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It's your move, Mr. Chretien
Nero fiddled while Roman burned. What's, Jean Chretien doing
while Canada is hitting the wall?.
In the broadest terms, Chretien's "keep quiet - don't rock the ship"
approach is having a positive effect on the country. Hardly anyone can
fault Chretien . for his administration of the nation's affairs thus far,
probably because the wily warhorse. from Shawinigan is too smart to'fet
Canadians see him sweat.
But Canadian. business analysts -are worried. They say that despite
Paul Martin's widely -recognized capabilities as a finance minister, Jean
Chretien needs to' be convinced .there is some urgency about dealing
with Canada's desperate deficit and debt crisis and how. best to do it
... and Jean Chretien is the man who will have to sell that solution to
his.cabinet and caucus.
This isn't about some minor tinkering with a few special interest
grants or downsizing some government departments. It isn't about.
collecting more taxes from people, already weighed down with them.
• This is about some real cuts - some radical realignment, rife with
unpleasant political consequences. •
This is about altering old age pensions, Canada Pension, child
credits, unemployment insurance,' health care and every .other social
benefit Canadians hold dear, .
This is about every individual Canadian .citizen taking a major hit
where it hurts therm most.
Nobody wants to face up to it. There isn't even much joy in writing
warnings about it like this one.
'But people who know about financial matters say a has to be done -
and it has to be done now - even if it is political suicide.
It's your move, Mr. Chretien. - SJK
Harry Boyle supports ' West
Wawanosh landfill coalition
The following letter was sent to
the West Wawantish Landfill
Coalition Group.
1 was appalled when 1 heard that
there was a danger cif my boyhood.
.haunts.being invaded by the "waste.
dumpers." My annoyance will mean
very little but surely those interests
who so diligently seek out un -
ravaged spots to bury the needless
excess • garbage of the urban and
suburban sprawls, must have some
consideration for. retaining. some
parts of the dwindling rural sections
of the Ontario landscape so far.
relatively unblighted.
In the name • of progress we
smothered the locations of com-
munity life and devastated the 'Don-
nybrooks many years ago and fol-
lowed•by starving St. Augustine, St.
Helen's, Dungannon and so on .,.
yet somehow the townships such as
West Wawanosh have kept iden-
tities • and produced 'community
interest and in this case I sincerely
hope solidarity. It's a delight to
Come home to well kept farms, now
in a day and age of agribusiness
and its depersonalization and in-
dustrialization;
This may sound , somewhat
overblown to urban people who
drive through such an area and find
it quaint, but underlying opposition
to this recent habit, of governments -
jumping. to the tome of city voters
are a few important facts. First, we
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have, smothered too much good
land, a dwindling resource, and we
have penalized many farm areas
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'where fortunes are seldom made but
'families have achieved harmony
and a certain material comfort.
Secondly, cities and polluting
industries that • have invaded and
destroyed rich land must learn to
curb waste •and find other ways of
disposing of it rather than by fois-
ting it on communities of innocent
people.
Third, the authorities are just
fooling themselves if they think that
by foisting•their waste in innocent
communities, they are finding a
solution to their problems. The stuff
they now dump is toxic and it will
work lasting • harm on the com-
munity where it is dumped. Our
techniques. are sadly lacking in
finding ways of safely disposing of
waste. The current, idea of
despoiling virginal' locations, is as
lacking in 'imagination and prac-
ticality as that of the current
methods of hiding atomic waste and
hoping it will somehow negate its
own harmfulness.
Harry Boyle.
1944 - punish `drunken drivers'
70 years ago
July 3, 1924
An antlered dweller - On a recent morning Mr.
Henry Mathers was much surprised to see a
buck deer feeding in one of his fields. The
animal was apparently in good condition and had
antlers about half grown, but still in "the velvety" It
appeared little concerned at the sign of man, but when
. it saw a dog it scampered away to safer territory. The
deer should have a good time in the hay and oat
fields as it, pays little heed to the fences.
The country looks fine - Showers during the past
three weeks have transformed theface of the country
and greatly improved crop prospects. In early June
vegetation was decidedly backward, but the fields
have now become covered with grass and growing
grains, and the trees have come out in full leaf;
making the country look its best.
Already some fields of early hay have been cut and
the crop is reported good. Fall wheat too is good, and
many fields of oats, corn and potatoes promise a good
harvest. Men with apple orchards say that there has
not been a good setting of apples this year and that
the crop in western Ontario will be light.
Local. markets - Eggs - .27, .22, .17; butter .28 to
.25; hogs $8.
The drunken driver - ...We would like to ask
when the authorities intend to deal seriously with
those who operate • automobiles in_ a way that is
dangerous to the lives of others. There should be. one
fixed rule that when a man is found in charge of a car
while he is under the influence of liquor he is to be
forbidden to run a car again for a stated time. The
same rule should apply to• those who run their cars
recklessly in congested districts or where the traffic is
heavy. • ,
The rule at present is to let such offenders go with
a fine. There • must necessarily be a. lot of common,
sense displayed in the making of laws to govern the
automobile traffic and the administration of the same,
but the two classes above mentioned should get no
mercy. The very least that should be done is to put
them on the prohibited,list so far as driving their cars
is concerned.
50 years ago
June 29, 1944
Five sons in service - George Taylor, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor of town, reported
for duty yesterday at London, having enlisted
two weeks ago in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
George's father, who is a veteran of the last war
can now boast of five sons and a son-in-law in the
'service. Edwin, Lewis, Albert and Norman and his
son-in-la'w, Garnet Henderson, are overseas with the
Canadian Army, and now George Jr. has donned the
air force blue.
Four grandsons in air force - Mrs. Isobella
MacLeod of Lucknow has four grandsons in the Air
Force. One has been wounded, one is missing, one is
a war prisoner and a fourth was recently included in
the King's honors list.
The honored airman is Flight -Lieut. Donald Fink.
George MacLeod was recently sent home after
suffering combat wounds; Jim MacLeod has been
reported as a prisoner of war, and his twin brother.
Murdoch missing in action.
Since the outbreak of the war, Mrs. MacLeod has
knitted constantly. Securing the wool at her own
expense, she has knitted about 100 pair of socks,
many of which have been donated to local boys
'entering the service.
' 2$ years ago
July 2, 1969
Local girls on trip to Euirope - Jane Joynt and
Sharon Stanley, along with two other girl
friends, left for Europe where they will spend
the summer, taking part in an autotour camping
holiday, through Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Italy, France, ' Monaco, Spain and
England. They will be associated with young people
from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada
and the United States.
Crown Miss Lucknow District Credit Union -
Lynda Walden was crowned Miss Lucknow District
Credit Union on the weekend. Other winners were
Mary Pannabecker, Marion Reid and Sandra Thom-
son. Twenty girls participated in the competition.
PICTORIAL MEMOIR 1984 - Ten years ago these were Grade 8 , students graduating from
Brookside Public School who received awards./ Lett to right, Bonnie Henderson, Brenda Gibson,
Karen ElliottCathy Selent, Kirk Livingston, Michael Pentland, Kevin Black, Brian Gr�ttendler, and
Donna Rayn'ard. What a difference 10 years makes. Bring back any memories?
The last of the Beothunk
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD, 1829-- On
June 6, 1829, Shanawdithit, the last
surviving Beothuk, died of tuber-
culosis. She was 23 year's old.
The Beothuk had never been very
numerous. Today; most
anthropologists believe that there
were less than a thousand of them
even • before Europeans began ar-
riving on the Newfoundland coast
in the early 16th century, . •
The .European fishermen deprived
the Beothuk of their coastal camps
and compelled them to move. CoA'
tacts between the two groups were
few. However, the European
presence likely lead to the spread of
new diseases and a decline in the
Beothuk population.
In the 17th and 18th centuries,
more Europeans stayed in New-
foundland all year round. Taking up
salmon fishing, and fur trading to
supplement their incomes, they
began exploiting the same resources.
the Beothuk depended on.
The Beothuk, who otherwise
lacked access to European trade
goods, frequently pilfered the sup-
plies of the settlers. Angry settlers
often pursued the Beothuk to
retrieve their goods and some took
bloody revenge.
Between 1750 and 1790, the
conflict between the Beothuk and
the settlers escalated,. despite at-
tempts by .the Governor to end the.
killings. According to contemporary
reports and traditions, about 13
settlers were killed by .the Beothuk
during this time period. In return,
the settlers murdered at least twice
as many Beothuk in retaliation.
• Meanwhile, some New-
foundlanders' were growing
increasingly concerned• about the
13eothuk and. their fate, A number
of attempts were. made to establish'
peaceful relations with the Beothuk;
but years of hostility were not
easily forgotten •and the missions
failed. •
In 1823, a group of fur trappers
found three Beothuk women on the
verge of starvation. The mother and
her oldest daughter died of tuber-
culosis a few weeks later. However,
the youngest, a lively young woman
named Shanawdithit, survived.
Shanawdithit was taken to
. Exploits Island, where she became
a servant in the' home of John
Peyton. Shanawdithit was treated
humanely, but little effort was made
.to teach her English or to find out
more about her people. •
In 1827, William Cormack, a
native Newfoundlander and well-
educated ' explorer of. the colony.
who ' was sympathetic to . the
Beothuk, returned to Newfoundland •
from England. •
Fearing that the Beothuk were on
the verge ofexunction, •he em-
barked on an extensive search to
find any 'survivors.
Corthack and his three native
companions trekked' through the
regions the Beothuk had been
known to frequent: No Beothuk
were found. Cormack realized that
Shanawdithit was the last of, her
people. ' •
The following summer, Cormack
arranged to' have Shanawdithit
move to St. John's. Over the course
•of the next few months Cormack
gave her- English' lessons and
capitalized on her remarkable artis-
tic abilities. In a series of pictures
she told the story of her people's
decline from seventy-two in 1811 to
thirteen when she was. found in
1823.
She also drew 'maps and sketches
of wigwams, storehouses, tools and
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see Tragic, page 5