a little more.
So I went into the tunnel. It
was four feet high. The
bushel baskets hung on their
hooks like so many rounded
sides of beef,
The further I went down
the tunnel the hotter it got
and after I turned the first
bend if was quite dark With
only pin-points of light froth
the distant bulbs showing.
Soon it was so hot and dry I
could feel perspiration pop
out on my skin and then dry
instantly.
Sugar and :Spice
Dispensed by SmileY
Natural phenomena
55 Years Ago
The Students from Exeter
High School who will attend
normal school this year are;
Almer Christie, Carrie
Davis, Gertie Francis, Mary
Horny, Ruth Lamport and
Mildred Rowe.
A new sign has been
erected at the Central Park
by the Exeter Horticultural
Society. In addition to the
name of the park on one side
it says "Tarry a Time" and
on the other side "Rest a
while",
William Lawson and
George Hind left Monday for
Toronto to attend Dental
College.
30 Years Ago
The Brenner Garage, one
of the landmarks of Grand
Bend, has been purchased by
Mr. John Manore.
A new town of 300 homes
complete with churches,
school and market area is
under construction at
-Jentralia Airport.
Charles L. Jinks, who has
carried the mails to and
from the Hensall Post Office
to the CNR station for the
past 15 years, has resigned.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Christie, Russeldale, were
guests of honour at a
celebration to mark their
35th wedding anniversary,
September 1,
20 Years Ago
Mrs. Andrew Johnston,
Deborah and Ian returned
Sunday after a two month
visit in Mymegan Holland.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Turnbull of Grand Bend held
open house for relatives,
Gloria Gifford
*. * *
Dear Sir:
I Wish to congratulate you
on the fine article concerning
our town police. I found the
story very informative:it put
a number of the difficulties
the police face, into clear
perspective, It seems to me,
this type of reporting
provides a vital service to
our community,
Jay Campbell