The Citizen, 1993-12-01, Page 4Through
the Years
per hour.
The Brussels Girl Guides and
Brownies had a very successful
Cookie Day. They sold 240 pack-
ages and raised over $19.
Johnny Weismuller starred in
"Jungle Jim" at the Capitol Theatre
in Listowel.
A one year subscription to
MacLean's magazine cost $2 and
one year of Red Book cost $2.50.
24 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 3, 1969
The Blyth Standard was con-
fronted with an interesting situation
when they learned the paper had
not been delivered to Belgrave resi-
dents until four days after it was
mailed.
This occurred because the Post
Office officials decided that the
Blyth to Belgrave mail had to travel
through Kitchener, adding 124
miles to the trip.
A question arose concerning the
viability of shipping a six-cent let-
ter that distance.
Blyth Intermediates beat out
Brussels 5-4. Blyth goals were
scored by Ross Daer, Larry Boyd,
Dick Chalmers and Ken Lee. Brus-
sels goals were earned by Murray
Lowe, Terry Rutledge and Murray
Kellington.
The Belgrave Junior Auxiliary
entertained parents and friends at
their final meeting of the year.Miss
Janette Johnston, leader of the
Junior Auxiliary was chairperson
Photo by Janice Becker
for the evening. The program
included piano solos by Marni
Walsh and Brenda Nethery, and a
song sung by Dianne Scott, Bonnie
Walker and Joanne Coultes.
Slater's General Store in Auburn
offered two lbs. of frozen peas for
45 cents and six Pepsi for $1.
Paul's Perspective
Last week the annual Federation
of Agriculture's Convention was
held in Toronto. As your member
and as the Parliamentary Assistant
to the Minister of Agriculture I
attended the convention. It seems
that the big city media focused on
the Federation of Labour
Convention and ignored what else
was going on in Toronto.
The Minister of Agriculture
Elmer Buchanan made an
announcement of the Rural Loan
Pool program. To me this was very
important. I got involved in farm
politics in the 1980s during the
credit crunch. I have always felt
that there has to be a way to get
rural capital to help rural people.
The new program does that. Even
though interest rates may be low
the availability of credit for farmers
and other rural businesses is still
difficult. Again this seems to reflect
the urban bias of banking
institutions.
The Minister of Agriculture
Elmer Buchanan has been
developing an Agricultural
Continued on page 5
From the files of The Brussels
Post and The Blyth Standard
44 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 30,1949
The reeve, councillors and school
trustees were acclaimed in Morris
Twp. Those returning to their post
were Reeve Harvey Johnston,
councillors Sam Alcock, C.R.
Coultes, Wm. Peacock and Bailie
Parrott and trustees Harvey
McCutcheon,Torrance Dundas and
Kenneth Taylor.
The Hydro-Electric Power Com-
mission of Ontario asked residents
to cut down on electricity, particu-
larly between the hours of 10 and
12 a.m. and 4 and 6 p.m.
New officers were installed at the
Western Star Lodge Number 149
I.O.O.F. They were Junior Past
Grand, 0. S. Elliott; Noble Grand,
H. Thomas; Vice Grand, R. Hall;
Recording Secretary, C. Davidson;
Financial Secretary, R. J. Bowman;
and Treasurer 0. S. Elliott.
Applications were being accepted
for road superintendent for Morris
Twp. The wage was to be 75 cents
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Not taking no for an answer
Any parent has seen the reaction: you tell your child he/she can't do
something, and instantly the child must do what has been forbidden.
From about two years of age on through the teenage years there is
nothing that can spur a child to
do something more than being
told not to.
We tend to think this kind
of behaviour ends with
adulthood but actions of adults
all over North America in the
past few weeks show it continues in adults too. The behaviour of
people, from television tabloid show producers to news editors of such
august newspapers as the Washington Post, in defying the ban on
publication of details of the Karla Teale trial proves that telling
somebody they can't do something is like waving a red flag in front of a
bull. Ordinary citizens had their own acts of defiance on the weekend
when they lined up to get across the border to buy copies of the Buffalo
News which reprinted the article.
A retired policeman in Guelph, who devoted his life to upholding
the law, has been challenging the provincial government to charge him
with breaking the ban on publicity. He's been taping satellite
transmissions of U.S. television shows about the trial, then distributing
them. He's been copying stories from British tabloids and announcing
in advance he plans to mail them out. Last week he was arrested.
Newspapers hate publicity bans. When a local judge imposes such a
ban on a preliminary trial, we at The Citizen are never happy. Perhaps
the order of the judge in the Karla Teale case was as foolish as if he had
tried to demand the wind stop blowing. In today's world of satellites
and fax machines police may be hopeless to enforce such bans.
But the ban wasn't a frivolous decision on the part of a judge who
wanted to interfere with freedom of the media. The judge had an even
more important principle in mind: the right of an accused to a fair trial.
Karla Teale's estranged husband Paul Teale may turn out to be guilty as
charged in the murders of two St. Catharines-area girls and the rape of
dozens of women in Scarborough, but he deserves a fair, unbiased trial.
Fair trials are one of the guarantees of a civilized society.
On the other side, who is really hurt by the publication ban?
Certainly people are interested in this case. Certainly the news media is
frustrated that a good story is being left uncovered. But it isn't as if we
were never to be able to hear the grisly details of the Teale trial. Once
Paul Teale has been tried, the details of his former wife's trial will be
available for publication. We'll also be able to read about the case
against him, and his defence.
There is no pressing reason that the orders of the judge must be
flouted. For the most part, the defiance by the public and the media
seems to be like the defiance of a two year old — doing something
whether it makes sense or not. There's the hope, however, that someday
the two year old will grow out of this phase. — KR
Flexible inflexibility
Some municipal politicians in Huron County have been tilting at
windmills in recent years, suggesting that millions of dollars could be
saved if the Ontario Minister of the Environment would simply forego
the lengthy site selection process for a new country landfill site, and
just pick a location.
While most county councillors have pointed out that the site
selection procedure has been set up and must be followed through, one
can understand where the dissidents are coming from when they want
to shortcut the process. Looking at the situation with finding a new
dump for Metropolitan Toronto seems to show that the minister can
ignore the rules when it suits political conviction.
Currently there is a hugely expensive study going on to find a home
for Toronto's garbage in the countryside around the city. The process is
meeting great resistance from residents who see their lives being
disrupted by the process.
But one alternative was not continued. There was once a plan to ship
Toronto's garbage north by train. Toronto was happy. The northern
community was happy. The residents around the edge of Toronto were
happy. The only people unhappy were members of the NDP
government of Ontario. The Minister stepped in and arbitrarily said the
garbage would not be shipped by train, that Toronto would have to deal
with its garbage close to home. If that meant keeping Toronto's garbage
in Toronto that would be fine, but the result is that Toronto's
neighbours must, over their protests, take the garbage.
If rules are rules, then the government should be limited by the rules
too. If rules can be changed so easily, then others have the right to ask
for flexibility too. — KR
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